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We suggest your fundraiser be no less than one week but no more than two, three tops. One week is not quite long enough to get momentum going but anything past 2-3 weeks, takes away sense of urgency to “buy today”.
Organization for your fundraiser is essential to meet your goals. Work with your volunteers and come up with some selling strategies together. As an incentive you should offer some prizes to top fundraisers as an added bonus for their efforts. After all, everyone likes to be appreciated!
Tip Four: Managing your fundraiser from start to finish. Allow at least 2-3 weeks for delivery of items. Make sure to verify delivery time with company you have decided to go with. A happy customer will be a repeat customer should you decide to host another fundraiser in future.
Taking money at time order is placed is your best option. The last thing you want to do is chase someone down for money because things come up or to be short. So we advise you take money before handing over products.
And there you have it; our fundraising tips that should help you get your fundraiser going with a bang! Remember organization is essential to help your group meet your money goal.
Brooklynn Anderson is the owner of http://www.fundraisinghq.com the ultimate fundraising resource. FundraisingHQ is organized into the different types of fundraising ideas to help your group run successful fund raisers!