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Profitable Fundraiser Cards Dinner & Movie Discount Cards
Fast Track Fundraising has yet another great fundraising idea: The dinner and movie fundraiser cards!
Just like all other discount fundraiser cards, this profitable fundraiser is a WIN-WIN-WIN idea...
You win because you raise some really great funds!
Your supporters win because they receive great discounts for dinner and movies!
And the Restaurants and Movie houses win because they receive more customers!
And to decide whether this fundraising idea will work for you or your organization all you have to ask is, "Do our supporters or potential customers enjoy eating out and going to movies?"
If the answer is YES, than the dinner and movie discount cards are a fundraiser that will be successful and profitable for you!
Another great option would be
Restaurant.com cards,
which provide an excellent 50% profit margin.
The cards then provide your supporters with a selection of over a thousand restaurants to choose from!
Unfortunately these cards are only Supplied in the United States and Canada, so if you are non-US you will be unable to use them.
There are of course many other companies worldwide that provide discount fundraising cards and you can find local companies by doing a simple Google search below...
(A Tip: When doing a Google search, type the name of your local area or country with a plus sign before it, and then add your search query with a plus sign before it as well. Ex. +wales +discount fundraising cards)
Maximizing Fundraiser Cards Sales & Profits:
There are two ways of maximizing your sales and profits with dinner and movie discount cards...
1. By Using A Sales Team:
You will need to recruit a sales team to go around selling the discount fundraiser cards or taking orders for them.
Firstly you must decide who your sales team will be.
This will of course totally depend on what your organization or cause is. So... will it be your immediate friends and family? Your fundraising committee? Your PTA association? Your youth group? Or all your kid's at school?
If you have a youth group, then it would definitely be an idea to get all your kid's involved!
But I would suggest that you get them to take orders for the cards, rather than actually take a heap of cards to sell...
They might very well lose or misplace the cards before they sell them!
Then prepare your team with a brief sales pitch guideline using the words "help" and "because".
"Hi, I'm from Middleton high school and we're selling discount dinner and movie fundraiser cards. We're doing this to help our school fundraise because we need to build a new school library. So do you like going out for dinner and going to the movies?"
Then motivate them and encourage them to sell as many cards as they can to friends, family and anyone interested!
Also consider using a sales incentive for extra motivation. This works really well with kids, and if you have really great prizes, the kids will go nuts to sell as many of them as they can.
In Jack Atwell's excellent eBook, "Let's Raise Money", he talks about how important it is to have a sales incentive and how well it can boost your amount of sales and therefore your profits!
So a sales incentive is a really great idea!
2. By Advertising & Marketing Thoroughly:
Your other way of maximizing profits will be to advertise and market your fundraiser as much as possible.
Don't just leave it up to your sales team. You must let as many people know about your dinner and movie fundraiser cards as you can!
The more who know about the cards, that will save them money... the more cards you will sell... and therefore, the more money you will fundraise!
Here are some advertising ideas you can use...
Advertise and promote your discount cards through your fundraiser website, your newsletters, and the social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Email all your supporters, friends, and family, and encourage them to forward your email on.
Use word of mouth.
Use flyers, posters and adverts in local news prints.
Advertise at all your events and at other local events. Also have your sales team going around at these events selling the pizza discount cards!
And remember to always look out for your own creative advertising ideas that will help boost your sales!
Finishing Notes:
The dinner and movie discount fundraising cards are a superb fundraising idea that is becoming extremely popular.
It's a fundraiser that you should definitely consider doing. So ask yourself if your supporters enjoy eating out and going to the movies...
And if they do, then order your discount fundraiser cards, prepare a sales team, start marketing, and then raise those much needed funds!
If you have a youth group, then it would definitely be an idea to get all your kid's involved!
