Fundraising Discount Cards, How I Was Forced Into Action!

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I was not at a point in my life where giving of my time was a priority. So as a board member I did a little to earn my keep, but I would be the first to say, “I did not make a difference”. Well low and behold, my youngest daughter decided that soccer was also “her thing”… The timing was perhaps by design, the previous board members had done a really good job, but I had heard that most of them were leaving and was concerned about the future of the soccer club with the remaining board members. So I stepped up, and somehow ended up being president of the organization (as well as a coach) anyways getting back to how I became involved with fundraising discount cards. One day the parent of one of my players approached me about cards we could sell to raise money, it had 4 national fast food chains on it and was 4 laminated paper cards attached together that folded like an accordion. I didn’t think much about it at the time but knew that our organization was really going to need a lot of fu …

Discover the Truth About Online Fundraising and Fundraising Discount Cards

Filed under: Soccer Sites and The Best Articles by: Mr.Soccer

Sounds good right? The problem is that your organizations patrons will not just click on your link and shop. A study of a soccer club’s website with a to-good-to-be-true online fundraising banner (on the main page) showed the following. The banner thoroughly and concisely explained the benefit. It explained on the banner the three short steps to help their organization: 1. Shop, 2. Get discounts/savings and, 3. Your organization gets a donation on every purchase. The organization has two seasons each year with about 300 children participating each season. Registration information, game schedules, camp information, directions to the field and, contact information are all included on the site, so we can safely suspect that nearly every parent checks the website at least once per season and most parents visited the site a number of times each season. The site AVERAGES 300 visitors per month. In the last 20 months the banner has not generated a single donation or anyone signing up for …

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