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Fundraising discount cards are something nearly everyone has heard about, but if you have yet to try them out in your efforts to raise funds, you don’t know what you’re missing out on.  Whether you need to raise money for your school or church group, or another non-profit organization, you will find that your efforts are highly rewarded with fundraising discount cards.  You may even be at the point where you no longer want to be involved, simply because of the work and effort required, only to see dismal profits.  All that is about to change!

All too often, people get in to a rut when raising money for projects.  Over the last couple of decades, candy bars, cookie dough and popcorn have been the items of choice for fundraisers.  This seems a little odd, especially when you consider that profits aren’t all that great and the value offered isn’t really substantial.  Now that the economy isn’t in great shape, people are cutting back on spending for frivolous or unnecessary needs.  Fundraising discount cards offer exceptional value to the customer; they can save an incredible amount of money over the span of a year, so they easily see the value in the product you are offering.

Consider the following scenario:

If you were strapped for money, would you rather spend a couple of dollars on a candy bar that will be consumed quickly, leaving you with nothing for your money other than a satisfied sweet tooth?  Or would you rather spend $10 on a card that offers great discounts and savings at merchants in your own home town, potentially saving you many times the amount spent on products and services you already use?  The answer is easy to decide; most people would rather save a substantial amount of money, particularly when times are tight.  This is what you will experience with fundraising discount cards – easy sales and exceptional profit margins!

When you consider all of the benefits, it’s easy to see why these cards are a hot fundraising item.  Customers realize that by purchasing fundraising discount cards, they are helping to support your project as well as supporting local merchants in their own neighborhood.  The profit margins are great, and you spend far less time planning and organizing, which is a relief especially if you hold fundraisers on a regular basis.  In fact, the more cards you sell the higher your profit margins, so if you have a very large group you can easily make tens of thousands of dollars.

Some of the aspects that many people really appreciate about fundraising discount cards is that the company the cards are purchased from often take care of most of the work.  They may contact the merchants for you, securing their participation – which is easy, because they realize it will bring in new business.  You simply order the number of cards you need, and they are shipped right to your door.  All you have to do is assign the cards to those who are participating, and watch the profits roll in.  Can you think of any other product that makes raising money this easy?

Are you ready to take your fundraising efforts to an entirely new level, and alleviate most of the stress and effort involved?  When you need money for your organization, do things the smart (and profitable) way!  Check in to fundraising discount cards, and see why they are quickly becoming the number one method for raising all of the money you need in a flash.

Mark South
Easy Fundraising Cards

If you are unfamiliar with spirit cards, these are the wallet-sized cards that offer savings and discounts at businesses in your local area.  Great for fundraisers, these cards are enormously profitable, easy to sell, and less work on those responsible for raising the money you need for your school, church or non-profit organization project.

Fundraising should be fun; that’s why it’s important that you choose a product that is less work for you, easy on those participating (especially if they are kids) and profitable enough so that you can raise the money you need with far less effort.  Spirit cards offer all of this and much more!  Local merchants are eager to participate, because it brings in new business and offers a little free advertising for the company.

With these cards, you will get far more “yes” answers from customers when you offer the product, simply because of the perceived value.  Imagine if you were a buying customer, would you feel that paying $10 for a card that offers savings at a dozen or more local merchants for a one year period a bargain?  Sure you would!  Today, the economy isn’t what you would call strong, and many people will easily reject paying $2.00 for a candy bar that will be gone in just a few minutes; however, it’s a different story when they can save a substantial amount of money on products and services they use throughout the year anyway.

Another aspect of the cards that participants really love is that they are small, and can be carried in a pocket or purse.  No lugging around candy boxes or worrying that someone may take one out of the box when you aren’t looking – leaving you to pay for the missing product.  Additionally, there is practically no planning since the supplier takes care of securing merchants in your area, designing the cards and printing them for you!  All you need to do is keep track of how many cards you gave to each participant, which is far less stressful than many other fundraising activities you may have participated in before.

Spirit cards frequently offer discounts and savings at local restaurants, on car maintenance services, family activities, hair cuts and things people spend money on every day.  After all, we all have to eat, we keep our car serviced if we expect it to run, and we get hair cuts!  Doesn’t it just make sense that consumers would be eager to buy an affordable card that could potentially save them 10 times that or more over a year?  Of course it does – that’s why spirit cards are the most popular fundraising product today.

In an economy where hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs and many have even lost their homes, saving money is no longer a choice – it’s a necessity.  Whether you need to raise $1,500 or $15,000, spirit cards help make the entire process easier and more profitable – and you can feel good about yourself, knowing that the product that is helping you raise money is also helping those who have little money save on the things they need.

For your next church, school or other non-profit group fundraiser, look to spirit cards to help make your efforts the most profitable ever!  Offer real value, support merchants in your own back yard, and raise the funds your group needs for that special cause.

Mark South
Easy Fundraising Cards

You have no doubt heard of discount cards, a fundraiser item that has taken the fundraising world by storm.  If your church needs a new gym for the youth, your elementary school needs new playground equipment, or you have other needs in your organization, this is the way to go.  Never in fundraising history has a single item provided such an exceptional profit level on something that is so easy to sell!

When you decide to use discount cards, your fundraiser will see the best results ever.  Over the years, you have most likely run the gamut of all of the popular products from candy bars and cookie dough to jerky and catalog sales – and you probably worked yourself to death in the process.  Fundraising doesn’t have to be so difficult, and everyone who participates can actually enjoy themselves.

You may wonder what is so great about discount cards.  A fundraiser often requires a great deal of work, both on the part of those planning the event as well as those participating.  If you have ever sold items through catalogs, you know the work involved.  First, the customer must choose which item/items they would like to order.  Then, you collect the money, turn in the orders and wait for the items to ship, at which point those involved must go BACK out again to deliver the product.  Whew!  More work than a lot of people want to get involved in.  With discount cards, your fundraiser doesn’t require near the effort and the profit margins are just incredible.

The problem with many items is that they just don’t offer the value of discount cards, and in tight economic times consumers would rather hold on to their money than purchase something of little value like candy bars and cookie dough.  With discount cards, a fundraiser can be more profitable than ever before; in fact, you can reach profit levels of 100% and beyond!  They sell easily, simply because of the fact that they offer so much value.  Discounts on goods and services in your area at local and national merchants save the consumer way more than they originally pay for the card, which is a mere $10 – easy sell.

On average, each person in your group will sell 8 to 10 cards.  Even calculating on the low end of the scale, 25 participants selling 8 cards each is 200 cards, which allows you a 50% profit margin. At this rate, you easily make $1,000!  Just think of the money you can raise if you have a large church membership, where 50 or 75 kids enjoy the youth ministry.  With that many young kids and teens involved, you could easily sell 500 to 750 cards, which means you hit a 70% profit margin and earn a whopping $3500 to $5,250.  Can you think of any other product with this kind of earning potential that consumers will gladly buy?

A discount cards fundraiser is the only way to go when you want to build your profits fast.  Consumers recognize the fact that they are supporting your needs, while at the same time supporting merchants in the local community – and saving themselves a good deal of money on products and services they would normally purchase anyway.  When you look at the big picture, it’s the only product that really makes sense when you want to raise funds fast, save yourself some effort, and offer an exceptional deal to the consumer.  Next time you need to raise money quickly, try a discount cards fundraiser!

Mark South
Easy Fundraising Cards

Have you ever considered using church fundraising cards to raise the money you need for the church or youth group?  It seems that raising money for one need or another is common these days, and churches use many products and activities in order to gather the funds they need for a new church van, piano, or summer camp for the kids.  No matter what the money is for, church fundraising cards should be used either alone, or in conjunction with your other fundraising ideas and activities.

There are many common (and effective) ways of building the coffers until you have reached the amount of money you need.  Bake sales, car washes in warm months, and selling cookbooks filled with delicious recipes put together by the ladies of the church have long been popular.  These are effective ways to raise money, but when you have needs that are costly, church fundraising cards can help you build the funds quickly, and without the effort that some projects involve.

These cards have been around for years, and there is a good reason why:  They’re super valuable, highly profitable and easy to sell!  It’s much easier to collect the money you need when you offer a product that customers REALLY want and can use.  Church fundraising cards are filled with discounts and savings on products and services offered at your local and national merchants.  Who doesn’t want to save a few bucks on food, entertainment, car maintenance services and other common expenses?  It just makes good sense.  When a customer pays only $10 for a card and saves many times that amount over a one year period, what’s not to like?

If you have a large church membership or youth group, profit margins soar.  The more church fundraising cards you purchase, the higher the profit margin.  Another aspect of using this product to raise money is that there is little planning involved, which saves a great deal of work on those who are usually involved with getting things together.  The company you purchase the cards from will contact the merchants for you, and secure their participation.  They create the cards for you, and even include your organization’s name on the front, giving them a very professional look.

Today, nearly every family is looking to save money any way they can.  Church fundraising cards offer incredible value to the customer, who enjoy purchasing something that they know offers real value – and they support your church and local merchants at the same time, which is even more reason to buy!  Use them on their own to raise funds quickly, or combine them with your other efforts.  There is no reason it should take 6 months to raise the money you need for your project, when church fundraising cards can help you collect all you need in record time.

Bake sales, car washes and other activities are fun and allow the members or youth group to fellowship with one another, so these types of fundraising activities should always continue.  But wouldn’t you love to be assured that you will raise all of the money you need for your project, and not come up short when all is said and done?  Church fundraising cards are the number one way to raise all of the funds you need, without all of the stress and headache involved with many other common products used in fundraisers today.  Try them once, and you will understand why these cards are highly popular and used by so many churches year after year.

Mark South
Easy Fundraising Cards

Wouldn’t you love to be able to raise the money you need for your school, church or non-profit organization in a snap?  Fundraiser discount cards are the one product that allow you to raise funds faster than ever before.  Why is that?  They are easy to sell and offer extremely high profit margins, which means you make more money quicker selling less product.  It’s simply amazing that still today, many organizations have not figured out that fundraiser discount cards are the only way to go when it comes to raising money.

You may be curious as to why they are so easy to sell.  That’s an easy one!  Fundraiser discount cards offer discounts and savings at a dozen or more local merchants in your area, which means the customer pays $10 for the card and potentially saves  ten times that amount (or more) over the next year.  The customer knows that for their money, they are getting substantial savings, supporting your cause, and supporting the merchants in their own community.  How could a customer possibly get more value from a product they buy?  It just isn’t possible.

With most fundraising items, you can expect profit margins of 50 or 60%.  What if you could experience profit margins of up to 100% and even greater?  This is what you get with fundraiser discount cards, which is another reason for their growing popularity with schools, churches and other organizations.  Think about this for a moment; suppose you have 50 people involved in your fundraising efforts, each selling 10 cards.  When you order 500, your profit margin is 70%, which means you make $7 on every card you sell!  Order 1000 fundraiser discount cards, and your profit margin is 100%, meaning that if you sold all 1000 your group makes $10,000.  How many candy bars would it take to raise that amount of money?  Probably many more than you even want to think about.

It’s understandable that when you want to raise money for the church youth group, a school organization or for new playground equipment at the grade school, you want to build the funds as quickly as possible.  This is why adding fundraiser discount cards to your existing money-raising activities is great!  Maybe your group is already selling cookbooks, holding car washes every weekend, or even offering yard maintenance services.  Whatever it is you’re currently doing, add this to the mix and see how fast you can meet your goal – the results are truly incredible.

What types of merchants will you find on fundraiser discount cards?  Nearly any in your area that are willing to participate, and many will because it attracts new customers to their business.  Restaurants, bowling alleys, hair salons, auto maintenance services, flower shops – the list goes on and on.  Often, the company you order the cards from will do all of the groundwork for you by securing the merchants participation, so this helps lessen some of the work in the planning stages as well.

Are you beginning to see the attraction of fundraiser discount cards?  Once you try this route, you will understand why they are fast becoming the fundraising product of choice.  This is one item that the consumer actually doesn’t mind spending money on, because it provides such great value and support for the local community.  Easy sales, even easier profits!

Mark South
Easy Fundraising Cards

Fundraiser cards are the ideal product for raising money for any project with far less work and planning than you may have experienced with other fundraising ideas.  When you need to raise funds for a school athletic group, new playground equipment at the elementary school, or the church youth group summer trip, fundraiser cards are an easy way to accomplish your goals.  Those of you who have been involved in planning a fundraiser before know that it can be a real hassle getting everything organized, determining profit margins, etc.  Make it easy on not only yourself, but everyone involved!

Okay, so now you want to know what’s so great about fundraiser cards, and why they are the best product today to raise the money you need.  This is the easy part – they’re extremely profitable, customers love them, and many companies do most of the leg work upfront so you have very little planning to do!  Since they are the size of a credit card, fundraiser cards are also easy for the little ones to tote around, unlike those bulky candy boxes and other products that are the usual fundraising items.

It’s also extremely easy to determine how much profit you can look forward to with fundraiser cards.  Since they sell for $10 (which is within nearly anyone’s budget, even in a tough economy), you simply decide how many you need.  If the entire 5th and 6th grade classes at the elementary school are going to be involved, a larger school may have 250 to 300 kids doing the selling.  Suppose each student sells 10 cards, which means in total 2500 to 3000 fundraiser cards – the profits are incredible!  When ordering 3000 cards, the price to you is just $1.50 per card, which means you have a profit margin of over 100%!  The money you would make on these fundraiser cards if you sold 3000 is $31,500 – pure profit.  Are you beginning to see the benefits here?

Another aspect of fundraiser cards that those organizing a fundraiser really like is that many companies do much of the work for you.  They contact and secure the merchants, then design the cards for you.  This is a far easier method to raise money for any project than most you have experienced before.  No ordering and shipping, trying to keep product in the correct temperature so that it doesn’t melt, or going back around a second time to deliver the goods.  Truthfully, there is no single product available today that offers easier fundraising than fundraiser cards!

Consumers are happy to support your project and don’t mind spending money on something that offers them real, honest value.  Fundraiser cards generally offer savings and discounts at 12 to 15 local and national merchants, ranging from eating establishments and family activities to haircuts, flowers and automotive services.  These are normal, everyday things that people spend money on regardless of whether there is a sale going on, so who wouldn’t love the savings?  People realize that with the savings they will experience over the one year life of the card, they will more than make up for the $10 they originally spent.

Now can you understand why fundraiser cards are THE product of choice when it comes to raising money for a school, church, or non-profit organization project?  If you want your next fundraising event to be one that is easy and highly profitable, the solution is crystal clear – fundraiser cards cannot be beat!

Mark South
Easy Fundraising Cards