What does this have to do
with fundraising? Lately, I have seen
people working their butts off holding endless fundraising events. They spend endless hours planning different
fundraising events, trying to raise as much funds as possible – which is a very
honorable trait.
However, what they fail to
realize is that with each fundraiser they host, their audience grows less and
less. So the harder they work to
fundraise time and time again, like the hamster on the wheel, the less they
make.
How do I know this? Because I am running on a wheel myself. Why am I you ask? Because people know who I am and how many
events BW Unlimited Charity Fundraising does.
In fact, I am asked all the time by our clients if I can get people to
attend their events – impossible. But I
can tell them how to for their own event.
With each fundraising attempt
a charity or cause conducts, they are marketing to the same people or
supporters. Their supporters only have
so much money to give, its reality – in fact “The Reality of Charity
Fundraising.” Also, each time you
announce a fundraiser, the “luster” of what you’re doing or trying to do gets
less and less. People start to ignore
the charity because they are constantly being asked to donate, buy something or
attend a fundraiser of some type.
With that, the actual charity
now begins to work harder and harder to try to raise the funds. Furthermore, with each fundraising event
(because they are coming constantly), your charities image will get hurt. Why?
Because the same people are constantly being asked to donate, buy
something or attend an event.
How do you fix this? Plan one BIG fundraising event each year,
which we call an “A” Event. Then, a
smaller fundraiser six months out, which we call the “B” event. Put all effort into planning your “A” event
which are commonly Gala’s or some type of large Event. With all of your effort going to that one big
event, people will not be overwhelmed with constantly being asked to
donate. You will see a much higher
return with a lot less effort.
Ask yourself this; are you
ready to climb off the wheel?
BW Unlimited Charity Fundraising a North American Charity Fundraising leader in a “One Stop Shop”
convenient setting. Even though BW
Unlimited is known for our Charity Auction items, we also assist charities all
across North America with successful event planning, management and hosting of
their events. With all the pitfalls
charities go through during the planning stages, BW Unlimited Charity
Fundraising guides Non Profits down the Road to Successful fundraising - check out our Event Services page. If you would like to learn more about how we
can help you, please contact us at www.BWUnlimited.com,
we look forward to helping you.
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