Residual income is the key to this popular fundraiser

A Powerful Fundraiser Idea

Make more money with this fundraiser idea through the power of affinity programs and residual income. This works especially well for large groups, such as for schools or church fundraisers.

Looking for a good school fund raising idea? This could bring money in for years to come.

The traditional way

With a traditional fundraiser, you hold an event such as a bake sale to raise money or you buy some products to sell—which are sometimes, shall we say, overpriced—and your volunteers heartily pound the pavement to sell them. After a few weeks, your fundraising group reaps the benefits one time.

And that's it. If you need more money, your charity fund raising group puts on another fundraising event or sends out volunteers to sell more products.

A better way

Loyalty and affinity programs allow you and your family or group members to make money for your schools, clubs or groups by shopping at designated retailers or using a designated debit or credit card. The retailers rebate a certain portion of your purchases, which can vary between 1% on the low end, all the way up to 50% with certain products and services. This can really add up over time if you have enough people participating.

And it's not very difficult to convince people to participate in your program, since they don't have to spend any extra money. The cash comes from products and services that they will normally buy anyway and at the same price or less.

Here's an idea

What if you could sell a product or service just once, using the same effort as with other fundraisers, but your group gets a commission for it month after month and year after year?

And what if the service that you sell is so popular that most people you know will need it, and it's actually less expensive than if they bought it somewhere else (really)?

With this concept, your group can earn 6-10% on all services or products, each and every month, from each and every customer.

Here are some of the services and products that you or your group can sell through Talk Matters, and from which you'll receive regular recurring income:

  • Long distance calling (starting at 3.9 cents per minute)
  • Dial-up Internet access (starting at 7.95 per month)
  • Broadband Internet access
  • Web hosting
  • Cellular phone service
  • Satellite TV
  • Computers and accessories

Do you know anyone who uses any of these? Maybe I should ask...do you know anyone who doesn't use any of these?

An example

Lets say you have 100 people in your group and each one signs up for services that costs them only $30.00 per month.

Your group would earn $180-300 every month, which is $2,160-3,600 per year. Imagine then, if each of these people signed up two or three people themselves. You wouldn't have to work very hard to dwarf other fundraiser ideas.

The benefits

  1. Zero startup cost (a tremendous plus).
  2. No inventory, delivery or money collection requirements (all tremendous headaches for traditional fund raisers).
  3. The products and services are very competitively priced, designed to allow people to save money on things that they already use. Think about it, who really needs a $2 candy bar or a $5 car wash?
  4. Residual income. This is a biggie. Your group continues to gather customers and get commissions, month after month, without having to go out and sell to the same customers again every month. With a bake sale or car wash, the income stops as soon as the cookies are gone and the hose is turned off.
  5. Huge potential customer base. This is not limited to your neighborhood or community. Your customers can be anywhere in the country.

Another benefit

You don't have to buy anything at all in order to participate in this program. It's FREE to sign up and you immediately and automatically get a professional, custom Website where your customers place their orders. All you need to do is send them to your special link.

The best part

You'll get bonuses if individuals or groups you sponsor make sales of their own.

IMPORTANT: How it works

You or your group signs up as an affiliate (shown in the right hand column at Talk Matters) and people in your group, or friends, family and neighbors either sign up for the services and products listed, or sign up as affiliates themselves. Your group gets a commission every time they make a payment.

The bottom line

This is a true win-win scenario: Your organization wins because they are receiving commissions to fund their goals, missions, and activities. Your group's customers win because they're saving money on products and services that they already use.

Although this is ideal as a Christian fund raiser or for high school fund raisers because of the large pool of people to draw from, you don't need to have a large group to make this work well.

Check it out at Talk Matters.

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