[Cash-and-caring] Did you mean what you said?
Everett Gavel
everett at everettgavel.com
Fri Oct 16 18:26:48 UTC 2015
Hello Ramona, and all,
As I know you're well aware, we had the same issue
with the lack of participation, on the
NFB-Fundraising list over the years. Why someone
thought this list would be better, and with a
rather unclear name at that, still perplexes me.
Anyway, here's hoping we get better involvement
here. Especially since this list did away with
that list.
Onward & upward! I posted something I wrote,
geared towards students mainly, back around, I
think it was '02. Titled 70 ways to raise the
money you need to get to convention, or something
similar. I am in the process right now of turning
that into a book, focused on ways for Christians
to raise money to go on a missions trip. I've
realized that at least 30 of those ideas are not
specific to Christians or churches, but simply
ways to earn some of that mysterious, so-called,
"extra" income. So I may turn that into a separate
thing at some point now that I'm fleshing them
out.
In past years I've shared articles found on the
Internet, like 53 ways for board members to
quickly raise$2500, and others. The ideas are
definitely out there. So how can we take an old
idea, and make it amazingly relevant today? It's a
challenge, as always, but a fun one if we let it
be. So bring on the fun! ;-)
One tip I'll share is that it's become commonplace
and fairly easy to hire a Virtual Assistant these
days. To help with the day-to-day tasks of running
a business -- but also to help with whatever you
want help with, quite frankly. VA's from the
Philippines on average make about $15 per day,
sometimes working 8, 12, & even 15 hour days, or
so a few different experts say. So if you pay a
Filipino VA even $4-5 per hour to do some work for
you, it's decent money for many of them. As
always, though, the better you pay, the better you
get. The culture, I'm told, doesn't generally work
with hourly wages, though. Instead, they seem to
get paid for a day's work. But still, I've hired a
few VA's just for 1-off tasks for $10 here and
there.
Volunteers are wonderful, indeed. Thank God for
those that want to volunteer.
Still, it can easily be worth the investment, to
get many tedious, time-saving tasks done while you
focus on more important tasks that are necessary
to actually get things done on an event-sized
basis. Many Nonprofits pay some workers, while of
course utilizing volunteers as much as possible.
There are times where it's just a smart
investment.
Interested in hiring out to get more done, for
less? Me, I started learning more through Chris
Ducker. He has web sites, podcasts, and a book.
ChrisDucker.com or VirtualFreedomBook.com should
work. I first listened to his Virtual Freedom
podcast series of 25 podcasts, each discussing a
topic or chapter in his Virtual Freedom book. that
ultimately led me to buy his book for a mere $10
via Kindle. The podcasts are great, and I
recommend them to start learning more, definitely.
Here's a list of 101 things you can hire a VA to
do for you, just as a brainstormer:
http://www.chrisducker.com/101-tasks-to-outsource-to-virtual-staff/
Strive On!
Everett
----- Original Message -----
> At the convention the group said they wanted a
> listserve so we could share
> ideas about projects we are doing for
> fundraising. We have one. I am not
> finding that it is used.
>
>
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