[Cash-and-caring] FW: Review

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

My state has an auction every year during our state convention. For years, I’ve encouraged us to open the auction up by starting it online prior to convention or amping up advertising. This would potentially give us so many more interested parties, raising more money. So far, this has not happened. But particularly, if you do have big items, lots of people would be interested even outside the organization.

 

Yes, only 10% may not be worth it. I guess it depends on how much you can raise. If bringing in tens of thousands of dollars, using a group like this may make sense. But if just a couple thousand or just in the hundreds, not really worth it.

 

Bridgit

 

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Subject: Re: [Cash-and-caring] FW: Review

 

Hi All,

 

I agree, Bridgit. Also, if the auction is like ours here in Colorado, held at our state convention, it can’t hurt to work with the hotel to let other guests know of the items being auctioned off. Like with the celebrity-signed items and such. Even if it’s just a half-page flyer handed out to all new guests as they check in. 

 

Advertising in the regional Craigslist, as well as perhaps with local or regional newspaper classifieds, seems smart too, in such instances where an item or items have a larger appeal. 

 

With signed guitars for instance, depending on who the musician was, you could probably get a blurb mentioned on the appropriate radio station siply by calling in and talking with the people behind the scenes. Maybe a short interview on radio, maybe just the DJ passing along the details of the auction and item. 

 

This organization, depending on how decent their offer is with the split of funds raised by their items, opens the possibilities up to a much larger base of interested buyers. 

 

What I already don’t like about the lack of such info on their site, in writing, is that the percentages given to the auctioning organization may differ depending on its size. Such as the American Diabetes Association might get 20%, but an organization like the Diabetes Action Network might get 8 or 10%. If anyone finds out before I do, please share here in an update. 

 

 

Strive On!

Everett

 

 

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Just curious, but why limit our fundraising to just blind people? If we reach a broader demo, we potentially raise more money. And many blind people would still be interested in autographed items. If a celebrity you admire, you may be eager to own something they have signed, whether you can see it or not.

 

Bridgit

 

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