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Spirit Cards for Fundraising Success

by Mark South

Feb 20, 2013

Spirit cards are one of the most effective, profitable ways to raise funds for school groups and sports organizations. There are so many advantages over other well-known fundraising products including candy bars, cookie dough, jerky, popcorn, and other items, including ease of selling, profits, and work involved. If you're looking for something new and fun for your group or organization, consider giving spirit cards a try.

Here are a few facts you may find informative and interesting.

They're super profitable; in fact, profit margins go as high as 100% and above! Depending on the size of your group and number of cards ordered and sold, your profit margins can go sky high. For instance, order 2,000 cards and get 400 free (you get 200 free with every 1,000 ordered), sell them all, and your profit margin is 102.5%! Your sports team or school organization raises an incredible $20,500. This can easily be accomplished if you have about 200 who will participate in the sellin...See MoreSpirit cards are one of the most effective, profitable ways to raise funds for school groups and sports organizations. There are so many advantages over other well-known fundraising products including candy bars, cookie dough, jerky, popcorn, and other items, including ease of selling, profits, and work involved. If you're looking for something new and fun for your group or organization, consider giving spirit cards a try.

Here are a few facts you may find informative and interesting.

They're super profitable; in fact, profit margins go as high as 100% and above! Depending on the size of your group and number of cards ordered and sold, your profit margins can go sky high. For instance, order 2,000 cards and get 400 free (you get 200 free with every 1,000 ordered), sell them all, and your profit margin is 102.5%! Your sports team or school organization raises an incredible $20,500. This can easily be accomplished if you have about 200 who will participate in the selling.

Spirit cards are the easiest product in the world to sell to customers. What do customers want today when they spend money? Value. Really, what value is there in a candy bar that costs $2 or more, other than immediate gratification? These credit-size cards sell for $10, a price customers are happy to pay considering the substantial amount of money they will save over a one-year time period on food, hair care, care maintenance, family activities and other ordinary, everyday purchases. That's real value, so customers are happy to buy without your group having to resort to hard selling.

Merchants enjoy supporting your fundraiser. With spirit cards, local merchants in your own community are happy to get involved, and offer discounts or buy-one-get-one-free offers for the backs of the cards. Not only does it speak highly of the merchant that they support your group's financial needs, they enjoy free exposure and advertising, bringing in potential new customers through the "deals" they offer.

No back-breaking work or intensive planning. Spirit cards make raising money so much easier than other methods, not only in terms of high profits, but the work and planning involved. Simply secure merchant participation (or have the card company do it for you), order the number of cards your organization will be able to sell, and offer them to potential customers anywhere - around the neighborhood, at work, at school, sports events, at the mall, literally anywhere. No boxes to tote around, no storage problems, no worries about melting or spoilage when temperatures soar in summer months. It's just plain easy, all the way around!

Think about the products or activities you’ve used in the past to raise funds for your group; were they a great success, or not so much? Did it take weeks or months of planning and more work than you really had time for, only to see so-so results in terms of the amount of money raised? If your school group or sports team is ready to enjoy a level of success like never before, consider spirit cards.

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