Always looking for a new way to raise funds

As a member of a not-for-profit organisation we are always looking for ways to raise funds to be able to continue our services.  I know that this is preaching to the choir however it’s difficult to come up with new products that or supporters really want to have so we are not a burden.  A product or service that they will be happy to buy year after year that we still get a return from is the utopia that every not-for-profit.  If only such a product existed.  We tried the chocolates, cookie dough, voucher books, raffle tickets, quiz nights and even special doughnuts from interstate.  All these work for a once off or once a year but most of these products are not really good value for our supporters.

I was recently introduced to MyPhoneVouchers which at its most basic is a smart phone version of those voucher books.  This by itself has its advantages for not-for-profits in that there is no commitment or stock and the supporters love it because it’s always with them with no chucky book.  The other advantages for our supporters is the wide range of discounts that are available and also it sorts the vouchers to those that are closest to them in the categories.

For use there was another advantage and that is that the return on each sale was 50% or $20.00 per membership and our supporters are charged only $39.95.  MyPhoneVouchers.com also gave us free accounts for our staff and volunteers, which put a smile on the face these important people, we also got a few free accounts for our quiz night and a raffle.  One thing I would recommend it that you get someone in your organisation to learn how to setup the mobile site on supporter’s smart phones so it looks like a native application.  Other than that we found MyPhoneVouchers.com to be a simple way to make the extra funds that are needed by our organisation.

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