METHODS

  • Sell direct. You order 5-10 items per seller or family in your group. Make a prospect list which includes family, neighbors, friends, church members and co-workers.
  • Pre-sell using a sample. Contact Youth Group Promotions (YGP) and order enough items to provide each seller or family with a sample. Sellers take orders and collect money (to guarantee your sale) for approximately two weeks. Compile orders and contact us. Once your order arrives, distribute product to seller.
  • Pre-sell using a sales form. Contact Youth Group Promotions (YGP) and request a pre-sale form per seller or family in your group. Sellers take orders and collect money (to guarantee your sale) for approximately two weeks. Compile orders and contact us. Once your order arrives, distribute product to seller.

IDEAS

  • Sell in the church foyer before and after Sunday services.
  • Encourage parents to place a sample and/or a pre-sale form at work.
  • Require each seller or family to purchase and/or sell a specific number of items.
  • Place a sample with a sign-up sheet on the church or school bulletin board.
  • Organize a mailing campaign; request a donation and in return give a wall calendar, pocket calendar, card set or notepads.
  • Contact prospective customers by email.
  • With permission, set up a booth in front of a large discount store or other area retailer.
  • Sell in your church bookstore.
  • Sell at a church-sponsored yard or rummage sale.
  • Sell at a church breakfast, supper or bake sale.
  • Sell at a church picnic or other social gatherings.
  • Sell at school functions such as concerts or sporting events.
  • Display in the church or school office with a donation or payment box. List the suggested donation or selling price.
  • Sell door to door in area neighborhoods and in neighboring towns.
  • Sell in local malls.
  • Sell at local spring, fall and holiday craft fairs.
  • Sell at local town festivals and other locally-held civic events.
  • Contact businesses in the community to request permission to display & sell in their stores.
  • Contact businesses in the community to propose they give the wall calendar, pocket calendar,
    card set or notepads as appreciation or Christmas gifts to their customers and employees.

PROMOTION

  • Make announcements at church services and place announcements in the church bulletin to notify members in advance of your fund-raising project.
  • Use free posters included within each carton of calendars/card sets to advertise your fund-raiser.
  • Promote the wall calendar, pocket calendar, card set and notepads as Christmas gifts for friends, family, parents & grandparents, neighbors, co-workers, daycare providers, exchange gifts, teachers, coaches, and volunteers.
  • Create gift sets using two or more different products and creatively package using gift wrap, boxes or bows.
  • Bundle items using two or more of the same or different products, offer a price discount, and creatively package using cellophane, ribbon or raffia.
  • Give customers ideas of whom to give gifts or places and ways to use the wall calendar, pocket calendar, card set and notepads using posters, table tents or note cards placed with each item sold.
  • Keep a yearly list of customers and revisit them each year you sell.
  • Divide up your city and have teams of sellers cover each portion.
  • Encourage repeat business by placing a label listing your group name, address and phone number on the back of each product you sell.
  • Write a "Thank You" with each item sold that includes your name, group name and phone number; if additional items are needed, they can call.
PROMOTION
  • Make announcements at both church services and in the weekly bulletin to notify members of your fund-raising campaign. (Contact YGP for promotional images.)
  • Use free posters included in each carton of wall calendars to advertise your fund-raiser.
  • Encourage repeat business by making and placing a label listing your group name, address and phone number on the back of each product sold.
  • Email family and friends with details of the sale and product images. (Contact YGP for promotional images.)
  • Offer a discount for multiple items or products purchased.
  • Create gift sets using two or more different products. Creatively package using gift wrap, boxes, cellophane, ribbon,
    raffia or bows.
  • Promote the wall calendars and all products as Christmas gifts for friends, family, parents & grandparents, neighbors,
    co-workers, daycare providers, exchange gifts, teachers, coaches, and volunteers.
  • Give customers ideas of whom to give gifts or places and ways to use the wall calendar, pocket calendar, card set and notepads using posters, table tents or note cards placed with each item sold.
  • Keep a list of customers and revisit them each year.
  • Divide up your city and have teams of sellers cover each portion.
  • Write a "Thank You" with each item sold that includes your name, group name and phone number. Customers will appreciate your gratitude and have your information when more product is needed.
  • Advertise and make product available for sale on the organization's website. (Contact YGP for promotional images.)

INCENTIVES

  • Allow profit earned by the seller to go directly into seller’s personal fund. Money accumulated will be used to defray costs
    of tuition or trips.
  • Have contests and give prizes (concert tickets, music, gift certificates) to individual sellers or families who sell the most items.
  • Reward the entire group (pizza party, skating, tubing) as a whole for meeting a group goal.

MINISTRY/GIFTS

  • Purchase calendars or any God's Creation products as ministry tools and distribute. Consider missionaries, those who are in health or elder care facilities, institutions, or on assistance programs.
  • Purchase the wall calendar, pocket calendar, card set and notepads as appreciation or Christmas gifts for church members, teachers & staff, school families, board members, church & school donors and volunteers.
  • Purchase card sets to use for your church or school card ministry to recognize birthdays, anniversaries, visitors, shut-ins, sympathy, volunteers, donors, thank-yous.
  • Purchase notepads as incentives, prizes, gifts (children or staff) or for general church pew or office use.
    Sell the wall calendar, pocket calendar, card set and notepads. Give proceeds to missions, charities, or use to sponsor a needy family at Christmas.