Teaming Up to Improve Discount Card Sales

Two ways to enhance the selling of your discount cards.

Creating rivalries can be suitable for sales. It makes selling fun while bringing out the best in your students. The competition requires separating your students into teams. Your group may already be divided into teams. For example, you may be responsible for a youth sports fundraiser for your little league. If so, you're ready to get started.

Even if you aren't part of a sports league, you should consider dividing your group into teams. Be sure each team is fairly represented and that you also pick influential team leaders to encourage their teammates to make more discount card sales.

Track Discount Card Sales Progress

We offer a discount card fundraiser tracking sheet that can be used to monitor your ongoing sales. Encourage your teams to turn the money in for sold cards daily. Then you can record and post the progress as you go. This will also encourage the prompt collection of money once you've distributed your cards.

Offer Team-Based Selling Incentives

Incentives can unite your teams to compete and work harder on your fundraiser. Here are some ideas that will improve discount card sales:

1. A free pizza party at a local pizza shop. If you assure them of some publicity, the pizza shop may even donate the pizzas.
2. A trip to a professional ballgame. Some groups, like Little League and Girls' Softball Leagues, have taken the winning team to a nearby, professional ballgame.
3. A 'beans and steak banquet'. Some groups with facilities will set up a beans and steak banquet to conclude the sales campaign. During the meal, the winning teams get to eat steak (or hamburgers), and the losers have to be satisfied with a bowl of beans or chili.

Teaming up to sell discount cards will allow you to maximize your profit in less time.

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Author Bio

Clay Boggess has been designing fundraising programs for schools and various nonprofit organizations throughout the US since 1999. He’s helped administrators, teachers, and outside support entities such as PTAs and PTOs raise millions of dollars. Clay is an owner and partner at Big Fundraising Ideas.