Back to School means it’s time for more FUNDRAISERS. Would you like to have a fundraiser that does not require selling, no deliveries, no washing of cars, no handling of money, no picking up of anything. This has to be the easiest fundraising opportunity in the Dayton area.

eREACH and The Big DEAL want to grow their list. If you help them, your group can make some easy cash. The Big DEAL is great fun for those who sign up. Each weekday they will receive special deals (40%-80% OFF) from local restaurants, salons, massage therapists, exciting events and venues, and fun stuff to do in the Miami Valley. From a personal perspective my wife and I have already purchased 4 different big deals including one to The Melting Pot restaurant, a massage therapist, a mexican restaurant, and Qdoba Mexican Grill all at 50% OFF. So you can see that this will be very easy to get people signed up. And if for any reason they don’t want to get the Big DEAL in their email inbox any more, they can easily unsubscribe any time. One thing that makes it really fun is that you know the deals are good because they are only available for ONE DAY (you can redeem them for up to a year, but you only have one day to purchase them).

Any reputable organization of 30 or more can participate. It can be a charity, a school group like a sports booster or PTO, it can be a church or any other not for profit club or organization.

The Big Deal will provide you with a custom sign-up link for your organization. You send out an email or put it in your newsletter or announce it at your meeting. You encourage family and friends to sign up using you special link. Then, for each person who signs up using that link, your group will receive $5 cash when that person responds by making a first time purchase of one of the Big Deals that is sent to them. For each first time purchase “Cha-Ching” your group makes $5 cash. If 100 people sign-up and 20 buy something, then your group gets a check for $100 cash for that month. If another 20 make a first time purchase the following month, guess what? your group gets another $100.  If 1000 sign-up and 200 buy something some time you get $5 for each first time purchase ($5 x 200) or $1000 for your group. Right now, your group could raise up to $10,000.00 or more based on signing up people to receive The Big DEAL in their in-box and when they make their first purchase.

Here is the link to get started to learn more : http://ereach.com/fundraiser/

You don’t have to sell anything really, just tell people about The Big DEAL and have them sign up using your special link. They then are tagged with your group information and when they make their first purchase of a Big DEAL offer from a local restaurant, retail or service business at 40-80% off then your group gets a cash credit. At the end of the month the cash credits are added up from all the first time purchases and a check is sent to your organization for the total. You could get a monthly check as those you signed up each find a Big DEAL that appeals to them and respond with their first time purchase.

This seems me to be a lot easier than selling candy and popcorn, selling mulch and plants and delivering them, selling raffle tickets, having a garage sale, car washes and all the other things that I see out there. My son was a wrestler in high school and he was expected to sell this and that for the team. What if he could raise money for the team just by giving family and friends a special hot-link which tags them to the Miamisburg wrestling team. When something good comes along and they make that first purchase then in comes a check for $5 for the team. No collecting money, no delivering overpriced candy or popcorn etc.

I put a call into our wrestling coach to tell him about it for the Miamisburg Wrestling Boosters. Hope he calls me soon, because this is too great an opportunity not to give it a try and those that sign-up are going to LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Big Deals. My wife for example is finding it very fun to see what will come each morning.

This is a fund raise that fits right in with the philosophy of GIVERS GAIN!

Last of all, if you know a business that wants some promotion and buzz about the town by participating in The Big DEAL, please give me a call or email me.

Peter DeMott

REACH Magazine and The Big DEAL

937-478-6222 or peter@photosbypdemott.com