Handbands for fundraising

Most community based organisations do a lot with very little. Here are our fundraising tips for organisations on a budget.

1. Plan your approach. Ad-hoc fundraising rarely works as well as a concerted 12 month effort with lots of touchpoints. Look at seasonal efforts, and make it a practice to gather email addresses or facebook friends where possible.

2. Keep in touch with your donors - you're in the business of raising friends, not just money. Keep in touch via email or facebook updates so that people have you 'top of mind'. Let them know what's new in your world, what you're doing with the funds and who you're serving.

3. People react after a certain number of touch-points. This is marketing speak for the point of contact and the rule of thumb suggests it takes at least three pieces of communication to register who you are and what you stand for. Until that point you're just another piece of 'noise' in the midst of a busy day.

Keeping your name and logo in front of people helps with touchpoints. The more your name, logo and colours are seen, even fleetingly, helps keep your organisation in a familiar zone for potential donors.  This is where a promotional product like Handbands is really useful. Our rubber wristbands,  bracelet and silicone wristbands keep your logo and message in front of people. Our hand bands come in vibrant colours with space for an organisation name, phrase and logo on a smart looking wristband that acts as a hand band - and people wear them for months on end! Think of it as a power band to power your brand! There are hundreds of uses for our range of handband products. Some organisations like Fonterra use it to promote safety consciousness within their organisation. There are plenty of uses you can put handbands to and our website has lots of suggestions that will help your business. Contact us at Handbands and we'll show you how other fundraising organisations have successfully used handbands.