Fundraising Car Magnets

School Band Fundraising with Custom Car Magnets

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School Band Magnets

Fundraising Car Magnets for School Bands

Fundraising is a fact of life for most music booster organizations. Everyone is always looking for a newer, better, easier way to raise the money their child’s music program needs.

Being a band member is not free, it’s not even just a casual expense… it’s very expensive!

Here are some of the expenses that parents need to pay for:

  • Fall Semester Uniform
  • Spring Semester Uniform
  • Summer Uniform
  • Band Shoes
  • Band T-Shirts
  • Instrument Rental
  • Uniform Accessories
  • Concert Attire
  • Tuners, Metronomes, etc.

This is just a partial list. If you are currently a Band Parent, you know this list goes on and on.

On top of these items that parents must pay for individually, there are shared expenses that the entire band needs to pay, and those expenses are divided up and also paid by the parents. These cover expenses related to band extracurricular activities throughout the year (such as travel expenses), the cost of auxiliary instructors and choreography and music adaptation.

Wow. And you thought football was expensive! You’re looking at about $1,000 per year to keep your student in the School Band.

Many Band Parent Associations rely on fundraising to lighten the financial load, and custom car magnets has become the go-to item for fundraising. We helped about 20 School Bands last year with a custom car magnet fundraiser and we can do it for your school also.

Just give us a call at 760-743-6340 and we will have one of our artists design a custom magnet that will raise money and make you look good all year long!

 

 

Fundraising Car Magnets

Make More Money for Your Fundraiser

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McVey Elementary School

East Meadow “Community Themed” car magnet

Okay, so you’ve decided to use custom car magnets as part of your fundraising efforts. What is more important to you… bringing awareness to your group, or maximizing the money? Sometimes, a more “generic” magnet can appeal to a larger target audience than a specifically designed magnet.  This means that your income potential can be many times greater.

McVey Elementary PTA, in East Meadow, New York had us design the attached magnet for their fundraiser. As you can see, the words “McVey Elementary” do not appear anywhere on this magnet. Instead, they put their town name on the magnet in their school colors (also the school colors of the Middle School and the High School).

A magnet that said “McVey Elementary” would undoubtedly be very popular, and every parent with a student at the elementary school would want one. So you might sell 250 or so magnets.

But if you do what the McVey PTA did, and create a community themed magnet, you could sell 10 times as many. With the “East Meadow” magnet, every parent and student in all 3 schools will want one, plus residents of East Meadow without kids in school will want it just for civic pride.

It won’t be long until thousands of these cool “East Meadow” magnets are on cars everywhere in East Meadow, New York.

Put your town on the map, and your fundraiser into overdrive by selling a more generic “Community Themed” car magnet. Our design team will help you create your new magnet for free, so give us a call at 760-743-6340 today!

Fundraising Car Magnets

Promote your business with a custom car magnet

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Promotional Car Magnets

Advertising Magnets for Small Business

Promote your small business with a custom car magnet.

We’ve said it before, and we’re saying it again… small inexpensive car magnets in large quantities can provide much more advertising value than those large “car door” magnets. It’s a simple math problem, really.

You can spend $600 on 20 car door magnets at Staples.com and get enough magnets to outfit 10 vehicles (1 magnet on each side of 10 vehicles), or you can spend $600 and get 300 of our promotional magnets that go on the back of 300 cars. Which do you think will provide more advertising value?

Considering that each car will be seen by hundreds of other cars every day, the answer to our math problem is quite obvious (why didn’t they have math problems like this when I was struggling in grade school?).

Ask yourself this question… is it more advantageous to have your advertising magnet on the front doors of your car, or on the back bumper? Think about your daily commute; how often are you stopped at an intersection, behind another car just staring at their back bumper? Dozens of times each day, right? How often are you sitting at an intersection staring out of your side window at the car next to you? Hardly ever.

How about when you are in moving traffic. Again, are you more likely to 1) focus on the car in front of you, or are you 2) staring at the car on your right that is moving in the same direction as you. If you answered #2 above then please don’t be on the road at the same time I am! Let’s bottom-line this… that magnet on the side of your work car is not going to be seen by moving traffic. It’s only going to be read if your car is stopped, perhaps when you’ve pulled to the side of the road to exchange insurance information with the guy that just side-swiped you while trying to read your magnet through is passenger side window.

Let’s get back to our math question… By giving 300 of your clients a less expensive magnet like the one shown above, instead of buying 20 large car door magnets for 10 cars, you will have 30 times more exposure. You now have 300 mobile billboards spreading your message. And if you consider the fact that a magnet on the side of a car is much less effective than a magnet on the back of a car, then that might increase to hundreds of times more exposure.

So, get more exposure when you are on the move and turn every drive into a promotional opportunity.

 

Fundraising Car Magnets

Lacrosse Team Fundraising Ideas

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Custom Lacrosse Car Magnets

Fundraising Ideas for Lacrosse Teams

Lacrosse Team Fundraising with a custom car magnet…

Put your team on the map with a custom car magnet. There are hundreds of fundraisers out there but very few of them actually promote your team while you make money.

Almost all lacrosse teams need to run one or more fundraisers every year to bring in money for equipment, travel expenses, etc. The most common fundraisers are not only boring, but most people really do not want what you are selling. I mean fundraisers like “popcorn” sales, “cookie dough” sales, “magazine subscription” sales, and the like. After the sale, you might have raised a few dollars (and added several pounds of fat), but there is nothing residual.

Car magnets (customized for your team) are a unique item. Car magnets allow you to raise money for your team (sell them for $10 each and triple or quadruple your money), but after the sale you have hundreds of cars driving around broadcasting your team logo all over town. I guess you could make the argument that custom t-shirts do the same thing, but to achieve the same level of awareness that a car magnet provides, all of your fans will need to wear that t-shirt every day for the rest of their life. Sorry, not going to happen.

Long after that t-shirt has been used to wax the car (maybe two weeks after buying it), your custom car magnet will be broadcasting your team name and logo for all the world to see. Getting a custom car magnet is also a lot easier and less expensive than having t-shirts printed, thanks to the Virtual Magnet Request Form from ARC Marketing. Answer a few simple questions about your design (shape, colors, etc.) and one of your expert artists will whip out an awesome magnet design for you. You can get started by clicking here!

For more information about ARC Marketing and what a custom car magnet can do for your fundraising efforts, visit our website at www.arcmktg.com.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Die Cut Letter Car Magnets for Schools

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Die Cut Letter car magnets for schools

Die Cut Letter car magnets

School Car Magnets…

Your new custom car magnet does not have to be round or oval shaped (although those are the most durable shapes). Your new car magnet can be almost any shape, and we do not charge extra for uniquely shaped magnets.

Die Cut Letter Magnets, like those shown above, are very popular with schools. Combining your school colors with your letter or initials, and adding the school name creates a very impactful car magnet.

One downside to the die cut letter magnets is that there is not much room for words. Adding more than just the school name can mean hiding the die cut letters behind all of the text. Since the most effective car magnets have just one or two words (don’t forget that most people will be trying to read your car magnet from several car lengths away and sometimes at freeway speeds), our die cut letter magnets get your message out there. The key is to be bold with your school initials and school colors, but keep the text to a minimum for greatest impact.

Let our expert designers help you with your design (at no charge!). Give us a call at 760-743-6340 and let’s get your new magnet designed.

Fundraising Car Magnets

PTA Annual Giving Campaigns

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Riviera Elementary School car magnets

PTA Annual Giving Campaign car magnets

How many PTA’s have an “Annual Giving Campaign”?  Come on; raise your hands. Most PTA’s and PTO’s have annual giving campaigns and they tend to provide the majority of funding each and every year.

Often, the PTA asks each family to contribute a minimum set amount to the campaign. This money is usually used to fund the gap between what the state provides, and the true cost of delivering a quality education to each student.

Sometimes local businesses will donate goods or services for anyone who donates a certain amount. For example, a local travel agent might donate a $1,000 travel/vacation voucher, and everyone who contributes gets a ticket for a raffle where the travel voucher will be awarded. Some schools offer tickets to galas for receptions where the parents can mingle.

Regardless of what is offered, most families give, and give big. After all, it’s their kids who will ultimately benefit from the extra funding.

OK, so how do you thank and acknowledge all parents who gave? How about a custom car magnet that signifies their generosity. Everyone likes to me recognized when they do something philanthropic.  This type of “gift for donation” is very inexpensive, but can mean so much to the parents. The car magnet shown above was given to the parents at Riviera Elementary School in Torrance, California.

Let our art department create a stunning Annual Giving Campaign car magnet for your parents. The design is free with no obligation to buy magnets, so you have nothing to lose! Visit our website and fill out the “Virtual Magnet Request Form, and one of our artists will start working on your new magnet.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Ohio State University Alumni Car Magnets

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Car Magnets for Clubs

Ohio State Alumni car magnet

Okay, so “THE Ohio State University” is the National Football Champion of 2014. Big Deal, right? Yeah, it is a big deal. Hundreds of teams and thousands of players play college football each season. Millions of students and millions of alumni watch college football every season. And through all of this, there is only one National Champion. So yeah, it’s big deal.

Congratulations to Ohio State University. OSU has a huge alumni base, and every one of them still follow the football team like they did when they were freshmen in Columbus. They watch the games on TV when they can, and most alumni chapters actually go to at least one home game every season. We are proud to supply some of their alumni chapters with promotional car magnets for their members.

Car magnets are not just for fundraising. A properly designed car magnet can be an amazingly powerful awareness enhancer. These custom designed car magnets are on cars all over Jacksonville and Sarasota, respectively. Each of these chapters ordered 500 magnets, so you know the word is out. Driving around those towns, it would be difficult to go an entire day without seeing one of these car magnets. That’s exposure with a capital “E”.

The year before, Florida State won the National Championship, but they didn’t call us to create magnets for their alumni. Not sure why, but maybe their alumni just didn’t think it through. We would like to extend the invitation, right now, to make car magnets if they ever win the National Championship again.

Car magnets are a great way for any group, any club, to raise awareness and create a sense of community. From car clubs to Golden Retriever clubs, every group can put themselves on the map with a custom car magnet from ARC Marketing. Oh, and we’ll create your new car magnet design for FREE! Just give us a call at 760-743-6340!

Fundraising Car Magnets

Fundraising Car Magnets for Youth Football

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Football Car Magnets

Car Magnets for Youth Football

It’s the middle of August and the big boys (the National Football League) are strapping on their gear and banging helmets, getting ready for the 2015 season. After a few more preseason games, they start playing for real.

Millions of young Americans are also strapping on their gear, getting ready for the upcoming youth football season. Almost everyone loves football. Most people will admit that it has overtaken baseball as America’s Favorite Sport.

Youth football leagues are everywhere. There’s the original league, Pop Warner, but there are others. Some are quite large and well established, such as American Youth Football.

If you are a parent of a child participating in youth football, you know the costs are staggering. Just the equipment costs (helmet, pads, cleats, uniform) will cost you hundreds of dollars each season. Add some league fees, coaching fees, etc. and you’re going to be way over $500. Some of these expenses are shared by everyone on the team or league (league fees, travel expenses, etc.). Some families have 2 or more kids playing, so their costs are even crazier.

It’s no wonder that fundraising has become an important, and permanent part of the football season. There are many ways that your team or league can raise money for the shared expenses. Just Google “Youth Football Fundraisers” and you will see dozens of ideas. Unfortunately, most of the are pretty lame (Rent A Kid, Selling Batteries, etc.). Really? Who would want to do that?

Obviously, we think a custom car magnet designed specifically for your team will make you a lot more money and not cause the humiliation of selling batteries door-to-door (who thinks up these sad fundraising ideas?).

A properly designed car magnet (we have the best car magnet artists in the industry) will sell itself, and bring a lot of pride to all of your young football players. With a background designing promotional products for the NFL, we know just what it takes to make your league look professional. We do not charge for artwork, and you are welcome to use our art department to help create your new fundraising car magnet.

It’s a very simple process. The first step is to fill out our “Virtual Magnet Request Form” found on our website. This form provides our artist with the basic information they need to get your design started. After looking at your preliminary design, you suggest any changes and our art department gets on it ASAP. As soon as you have the look you want, we print and ship the magnets to your door. All you need to do is start taking bags of cash to the bank!

Get started on your free magnet design by clicking here now!

Fundraising Car Magnets

Car Magnets for School Fundraising

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School Car Magnets

Car Magnets for School Fundraising

There’s still time to get custom fundraising car magnets for your school. We can usually get your custom car magnets to you in about 2 weeks, so let’s get started designing your new magnets!

There are hundreds of different ways you can make money for your PTA, PTO or School. Car magnets just might be the easiest and most profitable. If you did an internet search for “School Fundraising Ideas”, you get a bunch of very questionable suggestions: cake walk, haunted house, etc. Do you really think you’ll make much money doing things like that? And what about the time commitment? Can you imagine the man-hours needed to put a Haunted House fundraiser together? You’ll probably lose money on most of the suggested fundraisers you find on-line. Is the huge amount of time and effort to create and staff these events worth the meager amount of money you’ll make? Answer = NO!

Car magnets on the other hand, practically sell themselves.  Plus, after the event (while you’re counting your money), the car magnet is broadcasting your school name all over town.

Getting started couldn’t be easier, because our art department is going to do all of the heavy lifting. Just fill out our Virtual Magnet request form, give us a few ideas of what you want on your magnet design (school name, mascot, colors, etc.) and one of our amazing artists will create a preliminary design for you in a day or less. From there we fine-tune the design until you have just the look you want. Then we print them, ship them and you sell them to parents and faculty. Easy!

For more information, just give us a call at 760-743-6340, or fill out the Virtual Magnet form by clicking here!

Fundraising Car Magnets

Fundraising Ideas for Cheerleading Squads

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Cheerleading Car Magnets

Cheer Car Magnets for Fundraising

Cheerleading teams rely almost entirely on fundraising to pay for their expenses. They usually get very little or no financial help from the school. Private competitive cheer teams also must fundraise like crazy to pay their way. Uniform costs, travel expenses and more add up quickly and fundraising is one way that cheerleaders and their families can lessen the financial strain.

 

If you Google “Fundraising Ideas for Cheerleading Squads”, you will find numerous articles describing the usual suspects: car washes, raffles, candy sales, etc. And if you read a little more deeply into those articles you will find that the expected revenue is about $200. Some of the suggested fundraising ideas are almost laughable, and would probably humiliate the entire cheer squad (Kiss a Pig Fundraiser? Really?!!).

 

How about something that won’t embarrass everyone involved, will make $400 to $1,000 easily and will create awareness for your cheer team? Of course we’re talking about a custom car magnet for your cheerleaders. Custom car magnets not only are profitable, they will get your cheer team’s name out there. Hundreds of cars will be showing off your logo (don’t have a logo? Don’t worry… we’ll help you for free).

 

So, before you force a Dog Washing Fundraiser on your cheerleaders, give the experts at ARC Marketing a call. We can design a car magnet that will make money and not humiliate your team! Get started on your FREE MAGNET DESIGN by clicking here.