Fundraising Car Magnets

5 Fundraising Sales Tips

5 Fundraising Sales Tips

5 Fundraising Sales Tips

5 Fundraising Sales Tips

Maybe you’ve chosen the perfect fundraiser for your group, but you don’t know how to get people to sell for you. With the right fundraising sales tips, you can make your fundraiser a huge success.

There are a ton of fundraising ideas to choose from. Whether you’ve chosen to go through the process of selling a food item or the easier option of selling custom car magnets, the following fundraising sales tips will help you make more money.

Start with the Basics

Teach all your participants a few basics for selling including:

  • Smile and use direct eye contact
  • Have a quick one or two sentences pitch
  • Communicate what you’re selling and why quickly
  • After asking for the sale, remain silent as you wait for a response

A huge mistake people make when selling anything is, they oversell. Teach your participants to ask for the sale and stop.

Create a Sample Pitch

A sample pitch can help your participants sell better. It should be very quick and to the point. For example, “Hi! My name is John Doe from the church youth group. Can you help us out because we are raising money for our upcoming mission trip?”

Of course, you will want to customize the pitch to fit your specific needs. When you give people a short pitch they can follow, it won’t be long before they make it their own.

Choose High Traffic Areas

If you’ve been given permission to sell your custom car magnets after church or at a local department store, make sure you choose a high traffic area. Don’t set your table too far off to the side. You want people to have to walk past you and see what you have to sell and why.

You should also create signs that make it clear what you are selling and why. Use big, bold letters, and put the signs in an easy place for people to spot.

Sell Online with Social Media

One of the best fundraising sales tips many people miss is selling online with social media. There are some great ways to go about spreading the word online with hashtags, asking others to share the custom magnet they bought, and more.

A good social media campaign can be huge for any fundraiser. It can put you in a great place to raise more money.

Fundraising Sales Tips for Selling Custom Car Magnets

When you choose to sell custom car magnets as a fundraiser, there are a few things you can do to sell your magnets faster and easier. The tips above will certainly help. You should also consider selling at the following types of events:

  • School sporting events
  • Church events
  • Church services
  • Festivals
  • Local Trade Shows
  • And More!

Any event where people might be and you have permission to sell is a good choice.

It can also be a good idea to offer a deal for those buying multiple magnets. Many people own more than one car these days so consider deals, such as 1 magnet for $10, 2 magnets for $15, or 3 magnets for $21. These types of deals can help you sell more magnets to the same person, which can boost your sales.

If you use these fundraising sales tips, you’ll be in better shape to make more money from your fundraiser this year.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Are Custom Car Magnets Weather Proof?

Are Custom Car Magnets Weather Proof?

Are Custom Car Magnets Weather Proof?

Are Custom Car Magnets Weather Proof?

Before you decide to use custom car magnets for your fundraiser, it’s a good idea to know if they are weatherproof. Taking care of these magnets will help them last longer. If you want to try selling magnets this year for a fundraiser, make sure you know what you’re getting first.

Custom car magnets are used for many different purposes. They are designed to be put on any metallic part of a vehicle and displayed with pride. Business owners use them for promotion, while schools, sports groups, and others use them as a fundraiser and to spread awareness.

How Custom Car Magnets Hold Up in the Weather

No matter the climate you live in, custom car magnets will hold up. Whether you’re in the Florida sun or the cold of Minnesota, custom car magnets will last.

The custom car magnets you get from ARC Marketing are designed for outdoor use. They are UV safe and they will last a very long time. Our magnets offer protection against the elements, no matter your climate.

While no custom car magnet will last forever, most magnets will last three to five years. Some will last longer, and it does depend on how much they are outside.

For example, a custom car magnet on a car stored outside year-round probably won’t last as long as one on a car stored in a garage most of the year.

Regardless, our magnets are weatherproof and will hold up in the rain, wind, snow, sun, and other weather conditions.

You want to make sure the custom car magnets you get are made for outdoor use. They should be made with high durability and weather-resistant materials. If you choose a cheap imitation, you won’t get a magnet that will last nearly as long.

Will My Car Be Damaged By The Magnet?

Figuring out if custom car magnets are weatherproof is a good place to start. However, before you start selling magnets as a fundraiser, you should also make sure the magnets won’t damage cars.

At ARC Marketing, we take pride in providing the best custom car magnets in the business. Our magnets are not cheap imitations and they don’t damage cars.

Some of the cheap imitations are actually refrigerator magnets and they are not designed for cars. They may come with a paper coating and wrinkle or fade quickly.

While it’s always a good idea to remove your custom car magnets when washing your car, our magnets won’t damage your car. Make sure you apply the magnet to a clean and dry metallic surface on your car, as well.

Choosing the right product for your fundraiser isn’t easy. If you’re considering custom car magnets because they are inexpensive, easy to distribute, and offer a high return on investment, you’re on the right track.

Since our custom car magnets are also weatherproof and won’t damage the vehicle, they make a perfect choice. Whether you’re raising money, raising awareness, or both, we’re here to help you get the right car magnets for your specific needs.

Fundraising Car Magnets

6 Tips to Help Promote Your Fundraiser

6 Tips to Help Promote Your Fundraiser

School Magnets

6 Tips to Help Promote Your Fundraiser

Choosing your fundraiser is a good start. However, if you choose a fundraiser that requires you to market, you need to know how to promote your fundraiser.

Selling custom car magnets doesn’t require a ton of promotion. Of course, the more you promote, the more you will sell, and the more money you will raise.

Holding an event for your fundraiser, you’ll likely need more marketing. Let’s look at some of the best tips for promoting your fundraiser.

Promote Your Fundraiser Fast With These 6 Tips

1. Social Media

One of the best ways to promote any fundraiser today is through social media. Most people will be happy to share your fundraiser, especially if they support it by purchasing a custom car magnet. This allows you to go viral in your local community and reach a larger audience without spending a dime.

You can promote on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and other social media channels. It’s not necessary to spend a dime and you can use local hashtags and tag local people involved in your fundraiser.

Get everybody involved in your fundraiser to share the same message a few times leading up to the fundraising date. You might be surprised by the reach you can gain with social media.

2. Take an Ad Out

You can take an ad out in the local newspaper to promote your fundraiser, too. This is usually a good way to promote an event fundraiser and won’t work well for other fundraisers, typically.

3. Get Excellent Sponsors

If you want to get others to promote your fundraising event, choose good sponsors. Good local businesses will promote you without you even having to ask. You can even provide them with some promotional materials, such as graphics for their website, flyers, and more.

4. Use Flyers

Putting flyers up throughout your community can help. Many apartment complexes, restaurants, libraries, and supermarkets allow you to hang up flyers. You can spread the message fast with flyers and they don’t cost much to create and print.

5. Have Participants Spread the Word

Often, with custom car magnet fundraiser and other fundraisers, getting those participating in the fundraiser to spread the word is powerful. For example, if you’re going to sell custom car magnets for your baseball team, you can get all the players to talk about the fundraiser to their family before it happens.

6. Create a Video

You can couple a video with your social media marketing for your fundraiser. Create a video and upload it to YouTube. Then, share it everywhere you can. Videos can be very powerful when it comes to spreading the word.

It’s much easier to run a successful fundraiser when you promote it properly. Even when you’re going to sell an item as your fundraiser, such as custom car magnets, you can promote it. The best part, you can promote your fundraiser without spending a dime, if you choose the right options, such as making a video and using social media.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Choosing the right Car Magnet Company

I just Googled the search phrase “car magnets”, and I received 116 million results! A lot of those are for “car door magnets”, and those are intended for advertising your small business (contractors, realtors, etc.).

Google “fundraising car magnets” or “school car magnets” and you begin to find the companies that you will want to reach out to. “Fundraising car magnets” returned 548 Thousand results and “School car magnets” returned 57 million results. Not sure about you, but I don’t have time to go through every one of those to pick the best company.

Google will help…

To thin the herd, Google makes it a little easier. Google ranks all searches by relevance, company history, and other factors. So, not going too deep (only search the few top pages) should show you the companies who have been around the longest and have a positive reputation. Personally, I never click on the “sponsored listings”. These are the ones that have the small square with the word “Ad” in the heading. These companies have done nothing to earn this placement; they merely paid a lot of money to Google to get this listing at the top of the page. I could open a new company today and have my listing at the top of Page 1 tomorrow by doing this. Then I could go out of business in a week and never return any money for product that is unproven. So, avoid the “sponsored ads”.

Now that you’ve brought those 57 million listings down to 30 or less (only the first 3 pages), you can begin looking at their websites. There are a few (very few) companies like ARC Marketing that offer a full-service art department to help with you design your magnet for free (with a real live human working with you). Most have a computer-generated on-line design-tool that might work if you are happy using the same clip art and templates that they offer to everyone.

Okay, so now we know that there a lot of companies out there offering “car magnets”. With so many choices, how do you choose a company that won’t let you down? How can you tell a high-quality car magnet from a low quality car magnet?

Let’s “Bottom Line” this… is the least expensive car magnet the car magnet that you want for your fundraiser? Companies that advertise “Cheap Car Magnets” are not just talking about their price, they are also talking about their quality.

Saving 10 cents or 20 cents on your fundraising car magnets is going to make you look like a hero… for about 2 months! After that, those less expensive magnets begin to fade and fall apart. You see those cheap magnets on cars everywhere… only you can’t read what they say! Are you ready to start refunding money to the people who bought your magnet and now are complaining that it has fallen apart?

ARC Marketing makes the best car magnets in America, and we guarantee that they will not fade or fall apart. Request a sample magnet from us and compare it to any other car magnet. The difference is obvious. Don’t ruin your fundraiser by using the cheapest magnets you can find!

Are you ready to start making money for your group? Then give me a call at 760-743-6340 or email me at russell@arcmktg.com immediately!!!

Fundraising Car Magnets

Friends of Scouting Car Magnets

Scouting Car Magnets

Friends of Scouting Car Magnets

Friends of Scouting Thank You Gifts

Friends of Scouting is your council’s annual giving campaign. In most councils, Friends of Scouting (or FOS) represents the council’s largest source of income.

Here’s a great way to say “Thanks” to all those individuals who contributed to your successful FOS campaign; a custom car magnet designed for your council.

The people who donate during your FOS campaign do not want to remain anonymous! They are proud to support scouting and they want the world to know. As a result, they prefer Thank You Gifts that have your Scout Council logo or patch on it. But they also want the world to see it, so your gift should be used in a very visible place. Clothing certainly fits those requirements. And here’s an even better idea; a custom car magnet printed with your Council Logo. Using a custom car magnet as a gift to them allows them to proudly show your community that they believe in the values and ideals that you are teaching the Leaders of Tomorrow.

Imagine your “Thank You Gift” becoming an advertising machine for your council. Picture your council magnet on hundreds of cars in your community. Eventually, everyone will have seen this magnet dozens of times. That type of advertising usually isn’t cheap.

This magnet will broadcast an image of your Scout Council

  • 24 hours a day.
  • 7 days a week.
  • 365 days a year.
  • Nonstop. And the best news… it not expensive!

ARC Marketing has been designing and printing custom car magnet for scouting for more than 15 years. Let one of our talented magnet designers show you what we can do for your council.

For more information, visit our website by clicking here.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Featured Car Magnet – Oak Park Elementary School

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Oak Park Elementary School custom car magnet

Featured Car Magnet – Oak Park Elementary School

We design a print a lot of car magnets for the schools in the Brentwood Union Free School District, and Oak Park is one of those. There are 19 primary and secondary schools in the Brentwood Union School District, and we design and print car magnets for 7 of those schools.

Oak Park Elementary wanted us to design a magnet to use to acknowledge their best and brightest students. They already had a Student of the Month program in place, so instead of reinventing the wheel we built on that existing foundation.

Most schools in the Brentwood Union School District use a variation of their “B” logo. Oak Park’s variation places a bold “OP” over the B logo.

Since we use the most advanced ultra-violet resistant inks, the colors are bright, bold and vibrant. These inks will not fade, so this magnet will look awesome for years.

Also, since there is a steady turnover of students (new kindergarten students coming in while the older students are moving on to middle school), this is a fundraising program that can continue forever. This means that every year, the school and their PTA can raise thousands of dollars.

We can do the same for your school. To get samples and a free magnet design. Just give us a call at 760-743-6340 or visit our website at www.arcmktg.com

Fundraising Car Magnets

Custom Car Magnets

custom car magnets

Custom Car Magnets for Fundraising

There are many fundraising options available to you. Unfortunately, most of them are ineffective. Not only do these not raise enough money to justify themselves, they waste an enormous amount of time.

Think of the time and effort your team invests into a fundraiser like a car wash. How many hours are spent getting these set up, finding a location to host it, putting up signs, and then getting your team in place to do the hard work? And what’s the end result? A few hundred dollars and 10 poorly washed cars.

Let me offer an alternative; Custom Car Magnets. A well-designed custom magnet will practically sell itself. You just need to collect the money.

A fundraising car magnet does more than just earn money, it creates awareness. Imagine hundreds of cars, driving around town with your magnet. You can safely assume that each of those cars will be seen by at least 100 other cars every day. You do the math; it works!

Getting a custom car magnet design is simple if you’re working with ARC Marketing. We have a team of experienced designers and they are here to help. With a little input from you, our art department will create a design that will impress everyone.

Now, all that’s left is the timing. Production typically takes 2 weeks plus a few days for UPS delivery. Designing your magnet could take a few days in our art department, including any revisions that you’ll want to see. Add that all up and it will take about 3 weeks to receive your magnets after contacting us. What’s this mean? It means plan ahead!

Just give us a call at 760-7473-6340, or email me at russell@arcmktg.com can we’ll get busy!

Fundraising Car Magnets

School Fundraising Magnets

Okay, school has started, and your PTA or PTO still does not have all of their fundraising options lined up.

Well, there’s still time to run a successful custom car magnet promotion.

Combine our brilliant art department with our amazing production facility and we can have your new, custom magnets in your hands in about 2 weeks.

Car magnets are a year-round fundraiser, but it’s always best to start before the beginning of the school year. But with all the other things going on in your PTA or PTO, fundraisers tend to get put off. In fact, most of our customers call about this time a year and explain that they are late getting started. This is where we take over for you.

We will design your magnet at no charge, and we will use a professional human designer; not some automated do-it-yourself online template program that will leave you wondering how your magnets will look. We’ll print them on our state-of-the-art printing equipment, using the best magnetic material and the most durable UV resistant inks. We’ll package them with care and deliver them to your door via UPS. All you need to do is sit back and take all the credit!

Getting started couldn’t be easier. We just need a little info about your school (colors, mascot, wording on magnet, etc.), and we have a simple questionnaire that makes it simple.

Are you ready to get started? Click here to go to the “Design Questionnaire” and prepare to be amazed.  

Fundraising Car Magnets

Using Car Magnets for Fundraising

Fundraising Car Magnets

Fundraising Car Magnets

NEWS FLASH!!! Fundraising is NOT FUN!

Fundraising is a thankless task. Asking people for money to support your cause (but not necessarily their cause) can be humbling at times and most people dislike it enough to never do it. Selling items as a fundraiser seems a little easier since you’re at least giving the donor a token gift for their money.

Most people find fundraising so distasteful that they won’t even attempt it. How many people in your group opt out when asked to solicit donations?

ARC Marketing offers a solution to your fundraising dilemma; customized car magnets. We can design and print beautiful, weather-proof fundraising car magnets for your school, your kid’s sports teams, your church and just about any other group. Our car magnets use the best magnetic material and the best UV resistant inks, so your new magnet will look great for years.

Since you will be “selling” these magnets to parents at your school or Little League Baseball Team, the stigma of “asking for money” is removed. Sure, the parents are still donating money, and they will be given the car magnet as a “thank you” gift. But now it becomes more of a transaction and it feels a little more normal than just asking for money.

In most instances, you will be selling these magnets to people who already have a vested interest in your cause, so most people are already on-board and this makes the entire process a lot easier (and a lot less demeaning). In fact, if you are raising money for your school, most parents will gladly buy a car magnet from their children’s school. Having their school’s magnet on the back of their car is cool, and almost no one will say “no” when offered the magnet for $10 each.

We realize that there are many other ways to raise money (car washes, bake sales, etc.) and these labor-intensive fundraisers are still humbling and thankless. Also, we realize that there are other fundraising opportunities that involve selling merchandise (candy sales, Christmas ornaments, magazine subscriptions, etc.), but most other merchandise items are things that no one really want. But a car magnet with your school logo is something that everyone will be glad to put on their car.

Here’s an overlooked advantage to fundraising with car magnets… awareness. 250 cars driving around your town with your car magnet is not going to go unnoticed! In fact, your logo is going to become very familiar. Try doing that with Candy Bar Sales!

Getting started on your new magnets is simple. In fact, we’ll do all the heavy lifting. Just go to our website (www.arcmktg.com) and click on the “Free Magnet Design” button and our art department will get to work. Easy!

Want to go “Old School” and speak to a human being? Call us at 760-743-6340.

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Car Magnets for Boy Scout Fundraising

Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts; all can benefit from a custom fundraising car magnet. Scouting troops and packs from all over America use custom car magnets from ARC Marketing to raise money and increase awareness.

Most of the “Boy Scout” magnets that we make are for FOS (Friends of Scouting) thank you gifts. The Boy Scouts, like many large, philanthropic organizations, relies on private donations to fund a lot of their programs. These Scout Councils thank their donors with some token of their gratitude each year. The perfect Thank You gift would be one that would let the donor show the world that they support scouting. What could possibly be seen by more people than a magnet on the back of your car? Now what if that Thank You gift also created a ton of awareness for your Scout Council? Okay class, does anyone know where I’m going with this?

You are correct! The perfect FOS Thank You Gift is a car magnet, custom designed for your Scout Council.

It checks all the boxes:

  • Donor gets to show the world he supports scouting
  • Scout Council gets a ton of exposure
  • It’s cost-effective! Won’t bust your budget.

Our expert magnet designers will create an eye-catching magnet for you at no charge (all artwork is free at ARC Marketing), so you have nothing to lose.

Reach out to us at www.arcmktg.com or give us a call at 760-743-6340 and let’s partner-up to create a car magnet that will both make money and make your scouts proud!