Fundraising - Potential New Business on Your Doorstep
Carolyn Matthews

A Networkers Tale

You?re all excited, you?ve finally taken the plunge and joined that network marketing company you?ve been looking at. You?re keen and eager. Your sponsor tells you to make a `contact list? of all the people you know ? your friends, family, milkman, old work colleagues, neighbours etc and work through them. You tell all your friends and family and they buy product or hold a demonstration for you. After a while you seem to run out of steam ? all your friends and family have got some of your product ? where do you go now?

Sound familiar? Is this you or someone in your team? What you need is an injection of new people to see your products and book parties/demonstrations. People are the life-blood of your business. You need new customers, party hosts and potential recruits. Talking to people you?ve never met before is going to keep your business dynamic and fresh. So where are you going to find new people?

Start fundraising! Did you know there are over 160,000 registered charities in Britain, 35,000 schools and colleges (that?s a lot of PTAs) not to mention church groups, sports clubs and individuals who are all trying to raise funds for their worthy cause. And what?s more they are always looking for ways to fundraise or people to attend their events!

Be creative! Offer themed demonstrations, prize draws on your stall at the fete, do quick coffee morning events, sponsored catalogue sales, office lunch hour events and ladies evenings. Always be aware of the power of a fundraiser ? people who might not host a party for themselves might hold one to raise funds for a favoured cause.

Make sure that a healthy proportion of your business is fundraising-based and you?ll never be short of leads again. Good luck with your business!

http://www.fundraisers-uk.com/main.php is a UK wide directory for fundraisers. It connects fundraising groups with the people and small businesses in their area that can help them with their fundraising. The website aims to give an affordable internet presence for all those small businesses and individuals who have something to offer fundraisers. http://www.fundraisers-uk.com/main.php - connecting the right people!