Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial ...
Building Business In the Market Place
1. Locating Organization’s In The Marketplace
In Need Of Fundraising
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2. Ways of Locating Organization’s
In Your Marketplace
Websites
Networking Events
Personal Email List
Attending Community Events
Associates, Neighbors, Family & Friends
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3. Websites
Websites: A Great Resource for locating organizations/sports
teams/school/churches/non-profits in your area
http://mapquest.com
offers search capabilities
and returns address and
phone numbers
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4. Websites
Non-profit organizations
like Animal Shelters, Little
League Baseball, Boy
Scouts / Girls Scouts of
America, 4-H Clubs, Boys
ad Girls Clubs
For a complete listing in
your area go to
www.melissadata.com and
enter your zip code
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5. Websites
http://www.google.com
to search for specific
groups; - for example
enter Babe Ruth Baseball,
city name and a list will
return with links to teams
in your area
Here you will find
coaches, email addresses
and phone numbers
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6. Networking
Each community has numerous organizations and
affiliations for networking with entrepreneurs &
business owners. Consider organizations like:
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Organizations like Rotary, Toastmasters
National Women’s Business Council
National Association of Business Owners
Sales and Business Marketing Association
All of these are worthy organizations which build
business connections and referrals.
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7. Personal Email
Use your email list and sharing the LifeFoods
Fundraising Program with your friends, family
and associates. Make a simple announcement,
share the benefits of the program, and ask for
your followers to forward your email to their
family, friends and associates. Be sure to list
all the benefits and value of our program.
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8. Attend Community Events
Make an effort to get out from behind the
computer and meet and greet people in all
walks of life and locations. Examples: Grocery
Store, Local Parks and Recreation Centers,
Malls and Shopping Centers, Church, Fitness
Center, Library and the theatre. Have your
business cards ready to share our program
when the opportunity is available. Many
times the fundraising champion will come to
you.
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9. Associates, Family & Friends
Share our program with your associates at
work, your family members and friends. Most
everyone belongs to some type of organization
in need of funding. Briefly share the value and
benefits of our program with a business card.
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10. Be Bold & Ask
When building a customer base from your
community Be Bold and Ask People You Come
Into Contact With For Referrals.
Use your existing relationship to build more
relationships.
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