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With the possibility of ‘print-on-demand’ and the ease of self publishing, products like calendars and cookbooks that were previously deemed too expensive or too time intensive to produce and sell for fundraising purposes have actually now become ‘quick to plan and sell’ additions to the collection of fundraising products.
Calendars:
In the old days you’d have to [...]

Community colleges are filled to the max, carpooling has become attractive again and low price leader Walmart has had one of its best years. All kinds of services are being more rationed than ever (health insurance, credit), and wasteful practices are uncovered and eliminated in just about every industry. The current recession has infiltrated many [...]

To keep you up-to-date on creative and innovative fundraising ideas, we will occasionally inform you about how others raise funds for their groups and how you can apply their fundraising strategies to your own fundraiser:
To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA) is a charity about suicide prevention, started by Jamie Tworkowski in 2006. Jamie himself [...]

Finding free web services for your non-profit fundraising group can be a challenging prospect. Where do you begin? Who do you ask for free services? Will anyone even provide these services for free or at least at a discounted rate?
Luckily, there are several resources on the web that bring you into contact [...]

Following are two more examples of how social media is being used very creatively to raise money for a cause:
Blame Drew’s Cancer Fundraising Campaign
Fall 2009: Twitterer Drew Olanoff, who is currently being treated for Hodgkin Lymphoma, has started a social media fundraising effort for Lance Armstrong’s LiveStrong campaign. How it all started: When Olanoff realized [...]

Following are some resources to help you with marketing and promoting your cause and learning more about using social media in your communication efforts.
Feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments section!

YouTube Video Volunteers
Would you like to use YouTube to market your fundraiser, or promote your non-profit, but you need someone to help [...]

Tom’s of Maine (the company that makes the natural soaps, toothpastes etc.) is looking for applications for community involvement projects from nonprofit organizations.
The project application period starts on June 1, 2009 and ends on August 30, 2009. After this deadline a review panel will narrow down the applications to 50 finalists. The finalists [...]

Maybe your organization already has a website, but you’re interested in using social media to help spread the word? Maybe you already have a Twitter and Facebook account, but you’re not getting the most out of twittering and facebooking?
At CommuniCause you can nominate and vote for your favorite charity that you’d like to see win [...]

Has it happened to you? Has your non-profit received a warning from the state of Florida for non-compliance with their solicitation laws for displaying a ‘Donate Button’? And what have you done about it?
A non-profit has informed us that the State of Florida deemed the PayPal Donate Button on their website to be in non-compliance [...]

Say what? What are Twollars? Twollars are a virtual currency meant to help out charities. It is a new service, but it already looks promising. Here is how it works:
Anyone with a Twitter account automatically gets 50 Twollars to start with. Claim your Twollars here. You can then give away Twollars to anyone you like [...]