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We’ve been spending more time amping up our Twitter account, and we’re focusing on using Twitter as a way to spread the news about the great deals that our merchants offer. Sure, 2clickfundraising.com is a great way to raise money for your favorite cause with no work on your part. But it’s also a great way for you to save money on the purchases you would normally make anyway.



Our merchants send us exclusive deals and the immediate heads up on any specials that they’re running. Our mission is to not only help you raise money for your favorite cause, but if we can make it happen, to also save you money in the process. By following @2clickguy on Twitter, you’re promised to be in the know about the best deals offered by our 130+ merchants as soon as we know about them.

You can sign up for our newsletter to be alerted about deals from any specific merchant as well. But if you want to know about the best deals from all of our merchants, follow us on Twitter so that you can be in the know as well. Raise more funds in just 2 clicks, save more money with just one tweet.

Pardon our dust while we remodel…

You may have noticed a few changes at 2clickfundraising.com, and we hope that you’ve been pleased with the progress so far. We’re the same great site that helps you raise money for your organization through online shopping. We still offer a percentage of sales at popular sites like Amazon, 1-800-PetMeds and many others. And we still like to keep you in the know on all the exclusive deals that our 130 merchants have to offer. But, we’re trying to make life a little easier for you…

We’ve added a Facebook page so that you can easily track the deals and promotions we’ve got going on. Like us on Facebook so that you can help promote your organization to your friends. We’ve added a Twitter account so that we can keep you in the know on the most exclusive deals as we learn about them. Follow @2clickguy so that you can join in on the conversation. And, we’re going to start sharing our progress with you on our blog as we continue our remodeling efforts. Keep checking http://2clickguy.blogspot.com/ to keep up on our great deals and learn more about how to promote your organization and raise more funds with 2click.


We’ll keep you in the know on more of our changes to come, but in the meantime, keep remembering to turn your online shopping into funds raised for your organization with 2clickfundraising.com.

Target, Amazon and the Pink Leapster

My wife and I had finally figured out what we wanted to get our three little kids. I already had bought my son a bike (at Amazon, of course), and told my wife that I would buy my daughter the Pink Leapster we talked about, and the Tinker Bell game that goes with it. She (erroneously) thought Target had the Leapster for $35, and I was shocked to see it on Amazon for $48! So, got bundled up and I drove to Target.

The Leapster was $59 (so $11 more than Amazon), and both games we were considering (the Tinker Bell game and a Princesses game) were $1 to $2 cheaper on Amazon.com.

So, I drove back home and ordered it at Amazon. And, that purchase (and, the 2 clicks before going to Amazon), just the Leapster and the game generated about $4.00 in revenue for my Fisher House fundraiser. So, other than the wasted trip to Target, everything worked out just fine.

If you know someone who doesn't know Amazon is the cheapest, share this with them.
If you know a good 2click success story, share it with me! (jeff@2clickfundraising.com)

Smart saving and happy clicking,
Jeff.

Are you a Catalog Freak like my wife?

My wife is just crazy about catalogs. They stack up like crazy, especially around the holidays, but she still keeps them and flips through every page. One day, when her stack was overflowing in her mail drawer, I threw some out. She made it very clear, I should not do that in the future. Okay, even if you buy from catalogs just once and a while ... here is a great way to SAVE MONEY and MAKE MONEY for your organization.

First, we have some catalogs in our network, so instead of calling in, go online to 2clickfundraising.com. Click on the Organization you want to make money, and then on the link for that catalog (Colorful Images, EToys, Highlights Catalog, and more). Your purchase will be the same price, but your Organization will make a portion of the purchase price.

But ... here is a way to actually SAVE money. Recently, my wife was about to buy a Christmas present out of a catalog. It was this cool mug, that looked like an upside down Beer Bottle, inside the mug for my beer drinking brother (hope he's not reading this). It was $24.99 plus shipping. Anyways, instead of calling up the catalog, I did a quick search on Amazon. I found it for $20, and since I had another small thing to buy, shipping was free (over $25). Interestingly enough, it's also $19.99 on their website. I don't know if they reduced the price or if it's lower on the site, but we saved over $10.

So, I started to look around at some more. Some of the items I found were not on Amazon and some were there, offered through the same catalog I found it in, so it was the same price. But, every time I found it, it was the same or cheaper. Here are some examples of what I found ...

Catalog	Item	Catalog	Amazon	Savings!
Potpourri	Personalized Man Cave Sign	$49.95	$39.95	$10.00
Solutions	Songwriter CD Recorder	$399.00	$311.43	$87.57
Solutions	35mm Film Converter	$99.95	$89.90	$10.05
What on Earth	Elvis Presley Guitar Shirt	$49.95	$39.99	$9.96

Well, I could go on and on. So, if you are thinking of ordering from a catalog, look around a bit. You can probably save money and make money for your organization!

If you know someone who likes catalogs, share this with them.
If you know a good 2click success story, share it with me! (jeff@2clickfundraising.com)

Smart saving and happy clicking,
Jeff.

Price comparison on Musical Instruments

Dear 2Click -

As a person who uses 2Click (2ClickFundraising.com) whenever it is possible - as long as an online store that I am looking at price shopping with has a link thru 2ClickFundraising.com. I want to say thanks for a cool site that has helped me shop for good deals and service, and be able to give money back. Yes, I am a musician and I always seem to be buying gear...seriously, it seems like always. Yes, I have done the ebay thing...a lot. (Editors Note! Ebay is in the 2clickfundraising.com network, too!!) Until recently I thought ebay was the only way to buy gear online, but I AM WRONG. After a rash of marginal or weak ebay experiences I decided to start looking at buying new stuff online instead of the ebay stuff. I figured having new gear could be a sound investment (pardon the pun), but really I just wanted to start getting what I wanted, and I wanted it in good, functioning shape. So, granted I am not buying gear for an orchestra or a huge band, but I figure I can do something - I give back to the Fisher House charity.

My most recent purchases this summer were both thru Musician's Friend and I think were great deals. 1st, I bought an Electro Harmonix Holy Grail reverb pedal for my electric guitar, cost me $118.50 including shipping and IT IS GUARANTEED/WARANTEED to work. Price was the same as buying it new everywhere I searched on the internet (ebay, zzounds,&nbs p;samash.com) and shipping was free. Ebay was $20 cheaper, but most of those guys didn't have free shipping and clearly no guarantee/warantee. Pedal came in 3 days and sounds great/works great. A month later I decided to buy a Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner thru 2Click. Same deal, I searched all the sites and found that the best deal was thru 2Click and Musician's Friend for only $99.00 with free shipping.. Ebay couldn't promise me the quality and the other sites don't offer free shipping. So purchase number two of the summer was the tuner.. Both products have been successes. So, I know my 2Click choice was Fisher House, but I don't know how much ended up going to Fisher House. If you could tell me that would be awesome. I know people buy all kinds of things thru 2Click. Music is my passion and 2Click makes feel about spending money on my tools and toys. Thanks.

jack higgins

Your answer, Jack ... For just 2 clicks before you made those purchases, Fisher House made $9.97. So, Fisher House and 2clickfundraising thank you for your 2 clicks. AND, your note. And, please note, Ebay is also in the 2clickfundraising.com network!

Keep clicking!
Jeff

Being successful with 2clickfundraising.com

There is one major problem when your group decides to raise funds with 2clickfundraising.com. It's too EASY!! People here the idea, say that's great, maybe forward one email and think they're done. Unfortunately ... it's not THAT easy.

You have to treat it more like a traditional fundraiser. When you sell wrapping paper, you pick up the phone and call friends & family, ask neighbors to buy some, collect money, distribute the rolls, etc. Put half of that effort into this fundraiser, and you will certainly reap larger rewards.

1. Assign Tasks to People - Make people feel needed and accountable. "Who wears Contact Lenses?" Assign that person the task of researching 1-800 Contacts. If you can feel good about pushing all of the Contact users in your group to buy them through 2click, that'd be nice. "Who is a Wine drinker?" Have them sign up for Merchant Alerts at 2clickfundraising.com and wine.com, then when they see great deals come through, they'll be ready to spread the word to the group and other wine fans. "Does anyone Travel a lot?" "Anyone big into Shoes?" They will feel involved and you can find opportunities your missing.

2. Bring it up at EVERY meeting. People like 2click, they just don't remember it. When you mention 2click at every meeting, the reaction will not be, "Oh, geez, this again." It will be more like, "Oh, that's right! and, I have to buy Timmy's birthday present soon, too." Maybe have a suggestion or request ready for each meeting. Email me for suggestions, but here are some ... Make 2clickfundraising.com your Home page, Add simple tag line to the bottom of all your emails, Email the last three people you drank wine with to tell them about 1 cent shipping deal, Remind them about music downloads at 2click (iTunes and Amazon MP3), etc.

3. Get creative! You know your community better than I do. And, somewhere in your community, people are spending a lot of money online. If you can do just a little legwork, and find those people some savings, they will GLADLY help you out with 2 extra clicks. Ask a small business for their latest supplies bill from Staples and compare that with OfficeDepot.com (and the $30 coupon) or little leaguers all buy new shoes around the same time, put together a flyer (or ask us!).

4. If you are in the Chicagoland area, have me come speak. I would love to help get people excited about this program. I'm a BIG believer and will help turn your people into believers, too. If not, check out Youtube in the coming weeks, I will be recording and uploading my next presentation.

Best of luck. If you have ANY questions or requests at all, email me, jeff@2clickfundraising.com

Smart saving and happy clicking,
Jeff.

Do NOT click ads on this site!!

Please do NOT click an Ads on this site, YOUR organization will not get credit.

Apparently, somone saw my Post about Office Depot, and its trying to sneak some clicks from our Blog here. To make sure YOUR organziation gets credit ...

1. Go to www.2clickfundraising.com
2. Click on your organization on the left.
3. Find Office Depot (or any of the over 100 merchants) and click on that.

Thanks and happy clicking!
Jeff.