If you change your shopping habits even just a bit, it can go a long, long way. I recently gave a speech to my networking group, ChamberNet Palatine, to explain how adjusting our family's shopping habits raised $260 for military families in one year. Take a look at the video below to learn how just adding one extra click helped us turn our everyday purchases into money raised for an organization that means a lot to us.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Holy Cow, Christmas in July Everywhere!
Well, it's officially Christmas in July now. We've gotten alerts on all kinds of specials from our merchants. You'll have to act fast to get some of these, but they're all great deals--especially for those of us getting ready to go back to school.
Take a look at some of the specials going on right now. Head to 2Click and pick your organization, then choose your merchant, and you're in business to get some great deals and raise some cash for your cause in the process. Everybody wins!
Shutterfly
Summer Sale. 20% off Cards and labels, and much more. Free shipping on orders $30+ from Shutterfly.com with promo code SHIP30 Offer valid through 9.29.10!
Overstock
Less than $1 on shipping on furniture
Petco
Up to 25% off sitewide AND free shipping on $50! Ends Thursday, July 29th.
Hanes
Biggest Underwear Sale: Stock up on underwear, bras, panties, shapewear, hosiery & socks at Hanes.com. Offer is valid now through Sept. 6th.
Cafepress
Christmas in July Sale (this is a CafePress Affiliate Sale Only). The sale will be 25% off all orders of $55 or more with coupon code XMAS25.
Sales away!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
How Can We Help You Promote your Organization?
As we clean up the site a bit and focus our efforts on social media for 2ClickFundraising, we're trying to make things a bit easier on our organizations to help them raise more funds. We currently have a section on the site dedicated to promotional tools, but we want to find out from you, our users, what we can add and change to make this simple and easy for you to use.
What can we do to help you? We want to make it as easy as possible for you to get the word out about how your supporters can raise money for you simply by shopping. Is there anything that you think is confusing and you'd like switched around a bit? Please, just let us know what we can do to help you.
We'll keep you posted as we update our promotional tools, and we hope that as we make all of these changes that they ultimately end up in more money being raised for your organization.
Monday, July 19, 2010
@2clickguy
@2clickguy
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.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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.
Monday, January 4, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, October 19, 2009
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 ...
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.
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.
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