Give your Group a Boost--Have 2ClickGuy Stop By!

Since we started 2Clickfundraising.com, I've had the opportunity to meet with many of our groups. This week I stopped by the Sundling Junior High Music Department to talk about ways to promote 2Clickfundraising to their supporters.

Through the years, I've talked to Sundling the most out of all of our groups; and through the years, they've consistently raised the most money by shopping online. Over the next few months, I'm hoping to visit as many groups as possible throughout the Chicagoland area. I'd like to talk about ways to remind your group's supporters to use 2Click to raise money for your cause. I will answer any questions that you have, and give you ideas to use 2Click to its fullest potential.

Please email me if you'd like to have me come to talk. As I said, I'd love to give a talk for any Chicagoland group.

Insider Deals to your Inbox

We try to make it as easy as possible for you to use 2clickfundraising as a shopping tool to save money for your family. You can follow us on Twitter to find out what sort of deals our merchants are offering on the spot, you can look at our list of merchants and check for the "Deal!" in green that highlights the merchants that are offering deals, or you can check out our deals on Facebook. But, you can also sign up for email updates for specific merchants. For example, if you really dig wine, you can sign up for updates on specials and deals from Wine.com. Any time we find out that Wine.com is running a special, you'll get an update right to your inbox.

Simply go to the list of merchants, click your favorite merchant, and then enter your email address to receive updates on specials from your favorite merchant. Or, if you prefer to sign up for updates in categories, head to the "join newsletter" page and click any category that you'd like to receive updates on specials. We won't spam you, we'll just send you the best deals that you ask for. So when you get the heads up on a great deal, you'll be one click away from raising money for your organization and saving money in the process.

Back to School Savings

Everyone's winding down from the summer and amping up for another school year--so we're going to tell you about some of the great deals running to help you with back to school shopping. Take a look at some of these deals before you trudge to the mall, and you can give a percentage to your favorite school group while saving some cash. Can't go wrong there!


Shoes.com
Shoes.com gives a great percentage back to your group (13% on all purchases) so it's a great way for you to get the kids the new kicks for the school year. Through the end of September you can save 15% on back to school faves like Converse and New Balance with the coupon code BTSHOES10.

Amazon.com
Amazon.com offers you pretty much anything you could possibly need to get the kids back to school. All the way from kindergarten to college, Amazon's got you covered. Right now you can save additional cash on textbooks (30% on new, up to 90% on used) as well as all kinds of deals from the back-to-school savings page. And, Amazon gives your group anywhere from 4-7% on all sales.

Office Depot
If you buy $150 right now at Office Depot's online store, you'll automatically get $30 off. Buy any school supplies, computer accessories, anything, and you get $30 off. And Office Depot gives your organization up to 6% back from purchases.

We'll keep you posted of more back-to-school sales as they come in. Just head to 2clickfundraising.com , choose your organization and start shopping.

A Little Change goes a Long Way

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.

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!

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.

@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.