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PODCAST: How to get publicity for your benefit auction: Use auction games and raffles
In this podcast, benefit auctioneer Sherry Truhlar explains why auction games, raffles, and activities can snag some publicity for your organization.
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Sure, activities help you raise money. But auction games, raffles, and activities also help you score coveted publicity.
PODCAST: A dirty little secret about growing your benefit auction gala
When you add new activities into your benefit auction to raise more money, you often need to invest in software to handle the added complexity.
A dirty little secret about growing your benefit auction gala
When you add new activities into your benefit auction to raise more money, you often need to invest in software to handle the added complexity.
How to sell more raffle tickets? Hire the top sales rep in the country for your benefit auction.
If you want to make a lot of money in your auction raffle, it comes down to who is selling your raffle tickets. This post gives you some attributes of what to look for in your sales staff, and you’ll meet a direct-sales expert.
A rose … er, an appeal by any other name is still an appeal.
Appeals (an activity during which we ask auction guests to make a cash donation to the organization) are known by many different names. In this post, charity auctioneer Sherry Truhlar lists the some of the names she’s heard.
FREEBIE teleclass: 5 Myths Holding You Back from Making Big Money in Your Fundraiser Auction
Sherry is hosting another FREEBIE teleclass! This one is on the Five Myths Held by Auction Chairs and will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2009.
PODCAST: Avoiding Three Licensing Mistakes Which Could Hurt Your Fundraising Auction
In this podcast, benefit auctioneer Sherry Truhlar covers three common licensing mistakes for fundraising auctions.
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No one wants their fundraising auction shut down because they misunderstood a law. Here are three common licensing mistakes.
Part 2: Ah HA! About those outlandish benefit auction ideas? I’ve got photos.
I love creativity, especially when it’s fun and a tad off-the-wall, as these photos show. At this school auction, one parent got into the spirit by dressing as a mime to sell raffle tickets in front of the school.

