What to Tweet to Promote Your Charity Auction
If you are a Twitter aficionado, you’ll appreciate these examples showing how others are using their tweets to promote their favorite charity auctions.
Tempting offers from venues are still to be found.
To attract business, some venues popular for charity auctions are creating tempting offers to lure in business.
Congrats, you won the auction item! Will you bother redeeming it?
An article in the Chicago Business Journal catches charity auctioneer Sherry Truhlar’s eye. She muses over what percentage of winning bidders ever use the items they purchase.
How to decide on the perfect number of live auction items for your charity auction
How many items should you put in your live auction? Is three too few? Is twenty too many? Charity auctioneer Sherry Truhlar explores this perennial question in this post.
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.
Silent auction item or live auction item: Does it matter where it’s sold?
What is the difference between selling an auction item in a live auction versus a silent auction? The way it’s marketed and the final sales price. This post gives an example of how one item fared.
Charity Auction Procurement Item Idea: Family Photo Party
Many photographers graciously donate to fundraising auctions, oftentimes giving a free sitting and a single 8″X10″ print. But what if your photographer agreed to a Photo Party instead? Learn about this new auction idea in this blog post.
Auction centerpiece idea: LEDs add glam, low cost
If you need an inexpensive idea to brighten up your charity auction centerpieces, ice sculptures, or even the silent auction table, consider incorporating these LEDs.
Charity auction theme idea: Money and Banking
A silent and live auction was part of a fundraising roast honoring a local banker. The theme was button-up conservative. View these photos for auction theme ideas.
Easy-to-implement auction ideas: A quick way to cut costs in your fundraising auction catalog
One of fundraising auctioneer Sherry Truhlar’s clients dropped the auction catalog print costs from $14,000 to $7900. Read this post to see how she did it.
