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You are here: Home / Auctioneers / Getting that extra bid — or 2, 3, 4 — for an auctioned trip. (Hint: Make it approachable.)
Feb 07

Getting that extra bid — or 2, 3, 4 — for an auctioned trip. (Hint: Make it approachable.)

Sherry Truhlar 2 Comments

Trips and vacations are often strong sellers in a fundraising auction. To push higher sales and get even more guests to bid, I try to make a vacation sound approachable to anyone sitting in the room.

Two ways I do this are:

1) sharing how to get to the destination, and

2) providing other tidbits about the area, hoping to intrigue a guest to bid.

Committees can also share this type of information, plus they can add maps to slideshows and online auction sites to help guests place a location visually.

In the video, you’ll hear how I incorporate this data into my presentation, with the goal that it tempts a gala gust to join the action, or bid more than they intended.

 

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About Sherry Truhlar

Fundraising auctioneer and educator, helping schools and nonprofits plan more profitable benefit auctions. A prolific writer for her own blog and other fundraising sites, she’s been covered in The Beacon-News, Town & Country Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, Wiley's Special Events Galore!, AUCTIONEER, and other publications.

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  1. Rick Gallo says

    February 8, 2023 at 5:45 AM

    Knocked it out of the park once again my friend!!

    Reply
    • Sherry Truhlar says

      February 8, 2023 at 10:00 AM

      This is preaching to the choir with you, I suspect. 🙂

      Reply

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