In a team with celebrities as a charity, incredible things can happen. New donors can emerge. New sponsors may appear. Media "buzz" is particularly easy to produce. Yes, a celebrity seems to have the magic key to generate most of all.
Would you like a way to reach even more potential donors and sponsors? For the final bids on your celebrity "experience" reach a little higher, because they can go? Then you have eBay in your toolbox fundraising.
Many organizations Charity turned to the eBay auction experience outside of celebrities or items with great success. Even Oprah Winfrey Angel Network has its auction on eBay earlier this year. The items sold benefit the Angel Network causes. The auction had enabled raise approximately $ 83,000. Items auctioned included chairs of the Oprah Winfrey Show which sold for $ 64,000. Articles of clothing such as one of Oprah's Chanel sweaters sold for U.S. $ 11,000. Ski gear that has been autographed by Oprah sold for $ 7600. The power of eBay is clearly important for charities with celebrity items and experiences for auction.
Jill Finlayson, author of Fundraising eBay and former Senior Category Manager, said that the experiences of fame are the best sellers on eBay. "Experiences do very well with non-profits. You can make very large scale with celebrities, or you can make a much smaller scale such as San Jose where do you get to turn on the Christmas tree and flip the switch and have that experience, or perhaps meet the staff, said Finlayson. Some experiments have mass appeal, and others have a real local call.
Finlayson encourages not-for-profit to turn to their board members for ideas for experiments to auction on eBay, often you can find great, creative ideas. "They May know athletes or people might want to have lunch with them (board members). Starbucks has placed a bid to visit the original Starbucks and a tour and lunch with the president. If members of your board know people who own or working in companies if they can get items donated by companies so that people can bid on "get the first one that comes from the channel" even if the item is available in stores in two weeks, this may be something very precious. This is the equivalent of going at the theater opening night. "
Currently on eBay a popular celebrity charity auction is Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape Tour VIP Experience. The winning bidder will sit in the front row and meet Gwen after the show. All proceeds from auction Foundation to benefit the Orangewood Children's Hospital & Children's Orange County (CHOC). The dates of April and May 2007 Concerts are listed, so there is more of a chance for someone to win. As the offer is in writing were in the range of 2000 and are still happening.
Another auction celebrity People involved numerous celebrities for charity Sixdegrees.org. Sixdegrees.org is organization that celebrities can create a tag line describing the charity they support and raise money for charity. Non-celebrities and charities themselves can also create badges to raise funds for charities.
Six degrees held a celebrity auction with items from a variety of celebrities on eBay, including Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Heather Graham, Tara Reid, Perez Hilton and Elle Fanning. Their auction items were very popular and their website had a link to their eBay auctions so that their supporters aware of their eBay auctions.
Whether you are auctioning a celebrity experience or articles, online auctions are a fund powerful advocacy tool that can connect with many potential bidders.
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