Fundraising Car Magnets

Animal Shelter Car Magnets

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Car Magnets for Animal Shelters

Humane Society Fundraising

mal Shelter Car Magnets…

Here’s another growing category for custom car magnets… fundraising for animal shelters, recue societies, humane societies and more.

We all love our pets, but we also feel an obligation to help other pets who do not live in loving homes. This is where the rescue societies and animal shelters come into play. Shelters and humane societies perform such a valuable service. They take in the abandoned and abused pets of America and help find them new homes. Most of these dogs and cats (as well as horses and other animals) have never had a home where they felt welcome. They are sometimes mistreated by their owners, or abandoned.

These rescue societies operate on donations and volunteers. The work they do is not free, even though most of the people working at the shelter are volunteers. They still need to rent the building, pay for medication, pay for utilities and more. And again, it’s donations that make up the majority of the money that comes in to keep the shelter functioning.

Fundraising also plays a huge role in the day-to-day operations. Donations alone do not cover all expenses, so these shelters look for creative ways to add a little additional money to the mix. Car magnets from ARC Marketing are used by dozens of animal shelters and humane societies every year. It’s easy for these shelters to raise thousands of dollars by selling a creative car magnets designed and printed by ARC Marketing (click here to see a few car magnets created for animal shelters around America).

Here’s another benefit of using car magnets… free publicity and increased awareness! Every one of those cars with the shelter’s car magnet will be seen by hundreds of other drivers every day; day in and day out. That’s 24/7/365. Every day of the year, hundreds of cars multiplied by hundreds of daily advertising exposures! The total amount of free advertising is actually staggering. This just might be the best way for the humane society to get the word out.

So, if you’re involved with an animal shelter or humane society and you want to both increase awareness and increase your cash flow, just give us a call at 760-743-6340. Better yet, visit our website at www.arcmktg.com.

 

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Softball Car Magnets

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Baseball and Softball car magnets

Fundraising Car Magnets for Youth Baseball and Softball

Play Ball!

Wow, it’s February already! That means we’re only about a month away from Major League Baseball Spring Training.

Also getting ready for spring baseball are about a million youngsters playing youth baseball and softball. If you are a parent with a kid playing baseball or softball you know that it’s not all fun and games. Another unfortunate byproduct of youth sports is money (and lots of it!). After you pay your league fees, team fees then buy all of the equipment that your young athlete will need, you find out that even more money is needed. Instead of asking parents to keep writing checks, most teams and leagues hold several fund raising events before and during the season. Most of these fundraisers are very ineffective and poorly received (I’m talking about fundraisers such as “Cookie Dough Sales” and those “Over-Sized Chocolate Bar Sales”… really?!!).

Here’s a fat-free fundraiser to consider… custom car magnets from ARC Marketing. Customized specifically for your team, these high quality, weather-proof car magnets will stand the test of time (they last for years and do not fade) and they will bring well deserved attention to your team. Imagine hundreds of cars in your town with your car magnet on them!

Now is the time to start designing the fundraising car magnets for your Little League Baseball teams and your Softball Teams. You don’t need to be an expert magnet designer to do this… because we are expert magnet designers and we’ll do this for you for FREE.

So, if you’re looking for a high-profit fundraiser, then baseball magnets are the easy choice. First of all, everyone will want one (unlike those stale, over-sized chocolate bar fundraisers). And it’s easy to double, or even triple your money (you can’t do that with any other fundraiser).

Here’s another bonus; after your car magnet fundraiser is over, you have hundreds of cars driving around your town with your team’s logo. After your over-sized chocolate bar fundraiser is over, all you have is a weight-loss problem.

Here’s the fun part… getting your free car magnet design. One of our artists will design your magnet (working with input from you) and we’ll email you the preliminary design ASAP. Just click here to get started: http://www.arcmktg.com/virtual-magnet/

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Design a Powerful, Effective car magnet.

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Powerful Car Magnet Designs

Free Car Magnet Designs

Designing a powerful, effective car magnet is not difficult, but not everyone can do it! Let the experts at ARC Marketing help.

Which do you think would make a more effective car magnet…

  1. A simple centered logo, with one or two colors, with just a few words above and below the logo.
  2. A simple centered logo and lots of words to get your message out there
  3. Intricate detailed logo, with lots of colors, and lots of words to get your message out there

Actually, the answer is #1 (most of the time!). Although all of these magnets would cost the same (we do not charge more for extra colors, nor do we charge for the time our artists spend working on your design) so if intricate and detailed is what you want… go for it.

If you think about the nature of a car magnet, then a simple design might be the most effective. Remember that most people are going to see your magnet on a moving car. That moving car could be going 65 mph. if your car is standing still, your magnet is still going to be viewed from several car lengths away. When you take this into consideration, then #1 looks like the winner.

Sometimes, your school name just cannot be abbreviated and the message you want to convey cannot be shortened (the more words you use, the smaller the letters will be). Sometimes the logo you have to work with is just a very detailed piece of artwork. Sometimes your mission statement is so critical to your magnet that it needs to be included, no matter what. Well, in that situation, we encourage you to go for it. Even these detailed, wordy magnets get read. They just need to be on a parked car. If that car is in a parking lot at the mall, or at a football game, hundreds of people will be walking past it and noticing it. OK, so now #2 or #3 is looking like the winner.

How do you know which way to go? Of course we have an answer for that too. As mentioned earlier, we do not charge you anything for the time our artist spends working on your design. So why not request two designs? Get a simple one, and get a complex one… then compare them and choose the stronger of the two. Getting started on the design is easy; just fill out our “Virtual Magnet” request form twice (one for each design). You can find that on our website by clicking this link: Free Virtual Magnet.

Any questions? Just give us a call at 760-743-6340!

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Christian School Fundraising Ideas

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Christian School Car Magnets for Fundraising

Public Schools are not the only option for education in America. They are, however, the only option for an education paid for by your tax dollars.

Christian Schools and Christian Academies do not enjoy the funding advantage of public schools. The parents that opt for a Christian Education know full well that this is going to be a financial sacrifice from kindergarten through the 12th grade.

The tuition that the parents pay for a Christian education does not cover all expenses at Christian academies. Most Christian schools offer extra-curricular activities just like the public schools do (sports, bands, cheerleading, debate teams, etc.) and those activities need to be paid by the parents. It’s no surprise that fundraising plays a large role in paying for these.

As mentioned in many other posts on this blog, there are an almost endless number of fundraising ideas out there. Some are first class and generate a large amount of money for capital programs. Most are time-consuming, barely profitable and require that your student go door-to-door selling something that nobody wants.

Using a custom car magnet as a fundraising item is a bit different. The door-to-door aspect is unnecessary, the PTA or PTO handles the sale of the car magnets and word-of-mouth is the most common way that parents learn about the availability of the custom car magnets. Once theses magnets start appearing on cars around town, everyone is going to want one.

Here’s another strong benefit of a customized car magnet with your school name and logo… awareness! These car magnets will create a lot of brand awareness for the school. They create a sense of “community”. Imagine walking through the local mall parking lot and seeing dozens of cars with the same car magnet from your school. It’s a good feeling!

Let us show you how easy it is to get a custom magnet for your school. We’ll do all the work. We’ll design, print and ship your magnet, usually in 2 weeks or less. Our magnets are weather proof and fade resistant, so it will look awesome for years. To get started, just give us a call at 760-743-6340!

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High School Cross Country Fundraising Ideas

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Cross Country Car Magnets

Car Magnets for High School Cross Country Teams

Let’s give a shout-out to one of the less recognized sports; High School Cross Country. These kids train and perform far from the huge crowds associated with High School Football and Basketball. They run around tracks in empty stadiums, they run through the forests, over hills, through valleys.

Without an attendance base like the football team enjoys, there is very little revenue coming in. And like most High School Sports, the funding is just not there like it was in the past.

Like most sports, the Cross Country Teams have booster clubs, created and staffed by the parents. Their job is not only to bring awareness to the Cross Country Team, but to help raise money to offset the costs associated with this sport.

There is a post on the internet by a Cross Country Booster Club (actually there are several and they all talk about the same expenses, so I assume most XC Teams have similar expenses), and this team has outlined all of the expenses (uniforms, sweats, camps, meet fees, overnight trips, coaching, etc.) and the total expense for a team of 50 runners is $25,450. That is $509 per runner.

Just Google “Cross Country Fundraising Ideas” and you are immediately hit with the usual suspects… How would you like to be going door-to-door selling…

  • “Frozen Cookie Dough Tubs” (2 pounds for $10? Makes my arteries constrict just thinking about it).
  • “Flower Bulbs” (I do enough yard work already. These would just sit in a drawer for the next 10 years).
  • “Candle Sales” (I don’t want to see a candle unless the power goes out).

Not only would these be humiliating for a High School Athlete to peddle door-to-door, they are only purchased out of pity. Nobody really wants any of this junk. On top of that, there is no awareness created by these products after the sale.

You know where I’m going with this, right? Car magnets allow you to double or triple your money, and after the sale, you have hundreds of cars with your High School Cross Country Magnet broadcasting your team logo. Plus car magnets are fat-free, do not cause unnecessary yardwork and are not a fire hazard (compared to the 3 other examples shown above).

We are not saying to give up on these other fundraisers (no matter how embarrassing they are). You cannot raise all of the money you need with car magnets alone. But they should be part of your Fundraising Mix. Car magnets will do at least two things that the other fundraisers cannot do… create a sense of awareness for your Cross Country Team, and give you a sense of pride for your sport (humiliation not included).

Let our highly skilled design-team create a car magnet that you will be proud to sell. Give us a call at 760-743-6340 or visit our website at www.arcmktg.com today!

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Car Magnets for Montessori Schools

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Montessori School Fundraising

Hey, you learn something new every day. We have been making custom fundraising car magnets for Montessori Schools for about 10 years, and I just realized that I really had no idea what a Montessori School was. So, I Googled it. There are an endless number of sites that try to explain how a Montessori School works, and what makes it different from traditional public schools.

After reading through about a dozen sites, I have distilled this down to the following sentence: “Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori and characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological, physical, and social development.”

Obviously it’s much more in-depth than that, but it sure sounds like it would have been a lot more fun than the public schools I went to in the 60’s.

Okay, so why would a Montessori School need a car magnet? In America, the majority of Montessori Schools are privately owned and do not receive financial support from the government. A growing number of them are joining the Public School System, but almost all of their money comes from tuition. This leaves a funding gap that needs to be filled by fundraising.

Most private schools put on elaborate Black Tie events to do the bulk of their fundraising, usually under the classification of Capital Funding Campaign. This is where like-minded patrons with deep pockets write the big checks that pay for the new gymnasium or new science lab.

But for the smaller projects which are funded by the PTA or PTO, a car magnet fundraiser could be a very important piece of the fundraising puzzle. An average size school could make several thousands of dollars by selling custom car magnets designed by ARC Marketing.

We’ll do all of the hard work; we’ll design your magnet, we’ll print and ship your magnet, we’ll create the collateral material you’ll need to sell your magnet (flyers, website images, emails, etc.) and we will rush your re-order when you sell out! Couldn’t’ be easier. Call us at 760-743-6340 and we’ll get started today!

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Sorority and Fraternity Car Magnets

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Sorority and Fraternity Car Magnets

Fraternity and Sorority Car Magnets

Attention Greeks… this is a great way to make money and show everyone around school that you are the best Frat House or Sorority on campus.

Our 6 inch oval magnet is very subtle, and blends into all cars quite well. It doesn’t matter if you drive a beat up old Civic while at school, or if daddy bought you a new BMW, these car magnets just look right.

But the subtlety ends when you put your Greek Letters on this magnet. Suddenly your car is transformed from just a simple means of transportation to a rolling billboard for your Frat or Sorority. Can you imagine the frustration of a rival Frater in the car behind you at that stop light? Having to sit there and stare at your SAE or TKE car magnet? It might just be enough to make him switch teams.

Most Frats and Sororities will only want their 2 or 3 Greek Letters on their magnet, but some (like the Alpha Kappa Delta magnet shown above) will want a little extra added. You might want your Fraternity Crest on there somewhere, or your Chapter Name. It doesn’t matter what you want, our job is to design a magnet that will make you, your fellow members and your Alumni proud. Designing the best looking car magnets in the world is what we do. Nobody does it better and we do all of the design work for free.

Taking care of your new car magnet could not be easier. Just slap it on the back of your car, and make sure those Pledges take it off before they wash your car. That’s about as close to hazing as you can get in 2015.

Are you ready to be the Best Greek House on campus? Just give us a call at 760-743-6340 and we’ll start working on your free magnet design.

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Color Guard Fundraising

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Color Guard Car Magnets

Color Guard Fundraising Car Magnets

Is Color Guard a sport, or a discipline? Both, according to those who participate. Either way, Color Guard is an Extracurricular Activity and is not funded by the school. This leaves most of the heavy lifting to the parents. This is why fundraising is just as important for Color Guard parents as it for parents of any high school sport or activity.

Like most sports, there is a lot of gear to buy for Color Guard. Of course you have uniforms to buy, but you also might need to provide your own Flag, Rifle and Sabre. Have you priced this stuff lately?

But wait… there’s more! We just Googled “Color Guard Expenses”, and here is what one school says you should expect to pay:

  • Marching Band Fee $100 per student
  • Uniform Cleaning Fee $50 per student
  • Instrument Rental Fee $45 per student
  • Travel Expenses $500 – $550 per student

And there could be more. There could be additional fees for Auxiliary Instructional Staff, Materials for the Field Shows, and on and on.

The point is that Color Guard is just as expensive as the main-stream sports such as basketball and football, except that the parents need to pay a greater portion of those expenses than most other sports.

Let’s bottom line this, fundraising is critical to the continued success of your school’s Color Guard. Every dollar raised through fundraising is one more dollar not coming out of the parent’s pockets. You can hold a car wash every weekend, and a bake sale every weekday, but those fundraisers are really not well received. We’re biased, but we think the easiest way to raise money is with a custom car magnet. Depending on how many magnets you sell, you can make $500 to $5,000 if you sell the magnets for $10 each (and that’s the price that most Color Guards sell their magnets for).

Let us design a Color Guard magnet for your school; no obligation. Then you can decide if this is something that will help your Color Guard (it will!). Give us a call at 760-743-6340 or visit our website at www.arcmktg.com today.

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Catholic School Fundraising

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Catholic School Fundraising

Fundraising Car Magnets for Catholic Schools

Why do Catholic Schools love our custom car magnets? Is it for the money that can be made as a fundraiser, or is it so that they can show off? The obvious answer is “Both”.

Catholic schools are private schools, and do not receive any public funding. Most of the funding comes from tuition, but tuition alone does not pay all of the bills. The really creative Catholic School Parent/Teacher groups will find ways to help close this budget gap with various fundraisers.

Some of our Catholic School customers buy 500 or 1,000 customized magnets before the beginning of each school year, and then just give one to each parent for free. Their goal is to increase the awareness of their school in their community. You can imagine the impact of have a thousand cars driving all over town with your Catholic School logo on each car. This is the type of exposure that cannot be achieved with any other method of advertising.

Some of our other Catholic School customers are actually the PTA’s, PTO’s and other Parent/Teacher groups. They have us design an awesome car magnet, then they sell them to parents and faculty for $10 each. The same number of cars now have their magnet on them, broadcasting their school logo and mission statement day in, and day out. The big difference is this… the PTA now has $8,625 to donate to the school to help with scholarships, computers, and anything else the school needs.

Taking advantage of a car magnet fundraiser is easy… we’ll do all of the work! We’ll design your magnet, print your magnet, provide you with flyers, create the email images you need to inform your parents, create the website images you need to post on your school website… we do it all!

To get started, just give us a call at 760-743-6340 or visit our website at www.arcmktg.com.

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School Band Fundraising with Custom Car Magnets

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School Band Magnets

Fundraising Car Magnets for School Bands

Fundraising is a fact of life for most music booster organizations. Everyone is always looking for a newer, better, easier way to raise the money their child’s music program needs.

Being a band member is not free, it’s not even just a casual expense… it’s very expensive!

Here are some of the expenses that parents need to pay for:

  • Fall Semester Uniform
  • Spring Semester Uniform
  • Summer Uniform
  • Band Shoes
  • Band T-Shirts
  • Instrument Rental
  • Uniform Accessories
  • Concert Attire
  • Tuners, Metronomes, etc.

This is just a partial list. If you are currently a Band Parent, you know this list goes on and on.

On top of these items that parents must pay for individually, there are shared expenses that the entire band needs to pay, and those expenses are divided up and also paid by the parents. These cover expenses related to band extracurricular activities throughout the year (such as travel expenses), the cost of auxiliary instructors and choreography and music adaptation.

Wow. And you thought football was expensive! You’re looking at about $1,000 per year to keep your student in the School Band.

Many Band Parent Associations rely on fundraising to lighten the financial load, and custom car magnets has become the go-to item for fundraising. We helped about 20 School Bands last year with a custom car magnet fundraiser and we can do it for your school also.

Just give us a call at 760-743-6340 and we will have one of our artists design a custom magnet that will raise money and make you look good all year long!