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Fundraising Car Magnets for Youth Hockey

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Youth Hockey Car Magnets

Youth Hockey Car Magnets

I’m not sure which youth sport is the most expensive, but Youth Hockey certainly ranks near the top. Ice Hockey has a lot of unique and expensive equipment. Here is a list of most of the items (but not all!):

• Skates
• Helmets
• Elbow Pads
• Shin Guards
• Gloves
• Sticks
• Neck Guards
• Shoulder Pads
• Game Jerseys
• Practice Jerseys
• Tape
• Travel Expenses
• Club Dues
• Camps, Clinics & Lessons

If your kids are in a Youth Hockey program, you are well aware of the cost of each of these items. Young skaters tend to outgrow their equipment every year or two. And these are just the parent’s expenses!

What about the Youth Hockey League that your child skates in? League “Participation Fees”, which were very inexpensive (or often never passed on to parents) many years ago have been the largest, fastest growing expense. It is not uncommon for these League Participation Fees to be $500 to $1,000 or more.

Add in “ice-time”, coach’s fees, etc. and you can see why most Youth Hockey Leagues need to add fundraising to the mix. One of the easiest and most successful fundraisers is custom car magnets by arcmktg.com. A good fundraising magnet will be designed around the League Logo, using League colors. Also, an experienced car magnet supplier will be using the latest generation of magnetic material and UV inks. Magnets from suppliers that use these materials will last for years without fading or falling apart. You can get more information about fundraising car magnets for youth hockey by clicking here.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Gymnastics Car Magnets

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Car Magnets for Gymnastics Teams

Car Magnets for Gymnastics Teams

Car Magnets for Gymnastics Teams.

Gymnastics…this is one sport that doesn’t get enough love. It seems like the rest of the world only pays attention to gymnastics every four years at the Olympics. But behind the scenes, during those other 3 years and 11 months, parents, coaches and gymnasts are working their butts off, training and competing.

Gymnastics is not an inexpensive sport. The costs can be massive. Uniforms, classes, coaches, travel… it all adds up; fast!

Just like with every other sport, parents of kids in gymnastics have to justify huge expenses. Trying to balance paying the gym fees instead of making the house payment is a conversation that comes up every month around the dinner table.

Your child usually starts with a simple gymnastic class when they are very young. Some gyms have tot classes for children as young as 18 months and some have beginner classes for 5-year-olds. With beginning gymnastics classes, the bills are just starting. Even in the beginning classes, parents need to buy basic equipment, uniforms, etc.

If your child showed some promise as a “Tumbling Turtle” or as a “Leaping Lizard” in the 5 year old class, then you are ready to move them up to an academy that will take them to the next level up, and take your finances to the next level down! These expenses are why most gymnastics academies have parent-run booster clubs. These booster clubs are there for one primary reason… fundraising to offset the cost of trying to become an elite gymnast. We feel your pain.
Of course, we suggest a custom car magnets as an excellent way to raise money, create awareness and let your upcoming Gold Medalist proudly show off to the world which gymnastics academy they train and compete for.

For more information about designing a winning fundraising car magnet for your gymnastics academy, visit our website  or give us a call at 760-743-6340.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Uniquely Shaped Car Magnets

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Custom Shape Car Magnets

Custom Shape Car Magnets

Custom Shaped car magnets for fundraising.

Although round and oval magnets are the most common (they are also the most durable), occasionally a unique “die cut” magnet makes a more powerful statement.

Some car magnet companies charge extra for uniquely shaped magnets, so be sure to ask about that before you get too deep into the design process. ARC Marketing does not charge extra for uniquely shaped custom designed car magnets, and we also do not charge more for extra colors.

There are a few things you should avoid when designing a “die cut” magnet, and we can go over those things with you in detail when we start working on your design, but basically you should try to avoid sharp “inside” angles, and long thin projections radiating out from the center of the magnet. These are considered weak points of the magnet and could tear over time if the magnet is removed and reattached over and over.

Having said all of that, we love unique shaped magnets. They add a lot of character and can really jazz up your design. As always, our art department is waiting to assist you with your car magnet design, so give us a call at 760-743-6340 or visit our website at www.arcmktg.com.

Fundraising Car Magnets

Magnets for High School Football Booster Clubs

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Car Magnets for High School Booster Clubs

Car Magnets for High School Booster Clubs

Booster Club car magnets are an amazing way to raise money for your High School Football Team.

Friday Night Lights. In most towns, this is a religion… High School Football is the only game in town.

Most high schools have a football booster club, organized and run by a handful of parents who want nothing more than to have fun on Friday night, watch their sons play the game, and help the team with a little financial assistance. Unless these parents are filthy rich, this financial assistance is obtained through fundraising.

We all know that there are an unlimited number of fundraising items out there and you probably already know what those are. But most of those fundraising items are horribly ineffective. They might raise a little money, but probably not. Most of the fundraising items on the market today rely on a “guilt-trip” to sell. Think about it; the last time you bought one of those huge chocolate bars or a neighborhood discount card, did you really want it? Or did you buy it just because you felt you should. Even worse, did you say “Thanks, but no thanks”? Would an avid High School football fan say no to a professionally designed, high-quality car magnet? Heck no! They would buy that in a heartbeat and slap it on their car immediately. They’d probably buy several; one for each car in their family.

Car Magnets by ARC Marketing provide an alternative fundraising item that not only raises money (a lot of money!), but also increase team spirit. If you ran a fundraiser using custom magnets, soon your community would be covered with them. Imagine hundreds of cars with your High Schools football helmet on them.

Let us show your booster club what we can do with your school’s logo. We would love to have one of our talented designers show you how your new car magnet will look at no charge. It’s easy! Just fill out our “Virtual Magnet Request” form, hit the submit button, and in about a day we will email your new magnet design to you. It couldn’t be easier! For you old-timers that have not yet embraced digital technology, you can always send us a telegram, or phone us at 760-743-6340. Either way, now is the time!

Fundraising Car Magnets

The high cost of youth sports

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Youth Football is expensive!

Fundraising Car Magnets for Youth Sports

Fundraising Car Magnets for Youth Sports

Fundraising Car Magnets for Youth Sports

The high cost of youth sports, all youth sports (although some are more expensive than others) has led many families to reluctantly pass on Pop Warner Football or Little League Baseball. Those costs include:

  • Membership fees
  • Equipment
  • Travel

Add personal coaching and parent’s time off from work for games and travel and the cost can easily climb into the thousands of dollars per child. That’s a big burden for parents on an individual player level.

But what about the leagues and teams in general; they have big expenses as well. Many youth football groups are having a hard time outfitting their players properly. Equipment expenses often exceed the money brought in by the fees charged to parents. Add to that the expense of paying coaches and paying referees, plus the additional expense of reserving “field time” for practice and games. It’s no wonder that fundraising has become an integral part of each league. In fact, most leagues now have a dedicated position for fundraising. This “Fundraising Director” is responsible for raising enough money to offset the difference between “player fees” and the actual expenses. Almost always, this difference is $5,000 or more.

A successful Fundraising Director must run multiple fundraisers at the same time in order to generate enough money to cover expenses. The season is just too short to run one promotion at a time. Choosing the most lucrative fundraisers is critical to the success of the entire fundraising program, and by extension, critical to the success of the entire league. The Fundraising Director also needs to choose fundraising items that are well accepted by every parent. As an example, those big chocolate bars (or any edible item, like popcorn and lollipops) are likely to be rejected by many parents. It doesn’t make a lot of sense to be raising a young athlete, and then buying him or her a 2,000 calorie candy bar, does it?!

Fundraising car magnets should be part of every leagues fundraising program. Personalized car magnets do so much more than just raise money (and they raise a lot of money). Car magnets increase awareness and league pride. Imagine 500 cars in your town with your Pop Warner Football Team magnet. Before long, that magnet will be so visible that the team logo will be woven into the fiber of the community.

Let us show you how easy it is to have custom magnet designed by one of our expert designers. Your magnet design is free, and you have no obligation to ever buy our magnets. For more information and to get started on your Free Virtual Magnet design, visit our website at www.arcmktg.com

Fundraising Car Magnets

Car Magnets are HOT

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School Car Magnets for Fundraising

Car magnets are hot, and it’s easy to see why! They make your message visible to your entire community. They also make amazingly easy fundraising items.

Here’s a classic example of a car magnet success story…

Meadowbrook Elementary School PTA was looking for a new fundraiser. In the past, they had tried selling magazine subscriptions, chocolate bars, wrapping paper and similar items to raise money for their programs. All of the money raised from these fundraisers went to the school for new playground equipment, vests for the crossing guards, gifts for teachers and many other good causes. The sales usually meant that the children had to go door-to-door to sell these items. Obviously, this is not the safest way to conduct a fundraiser. In addition, almost everyone had a very good reason for not buying those products… “We already subscribe to every magazine we want”, or “I’m on a diet; I don’t want chocolate in the house!” This type of fundraiser was becoming unpopular and obsolete.

Then the Meadowbrook PTA had a brilliant idea. They had seen other schools and groups that had car magnets designed specifically for them. They searched the internet and found several companies that offered custom car magnets, and one of them was ARC Marketing. Most of the other websites made it difficult to get basic information, and even more difficult to figure out how to get started on their new car magnet. The ARC Marketing website was clear, concise and made it very easy to get started (just click on the Free Virtual Magnet button

Car Magnets for Elementary Schools

Car Magnets for Elementary Schools

Clicking on the Virtual Magnet button was the beginning of a very easy process to get their new magnet designed. Answering a few simple questions was all that was needed for an artist at ARC Marketing to create the first “Virtual Magnet”. This first Virtual Magnet was created and emailed directly to the president at the Meadowbrook PTA. After showing the Virtual Magnet to the board members, they requested a few changes via email. Within an hour, the revised Virtual Magnet was emailed back to the president. One more simple change was requested by the PTA, and again, another Virtual Magnet was emailed to the president. The board unanimously agreed that this version of the new Meadowbrook Elementary car magnet was perfect!

 

The PTA ordered 500 car magnets at $1.55 each (with UPS shipping charges, the total came to $815.00). They sold them for $7.50 each (our suggested fundraising price is $5 each, but most schools sell them for $6, $7.50 or $10 each). After selling all 500 magnets, the total amount collected came to $3,750. Subtract the $815 cost and they made a profit of almost $3,000!

Can you think of another fundraising item that returns a profit like that?

Here’s another benefit of using car magnets instead of big chocolate bars… awareness. Now, 500 cars have the Meadowbrook Elementary School car magnet on it. It is almost impossible to drive around town and not see dozens of cars with the Meadowbrook Elementary magnet.

Want another benefit? Car Magnets do not have a “shelf life”. If you have unsold chocolate bars after your fundraiser, they go bad after a certain date. Any unused magnets can sit in a storeroom until the next school year (if you have any leftovers), and they will be as good as the day we delivered them to you. Let us help you make your next fundraiser a success!

And car magnets are not just for schools…

Little League Baseball Teams make a lot of money with car magnets, as do Youth Football Teams, Swim Teams, Dance Schools,Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, you name it.

We make car magnets for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts.

We make car magnets for Church groups,YMCA and Kid’s Camps.

We make car magnets for Cancer Awareness,Autism Awareness and Epilepsy Awareness.

We make car magnets for Animal Shelters and Humane Societies.

In fact, I don’t think that there is a group in America that would not benefit from the revenue and awareness created by a custom car magnet from ARC Marketing.

Your group can benefit too, and it is so easy. Just click here to get started on your Free Virtual Magnet.

Fundraising Car Magnets

What is a Virtual Magnet?

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Free Professional Design for your New Car Magnet

What is a Virtual Magnet, and why is it so important? A Virtual Magnet is really nothing more than a digital copy of the design that our art department is working on (at no charge!) for your new custom car magnet. More than likely, there will be several revisions of your magnet design and a new Virtual Magnet will be emailed to you after each revision so that you can see it and comment on it. If more changes are requested by you, then our art department will create a new, revised Virtual Magnet and email that to you also. Eventually, you will have a car magnet design that you love and then we can begin printing and shipping your new custom car magnets to you.

Remember, the Virtual Magnet is a free service from ARC Marketing and is the most important phase of the entire car magnet process, so get involved!

Getting the perfect custom car magnet is easy at ARC Marketing! Visit our website at www.arcmktg.com

 

Fundraising Car Magnets

Custom Shape Car Magnets

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Crest Car Magnet

Crest Car Magnet

Custom Shaped Car Magnets

ARC Marketing does not charge extra for custom shaped car magnets, but what is the best outside shape to use?

For durability, the best car magnet shape is either a circle or an oval. Both oval magnets and round magnets have a single, unbroken, continuous outside edge. Unlike squares, rectangles or intricate die cut shapes, round and oval magnets don’t have any sharp corners that can begin to tear over time.

But if a unique, irregular outside shape will make your magnet look better, then go with that! We do not charge extra for custom shapes. We also do not charge more for extra colors, so no need to compromise there either!

ARC Marketing is America’s leader in custom car magnets. Custom means just that… custom!

Visit our website for all of your custom car magnet needs.