When you are in charge of selecting magazines for your fundraising project, it can be quite a daunting task. Calling people at home in the evening after they get home from work can be difficult at best, in order to get them to buy what you are selling, even if it is from a reputable charity. If you are going to call people in the evening after they get home from work, make your sales pitch quick and easy so that they don’t have much time for excuses.
Instead of listening to a sales pitch that can go on for hours, make your pitch to buy magazines using your charity to encourage them to help out those who are less fortunate. When you are making a sales pitch to customers they should feel confident that if they should have a question, you will be able to answer it. Many homeowners are more than happy to subscribe to a new or existing magazine that will help a worthy cause, but if you are the one selling the subscriptions, you should be prepared for any questions that the prospective buyer may have for you.
When you approach a homeowner, many are happy to contribute to your cause if you are well informed about the cause you are representing and the product, in...