Comments on: Charity Events – Promoting Crafts Effectively http://handmademarketing.org/donate-handmade-crafts-to-charities-live-silent-auction-donations/ You can sell handmade, here's how. Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:24:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Cathy Wright http://handmademarketing.org/donate-handmade-crafts-to-charities-live-silent-auction-donations/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 Cathy Wright Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:28:48 +0000 http://etsymarketing.org/?p=2170#comment-2381 I've had a similiar idea except working through local hospitals to sell to staff members. I could receive instant sales from the staff members who could possibly become future clients. I could also get a good feeling about something close to my heart since I was a nurse but had to come out on disability due to fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. I do have a question that has stopped me from contacting them and that is how much do you donate? I just do not have a clue since I have never done this before. I would apperciate any help. I’ve had a similiar idea except working through local hospitals to sell to staff members. I could receive instant sales from the staff members who could possibly become future clients. I could also get a good feeling about something close to my heart since I was a nurse but had to come out on disability due to fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. I do have a question that has stopped me from contacting them and that is how much do you donate? I just do not have a clue since I have never done this before. I would apperciate any help.

]]> By: Jenny Hoople http://handmademarketing.org/donate-handmade-crafts-to-charities-live-silent-auction-donations/comment-page-1/#comment-1581 Jenny Hoople Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:15:40 +0000 http://etsymarketing.org/?p=2170#comment-1581 Great article, thanks! I just donated one of my necklaces to a charity for an online auction, my friend works there and emailed me about it. I had the same thought as those expressed here. It's not free advertising, but it's cheap advertising! And the people who would be bidding are the sort of people who'd have money to spend on my pieces. Not to mention how great it feels to be in a position to help out a good cause! My friend's charity goes through Cmarket.com and they review potential donations before accepting them. The charity is for Theatricum outside of L.A., an outdoor Shakespearian theatre and the auction is so that in these hard economic times, they can raise money to bring out more school kids to introduce them to Shakespeare. The link is: https://www.cmarket.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=92838333 if anyone is interested in donating something! Great article, thanks! I just donated one of my necklaces to a charity for an online auction, my friend works there and emailed me about it. I had the same thought as those expressed here. It’s not free advertising, but it’s cheap advertising! And the people who would be bidding are the sort of people who’d have money to spend on my pieces. Not to mention how great it feels to be in a position to help out a good cause! My friend’s charity goes through Cmarket.com and they review potential donations before accepting them. The charity is for Theatricum outside of L.A., an outdoor Shakespearian theatre and the auction is so that in these hard economic times, they can raise money to bring out more school kids to introduce them to Shakespeare. The link is:
https://www.cmarket.com/auction/AuctionHome.action?auctionId=92838333
if anyone is interested in donating something!

]]> By: SolSisters http://handmademarketing.org/donate-handmade-crafts-to-charities-live-silent-auction-donations/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 SolSisters Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:22:47 +0000 http://etsymarketing.org/?p=2170#comment-1327 What an excellent article! Another great charity to support is your local public radio station. KNPR (here in Las Vegas) does an online auction every year with the bidding for good site. In case you're not an NPR listener, let me explain their normal listener profile: 35+, professional with disposable income, very often patrons of the arts & bastions of culture in their cities and towns. In other words, the typical NPR audience is already pre-disposed towards appreciating and BUYING handmade/art pieces. This summer, I donated a handbag and raised $32 for the station. I was so pleased to have my item sell and since this is a cause I am personally passionate about. It was a huge win-win! Next year, I will be putting in more than one bag. What an excellent article! Another great charity to support is your local public radio station. KNPR (here in Las Vegas) does an online auction every year with the bidding for good site. In case you’re not an NPR listener, let me explain their normal listener profile: 35+, professional with disposable income, very often patrons of the arts & bastions of culture in their cities and towns. In other words, the typical NPR audience is already pre-disposed towards appreciating and BUYING handmade/art pieces.

This summer, I donated a handbag and raised $32 for the station. I was so pleased to have my item sell and since this is a cause I am personally passionate about. It was a huge win-win! Next year, I will be putting in more than one bag.

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