Step Eight: Check In With Your Sellers

Checking in with your sellers midway through your Christmas wreath fundraiser can be a good idea.  This step is a big help if you can manage it.  Some nonprofit organizations have a meeting to do this; some nonprofit groups send an email or a newsletter to their sellers.  Just like the pre-sale pep talk and informational meeting, the type of nonprofit organization you are with will probably help you determine how to check in with your sellers.  Scouting fundraisers may find it's easy to address their wreath fundraiser status at a weekly meeting, while a school fundraiser may find sending home a note about the holiday fundraiser in a weekly take home folder is ideal, and a Kiwanis fundraiser or another service group may do most of their communicating by email and check in with their sellers that way.  However you decide it will work for you holiday fundraiser, checking in with your sellers mid-sale is beneficial in a few ways.

One, you can make sure any lingering questions get answered.  Sometimes sellers may encounter questions about the Christmas wreath fundraiser after they have begun selling, but are not sure how to answer them.  This is the perfect time to address these questions if they haven't come up already.  You can also look for assistance with this in our website tools that are available to your nonprofit organization once it is signed up for the wreath fundraiser.

Two, you can re-inspire them if their attention has wandered.  Some nonprofit organizations find this mid-sale meeting can be a great time to pass out preliminary awards or prizes to sellers who have achieved sales goals already.

And three, you can get a handle on where you holiday fundraiser is at the moment to see if you need to adjust your strategy.  For instance, your sellers may report back to you that the Direct Delivery Gift Items are getting a lot of attention.  If you aren't already offering them, it might be beneficial to add them to the products your holiday fundraiser offers. 

Overall, being in touch with your sellers in some way halfway through your holiday fundraiser is a good idea!