If you’re thinking about raffling something off for your business, whether it’s for a fundraiser, or you want to gain awareness at a trade show or something else, you may be wondering on what you can do.  I came up with some questions that you should ask yourself, as well as some ideas that you potentially use when you want to raffle something off.

First, you should ask yourself the following questions:

• What kind of services do you offer?  Can you give away a service?
• What would draw some publicity?  Think about doing something that will draw the local news stations and newspapers.
• How much can you afford?  What is your budget?
• For the prize, how they will remember that it came from you?
• Why would someone want to win this prize?
• When you raffle things off, are you going to get their information in return?

Listed below are some ideas that you could potentially use when thinking about raffling something off.

#1 A Car - If you have the budget, you will find that a car could draw a lot of noise.  Yes, while it will cost you a lot of money to get it, it will pay off huge dividends.  Tell local newspapers, as well as radio stations about the giveaway.  If you have to, even advertise the offer on the radio itself.

#2 Trip - People love vacations, and if you play it safe by giving away a vacation to a place such as Hawaii, Costa Rica, etc, you will find that you can get a lot of entries.

#3 Your services - Let’s say that you have a cleaning service.  What you can do is give away a month’s worth of clean services, or you can even give away something such as a gift card, or a really good coupon with your business.

#4 Cash - Every one loves cash, and if you’re giving away a $1,000, who won’t want to sign up?  This is a great way to get many people to sign up.

#5 50/50 Raffle – A 50/50 is a great way to not only give away money to the winner, but also a great way to save up money for a fundraiser.  You can tell them that the other 50% is going to go to a charity of your choice.

The ideas are truly endless when it comes down to a business raffle.  What you’re going to find is that as long as you’re honest, and you give away something people want, you shouldn’ t have a problem getting those entries!

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