Friday, November 29, 2013

How to Become a Professional Fund Finder

Government programs, for-profit companies, non-profit organizations and individuals all over the world are willing to give money to charitable groups and people in need of help. Groups that help disadvantaged people gain access to education, food or health care or who provide vital services such as addiction counseling often need charitable contributions from donors. Professional fund finders can help charities and people seeking grants locate and apply for funds.

Suggestions

  1. Study in a field that relates to fund finding. Such fields may include finance, marketing, business administration and nonprofit management. An associate's degree may be enough to get started, but many clients may expect you to have at least a bachelor's degree.
  2. Work for a nonprofit organization. Use this experience to gain an understanding of the needs of such organizations and network with various individuals who could become clients later on.
  3. Learn to use grant and funding databases. In the United States, the federal government and various state governments offer online tools that provide users with access to a wide range of government-sponsored grant programs. Private institutions offer similar databases. Some of these institutions tailor their databases to certain aspects of funding, such as university scholarships. Build a master database of such databases and become proficient at doing quick and effective searches in them.
  4. Build relationships with private grant-making institutions. A number of such organizations regularly issue grants to deserving parties to promote a particular cause. When such organizations come to trust your honesty and competence, they may look to you when they seek to offer grants in the future.
  5. Enroll in a grant writing certification course. While a fund finder is not the same thing as a grant writer, many of their responsibilities overlap, and you can maximize revenue by up-selling clients of your grant writing services. Such certification conveys a certain level of legitimacy and helps you to elicit trust from clients. As a grant writer, you can help your clients to apply for funding by preparing an entire grant proposal.
  6. Design a plan of approach in which you can help your clients to gain funding from less structured funding sources. For instance, you may offer services to help clients with fundraisers or to prepare pitches on Internet-based crowd-funding services. Crowd-funding sites allow people to post projects and invite others to pledge money to them, providing fundraisers with a convenient way of drawing attention to their causes and safely collecting money for them.
  7. Set up a business and market your services. Depending on your area, you may need to pay for a business license. Create a business website and make a list of the services you provide to those who seek funding.


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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Fundraising for Personal Debt

Many responsible, hard-working adults fall into debt and have trouble making ends meet. Depending on your particular situation, you may be able to raise funds to help with personal debt by applying for government grants and benefits programs. When that's not enough -- or you are not qualified -- a few do-it-yourself fundraising ideas can help soften the blow. Churches, schools and community centers organize cost effective and successful fundraisers every day, and so can you.

Grants and Public Assistance

  • The U.S. government provides numerous grants and public assistance programs to citizens in the most dire financial need. Low-income families and individuals who meet state regulated guidelines are often eligible to receive funding through welfare programs to ensure basic survival needs. Depending on your income, number of dependents and employment status, you might be eligible to receive food stamps, Medicaid and monthly cash allowance benefits. Contact your state department of health and human services -- or a similar agency -- for application information and eligibility guidelines. You can also explore Benefits.gov website for personal grant opportunities.

Crowdfunding Opportunities

  • Crowdfunding is a way of soliciting donations from a public audience by setting a financial goal and pleading your cause. This is typically accomplished by setting up a profile on a crowdfunding website. You compose a short summary of your needs and outline a specific financial goal you need to meet to resolve your financial issue. Your case is received and verified by web administrators and -- if approved -- posted publicly with links to accept pledges and donations. The Modest Needs organization helps needy families and individuals raise funds for anything from overdue utility bills to funds to cover medical expenses. Edu Lender (edulender.com/community/) is a similar site focusing on the financial needs of struggling college students.
 

Fundraising Events


  • Hosting community social events is often a fun and effective way to raise money to help put a dent in your debt. If you belong to a church, community center or similar facility, look into renting a conference or banquet room to hold an event. Depending on the cause of your debt and personal situation, some organizations may loan you the space free of charge. Pancake breakfasts and spaghetti dinners are relatively inexpensive to organize and provide an opportunity for neighbors to come together in a social atmosphere. Estimate the costs of food and materials and expected head count to establish a fair yet profitable admission fee. Promote the event at least one month in advance via email marketing, flier distribution and posting ads in local bulletin boards.

Rummage Sales

  • You can easily earn money to clear your debts -- while clearing unwanted clutter too -- by selling discarded household items. Take a look around your garage, basement, closets and storage units for seldom used belongings and assemble a sales inventory. One man's trash may be another's treasure. Gather all unwanted items and hold a yard or garage sale to make immediate on-the-spot sales. You may be able to increase your profit by listing items on eBay where buyers can bid in online auctions to "win" your items.

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The Goal of Marketing & How Companies Achieve it

The goal of marketing is to meet the wants and needs of consumers more efficiently and effectively than the competition. How to exactly do that is different for each company, but no matter what type of business you're in, your marketing plan determines the goals that your company wants to reach. To achieve marketing goals, your marketing plan must provide specifics as to what needs to be done.

Accountability

  • Review your marketing plan and do something every day that moves your company closer to achieving the marketing goals. Keep a daily log of activities you did that day that contributes to fulfilling these objectives, in addition to noting items that need to be done.

Aware

  • Somewhere in your marketing plan, a SWOT analysis should have been done to determine internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats. Staying on top of trends will expose new industry directions and possible competitive advantages the company may gain, in addition to instances where improvements can be made.
 

Detailed


  • Make sure your objectives are specific and detailed. "Placing ads" is not a specific enough marketing objective because it does not define what type of media. "Placing an ad on a local TV station that describes our upcoming sale" provides a concrete definition of what needs to be accomplished.

Tactical

  • Put a date range next to each task: The date you'd like to have it completed, and the date it was actually completed. Associating time frames to objectives will help keep your company on track to reach their marketing goals.

Realistic

  • When it comes to marketing budgets, you have to be realistic and set measurable financial goals that the company can actually reach. Decide if you can "afford" the goal when setting budgetary limits. Buying advertising is expensive. Companies should not rely on potential customer increases from advertising to pay for the advertisement.



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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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How to Get Your Medical Practice Growing

Depending on the type of medical degree you earn, you may opt to start your own private medical practice. A medical practice, however, is a business just like any other. Your patients are essentially your "customers," and you must find ways to attract new patients and keep the existing ones in order to see your practice profit. Successful marketing techniques and proper treatment of patients are key factors in expanding your patient base and seeing your medical practice grow.

Suggestions

  1. Ask other physicians to refer patients to you if you are a specialist. Individuals often need additional treatment that a general practitioner cannot provide. If you practice a specialty discipline, you will be able to provide more thorough care for patients with conditions in your field than a standard family doctor.
  2. Advertise your practice in the local media. You may opt to use radio advertising, a newspaper ad or even film a short television commercial if your budget permits it. You should also make certain that your practice is included in the local Yellow Pages. (See Reference 1.) This will help you reach individuals who may be in need of your services but unaware of your practice.
  3. Develop contracts with numerous insurance providers. Consumers with insurance will rarely choose to visit a doctor whose services are not covered under their plan. By accepting multiple forms of insurance, you will be able to provide for a larger patient base.
  4. Charge reasonable fees for your services. Insurance companies rarely cover 100 percent of a patient's care. If the out of pocket expenses are too high, your patients will find a cheaper doctor. Reasonable fees ensure that you can keep your current patients while also attracting new ones. If you can afford to do so, you may opt to write off additional charges for lower income patients such as coinsurance or deductibles.
  5. Design and implement a website. This will result in patients who search for a new doctor on the Internet to consider your practice. (See Reference 1.)
  6. Treat all patients with kindness and respect, no matter how silly their concerns may seem or how irate they may be. This will result in your patients holding you in high esteem and referring your services to their families and friends. (See Reference 2.)
  7. Offer payment plans for the uninsured. Many medical practices will refuse to take on new clients if those clients do not have adequate insurance. By accepting patients with no insurance and allowing them to make regular payments to you to cover your services, you are providing them with the medical care they need while they help you to grow your medical practice. You may also join your state's Medicaid program. This will allow you to provide care for those who are covered by Medicaid and receive reimbursement from the government for your services.
  8. Train your staff well. Staff members who are courteous to individuals when they call and can answer questions in a friendly manner make your practice look more appealing to individuals in need of a doctor. If a staff member is rude or unhelpful to an individual when he calls, he will likely seek his medical care elsewhere.
  9. Send mail to your existing patients reminding them of when a checkup is due or notifying them of new medical techniques.
  10. Consider taking on a partner with a different specialty than your own. A partner will bring his own client base with him and attract additional patients to the practice.

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