Product Description

A must have book for any political campaign, non-profit organization or charity.

No campaign, charity, or non-profit organization can survive without fundraising. Fundraising is the lifeblood of your effort. Without money, you can't get your message out, do charitable work or win elections.

You must raise funds - this book will show you how.

"25 Fundraising Secrets - Raise More Money, Guaranteed!" contains strategies and techniques guaranteed to help your organization or campaign raise the money you need.

Who can benefit from this book?

1. Political Campaigns

Let's face it. Money really is the mother's milk of politics. It takes money to run TV ads, send out direct mail pieces, open a headquarters or hire a staff. In order to get elected, you'll need to raise money to communicate with the voters. This book provides 25 tips and strategies you can use today to raise more money and have the funds you need to win your election.

2. Charities and Non-Profits

Non-profit organizations and charities rely on contributions to operate. Without donations from other groups and individuals, charities and non-profs can't provide valuable services to our community. This book provides 25 proven strategies that charities and non-profits can use today to raise more money and fund their organization's activities.

Strategies That Work

The 25 secrets presented in this book work - they're time tested, battle proven strategies that you can use to raise money - each and every time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #655268 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 75 pages

From the Author
We wrote this book to help non-profit organizations, charities, political campaigns, and everyone who relies on fundrasing to succeed.

We know how difficult fundraising can be. This book was written to help first-time fundraisers as well as fundraising pros hone thier craft.

The 25 strategies and tactics in this book work.

About the Author
Brent Barksdale has over 15 years of political experience on the local, state and national level and has been involved in political races in over 20 states including Louisiana, Texas, California, and Virginia. In 2006 and 2007 Brent s work was recognized as the nation s best, earning him a national Pollie Award from the American Society of Political Consultants. Brent is also the author of The Little Book of Louisiana Political Quotes 1 and 2. He also regularly contributes to Politics Magazine's Campaign Insider Blog. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brent has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Louisiana State University.

Customer Reviews

Not for everyone
This book is very heavily geared towards political campaign fundraising, even though it says it applies to everyone. In each little chapter, the last paragraph usually says "And this will also apply to non profit organizations", and that's it. Some of the tips you really have to think out of the box to understand how. The authors I'm afraid are not writers, and whoever proofread the book missed quite a few errors. The font is huge and the paragraphs all have 2 spaces between them to make the book look larger, but mostly this makes you feel like you've wasted your money on what should be a pamphlet.

In a nutshell, the best fundraising advice would be to put this money towards a more professional book, all of this is pretty much common sense.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!!
Probably the best fundraising secret is writing a sham book like this and selling on Amazon.com for $10.99. This is not a book but a pamphlet - if that. With only 73 pages, there is no detail but 25 very obvious fundraising basics. A waste of $10.99 and the 20 minutes it takes to read this junk. Do not buy this book! It is a complete waste of money. Shame on these two idiots Garecht and Barksdale to produce such garbage. Not one original thought.
Seems I have to give at least one star. Such a ranking is a gift.

Shallow and not worth the money!
First of all, I don't think that this item deserves to be called a book, because this less-than-one-hour-reading is more like a pamphlet, with 25 ideas meant to help you to become better at fundraising. The problem is that these ideas are not new and most of them have been used by anyone, except for two or three of these which seemed a bit more interesting. Apart from that, it is 90% directed to political campaigns and it's almost completely useless for any charity or non-profit organization. Generally, these ideas are not very useful anyway and all these positive reviews here really make me think that they've been written either by the authors themselves or by someone who actually has no clue about fundraising at all. I consider that this "book"'s price is too high for what you get, so you better keep looking for something better and more substantial.