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Entries from February 2009

Million Dollar Gloves

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Congratulations to Reebok and Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes for raising $70,200 for the Sickle Cell Anemia Disease Association of America through the online auction hosted on BiddingForGood.com  The gloves are the same Mr. Holmes wore and caught the game-winning touch down pass with, propelling the Pittsburgh Steelers to their sixth Super Bowl title, an [...]

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Tags: 3. Raising More Money · Uncategorized

What’s Going On?

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I recently did an interview with Mass High Tech. The thrust of the article was around how non-profit fundraising is in the dumps and causing more folks to explore new approaches that involve technology, in our case BiddingforGood.com. The interview prompted me to step back and ask the bigger question of what is going on right [...]

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Tags: 2. Attracting Bidders · 4. The Auction Expert & CEO

What sells in a downturn?

February 18th, 2009 · No Comments

We love data at cMarket and I’ve been reviewing the lastest information from our auction logs. Here is what we are finding is doing best in today’s economy:

Sports tickets (avg. of 8.38 bids/item)
Travel (6.75 bids)
Organization specific e.g. lunch with the principal (6.04 bids)
Food/dining ceertificates (5.81 bids)

But if you’re really just interested in $$$ (and who [...]

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Tags: 3. Raising More Money