uality have suffered under the weight of increasing profit demands from these organizations. We end up buying products we don’t need at over inflated prices just to support little Around this time of year, just about every school, sports team and non-profit organization in our collective communities send their minions out into the neighborhood to hawk candy bars, candles, Christmas wreaths and just about anything else they can get their hands on. All done in an effort to fill the coffers of the group in support of their activities for the coming year. We’ve all probably done this type of product fundraising sometime in our lives. And we’ve all supported the effort of others since it is as noble as it is capitalistic.

But times have changed. The proliferation of groups raising money has reached a fever pitch while at the same time, prices and product quality have suffered under the weight of increasing profit demands from these organizations. We end up buying products we don’t need at over inflated prices just to support little J

bars, candles, Christmas wreaths and just about anything else they can get their hands on. All done in an effort to fill the coffers of the group in support of their activities for the coming year. We’ve all probably done this type of product fundraising sometime in our lives. And we’ve all supported the effort of others since it is as noble as it is capitalistic.

But times have changed. The proliferation of groups raising money has reached a fever pitch while at the same time, prices and product quality have suffered under the weight of increasing profit demands from these organizations. We end up buying products we don’t need at over inflated prices just to support little

the coming year. We’ve all probably done this type of product fundraising sometime in our lives. And we’ve all supported the effort of others since it is as noble as it is capitalistic.

But times have changed. The proliferation of groups raising money has reached a fever pitch while at the same time, prices and product quality have suffered under the weight of increasing profit demands from these organizations. We end up buying products we don’t need at over inflated prices just to support little

s it is capitalistic.

But times have changed. The proliferation of groups raising money has reached a fever pitch while at the same time, prices and product quality have suffered under the weight of increasing profit demands from these organizations. We end up buying products we don’t need at over inflated prices just to support little

uality have suffered under the weight of increasing profit demands from these organizations. We end up buying products we don’t need at over inflated prices just to support little Janie or Johnnie’s soccer team. Perhaps we do it out of guilt or maybe obligation. We definitely don’t do it because it is “consumer savvy”.

But there are new options on the horizon, courtesy of the ever efficient and expanding Internet, which are both consumer savvy and fundraiser friendly. It turns out that on-line merchants are actually willing to pay people to shop on their sites. Simply redirecting the buying power of a group of consumers can yield significant windfalls for those that understand and take advantage of this phenomenon. This kind of affiliate marketing is nothing new, but schools and non-profit groups have been slow to realize the opportunity. These organizations are in fac