One of the best selling items for school fundraisers nowadays is Smens and Smecils!

One of the best selling items for school fundraisers nowadays is Smens and Smecils! by Johnnie Ashley

One of the best selling items for school fundraisers nowadays is Smens and Smecils! These gourmet-smelling items could be sold at book fairs, libraries, school offices, or they make great gift ideas. Smens, Smencils and scented bookmarks could make reading and writing fun for kids of all ages.

For students, someone in high school, or for university students, the task of writing is something really boring and a less amusing sort of activity. However, this boring and often unbearable task has now been changed into a fun experience with the help of Smencils. The majority of students have a very good nose for smelling, and that's why doing Smencil fundraisers are a really good idea. Using these in your fundraising arsenal, you will be sure to generate the funds that you want in no time.

Smencils are perfect to market to children because they are useful products with no sugar content, they don't melt, and they sell all year round. Many people nowadays search for fundraising ideas that are environmentally sensitive, have less fat, affordable and are saleable regardless what season it is. The Smencil is the answer to those needs. Should you go to school fundraisers or industry events, you'll notice that Smencils are given out or sold, together with engraved pens, promotional lanyards and personalized pencils.

Once you carry out a Smencil fundraiser, you should make sure you choose a good fundraising company who definitely are able to provide you the supplies that you're going to need for affordable prices. Here Comes Money Inc. is the #1 source for Smencils and other Gourmet Scented Products. At Here Comes Money Inc. not only do they have a great selection of quality Smens, Smencils, and scented bookmarks but they are affordable too. Make up to 60% profit just from selling gourmet-scented products at your Smencil fundraiser!


Among the great things in organizing a Smencil fundraiser is the simplicity of the project. You don't need to explain or carry brochures for your customers because the product is very understandable and straightforward. You need not concern yourself with the environmental effects of manufacturing such pencils since Smens and Smecils are comprised of recycled newspapers that are wrapped around pencil graphite. The different soothing scents that people love on these amazing pencils originate from gourmet-scented oils in which the pencils are soaked. Because it is generally crafted from used paper, it easily absorbs the scent that individuals enjoy. The products offer a wide assortment of scents that anyone can choose from depending on their own preferences.

Smencils come in many gourmet scents for example Bubble Gum, Cinnamon, Tropical Blast, Grape, Cotton Candy, Black Cherry, Watermelon, Orange, Very Berry, and Root Beer. You may also get Smens in Red Licorice, Creamsicle, Aloha, Mystery Scent, Banana Fo Fana, Ninja Berry, Pink Lemonade, Mocha, Passion Fruit and Black Licorice.


Here Comes Money Inc. is the #1 source for Smencils as well as other Gourmet Scented Products. Here Comes Money Inc�s goal is always to support your fundraising efforts with goods that are new, educational, fun and exciting. They work mostly with schools and school clubs like Student Council, PTA, Bands, PTO, Libraries and many others. See the difference their products and amazing pricing can make in helping your organization reach its financial goal. Exactly what are you waiting for? Contact Here Comes Money Inc. today!

Must nonprofits be involved in selling?

Lenann McGookey Gardner

Many nonprofits and values-based organizations face challenges - too few volunteers, small donations, budget shortfalls.

Is the answer to the problem that such organizations need to get better at selling?

No one in the nonprofit community, in my experience, wants to think of themselves as a salesman.

The thought conjures images of conniving, manipulation, pushiness - all incompatible with the principles on which nonprofits were founded.

Is there a middle ground? Does an organization have to get aggressive about salesmanship in order to survive?

The answer is no.

But the approach taken to become better at outreach - to volunteers, donors and others who may participate in creating the future you envision for your organization - should be carefully thought through and implemented with sensitivity.

The good news is that the best selling today is done in a way that is deeply respectful of the "buyer."

This has come about because people's tolerance for disrespect has declined dramatically. That's an appropriate development. While no one wants to be "sold," people "buy" things all the time.

So the challenge is to make the "buyer" - that is, the potential participant, volunteer or donor - aware of the opportunity you represent so they can decide whether they would like to take advantage of the opportunity.

Be careful about assuming that such people already understand the opportunity you offer.

Your organization may have been around for decades, but if people are not involved with you now, the chance that they fully appreciate the opportunity your organization represents to them personally is slim.

Look at your messages. Do you have short, powerful, provocatively-expressed ideas that will create interest where none now exists?

Developing such ideas is a process called "positioning," and it's crucial that you do it.

Once you have your positioning messages, it's time to get those messages out to people you'd like to attract.

You may be buying advertising or supporting a website, but don't assume that those things are being read. The best vehicle to share your messages is a human being.

So you'll need to have people who are able to go out and share those powerful messages, build relationships and handle conversations in such a way that maximizes the likelihood that the appropriate people choose to become involved.

The skills to do that are selling skills, adjusted appropriately to fit the type of organization you represent.

These are not the selling skills of the past - nor the depictions of salespeople we see in the movies.

The approach to handling such conversations most effectively today begins with a "clean heart position," which is a sincere desire to see the other person get where he wants to go.

So to have an effective conversation about engaging with your organization, we begin by trying to understand where the individual with whom we are speaking would like to go.

Be prepared to learn that, while most people have some idea that community involvement is a good thing, they lack specific ideas about how to bring such involvement into their lives.

And since they perceive themselves to be busy already, they worry that they won't be able to find the time, so they simply do nothing.

Handled properly, a conversation in which we offer them some structure makes it possible for them to see specifically how they might live their professed commitment to their community.

There are several skills for handling this type of conversation, and doing appropriate and timely follow-up on it, that will maximize your effort to attract appropriate people and donations to your organization.

These skills should be based on recent sales research and writings on the subject.

We know that how people like to be approached these days is quite different from the approaches that were effective just a few years ago.

By getting up-to-date on what's working now in selling, and applying that knowledge appropriately in the context of your organization's history, goals and values, you can grow your organization, even in challenging economic times. 

But be careful: Reading a couple of articles about selling doesn't make you an expert on what's working now in selling.

And relying on what you think you know about selling - from a class years ago or a movie you saw - is a classic error.

Lenann McGookey Gardner volunteers as a Stephen Minister and Stephen Ministry Leader. She served on nonprofit boards for Cuidando Los Ninos and The Harbour School in Maryland.

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