Planning is the first and most important stage of the Fundcraft Personalized Cookbook Program. Phase Leaders will be selected, specific goals will be established and time frames for the completed program will be adopted.

The planning phase of the program should be completed by the selected Phase Leaders and the Chairperson. This phase should take 3 to 5 people selected by the Chairperson and any other appointed organization members.

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Select the other Phase Leaders for Recipe Collection, Layout and Design, Local Merchant Advertising (Optional), Promotion and Sales. These people should have cooking interests and the ability to complete their part of the program.

SET SPECIFIC GOALS, SUCH AS

How much money your group plans to earn.

How the profits from the drive are to be used.

Refer to the price chart to determine the number of recipes to collect and number of books to order to reach your specific money goal.

How To Make $1,560.00 Profit

With The Plan:

 

Example: Collect 300 recipes and order 400 cookbooks at $2.85 each from the price chart. Sell the cookbooks for $6.75 each and your organization will keep $3.90 profit on each cookbook, or a total of $1560.00 for the 400 books. This is how you select the size and number of books needed to reach your goal.

 

Date for selling the cookbooks - starting and completion date.

Based on selling date, and keeping in mind that Fundcraft takes 45-60 WORKING DAYS for production, set completion dates for each phase of the program.

Decide if you want to sell local advertising. If yes, a Phase Leader should be appointed to head the Advertising Sales Program.

Set day and time for weekly meetings of the Planning Committee so each Phase Leader can report on progress.

Review payment terms for your cookbook with Fundcraft and open a checking account for money collected from sales.