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Affinity Groups & Fund Raisers
Cognigen customer acquisition engine is ideal for raising money for your organization or charity. The group can elect a specific individual (which may change from year to year, as with school parent booster clubs) who receives the commission checks, and then makes a tax deductible donation to the group every month in the full amount of the commission check. In this case, that individual is going to get a 1099 form from Cognigen (if the amount received is over $600), and that person will have tax liabilities on the year's total commissions. Yes, the individual can write-off his monthly donations to the group, but even so, that's probably not a dollar-for-dollar write-off. However, that individual may be more than willing to absorb the minor tax liability and consider it as a "contribution" to the group, in lieu of having to staff bake sales, supervise car washes, etc. Cognigen would also be willing to create a contract between Cognigen and the non-profit group, stating that Cognigen would give a monthly "donation" to the non-profit group, commensurate with the amount of customer usage.
Cognigen offers a buffet of products and functionality that can be used to meet your goals. Who Can Benefit From This Program?We have helped dozens of organizations to lower their members' bills while the organizations have earned money every month! Large and small affinity groups Non-profit Organizations What are the program benefits?There's a problem with the "traditional" fund raisers like bake sales, car washes, and the like. When the baked goods are gone, when the car wash hoses are turned off, when the last volunteer has gone home for the day, the same thing happens to your revenue stream - that source of income is shut off too! Cognigen's turn-key solution
How Much Money Can My Group Earn?That's entirely up to you. The amount of commission paid to your group every month is dependent on how many sales are made, which products and services are sold, and the amount of usage each customer has. Some services pay residual commission, some have a one-time bonus payment. The following assumptions are made for the purpose of example only: Your group has gathered 100 Long Distance customers. Each customer uses $30 of long distance service during the month. (The national average is actually a bit higher than that.) That's total combined usage of $3,000 of long distance. Your group's commission level is 8% to 10%. (Actually even more on some products, from 12% to 17%!) So, for this one month, the commission check paid to your group is for $240 to $300. That's just one month -- do the math on how that works out over the course of an entire year, especially if your group continues gathering customers, and sells more than just the very competitive long distance services, as this example shows! How does the process work?The whole process is automated and it's extremely simple. All you need is to follow these two steps: Signup for the Cognigen Affinity Groups & Fund Raisers program This part of the process will create your account and give you further instructions about your website. Give your website address to your members It's simple as that. Our automated system will allow your members to order products and services instantly online. Our vendors will do the billing, so all you really need to do is occasionally logon your private web site to check your status and commission reports to find out how much money you have made! About the commission checks: Affinity Groups ExamplesGroups that are implementing this program today include:
St.Alphonsus Parish
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