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"Give Me the Money"
Creative Grant Writing Workshops
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www.4GrantWriters.com
a site dedicated to serving the grant-funded community
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Are you looking for an alternative to using high priced consultants to write your grants and proposals?
Would you like to keep more of your hard earned money in your own account?
If your answer is “YES”
Then you’re definitely in the right place!
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The Concept behind the "Give Me the Money" workshops:
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One reason , and I admit it, is that I have a problem. I’ve tried to keep my mouth shut about it; I’ve tried to mind my own business, but I can’t. I simply can’t do that. When I see agencies, companies, and departments spending their hard earned dollars for a product or service they can produce without being taken to the cleaners by a mercenary consultant, it makes me crazy!
I want to stand in front of their office with a big sandwich sign and a bullhorn and ask them...
“Why are you throwing your hard earned money away?”
"Why are you paying for something you can do yourself?”
“Why aren’t you spending you money on salaries, or additional programs or some other tangible that has a much longer life expectancy than the services you get from a consultant that has no personal interest in you and your agency?”
”Why don’t you just get a big jar of Vaseline and...” well, you get idea!
You may be asking yourself right about now why I have such an obvious aversion to hiring big fancy consulting firms as grant writers; and I believe that's a legitimate question that deserves a legitimate answer, and here it is:
(The short version)
I took a job in a rather economically depressed portion of my state. As a matter of fact, if any of you deal with the HUD low and moderate income statistics, the statistics for this area showed that 60% of the population was low-moderate, to low, low income (and the was BEFORE the recession)! It speaks volumes about our economic situation for 60% of an entire community to fall below the Federal income guidelines for low and moderate income residents.
The municipality I was working for was obviously financially challenged. When I was hired I came into a situation where my department was being milked for over $90,000 for the application one one grant, and the administration of another by a local consulting firm who was doing everyone in the County. They were making so much money that the consultant assigned to our office went out and bought a brand new Cadillac on her lunch hour . . .
To add insult to injury, my staff was volunteered to provide all the information and grunt work for the consultant’s finished product. Halfway through one of the larger grants it was decided by the consulting firm that they weren’t making enough money to make it worth their while to continue administering this particular grant, and therefore they would be unable to continue with this project. I don’t know about you, but $90,000 isn’t exactly chicken feed . . . nevertheless, I was stuck picking up the pieces and producing a finished product. Which I did.
Needless to say, as long as I worked for that municipality, we never hired them or anyone else again. My staff and I wrote our own grants, and increased our budget an additional $700,000 in less than a year! Plus we saved $90,000 in consulting fees!
I do realize I have a problem. (If I’m going to pay for a Cadillac, I’d like to be driving it!)
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Decrease your grant related spending!
Increase your Annual Grant Income!
Put more money back into your existing programs
Increase your Programs and Services!
AND
Do it all with a money-back guarantee!
What the “Give Me the Money” Workshops can do for you:
• Provide an immediate reduction in consultant fees!
• Produce capable and creative grant writers who are motivated to produce Right Away!
• Show you an immediate saving in salary dollars and all employee benefits pertaining to hiring additional staff by utilizing your existing employees to generate additional dollars at no additional cost to your agency!
• Increase your funding at least 25% for all kinds of grants except FORMULA GRANTS(Formula Grants like CSBG, Community Service Block Grant, or CDBG, Community Development Block Grant, determine funding by a fixed mathematical type of formula, which means the applicant will receive a pre-determined amount of funds for their specific area. Chances of getting an increase in funding from this type of grant are very unlikely. The only way to get additional funding from a formula grant is if there are discretionary funds available that you can apply for separately.)
• With the DVD’s and training manual, you can train your existing staff and new hires at your convenience with no additional costs to your agency!
• Give you a Money-Back Guarantee should our product not produce the guaranteed effect, which is to increase your overall grant income by 25% in one year!
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Anyway, I decided to put my money where my mouth was, and develop the “Give Me the Money” workshops for creative grant writing. A vehicle where agencies, organizations, and departments who need grant dollars to remain in business could:
increase their grant dollars
decrease their grant related spending
develop their own pool of like-minded, motivated grant writers, and
increase their grant income by 25% in one year!
This delivery method will re-define the way we as agencies view consultants and their services with regards to grant writing, while changing the way consultants do business with us; invariably providing more well-written, finished, submitted, grant applications, for little or no cost to your agency.
What could cause such a reaction in an arena that has continued to use the same methodology of grant writing that has been used for the last 2 decades?
• The realization that we as agencies could do this ourselves, better and more cost effectively
• That we are no longer have to be at the mercy of a mercenary who is going to take our money whether we get the funding they’re applying for or not!
• The realization that you have developed a pool of like minded, motivated in-house grant writers who consistently produce!
• A money-back guarantee from “Give me the Money” if our product doesn’t do what it says it will do for you!
The “Give Me the Money” Creative Grant writing Workshops
will catapult the participants at least 5 years into the future of specified training workshops and continuing education classes for grant writing.
Why? Because these workshops take proven copywriting, internet marketing, social networking, and Task Force building techniques, and apply them to your existing grant writing skills.
When I worked for the government, I was privileged to have the opportunity for loads of training. As a sales person off and on for many years, I was always fascinated when some sales technique that had been around forever finally made its way into a government training session.
As a matter of fact, I was in a training one day and a technique was presented that made me realized that in this particular area the government was lagging behind; almost 10 years behind. That realization caused me to have an epiphany- What if current copywriting, internet marketing, social networking, and Task Force building techniques were introduced into the grant writing process-would it make a difference?
That’s a no-brainer! It can’t help but make a difference!!!
As a result, that epiphany became my second reason to develop the “Give Me the Money” Workshops for creative grant writing! Complete with a money back guarantee – the ultimate sales technique, (it’s called “risk reversal” and you learn how to incorporate that into your writing process as well!)
These techniques will show you:
• how to create grants that stand out among the other competing applications
• how to write what people want to read
• how to push the right buttons to show them the benefits of funding your initiative
• How to get to the point in 30 seconds or less
• How to incorporate guerilla marketing tactics into your document for maximum response
The harsh realities of grant writing are:
• there is a limited pool of funds in which we all as agencies, departments, and organizations, are trying to swim, and guess what! We’re not all going to fit!
• selling our ideas, initiatives and programs to funders is just like trying to sell a car, house or pair of ladies shoes; we have to know our own USP (unique selling position) “Who we are, what we offer, why we’re the best at it, and why we should get the money” (All this in 30 seconds or less)
• sometimes it can be like selling encyclopedias door to door. You have to go to the source, you have to come out of your comfort zone to make a contact necessary to your existence and/or livelihood. You see if salesmen "don’t sell - they don’t eat."
It takes a certain measure of finesse and aggression, in combination with a great product to make the money you need to survive and prosper. There really is no difference in grant writing.
You are selling an idea, and so are thousands of other people representing hundreds of other agencies., departments, and organizations.
What makes your product stand out among the crowd? How do you let people know you’ve got the better product or service?
These workshops teach you how to do all that and more.
We can’t manufacture your product, project, or service, but we can sure as Hell show you how to get recognition, publicity, and funding!
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You and your staff will learn:
How to get the most publicity you can out of your proposed project!
Why you should always keep a scrapbook!
How to get others to enthusiastically share your vision!
What sales & marketing have to do with writing a grant that gets funded.
What sex, crime, violence, and sexy technology have to do with getting a project funded?!
What ethics have to do with making more money!
The art of negotiation (this one is priceless!)
Who the most important person on your radar ought to be!
How to create productive partnerships that don’t marry you to your partner!
How to become known as an expert in your field!
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Most grant writers use the same techniques and training they’ve always used.
Why? Because they work.
People learn the basics of grant writing, and each individual returns to his/her office, and plucgs away at the same old grants in the same old way, with little if any, increase in funding. Or, you hire a firm who charges between $2000-$10,000 or more, to write one for you.
The “Give Me the Money” workshops for creative grant writing are designed to take individuals who already have basic grant writing skills and teach them how to think outside the box.
The current economic situation is being felt most severely in all of our cities all over the United States.
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If you're serious about increasing your agency's public and privately funded income, you can't afford NOT to try the Give Me the Money Creative Grant Writing Workshops!
With our comprehensive Money-back guarantee, you have nothing to lose, and at least a 25% increase in funding to GAIN!
The “Give Me the Money,” Workshops for Creative Grant Writing, provides everything you need to prepare to increase you agency or department’s funding by at least 25% in the upcoming year.
In it you will find:
12 hours of training on 6 DVD’s
A manual with each training session and all the additional material presented on the DVD’s included, which can be copied as many times as you need, to present this seminar as many times as you like!
Plus you get free tech support, AND a
money-back guarantee!
Am I qualified to sell you this product?
Sure I am. I've written and administered grants for over 18 years. During that time I've written about $2,000,000 worth of grants and administered approximately another $5,000,000 worth.
I presently teach this course at the Cumberland County Center for Leadership, Community, & Neighborhood Development (NJ). The course is scheduled again for this spring. For more information, click the link:
Hyperlink
Still not sure?
This same information from a consultant or trainer would cost you at least $75.00 - $125.00 per hour x 12 hours: as much as $1500, which doesn’t include a price for multiple participants, travel expenses, food, tolls, and all the other ancillary costs associated with training.
THEN, each time you wanted additional people trained, you would have to pay for the training again!
Here’s an example of what it would cost for you to hire a grant writer according to the Internet:
 Seliger.com
Professional Grant Writing Services
Want to see what others are charging for training? Click here:
The Foundation Center
Grant Writing USA
Here are a couple more sites that may be beneficial to you as well:
Grant Writing Software
Grant Writing Tools
The best site for Government Grants!
Grants.gov
If you were to attend a training where this information was going to be presented, it would cost you from $195 up to $995 per person, per day.
The above mentioned prices don't include free tech support, or a money back guarantee! Think about it.
For a few dollars more, or several dollars less, you can have the convenience of training in the comfort of your own facility.
You can schedule training when it suits you best! There is no strain on your budget. You can train as often as you like, as many people as you’d like. How cool is that?
The more people you train, the larger your task force becomes, and the more grants are created and submitted in less time.
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"In the long run, the only sustainable source of competitive advantage is your organization' s ability to learn faster than its competition."
Peter Senge, author
The Fifth Discipline: The Cornerstone of the Learning Organization
(1990) Bantam Doubleday Dell
On a scale of 1-3 with 3 being the worst case scenario:
If your operating budget is $500,000 or less you needed us yesterday - 3
If your operating budget is $500,000 - $1,000,000 you still need us - 2
If your operating budget is in the millions our product will still increase your annual grant income by 25% and the money you save on consulting fees your agency could invest –but you really don’t need us a whole lot - 1
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Choose the customized delivery system which best suits your needs:
Deluxe Set: "Give me the Money" Creative Grant Writng Workshops on DVD
IF you are a medium to large non-profit with more than 10 employees, and/or several departments, the conventional dvd’s shipped 2-day delivery will most effectively meet your needs. Chances are you’re a growing organization with the need to train existing as well as new employees. This professionally mastered and packaged set of training tutorials will provide you with hours of training with clear crisp images, and interactive exercises to engage your participants, and personalize their training experience.
Deluxe Packaged set includes:
• 12 hours of intense training in easy to understand language
• A spiral bound manual in pdf format which contains all of the information from each training tape, making it easy to follow along
• an introductory CD with instructions for getting the most out of this training
• A CD with the training manual on it so you can easily re-print as many as you need while maintaining uniformity and a clean copy.
• A series of additional materials on CD that support or enhance the techniques you’ve learned. They can be printed and distributed in the form of hand-outs; copied and included with each manual you reproduced, or e-mailed to the participants
• Tech support via phone and/or email for 1 year
• Task force tech support via phone monthly, for 1 year
A 365 Money-Back Guarantee!
Is there a catch? Well yeah, you have to apply it. As a matter of fact, apply these techniques to your writing process for at least 365 days; we’ll provide all the TECH Support you need.
If at any time after that you feel the product has been a disappointment and has not produced at least a 25% funding increase for your agency, I insist that you contact me and request your money back.
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I know when I worked for the Government, we had to send a purchase order and then the seller had to sign it and send it back for payment.
If this is your situation, and because we believe we are offereing a quality product, you may send us a purchase order with your order for the "Give Me the Money" Workshops on DVD.
We are so sure you will love this product, we will enlcose a billing voucher for remittance that won't be due until 30 days after we have shipped your product.
That way, you will have plenty of time to examine our product and discover for yourself how wonderful it is.
If you are dissatisfied, you can return the product to us and you won't be billed one red cent!
To buy this product with a purchase order, call the following number for complete intructions 856-392-4145.
If I haven’t sufficiently answered your questions as to how your agency, department, or company can benefit from this product, please feel free to call, 856-392-4145.
If I don’t answer, make sure you leave at least 2 phone numbers where I can reach you.
In order to received deferred billing, your correspondence must come from an agency, office, entity that can be contacted and identified. The purchaser must have the authority to purchase this product for their agency or office.
P.S.
If you’re wondering why I’m willing to give you information that it’s taken me years to acquire for such a nominal price,(this workshop series took 3 years alone to develop), here are the reasons, and they’re really very simple:
• Knowledge is only worth something if you can pass it on, and be blessed enough to see it work for someone other than yourself,
And
• As the former CEO of a small, non-profit agency, I know how it is to have a limited budget. If my price were too high, perhaps you couldn’t afford this product for your agency, and quite frankly, if your budget is less than a million dollars, you are the one that really needs this product.
As a matter of fact, I have kept this site somewhat on the down-low, and have only sent e-mail notices and brochures to agencies that I am personally familiar with whose budgets I know are less than a million dollars, but you can’t keep a good deal a secret forever.
Sooner or later the big boys are going to get wind of this, and once they do I’m going to have to sell to them too . . .
So I suggest you place your order now, because now is your opportunity to have the advantage over the competition!
This price is introductory and is subject to change!
If you are interested in having this training on location at your site*, you may call me at 856-392-4145. *Custom pricing will apply.
Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. You’ve got nothing to loose but funding dollars!
Sincerely,
Kim Rogers
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P.S.S. How sure am I that this product is absolutely the BEST offering on the Internet (or anywhere else for that matter!)?
Sure enough to fill this site with as many links to grant writing alternatives that I could find space for- including Google Ads!
WHY? Because I want you to know what's out there! AS A MATTER OF FACT, there are 138,000 web sites out there if you want to HIRE a Grant Writer, and, there are over 4 Million web sites out there if you want to learn HOW TO WRITE A GRANT, BUT... THERE ARE 0 (that's right, "ZERO") web sites out there if you want to learn how to INCREASE YOUR GRANT INCOME by using proven copywriting and marketing techniques to generate at least a 25% increase in your annual income!
I want you to thoroughly investigate your alternatives! I want you to see for yourself the advantages and benefits of not only the years of experience that have gone into creating such a product, but the benefit of increasing your annual grant income by 25%, and the security of a money-back guranatee!
So visit the other sites; see what they're offering and at what price, check out their guarantees, and then, come on back here, and take the first step to increasing your annual grant income by 25%!
Guaranteed, or your money back!
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