An MBA prospect set to raise a million dollars for education

Released on = January 17, 2007, 1:15 pm

Press Release Author = DonateMeSomething.com

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = A Canadian MBA prospect launched a unique fundraising
campaign aimed at collecting enough money to pay off his outstanding debts and at
making a million dollars to cover his impending MBA tuition expenses.

Press Release Body = TORONTO, ON, CANADA - January 16, 2007 - A unique concept with
a goal of raising $1,014,650 for education by receiving donations from the Internet
users.

A Canadian MBA prospect launched a fundraising campaign aimed at collecting enough
money to pay off his outstanding debts and at making a million dollars to cover his
impending MBA tuition expenses. Faced with the enormous costs of tuition he came up
with a unique solution, launching www.DonateMeSomething.com to fund his education.

Targeting both charitable donors and advertisers www.DonateMeSomething.com employs a
combination of fundraising methods from collecting actual donations to selling
advertising space. Ad spots sold on www.DonateMeSomthing.com are grouped into three
categories (based on the banner size) and displayed in a rotating order within each
group. With each page refresh ads are shuffled to display new banners. The limited
number of ad spaces within each group ensures good click-through rates and quality
exposure for each individual banner.

Furthermore, all website users are encouraged listing something futile on eBay or
Yahoo auction instead of sending it to a landfill. In return for donating a small
portion of the auction proceedings, the auction itself would be promoted on the
front page of www.DonateMeSomething.com.

"Of course, the objective is to raise money for education." says the creator,
"However, my main goal is to prove that anyone, literally anyone, can make a small
fortune on the Internet."

Good luck with donations, but why would anyone buy ads? Placing a banner ad on a
site whose popularity continuously increasing, no recurring costs and guaranteed
exposure until January 2012 would offer excellent advertising value for the money
spent. Additionally, all purchased ad spots are transferable (after all available
spots are sold out) so every advertiser has an option of re-selling the ad spot in
order to return the invested money.

Five days after its release the website already collected over $2,000 and the number
of unique visitors increased from five to over a thousand.


Web Site = http://www.DonateMeSomething.com

Contact Details = Alex Prost
Donate Me Something
Tel: 416.939.5449
Email: info@donatemesomething.com
www.DonateMeSomething.com

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