MrZach
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Squeeze maximum value out of your $$
This campaign is excellent about being unconventional. Here's an excellent idea to be even "unconventional" and get some GREAT media exposure...
I was thinking about the "non-issue" of Don Black's donation which has been turned into an issue... it is nice that Dr. Paul getting media coverage, even if it is negative, but how do you turn all this attention around into positive attention?
Dr. Paul's rational for keeping the $500 is an EXCELLENT one, and makes perfect sense to me. Unfortunatly, many people are simple minded, and don't think the logic through. I think the main problem is that you are "personally profiting" from this $500, so that is where the criticism comes in.
So I thought of a idea of how to "spend" $500 for a ton more FREE news coverage than you could ever buy for $500.
Pick a charity or an organization, hopefully one that is completely opposite to Don Black's "small minded ideals" and donate $500 of your money to them. You are now acting as a conduit for taking $500 out of Don Black's hands and placing it in the hands of something you support as positive!
This can silence all the media critics - you didn't "keep" the $500, but you can also maintain your integrity by not giving it back to him. It will get you a lot more media coverage if you make a press-release about donating the money to something else.
Furthermore, this will not act as an encouragement for more people like Don Black to donate to your campaign and then blab about it trying to tie you into their causes which you don't support. If anyone with "small minded ideals" wants to donate to your campaign, they will remain more anonymous for fear that being exposed by the media will only act in transferring their donation to a cause they are completely against!
If any more of these kind of small donations from "small minded idealists" surface, go ahead - donate them to a charity completely opposite to their cause. This "out of the box" approach to the issue will create a HUGE media sensation which will be well worth the money "spent" to do so.
This is a WIN-WIN-WIN situation, and probably could be the best use of $500 (or more) to get the campaign some positive national exposure yet!!
This campaign is excellent about being unconventional. Here's an excellent idea to be even "unconventional" and get some GREAT media exposure...
I was thinking about the "non-issue" of Don Black's donation which has been turned into an issue... it is nice that Dr. Paul getting media coverage, even if it is negative, but how do you turn all this attention around into positive attention?
Dr. Paul's rational for keeping the $500 is an EXCELLENT one, and makes perfect sense to me. Unfortunatly, many people are simple minded, and don't think the logic through. I think the main problem is that you are "personally profiting" from this $500, so that is where the criticism comes in.
So I thought of a idea of how to "spend" $500 for a ton more FREE news coverage than you could ever buy for $500.
Pick a charity or an organization, hopefully one that is completely opposite to Don Black's "small minded ideals" and donate $500 of your money to them. You are now acting as a conduit for taking $500 out of Don Black's hands and placing it in the hands of something you support as positive!
This can silence all the media critics - you didn't "keep" the $500, but you can also maintain your integrity by not giving it back to him. It will get you a lot more media coverage if you make a press-release about donating the money to something else.
Furthermore, this will not act as an encouragement for more people like Don Black to donate to your campaign and then blab about it trying to tie you into their causes which you don't support. If anyone with "small minded ideals" wants to donate to your campaign, they will remain more anonymous for fear that being exposed by the media will only act in transferring their donation to a cause they are completely against!
If any more of these kind of small donations from "small minded idealists" surface, go ahead - donate them to a charity completely opposite to their cause. This "out of the box" approach to the issue will create a HUGE media sensation which will be well worth the money "spent" to do so.
This is a WIN-WIN-WIN situation, and probably could be the best use of $500 (or more) to get the campaign some positive national exposure yet!!
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