anyone know how funding is going

BLS said:
I work 'on the side' doing PC repair for $75/hr.
It's not a HUGE business, but I get repairs from time to time.
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That's a great idea. I run a small open source project that merges the GRSecurity kernel patches in with Xen, so the Xen hypervisor can use GRSecurity features. I know a few poeple, and even some businesses use these patches. A lot of OSS projects ask for donations to support development. I'm just completing work on the latest version of my patch set, and I'm going to request that people donate to Ron Paul's campaign if they use the patches.
 
Now that the campaign accepts Paypal, I'm going to start selling stuff on ebay... old cell phones, electronics, collectibles, sports cards, clothes, whatever. I used to pick up designer clothes at discount stores and resell them for profit, now I will resell for Ron Paul :D

If you have an ebay account, wait for them to have a 10 cent listing day and go wild. If you don't, get one and sell everything except your children.
 
I think we are doing better than last quarter (personal opinion), but not by much and the momentum isn't where it should be.

We all need to kick it into high gear these last 3 weeks.

We've all been donating, and we've all been active, but now we have to bleed a little and it's going to hurt but we have to really start kicking up the donations. I know some of you are working towards maxing out, but a lot of us aren't close, we have to pushing his total up one way or another.

Start small, even a $5,$10,$20 donation helps, but for those on a tight budget we have to get creative, use ebay or do something, but we need to bring up RP's totals, and we need to do it FAST!

Sept 30th will be here in NO TIME!
 
Mani said:
We've all been donating, and we've all been active, but now we have to bleed a little and it's going to hurt but we have to really start kicking up the donations. I know some of you are working towards maxing out, but a lot of us aren't close, we have to pushing his total up one way or another.
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We need to do this, but in the end it's unsustainable. We also have to get the word out, find more donors, talk to people, get them to open their minds and their bank accounts.
 
john_anderson_ii said:
We need to do this, but in the end it's unsustainable. We also have to get the word out, find more donors, talk to people, get them to open their minds and their bank accounts.
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Of course, we also have to grow the base! Votes get him the nomination!


Money helps advertising which helps name recognition which helps get votes.

Growing the base helps get new supporters which leads to new money and new votes.
 
Third quarter up...

A few reasons why the third quarter should be well ahead of the second:

1. He's been having high dollar fundraisers at all the rallies -- Iowa, Texas, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, etc. These started in the third quarter.

2. His birthday was a big donation day.

3. The Meetup contest was a big donation two weeks.

4. This week's debate was a big donation day, judging by the results of the first four debates, and the fact that three times as many people watched this one and Ron Paul was on fire.

That being said, we still need to give as much as we possibly can by the end of September. The third quarter fundraising reports are one of the few remaining opportunities for a big boost in publicity and credibility. Ron Paul needs to finish ahead of all the second tier candidates.
 
CasualApathy said:
I disagree. Go to alexa.com, and check the traffic for Ron Pauls website.

See the tall spike after the Rudy-moment? See whats missing after this recent debate?

http://alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=http://www.ronpaul2008.com/
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well, that shows UP to the 5th... that is still a few days behind... that is not an updated view. You can also see that the site is UP in percentages. Traffic is still very good, and climbing.

Also, Obama is ALL OVER MSM and he has HUGE NUMBERS OF MONIES GENERATED yet -- he doesn't have the traffic as Ron Paul - so that is NOT a barometer for success.
 
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Why we need millions more

One commercial costs thirty to fifty thousand in the Los Angeles TV market. All these states are have primaries within weeks of each other. Florida is huge state that Rudy is targeting.

I am sure Ron Paul ads will be more effective than Rudy and Romney and Thompson, but we need a certain amount of money just to get the name ID up for Ron Paul.

It can be done, it will just take work.
 
Folks, two people have told us they got it straight from the horse's mouth. One of them is BLS, who has been around here for quite awhile. Face it. It's the truth. The fundraising numbers are down. Now, we have to figure out what we can do about it.
 
Primbs said:
One commercial costs thirty to fifty thousand in the Los Angeles TV market. All these states are have primaries within weeks of each other. Florida is huge state that Rudy is targeting.

I am sure Ron Paul ads will be more effective than Rudy and Romney and Thompson, but we need a certain amount of money just to get the name ID up for Ron Paul.

It can be done, it will just take work.
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We could actually do a lot, if we only would.

Start going door-to-door handing real people campaign literature. Going to every gun show, stand outside every concert, every place where people congregate and hand them all campaign literature.

Are we willing to do what it will take to win?
 
LibertyEagle said:
We could actually do a lot, if we only would.

Start going door-to-door handing real people campaign literature. Going to every gun show, stand outside every concert, every place where people congregate and hand them all campaign literature.

Are we willing to do what it will take to win?
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I think this is the ticket.

Everyone Else has Money...

We have passion.....

We do have to actually start handing out flyers, do the things we have not done, as a huge collective. Some of us here are prolific in their promotions - handing out flyers and such, we all have to start anteing up ..... That is something I have to do too.. do the foot to ground.

LibertyEagle is right, we have to campaign FOR the campaign --




.
 
I'm seeing strong growth in new meetup group members. In our group, I personally contact each one and stress how important donating and asking for donations are.

It sure would be nice if a message was emailed to every new meetup member similar to the guide that gets posted here for new members (which stresses how important money is to the campaign). I'm sure it's been discussed -is that possible?
 
Lord Xar said:
Whatever happened to that thread that was like ...

I will donate a $1000 if 1000 other people donate? Its a pledge... right? I am on that one.. what happened..
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I would imagine that it failed. Wasn't he looking for 10,000 people? It was a pledge designed to fail.
 
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