Black This Out, Want $6,000,000? We Need THE ENTIRE MONTH for Promotion & 25,000 Attendees

[parocks]

If I can figure out what is causing me issues with this leaderboard code.. I'll have the ability to let hundreds of us compete for who gets the most pledges and give prizes to the winners. Negotiating these ow.

I like these competiton ideas. What would be good is if the actual campaign could have competition to see who can raise the most actual money, and the results could be available for people to see. Each "Youth For Ron Paul" group or meetup group could get a special code. a special url. or something, that allows monies to be separated out.
They have this functionality already with the Iowaforronpaul projects. You contribute for the special project, but the money goes to Ron Paul.

Instead of a page of different activities, a page of different groups and the amount they raised.

I definitely can see a very large gathering of people with tablets and laptops and 4g wireless access at the Black This Out Rockefeller Center (NBC). That kind of mass event, 1159 in Times Square, drunk people walking in and out of bars. This kind of atmosphere is likely to pay big financial dividends.

 

[qwerty]

starting to comment on news stories about ron since many are not doing it!

 

[Sentinelrv]

Lol, check this video out. I love the part "And let's put a stop to this ****ing bull****"

 

[qwerty]

Less posts here, more posts elsewhere!!! Now is the time people! I´m off from here for the rest of the day!

 

[ross11988]

Ill be helping all day to promote

 

[orenbus]

And actually now that I think about it, it should be coordinated with the RonPaulSignBomb.com folks as they already have the site setup for the next sign bomb they just need to change the date and put out some more videos. Merge efforts for this one time deal would make the day be bigger as the sign bombs have proven they can earn local media, and the money bomb will have a greater chance of getting larger national earned media.

http://www.ronpaulsignbomb.com/

 

[AmberH]

11,000

 

[orenbus]

Welp, scratch my idea about BTO coordinating efforts with RPSB, looks like they have already picked the next day for the Sign Bomb. This is going to make some of you cringe and some of you cheer. The next Sign Bomb is schedule for yes, you guessed it:



http://www.ronpaulsignbomb.com/

 

[eduardo89]

Can't let this thread fall to the second page!

 

[JamesButabi]

Yesterday was a great day for pledges. If we can continue with that success from here on out we are in for a great day. Keep the creativity, the avenues, and the effort up!

 

[dusman]

I like these competiton ideas. What would be good is if the actual campaign could have competition to see who can raise the most actual money, and the results could be available for people to see. Each "Youth For Ron Paul" group or meetup group could get a special code. a special url. or something, that allows monies to be separated out.
They have this functionality already with the Iowaforronpaul projects. You contribute for the special project, but the money goes to Ron Paul.

Instead of a page of different activities, a page of different groups and the amount they raised.

I definitely can see a very large gathering of people with tablets and laptops and 4g wireless access at the Black This Out Rockefeller Center (NBC). That kind of mass event, 1159 in Times Square, drunk people walking in and out of bars. This kind of atmosphere is likely to pay big financial dividends.

Exactly. I'm hoping at some point we can get down to these kinds of competitions leading to a "spend the day with Ron Paul" type of prize and cause a frenzy of promotion to win. Obama did the $5 raffles for a lunch with him.. but that fails in comparison if it's directed toward promotional efforts instead.

For now, I'm trying to negotiate some prizes for this one.

As for a theme for the leaderboard concept. I'm thinking of a "7-Day Blitz" where we'll briefly describe it, show off the prizes, and get people to sign up. Then, we'll have the leaderboard of the top 10 on the home page.

This one piece of code is really annoying me. I have everything in place, except listing the actual name of the user who is getting the referral... argh.

 

[Bobcat]

How many pledges have we obtained so far today?

We need to PUSH to get 1000 pledges!

Spread the word folks, and encourage others to spread the word!

If we want to WIN the nomination, we have to strive like crazy to get pledges, so we can beat our previous one day fundraising record of 6 million dollars!

The campaign needs this money now. All of a sudden, the media is pushing Herman Cain like crazy -- despite the fact he wants to add a 9% national sales tax on top of the income tax -- and we need the money to counter that!

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

8 more days!!!!

 

[Bobcat]

How many pledges have we obtained today?

We need at least 1000!

 

[KingNothing]

How many pledges have we obtained today?

We need at least 1000!

About 400, so far. Could get to 700-900 today, with some luck and hard work we can hit 1,000!

 

[ross11988]

Thanks!

**UPDATE: 1-220 on the list has been done. We need volunteers to do 221-230, 231-240 etc. etc. Thanks!**

We all know that you can only send an email message to 3 meetup groups per day but I found a way around this.

First what you do is go to http://ronpaul.meetup.com/all/ . Then click on a meetup group. Once on their home page click on the "members" then "leadership" tab on top of homepage. A list of all of the meetup groups members will come up. Just click on a member and send them an email informing them of BTO. You can send emails to up to 15 people a day so you may want to send just a couple of emails to each groups organizers/assistant organizers. There are over 80,000 members on there represented by these meetup groups. Here is a sample email written by MJU1983:

Hello,

The Ron Paul grassroots is planning the largest fundraiser of this campaign, perhaps ever, on October 19th. We are calling it the Black THIS Out Money Bomb. We need your help to promote it. If you could send an email to your group or discuss the money bomb at your next meetup, that would be VERY helpful.

RSVP & Invite Your Friends On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181997088537471
Pledge Today: http://www.blackthisout.com/
Ron Paul Forums Promotional Thread: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...-000-Attendees

Goals:
25,000 Attending on Facebook.
$6,000,000+ in Donations!

Thanks!

231-242 done. I didn't know if anyone did the previous ten so i skipped it. Also a tip. Instead of going to members and sending emails to leadership people look on the left side of the main page, under organizers and click Contact Us. It will send a message to all the Organizers and Assistant Organizers in ONE email.

 

[badger4RP]

231-242 done. I didn't know if anyone did the previous ten so i skipped it. Also a tip. Instead of going to members and sending emails to leadership people look on the left side of the main page, under organizers and click Contact Us. It will send a message to all the Organizers and Assistant Organizers in ONE email.

I think you can only 'contact us' 3 times per day

 

[ross11988]

I think you can only 'contact us' 3 times per day

OK, i did it toward the end of the last groups so I wasn't sure. I thought I hit my 12 person contact limit.

 

[trey4sports]

Ya know, it would have been a great idea to setup a Google TV campaign and run a few commercials during the debate. I bet bloomberg would be cheap and we'd be reaching out to the audience we need to reach.

Granted, it's too late and no one around here (that I know of) has experience running a google tv camapaign, it is a neat idea and something to keep in mind for future moneybombs.

 

[1stAmendguy]

Here is another way that I have been promoting on facebook. Whenever someone posts on a Ron Paul fb wall you can click on that persons name. If that person is "attending" BTO, it will be listed on the right side of their homepage. It will say something like "you and "fred" share black this out". If it doesn't say that then they have not pledged to attend and you can send them a private message with info about the moneybomb.

I don't see the "you" and "person" share this sign anywhere on the right side of their profile? I also clicked on people that are already attending BTO event and didn't see it on theirs either.