Constitution Day Moneybomb - Sept. 17th Promotion Ideas Thread

[liberty_nc]

We are doing the 17th, I told his son to tell him so idk if he will officially recognize it, but he knows.

 

[liberty_nc]

I checked over at Popular Liberty and they have got the campaign to activate the ticker on the 7th. I emailed the campaign and told them it would be good if they could also activate it on the 17th.

 

[Barrex]

One thing to take away from this is; for October we here at RPF should take more of a lead role very early into MB planning and coordination (as we did in 2008 and 2012). And although we are wrapped up in September right now, a little forward thinking could avoid potential issues and headaches in future months so that there is consensus for maximum impact from supporters across the board.

Well after September 22nd all 3 crews will have their teams of volunteers. I suggest that all of us, all 3 money-bomb teams meet in one chat room/forum topic/conference call and discuss how can we work together/agree on future dates of money-bombs etc.

I have an idea, if we got Rand to endorse the 17th money bomb,would that someone finalize it, especially for the 22nd people?

Total lack of communication between grassroots and campaign is driving me insane.... and no laws are not the reason why there is total silence.

I checked over at Popular Liberty and they have got the campaign to activate the ticker on the 7th. I emailed the campaign and told them it would be good if they could also activate it on the 17th.

3 money-bombs are better than zero.... but jut one would be far better than 3.

 

[Jackie Moon]

I checked over at Popular Liberty and they have got the campaign to activate the ticker on the 7th. I emailed the campaign and told them it would be good if they could also activate it on the 17th.

That's awesome, thank you.

Well after September 22nd all 3 crews will have their teams of volunteers. I suggest that all of us, all 3 money-bomb teams meet in one chat room/forum topic/conference call and discuss how can we work together/agree on future dates of money-bombs etc.


Total lack of communication between grassroots and campaign is driving me insane.... and no laws are not the reason why there is total silence.



3 money-bombs are better than zero.... but jut one would be far better than 3.

As usual, I agree with you.

Hopefully we'll all be able to come together for the next one before any promo efforts begin.

And yeah, I still don't know what the rules are about the campaign communicating with us but it would be great if they could/did.


Some more simple avatars because I wanted one that was easy to read here at 64x64 size:

64x64

115x115

200x200

400x400

Nothing fancy but supporters should be able to recognize the Rand logo and at least it gets the date out there. Use the biggest one if you want to do Facebook or Twitter.

Same image on Facebook:

https://Facebook.com/RandPaulMoneyB...41828.459366917577511/461700414010828/?type=1


The Facebook page is finally up over the 40 likes hump, and sharing the graphics in Rand Paul groups has been successful.

That would be my advice to anyone that might not have a bunch of Rand Paul supporters as friends... join some Rand Facebook groups and share the event and moneybomb graphics in there.

Also, I'm running on almost no sleep so if I misspelled anything please let me know. I can't count the number of times I've looked at "Constitution" and had to say it slowly to make sure it's right, lol.

 

[Jan2017]

Also on a different note A number of people on Popular Liberty (daily paul) have now reverted back to the Sept. 7th date including the OP of that thread, so it seems they are going in a different direction as well. The main argument they are making is that they want the MB to happen before the debate . . .

It IS a good point to make about September 7 being before the Reagan Library debate, but all these September numbers will go into a third quarter total tally -
so it's all good.

 

[Jackie Moon]

Facebook version:

https://Facebook.com/RandPaulMoneyB...41828.459366917577511/461909737323229/?type=1

 

[orenbus]

Also, I'm running on almost no sleep so if I misspelled anything please let me know.

+Rep

Also to give you an update, reinforcements are on their way. Have a couple of volunteer designers that have expressed commitments to working on a few things including graphics for the site and additional promo assets. Things are looking good.

 

[rich34]

Looks like facebook is restricting each person to 150 invites now, or is that just at a time? 'Select All' seems to only select 150 people by default.

By the way as an update just got off a conference call with the organizer for the Sept. 22nd MB and he seems not to be willing to switch the date. The organizational direction they are taking for that one seems to be more top-down than what we've been used to in the past and the theme he is going with is "10 million for Rand" a few people on the call questioned the theme as not being as inspiring, his view is he want's the theme to be more generic to be approachable by more people as opposed to an anti-establishment message such as for example, "Black This Out". The organizer of the 22nd MB was not involved in the grassroots or campaign in 2008 or 2012, was a youth coordinate for a local campaign in 2012. One individual that called in mentioned how theme is extremely important, that the "other group" is doing constitution day as a way to motivate, he asked how the "10M for Rand" as a theme being chosen would invoke passion in potential donors, the response from the organizer was "I knew this question was going to come up...", he then went back to explain how a more traditional approach to campaign messaging is important and that Rand is no longer the outsider, but should be seen as accepted with the strong network in place. I know some people here are going to shake their heads on that one, but that's what was discussed. The argument that was made for why the 22nd is because he wanted it to be a week removed from the debate (so the debate performance discussion is out of the cycle with the potential for a MB story) and in between the end of the quarter which the campaign will most likely be making a push.

Also on a different note A number of people on Popular Liberty (daily paul) have now reverted back to the Sept. 7th date including the OP of that thread, so it seems they are going in a different direction as well. The main argument they are making is that they want the MB to happen before the debate so if the question comes up about Rand's waning campaign he can give a strong answer with recent numbers raised, etc. They also believe a strong MB on the 7th could have a positive impact on any potential issues where he may not be invited to the debate. They have also bought whole hog, the idea that sooner is better in this case, although there doesn't seem to be any serious work being done coming out of that group that is observable right now, aside from someone trying to sell candles in support through some type of bundling.

One thing to take away from this is; for October we here at RPF should take more of a lead role very early into MB planning and coordination (as we did in 2008 and 2012). And although we are wrapped up in September right now, a little forward thinking could avoid potential issues and headaches in future months so that there is consensus for maximum impact from supporters across the board.

Wow, hopefully we're not going to be dealing with an ego centered individual from here on out who's more interested in promoting themselves rather than consolidating the grassroots fundraising efforts. For September it may work out ok, competing money bombs that is, but hopefully for the remainder of the money bombs everyone is on the same page. Would be nice for the campaign to signal one way or the other. I think each effort has their own merits as to why this date is better than the next, but for those that haven't been involved in these things before there is a much better success rate media wise and fundraising potential by focusing on one date. We'll get it figured it. Just try and look on the bright side of things, that'll be three potential lists that the grassroots and possibly campaign can work with for future money bombs.

 

[Jackie Moon]

+Rep

Also to give you an update, reinforcements are on their way. Have a couple of volunteer designers that have expressed commitments to working on a few things including graphics for the site and additional promo assets. Things are looking good.

Thank you. And thanks for everything you're doing and people you have recruited. The beginning and set up are tough - which is why I am glad we have until the 17th - but things are coming together pretty nicely and I'm proud of where we are right now.

Wow, hopefully we're not going to be dealing with an ego centered individual from here on out who's more interested in promoting themselves rather than consolidating the grassroots fundraising efforts. For September it may work out ok, competing money bombs that is, but hopefully for the remainder of the money bombs everyone is on the same page. Would be nice for the campaign to signal one way or the other. I think each effort has their own merits as to why this date is better than the next, but for those that haven't been involved in these things before there is a much better success rate media wise and fundraising potential by focusing on one date. We'll get it figured it. Just try and look on the bright side of things, that'll be three potential lists that the grassroots and possibly campaign can work with for future money bombs.

Yeah, I don't know how the other groups are going to be going forward but I will give them the benefit of the doubt for now. I don't have any ego or interest in promoting myself, and I know the others here are the same, so I welcome anyone else with that attitude. I understand and respect them taking initiative and creating their own moneybombs, but hopefully we'll all be able to come together in the future.

I agree with you, we can't really change the situation right now so I figure we just make the best out of it. Our goal is to build lists and pages that will be used for moneybombs throughout the campaign so whatever happens we are at least getting that set up.


I made an imgur account and uploaded the avatars there for easy sharing/bookmarking:

http://RandPaulMoneyBomb.imgur.com

 

[Jackie Moon]

 

[afwjam]

Is there a video of him saying that?

 

[Jackie Moon]

Is there a video of him saying that?

Yeah, I actually had to slo-mo the video and get my own screen capture for that photo.

https://youtu.be/RU6FTo5W7f8?t=1m36s

 

[CPUd]

Has there ever been a moneybomb app? It would tell the users to HOLD, HOLD, then ring the bell to CHARGE when the moneybomb is on. Then there would be a secure gateway to donate, and during the moneybomb, it will plot the progress. I might be able to build an android one, at the very least, I can build the backend data server.

 

[Jackie Moon]

Has there ever been a moneybomb app? It would tell the users to HOLD, HOLD, then ring the bell to CHARGE when the moneybomb is on. Then there would be a secure gateway to donate, and during the moneybomb, it will plot the progress. I might be able to build an android one, at the very least, I can build the backend data server.

An app would be pretty cool. A benefit of an app is that like with email you can communicate with people directly, rather than hoping that your Facebook or Twitter posts show up in their feed and get seen. It could be another way to tell them when the moneybomb starts and then give info about the next one.

Something like that would be great to release through the campaign's website, it would get more exposure and they could add more fun campaign features... maybe some Rand sound bytes, his Twitter feed, a "Rand Tracker" that shows his campaign path and stops on a map of the US, animating the torch that's in his logo and making it full screen so that people could hold up their phones and display a lit torch.

Encourage people to download it his rallies and on campus, and then have the app send out notifications later.

Since I can't edit old posts I just wanted to combine all the graphics I have so far in to one for easy sharing:

Avatars - http://RandPaulMoneyBomb.imgur.com/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RandPaulMo...41828.459366917577511/460970534083816/?type=1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RandPaulMo...41828.459366917577511/461270124053857/?type=1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RandPaulMo...41828.459366917577511/461336087380594/?type=1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RandPaulMo...41828.459366917577511/461700414010828/?type=1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RandPaulMo...41828.459366917577511/461909737323229/?type=1

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RandPaulMo...41828.459366917577511/462213977292805/?type=1

If all you have time to do is go through that list and RT & Favorite that will be helpful and much appreciated. If you are on Facebook you can do the same thing right down the line on the page.

If you have a few minutes to spare you can join a Rand Paul Facebook group and share the graphics in there. I pasted an image above showing how to share to a group.

We don't want to spam them, but the big groups get a lot of posts and have a lot of people in them so we could use more exposure in there. After I shared a graphic one time in the Rand Paul 2016 group it has been shared at least 70 times since and seen by thousands of people.

You can have a big impact with just a few clicks. Some of the groups are "closed" which means you have to be approved to join but it doesn't take long.

These two have 30,000 members combined and seem friendly:

https://Facebook.com/groups/199067333562998

https://Facebook.com/groups/MFTRand.Paul

 

[Barrex]

People please post in this thread what you did so we can support each others and not duplicate. Thanks.

If you want to help but dont know how or what to do just contact me (send me a message or ask in this thread) and I will find something for you to do.

 

[IndianaPolitico]

I have started posting the moneybomb link in the comments section of Rand related posts on facebook, and will be sharing the event throughout groups and pages I control as well. Hopefully I can have a video completed for use sometime in the next week or so. I could use some help rounding up Rand's best Constitution and liberty related soundbites for use in that, so please post or PM them to me if you would like to see them in the final piece.

 

[Sentinelrv]

In the Black this out money bomb I remember on the website we had a place to sign up to receive a referral link. People would then promote the money bomb everywhere and use the referral link that they got from the site. The rankings were listed on the website. When unique people clicked on your referral link, your total would change and the rankings would update. The top 3 referrers received prizes. If I remember right I think the top prize was to meet Ron Paul, but it's been a while so I can't be sure. The point is if the rewards are a strong enough motivator, then a system like this will act as an engine for promotion. It's much better than expecting people to promote by themselves. Can something like this be put together? If you need help with it, try checking out the main promotion thread for black this out to see if you can find more info on it.

 

[Barrex]

In the Black this out money bomb I remember on the website we had a place to sign up to receive a referral link. People would then promote the money bomb everywhere and use the referral link that they got from the site. The rankings were listed on the website. When unique people clicked on your referral link, your total would change and the rankings would update. The top 3 referrers received prizes. If I remember right I think the top prize was to meet Ron Paul, but it's been a while so I can't be sure. The point is if the rewards are a strong enough motivator, then a system like this will act as an engine for promotion. It's much better than expecting people to promote by themselves. Can something like this be put together? If you need help with it, try checking out the main promotion thread for black this out to see if you can find more info on it.

You are correct. Some of the previous money-bombs had prizes.
I believe our web developers cold do it (because same guys worked on some previous moneybombs and they did it then).

Can you secure prizes(contact tom Woods,Andrew Napolitano for books or anyone else you can think of)?

If anyone can secure prizes for moneybomb participants that would be great!!! No one expects anything extravagant. (book, t-shirt etc.)

 

[Jackie Moon]

In the Black this out money bomb I remember on the website we had a place to sign up to receive a referral link. People would then promote the money bomb everywhere and use the referral link that they got from the site. The rankings were listed on the website. When unique people clicked on your referral link, your total would change and the rankings would update. The top 3 referrers received prizes. If I remember right I think the top prize was to meet Ron Paul, but it's been a while so I can't be sure. The point is if the rewards are a strong enough motivator, then a system like this will act as an engine for promotion. It's much better than expecting people to promote by themselves. Can something like this be put together? If you need help with it, try checking out the main promotion thread for black this out to see if you can find more info on it.

You are correct. Some of the previous money-bombs had prizes.
I believe our web developers cold do it (because same guys worked on some previous moneybombs and they did it then).

Can you secure prizes(contact tom Woods,Andrew Napolitano for books or anyone else you can think of)?

If anyone can secure prizes for moneybomb participants that would be great!!! No one expects anything extravagant. (book, t-shirt etc.)

That is a pretty good idea. Prizes are great motivators.

If we were able to get some kinda prize we could do a raffle that gives entries for giving your email on the pledge site, following on Twitter, re-Tweeting our posts, visiting the Facebook page etc. You can also make any of those actions mandatory.

The app I'm looking at even has a built in "Refer a friend" where you can award bonus entries when someone else enters from their referral link. So that encourages sharing.

That would be a way to get a nice boost on the social media accounts, incentivize people to promote and to sign up at the pledge site.

This is just a demo contest I set up... so don't do the one that posts a Tweet because I don't actually have anything to give away, lol. But you can get an idea of how it works.

https://gleam.io/jgGQ5/rand-paul-constitution-day-money-bomb

A really cool prize would be like a Constitution or something signed by Rand... I wonder if we can find anyone that will be at one of his rallies coming up that can try to get something like that. Or if anyone has a contact with the campaign. But like Barrex said anything Rand related like a shirt or something would work.

 

[Sentinelrv]

I sent this email to Doug Wead. Not sure if anything will come from it, but I believe it's worth trying...

Hi Doug. In 2012 I used this email to suggest an idea to you and you passed it along to the campaign and it actually got accepted, so I'm going to try again.

Back in 2012 when we were doing the "Black This Out" Money Bomb, we setup a referral system which got supporters to promote the money bomb website so people would pledge to donate. The more people clicked on their referral links, the more they would rise in the promotion rankings on the website. This ended on the day of the money bomb and prizes were given out to the top 3 promoters based on referral rankings. Rather than simply expecting people to promote it themselves, this referral system acted as an engine to motivate supporters to promote the money bomb and it worked, since we raised about $3 million in the end.

The grassroots is now organizing the September 17th Constitution Day Money Bomb. We were thinking about setting up a similar referral system to help drive supporters to promote the money bomb. The problem is that we need to figure out some prizes for the top promoters. These prizes would need to be strong motivators in order to be effective. Some have suggested Rand shirts or books, but I don't think that's a proper motivator for something like this. Maybe it would work for the lesser prizes, but not the top prize.

I believe in order to ensure this program has the best chance of success, we need to make the #1 prize a meeting with Rand Paul. This means the #1 promoter based on our rankings would end up being flown out to meet Rand at some event in the future, where they could talk about liberty and other things. I believe a prize like that would be the single greatest motivator possible to get supporters to promote the money bomb.

Could you perhaps suggest this to the campaign to see if it would be possible to organize? If the campaign can't work with the grassroots like this, then perhaps the campaign could setup this referral/pledge system themselves (rather than the grassroots doing it) and offer the meeting with Rand as the top prize. Thanks for reading and I hope you find the idea worthy.