Free Advertising for Rand

[Jordan]

Read this fully before doing ANYTHING​

The instructions below will give you $100 free in Facebook Ads to send traffic to liberty candidates...


Go to hXXp://apps.facebook.com/visabusiness/sign_up (replace XX with tt)

Add the facebook App to your profile and fill out the information, Visa will then send you further instructions.

You can target users in the congressional district in which the candidate is running as well as targetting gender/ages. I would recommend targetting people 35-65 as they are most likely to donate/vote.

You will need:

5 minutes of your time
a valid Visa/American Express/Mastercard credit card or debit card
a link to a candidates website, preferably to the issues page

Special instructions:

The $100 voucher only works for one campaign. If you list more than 1 ad, I'm pretty sure 1 will go against the voucher and the other will be on your credit/debit card.

Do not run CPM ads. Facebook has a terrible click through rate, so your free advertisement is best spent on CLICKS (CPC) not impressions (CPM) Even at a price of $.70 per click through you can let 140 new people know about your favorite liberty candidate!

Do keep careful track not to go over a total bill of $100. The first $100 is free, after that your card gets charged.

Make sure to GEO-TARGET your ads. Do not run them nationally, that is a waste.


Please help by bumping this thread. If 20 of us do this, that is 2800 targeted people we can reach for FREE. 100 would be 14000!

 

[brandon]

Hmm ill check this out after work

 

[thisisengage]

So....... whats the catch?

 

[JoshLowry]

So....... whats the catch?

Do keep careful track not to go over a total bill of $100. The first $100 is free, after that your card gets charged.

Edit: was going to sign up, but looks like you have to be a business owner.

 

[evilfunnystuff]

Edit: was going to sign up, but looks like you have to be a business owner.

i also wonder if there are any weird campaign finance laws that could be used against us or the prospective campaigns for something like this

 

[Dreamofunity]

i also wonder if there are any weird campaign finance laws that could be used against us or the prospective campaigns for something like this

If you're going to do it, maybe promote the money bomb instead of the official campaign to avoid the potential for problems like that?

 

[ljwestmcsd]

i also wonder if there are any weird campaign finance laws that could be used against us or the prospective campaigns for something like this

The way I interpret the FEC page, as long as you spend $250 or less on all candidates combined in any calendar year, you don't have to file with the FEC.
I'd be reluctant to give anyone my credit card number.

 

[Kludge]

A $.70 bid is wildly generous. I still get ~2.5k KY impressions using the Jack Conway 2010 site @ > $.14 bid.

Not sure if this is still valid, but is a fantastic idea, IMO -- I did something similar a few days back with a free $100 credit from a mailinglist I subscribe to.

 

[Jordan]

A $.70 bid is wildly generous. I still get ~2.5k KY impressions using the Jack Conway 2010 site @ > $.14 bid.
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Yeah, probably so.

My figures used in the OP were for high-end B2B products.

 

[Kludge]

I got another free $105 from Tigerdirect.com to use on Google AdWords simply for being on their mailing list.

To Gunny this time

 

[Jordan]

I got another free $105 from Tigerdirect.com to use on Google AdWords simply for being on their mailing list.

To Gunny this time

Was this an email, or snail mail?

There's a $100 FB credit in either Inc, Entrepreneur, Fortune magazines. I can't remember which.

 

[Kludge]

Was this an email, or snail mail?

There's a $100 FB credit in either Inc, Entrepreneur, Fortune magazines. I can't remember which.

Tigerdirect.com's email subscription. They gave me the last $100 credit, too. Trouble is, it shows in Gmail's spam folder when they send it. Luckily, I check my spam folder for interesting puns in the discount viagra email titles.

Kinda nifty to receive $105 every couple months just for being on a e-newsletter list.


In related news, Google's pushing for Adwords to be wholly exempt from all FEC rules and it looks like they have a solid case. Although not currently prosecuted anyway, it looks like the ad campaigns Jordan brought light to will become explicitly legit in the FEC's eyes within a few months.

 

[Bergie Bergeron]

I got another free $105 from Tigerdirect.com to use on Google AdWords simply for being on their mailing list.

To Gunny this time

Cross-post this in the Gunny forum, he'll be happy