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Note: Please do not quote my updates. This saves work for moderators when I need to edit them.
Status Update [7/20/2011]
I have not done any robopolling since 7/13/2011 as I wait for a report from Jun (tobefree) on how many straw poll votes for Ron Paul the list of 312 phone numbers I sold him on 7/13/2011 yields after dialing each number at least twice to get an answer. Not only is this information crucial for attracting more customers, but it is important for me in determining whether this is a worthwhile venture. Since it has taken a week for his volunteers to work through 312 phone numbers, I can only speculate that rp2012.org's volunteer phonebanking capacity has fallen significantly since the Ron Paul campaign began using volunteer phonebankers a few weeks ago. I therefore don't expect much more in sales from rp2012.org between now and the Ames straw poll.
I also haven't been able to get any detailed feedback about what the phone numbers that my customers have sent to Steve have yielded in ticket sales. From the reports of a few individual phonebankers volunteering for the campaign, it sounds like the voter yield from my phone lists might be around 20%, and that none of those persuaded to attend the straw poll were already planning on it as a result of calls from the campaign's phonebankers. Another piece of information I'd need to know to determine whether further robopolling would be worthwhile is whether the campaign has enough phonebankers to make use of all phone lists the robopolling is capable of producing. At this time, I do not even know whether all phone lists that my customers have submitted as their choice of numbers for phonebanking have been called. The best way to get this crucial information would be for the Ron Paul campaign to purchase phone lists from me directly themselves, thereby allowing for more communication between me and the campaign, in addition to opening up a great deal more funding potential for the robopolling. If you are a volunteer phonebanker for the campaign and would like to make phone calls from my lists, then suggest to Steve Bierfeldt that the campaign purchase phone lists from me.
In the meantime, I do have nearly $1,100 in cash from pending sales. I do not intend to spend this cash on robopolling until I'm sure all of the 1,270 phone numbers I have obtained thus far have been called. Since peoples' presidential preferences change over time (hopefully in Ron Paul's favor with the Conviction ad currently running in Iowa), it would not make sense to store up phone numbers until we're sure there are phonebankers ready to make use of them while they are fresh. Also, this robopolling business does pose some risks of blowback for me personally, and I want to squeeze out every vote possible from existing phone lists before I take risks obtaining more.
If any pending sales are canceled, payments will be refunded in full.
Previous Iowa Robopolls
Please see the thread from 6/30/2011 for an explanation of why I'm doing these robopolls.
6/30/2011
7/1/2011
7/6/2011
7/7/2011
7/8/2011
7/11/2011
7/12/2011
Robopolling Account
See http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?302597-Robopoll-Project-Accounting for full accounting of the project.
Current Balances (as of 7/20/2011):
Balances
PayPal: 995.12
Amazon: 95.00
CallFire: 9.07
Dynamic Interactive: -6.34
RP Phone Numbers: 0
NeoSpeech (Words): 251
Purchase Ron Paul Phone Lists
I am currently selling phone numbers of those who identified themselves as Ron Paul supporters in robopolls; see http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?302597-Robopoll-Project-Accounting for the current price per phone number. These phone numbers are excellent for calling to find Ron Paul supporters interested in attending the Ames straw poll on August 13.
If you want to purchase these phone numbers, you can make a payment directly to my PayPal account, r gear y iii at gmail dot com. If you describe it as a Personal Transfer from your PayPal balance or bank account, PayPal charges no fee (DO NOT describe it as payment for a good or service). Do not describe it as a purchase or else I could be charged an international transaction fee. If you cannot pay me without incurring a fee to you or myself, then consider using Amazon Payments to make the payment (my account email address is the same as my PayPal email address): https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/index.htm . In your PayPal or Amazon Payment note, please indicate your RPF username; otherwise I will use your initials in the public robopoll project accounting unless you request to be anonymous.
Each list of phone numbers you purchase is guaranteed to be unique from any other list I sell (i.e., the same phone number will not be sold more than once). Once I have conducted the robopolls necessary to fill your order, I will send the list of phone numbers as an attached Excel file to the email address of your choice (e.g., your own, Steve's, etc). You are welcome to share your lists with others.
Today's Samples
I am currently using a strategy that does not rely on the Iowa voter database. I cannot describe my polling sample publicly without giving my strategy away to competing campaigns.
The questions
My poll asks the following four questions:
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Results
72,174 calls were made to Iowa telephones on 7/13/2011 at a cost of $598.54 and identified 312 Ron Paul supporters. That's $1.92 per identified Ron Paul supporter. The complete list of phone numbers that produced votes for Ron Paul has been sent to tobefree (rp2012.org), who was my only customer today.
After today, a total of 1,270 Ron Paul supporters have been identified through robopolling. The total cost, calculated from http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?302597-Robopoll-Project-Accounting by adding up all sales ($3,595.24) and subtracting total current balances ($1,092.85), is $2,502.39. That's $1.98 per identified Ron Paul supporter since I began robopolling.
Note: Please do not quote my updates. This saves work for moderators when I need to edit them.
Status Update [7/20/2011]
I have not done any robopolling since 7/13/2011 as I wait for a report from Jun (tobefree) on how many straw poll votes for Ron Paul the list of 312 phone numbers I sold him on 7/13/2011 yields after dialing each number at least twice to get an answer. Not only is this information crucial for attracting more customers, but it is important for me in determining whether this is a worthwhile venture. Since it has taken a week for his volunteers to work through 312 phone numbers, I can only speculate that rp2012.org's volunteer phonebanking capacity has fallen significantly since the Ron Paul campaign began using volunteer phonebankers a few weeks ago. I therefore don't expect much more in sales from rp2012.org between now and the Ames straw poll.
I also haven't been able to get any detailed feedback about what the phone numbers that my customers have sent to Steve have yielded in ticket sales. From the reports of a few individual phonebankers volunteering for the campaign, it sounds like the voter yield from my phone lists might be around 20%, and that none of those persuaded to attend the straw poll were already planning on it as a result of calls from the campaign's phonebankers. Another piece of information I'd need to know to determine whether further robopolling would be worthwhile is whether the campaign has enough phonebankers to make use of all phone lists the robopolling is capable of producing. At this time, I do not even know whether all phone lists that my customers have submitted as their choice of numbers for phonebanking have been called. The best way to get this crucial information would be for the Ron Paul campaign to purchase phone lists from me directly themselves, thereby allowing for more communication between me and the campaign, in addition to opening up a great deal more funding potential for the robopolling. If you are a volunteer phonebanker for the campaign and would like to make phone calls from my lists, then suggest to Steve Bierfeldt that the campaign purchase phone lists from me.
In the meantime, I do have nearly $1,100 in cash from pending sales. I do not intend to spend this cash on robopolling until I'm sure all of the 1,270 phone numbers I have obtained thus far have been called. Since peoples' presidential preferences change over time (hopefully in Ron Paul's favor with the Conviction ad currently running in Iowa), it would not make sense to store up phone numbers until we're sure there are phonebankers ready to make use of them while they are fresh. Also, this robopolling business does pose some risks of blowback for me personally, and I want to squeeze out every vote possible from existing phone lists before I take risks obtaining more.
If any pending sales are canceled, payments will be refunded in full.
Previous Iowa Robopolls
Please see the thread from 6/30/2011 for an explanation of why I'm doing these robopolls.
6/30/2011
7/1/2011
7/6/2011
7/7/2011
7/8/2011
7/11/2011
7/12/2011
Robopolling Account
See http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?302597-Robopoll-Project-Accounting for full accounting of the project.
Current Balances (as of 7/20/2011):
Balances
PayPal: 995.12
Amazon: 95.00
CallFire: 9.07
Dynamic Interactive: -6.34
RP Phone Numbers: 0
NeoSpeech (Words): 251
Purchase Ron Paul Phone Lists
I am currently selling phone numbers of those who identified themselves as Ron Paul supporters in robopolls; see http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?302597-Robopoll-Project-Accounting for the current price per phone number. These phone numbers are excellent for calling to find Ron Paul supporters interested in attending the Ames straw poll on August 13.
If you want to purchase these phone numbers, you can make a payment directly to my PayPal account, r gear y iii at gmail dot com. If you describe it as a Personal Transfer from your PayPal balance or bank account, PayPal charges no fee (DO NOT describe it as payment for a good or service). Do not describe it as a purchase or else I could be charged an international transaction fee. If you cannot pay me without incurring a fee to you or myself, then consider using Amazon Payments to make the payment (my account email address is the same as my PayPal email address): https://payments.amazon.com/sdui/sdui/index.htm . In your PayPal or Amazon Payment note, please indicate your RPF username; otherwise I will use your initials in the public robopoll project accounting unless you request to be anonymous.
Each list of phone numbers you purchase is guaranteed to be unique from any other list I sell (i.e., the same phone number will not be sold more than once). Once I have conducted the robopolls necessary to fill your order, I will send the list of phone numbers as an attached Excel file to the email address of your choice (e.g., your own, Steve's, etc). You are welcome to share your lists with others.
Today's Samples
I am currently using a strategy that does not rely on the Iowa voter database. I cannot describe my polling sample publicly without giving my strategy away to competing campaigns.
The questions
My poll asks the following four questions:
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Results
72,174 calls were made to Iowa telephones on 7/13/2011 at a cost of $598.54 and identified 312 Ron Paul supporters. That's $1.92 per identified Ron Paul supporter. The complete list of phone numbers that produced votes for Ron Paul has been sent to tobefree (rp2012.org), who was my only customer today.
After today, a total of 1,270 Ron Paul supporters have been identified through robopolling. The total cost, calculated from http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?302597-Robopoll-Project-Accounting by adding up all sales ($3,595.24) and subtracting total current balances ($1,092.85), is $2,502.39. That's $1.98 per identified Ron Paul supporter since I began robopolling.
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