Marketing Our Movement

[JS4Pat]

So like silence of approval that means "yes" to Sons and Daughters of Liberty right, Pat?

No, not sold on it - but that's just my personal preference. It might work.

I just want a positive common name & logo for the movement that everyone can connect with. Especially since now there is this effort to downplay our association with Ron Paul as we work within the GOP.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

Hal & Cia

OK ya'll, first post here. I see that a lot of ya'll have "Senior Member" titles. Well I'm halfway there, I've got the "Senior" part pretty well aced. Anyway, I think "Ron Paul" should remain since that name and the Constitution are synonymous at the present time. I would imagine that when one is mentioned, the other is thought. JMHumbleO

Until now I never realized that HAL the computer in 2001 a space odyssey looks eriely similar to the symbol used by the CIA.

I'd rather not reduce the movement to a bumper sticker slogan but I do realized the importance of the intent. We are more than a catch phrase such as "red state", "blue state" "The Revolution". I believe we run much deeper than that ( I have read very thought provoking posts here) and that is what separates us from them.
However, I realized the world we live in has a 3 second attention span and uses acronyms in place of words so ultimately I agree we need professional marketing since it seems people have lost faith in the grassroots system and have more confidence in sources such as MSM. So, here's my input.

"It's the Government stupid"- "Ron Paul Revolution!"

 

[JS4Pat]

We are more than a catch phrase such as "red state", "blue state" "The Revolution". I believe we run much deeper than that ( I have read very thought provoking posts here) and that is what separates us from them.

I totally agree.

And perhaps whatever logo / slogan is chosen could in some small way allude to that.

I see the marketing of the movement having two purposes:

1. Advertising - Making people curious enough to "look into it" and then hopefully experience the depth and thought provoking characteristics of the movement.

2. Unification - A way to bring us closer together and allow us to identify "us" from "them".

 

[Knightskye]

Here's my two cents:

 

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[boggie08]

Does anyone have any experience in marketing or politics outside of the Ron Paul Revolution? That would really help.

I think we should research the Progressives and the Religious Right. Maybe some of their tactics could be useful.

 

[Athan]

That's the first step toward joining the "mainstream" - facists, socialists, whatever. The problem with naming a currency something like "dollar" rather than something recognized as a weight (e.g., "ounce") is that whoever's in charge can slowly adjust the weight of a "dollar" downwards without many people being the wiser. As long as the name "Ron Paul" is connected to whatever you claim to be involved in, people can look back at what Ron Paul actually said/believed in, and see whether the organization that bears his name still supports the same things. When you remove the name, the organization can slowly be led off in a different direction without anybody really noticing...and will be.

I think the opposite is true in this case. Look at Jesus. People have been doing things that would horrify him and yet doing so in his name.

The Constitution can be cited word for word.

Does anyone have any experience in marketing or politics outside of the Ron Paul Revolution? That would really help.

I think we should research the Progressives and the Religious Right. Maybe some of their tactics could be useful.

I have been studying marketing, but no real world experience. But me studying it has actually motivated me to try to get Ron Paul supporters to start taking marketing ourselves to a broader audience with more seriousness. A name and image change will get others to not associate us with a candidacy that happened in the year 2008. It may also give us a focused goal which is a return to Constitutional adherance.