j3nn
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- Jan 21, 2012
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I'm happy to contribute to the campaign as often as I can, but I think it would be wise to plan Money Bombs around the most ideal times that others can also contribute. Here are some of my ideas:
1.) If possible, plan official Money Bombs at the beginning and middle of the month. Toward the end of the month, people may have spent their discretionary money elsewhere or don't receive a paycheck until the beginning of the the next month, etc. There are several types of pay schedules, I'm sure many people can't participate at certain times due to timing.
2.) Avoid Money Bombs on gift-exchange holidays. We all want to help Ron Paul, but we have family and social obligations that might come before a donation.
3.) Newsletters should include merchandise creatives. How boring is it to receive the same newsletters with no images expressing urgency of donations? Sometimes, I think people would be more excited about seeing a picture of a tshirt to buy or campaign signs or Carol Paul's cookbook. They are getting something tangible and helping at the same time--win, win. Plus, the more merchandise that is sold, the more "free" advertising we can do in public. Selling a few thousand tshirts and buttons in a weekly newsletter mailing has residual gains from the future product display. Of course this wouldn't take away from donation requests, it would add to it. I'd love to see a full-body email containing images of products to buy from the Ron Paul store instead of the same plain text email a few times a day, ya know?
4.) Bloggers: If you write a blog, host Ron Paul swag giveaways. For example: I bought 4 copies of Carol Paul's cookbook; I plan to give away 3 copies on future blog posts to my readers (at NO cost to them). This gives help and exposure in several ways: a) the merchandise you buy helps Dr. Paul's campaign; b) my audience who reads my blog gets another healthy dose of Ron Paul discussion; c) the participants add you to Twitter, Facebook, RSS feed, etc. as contest entries resulting in seeing future Ron Paul and liberty-related tweets, status updates, etc.; and d) their friends will be exposed to your messages if they RT/share/walls, etc. and it might spark new interest. I become interested in things posted by my Twitter/Facebook friends quite often!
5.) Newsletters: Show how some donations helped do this. Give examples of what has worked; use pictures and video. Showing the positive results of donations is inspiring and excites me to want to donate more and to get others I know to donate more. Talk about what donations can do specifically, not just "win." Yes, we want to win, but small accomplishments along the way are rewarding too.
Just some ideas I had, please feel free to add your ideas. Maybe we can help the campaign and each other optimize our best efforts.
1.) If possible, plan official Money Bombs at the beginning and middle of the month. Toward the end of the month, people may have spent their discretionary money elsewhere or don't receive a paycheck until the beginning of the the next month, etc. There are several types of pay schedules, I'm sure many people can't participate at certain times due to timing.
2.) Avoid Money Bombs on gift-exchange holidays. We all want to help Ron Paul, but we have family and social obligations that might come before a donation.
3.) Newsletters should include merchandise creatives. How boring is it to receive the same newsletters with no images expressing urgency of donations? Sometimes, I think people would be more excited about seeing a picture of a tshirt to buy or campaign signs or Carol Paul's cookbook. They are getting something tangible and helping at the same time--win, win. Plus, the more merchandise that is sold, the more "free" advertising we can do in public. Selling a few thousand tshirts and buttons in a weekly newsletter mailing has residual gains from the future product display. Of course this wouldn't take away from donation requests, it would add to it. I'd love to see a full-body email containing images of products to buy from the Ron Paul store instead of the same plain text email a few times a day, ya know?
4.) Bloggers: If you write a blog, host Ron Paul swag giveaways. For example: I bought 4 copies of Carol Paul's cookbook; I plan to give away 3 copies on future blog posts to my readers (at NO cost to them). This gives help and exposure in several ways: a) the merchandise you buy helps Dr. Paul's campaign; b) my audience who reads my blog gets another healthy dose of Ron Paul discussion; c) the participants add you to Twitter, Facebook, RSS feed, etc. as contest entries resulting in seeing future Ron Paul and liberty-related tweets, status updates, etc.; and d) their friends will be exposed to your messages if they RT/share/walls, etc. and it might spark new interest. I become interested in things posted by my Twitter/Facebook friends quite often!
5.) Newsletters: Show how some donations helped do this. Give examples of what has worked; use pictures and video. Showing the positive results of donations is inspiring and excites me to want to donate more and to get others I know to donate more. Talk about what donations can do specifically, not just "win." Yes, we want to win, but small accomplishments along the way are rewarding too.
Just some ideas I had, please feel free to add your ideas. Maybe we can help the campaign and each other optimize our best efforts.
