Please don't discourage people who come up with alternative sites...

[JordanL]

I make websites for a living and no I don't make multiple sites for clients. When a client comes to me for a site, I make him ONE site. You still didn't answer why there isn't multiple yahoo.com, ronpaul2008.com, dailypaul.com ...

No, you are looking at two different things. To build a brand, you ened a central site.

But we are promoting an idea, not a brand, and more venues always help you promote the idea while they actually hurt you promoting the brand.

You never have a client ask for more than one website because a SINGLE client represents a brand, not an idea. But, for instance, for a portfolio, you are promoting both an idea and a brand (yourself). You usually have your "resume" site which consolidates the brand, and link to example sites to promote the idea.

It's the same concept. A single, scathing editorial in a paper promotes the author or the paper or the editor. But a slew of them in most major papers promote the idea behind the editorial.

You see what I'm saying?

And none of this is to say that we SHOULD have multiple sites, but its not as if there are NO advantages to having multiple sites. Nothing is as black and white as that.

 

[ItsTime]

again your logic is flawed... I said I have no problems with people making other websites to promote the 16th. Again, traffic to ronpaul2008.com/donation on the 16th is the over all goal and the more websites the better.

Obviously that's the end-goal.. but we're trying to drive traffic to teaparty07.com to get recognition about the event. When they go to teaparty07.com, they see when the event is and they know to go to ronpaul2008.com on the date to donate. Where on ronpaul2008.com do you see anything to donate on the 16th??

 

[Bacon]

As long as you don't make anymore websites for the Tea Party and you're anti-multiple sites, we can be friends.. </end of fighting>

 

[ItsTime]

I have not made one website for this event nor do I plan to. I am directing everyone to teaparty07.com But I understand how ideas spread.

As long as you don't make anymore websites for the Tea Party and you're anti-multiple sites, we can be friends.. </end of fighting>

 

[Bacon]

I have not made one website for this event nor do I plan to. I am directing everyone to teaparty07.com But I understand how ideas spread.

I was not talking to you......

 

[rebelforacause]

So what's more important then a slim jim

with 10 different points that leads to his main site to contribute or

a tea party that leads to a narrow focus? ( from the first screen/impression)



think about it

 

[Energy]

The most important reason to having teaparty07.com be the destination is to keep track of PLEDGES. Having a rising count of pledges encourages group participation by social proof (i.e. jumping on the bandwagon).

There's no problem making your own webpages to presell or education to a particular audience like peaceful foreign policy lovers, gun lovers, small governement lovers, Nintendo lovers, etc. and then ending it with a link to teaparty07.com, again to track pledges.

Plus, teaparty07 is designed very well and good for branding.

 

[moberley]

I think this is a similar issue to the question regarding the Aaron Russo film on TeaParty07.com. Debates like this become questions of sensitivity to the conscience of others. There is no law that requires this but it is the wise choice in large diverse groups.

Several posts back JordanL indicated that he understood this when he redirected his site not because he agreed with the one site philosophy but because he saw that the debate was not helping.

I don't expect people on this forum to be Christians (I'm not one) but I have always appreciated the wisdom contained in 1 Corinthians 8. (Especially since there are some who seem to approach politics with a religious fervour.)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Corinthians 8

 

[ronpaulitician]

If I were to design my own TP07 page, I'd have a "pledge here" link to teaparty07.com.

 

[kbanta11]

alright, but all donations are being made at ronpaul2008.com right? so its official? so how does hearing about it from a site keep the extra money from being donate if its all donated to the same place? the more sites the more publicity the more people who will go to ronpaul2008.com on Dec. 16 to donate i encourage people making more sites and promoting the day in multiple ways

 

[Benaiah]

I initially liked the idea of one website. But after reading this thread I am in favor of people doing what they want. This revolution has been successful because we are a bunch of individuals running around trying to get Ron Paul elected, not a bunch of paid staff taking orders from a centralized boss.

 

[max]

Sorry, but I STRONGLY disagree. The whole purpose of the tea party is to break the record, and get the media attention we need. Making up events between now and then is only a distraction.

New ideas can wait until after the tea party. The nature of the event is that it's an "all or nothing" deal. That won't work if we're divided.

He's not talking about competing bomb days...he's talking about competing sites...

It's an excellent idea...all the money ultinately funnels to rp.

there should be sites with many different issues being focused

 

[jmhelms]

Look, we really are wasting valuable time.

 

[rebelforacause]

I am done - good luck guys

I just want to state for the record that I am done with any movement. Some of the people here are too radical and I actually do fear our gov. No san fran rally tea party

I don't want to be labeled unpatriotic, a radical or an enemy _____

although many people I know would back me up in the media

 

[ppc1040]

Dr. Paul himself said his campaign is "laisse fare." If people want to donate, the money will ultimately get to RonPaul2008.com no matter how they hear about the site. The 'bomb' has nothing to do with just one site. Twice as many people contributed on 11/5 than signed up at the website. The wider net we cast, the better.

 

[kbanta11]

exactly, so why are is he trying to get everyone to use teaparty07.com? are you getting something from everyone signing up on your site? lets just let people do everything they can to get people to donate it doesnt matter how as long as the money gets to Ron Paul

 

[kimochinews]

Very reasoned responses, kbanta11 and ppc1040. Thank you.

I don't think there is any mal-intent in the desires of some to have one main site for the money bomb. I think it's just that we are bombarded every day by messages that say we can't do anything without centralized control.

Remember, Freedom Really Works!

Thank you to those who encourage alternate sites as I do.

Kimochi

 

[Tidewise]

The wider net we cast, the better.

Succinctly put. As long as people are instructed to donate at the official site, the more sites the better. I can't even believe this is being debated.

 

[Gimme Some Truth]

Apart from some touches of sour grapes about Trever sortin out the teaparty site ,I can see both sides and agree with both sides.

The good thing about having the advertisement be centred on 1 site is the whole name recognition aspect and the ease of building up a drive aswell as keeping people focused. Not to mention keeping it simple.

The good thing about multiple sites is well actually come to think of it ..for the goal of the day it doesnt really add all that much/ Sure, the freedom of it is nice and inkeeping with Ron's message BUT remember, anarchists dont win wars. Why? cos they are all over the place either giving or receiving false information . We are in a kind of war atm. The War for minds, publicity and money.

Im sure people have seen others advertising December 15th and December 16th as a 2 day fundraiser. If this keeps goin on ,and sites go up saying the same, they will wreck 1 of, if not the most , important reasons for the Dec 16th money bomb - publicity.


That said, can we just get on with more productive things. All these same subject threads and discussions are not gonna get Ron Paul elected which is the only reason why we are all here.

 

[Man from La Mancha]

What are the possibilities of making 100's of sites that have a ton of meta file words and those words scattered all over the home page? When clicked on thru search engines people don't see the home page but for a couple seconds and then automatically redirected to the teaparty07 site. Then all sorts of searches for many different subjects will be redirected.

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