Please start promoting the next moneybomb today and do it every day!

[Matthew Zak]

Thankfully you're not in charge of raising money. The Ames money asked for 500k and we delivered over 600k fyi.

What do they know that we don't know? Somehow we pulled in over a million with the previous one with less time to prepare.

 

[jp5065]

My thoughts (posted in grassroots a min ago)
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?304562-About-moneybombs-and-other-things

I have seen a lot of confusion and disappointment recently about moneybombs and what should be the best way for the grassroots to spend our money. Although I do not post often here, I have been lurking almost everyday since mid 2007 and have seen what this board can do. So I offer my opinion as to how we should proceed regarding these matters.

The moneybombs in the 2008 campaign were amazing, they were a new creative idea that sparked a lot of excitement in the community and they brought in a lot of money. These days the moneybomb is feeling a little stale. The original idea behind the moneybomb was to make a media splash, to get people to notice Ron Paul and take him seriously. The problem with recent moneybombs is that if you don't out-due your last moneybomb the media has no real interest, also most people already know who Ron Paul is this time around and the media, most of the time, is portraying him as top tier.

So what is the point of the moneybomb this time around? Is it to make a media splash? Or is it just to fund the campaign? If it is to just fund the campaign it should be scraped all together, "give early give often" is a much better mantra for financing the campaign. If we intend to ever make another media splash with moneybombs we need to change our strategy a bit. It seems to me as soon a moneybomb is over these days people are scrambling to be the first to suggest the day of the next moneybomb, next month. Moneybombs need to be special, they need to be BIG, and we need time to reload.

Here is what I propose:

• Two more moneybombs for the official campaign until the primary
• A Revolution PAC moneybomb
• Start getting creative and come up with a new fundraising idea

Limiting the moneybombs to two and setting both dates soon will give the grassroots direction and focus. It will give people clear goals to save up for down the road and give them the time to actually put some money together.

I also think we should have a moneybomb for Revolution PAC. And with this moneybomb I'm not talking about your average Ron Paul supporter giving $20.12 or even $100. I'm talking about networking with wealthy people who can contribute large portions of money. Remember there is no cap on donations to this PAC. How many celebrities support our freedom movement? What if we could convince them to all donate to Revolution PAC on the same day?

The moneybomb was a brand new creative idea back in 2007. we need some new creative ideas. So let's not just fall back on the old moneybomb idea, but move forward, maybe someone has an idea that will be even bigger!

 

[qwerty]

People spread the word! We need to give ron paul a hyge birthday present!

 

[MelissaCato]

I think for this Birthday moneybomb one I'm gonna advertise in my local area offline. hand out some of these Donation Slim Jims. Try to bring in new donors.

I have the mailing list for all the wards intown of the 17th district, I'll start with my ward and branch out. I have about 210 of these cards now and I ordered another 200.. if anyone can send me some more it would be greatly appreciated. I'll add a note indicating Ron Paul's birthday moneybomb August 20th then walk around dropping them off. I need like an additional 700 if possible. That will cover the 4th and 5th ward as known Republicans. PM me for my address if you can send me more of these cards. Thanks. I always did like canvassing, might as well start early.

 

[muh_roads]

It may sound silly, but I think what motivated people in 2007 to donate so much was all of those great youtube videos. People aren't really putting together impressive videos this go around. The campaign this time feels sort of hollow without them. There used to be competitions and prizes awarded to those with the best RP videos from some rich guy...which brought the best video creators out of the woodwork.

 

[Napoleon's Shadow]

No, end of the quarter.