TeaParty11.com - Dec 16th Money Bomb - Ron Paul Tea Party

[speciallyblend]

FB Page should have large text to direct the eye of a first time visitor. Maybe something like this:



May I also suggest a larger photo on for the event? Something that says Pledge At TeaParty11.com

Just a few observations, I have been doing social media marketing for a while now. People look at pictures, and big text, and links over pretty much everything.

Yep Infographics!!!

 

[harikaried]

I just checked and the program was last updated on 10/26/2011...

Glad to see it's somewhat still being developed. I just can't see how it would work with the new facebook pages and the privacy restrictions if the way the program works is by scraping email addresses from linked pages. Someone can still go ahead and purchase it, but I have my doubts.

If someone can get the email addresses of people from Ron Paul's facebook page, I could probably write up a Firefox add-on to automate it.

 

[IterTemporis]

What is the name of this moneybomb? No, I have not read the whole thread.

Is it simply Tea Party moneybomb? Or is it something catchy like 'Reclaim our Tea Party'?

 

[dusman]

I'm starting to agree with this more and more. Unfortunately, I think it was wishful thinking that decentralization would work in our favor. It's just way too difficult to manage. There are too many issues to deal with. People just won't participate if it isn't made as simple as possible. Requiring people to read my entire strategy thread before even understanding this method is not going to work. People don't have the time to do all that. As you said, decentralization inhibits the capacity for it to go viral and destroys momentum. I'm starting to regret even pushing this strategy.



Like I said above, I think that's just going to be too difficult to manage. I bet upwards of 90% of people visiting the Facebook event won't even read the event description and an even higher amount won't even follow through. It needs to be extremely simple for massive amounts of people to participate. 1, 2, 3 done.



I think this may be our best bet if the program still works. Let's not assume it doesn't work just because the video is older. Why would they still be selling the program? Even if it didn't work though, I think we still need to try doing something similar to capture emails from these websites. We did this in 2007 and I think it's a big reason why we got so many people to pledge. Our promotion manpower may have a much smaller impact in this money bomb formula than we realize. We've been focusing on manpower this entire year. Maybe we should try out something like this instead. Is there an update on this Dusman? Do you need any funding to obtain the program? We need to figure this out as fast as possible.

I will try and shoot them a call and see if I can get in touch with support to see if it can specifically scrape e-mails from events/fan pages. I'm also starting to agree about decentralizing. The initial purpose was reasonable, but I can see that it is in fact more difficult to manage than we thought.

Sorry for the delay on the web site here! I had to troubleshoot a pesky bug on the web server and got it resolved early this morning. Getting back at it now to get the web site up and running.

 

[GHoeberX]

What is the name of this moneybomb? No, I have not read the whole thread.

Is it simply Tea Party moneybomb? Or is it something catchy like 'Reclaim our Tea Party'?

It is Tea Party 11 moneybomb. We are not going to fight, we are not going to reclaim and we are not going to distinct ourselves from the Tea Party. Let us be pragmatic and get the media-winds in our sails and simply say: we are the Tea Party. Before you disagree with this, please wait for my video and after that tell me it's a bad idea.

 

[dusman]

I just checked and the program was last updated on 10/26/2011...



Dusman, if you need us to help you get this software just say the word.

Support is closed at the moment. I will have to try again Monday.

 

[GHoeberX]

I will try and shoot them a call and see if I can get in touch with support to see if it can specifically scrape e-mails from events/fan pages. I'm also starting to agree about decentralizing. The initial purpose was reasonable, but I can see that it is in fact more difficult to manage than we thought.

My point of view (as I already told to Nathaniel): everyone should be able to choose for themselves whether they want a reminder on the December 16th or not. And we don't have to remind everybody that they can subscribe to get a reminder. Best solution is smart, short and clear texts on the Facebook page telling people can get a reminder when they pledge on TeaParty11.com

 

[pkoury]

It is Tea Party 11 moneybomb. We are not going to fight, we are not going to reclaim and we are not going to distinct ourselves from the Tea Party. Let us be pragmatic and get the media-winds in our sails and simply say: we are the Tea Party. Before you disagree with this, please wait for my video and after that tell me it's a bad idea.

Not to mention even if 10% of news outlets pick up the story and refer to it as "the Tea Party has put together a record breaking money bomb for Ron Paul" it will greatly increase our chances of swinging the Tea Party folks who don't know any better in Ron's favor. We know that Fox News, etc. will probably not report it as such but it is still a good idea to give an outward appearance as this bomb being representative of the entire Tea Party.

 

[lucent]

What I proposed for the FB event page should address most of the concerns, again is the planned description:



1. Large increasing number: The above description will be messaged daily to the people who are remaining on the FB event site to go over to the main website to see the actual number of attendees which would increase daily, way above the FB event since there will be promotions other than FB.

2. Messaging and invitation capability: by keeping the number low at the FB event and directing everyone over to the TeaParty11.com site, people can continue to easily promote the event on FB and have a way to direct everyone to the main site instead of messaging people one by one.

3. Centralized FB event: one event to keep things simple.

I think if the above happened for BTO, the BTO list would have been close to 30k.
This directs everyone to the TeaParty11.com website and it allows FB patriots to have easy way to invite people on FB. FB is a great tool, but it should not be the only one.

The only reason we are even using Facebook is because a lot of these people's online lives revolve around it. They don't revolve around TeaParty11.com. Getting the vast majority of people to leave the Facebook event and give their email to some website is going to be impossible. If you try, and it fails, it isn't going to be worth creating another event if it goes past 5,000.

I will try and shoot them a call and see if I can get in touch with support to see if it can specifically scrape e-mails from events/fan pages. I'm also starting to agree about decentralizing. The initial purpose was reasonable, but I can see that it is in fact more difficult to manage than we thought.

Sorry for the delay on the web site here! I had to troubleshoot a pesky bug on the web server and got it resolved early this morning. Getting back at it now to get the web site up and running.

I sent you two PMs, one of them has a link to another email extractor.

 

[lucent]

I would suggest getting people involved in emailing people. Setup a referral section for those that have submitted their email. They can then put emails of friends they would like to invite to the pledge and then put their own email from who it comes from.

Also, can you link to external images on a Facebook event? If you could, then would would it be possible setup a script that updates an image with the pledge count and then link it on the Facebook event?

 

[GHoeberX]

I would suggest getting people involved in emailing people. Setup a referral section for those that have submitted their email. They can then put emails of friends they would like to invite to the pledge and then put their own email from who it comes from.

Also, can you link to external images on a Facebook event? If you could, then would would it be possible setup a script that updates an image with the pledge count and then link it on the Facebook event?

Nice to hear your ideas, thanks! To answer your question: it's not possible to link a profile picture on facebook to an external URL.

 

[The Dark Knight]

guys we have a huge opportunity to get the tea party voters now that Cain and Perry have gone down in flames. No way they will go to Romney or Gingrich over Paul.

 

[dusman]

Alright, here are some things I need help on:

1) Overview of Tea Party History
2) Overview of Reasons to Vote for Ron Paul
3) Ron Paul positions and votes that are Tea Party relevant
4) Comparison of GOP candidates based on Tea Party issues
5) Activities that help Ron Paul win Iowa
6) Ways to Promote the moneybomb

 

[dusman]

4: Comparison of GOP candidates

- Candidates who supported TARP
- Candidates who favored debt ceiling increase
- Candidates who have plans to reduce budget
- Need something relevant to taxes

We'll need more here, but that is a start.

I want to do something like this:

 

[Liber Team]

December 16th is too late...

 

[sailingaway]

The December 16th Moneybomb needs to be HUGE.

Not only should we do a moneybomb, but re-create 2008 with Tea Parties all over the country. A reminder to Republicans that Ron Paul is THE Tea Party candidate.

I will re-vamp http://www.theronpaulteaparty.com to coordinate Tea Party events all over the country. That day will be Ron Paul's day and will Ron Paul will be on the tongues of families as they get together for Christmas, moving into the start of the primary season.

I really like this idea!

 

[sailingaway]

December 16th is too late...

Yes, we need donations NOW, but we also will still need them now. and if you look at the difference an enthusiastic base makes to a money bomb.... I say this as someone who would sign up for any theme, I just want Ron to get the maximum money. I DO agree that those who can donate now should, though, he needs money for specific purposes and won't pre buy ad time and such if he thinks he wont have enough. He has to look ahead in stretching funds, and we need him to do what needs to be done in terms of advertising and mobilization.

 

[sailingaway]

4: Comparison of GOP candidates

- Candidates who supported TARP
- Candidates who favored debt ceiling increase
- Candidates who have plans to reduce budget
- Need something relevant to taxes

We'll need more here, but that is a start.

I want to do something like this:

have you checked those positions or is that a 'for instance'? Because I would really like to spread that around! I know some of them are correct and don't know any of them aren't correct, but I don't, for example, know Cain's stance on NAFTA, off hand.

 

[dusman]

December 16th is too late...

No it isn't. This moneybomb serves two purposes:

1) Raise money for Ron Paul for the early primary states
2) Attract Tea Party members back to Ron Paul's positions

The reason why it was too late in 2007 is because there wasn't much they could do with it. This time around they already have good ads they can immediately make ad buys for and have an organizational structure they can reinforce with this money.

Instead of being negative, why not help us work out the points I listed above.

If you ask me, the timing of this one couldn't be more perfect. 2 weeks later, Iowa Caucus proceeds.

 

[dusman]

have you checked those positions or is that a 'for instance'? Because I would really like to spread that around! I know some of them are correct and don't know any of them aren't correct, but I don't, for example, know Cain's stance on NAFTA, off hand.

This is just "for instance". I'm going to do a comparison on the moneybomb web site that is similar in nature.