Television Ads for New Hampshire (and also Iowa)

[skiingff]

The goal is to raise $20,000 for a month-long television advertising campaign for Ron Paul targeting New Hampshire, and also Iowa. New Hampshire will be hit hardest with the ads, but we cannot neglect Iowa since it *does* come first and we need momentum going into NH.

The good news is I've made it easy for us to raise that $20,000. I am picking up the tab for 25% of it ($5,000). But I need your help to raise the other 15k.

Remember, the faster we raise the money and the more money we raise, the sooner we can get ads on TV. Also, we can get ads on local channels that everyday people actually watch (NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS) as well as cable channels. And the more money we raise (I'm hoping my goal is exceeded!), the more people we can reach with the ads, and the more we can air them. Together, we WILL get Ron Paul's message across IA and NH. Since the mainstream media refuses to do it, we have to. Please join me in raising that 15k.

http://www.pledgebank.com/20kforpaul
http://www.operationnh.com <-- P.S. I need help with this site LOL

 

[DjLoTi]

Lets make clear of everything you need.

- Money
- Do you need the actual commercial content?
- What do you need by the people in these states? Do you need to have someone's contact info from these states?
- Anything else? Spell out everything to make it easy all the way around.

I might be able to get a commercial done up for you, it depends, and I'm not sure, but I can check, I got a friend in LA who's familiar with media matters. I can ask him if he can put something together.

 

[0zzy]

I want to hire a professional with the advertisements. The last ones seem like they were made in 1992.

 

[DjLoTi]

I want to hire a professional with the advertisements. The last ones seem like they were made in 1992.

My people are all professionals

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

Question: is this an independent effort or are you talking about fundraising that goes directly to the campaign?

If independent, who will be producing and directing etc

Im amazed by your dedication tp this effort. We ARE the campaign

 

[DjLoTi]

We ARE the campaign

You're absolutely right. I've noticed people have realized this is what we need to start doing in order to become powerful. This epiphany was all of a sudden today. It's refreshing to see.

I know a little bit because of my radio station project, so I know about the laws and the rules, ect. I've only really recently started learning. It seems like many other people have only started learning as well. Either way, it's exciting, because when we start doing this, then we become *really* powerful, like, nearly limitless. The other candidates can have their rich pundits fund things like this, but the fact of the matter is, the other candidates simply aren't as good as Ron Paul.

Let's show them how many people support Ron Paul, and lets show them just how real we are

Anybody feel like they're partying on an island? I do

 

[skiingff]

Lets make clear of everything you need.

- Money
- Do you need the actual commercial content?
- What do you need by the people in these states? Do you need to have someone's contact info from these states?
- Anything else? Spell out everything to make it easy all the way around.

I might be able to get a commercial done up for you, it depends, and I'm not sure, but I can check, I got a friend in LA who's familiar with media matters. I can ask him if he can put something together.

I plan on having multiple people submit 30-second high-resolution TV ads, homemade or professional. (These days, homemade ads can look pretty professional thanks to computers). The ads will be posted on the website. You will ALL get a chance to view them and vote for your top 2-3 favorites, which will subsequently be aired on TV. The more we have to choose from the merrier, so anyone who can produce one should.

I am working with a few different advertising firms/tv commercial firms to get THE BEST RATES for the ads. I'm asking for a lot, so I want the best bang for our money so it isn't wasted and we get the most ads on the best channels. The four major local affiliates (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX) will be a good choice for channels to air the ads on, along with select Cable TV channels such as CNN, Comedy Central, etc. I am NOT looking to air the ads daytime on A&E, Spike TV, or other little-watched channels and they will NOT be aired in the middle of the night when no one's watching. We need good exposure, which YES costs a lot of money, but it produces obvious results.

 

[DjLoTi]

So you're working with advertising firms already? In other words, you already have the commercials being managed by you and your connections?

In that case, all you need is the fund raising and local connections for the TV ad target area? Be aware you'll probably need to form a PAC. I propose we make this a sticky, as this is real talk and things like this should be promoted.

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

I plan on having multiple people submit 30-second high-resolution TV ads, homemade or professional. (These days, homemade ads can look pretty professional thanks to computers). The ads will be posted on the website. You will ALL get a chance to view them and vote for your top 2-3 favorites, which will subsequently be aired on TV. The more we have to choose from the merrier, so anyone who can produce one should.

I am working with a few different advertising firms/tv commercial firms to get THE BEST RATES for the ads. I'm asking for a lot, so I want the best bang for our money so it isn't wasted and we get the most ads on the best channels. The four major local affiliates (NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX) will be a good choice for channels to air the ads on, along with select Cable TV channels such as CNN, Comedy Central, etc. I am NOT looking to air the ads daytime on A&E, Spike TV, or other little-watched channels and they will NOT be aired in the middle of the night when no one's watching. We need good exposure, which YES costs a lot of money, but it produces obvious results.

I like your style

We just gotta make sure that it looks modern. Also, won't we need Dr. Paul to say "I approve this message" at the end...Can someone look into the legality of a private group openly advocating someone's candidancy without their signature on it? I dont know about all the reasoning behind "I approve this message" at the end - Im ignorant on the issue

 

[skiingff]

I want to hire a professional with the advertisements. The last ones seem like they were made in 1992.

True that...

Hopefully we can get a professional that will do them pro bono, I don't feel like wasting half the money just to get our ads up and running in the first place. That leaves us with almost nothing to actually air them. But if we can find a professional that is willing to do them for cheap, we can look into that...

Also, you will be contributing to a PAC, this isn't going directly to the campaign, it is an effort totally independent of the campaign. Wait... actually, we ARE the campaign so I take that back but ya get what I mean. PACs have higher contribution limits then the official campaigns and we can choose as a democracy which ads to run and where, we will not have to be dictated by some campaign official on what to do. That makes this a refreshing thing to do, and meanwhile you can still max out on contributions to the campaign (I know I plan to)! The PAC is the only legal way to do such a thing.

 

[DjLoTi]

I'll talk to my friend in LA who has experience with this. He'd be down if you could shell out like $200 or something, I think. He's only done pornography, lol, but that doesn't matter. He works with professional companies and has the knowledge for this sort of thing. I'll talk to him tomorrow.

 

[jorger]

hi Brandon,

have you tried setting up a tv campaign with SpotRunner (spotrunner.com)?

I just signed the pledge. 1st one. =)

I think this is a great idea and will bring it up at the next meetup in Miami so people can pledge...

What kind of time line have you thought out?

laters,
jorge

 

[Lord Xar]

this is a wonderful idea and one that I would love to see move forward..

I pinged you privately, but is there anyway we can verify you. I mean this in all sincerety and good faith. I am not looking for trouble, but you have very few posts and you are looking to collect 15K in donations.

You mentioned a meetup in your PM to me, is there any way we can validate you're part of a meetup and actually taken part in activities or at least get someone "at the meetup to view your drivers license".

Please Skiingff, do not take this any other way than me trying to watch out in a small way for all of us. I think when I first decided to take donations for anything, I let the board owner know i would submit phone numbers and obvious proof of my identity....

I think your idea is fabulous and I want to see it push forward in good soothe.

 

[DjLoTi]

Lord Xar, I'm glad you're asking that, as we all should be asking these things all the time.

Skiingff, of course you understand.

 

[skiingff]

So you're working with advertising firms already? In other words, you already have the commercials being managed by you and your connections?

In that case, all you need is the fund raising and local connections for the TV ad target area? Be aware you'll probably need to form a PAC. I propose we make this a sticky, as this is real talk and things like this should be promoted.

No, I'm working on price negotiations only, I need ads. Once the ads are in place I can finalize the price negotiations, dates and times they will air, on what channels in which television markets, etc. and get that info out to ya'll before final approval from you guys. I wouldn't finalize anything without a pretty good consensus of opinion, or at least a general agreement among all of us, which shouldn't be hard because we are all for the same cause.

I want to be as open and transparent as possible with this and include everyone in the discussion. Some of you may officially join "Operation New Hampshire" and I will give you an @operationnh.com e-mail address, and as soon as I figure out how to give multiple people limited access with my PayPal business account, will do that to so you can help me keep track of what money is coming in. Limited access of course does not allow one to transfer any money so we'll have one central person deal with that with the approval of everyone else.

If you want to join this operation, you should be able to do something that will help out just PM me.

 

[DeadheadForPaul]

this is a wonderful idea and one that I would love to see move forward..

I pinged you privately, but is there anyway we can verify you. I mean this in all sincerety and good faith. I am not looking for trouble, but you have very few posts and you are looking to collect 15K in donations.

You mentioned a meetup in your PM to me, is there any way we can validate you're part of a meetup and actually taken part in activities or at least get someone "at the meetup to view your drivers license".

Please Skiingff, do not take this any other way than me trying to watch out in a small way for all of us. I think when I first decided to take donations for anything, I let the board owner know i would submit phone numbers and obvious proof of my identity....

I think your idea is fabulous and I want to see it push forward in good soothe.

I think it's a fair question just because there are so many opportunists in this world. Nooffense Skiingff, we just dont know you like we know Xar, DjLoti, etc. I dont personally doubt that youre legit, it's just a necessary question and i know you understand

 

[DjLoTi]

So far sounds good. Set a goal time. Lets, by the end of this week, try and get things figured out. Set goals week by week. That really helped me out on my major project.

What do you want done by the end of this week? Lets get on board with this paypal account, the email addys, or what have you. I'll talk to my guy tomorrow. Other people work your connections. All we need is the content and the money.

Lets start the *real* grassroots campaign.

 

[skiingff]

If anyone has issues just PM me, and also if you can help out. Would love to answer questions and appreciate any help offered.

 

[DjLoTi]

Ok stop right there and edit out your information. Just trust me on this. I'll pm you in a second. Take out your personal information and take out your employment information.

 

[McDermit]

rut roh.. Seriously dude, take djloti's advice on this one!