The "Stand with Rand" Money Bomb is underway! Tracking thread

[hells_unicorn]

Woo hoo!!! Just hit the big 2 million.

 

[kbs021]

2MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jurgs01]

2.5 million by April 19th, 3 million by April 26th. Let's make it happen!

 

[ssunlimited]

2.5 million by April 19th, 3 million by April 26th. Let's make it happen!

I don't think this gonna last and that will happen. I think they're gonna close this fund-raiser soon.

 

[kbs021]

For what its worth, 2.01 million! Great job everyone! It's kinda cool to see us still raising money after hitting 1 million and now after 2 million. I feel that Rand is still reaching new people and they may be raising 10k or more a day after this money bomb. Ron's money bomb were explosive and so far this one has been a steady climb which I am totally fine with. We have an amazing store and the capacity to raise money online perhaps more than any other candidate. Keep it up and hopefully it won't be too many months until the next Money Bomb.

 

[JohnGalt23g]

I don't think this gonna last and that will happen. I think they're gonna close this fund-raiser soon.

i see absolutely no reason to close it. Ever.

The media respects money, and they respect visuals. And this is a no BS way of demonstrating just how serious a force we are...

 

[jurgs01]

i see absolutely no reason to close it. Ever.

The media respects money, and they respect visuals. And this is a no BS way of demonstrating just how serious a force we are...

They should have a money bomb with a goal to start every quarter, then keep the ticker open until the end of the quarter.

 

[pacodever]

They should have a money bomb with a goal to start every quarter, then keep the ticker open until the end of the quarter.

I think it is a careful balance between realistic goals that can be publicly achieved/surpassed but that are noteworthy enough to garner media attention to encourage further growth, enthusiasm, and fundraising. It is a tough balance to strike, but I agree a timely and themed quarterly bomb would be best, but pull the ticker down once the realistic goal has been achieved or modify accordingly.

 

[Jeremy]

I think it is a careful balance between realistic goals that can be publicly achieved/surpassed but that are noteworthy enough to garner media attention to encourage further growth, enthusiasm, and fundraising. It is a tough balance to strike, but I agree a timely and themed quarterly bomb would be best, but pull the ticker down once the realistic goal has been achieved or modify accordingly.

Ron Paul 2012 was almost once a month starting in May:

Exploratory Committee Moneybomb on May 5, 2011: ~$1m
"The Revolution vs. RomneyCare: Round One" on June 5, 2011: $1.1m,
"Ready, Ames, Fire!" on July 19, 2011: $0.5m
Ron's Birthday Moneybomb on August 20, 2011: $1.8m
Constitution Day Moneybomb and "End of Quarter Push" on September 17 - 22+, 2011: ~$1m (not entirely sure on this total)
"Black This Out Moneybomb" on October 19, 2011 - $2.8m over 3 days
"Tea Party Moneybomb (2011)" on December 16, 2011 - ~$4m over 2 days

 

[afwjam]

Did we raise more in 2008 then in 2012? Hell we did like 10 million in like a month back then. Miss that grassroots whirlwind.

 

[Jeremy]

Did we raise more in 2008 then in 2012? Hell we did like 10 million in like a month back then. Miss that grassroots whirlwind.

That was all towards the end of the campaign. I don't think much was raised before October 2007, but I don't know because that was 2 months before my time.

 

[orenbus]

That was all towards the end of the campaign. I don't think much was raised before October 2007, but I don't know because that was 2 months before my time.

I don't remember any coordinated online fundraising effort happening before October 07' organized by the grassroots, most of us were just playing catch up trying to figure out how everything worked and what our individual roles were going to be at the time. At one point in July the campaign did ask for donations on their site for more office room and of course they had a basic donate form and in August the campaign requested funds for radio and tv spots in Iowa on their site, which I think there were discussions on forum about if I remember correctly. Our main focus were on things for example like; meetups, rallies, sign-waves, iowa straw poll, local and other states straw polls, what open primary states were closing - registration deadlines, getting Ron's name on the ballot in different states, how to become delegates, getting Ron just any type of exposure in the media and having to deal with issues like this;



Edit: Looking back it does look like in August there was a statue of liberty ticker on the official page asking for 4 Million by the end of the quarter.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070808210131/http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

BTW here's something interesting totally had forgotten about:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070829190425/http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

There was also a constitution week fundraiser Sept 17-21
http://web.archive.org/web/20070919092605/http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Oh and I remember this Sept 29th/30th

I think that was the first time I ever saw Rand Paul.

Message from Ron Paul: Let's Do It! (9/27/07)

Frankly, I’m floored. And very, very grateful. Our $500,000 online fundraising goal for the end of the quarter was reached so fast it took my breath away. But we can't stop now. So I am raising the bar to $1 million by midnight, September 30th. I am so grateful for all you have done.
...

The 1 million target was reached.

Miss that grassroots whirlwind.

It was a extremely enthusiastic time back then.

 

[afwjam]

I guess it's over, they took the ticker down.

 

[RDM]

I guess it's over, they took the ticker down.

I have not reset my phone browser and still have active ticker. Currently: 2,061,040.17

 

[ross11988]

It's safe to assume that the campaign will raise at least $300,000 a week. Not sure how that compares.

 

[philipped]

I saw it hit up to as high as $2,070,000.00.

 

[adelina]

2.145m now

 

[Uriah]

Ticker is up for me.^^^

 

[ChristianAnarchist]

"total_donors":"32971","total_amount":"2145956.49"

https://www.randpaul.com/ticker.php

 

[kbs021]

Whoa approaching 215,000,000! That's almost 75 grand more than when we went to sleep. I think we could get 2.5 million in a few days. I wonder what their plan is with the ticker being back up.