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So we got 704k?

thats mtd...but i believer we broke $100k

 

[CPUd]

Here is the full day:

 

[Jackie Moon]

Here is the full day:

Thanks for all the graphs.

I'm curious to see what might be added over the weekend. I've still got people right that are just seeing and liking the posts that I put up yesterday on the MB Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for the first time.

I think there were a lot of people that weren't online during that 12 hour window yesterday and didn't see the Facebook posts or emails. Even calling it 24 hours is a stretch because it didn't really kick off until the morning of the 17th.

Just posted this on the Facebook and Twitter page, but it applies to everyone here also.

 

[CPUd]

Ticker URL has been returning the same data all day, stuck at 704157.72. If it starts back up again, I think I'll also start tracking donations by state.

 

[Jackie Moon]

Yeah, it's been stuck on that number since it switched over at midnight last night. Still not sure whether they had a problem with it themselves.

But they did post again earlier on Facebook for donations, and an email from Ron, so there should still be some money coming in.

 

[rich34]

100 Grand is great, but I really wish there was a way we could duplicate some of Ron's big money bombs. There may not be any magic fix, just the reality of the same group of supporters giving everything they got for the 3rd straight presidential election cycle. Even if Rand came out quoting Ron word for word without bringing in nearly double the support of what Ron was getting in 08 and 12 it's just tough to ask the same group of supporters to pony up money they may no longer be in position to give. This is why at the least I think it's paramount that all the online Rand/Ron Paul groups should go ahead and get dates ready for the month's of Oct. Nov. and Dec. Rand imo is every bit as worthy of receiving our financial support the same as Ron did. In fact, I know many were upset with Ron's 12 campaign feeling like he didn't really push it all the way, I don't see that problem with Rand at all. Rand being younger and more youthful gives me the impression he's got more fight in him than the 72 and 76 year version of Ron Paul did. Any way, lets get those upcoming money bomb dates set so we can promote the hell out of it.

 

[Jonderdonk]

My opinion, for what it's worth, is that this past Moneybomb didn't reach as many people as it should've. There was confusion at the beginning of the month about which Moneybomb we were going with and what date it was, and valuable promotion time was lost. In my opinion, I think one massively promoted, huge Moneybomb is better than two okay ones. Which is why I think it would be prudent to go all in on the 5th of November...

 

[Jackie Moon]

My opinion, for what it's worth, is that this past Moneybomb didn't reach as many people as it should've. There was confusion at the beginning of the month about which Moneybomb we were going with and what date it was, and valuable promotion time was lost. In my opinion, I think one massively promoted, huge Moneybomb is better than two okay ones. Which is why I think it would be prudent to go all in on the 5th of November...

Yeah, that's the number one goal... no matter how good the theme is people can't join if they don't know it exists. There were a few things that made it more difficult in the beginning. The first couple weeks were really just trying to get the website, graphics, videos, social media accounts and everything else created and built up.

Things started taking off more in the second half, and even more so the final week. Near the end we were able to finally make connections and get some of the bigger Rand Paul Facebook pages and groups to pin the video to the top of their page.

That's the benefit of being able to use the same central money bomb accounts over again. The next one should be able to start closer to where we left off, instead of needing to be built from scratch. So that alone will help it reach more people and raise more money.

There were things that we wanted to do but weren't able to because of a lack of time or money. There are some adjustments I know I can make, focusing more on things that worked best.

One really important thing that's needed is more people to simply like, comment, and share the Facebook posts. It's a job that can be done in just a couple minutes a day. We need a group of at least 15 or so people to agree ahead of time to be part of a team that will do that. Even if you don't have a lot of friends it still works. You will be increasing the engagement on the page's posts, giving them a higher ranking and more likely to be seen by everyone else.

Every post should be able to count on having a minimum guaranteed amount of likes and shares. Comments can be as easy as "#StandWithRand" or "Go Rand!". You don't even have to share it on other pages or anything if you aren't able to... just a quick like/share/comment on the page. It's a very important job though, so if anyone wants to do that please let me know.

And yeah, right now I'm probably also leaning more towards having extra time to promote one bigger money bomb than attempting to do two that would each be rushed.

Ticker URL has been returning the same data all day, stuck at 704157.72. If it starts back up again, I think I'll also start tracking donations by state.

Hmm... it's still stuck.

Interesting though, they're still sending emails and posting on Facebook using "Constitution Day" in their links. This was just posed earlier today,

secure.randpaul.com/?constitution-day&sr=rhf092015fb1

So I guess it's still going.

 

[Brett85]

My opinion, for what it's worth, is that this past Moneybomb didn't reach as many people as it should've. There was confusion at the beginning of the month about which Moneybomb we were going with and what date it was, and valuable promotion time was lost. In my opinion, I think one massively promoted, huge Moneybomb is better than two okay ones. Which is why I think it would be prudent to go all in on the 5th of November...

There won't be anymore big moneybombs unless the campaign actually puts the ticker on the front page and promotes the money bomb on the front page. Their decision to not do that on this money bomb was simply inexcusable. The total of the money bomb would've been closer to 1 million than 100,000 had they just promoted on the front page of their website. Someone really needs to get word to the campaign ahead of time that they really need to put the ticker on the front page and promote the money bomb on the front page.

 

[CPUd]

There won't be anymore big moneybombs unless the campaign actually puts the ticker on the front page and promotes the money bomb on the front page. Their decision to not do that on this money bomb was simply inexcusable. The total of the money bomb would've been closer to 1 million than 100,000 had they just promoted on the front page of their website. Someone really needs to get word to the campaign ahead of time that they really need to put the ticker on the front page and promote the money bomb on the front page.

LOL you're really hung up on that. I agree though, what seems like minor details can make a big difference when it comes to promoting stuff online.

 

[Brett85]

LOL you're really hung up on that. I agree though, what seems like minor details can make a big difference when it comes to promoting stuff online.

I don't see how it's just a minor detail though. The only people who even knew about the money bomb were just a few hardcore activists. Every single money bomb that has ever been done for both Ron and Rand has included a ticker and promotion on the main page, except for this last one.

 

[CPUd]

I don't see how it's just a minor detail though. The only people who even knew about the money bomb were just a few hardcore activists. Every single money bomb that has ever been done for both Ron and Rand has included a ticker and promotion on the main page, except for this last one.

The people running the site seem to disagree. i think if it had shot up to 100K overnight, they would have put it up on the main page.

 

[Brett85]

The people running the site seem to disagree. i think if it had shot up to 100K overnight, they would have put it up on the main page.

That seems like circular reasoning. I'm saying that the reason why it didn't shoot up to 100K overnight or at least a significant number is because there was no ticker or promotion on the main page.

 

[CPUd]

That seems like circular reasoning. I'm saying that the reason why it didn't shoot up to 100K overnight or at least a significant number is because there was no ticker or promotion on the main page.

Yes, HR departments swear by it. You can't get a job without experience, you can't get experience without a job.

 

[Jonderdonk]

There won't be anymore big moneybombs unless the campaign actually puts the ticker on the front page and promotes the money bomb on the front page. Their decision to not do that on this money bomb was simply inexcusable. The total of the money bomb would've been closer to 1 million than 100,000 had they just promoted on the front page of their website. Someone really needs to get word to the campaign ahead of time that they really need to put the ticker on the front page and promote the money bomb on the front page.

That's what I've been saying on here for days. Promotion needs to be better all around. That's not a slight to anyone who worked on promotion here; it just needs to have more time and momentum to snowball. And if I were to guess, I would say they didn't promote the MB on the front page because they were afraid that it would be an embarrassment. But an "embarrassment" won't be an option if we build up a ton of momentum for the next one.

 

[TomtheTinker]

i like Rand and would love to support his money bombs like I did Ron. I use to spend 10 hours a week promoting mbs on YouTube, craigslist and other websites. To me it's tough to get behind Rand in that way because he's not as pure in the way he expresses his beliefs and spends to much time pandering. I just can't get motivated. I may be wrong for tgat but it's just the truth.

 

[Jackie Moon]

Yeah, I understand people not feeling motivated or having the time to spend hours a day promoting. There were some people that did, and it was a big help, but I don't want anyone to feel like if they can't commit to that they can't do anything.

50 people willing to spend 1 minute a day can have a bigger impact than 1 person doing 50 minutes a day.

If every post and Tweet can count on getting at least 15 to 20 likes and shares automatically it will give them the initial boost they need to carry on organically. But if they don't get those initial likes and shares it's tough. I share them myself as much as I can but eventually it's walking the line between promoting and spamming.

There were some people that were great at doing that already, but we need more. If you're willing to spend one minute just clicking like, share, and leaving a short comment on one or two new posts a day please say so here or send me a PM or something. I know there are a lot of people that want to help, and this is a way for everyone to join.

Having that set up ahead of time will make things a lot easier than trying to recruit people while it's already running. If you don't have a Facebook or Twitter account you can open one now. You don't even have to put your own personal info on it.

 

[Barrex]

There won't be anymore big moneybombs unless the campaign actually puts the ticker on the front page and promotes the money bomb on the front page. Their decision to not do that on this money bomb was simply inexcusable. The total of the money bomb would've been closer to 1 million than 100,000 had they just promoted on the front page of their website. Someone really needs to get word to the campaign ahead of time that they really need to put the ticker on the front page and promote the money bomb on the front page.

Number would have been higher but I dont believe it would be closer to 1 million. I am getting annoyed of all this "Rand should do this posts/threads"; "Campaign should do this posts/threads"... Over 60 liberty oriented websites were contacted and only few answered. All major Rand Paul Facebook pages and groups were contacted and some didnt even post 1 single post about moneybomb. Labor day moneybomb guys simply disapeared (as did their moneybomb attempt). Moneybomb on Sep. 22nd joined us but only after promoting separate event for about a month... Too many people like to talk and demand things and didnt do anything to promote moneybomb. Recruiting people on this forum was impossible.
The main reason why it didnt reach 1 million is not campaign it is grassroots: Everyone likes to whine and talk but very few invested over 10 minutes of their time to promote moneybomb.

If I was campaign manager I wouldnt embarras my self by putting a ticker on a front page.I agree with this:

The people running the site seem to disagree. i think if it had shot up to 100K overnight, they would have put it up on the main page.

50 people willing to spend 1 minute a day can have a bigger impact than 1 person doing 50 minutes a day!

Yeah, I understand people not feeling motivated or having the time to spend hours a day promoting. There were some people that did, and it was a big help, but I don't want anyone to feel like if they can't commit to that they can't do anything.

50 people willing to spend 1 minute a day can have a bigger impact than 1 person doing 50 minutes a day.

If every post and Tweet can count on getting at least 15 to 20 likes and shares automatically it will give them the initial boost they need to carry on organically. But if they don't get those initial likes and shares it's tough. I share them myself as much as I can but eventually it's walking the line between promoting and spamming.

There were some people that were great at doing that already, but we need more. If you're willing to spend one minute just clicking like, share, and leaving a short comment on one or two new posts a day please say so here or send me a PM or something. I know there are a lot of people that want to help, and this is a way for everyone to join.

Having that set up ahead of time will make things a lot easier than trying to recruit people while it's already running. If you don't have a Facebook or Twitter account you can open one now. You don't even have to put your own personal info on it.

My opinion, for what it's worth, is that this past Moneybomb didn't reach as many people as it should've. There was confusion at the beginning of the month about which Moneybomb we were going with and what date it was, and valuable promotion time was lost. In my opinion, I think one massively promoted, huge Moneybomb is better than two okay ones. Which is why I think it would be prudent to go all in on the 5th of November...

Agree.

 

[dannno]

If I recall, in 2007 at this time Ron Paul was trying to get his quarterly donation total up to $1 million. The first big money bomb was November 5, 2007, and the big one was December 16, 2007.

We weren't even talking about a blimp yet.

 

[Mr.NoSmile]

There won't be anymore big moneybombs unless the campaign actually puts the ticker on the front page and promotes the money bomb on the front page. Their decision to not do that on this money bomb was simply inexcusable. The total of the money bomb would've been closer to 1 million than 100,000 had they just promoted on the front page of their website.

You have no way of proving that, particularly since this was a grassroots inspired moneybomb and not one the official campaign created and marketed themselves.