Why breaking $12 million now will help us most..

[ItsTime]

ok gotcha. Sorry I didnt read it right.

Ha; yes, I mean put the 12 million goal on the rudysreadinglist.com website for December 1st.

 

[mtmedlin]

Does anybody have an idea of how much the main campaign has ready for offline? If they could add it in the night before the 30th then it would help. In all honesty I would doubt that we can hit the 12 million mark before the end of the 30th. If we pushed really hard for it, we might, but in the end I think we would gut the 16th to pull this off. My main hope is to do more then 6.1 million on the 16th. This will set RP as the all time undisputed fundraising KING. Not online king but most ever in a single day. The side story will be that he is now over $17 million for the quarter (estimate of us being at about $11 million on the 1st)
If my prediction come through, then we do a massive push to attempt a push of $3 mill by the 30rth and end with a monster $20 miilion quarter.

the whole thing is timing. We have given 1/2 a mill since the letter came out and will do probably a little over a mill for the 30th. This will hold over their apetite until the 16th. Media is slow over the christmas breal period, especially political media. There are many parties and other social occasions when the only two things talked about is footbal and politics (my favorites) If the bomb on the 16 is over 6.1 mill, then we are the talk of the town and we get a ton of media while everybody is off.

 

[austin356]

We should hopefully be getting at about $9,400,000 by the 30th.

We need the campaign to add in the offline donations on the 30th which should add >$600,000. They still have not added the donations to the meter from the 5th, let alone anything after that. That leaves us with only needing <$2,000,000.

Lets go.

 

[me3]

They've added offline donations recently.

 

[austin356]

They've added offline donations recently.

Oh well thats a bummer. How the hell did I miss that? Humm.

 

[me3]

Hold the fort, I might be wrong. Maybe it's best to check Chowda's blog. Sorry if I was wrong. :o

 

[deedles]

The blunt truth is that we can make the Tea Party more successful by supporting the Nov.30th money bomb!

Exactly.

I gained so many meetup members after the last money bomb and the corresponding media attention. Everytime his name makes it into the news, for ANY reason, people check him out and voila! Instant supporters! The whole goal of our meetup has been to get his name out there enough that people say 'what's the deal with this guy' and look into him. We all know he sells the ideals of the Constitution, Liberty and what this country is supposed to be better than any of us ever could. All we have to do is keep pushing his name out there.

Now that so many people are already hooked into him via all the efforts of meetups, forums etc... I find that people have heard his name enough that it doesn't take much now to push them into finding out for themself.

This RudysReadingList will do that, once again.

And really, I'm from Wisconsin. Just as we cheeseheads don't need much of a reason to have a beer (It's Tuesday!!!), us Paulheads don't need any particular reason to donate. (Someone said so!!!)

I'm in.


And just think about how it will force the MSM to explain what Rudy's reading list is!!!!!! That's almost the best part, we get an public encore of how c-l-u-e-l-e-s-s- Giuliani made himself out to be in that debate.

 

[me3]

deedles, you are one of my favorite members . Great post.

 

[TechnoGuyRob]

I definitely agree, and I'm glad you did the research. The only thing I'm worried about is, well...

Notice the huge upslope we need to take in order to get $12 million by the end of the month.

But Ron Paul supporters have never failed to surprise.

 

[Naraku]

Get to $10 million by the 30th and it can be done.

 

[Man from La Mancha]

I find it so amusing that so many people see a perceived goal that hasn't been attained like their world has collapsed and they are no longer worthy human beings that were implicably joined to goal, and view themselves as uttermost failures. Just over the fear that some MSM mentions that they didn't get their GOAL. It was hardly mention on Nov 5th just the awe that 4.3 was raised.LOL

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[stevedasbach]

As I recall, something like 20,000 of the Nov 5th donations came from new donors. That's over $2 million from people who are nowhere close to being tapped out -- people who can likely donate at least $100 on Dec 16th and donate on Nov 30.

If we can hit $12 million significantly in advance of Dec 16th we'll get two big publicity boosts -- one for meeting the campaign's ambitious 4th quarter goal nearly a month early and one for beating our own single day record and beating Romney's & Guiliani's best single quarters.

The publicity burst for hitting the $12 million target early will attract more donors for Dec 16th -- probably enough to replace the funds donated early. It's a win-win for us.

 

[Sey.Naci]

Page slow to load on high-speed connection

[Posted this to another thread, but it's relevant and perhaps will get more attention here]

Have noticed the same [loading] problem with teaparty07.com, rudysreadinglist.com and ronpaulblimp.com. Having no problem loading other sites. Anyone else having problems?

If I'm having trouble loading these pages on a high-speed connection, then this could be an issue for people with slower Internet connections. In addition, when pages take too long to load, the average surfer won't hang around for it to finish. Dedicated RP supporters are, of course, different, but if someone is just curious to check things out, a slow-loading page could put an end to their curiosity.

 

[FluxCapacitor]

I maxed out my donations on the 5th. I encourage anyone who's saving money to donate on the 16th to donate on November 30th. Each dollar that you donate on the 30th will go toward generating more attention for December 16th, which will lead to new donors and new dollars. Another million dollars for RudysReadingList.com might lead to an extra million and a half for TeaParty07.com.

 

[Midnight77]

I have gone back and forth over November 30th and the Tea Party so many times, my head is ready to explode.

Let's think about this rationally. What got Ron Paul a ton of publicity to begin with? What was responsible for giving Paul a rise in the polls? It was the attention given to us from the November 5th Money Bomb. That is what got us the jump in coverage, the polls, and in even more fundraising because the message broke through to a lot more people.

So, it would seem to me like the best thing to do is to do that again as soon as possible. The sooner we do this, the sooner more people will have a chance to come aboard and get the message. Many of us obviously don't want to agree to this, because they are backing the theme of the Tea Party 100%. And I agree. The Tea Party has a great message to it.

But let's face it. The Tea Party has been advertised. We're going through with it. No turning back. We can make it a big event in Boston that day. As long as we make the Tea Party bigger than Hillary's alleged record (which we know isn't true ... but it is accepted in the Media as true), then this will be explosive.

Now, does 2 $5 Million Money Bombs equal 1 $10 Million Money Bomb? Debatable. Very debatable. Because when you break it down, that's 1 Round of Media Coverage vs 2 Rounds of Media Coverage.

Our goal should be to dominate Media Coverage for the entire month of December. The way to do it is to constantly give the Media something to talk about. And the more we give them something to talk about ... the more opportunities we have to get our message across to the Voters who rely on Mainstream Media for all their information.

And the quicker we do this, the more voters we can expose to Ron's Message and give an opportunity to donate on the 16th. So I think we, the established base who have already donated to his campaign, should donate on the 30th, with the goal being to bring more people into the base to donate on the 16th for the first time.

When the 16th rolls around, the buzz about Ron will still be fresh from the Fundraiser on the 30th, and plus we'll have use of the Blimp for the whole weekend, to generate even more buzz and excitement that day.

Money bombs equal TV coverage, as long as they are successful. That's why we need to make the 30th successful. I'm confident we can make both the 30th and the 16th successful to maximize coverage throughout the entire month of December.

Like I said, like most of you, I have changed my minds several times about this. I know this is a very tough decision. But, again I urge you to think of the advantage of doing 2 successful money bombs as opposed to 1. They are spread out evenly and like I said, this will help us with our goal of dominating Media coverage for the entire month of December.

With that being said, please consider seriously donating on the 30th, let's save the Tea Party for new donors, and let's give them something to talk about!

 

[Eleanor]

Let's think about this rationally. What got Ron Paul a ton of publicity to begin with? What was responsible for giving Paul a rise in the polls? It was the attention given to us from the November 5th Money Bomb.
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So, it would seem to me like the best thing to do is to do that again as soon as possible. The sooner we do this, the sooner more people will have a chance to come aboard and get the message. ...

But let's face it. The Tea Party has been advertised. We're going through with it. ...

Now, does 2 $5 Million Money Bombs equal 1 $10 Million Money Bomb? Debatable. Very debatable. Because when you break it down, that's 1 Round of Media Coverage vs 2 Rounds of Media Coverage.

Our goal should be to dominate Media Coverage for the entire month of December. The way to do it is to constantly give the Media something to talk about. And the more we give them something to talk about ... the more opportunities we have to get our message across to the Voters who rely on Mainstream Media for all their information.

And the quicker we do this, the more voters we can expose to Ron's Message and give an opportunity to donate on the 16th. So I think we, the established base who have already donated to his campaign, should donate on the 30th, with the goal being to bring more people into the base to donate on the 16th for the first time.
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Money bombs equal TV coverage, as long as they are successful. That's why we need to make the 30th successful. I'm confident we can make both the 30th and the 16th successful to maximize coverage throughout the entire month of December.
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... again I urge you to think of the advantage of doing 2 successful money bombs as opposed to 1. They are spread out evenly and like I said, this will help us with our goal of dominating Media coverage for the entire month of December.

With that being said, please consider seriously donating on the 30th, let's save the Tea Party for new donors, and let's give them something to talk about!

Absolutely excellent ideas!!! I hope what you say catches on. Trevor indicated in his post yesterday that he would work this week to promote the 30th. Hopefully enough promotion will occur and enough donations will occur by posters in these and the other RP forums to bring about the $2.8 mil to go to $12 mil in 2 months instead of 3.

 

[voytechs]

I...All the naysayers need to jump on the November 30th bandwagon and recognize that getting people to donate twice instead of once is a good thing. Hitting 12 million on November 30th will be a tremendous boost and will encourage more giving for December 16th, not less.

The problem is that all those people who will donate twice will split their donation. Donate 1/2 on 30th and 1/2 on 16th. Then there will be a bunch of people that will only donate on the 30th.

All this takes momentum away from the 16th, doesn't build more momentum. How much momentum will it take away? I can't say for sure, but looking at the pledge numbers and how they have stalled, its probably a lot. This is not a good thing.

Lets not fool ourselves. There is a certain amount of people donating (20K - 50K). When we split these people up into 2 days, instead of all for 1, neither one will be the maximum possible.

 

[Midnight77]

The problem is that all those people who will donate twice will split their donation. Donate 1/2 on 30th and 1/2 on 16th. Then there will be a bunch of people that will only donate on the 30th.

All this takes momentum away from the 16th, doesn't build more momentum. How much momentum will it take away? I can't say for sure, but looking at the pledge numbers and how they have stalled, its probably a lot. This is not a good thing.

Lets not fool ourselves. There is a certain amount of people donating (20K - 50K). When we split these people up into 2 days, instead of all for 1, neither one will be the maximum possible.

No doubt about it. We're taking a gamble. But the goal is to expand the base, which is exactly what must happen. To expose more people to Ron Paul, with the hopes to get them to donate on the 16th.

But certainly you have to admit that Paul's coverage has died down considerably in the Media since then. We need to change that and something needs to be done about it. And it's getting down to crunch time. So we need to act now. We need to look to make at least a Million on the 30th and we need to make no less than $8 Million on the 16th. We need to make this happen. Someway. Somehow.

 

[ItsTime]

Think about it... If we can get 12 million by the 1st. And a huge day on the 16th that is exactly the 1-2 punch the campaign could use rolling into New Hampshire.

 

[me3]

The coverage has died down because Dr. Paul has been campaigning.

The first round of coverage had nothing to do with 11/5. It was a big 3rd quarter (by the MSM's standards). They got nearly as much coverage from that as they did from 11/5.