Why isn't this moneybomb doing better?

If only the other candidates were lucky enough to have grassroots supporters that whine and cry after raising nearly a million dollars in one day. :)

I have to admit that your passion is very endearing, but seriously guys - get a grip on yourselves!
 
Cabal said:
That's the issue then. The number of donors for this moneybomb was pretty low, even if we did get a good amount of net dollar donated. 15k people is surely only a fraction of how many people support RP, so why is the number of donors so low? Even people who are low on cash would probably be inclined to throw in a few bucks here and there--so either the message isn't getting out, people aren't being reminded enough, or there's a lack of motivation and/or sense of urgency.

What can we do about this for future bombs?

...Aside from posting rants about censoring forums and such.
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I think we'll all be surprised at the end of quarter figures. I think the moneyombs aren't huge because people are just donating. They aren't waiting around for moneybombs. Moneybombs are fun but they aren't the only way to donate to Ron.

Y'all remember the $150,00 to run ads? Wanna bet we raised twice that?

Anyway, moneybombs aren't everything. If there's so much apathy going on around here, how did we win the CA straw poll? We raised a thousand dollars just here and on Daily Paul for that in about 2 days.
 
I dont know if it has been mentioned but this moneybomb is two weeks long. 800k on the first day is great.
 
The money bombs are proceeding just fine, and in a saner way overall than four years ago at this time. The grassroots declared so many money bomb dates that it was hard to sustain steady momentum and plan to use the funds raised. This time Paul is getting $800K+ each month, as immediate cash on hand, which every other candidate in the race wishes he/she could count on. Let's keep on keeping on at this pace. Imagine how much money he will be raising next spring, from both Demcrats and Republicans, once he emerges as winner of the nomination, or declares to run independent!
 
I assumed the facebook event for the money bomb was just set up incorrectly and someone overlooked the end date...
 
djruden said:
I assumed the facebook event for the money bomb was just set up incorrectly and someone overlooked the end date...
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Nope
Following the moneybomb, an "End of Quarter Push" will be held until September 30, to help Ron Paul finish the third fundraising quarter of 2011 in first place.
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I am honestly broke. I have been budgeting my money to pay off credit card debt in fear of an economic collapse. I must be debt-free in 7 months. I am not sure if it will happen, BUT my gut is telling to pay this shit off ASAP. If I were currently debt-free, I would be able to do much more, but right now, I have to survive until Friday

On a lighter note, I get paid Friday and I will give to the campaign as I have set aside money to go to Dr. Paul.
 
bxm042 said:
About three weeks ago I was looking for a money bomb to donate to and couldn't find one. Took quite a bit of digging, in fact thats how I joined this forum in the first place.

Fortunately googling "ron paul moneybomb" takes you to the right spot now, but 3 weeks ago it was all garbage. SEO please :rolleyes:
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Thanks for posting how you got here, and welcome!
 
RonPaulFever said:
If only the other candidates were lucky enough to have grassroots supporters that whine and cry after raising nearly a million dollars in one day. :)

I have to admit that your passion is very endearing, but seriously guys - get a grip on yourselves!
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Instead, they have corporate cronies that give them millions in support. This MB is fine, but in order to win, something has got to change. Shoving your fingers in your ears and screaming that we are doing everything perfect is not going to help the future of fundraising. Every time there is a MB, people toss around ideas for fundraising. Usually we are screamed down by people who adore the MB's. What I learned last MB, much to my chagrin, was that the loudest people telling me the MB model worked were also people who had not donated anything to it.

The title is not "why did this MB suck" but "why isn't this moneybomb doing better?" and I think asking how we can improve things is not whining or crying. If that's the way you see it, then perhaps you're the one that needs to get a grip :)

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I wasn't aware it was a "push" either. I'd hardly heard of it, but when I finally did, this was touted as a straight-up MB. People were even talking about how we needed to rush around to get support by midnight. I don't think it was communicated very well that we had until September 30 to get donations in. If you have a "Constitution Day Moneybomb" then the obvious inference is that it is one day of fundraising. I don't think I'm alone in thinking it was a single-day event. There are more people in the world than people who check Facebook religiously.
 
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TexMac said:
I think we'll all be surprised at the end of quarter figures. I think the moneyombs aren't huge because people are just donating. They aren't waiting around for moneybombs. Moneybombs are fun but they aren't the only way to donate to Ron.

Y'all remember the $150,00 to run ads? Wanna bet we raised twice that?

Anyway, moneybombs aren't everything. If there's so much apathy going on around here, how did we win the CA straw poll? We raised a thousand dollars just here and on Daily Paul for that in about 2 days.
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I believe we raised roughly $400,000 between the last two money bombs...
 
ItsTime said:
Based on?
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the guy who graphs the moneybomb said that when the campaign turned on the donation feed it was showing 387,000 which would indicate the amount raised between when it was turned off and just now turned on. So the end of the birthday moneybomb until yesterday.
 
OK, so how much have we raised this quarter that we know of? Birthday moneyomb almot 2 mil, this one nearly a mil, what else?

The campaign hasn't rolled any of their fundraising money into this bomb, have they?
 
trey4sports said:
the guy who graphs the moneybomb said that when the campaign turned on the donation feed it was showing 387,000 which would indicate the amount raised between when it was turned off and just now turned on. So the end of the birthday moneybomb until yesterday.
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So that wouldnt be counting offline donations? If that number was not a cache issue.
 
trey4sports said:
the guy who graphs the moneybomb said that when the campaign turned on the donation feed it was showing 387,000 which would indicate the amount raised between when it was turned off and just now turned on. So the end of the birthday moneybomb until yesterday.
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If you are talking about todays MB I recall seeing the slow creep from below 100,000
 
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