JustinL
10-22-2011, 07:44 PM
Well I was curious to see a graph of Facebook likes data and found. Here is a graph of data for Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Herman Cain:
http://pagedata.appdata.com/pages/facebook/-/6233046685+21392801120+235203259169
As you can see Herman Cain netted the most additional likes in the last day and last 7 days, Paul a good chunk behind on the 7 days, but not too far behind in the last day.
Page Likes Category Today 7 Days
Ron Paul 558,853 Politician +2,108 +14,350
Mitt Romney 1,142,357 Politician +1,511 +10,108
Herman Cain 297,380 Public Figure +2,573 +22,323
Here's the graph with just Cain and Paul: http://pagedata.appdata.com/pages/facebook/-/6233046685+235203259169
I'd like to specifically point out that while we got a good chunk of money we hardly got any benefit on garnering new support that would reveal itself somewhat with likes.
I'm suggesting FB likes is a loose metric for determining how well we're doing to expand the base and on that front we don't seem to be doing great. We're far behind Romney and even Herman Cain is gaining on us today despite recent negative news about him (getting slammed on the 999 and abortion fronts).
Current likes for others:
Michelle Bachman: 459,906
Rick Perry: 168,009
Newt Gingrich: 155,901
Rick Santorum: 30,911
For comparison I also looked current 'Talking About' section and got these numbers:
Herman Cain: 74,715
Ron Paul: 64,034
Mitt Romney: 40,737
Michelle Bachman: 37,053
Newt Gingrich: 14,510
Rick Perry: 7,796
Rick Santorum:2,805
We're currently doing well on the talking front, but I fear we're doing too much talking to ourselves and not enough talking to others. My question is how can we focus more on expanding our support and Ron Paul's general likeability to (indirectly!) improve these numbers? What do these numbers mean to you? How do we expand the message faster so we can see a notable slope change on that graph?
My fear is we're focusing too much on these money bombs and relying on ads to expand the message and base and discounting our own power to influence the people in what tends to be a fairly financially cheap way. I'm suggesting perhaps instead of us putting all our effort into money bombs where we tend to keep tapping people that already support Ron Paul we focus instead on spreading the message and let the new blood serve both as an expanded base (the goal) and a means to new campaign money (since they've probably given little to none to Ron Paul already).
Let's do message bombs where we focus on getting the message itself out. Get people on board with the message and show them how Ron Paul supports it more than any other.
Another thing of note that may be hurting Ron Paul's like-ability is his supporters being unfriendly and hostile. As his supporters we need to be as polite and respectable as possible. Do not look at people not onboard as enemies even if they support many things you disagree with. Help them understand Ron Paul like you do, be kind, find common ground, and respect that there will be differences of opinion no matter how well things are explained. Let's help Ron Paul by openly supporting him and being better ourselves. Love thy 'enemy'! Make a special effort to be polite to everyone and set that as the standard to be upheld to legitimately call yourself a Ron Paul supporter. Don't be arrogant and if you have difficulty explaining something don't be afraid to ask for help and to step back in a discussion and say you're not sure but will get back to the person on the topic. We can't spread the message of peace if we're at war with non-Ron Paul supporters! Don't be a hater!
There's things only a 'true Scotsman' would do, let's spread the message of Ron Paul and the idea of 'true Ron Paul' supporters to promote a higher standard for ourselves. But do it in a non-condescending way of course!
What do you guys think? Let's spread some love.
http://pagedata.appdata.com/pages/facebook/-/6233046685+21392801120+235203259169
As you can see Herman Cain netted the most additional likes in the last day and last 7 days, Paul a good chunk behind on the 7 days, but not too far behind in the last day.
Page Likes Category Today 7 Days
Ron Paul 558,853 Politician +2,108 +14,350
Mitt Romney 1,142,357 Politician +1,511 +10,108
Herman Cain 297,380 Public Figure +2,573 +22,323
Here's the graph with just Cain and Paul: http://pagedata.appdata.com/pages/facebook/-/6233046685+235203259169
I'd like to specifically point out that while we got a good chunk of money we hardly got any benefit on garnering new support that would reveal itself somewhat with likes.
I'm suggesting FB likes is a loose metric for determining how well we're doing to expand the base and on that front we don't seem to be doing great. We're far behind Romney and even Herman Cain is gaining on us today despite recent negative news about him (getting slammed on the 999 and abortion fronts).
Current likes for others:
Michelle Bachman: 459,906
Rick Perry: 168,009
Newt Gingrich: 155,901
Rick Santorum: 30,911
For comparison I also looked current 'Talking About' section and got these numbers:
Herman Cain: 74,715
Ron Paul: 64,034
Mitt Romney: 40,737
Michelle Bachman: 37,053
Newt Gingrich: 14,510
Rick Perry: 7,796
Rick Santorum:2,805
We're currently doing well on the talking front, but I fear we're doing too much talking to ourselves and not enough talking to others. My question is how can we focus more on expanding our support and Ron Paul's general likeability to (indirectly!) improve these numbers? What do these numbers mean to you? How do we expand the message faster so we can see a notable slope change on that graph?
My fear is we're focusing too much on these money bombs and relying on ads to expand the message and base and discounting our own power to influence the people in what tends to be a fairly financially cheap way. I'm suggesting perhaps instead of us putting all our effort into money bombs where we tend to keep tapping people that already support Ron Paul we focus instead on spreading the message and let the new blood serve both as an expanded base (the goal) and a means to new campaign money (since they've probably given little to none to Ron Paul already).
Let's do message bombs where we focus on getting the message itself out. Get people on board with the message and show them how Ron Paul supports it more than any other.
Another thing of note that may be hurting Ron Paul's like-ability is his supporters being unfriendly and hostile. As his supporters we need to be as polite and respectable as possible. Do not look at people not onboard as enemies even if they support many things you disagree with. Help them understand Ron Paul like you do, be kind, find common ground, and respect that there will be differences of opinion no matter how well things are explained. Let's help Ron Paul by openly supporting him and being better ourselves. Love thy 'enemy'! Make a special effort to be polite to everyone and set that as the standard to be upheld to legitimately call yourself a Ron Paul supporter. Don't be arrogant and if you have difficulty explaining something don't be afraid to ask for help and to step back in a discussion and say you're not sure but will get back to the person on the topic. We can't spread the message of peace if we're at war with non-Ron Paul supporters! Don't be a hater!
There's things only a 'true Scotsman' would do, let's spread the message of Ron Paul and the idea of 'true Ron Paul' supporters to promote a higher standard for ourselves. But do it in a non-condescending way of course!
What do you guys think? Let's spread some love.