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I was hoping it'd hit at least 1,000 for the money bomb, but at the rate it's going to get even halfway there (500), it doesn't look too likely.
Still think a Ron Paul e-mail need to be sent.
We need to inform everyone on myspace/facebook.
610 members have visited the forum in the last 24 hours, more than have pledged at kentuckyfight.com. Maybe people aren't willing to commit to the hundred, but will contribute, and hopefully will get swept up in the excitement on the day of. Still, quite inexcusable, Rand is the man to get behind 100%. I think we'll drag more of our compatriots into the fight the closer we get to the primary.
The facebook group has over 1,000 members
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=121122948545
I've been saying for a while now this money bomb idea is done with. It was overused and it's not going to work anymore. Need a new internet fundraising concept.
But it worked only a short time ago, raising over half of Rand's total contributions in one day. However, I'm sure that there's enough creativity here to come up with some cool permutations on the concept.Originally Posted by brandonyates
That is bunk. Rand Paul took in over 430,000 dollars on August 20th. Schiff took in hundreds of thousands on August 7th.
It's a combination of money bomb saturation and poor promotion. We can still organize this to be highly successful (meaning $250,000+), there is still plenty of time if people here get active.
August 7th (Schiff)
August 20th (Paul)
September 9th (Schiff)
September 17th (Germond)
September 23rd (Paul)
Like I said: saturation. After this, the next Rand Paul money bomb probably shouldn't be till November 5th.
Why don't we e-mail the group then?
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This money bomb will do better than we think, twice as many aren't signed up.
Another money bomb idea, could be the "money hour" - a chosen hour on a day in which everybody donates. We could pick a time that best suits the time zones and after most are out of work, and since there are so many races, we could condense these smaller money bombs into an hour, much more motivating and would have the same effect afterwards for people to donate... I think this has potential in the off-season elections and the smaller races.
It's the natural progression of the money bomb for the off-season... what do you all think?
It's the "stealth" lazer guided money bomb....even more lethal
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A lot of people who didn't sign up will donate. I never sign those pledge things. I don't even think we should have a pledge count. It's pointless.
True, but it's good to know how much we will have if not a single other soul donates. If 500 people sign the pledge, that gives him $50,000 right off the bat. The next money bomb for any candidate shouldn't be until November, and even that's pushing it. The next one should probably be in December at the earliest.
If nothing else, we now know that 5 money bombs, four being for our two Senate Candidates, within 46/47 days is a bad idea. Two within 60 is fine, but four within 45 is not.
as for big moneybombs at the moment i totaly agree. the one for schiff this month shouldnt have tryed to sneak in if they expected big results but thats no reasion not do do smaller scale ones in addition to the larger efforts
the one for rand seemed a little early but with the trey fundraiser happenin it was and still is a good date and im still hoping to see some decent numbers
i also think that there should be a way to sign up for email reminders for these things without pledging 100 dollars as im sure some who dont stay on top of things as much dont forget about them after they have seen them scince they couldnt commit 100 bux
hopefully we should see things pick up more and more as we get closer to the elections
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Isn't the point of a money bomb to make it big? Small money bombs seem pointless to me. People can donate whenever they want to, but it seems the best for a particular candidate to do it all in one day. The smaller candidates (Jaynee, RJ, Kokesh) can have one whenever they want, but it will be just that, a small money bomb.
Agreed. And considering the circumstances, getting Schiff to over $1 million seems reasonable too, but it shouldn't have been called a money bomb.
Agreed. I never sign up for the pledges either, but that doesn't mean I don't donate. I prefer to throw $20 in every time, and if there are six or seven money bombs before the Primary, I'll have given $140.
We should. This is one of the few places that cares about politics outside of election years.
As for things that are more important than money bombs right now:
* Getting the Libertarian/Constitution Party to help Rand/Schiff/other Liberty Candidates. A.K.A. Tell them to support our candidate and not run against him/her.
* Talk to the media, get name recognition. Try and get in good with an editorial board or two and have them endorse a Liberty candidate.
* Lining up volunteers. The campaigns have hopefully already gathered a bunch of people in their respective states to canvass for them.
There are others, but those are starting points.
Again, I will bring up the idea of a "money hour" - a designated hour on a day we choose, promoted like a money bomb.
Most of us realize the bigger the money bomb starts out in the beginning hours, the more likely people are to donate through out the day.
Therefore, choose an hour on a day and promote it... in off elections this would prove to be our winning ticket to bringing in funds.
No joke. I offered to take two full weeks off of work and travel to KY at my own expense to campaign for Rand if they just told me when the most advantageous time would be for me to do so, and no one ever responded.
I think Rand & Peter should share money bomb dates.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=209897 Someone has taken credit for it.
That's not good. When would you want to complete that, though? Theoretically, they would only need people from February or March onwards.
Didn't see that thread, but if you look at my original post in this thread(last post 1st page), the time I posted was several hours before this other thread you linked to. Who cares about the credit for it what does everybody think about it?
Share some thoughts....
I don't think people are expecting any record breaking money bombs in the off-season, therefore we should shorten the time frame of the money bombs...
I forwarded that email to one of the coordinators.
No doubt, spring will be the best time to come March up to May 18th....
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Just messin' with ya, I knew you were first. And yeah, a good and very unselfish point.
LOL... Nice! glad u got an opinion on this. I thinks a damn good idea.
Then evenetually it could all take place within a "minute"
Breaking news: Rand receives $1million dollars in one single minute! New World Record!!!!
Anyone interested in discussing this "one hour money bomb" any further should go here:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=209897
we have one more week to promote this !!
You're a dumbass too...
I dont understand why on these pledge sites it's always 100. Couldn't people pledge a certain dollar amount? I will probably donate on the 23rd but only give 25 dollars. I won't pledge on the site obviously. So we end up playing these guessing games like "we have so many people signed up, but X amount of people haven't pledged on the site so we can really expect to raise-"
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Can a website handle thousands of people donating in the same minute or hour? And if you want to help get more pledges, help here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=207856
there are so many candidates that need money is also a problem. I think the new idea should be a money carpet bomb. just freak'n take a day and donate to all candidates instead of multiple days for multiple candidates.
Can we get Rand to pull a Joe Wilson somehow?
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Yeah but do not apologize like an idiot. Wilson could have gotten a lot more traction if he didn't apologize and more media coverage.
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