Best Grassroots Idea I've heard in a long long time

[wfd40]

Courtesy of a rather young supporter from Lyman Hall High School named Dan no less!:

new campaign idea,
make signs saying
Ignore Ron Paul or Don\'t Google Paul in contrast with signs that say Google Ron Paul, in close proximity, so people driving by will see a Google Ron Paul sign then a little bit down the road they see an Ignore Ron Paul sign that looks like it was made by different people. then they go\"hmmmm, why would they want me to ignore him?\" If Positive assertions arent working enough might as well try negative, americans love negative

might double their curiousity to actually go and google him

just and idea feed back anyone?

this was followed by a sea of facebook chatter...

i think reverse campaigning has potential, if you want to target an issue just be like "stop (issue)...Stop Ron Paul for President"

ex
Keep the Killing... Keep Ron Paul Out!

Stop Lowering Taxes...Stop Ron Paul

More Big Brother, Less Ron Paul

Trade your Liberty for "security" election 2008
Dont vote Ron Paul

This has success written all over it imo...
having "google Ron Paul" and "don't google Ron Paul" signs around and close together is a simple & great idea

thoughts??

[ValidusCustodiae]

Wow, GREAT idea. I like the Don't Google Ron Paul sign near the Google Ron Paul sign idea, VERY suggestive!

[Michael Ingram]

Interesting. I think the "dueling signs" idea is good.

[Dary]

I don't like the idea.

[inibo]

You are a very funny person.

[NinjaPirate]

hehe, I was thinking about making signs that said:

"If you love the Income Tax Don't vote for Ron Paul"

and

"Why does everyone hate Ron Paul?"

[partypooper]

having "google Ron Paul" and "don't google Ron Paul" signs around and close together is a simple & great idea

interesting idea.

[wfd40]

I don't like the idea.

lolz! leave up to the kids to really 'think out of box'

[koob]

using the negative. who do we think we are, Fox News? I just don't know. Intriguing idea. I'll have to think more on it.

[purplechoe]

yes, no, maybe...

[rs3515]

I like the ones that are positives stated as a negative ... such as, "If you think we should stay in Iraq forever, then stop Ron Paul".

[OptionsTrader]

"Why is Fox News afraid of Ron Paul?"

[Cindy]

I like the ones that are positives stated as a negative ... such as, "If you think we should stay in Iraq forever, then stop Ron Paul".

me too!

[partypooper]

i think 'don't google' ron paul is the best of all. it makes you wonder why not google him, what could you possibly find, why would anybody object to googling...?

'if you want taxes, war etc then vote ron paul' is ok but ordinary. i wouldn't put a really negative sign ("ron paul is a wacko") put 'don't google ron paul' does sound interesting to me.

[gpickett00]

I like "Stop Lowering taxes, Stop Ron Paul" straight and to the point.

[wfd40]

I like "Stop Lowering taxes, Stop Ron Paul" straight and to the point.

me too...

So far its that one and "don't google Ron Paul"

Alert the Meetups!

[centure7]

using the negative. who do we think we are, Fox News? I just don't know. Intriguing idea. I'll have to think more on it.

I wonder if there is a way to comparison-test this idea.

[wfd40]

don't over think it guys...

Just pretend you have no idea who Ron Paul is...

You're driving home from work, perhaps wondering what the heck happened to all that extra money you used to have after each and every paycheck...

When all of a sudden you see:
"GOOGLE Ron Paul"

certainly catchy enough... but unfortunately, like most thoughts.. its quickly forgotten..

UNTIL...

You see another sign telling you:
"DONT GOOGLE Ron Paul"

The Wheels begin to spin ... the name begins to stick..

The one-two punch lands home.

[alien]

I would not put anything negative as someone already mention like "don't google Ron Paul". Remember the old rule about first impressions. But where the positive is made to look like a negative sounds good. Like "Stop lower taxes, Stop Ron Paul". As long as the point is clear enough.

[alien]

I just saw your follow up post. Maybe that would work putting the positive google first. As long as people don't start thinking a bunch of people don't like Ron Paul.

[justinc.1089]

I would hope you people are joking.

Do you think Coke would advertise by making a commercial that had people throwing out Coke saying it tastes bad or something like that?

Because thats what you're doing here. You can't advertise Paul's name by saying anything negative about it. If McDonald's came out with a new burger tomorrow, and I told you "Don't Try the McAwesome Burger" then will you try it? Of course not. But if I said "Try the McAwesome Burger, it really is awesome" then you probably will try it.

Signs and things like that really come down to mostly just being advertising for name recognition mostly. They can't tell about the candidate's views much so mainly it just gets their name out to people, just like an advertisement does for a product. So the approach is the same, so if you wouldn't advertise something a certain way you shouldn't put out Paul's name that way either.

People are too dumb to get the idea anyway. Fox news and the major media censors Paul, and most people are so dumb they would never even consider that as being possible, much less believe it. So they will never get to the point to where they think "Why would Fox want to stop Ron Paul?," and they will never get to that point with this type of campaigning either.

If they see a sign for Ron Paul or something like that, and then they see a bad sign about him, they will think he has strong opposition, and that there must be legitimate reason for that opposition, like he wants to do something bad.

This is a terrible idea. How about instead of putting something negative out about Paul you simply put something else GOOD about him out? Now there's an awesome idea.

[saahmed]

I don't think the "Don't Google Ron Paul" signs are that great of an idea. But at rallies and such you could use signs that stay stuff like "Don't vote for Paul if you love Income Tax" or "Don't vote Paul if you hate liberty". Phrases along those lines are not negative and they should have some appeal.

[moonbat]

Well I know if I saw a sign that said don't Google something, I'm gonna damn well Google it to find out what it's about.

[alicegardener]

I'd stay away from negative statements even though its sounds like a good idea. I have just had too much grief from people who have zero reading comprehension and neither curiosity nor a sense of humor. To be foolproof, MAKE IT EASY.

[justinc.1089]

Wow! I just had like an awesome new campaigning idea! You know those slogans and things the campaign put serious time and thought into? Well, what if we actually use those and try to reach the campaign's own goals!!??!!?!

I know that would mean reaching monthly goals and using slogans that say positive things like "Hope for America" but I think we can do it!

Seriously people the wheel has been invented here, and you're trying to re-invent it, but you're only re-inventing the wheel into a wierd useless square thing that won't work. Negative in advertising is simply stupid. Stick to the slogans already made. The Ron Paul R[evol]ution slogan is far out already. In some cases just that is too much. Like I have said before there's a reason campaign slogans are almost always subtle.

[ClayTrainor]

what if we somehow throw the media in there.

i.e.

"CNN, FOX News, and ABC, Do Not Want You To

GOOGLE RON PAUL"

btw... great thread, we are really brainstorming some fresh marketing concepts here... keep it up

[justinc.1089]

Hmm I would give that one a little thought, I don't think its good but I would think about it for a second, but its too long for signs or anything anyway.

Plus there are already more than enough options for things.--

Hope for America
Restore the Republic
The Ron Paul R[EVOL]UTION
End the IRS
The Taxpayer's Best Friend
Ron Paul Liberty, Prosperity, and Peace

Thats 6 slogans somewhat used by the campaign that I just thought of. One of those has to be good enough to use instead of something negative.

[wfd40]

I would hope you people are joking.

Do you think Coke would advertise by making a commercial that had people throwing out Coke saying it tastes bad or something like that?

Because thats what you're doing here. You can't advertise Paul's name by saying anything negative about it. If McDonald's came out with a new burger tomorrow, and I told you "Don't Try the McAwesome Burger" then will you try it? Of course not. But if I said "Try the McAwesome Burger, it really is awesome" then you probably will try it.

Signs and things like that really come down to mostly just being advertising for name recognition mostly. They can't tell about the candidate's views much so mainly it just gets their name out to people, just like an advertisement does for a product. So the approach is the same, so if you wouldn't advertise something a certain way you shouldn't put out Paul's name that way either.

People are too dumb to get the idea anyway. Fox news and the major media censors Paul, and most people are so dumb they would never even consider that as being possible, much less believe it. So they will never get to the point to where they think "Why would Fox want to stop Ron Paul?," and they will never get to that point with this type of campaigning either.

If they see a sign for Ron Paul or something like that, and then they see a bad sign about him, they will think he has strong opposition, and that there must be legitimate reason for that opposition, like he wants to do something bad.

This is a terrible idea. How about instead of putting something negative out about Paul you simply put something else GOOD about him out? Now there's an awesome idea.

marketing 101 man...

If they google Ron Paul.. guess what comes up ...

A lot of kick ass Content! (videos like 'a new hope', ronpaul08.com, this message board).

The hard part is getting people who have no idea who he is (which unfortunately is a lot of folks out there) intrigued enough to Google the good doctor.

=)

[jake]

"dont google ron paul" is intriguing but should probably be used very limited, keep 99% of the promotion 100% positive

[wfd40]

"dont google ron paul" is intriguing but should probably be used very limited, keep 99% of the promotion 100% positive

definitely...

That why I agree with the original idea man that it should be applied in close proximity to a "pro-Paul" message..