From the Robert Sarvis campaign website, snapshot taken on 1:36 AM CST on August 22, 2013:
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George, that’s a big problem with “money bombs,” you’re asking a potential donor to withhold support until a specific date. Nine times out of ten, there is no followup to remind the donor to give.
The money bomb technique was given energy and buzz with Ron Paul as it was organic and it had urgency due to FEC deadlines.
Just about everyone else who tries money bombs was given a bad idea. The technique was an outlier for Paul that is too challenging to replicate.
For the more typical candidate, it’s just a tool to try to get donations they would not otherwise get. I would not advise anyone to hold off on a donation due to a “money bomb” that is more of a firecracker dud. If it happens to take off, you can decide whether it’s worth an additional donation at that point and whether you can afford it, if you haven’t maxed out.
I’ve talked to a Sarvis campaign volunteer and from what I heard, they get no help from the LP national party and very little from the state party, in terms of promoting their fundraising efforts, which limits their reach substantially.
DSZ and you donated?
They can work but they need to be promoted in advanced to gather the troops together so they can post these everywhere & bring in more people to help out and do the same.
The money bomb was extended and the goal was lowered to 25k, but last I checked (about 7 hours before it was over), it looked like he was still going to wind up with 10k or less. Sad :/
With a state of that size, his budgetary goal is common to a media plan.
Example
$1.00/per customer
$100,000 budget= 100,000 customers
To buy radio spots, mobile apps, niche magazines, purchase telemarketing firms and using a survey as part of your media plan is smart but not cheap.
It is necessary now to prove reach/impression to clients as to prove ROI.
Sarvis set the bar where it needs to be.
Agreed Steven, I donated $25 as well.
I hope all people reading this will match this amount and perhaps go even further!
I donated $25 to this myself even though I live in New York. I find it sad that libertarians around the country can’t make the effort to financially back up those rare candidates that are truly viable and running good campaigns. Until there’s concerted efforts to concentrate resources behind a few “best in class” candidates then I think campaign efforts will continue to see minimal success.
George, that’s a big problem with “money bombs,” you’re asking a potential donor to withhold support until a specific date. Nine times out of ten, there is no followup to remind the donor to give.
The money bomb technique was given energy and buzz with Ron Paul as it was organic and it had urgency due to FEC deadlines.
Just about everyone else who tries money bombs was given a bad idea. The technique was an outlier for Paul that is too challenging to replicate.
I think he should have set his goal at a more realistic $10,000, because reaching 5% of the goal on there looks bad…really bad.
Something to keep in mind next time.
I had just sent him a donation before the money bomb. If I had know about it, I would have waited so my contribution would have been included. Thanks for reporting on his campaign. A lot of people in Virginia are glad they have another choice other than the Dem and Rep this November.
For someone as intelligent as Sarvis, I’m surprised he was this delusional. Wow.