This last Saturday in Nashville I held trainings on how to use the internet to collect vote pledges. As I promised, I put some additional resources on here to supplement the training.
Remember that the peer-to-peer model involves contacting young voters where they live and where they hangout, and that the popularity of online social networks have made the internet a place where Millennials do both.
Another important point is that you start with your own social network. That is, the people you directly know online. Once you have reached out to them, ask them to spread the vote pledge through their own social network.
The Facebook portion of my training was based largely on a post I wrote earlier on Facebook Group Membership Building. Check it out if you want more information.
You can find more on creating good emails here. Remember to have the call to action in the first paragraph.
A more extensive discussion of blog outreach and getting people that have large audiences to spread your message is available on my Blogger Outreach 101 post.
If you have any questions or ideas about collecting vote pledges on the internet, leave a comment or send me an email and I will try to get back to you ASAP.
It just amazes me the timing of my musings and Big Media’s synchronicity. I was
just thinking how the republican strategy plays off the emotions of vulnerable
emotion-based voters (the majority) and uses timing combined with scare tactics
to acheive its agendas. Then I flip on the TV and see CNN’s “Your Brain On
Politics” segment and I nearly fell off my chair laughing at their hubris. It’s
like they’re telling us ahead of time what’s coming up and daring us to see it.
The guffaws offscreen must be deafening.
It’s embarassing, shocking and quite a bit numbing to come to the realization
that one has been played like a fiddle. We want to believe we are above simple
deceit. We want to think we’re too smart to be taken like an idiot. Even the
best of us who’s hearts are in the right places can be blind to expert con men
and a carefully constructed and meticulously planned con like the GOP had in the
works years ago for this very moment in history.
Here’s their strategy in a nutshell…which has been recently modified due to
unexpected Clinton surprises. Originally their idea was to stonewall their
feared opponent (Clinton) and promote her easily-trounced rival. With Hillary
neatly out of the way they planned at that very moment to begin the
disembowelment of Obama via the same media that hand-walked him through the
primaries.
One problem: Hillary isn’t neatly out of the way… What to do? They are also
flexible and quick on their feet. I guess I left that out.
Their modified plan is now to paint McCain out as somewhat of a buffoon…within
reason of course…to “convince” democrats to support Obama, like he has a
chance, and drop any notion whatsoever of Hillary making a comeback. Like I
said, they want her NEATLY out of the way. Then when they think they’ve got her
out of the way, they’ll still play “fair” to Obama…but just not as fair as to
McCain on the Big republican media circus.
Here’s where the “Your Brain On Politics” comes in. With supreme timing and
using the maximum power of scare tactics….suddenly at the last moment…I
predict around October 15th give or take…there will suddenly be a huge media
blitz about increasing tensions in the Middle east and certain war with Iran
then as well. In this crises, this media-trumped critical moment, the
republicans will rope in last minute, I predict, millions of extra voters to
tilt the balance and win McCain the election. I can see his flabby white arms
shaking a saddened and shocked Obama’s in a conciliatory gesture the day after
the election.
Suddenly, the Iran “crises” will die down due to some “expert republican
manuevering” and the Obama campaign will be a fading memory.
You heard it here first. “Your Brain On Politics”. The gall to flaunt their ploy
as they put it into place. They bank on us having our blinders on. I’m here to
take them off.
How would Hillary thwart their plan? Simple. They know her supporters are
adamant and savvy to their BS from back in the day. Operation October 2008-gate
won’t work so easily. And under Hillary’s husband, the economy was the strongest
its been in US history. Those are numbers they just can’t beat down with their
Big Media sticks…as hard as they try.
They fear her diplomacy. They fear her stalwart and stubborn tenacity. They fear
her intellect and hands-on approach to tackling tough problems. And most of all
they fear her proven track record…something Obama doesn’t have..
Obama doesn’t have these qualities. “Hope” and “Change” will be hung on the rack
when frightened voters realize a decorated war veteran will get them through the
“Iran scare” in October.
Let’s show our young people how republicans play the game of politics. It’s nice
they have hopes and dreams and want starry-eyed change. But we know how the
slicks work. We’ve seen an election or ten. In these troubled times the older
and wiser voters must be heard above the young and hopeful.
If we don’t, we will be sorry.
The GOP intends to capitlize on fear. They’ve already ‘graciously’ offered
services of very conspicuous Men In Black…looking very fearful for Obama’s
safety. Subliminal message to on-the-fence voters..(or even stalwart Obama
supporters) “vote for this man and he won’t make it to the Inaguration”.
There is no trick too mean. No gimmick too underhanded. They will leave no
manipulation stone unturned.
Let’s show them who is smarter.
J. Dessel