Ron Paul Google Challenge
Submitted by Steven_Vasquez on Mon, 11/26/2007 - 14:29I think the power of our meetups and sign waving is having an impact (as well as the Nov 5th fundraising)! In addition, since Oct 31st I made a Google AdWords promoting Ron Paul limited to the Capital District in NY. Here is the trend:
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ron+paul&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=u...
(for fun add clinton and giuliani with commas on top, and change to your state)
As you can see, Albany has the most Ron Paul searches in the state. I don't think my token $100 campaign alone made it happen, because our "Google Ron Paul" banners and the MSM coverage of Nov 5th clearly shows spikes, but I am sure it helps.
If you (everyone) are willing to put $20 or more on your own Google AdWord campaign, I think it is one more thing that will help the campaign. Let's face it, 80% of the people are online and NY is so overwhelmingly Giuliani and Clinton that it will take the edge off. I am not saying do this instead of sign waving, door to door, phone calls to registered Republicans, or donating to the campaign, but this is an easy 20 minute exercise that has some impact.
On that note, I CHALLENGE THE OTHER MEETUP AREAS TO BEAT ALBANY IN GOOGLE TRENDS FOR RON PAUL. Nothing like good-all free market competition.
Some Suggestions:
1. Sign up at adwords.google.com
2. Use the standard edition instead of starter, because it lets you target your specific area (all of New York is too expensive) by zip code or city.
3. Don't use the prepay Credit card as it limits your options.
4. Put a budget limit to match what you can put in for the month.
Here are some of the ads I used (make your own variations):
Be a Ron Paul Volunteer
Did you know there are over 72K
supporters? Be Active locally.
ronpaul.meetup.com
Be a Ron Paul Volunteer
Don't be an Internet Spectator!
Be Active and volunteer locally.
ronpaul.meetup.com
Abolish the Fed Reserve
Return to a Free Market Economy.
Vote Ron Paul for President.
www.RonPaul2008.com
End the Iraq War
Bring Our Sons Home!
Vote Ron Paul for President.
www.RonPaul2008.com
Abolish the IRS
Don't work for 4 months for Gov't!
Vote Ron Paul for President.
www.RonPaul2008.com
Keywords I use (Less is better):
Ron Paul
federal income tax
iraq
war
federal reserve
patriot act
dollar
constitution
giuliani
gold
Finally, if you have any questions, feel free to email me, I am happy to help out.
Best,
Steven Vasquez
Saratoga County Ron Paul Organizer
Want to advertise
Living and working overseas makes it difficult to campaign for a candidate one believes in, so I'm intrigued by this ad idea. I'm thinking of running an ad in my hometown area, but I'm not sure how the whole thing works in terms of running time for the ad. Is there a 30 day minimum? Can I set the ad to run for 20 days? Does it automatically continue if I do nothing to stop it? I was on the adwords site, but I couldn't find that information. Can someone point me in the right direction?
I'm thinking of this for my ad:
Tight Christmas Budget?
Ron Paul is no Grinch!
He'll restore value to your dollar.
link to http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/debt-and-taxes/
Thanks,
yakamoz
Jesus is my Lord and my God, and Ron Paul, champion of all things freedom, including religion and the free exercise thereof, is my choice for president.
Once you sign up, you have
Once you sign up, you have full control over how much and how long you want to do it (no minimum time). You can even pick a spot on Google maps and do a radius of 20-500+ miles.
Read the original post for how to start.
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California
Our meetup has posted over 500 signs in our county over the past 2 weeks. Population of our county is roughly 250,00. We are number one. Compare to the larger cities in California and we can confirm that posting signs works.
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ron+paul&ctab=0&geo=US&geor=u...
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bumo
277,000 Impressions
BTW, my $100 gave over 277,000 impressions for Ron Paul.