"For crying out loud, the Ron Paul 2012 signs are already up on campus."

I love it! Tweet of the day!

Now, wouldn't it be even better to have posters up on your campus promoting the Money Bomb and the upcoming presidential debate on Thursday, May 5th? Many schools just have a few more days of classes left, so it's important to activate the new Ron Paul supporters into your local Meetup groups before they empty out for the summer.


What are you doing on your campus?

As seen on: http://dailypaul.com/node/162958

UPDATE:

Just tonight, I spoke with a business owner I had in mind for hosting the debate watching party. And guess what? He's now a Ron Paul supporter! If I hadn't of reached out and asked about hosting the event, I wouldn't have known that we now have another business owner ally in our community--wanting to take an active part in our group.

This is part of what it means to do Business Canvassing. This is when you ask a few questions of business owners to find out what their political leanings are. Keep in mind, that you shouldn't expect to demand that they put up a Ron Paul sign right away, but they may be open to hosting events, donating and, yes, sometimes they are crazy enough to put up a sign.

Will Ron Paul Announce Tomorrow? - Special Announcement

LAKE JACKSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Congressman Ron Paul will be in Des Moines, Iowa tomorrow, April 26th, to make an important announcement about his political organization.

Dr. Paul will hold a press conference at 3:45 pm CT in the Library Room at the north end of the Holiday Inn Des Moines Airport, located at 6111 Fleur Drive in Des Moines. Members of the Media are most welcome to attend.


Contacts
Liberty PAC
Jesse Benton

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110425006313/en/Media-Advisory-Ron-Paul-Des-Moines-Tomorrow

Campaigning for Ron Paul 2012

So, do you want to be involved to some degree in the upcoming Ron Paul campaign?

If so, here are the basics that you need to learn and don't skip the 6 Essential Rules

of campaigning at the bottom of this note.

1. This campaign will not be won on facebook, gasp!

You will need to get involved with your local Republican party, another gasp!

After all, you will be campaigning first for the Republican nomination. Hence,

you will need to convince actual blue haired old ladies, who only watch Fox News,

that they should vote for the Champion of the Constitution. Yes, it can be done.

2. Find or start your local Meetup group for Ron Paul.

Go explore here: http://www.meetup.com/

(Careful, there might be several groups--some defunct.)

Here are the best grassroots sites that will keep you informed.

Go ahead and sign up to get an account on both of these sites or at least

bookmark them for later.

http://dailypaul.com/

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/

And if you are going deeper into exploring libertarian philosophy and Austrian economics:

http://mises.org/

My favorite usage of the site is falling to sleep while listening to something from the

huge library of audio books or lectures. Top notch for the intellectual who likes to

actually listen, too.

Events

I won't bore you too much in this note, but there are 3 major events you need to plan for.

They involve traveling to Iowa and maybe even New Hampshire. While you probably won't

be able to vote for Dr. Paul at these events. The friends you will meet and the lessons you

will learn about campaigning will change your life. If you plan now, you can ask off work

and adjust your schedule. Don't worry about food and lodging--there will be so many

projects for funding all of that.

Make plans now to attend the Iowa Straw Poll this coming August 13th.

August 13, 2011 - Ames, IA

Ames Straw Poll

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll

Later your help will be put into practice during the Iowa Caucus in January? of 2012 or

in New Hampshire. If you are serious about this, just plan now to spend Christmas in

Iowa or New Hampshire.

Okay, here's the important part. The key to being a good campaigner for a political

candidate involves cultivating a basic understanding of marketing and sales. By the way,

it is possible to keep your moral integrity through this process--but it is a tricky, no doubt.

You should never lie and misrepresent the truth--but this doesn't mean you bury your head

in the sand and not learn how TO SELL.

Canvassing is the process by which you interact with an individual, qualify that they are

a likely voter and persuade them to support the candidate you are representing.

The overarching principle to learn is to never show your cards before they show

you their cards. You need to know how to best approach each individual you speak with.

Here are 6 rules to guide you when selling your candidate:

1. Don't make your issue their issue.
2. Don't get into debates.
3. Don't go down rabbit holes.
4. Don't be afraid to say, "I don't know."
5. Don't trash-talk other candidates.
6. When you make a sale, stop selling.

I could write a couple paragraphs on each of these points, but I'll leave it at this for now...

And, wow, number 4 is profound! I'm considering adding a final step of "asking for a

commitment." If you've sold someone on your idea or candidate, you need to involve them

in an action that they can take to fulfill their verbal commitment.

This list was inspired by a video about campaigning for Ron Paul found here:

http://youtu.be/Ib1EEFzRqW4

That's all for tonight.

Aaron

Six Rules for Effective Campaigning

Master these 6 rules:

1. Don't make your issue their issue.


2. Don't get into debates.


3. Don't go down rabbit holes.


4. Don't be afraid to say, "I don't know."


5. Don't trash-talk other candidates.


6. When you make a sale, stop selling.

Inspired by this video from 2007...still applicable.
...more to come.