Analysis of the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign: Ground Swell

I’ve been following the Ron Paul 2008 Presidential campaign since early summer taking a special interest in how he and his supporters are using the Internet to build his popularity.

The Internet is the perfect place to spread the initial word about anything –it’s very low cost, it does not take all that amount of time and just about anyone with a video camera and some writing skills can even put up a video.

I talked a few weeks ago about many Internet users being at the cutting edge of things in this article. Little did I know the effect of the 5th of November. What I predicted would take another month has now occurred in just weeks thanks to the campaign of one person who organized the 5th of November fund raiser.

In the “wave” example I discussed, the wave needed support for it to keep going and even grow. That support has started. In the image that I’ve posted above, from ronpaulgraphs.com (http://www.ronpaulgraphs.com), shows that the fund raising goal of $12 Million will be reached before mid-December, leaving the rest of the month to reach anywhere from $16 Million (which the campaign is on track for now) to what I estimate will be near $20 million. Yes, the buzz is building. The steam engine is OUT of the STATION and is making great progress!

What Have I learned from this to Build Traffic for the Rich Ssage?

I have come up with a 5-point plan to make sure that I reach the 1,000+ average visitor count that I am seeking before the end of the year.

I’ll discuss those elements in my next post.

Rich Sage.