MyGOP: loses money, complete disaster
Over at MyDD, they've got the news that the Republican Party's MyGOP portal -- intended to be a social networking and activism site -- has completely fallen flat.
Apparently, the RNC ran a promotion in which the top five participants who raised money from their friends would win an iPod. Well, the top five are:
GOP Bloggers - $498 Brian Bridgeforth - $426 Melissa Nolen - $150 Hank Gill - $100 Matthew Larvick - $50
Wow. Even a little bit of promotion should have helped the site pull in more than $1224. Looks like the RNC has some work to do to catch up on the online side of things.
Kari Chisholm | June 12, 2006 | Comments (4) |
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Very, very nice hehehe.
Shhh, though, we don't want them to realize they suck. I always worry when we gloat, that they will go, hey dang we do suck...hire some experts!
Posted by: derrick | Jun 12, 2006 9:18:49 AM
It's worth noting (as I do in the shameless blog plug below) that the Democratic version of this program hasn't done much better.
At least the Dems didn't give away any ipods.
http://www.ataridemocrat.com/2006/06/02/mygop-flops/
Posted by: AtariDan | Jun 12, 2006 9:50:03 AM
from a strictly technological point of view, GOP.com is far ahead of the DNC site. their problems raising money from the program probably come from issues with their donor base, not becuase they are behind the times with online technology.
Posted by: Jason | Jun 12, 2006 1:17:08 PM
I think comparing MyGOP with Democracy Bonds is just a bit unfair. MyGOP was a social networking effort, trying to get your friends to donate, while DB is much like a weekly tithing effort.
Posted by: Emmett O'Connell | Jun 12, 2006 8:33:02 PM
