Several days ago, I made a post saying I would build a free website for any conservative running against democrats or RINOs. The post gained quite a bit of attention with over 5,000 upvotes. I want to give everyone an update on what's going on.
Multiple people have contacted me offering to help with everything from graphic design to data analysis. Multiple people have contacted me saying they want to run for a local/state office. Multiple people have contacted me saying they want to donate (not taking donations but thank you so much!).
I never expected any of that. What happens when something falls into your lap? You take it and do big things! My plans moving forward are big. Really big.
828 Strategic (https://828strategic.com) will provide pro-bono campaign marketing services to conservative candidates who are running for state or local offices against democrats and RINOs. I've received so many offers from other people to help out, I'm starting to put together a team that will work alongside me in building websites, creating graphical assets, and working with social media.
If you have already contacted me, please know I am going to follow up with you soon!
I do need your help though. First, I need to talk to someone who is a lawyer or who knows campaign/political law very well. Second, if anyone else would like to volunteer to help out, please fill out this form and I'll get in touch. If you've already contacted me to help out, please don't worry about filling out the new form.
I read your first post and think it is a nice concept. Though any one that takes you up on this will fail. They need to put money and resources into digital to win. Getting a free Wordpress site without hardened servers and a domain name from Tucows in Canada is not the right approach.
I operate a tech and data company and do not see how you will overcome some of the obstacles that are bound to happen on a pro Bono basis.
Nevertheless, good luck and nice try to get people on board.
Most state and local candidates have crap sites. A well designed site optimized for SEO, including pages targeting their opponents, will be a nice boost. Imagine my name is Bob and I'm running against Mike. Mike is a dick so I have a page on my site discussing all of the ways Mike is a Dick. When someone googles Mike's name they will see the page on my site talking about how Mike is a dick.
That's not the main issue though. What I'm doing is freeing up time and resources of the candidate. They won't have to try and find someone to create a brand, logo, site, social media posts etc. etc. They can take the saved resources and time and use those on other opportunities.