How many times a day do you get emails that you realize were sent in error? How many times do you send emails to one place when you meant to send them somewhere else?
Check out this email (below) that I got from the Dodd campaign. Tell me what you think it is...
So... I'm on the Dodd email distribution list, among several others.
I recently recieved this email (Tim Tagaris is the Internet Communications Director at Chris Dodd for President). It contained no subject line. Here is the text:
Tim,
I made a few small changes to your email draft -- you'll see them below.
Would have sent to the entire list myself, but I could only figure out how to send this test.
I know you're concerned about sending another fundraising email, but we're only $40,000 short of hitting our November goal, and that money will help keep us on the air and talking about ending the war in Iraq and the Constitution. And honestly, our supporters online are so terrific and have come through for us every time.
Plus, with votes on the war and retroactive immunity coming up, our leadership will help keep the pressure on other presidentials to keep their word.
Ask people to give at this link so we can track the goal publicly.
http://chrisdodd.com/...
Thanks,
Sheryl Cohen
Campaign Manager, Chris Dodd for President
On Nov 30, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Tim Tagaris wrote:
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On the face of it, it seems like she just goofed and accidentally sent it to the entire list. I mean, she starts out claiming she doesn't know how to send to the list, so this was just an honest mistake, right?
Oh goody! thinks the unintended recipient reader. I get a glimpse inside the actual deliberations of the campaign. They are debating about whether to send out another fundraising email. Maybe they are worrying about looking desperate. But they are so close to their goal! (actually, they are barely past halfway)
Then the skeptic notices. The (not so) subtle ego stroking and compliments being handed out to these very same unintended recipients: "...our supporters online are so terrific and have come through for us every time..."
Add in all the positive messaging about the war and the retroactive immunity and it all fits into place.
This isn't a deliberation. This is a deliberate pitch to their base donors to give again. But it was a marvelously clever one. In one stroke they get their fundraiser out, without looking desperate and in a format that is more likely to get attention than the regular pitch by itself. I thought it merited the brief diary and a little recognition.
For full disclosure, I am actually supporting Edwards, but I thought this tactic deserved some snaps, so I thought I would reprint their request here, or for you to at least get a good smile out of it. Here is the text of the email that was attached to the message above. Help them out if you have the means and inclination:
Dear Friend,
Think about it for a second. Do you truly know what you'll get from the other candidates if they win the nomination?
If you really want the answer to that question, don't ask a person where they are going -- ask them where they have been.
Why do some candidates spend as much time apologizing for a career full of bad votes as they do talking about how they'll remedy the fallout if elected?
Why can't we get the simplest of answers to the straight questions from others?
And why do some just flat out skip the tough votes?
From authoring the Family and Medical Leave Act to his often single-handed efforts to restore the Constitution, you know what to expect from a Dodd Administration.
We set a goal about a week and a half ago to raise $100,000 online and we'll need your help right now if we're going to meet it.
Please get us there by contributing $25 right now.
http://chrisdodd.com/...
Thirty-four days.
If you feel strongly about our fight to end the war in Iraq, prevent war with Iran, and restore the Constitution, we need your support right now.
Our field operation is humming along and our current "Restoring the Constitution and Rule of Law tour" is drawing larger crowds than we've seen at any point in the campaign.
But we need your help to keep it going.
Thirty-four days.
Your contribution right now will ensure we have the resources necessary to continue the fight through January 3rd.
http://chrisdodd.com/...
You've come through for us every time.
Not much time left.
Let's get it done.
Tim Tagaris
Chris Dodd for President