Patch Throughs in the Real World

When the Iowa legislature and governor made moves to change the antiquated, convoluted and unfair way in which Supreme Court Justices were nominated in Iowa, the CampaignHQ team was brought on board.

 

Over the last twenty years, grassroots conservatives have been troubled by the inequity of this process. But previous efforts to change it had failed, even with Republican control of the legislature and Governor’s office.

 

In 2019, CampaignHQ worked on a patch through project for the FAMiLY Leader, an organization devoted to strengthening families and inspiring Christ-like leadership, in their effort to once and for all, pass this legislation.

 

We worked with the FAMiLY Leader team to help them achieve their goals. At the start of their project, patch through calls were directed at 10 of the most influenceable lawmakers at the rate of 5 to 10 patch throughs per day over the span of three weeks. Based on the need to exert influence, some legislators received up to 70 patch through calls while others received only 10.

 

The effort to reform Iowa’s judicial system was successful when shortly thereafter the bill passed both chambers and was signed into law by Gov. Reynolds.

 

In the end, 90% of legislators receiving patch throughs ultimately voted in favor of the bill.

 

While the FAMiLY Leader’s coalition was outspent, out manned, and had the media working against them, they prevailed and successfully passed most significant changes to Iowa’s judicial nominating process in the last 50 years.

 

Proving once again, that legislators crave constituent input, are moved to action by hearing from their friends and neighbors and a patch through program is a impactful way to make a big change.

Win Your Issue With Patch Through Calls

Nicole Schlinger

At CampaignHQ, we are the experts at helping you deliver your message. But what you should know is that we’re not just winging it. When it comes to communicating with voters, elected officials or members of your organization, we have years of experience and tried and true methods for effectively setting you apart from the rest. On top of that, we keep up with research and pay special attention to where things in our industry are headed.

Sometimes in this business, the best science is to listen directly to what elected officials and their staff members are sharing. Back in 2016, the New York Times conducted interviews with several experts, handling the day-to-day communications for elected officials. The biggest takeaway was the very best way to deliver your message to them is through the phone.

Social media, snail mail, in person visits, nothing has the same weight to a congressional office as a large volume of calls. What’s more, the better the person could articulate the issue, the more effective the call.

Here’s where CampaignHQ can help. When it comes to patch through calls, we’ve got the experience, the script-writing knowledge and the data management to help you really succeed.

With our patch through program, we’ll call your universe, educate them about your issue, patch them through to their particular legislator, and let them inform the lawmaker how they’d like them to vote.

This is a tremendously impactful way to communicate with legislators, and make sure your issue is getting the most attention. Even Congressional staff and lawmakers agree.

No matter the issue, the state, the member of Congress you’re trying to reach – we will help you effectively educate voters about your issue as well as influence the lawmaker with the patch through and you will win your issue.

Turn to CHQ

I’ve been harping on this for a few weeks, but I want to be clear – you do not have to feel beholden to big tech companies. Whether you’re an issue advocacy group or a campaign – the experts at CHQ will help you keep things moving forward instead of waiting around to see what big tech is going to allow you to do.

 

It’s time to turn to CHQ:

Nicole Schlinger

 

If you are a campaign or an issue advocacy organization, you can no longer rely on social platforms to deliver your message. Telephone townhalls are an effective way to communicate a message to an audience of thousands, over the phone and online. Update your membership and keep them engaged on your issues.

 

 

Nicole Schlinger

If you are a campaign or an issue advocacy organization, you can no longer rely on social platforms to deliver your message. Patch through calls empower YOU to identify like-minded people, educate them about your issue, and transfer them directly to their lawmaker’s office to make their voice heard. This tactic will help you target the fence sitters and focus your resources. #WeCanHelp

 

Nicole Schlinger

You cannot rely on Big Tech overlords to deliver your message. Time to quickly build membership or support for your issue with a telephone petition drive. Our CampaignHQ representatives explain your cause and ask the voter to add his/her name to your petition, collect emails, and recruit volunteers. #WeCanHelp

Don’t Be Held Hostage by Big Tech

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What began with political campaigns last fall is now silencing and limiting the reach of issue advocacy organizations.

 

With state legislatures and Congress back in session, how will you make your voice heard with people whose lives will be impacted by the laws they pass?

You cannot rely on Big Tech overlords to deliver your message. (They won’t.) Even if you’ve developed a following on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram … you don’t own that audience … they do!  This is an existential threat to liberty-minded and conservative organizations.

 

I don’t want YOUR organization – your important work on behalf of the issues – to be the next victim of capricious Big Tech overlord.

Our sole mission at CampaignHQ is to make sure YOUR voice is heard.

We can communicate directly with the people who need to hear your message and mobilize them to take action.

Here’s how we can help:

Patch through calls empower YOU to identify like-minded people, educate them about your issue, and transfer them directly to their lawmaker’s office to make their voice heard. This tactic will help you target the fence sitters and focus your resources.

Peer-to-peer texting isn’t just for campaign turnout. You can mobilize activists to support key legislation by sending a text message with an informative video or a link on how to engage elected officials. This will help you connect and converse with your allies and even open a new fundraising channel.

Telephone townhalls are a powerful, effective way to communicate a message to an audience of thousands, over the phone and online. Update your membership and keep them engaged on your issues. We’ll help you record your files for a pre-call, live answer, voicemail and even post call.

Quickly build membership or support for your issue with a telephone petition drive. Our CampaignHQ representatives explain your cause and ask the voter to add his/her name to your petition, collect emails, and recruit volunteers. Each day, you receive a list of newly recruited, enthusiastic supporters to immediately plug into your grassroots efforts.

Nothing motivates a politician quite like hearing from their constituents.

We can help you get the avalanche of public opinion started.

Give us a call and our talented team will help you put together a creative plan to make your voice heard and help you win.

1-888-722-4704

They’re Back!

Across the country, state legislatures are reconvening, and new Congress is already at work in Washington, DC.

Unlike 2020, this year’s legislative sessions will not be cancelled. In fact, newly elected leaders are making up for lost time. We expect record activity as politicians either try to make their campaign promises into law or break those promises with the hope that constituents do not notice.

In many states and at the federal level, lawmakers are looking under every proverbial “couch cushion” to find a few extra bucks to fill massive budget gaps.

If you do not want your members unfairly targeted for tax hikes or burdensome regulations, you need a strategy to make your voice heard.

In pre-pandemic times, you may have planned a trip to the Capitol or attended your lawmaker’s local townhall meetings. With the vaccine still months away for most Americans, personal access to lawmakers will be difficult, if not impossible.

You need a new plan to reach lawmakers and make sure the voice of YOUR PEOPLE is heard. 

We can help you craft a creative, WINNING strategy!

 

The best way to get a politician’s attention is to mobilize constituents to voice their support or opposition to pending legislation.

One important distinction – not all contacts are created equal. Anyone on The Hill will tell you, calls matter. In a deeper dive on the issue, The NY Times noted:

“Activists of all political stripes recommend calling legislators, not just emailing — and certainly not just venting on social media….A phone call from a constituent can, indeed, hold more weight than an email, and far outweighs a Facebook post or a tweet.”

Nicole Schlinger

Patch Through Calls

CampaignHQ can help you generate these all-important telephone contacts with a smartly run patch through campaign.

Patch through calls empower YOU to identify like-minded people, educate them about your issue, and transfer them directly to their lawmaker’s office to make their voice heard.

To run an effective patch through campaign, our campaign experts will help you:

1. Target the Fence Sitters

There’s no need to waste limited resources on someone who is solidly in your camp or firmly against you. However, it can be helpful to send a few positive patches into an office to give backup to someone taking a tough vote on your behalf.

2. Keep It Conversational

Our script writing professionals will make sure your script is simple and straight to the point. Constituents are not immersed in the unique language of your industry. They want to know what the issue is, how it affects them, and how they can make a difference.

3. Coordinate Your Efforts

Patch through calls are a powerful tool, but they are even better when coordinated with your ongoing advocacy efforts.

Peer-to-Peer Texting

Peer-to-Peer texting isn’t just for campaign turnout.

To execute an effective P2P plan, our campaign experts will help you:

1. Mobilize Your Membership

Interest groups can mobilize activists to support the key legislation by sending a text message with an informative video or a link on how to engage their elected officials.

2. Connect and Converse with your Allies

The value of peer-to-peer texting is that a real human being is making a connection with another. Our team reads and responds to every text so the target audience is getting a real, two-way conversation.

3. Open a New Fundraising Channel

Engaging by text message can even be an effective way to raise money. Personalized messages, pictures, GIFs, links and videos help the audience buy in to what you’re selling and have the tool to donate right at their fingertips.

Telephone Townhalls

The vaccine may be rolling out across the country, but it will be a long time before people are comfortable with in-person events. If you’re an interest group, one way to mobilize your membership on important issues and keep them engaged is with telephone townhalls.

To run an effective telephone townhall, our campaign experts will help you:

1. Put in the work before the event

The most active and involved participants in any telephone townhall are those who proactively dial in to the event, so focus on contacting those who will be interested. We’ll help you with a text message, automated call, email, or social media post to help you get the word out.

2. Prepare, Prepare, Prepare

It’s important to approach a telephone townhall with the same level of preparation as any in-person event. CampaignHQ has the expertise when it comes to: planning the flow and structure of questions, producing a quality line-by-line, and even acting as a moderator.

3. Have an interesting conversation 

We can help you to ensure you hold your audience with a conversation WORTH having by keeping the conversation fast and lively. We’ll also help you construct poll questions to keep your audience engaged.

4. Keep it going after the event

After your successful event, it’s time to take the most valuable segments of your interactive conversation and share them with an even larger audience by using a recording of your event and sharing it on social channels as well as sending peer-to-peer text messages sharing the event.

Politicians are always thinking about their next re-election. Hearing from one constituent after another on a particular issue is a way you can capitalize on that fact. Elected officials are good people who want to do right by their constituents.

Give us a call today and let us start delivering your message.

These tools aren’t just for advocating to legislators.

If you are a legislator, you should be utilizing these strategies to reach out and have real conversations with your constituents.

Now is the time to allow constituents to engage with you by asking their questions, meeting them right where they are, and building your lists for the next cycle.

Let us help you get started.  1-888-722-4704

Reach Voters Without The Worry

Nicole Schlinger COVID 19

Now that the Coronavirus has reached the U.S., we’re seeing lawmakers cut back on townhall meetings and public events and associations cancel their “Day on the Hill,” in an effort to stem the spread. While it’s important to keep the public safe, it is also problematic for lawmakers trying to interact with constituents, or organizations trying to use grassroots pressure to make headway on a critically important issue.

CampaignHQ can help you reach voters without the worry.

If you’re an elected official, CampaignHQ can help you still have an open, in-person conversation with a telephone townhall. This is particularly helpful and reassuring that your constituents will be protected but still have that important dialogue with you.  Voters have the chance to ask questions, voice their opinions, and this serves as a way to relay your message about important legislation or updates on the public health assessments in your state.

While door knocking may become difficult as voters are even more apprehensive than normal to open their door, you can still open the door to a meaningful two-way conversation with conTEXT peer to peer text message conversations. ConTEXT reaches voters right where they are with a quick note, link to important information or even a brief video message from you.

If you’re an organization, you may soon find your group is less inclined to visit the capitol to lobby their legislators – but that doesn’t mean the lawmaking has been halted. CampaignHQ can help you still reach elected officials, making your position known and your voice heard on important issues with patch through calls.

Now more than ever, it is important for legislators and voters to interact. CampaignHQ is committed to helping you keep the conversation open in this difficult and uncertain time.

If you are concerned about how to communicate with your audience in this uncertain environment, please respond to this email or give me a call at  (888) 722-4704, and let’s set up a time to talk.

Nicole Schlinger