Earth to Volunteers: Phone From Home
Recently, the UTPL team has been getting recognition for the new Voter Fetch system. Meghann Olshefski from TechRepublican.com wrote a great summary of the system and how it can bring your campaign into the 21st century.
Are you looking for a new phone-from-home software for your campaign’s online grassroots efforts?
For some volunteers, showing up to a campaign headquarters to make phone calls can be an inconvenient and impossible feat. Every volunteer is different and many would like to help, but want to do so on their own terms and on their own schedule.
In a modern world, campaigns should do everything possible to make volunteering possible for mobile volunteers. Especially since many campaigns come down to the wire and GOTV efforts are the deciding forces in close races.
Today, Under The Power Lines launched VoterFetch.com a new tool designed to facilitate boots-on-the-ground grassroots activism for Republican and conservative campaigns.
VoterFetch.com increases the viral nature of campaign activity by giving supporters the ability to call voters from home.
Powered by Bivings Group developed technologies, VoterFetch.com is already being used in Beta by United States Senator Jim DeMint’s re-election campaign, US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s campaign for Governor of Texas, and the South Carolina Republican Party.
The company charges flat per-month fees for the application.
Don’t worry if you’re a smaller campaign – monthly fees are charged on a sliding scale, which means if you’re running for a state legislative seat you won’t be charged as much as a senate campaign would be and the price stays the same regardless of the number of volunteers who sign-up to use the tool.
Sure, there are other phone-from-home packages out there – how is VoterFetch.com different when it comes to price and functionality?
Under the Power Lines’ Wesley Donehue weighs in:
Voter Fetch is based on one concept in mind – simplicity. We didn’t include VOIP or make it too complicated because we want everyone to be able to use it. The biggest problem I’ve seen with other programs is that they’re just way too difficult for some folks to use.
As for the price, we might be the only ones who can provide this product for a cost affordable for every campaign level. A State House race can’t afford anything else I’ve seen.
If you don’t want to make the major commitment right away, you can try the service for 7 days, free of charge, to see if it fulfills your grassroots campaign needs.
Until then, happy calling.