I’ve been working on this project with a fellow patriot for some 10 months on and off. At any rate, we have formed a new division of Darkstar Incorporated (home of the Congressional Hammer) called the American Center for Constitutional Government. We formed this division for the express purpose of showcasing constitutional/conservative candidates for the upcoming 2010 Congressional Elections. Here is the link to our Candidate Video Showcase: http://www.acfcg.com. Please note that we are still developing, but the site is live.
On the Video Showcase page (http://www.acfcg.com/?pid=36), please be sure to play the Bill Parson video to see how the videos are displayed. This is our way of helping to level the playing field so grassroots candidates can compete. Many of them do not have lots of funds in their coffers and they don’t have big party backing or backing from special interests (which is a good thing).
The CMS (Content Management System) running on the back end is in BETA and scheduled for version release in June. Again, please note the site is now live, much to the chagrin of my developer! There Typically, a website is developed, tested in a controlled environment, and then launched. We are doing it live because we know that primaries for some states are held very early (TX is already over). When it is finally done in a few months, it will knock your socks off as there is nothing out there like it. Technology is cutting edge, and we have many plans that I will share with you later. These plans could quite possibly revolutionize the election process. The main thrust of the American Center for Constitutional Government is to educate the voter in every way possible…that is the ONLY way we will get our Republic back and then be able to maintain it. You can’t have a government by the people for the people if the people aren’t involved and educated on the candidates and the legislation being proposed. ACFCG aims to change that!
We are marketing to a target audience…conservative groups, tea party groups, tea party PACS, conservative PACS, etc. ACFCG will have a presence on social networking sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, Ning, and LinkedIn. Darkstar already has over 4,450 subscribers and they are growing every day. I’ve grown our subscribers by 450 in just 4 short weeks (that’s an average of 100 subscribers each week). We are also utilizing the most effective methods of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) to move higher up in rankings.
Videos are housed on our own secure servers and are not taken down unless you tell us to. Yes, you can put videos up on YouTube for free, but they aren’t as secure as on our servers. Try a search for ”conservative candidates” or ”grassroots” candidates on YouTube and get tons videos in return…no rhyme or reason. Our site will be searchable by state as we add more candidates. We will also link to the candidate’s website with a reciprocal link to ours…which gives both our sites more hits and moves us up higher in the search engines.
Like many of the tea party activists, my partners and I all have day jobs. Like you, we are burning the candle at both ends to get this out there, and we are developing it live because we just couldn’t wait until the full version release if we are going to help grassroots candidates get the exposure they deserve.
My email address is fleighton.acfcg@gmail.com. I know we can make a difference and get the word out on these grassroots candidates.
