Email

One of the big things about being a candidate is that you receive emails from people asking you to do something for them or from people trying to sell you stuff.

A usual day can consist of emails like......

Hi Jason,
I have been asked to host the state election special this Saturday (12th). Sorry about the short notice. I am inviting candidates from all parties within our license area tom come in and speak to the electorate for 5 mins. Can you make it?

My contact details: xxxx xxx xxx or email.

xxxxx xxxxx.

So I am being asked to do what? He talks about license area so I assume its for radio. Just before I started this update I did some research that suggests that this may have been for Heritage 107.3FM which would have been good fun because they are generally sympathetic to Greens issues but none of this was mentioned in the email.

If they are not looking to get you to do something they are trying to get you to buy something.

Dear Jason,

We are xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx, a local business specialising in mobile advertising solutions.

We still have some vehicles available to promote your election campaign at a discount especially for you.

Advertising in the form of mobile billboards and vehicle signage takes your ‘face’ and your message directly to where your electorate is most of the time- on the road, commuting, shopping, picking kids up from school, running errands, etc. It has proven to be more effective than stationary billboards in terms of rates of exposure, frequency, and message recall over other types of outdoor media.

Our mobile advertising solutions are cost effective compared to national mobile billboard companies.

If you have your artwork ready, we still have the following vehicles left to offer for your election campaign:

1x24-seater bus that runs daily in metro area,

3x12-seater vans that run daily in metro area,

1 trailer 1.8m long x 0.8m high, and 1 larger trailer that can be towed wherever you wish.

Please don’t let this opportunity pass you.

By all means, good luck in your re-election campaign!

Regards,

Its true, lots of people do buy ad space on the back of trailers and on the side of trucks during their campaign but not greens. Greens don't take corporate dollars so we are lucky if we can afford an ad in the local paper. It was nice to be wished good luck in my re-election though.