The small colored boxes below each contain a different idea for promoting your petitions. With a lot of hard work and a little luck, your petition will be seen by millions!
Promoting your petition on relevant forums is a fantastic way to not only get signatures, but maybe find yourself some people who are willing to help you. If your petition is about the NBA, you would want to signup at basketball and sports related forums. Make a post asking if anyone feels the same way you do and ask if they want to get involved.
Sites like Digg and Reddit can be a great tool for getting your petition seen by millions of people. A frontpage story on digg is worth 100k views alone.
Add your petition to your email signature and forward a copy of it to your frequently mailed contacts. At the very least you will get a few dozen pity signatures.
Don't be scared to promote your petition offline. Places like school and work are perfect for finding signatures. You should probably ask the boss before doing it at work, just to be safe.
For more great ideas on promotion, stop by our forums and have a chat with other people trying to get their petitions seen and brainstorm with them.
If
you plan on starting a petition there are certain things you can
do to better your odds of success. For starters, the more people
you have helping spread the word about your petition the better
a chance it has to succeed. You should think about promoting
your petition not only online, but offline as well in places
like school and work. If you have a few dedicated friends
helping you, it can make all the difference in the world. In
this part of the site we will give you some good pointers on how
to promote your petition.
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Is
a free petition really good enough to get the job done? Will people
take my petition serious if it's on a free petition site?
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This area of the site is dedicated to petition resources such as widgets, emailing tools, and cool ideas.
Read moreWhat's the difference between a paid or "professional" petition and a "free petition"? Read more
Let's
face it, without signatures your petition is worthless. Depending on
the size of your target you may need upwards of a million signatures
before people start to sit up and take notice of you and your cause.
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Basic Structure
Before you do anything you need to get a basic structure or outline of of petition. You must be sure to not miss any important details so people will get the whole picture. Don't forget everyone is different and reacts different to different things. If you forget to add a small detail to a petition it may seem like no big deal but that small detail could have been the the fire that lights someone's fuse and convinces them to sign your petition, or maybe even help you promote the petition. Take your time and plan it out!
Important Details & The Reason for Your Petitions Creation
When making a free petition the site offering the free hosting and form will usually have a pretty well organized system that helps you get all the details listed. If you plan on doing a paid petition, you should get a piece of paper and write down all your talking points and be sure they get included in the final petition text.
Closing Arguments & Plea
This is basically where you plea your case and ask for signatures. You want to explain to people that they need to take a stand against whatever it is you're trying to fight. It could be government, big business, a movie star, doesn't matter, just make sure the people know that it's important to take a stand for what you believe in.