CR TACTIC #2: Low meeting attendence?

Q: You love your CR meetings. So does all 15 of the people in the room with you. You're a chapter chairman and are asking, "How do I dramatically increase first-meeting attendence?"

Sometimes half of the battle is getting people there. Sure you could call people who showed up at the last meeting. You could even pass out flyers. These methods may have the personal touch to ensure longetivity of membership, but that's not what you need. You need warm bodies.

Try online tools such Facebook and MySpace. Facebook will be a little more precise in targeting, mainly because there is less eye candy in the profiles to distract from YOUR ad. For your campus the price probably ranges from $9 to $19 a day. For example, for a 5 day "College Republican Meeting in Grainger Hall at 7 PM. Be there!" announcment run broadcast to the University of Wisconsin the price is only $95.

How many times will your ad be seen? Plenty. 445,000 times.

Now you've got a room full of people that are interested. It's your job to keep them there.