5 Steps to Get Started as an eLeader:

1.    Log in to your eLeader page  through the form the right.

2.    Customize your own WebPage – help us spread the word.

Click on “Configure My Page” on the right navigation bar.  Enter your fundraising goal amount, your page title, and a personal message to your friends and colleagues.  We also encourage you to upload a small icon-sized photo of yourself under “Picture File.” 
After clicking on “Submit,” click on “My Web Page” on the right navigation to check out how your page looks. 

To access the link you’ll use to send this page out to your friends and family, simply view the link listed in the “Your Web Page” box on your dashboard. 

This is your own private page, for which you get your own website address for the campaign. You can send it to family and friends, and keep its message and profile picture updated. The best part is that everything you do with this web page earns you points.  And, these points are redeemable! This web page will be the central to your eLeader activity, so make sure you customize it today.

3.    Import your Contacts & Begin Sending Emails

Click on “Address Book” under “Emails” on the right hand navigation bar.  Then, click on “Import Contacts.”  Here, you can remotely log into your Windows Live, Yahoo, Gmail, or AOL address books.  Choose which contacts you want to add by “selecting” them using the checkboxes next to their e-mail addresses.  Then, click “Next.”

Now, click on “Compose Email.”  Choose which contacts you’d like to send your first e-mail to.  Then, choose whether you want to send a fundraising e-mail, or whether you want to recruit others to be eleaders.  We will give you templates to start your e-mails with, which you are free to edit and personalize.  Customize your message, and click “Send Email.”  

4.    Create an event landing page – help by hosting a house party

Click on “Create” under “Events” on the right hand navigation bar.  Do you want to hold a coffee or a house party?  Or maybe invite some friends to watch a debate.  This will allow you to create an event page, so you can share who, what, where, when, why, and even how to get to the event.  Also, you will get an email every time sometime confirms their attendance.  You can even set a price for the event, sell the tickets online, and earn points for every dollar you raise!

5.    Write an email to your local newspaper editor – share your opinion with the media

Click on “Media” on the right hand navigation bar to search for local newspaper editors’ contact information.  We’ll help you, using talking points and writing tips, to craft a letter to the editor in support of Jim Ryan. 

Letter writing campaigns to newspapers, talk radio, TV stations, and other media outlets can help us in sharing our views.  All the contacts are available for you in a database, so that you can write just one message and select multiple contacts to send it to.  Every email will come from your email ID that you entered in your profile settings.  We’ll even reward points to you for contacting members of the media!