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kakowi

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for a voter, having good choices is a must

good choices come about because they are familiar with you...you are a household name, they see you around and they hold a good impression of you

thus names like Sylvia Lim, Chaim See Tong and Low Thia Kiang are names in which people have a general good impression, are responsible and so on so forth

the question is how do those who need to, promote themselves to the public

can we contribute some ideas?

I start the ball rolling with a few suggestions:

  • Make a donation and get a plaque prominently displayed eg "xxx-WP Free Clinic"...it lasts for a long time and you are in the public mind each time they pass by
  • Set up a foundation and offer free tuition to needy kids
  • if they are allowed to visit businessmen, then do so, talk about the weather and hand out name cards
  • wear corporate identifiers like tie-pins, logo-t-shirts, paint your car with your logo
These are far better than to engage in activities that make people shy away from you.

Being contentious does not benefit you.

And it does not benefit the people whom you are want to benefit.

On the other hand, getting mindshare is like building your bank account with them. They hold these memories and impressions of you. When it is time later on for you to get their vote, they may or may not vote for you but at least they are willing to consider it.
 

kakowi

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okay...there has been a lot of destructive comments, superior positionings, deliberate ridicule.....but now there is a chance to make constructive comments and no one reply?

if you like you can include suggestions for the PAP too

let me keep the ball rolling for one more time:

  • create a facebook
  • share anecdotes about your leaders...some aspects of family, personal interests
  • eat at the coffeeshop and be willing to smile genuinely at people around you....be open to talk about the weather if regulations forbid you from talking about politics...
  • don't wash hands after shaking hands with others but make sure you wash hands before you come out of the toilet otherwise rumours will start
  • contribute to publicized causes like ST Pocket Money Fund...does not take much and you can always shout it loudly as evidence of your kind heart
 
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