Conservative Marketing Institute - Bastrop County, Texas

Your organization works hard. So why isn't it growing?

The Conservative Marketing Institute teaches conservative organizations how to look professional, raise real money, grow membership, and get on television - then gives you the machine to do it. Proven in Bastrop County. Built for all of Texas.

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✓ County judge re-elected in a landslide - margin tripled
✓ Two first-time candidates, two incumbents defeated
✓ The playbook running live at BastropCC.com

For Conservative Organizations

Clubs, county groups, PACs, and grassroots organizations across Texas.

Your two jobs are growing membership and increasing donations. Ours is making both happen. Start with a one-day training or a free audit of everything your organization is doing online.

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For Candidates

Running for city council, school board, county office, or the Texas Legislature.

The campaign machine behind a county-judge landslide and a clean sweep of two incumbent seats - website, targeted advertising, AI visibility, video, and TV. Packages from $2,500.

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The gap

Your county's elections are decided by the organized side. We make sure that's you.

You hold the meetings. You wave the signs. You show up. But the website was last updated two years ago, joining requires finding the right person at the right table, donations arrive when someone remembers to ask, and when a voter in your county asks Google - or ChatGPT - who to vote for, your organization is nowhere in the answer.

Here's the truth nobody tells volunteer organizations: the problem isn't effort. It's that nobody ever showed you the full checklist. Municipal elections in America are decided by fewer than 15% of eligible voters. School boards, 5–10%. The side with a working machine - capture points, donor systems, a reason to join, a presence voters actually find - decides who governs. That machine used to require an agency budget. AI just changed that. We'll show you.

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What we offer

Trainings. Consulting. Memberships.

Trainings

The CMI Field School - $1,000 + travel.

One day, your building, your team. Every single thing your organization must be doing - professional presence, donations, membership, social, video, marketing, and television (yes, including Fox News in your own county) - what right looks like, how to get more from it, and live demonstrations of how AI makes each one something you can do yourselves. You leave with a scored Organization Report Card and a 12-month roadmap.

Then go deeper: half-day Deep Dives ($495) build each system with you - Donation Systems, Video & AI Lab, Your First TV Commercial, Social Engine, Be the AI Answer.

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Consulting

Makeover & Boost - $1,795.

We rebuild your organization in 90 days on the same machine that runs BastropCC.com: modern site, working membership and donation systems, endorsement and voter-guide engines, and content that shows up when voters ask AI about your county. Your $500 Field School credit applies.

Starting a new organization? Chapter-in-a-Box takes a founding group from zero to operating county organization in 30 days - $4,500.

Start with the free audit

Memberships

CMI Membership - $499/mo.

Your organization, permanently powered: hosting and updates, county election data and dashboards, monthly content drops, compliant email/SMS infrastructure, and the monthly scorecard that tells your board exactly what grew. Plus the network - other CMI organizations across Texas, shared playbooks, and the annual Summit.

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Published record

This isn't theory. It's the published record.

Case Study 1 - The County Judge Landslide

A competitive 2022 win became a 2026 mandate: vote total up 65.5%, vote share from 54.75% → 63.82%, victory margin tripled from 9.5 to 27.6 points, and 85% of all new voters captured - in a race where turnout grew 42%.

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Case Study 2 - Two Rookies. Two Incumbents. Two Wins.

Two first-time candidates - mothers, neighbors, volunteers, zero campaigns between them - endorsed by Bastrop County Conservatives and powered by hyper-local advertising and real-neighbor video testimonials. Both seated incumbents defeated: 52.60% and 57.60%.

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Television

Your organization can afford to be on Fox News. Seriously.

Almost no local organization knows this: national cable networks sell county-level ad slots through local cable providers. In most Texas counties, a :30 spot costs less than your monthly print bill. The expensive part was always producing the commercial - and AI video tools just made broadcast-grade creative nearly free. We produce them for real clients today.

At the Field School, we produce a commercial live in front of your team, then walk you through exactly how the airtime gets bought - rates, rules, and the required disclaimers.

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Free Digital Audit

Find out what your county's voters see. Free.

One page. Brutal. Useful either way. We grade your website, your membership and donation paths, your social presence - and we show you the screenshot of what AI engines say when a voter asks about conservative groups and candidates in your county. Most organizations have never seen that answer. It's usually empty. Sometimes it's the other side.

Campaign services

Running for local or state office? This machine elects people.

Campaign website engineered for Google and AI answers. Hyper-targeted Meta advertising by voter persona. Community testimonial video. Real-time War Room intelligence. Optional television. It's the documented playbook behind the judge's landslide and the Smithville sweep.

Your race	Package
City council / school board	from $2,500
County-wide office	from $7,500
Texas House / Senate & flagship races	Inquire

Candidates endorsed by CMI member organizations receive preferred rates. Ad spend goes direct to platforms - never marked up. One candidate per race, always. For House, Senate, and flagship races, call 512-798-1900.

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Credibility

Built by people who've spent real money on real results.

The Conservative Marketing Institute was founded in Bastrop County, Texas by a marketing veteran with 25+ years of leadership including direction of $90MM+ per year in national media buying. Everything we teach runs live in our own county first.

FAQ

Questions organizations and candidates ask first

What does the Conservative Marketing Institute do?

CMI provides trainings, consulting, and memberships for conservative organizations in Texas focused on growing membership and increasing donations, plus full campaign marketing services for candidates in local and state elections.

How much does the Field School cost?

$1,000 flat plus travel at cost, for up to 15 attendees at your location. Two organizations may co-host for $600 each. The fee credits $500 toward a Makeover & Boost within 30 days.

Can a small volunteer organization really advertise on Fox News?

Yes. National cable networks sell county-level "zone insertion" ad slots through local cable providers at small-market rates, and AI production has made the commercial itself inexpensive to create. We teach the entire process, including FCC and Texas political advertising disclosure rules.

Do you work with campaigns and organizations at the same time?

Organizations remain fully independent - their PACs, treasurers, filings, money, and endorsement decisions are entirely their own. Candidates hire CMI directly. We never take referral fees tied to endorsements, and we work one candidate per race.

We already have a website and a Facebook page. Why isn't it working?

Existence isn't the standard - findability and conversion are. Our free Digital Audit shows you exactly what a stranger (and an AI engine) finds when they look for you, and what it would take to fix.

Where do you work?

Texas first, headquartered in Bastrop County. The Field School travels anywhere in the state now, and beyond Texas by arrangement.

The organized side wins. Get organized.

Book the Field School - $1,000 Free Digital Audit Candidate Briefing

Or call 512-798-1900