Start your petition!

So you want to start a petition but you don't know where to start? I think we may be able to help you get your petition going.

The first thing you need to do is choose a petition site. There are literally hundreds of petition sites to choose form so you will have to find one that fits your needs the best. My personal favorite is PetitionSpot just because of their pretty design and easy to use UI. Although I must say, they have recently put some ad's on the site that are annoying me to no end. Anyway, wherever you decide to go with make sure it's good for you and the goal of your petition.

Next you need to write out your petition and make sure you cover all the important points of your petition. Be sure you don't leave anything out and make sure the grammar is correct. If your petition is poorly written then nobody will take it seriously. In order to get big time signatures and exposure, you're going to need to have well thought out text in your petition that covers all your bases. Many times, when financially possible, people will hire a professional writer to write the petition for them or at the very least double check the punctuation, grammar, and structure. There are lots of places to go for professional writers online, my personal favorites is DigitalPoint.

After your petition is written and posted online, you now need to start getting signatures, but how? You have to be creative and persistent. If your petition is about the NFL, then a good place to start is by posting your petition on football forums and message boards, see if you can get some help from others who share your viewpoints. If you can get people to help you spread the word you're going to have great success. Spreading the word and getting signatures on your own is going to be very hard and time consuming. But don't be discouraged, some of the biggest petition success stories started with one person and one webpage. Take the EA petition for example, it started with one angry gamer and ended with EA, a multi-billion dollar company, begging for mercy.

Good luck!