Following the positive feedback from our post on political Twitter tips, we present Facebook tips for political candidates. Read More...
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6 Twitter Tips for Political Candidates
Twitter is a social messaging tool that presents great opportunities for political candidates to create branding, exposure and word-of-mouth advertising. In recent years, Twitter has become a favorite tool for political social media marketing. It’s a tool that’s easy to set up and easy to use. Not only that, it’s a social media tool that helps candidates save time, money and effort in communicating to the voter base. Read More...
What To Do With Your Campaign Website After The Election
The election is over. As a candidate, you’ve either won or lost. All the advertising has ended, the final bills are paid, and the signage comes down. But don’t forget the campaign website – it’s still out there! Here are some ideas for dealing with your website after Election Day. Read More...
Online Advertising With a Limited Campaign Budget
While budgeting for signs and mailers, how much of your campaign spending will go toward online marketing? While social media through Facebook and Twitter may be ‘free’, you may want to boost your online exposure with paid online advertising. Below are a few popular and low-cost advertising ideas suitable for local political campaigns. Read More...
What Is The Deal With All The Little Buttons?
A few clients have asked about the little social media buttons that we include in our campaign website packages and campaign website templates. Because they are built-in, there are concerns that maybe they need to do something special or sign up for various websites. So, what are these little buttons, and what do they do? Let’s check them out… Read More...
Text Messaging for Political Candidates
With the rise of cell phone usage, candidates across the country are starting to use mobile texting as an effective campaign tool. As mobile computing blurs the line between online and offline campaigning, we are going to see more use of crossover technologies by political campaigns. Candidates will have the ability to reach out to voters and supporters faster and easier than ever before. Read More...
3 Dirty Tricks Candidates Can Pull on the Web
Here are three tactics that candidates sometimes to gain an online advantage over an opponent. These are three of favorite dirty tricks, but only one of these is really ‘dirty’, though. Guess which one! Read More...
Running for Office in 2011 – Trends and Predictions
With the November elections out of the way, the road is clear for candidates running for office in 2011. The online political landscape has changed significantly over the last few years. As we look into our crystal ball into 2011, we see some trends will continue to evolve and some new technologies will take off. These are our predictions for what is coming next year, and what candidates can do to help prepare themselves for the 2011 election season. Read More...
Would You Vote For a Celebrity Candidate?
The New York Times recently ran an article whether a celebrities running for office could make effective government leaders. In the past, a number of celebrities and former celebrities have been elected to both local and statewide offices. Read More...