Comments for Political Campaign Tips, Articles and Strategies

Comment on SEO Tips for Political Campaign Websites by Ben Donahower

Ben Donahower — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:32:43 +0000

Great article!

May I add a word of caution to the ‘uselessness’ of meta keywords: If your opponent is savvy, it can hurt because you’ve just divulged the keywords that you’re trying to rank for to the other candidate!

Comment on Microsites Can Extend Your Campaign Reach by Ben

Ben — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:39:49 +0000

This is a great idea!

Just adding to it, these sites could be really effective to rank well for certain negatives about the candidate and the opponent.

Say, the candidate was involved in a campaign finance scandal that was misreported and the campaign wants to ensure that voters know the truth. Start a website: http://www.janedoecampaignfinancescandal.com. Particularly if it’s an exact match domain it should rank highly quickly and be able to help correct the record for any voters interested in learning more.

On the other hand, you could use this same technique to rank highly on search terms for the opponent. What if your opponent has a view out of step with the district on guns. Get the domain http://www.johndoeonguns.com and explain where the opponent stands ranking highly in the SERPs.

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Comment on Tips For Designing Your Campaign Yard Sign by Ben

Ben — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:52:02 +0000

Most these tips come down to one thing: make sure that voters can read your campaign sign.

While this may seems like common sense, a lot of campaigns design a sign that that easily read from across the desk at a print shop or from the eyes to the computer screen not from the perspective of a voter driving down the road.

Comment on Online Candidate Announces New Campaign Website Packages by Online Candidate

Online Candidate — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:28:57 +0000

Thomas,
To answer your last question first – Yes, assuming you have control over your domain name accounts, they both can be pointed to a single website. Our blog feature comes with the Regular and Enhanced Packages. You can see exactly how they work in our demo section at http://demo.onlinecandidate.com As you your first question, I’m not sure I know what you mean. You will be able to integrate PayPal (or other payment system) into your site.

Comment on Online Candidate Announces New Campaign Website Packages by Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:36:23 +0000

I feel pretty confident I’m going to let you guys build my site. I have secured the domain name and I’m setting up a PayPal Account to account for the 60 day window to use funds ASAP once deposited. Question: will Online Candidate establish the links to our primary site when launched?

Also, I want to use the site as a daily blog to upload daily writings to as well as press releases, etc, etc. How user friendly will the site be? I’m using Word Press currently for a Blog I upload to daily. Is it similiar to that?

Finally, I guess it will be easy to direct web traffic from another site I have secured, namely http://www.cruz-wiggins.com, correct?

Kind regards and thanks for your help,
Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

Comment on Leveraging Campaign Yard Signs Online by Dale Peterson Leverages the Power of Yard Signs in his TV Ad

Dale Peterson Leverages the Power of Yard Signs in his TV Ad — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:13:44 +0000

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Comment on Vehicle Wraps for Political Campaigns by Greg MacMaster

Greg MacMaster — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:17:16 +0000

The place that did mine was: http://edgewraps.com/ in Michigan.

Comment on Vehicle Wraps for Political Campaigns by Greg MacMaster

Greg MacMaster — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:15:53 +0000

Had my car wrapped in April of 2010 and drove it everywhere for my campaign. I had my face, name and my title from my previous job “The weatherman” and the office I was running for. Being a broadcast meteorologist for 15 years on TV/radio helped my campaign and the car wrap tied it all together perfectly.

Comment on Sample Campaign Fundraising Letter by kate

kate — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:16:17 +0000

this is the type of letter sample i have been looking for.

thanks guys