For many small political campaigns, the thought of reaching out to people online is daunting. While many take the plunge and build a campaign website, the next logical step of using that website as a fundraising platform terrifies them. Here are three common reasons why candidates fear online fundraising – and why they shouldn’t! Read More...
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3 Reasons To Fear Online Political Fundraising
Campaign Dollars and Sense
Money fuels the engine of every political campaign. The bigger the budget, the easier it is to rally existing supporters and spread your message to new groups. Once you have inspired the masses, the last thing you want to do is create obstacles for them to donate. Read More...
Use Fundraising Letter Templates For Success
Campaign fundraising letter templates are a great tool to help craft an effective appeal for funding and donations. But as a tool, letter templates do have limits. For a campaign to truly succeed in raising funds and cash, your fundraising letters need to written with care. 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...
What Are Political Squeeze Pages?
In the world of online marketing, building a targeted email list allows the merchant to market their product and service to this select group with a higher degree of success. The same technique applies to political email marketing. Successful political email lists are built with the addresses of supporters, party members and individuals with direct positive connections to the candidate. Read More...
What Are Your Fundraising Plans?
We are working on new tools to help candidates fund raise online. What is your campaign doing or planning to do this election cycle? How do you feel about fundraising? How happy have you been with your efforts? Read More...
Candidates Need Money So Badly, They’ll Spam Anyone To Get It
Is spamming thousands of people really the best way to raise campaign funds? Is it a little creepy getting email from a candidate you’ve never heard from before, asking you to click a link and donate? Just because political spam is legal doesn’t make it right – or even welcome to the recipient. Read More...
Political Fundraising with Widgets
In addition to general contribution and fundraising buttons on campaign websites, candidates can use widgets in a variety of ways to help get out the word and raise money. Read More...
Political Fundraising with Paypal
PayPal has a resources and instructions for users who want to do political fundraising. These resources should be helpful to any local candidates who want to raise money online. There’s even a section for collecting mobile donations! Read More...
Political Campaign Fundraising in a Recession
The only thing tougher than raising money in a local political campaign is raising that money during a recession. Read More...