Starting out, knowing the ins and outs of online networking can be a bit daunting for candidates. Here are a few tips for political campaigns are unfamiliar or starting out with the whole social media thing. Read More...
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6 Political Microsite Ideas
The following is a cross-post from OnlineCandidateResources.com, our online political training website. Read More...
Web Application Review: 2 Weeks With Wibiya Toolbar
Regular visitors to the site may have noticed the new toolbar we installed on the bottom of some our site pages. We usually shy away from integrating co-branded services into our site, but we thought we would give the Wibiya toolbar service a try. We figured we’d see if it was something that our campaign website clients might like. Read More...
Online Candidate Launches New Political Training Website
We are pleased to announce the launch of OnlineCandidateResources.com, our exclusive online political campaign strategy and training website. Read More...
Why You Shouldn’t Automate Your Campaign’s Social Media
Social media is, well, social. With the many ways to communicate with followers, it can become very tempting to automate you posts through various social media tools such as Hootsuite and SocialOomph. While these tools can help save time and streamline your updates, automation can sometimes work against you! Read More...
What Are The Goals Of Your Online Campaign?
As a candidate, what is your purpose for putting your political campaign online? Is it to get the most number of ‘Likes’ to your Facebook page? Is it to get a larger number of Twitter followers than you opponent? Is it to get your campaign ad video on YouTube to go viral? Is it to get the most number of visitors to your campaign website? Read More...
How To Rank Well For Campaign Related Searches
Ranking well for campaign-related issue searches is great technique for local candidates to gain visibility and grow support. If you control web pages related to important search phrases, then people or voters who are researching issues will find your information — even if they were not looking for your campaign in particular. Read More...
Sign of the Times for Political Candidates – Best of Posts
No matter the changes or trends in politics, yard signs were and still remain a mainstay of political campaigning. We’ve written about signage several times over the years. For newer readers who may have missed some posts, you’ll find them all here in once place! Read More...
How To Embed a YouTube Video
Embedding a video into a web page is fairly simple these days. It pretty much requires only copying and pasting some code. This tutorial is for embedding a YouTube video into an Online Candidate campaign website page. No matter what kind of content management system you use, you’ll find that the steps are similar. Read More...
5 Facebook Tips for Political Candidates
Following the positive feedback from our post on political Twitter tips, we present Facebook tips for political candidates. Read More...