According to a recent study by the Nielsen Company, U.S. consumers in May 2010 spent an average of 6 hours, 13 minutes using social networking websites. Three-quarters of U.S. adults visited a social networking site that month. About one-fifth owned a blog or published online, with 55% having at least one social networking profile on sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Read More...
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Does Your Campaign Reach Three Out of Four Households?
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Google Launches Tools for Political Campaigns
Google has just released new YouTube tools for political campaigns. YouTube Campaign Tools are designed to help candidates better deliver thier message and allow for more two-way interaction with voters. Read More...
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OnlineCandidateLinks Now Allows YouTube Video
OnlineCandidateLinks.com now allows candidates to embed YouTube video code directly into their profiles! Read More...
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4 Campaign Video Ideas
Uploading campaign video content to a YouTube channel provides a place to store the files, an additional place for voters to find you online (as YouTube is the second most popular search engine), and a way to easily embed videos into your website or blog. Read More...
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Building A Future Audience For Your Campaign Website
Not too long ago, most candidates would have started dipping their toes into the social networking waters only after they decided to run for office. Political candidate profiles would be created as a secondary way to drum up support and grow a campaign. Read More...
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6 Ways to Add Interactivity to Your Campaign Website
‘Brochureware’ is the term used to describe static websites. You know the type, the ones with pages that have not been updated since the 1990s. They are usually all text with a few images thrown in. If you’re lucky, the only interactive element might be a contact form. Read More...
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Tips For Creating Effective Campaign Surveys
Politics lives and breathes on voter polls and surveys. For local candidates with limited budgets, there are online survey tools that can gather feedback in order to perfect a campaign’s message and methods. Campaign surveys can be sent to participants in several ways: through a website link, via your email list, or through off-line contact, such as an invitation through campaign brochures and pamphlets. Read More...
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