Posts Tagged ‘social networking’

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...

 

6 Ways to Add Interactivity to Your Campaign Website

Link Building for Political Campaigns‘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...

 

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...

 

Primary vs General Election Website Strategies

Generally, there are two types of election campaigns, the primary and the general election campaign. The primary ballot lists all the candidates who are looking to run for that office. Whoever wins the primary election goes on to be on the ballot as the party’s candidate for the general election. The general election then decides the final winner to hold office. Read More...

 

Easy Link Building Tips For Your Political Campaign

Link Building for Political CampaignsWe are often asked how quickly a new campaign website will appear on the search engines. Sometimes this question is asked before the site is even built! Read More...

 

Will Your Social Networking Past Hurt Your Political Future?

Do you currently maintain a Facebook or Twitter account? Do you have an old MySpace page somewhere out there? Did you ever post comments on online forums under your own name? If you’ve ever done any of these things, you’ve left behind all kinds of person information that could come back to bite you when you start running for political office. Read More...

 

Announcing OnlineCandidateLinks.com – Local Candidate Profiles

Online Candidate is pleased to announce the launch of it’s new candidate profile website, Onlinecandidatelinks.com. Read More...

 

Microsites Can Extend Your Campaign Reach

A microsite is a small, self-contained, single-issue website. They are generally designed to promote a specific issue or idea. Every local political campaign has at least one ‘big’ issue that separates the candidates. Read More...

 

Online Candidate Survey Results

About a month ago, we set up a small survey for our readers to get a better idea of who they are and what they like to read. The feedback has not been huge, but enough to come to some general conclusions. Read More...

 

Online Reputation Management for Local Campaigns

In a nutshell, your online reputation is how you are perceived online. It’s what people are saying about you and, perhaps more importantly, it’s the information voters first encounter when they perform online searches about a candidate and his or her campaign. Read More...