Posts Tagged ‘youtube’

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...

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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...

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Is Webturfing the Future of Politics?

Nobody likes to be manipulated. Between advertising, the 24 hour news cycle and endless political propaganda flooding the airwaves, it’s become harder and harder to get facts without spin. Truthiness has replaced truth in American politics. Read More...

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Tracking Your Campaign Video Success

Larger political campaigns have been using video for years now, but now even smaller campaigns are getting into the multimedia act. With the rise of YouTube and other video sharing sites, it’s easier than ever to store and share content. Read More...

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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 their 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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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...

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