As a political 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?
If those are your goals for promoting your campaign online, then you are missing the point. A political campaign is a series of actions taken over a long period of time to achieve an end goal. The goal – the only goal – for political marketing is to get elected into office.
The ways you connect with voters is simply a matter of reaching them where they exist. People watch television and listen to the radio, so candidates run commercials on them. People search for election information online, so a campaign website is a vehicle to provide that information. People use social media to communicate and share, so candidates should have a presence there, as well.
The difference between traditional commercials and digital campaigning is that digital offers two-way communication rather than one-way message broadcasting. Social media is all about getting voters to know, like and trust you. If people are interested in you and your campaign, they will keep up with the campaign through whatever channels work best for them. It may be through newspapers, watching TV ads and local news, through the web, or a combination of these channels.
It doesn’t matter if you have 50 or 50,000 social media followers. Don’t let those numbers distract you or get you thinking that online success alone will win your election.
In the end, your goal is to get real people into a real voting booth. Everything else is just a numbers game.
Our goal is to help YOU get voters where they need to go! Keep up with our news and tips through Facebook, Twitter or sign up for our email list below.
Read More:
Watch Out For These Domain Name Scams »
