Political Campaign Tips and Strategies
Should You Fully Automate Your Campaign’s Social Media?
Social media is a powerful tool for political campaigns. With various platforms to communicate with followers, it’s tempting to automate posts using tools like Hootsuite. While automation can save time, it’s important to find the right... Read More
From Bland to Bold: Elevate Your Campaign Writing with Personal Style
When it comes to political campaigning, communication is like the secret sauce—it’s the key ingredient that makes everything else work. One aspect of communication is having a ‘voice’, which is a unique style, tone, and personality.... Read More
Maximize Your Online Campaign Success: Avoid These 5 Mistakes
Online politics regularly provides voters with campaign gaffes, mistakes, and embarrassing moments. There are many opportunities for political campaigns and candidates to make online blunders. Here are five of the most common and avoidable problems... Read More
Listen Up! It’s Our Running For Office Podcast
Have you listened to our political podcast series, Running for Office as an Online Candidate? If you are getting started in politics, this podcast series is for you. We discuss how to run a political campaign from the digital side. We cover the tips,... Read More
Maximizing the Impact: Best Practices for Online Donations
As anyone in politics knows, proper fundraising is crucial to winning an election. With the ease of online donation platforms, even local candidates are raising money digitally. But once you’ve secured those all-important donations, it’s... Read More
6 Reasons Why Candidates Need a Political Website
When we started Online Candidate, potential clients would sometimes ask, “Tell me why I need a website.” Back in the early 2000s, that was a legitimate question. Presidential candidates had been online since the 1990s, but local campaigning... Read More
How Does Running for Office Differ in a Major City Versus a Small Town?
Running for office in a major city versus a small town? There are few things that sets these types of campaigns apart. For instance: Voter Engagement In a big city, you’re looking at a mosaic of voters. Each constituency might need a different... Read More
How To Remove A Volunteer From Your Online Campaign
In the last few months, the issue of removing a volunteer’s access to online campaign accounts has come up for a few of our clients. Volunteers are an important part of virtually every political campaign. No matter what elected position you are... Read More
What Simple Question Can Increase Voter Turnout?
Sometimes elections, particularly local elections, come down to only a handful of votes. While all the moral support in the world is nice, a political candidate cannot win an election until they get their supporters to cast a ballot. So how can a... Read More
Creating a Political Campaign Timeline
If you’ve ever run for local office, then you know that the stakes are high, no matter the position. And the competition can be as tough as any state or federal race. Planning out a timeline for your political campaign is an important step in... Read More