Howdy folks, I’ve been running a little behind on these, but a July 4th hiatus gives us a chance to catch up. So, be sure to check out the latest episode of Digital Politics Radio, hosted by Karen Jagoda. Topics this time: Mike Madrid...
It’s Independence Day in the U.S., a perfect time to think about, well, independence. In this incarnation of my professional life, I’ve been out on my own for just over a year now, building a digital advocacy consulting practice which is...
A few days back, A Loyal Reader sent over a story that should have gotten more attention than it did. It turns out that Thad Cochran didn’t just make good strategic decisions, like courting Democratic voters in a Republican primary; his...
Ad Age published a fascinating set of survey results yesterday, and here’s a number that should jump out at political/advocacy communicators: more than a third of corporate Chief Marketing Officers expected to spend 75% of their budgets on...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 400 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. A great way to see what advocacy content is working for a range of organizations and issues. Of note...
Sohini Baliga posed an excellent question in a social media session at Nonprofit 2.0: how hard would it be for you if Facebook went away tomorrow? In that context, “you” meant “your nonprofit,” but we can extend the question...
Update: a comment from past Epolitics.com contributor Derek Pangallo on Facebook did remind me that people who do a lot of back-and-forth conversation on Twitter will have a different pattern than someone who just posts links to content. That will...
Steve Castleton made a great point in our “Getting Your Online Campaign off the Ground” session at the Art of Political Campaigning last week — think of visitors to your website as impulse buyers and design accordingly. Act like...
Hi folks, please check out this excellent discussion, coming up July 11th at the National Press Club here in DC: More Than a Blog: How to Build a Content Marketing Machine Blogs aren’t dying, they’re evolving. And it’s time for...
Check out last week’s top 10 over-performing Facebook posts, from the (roughly) 400 progressive groups followed by our friends at CrowdTangle. A great way to see what advocacy content is working for a range of organizations and issues. 1. Drug...