Via Politico, Republicans will finally build a central digital fundraising hub, something the Democrats have benefited from for fourteen years in the form of ActBlue: Following weeks of closed-door discussions, Republicans have agreed to create a...
To get ready for 2018, the Democratic National Committee paid to find the cell numbers of every voter in America it could. Then, it passed them to the state parties as part of the master voter file candidates use for grassroots outreach and...
Plenty of people’s electoral hash will likely be settled on November 6th, and we may get answers to some big digital questions that day, too. In my October Campaigns & Elections column, I look at three big trends the elections should...
Headed soon to a phone in your hands? Augmented reality advertising. First question? What does that even mean. As Christina Bonnington explains in Slate, commercial brands are already experimenting with ads designed to draw people into the world of...
New Epolitics.com contributor! But not someone new to the field: I first met Eric Loeb in the early days of internet politics, probably at the 1997 Politics Online Conference. Even before that, on Eric’s first trip to DC, he tried to contact...
New contributor! This post comes to us from Mike Smith, CEO of GreenSmith Public Affairs, LLC in Reston, Virginia. Guess what: you’re leaving a trail of digital breadcrumbs wherever you go, and political marketers know it. When you sign-on to...
Aiden Livingston is the founder of Casting.AI and the author of the upcoming book, “Build a Bot Workshop — A Guide For Creating The Next Generation of Ai Startupsâ€. For a counterpoint, see my more-skeptical note at the end. Ever wonder why...
Stuck in line at the polls? Relieve your boredom on Facebook. Unsure who’s running for anything other than president? Hello, Mr. Google. American voters will pull out their phones millions of times on Election Day, giving candidates hungry for...
New contributor! Crystal Borde is an associate director at Vanguard Communications, and she joins us with great insights about last week’s congressional live-streaming extravaganza, along with tips for communicators inspired to follow in the...
New Epolitics.com contributor! Alex Dickinson is Director & Chief of Staff with Beekeeper Group. Follow her on Twitter at @alexmae, and be sure to check out last week’s big-picture analysis of the Congressional live-streaming. Remember...