Quick Hits returns! Twitter Deputizes Millions of Pundits During Political Conventions. C.f. Postcards From the Parallel Universe in Real Time and Obama’s DNC speech sets new political record on Twitter. Google searches for “register to...
Guest article! In the piece below, Beekeeper Group’s Justin Kutner looks at social photo site Instagram as it’s playing out in the 2012 elections. Note that Beekeeper’s Shana Glickfield and Henri Makembe have appeared in our august...
Guest article! The latest from our old friend Beth Becker. How a Twitter Rapid Response Campaign Helped Susan Sarandon ‘Get’ Paid Sick Days By Beth Becker A coalition of diverse organizations in New York City has banded together to...
Hi folks, here’s a quick update on the latest Epolitics.com e-book, How Campaigns Can Use the Internet to Win in 2012: as of this morning, it had been directly downloaded 3243 times! And of course, that number doesn’t include any...
Quick update: while we were lounging around the e.politics bunker on our recent publishing break, media calls just kept on a-comin’ in. The highlights: [NPR] Obama, Romney Campaigns Taking ‘See What Sticks’ Approach To Web Videos...
Some of us in the online politics space have wondered what Obama 2012 would roll out to replace 2008’s MyBarackObama.com, and now we know: the Wall Street Journal has the scoop on the campaign’s new “Dashboard” grassroots...
As of March 31, Obama 2012 and the DNC together had spent $21,000,000 on digital advertising, more than double total Republican spending at the presidential level. Most of the Dems’ spending was on Google and Facebook recruiting ads, though a...
Good news on the publishing front! Our latest ebook here at Epolitics.com, “How Campaigns Can Use the Internet to Win in 2012,” is galloping right along: in the three weeks since its release, it’s been downloaded directly over 900...
Our friends over at Salsa have been kind enough to put last week’s “Campaigning in 2012” webinar online, with the audio and the slideshow combined into a single YouTube video. After a couple of minutes of intro and some quick promo...
With a certain ebook out of the way, let’s revive the fine tradition of Epolitics.com Quick Hits. “Back from the dead on Easter” jokes are up to you. Hope 2.0: Inside Obama’s Campaign, and Obama 2012: Built to Broadcast...