- Koch Brothers Will Spend $889 Million on 2016, as Clinton plans to astound, intimidate with fundraising ‘like nothing you’ve seen’. Not surprsingly, A Massive Wave of Secret Money Is Coming.
- Supporters say Clinton developing smarter, more relevant campaign for 2016. Couldn’t hurt. Meanwhile, Obama, Clinton tensions build over email lists ahead of 2016, Hillary Clinton looks to Barack Obama digital alums and Ready for Hillary, Emily’s List in Talks to Join Social Media Forces.
- Guess who owns JebBushforPresident.com and won’t give it back? Hint: Da bears.
- Elizabeth Warren Launches Social Media Attack on GOP.
- How Putin Secretly Conquered Russia’s Social Media Over the Past 3 Years.
- South Carolina bans state employees from using social media.
- Tweet nothings: Arabs quieter on politics amid fear, fatigue. But, Michelle Obama forgoes a headscarf and sparks a [social media] backlash in Saudi Arabia.
- Two weeks after Zuckerberg said ‘je suis Charlie,’ Facebook begins censoring images of prophet Muhammad.
- Real-World Battles Will Be Won or Lost on the Internet, Doctorow Says.
- Bill and Melinda Gates launch ‘Global Citizen’ advocacy effort. C.f. [Op-Ed] Bill Gates’s Database of Global Citizens Will Not Be “Moneyball” for Activism.
- The psychology behind motivating turnout.
- Advocacy Fundraising vs. Political Fundraising.
- The future of fundraising: the more things change, the more they stay the same. Featuring friend-of-epolitics Michael Hoffman. C.f. Five Things [in nonprofit fundraising] That Won’t Happen in 2015.
- Advocacy Strategies for 2015 and Beyond.
- Here’s How Social Media Marketing Will Change in 2015.
- Nonprofit Communication Trends to Expect in 2015, and How Digital Will Change Advocacy Communications & Association Management In 2015.
- 10 start-ups to watch in 2015.
- Are Associations Neglecting Mobile?
- New Study: Investing in Facebook is a Waste of Time. C.f. Why You Shouldn’t Pay for Social Media, via Beth Becker.
- Are Facebook Videos Dominating YouTube?
- Discover 5 Ways My Loire Valley achieves a 370.5% engagement rate on their Facebook page.
- Facebook Rolls Out a Tool for Testing Ads With Control Groups, via A Loyal Reader (thanks, Dad!).
- The Case for LinkedIn at Associations.
- Campaign Photoshop Guide.
- Theories of the Mobile Internet: Materialities and Imaginaries. A sample of what our academic colleagues are up to these days.
- Top three-word phrases in BuzzFeed headlines. You won’t believe what comes next…and what you’ve seen before.
- Tips For Crafting The Perfect Email Subject Line. Um, yeah — YMMV extremely.
- Headline of the Day: “Breast implant leak delays congressman’s wife’s bigamy trial” .
- And finally, The Idaho Government Once Forced Beavers to Skydive With WWII Parachutes. Amazing true fact: it worked.
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– cpd