Hi folks, greetings from the campaign trenches! Political season kicked off early this year, and I’m already creating scads of digital ads for one client and lining up project plans and specialized vendors for others. Last week, though, I made...
Widespread AI search is only a couple of months old at this point, but it’s already attracted plenty of criticism. From bad medical advice to worse cooking advice (gasoline WILL spice up your spaghetti, after all), the AI summaries that Google...
How can campaigns and nonprofits raise money online? Let’s find out! Join me (long-time digital strategist Colin Delany) for a one-hour (roughly) online discussion at 3pm EDT on Thursday, June 27th to introduce you to the how, why and when of...
Update: you can now watch the video of this training on YouTube. Previously: Some news here: I’m starting a new series of free, one-hour(ish) online trainings covering essential digital advocacy and campaigning topics this summer. These should...
Back in far-off February, I delivered a social-media training for a long-time client, the Marine Fish Conservation Network. The Network includes a bunch of organizations that work on the ground (and the water) with commercial fishermen, recreational...
This article is adapted from Chapter 17 of the 2024 version of “How to Use the Internet to Change the World – and Win Elections”, now in its 11th edition. Download your copy of the definitive digital politics handbook today. Plenty...
Photo: You don’t have to be an anime demon to build political tech, but it helps. I got my start in digital politics when cell phones were exotic. When downloading a good-sized jpeg took minutes. When email, websites and a handful of back...
More on this topic soon, but today I wanted to yank on a couple of threads in recent stories looking at the mechanics of the 2024 presidential campaigns. First, the Biden campaign is following through on the field-heavy strategy they previewed last...
Epolitics is back from a pandemic-era slumber! If you’re new to the site, welcome. I’m Colin Delany, the founder/editor, and since 1996 I’ve been working at the magic place where politics and the internet collide. I launched the current...
With elections in Virginia, New Jersey and a handful of other U.S. locales coming up fast, let’s look at a sample digital outreach plan for a 2023 political campaign. The example below includes a slew of good options for campaigns, though not...