Okay, today’s just getting weird — first I’m going on sports talk radio, now the site’s seeing a huge new cohort of visitors presumed to be conservative (a five-fold traffic boost over baseline, plus a few dozen RSS signups)...
Check it out — tune in to SportsTalkRadio (online) tonight to catch me chatting with Rick Morris & The FDH Dignitaries (that’s FDH as in “FantasyDraftHelp.com”) about, well, let’s hope it’s about online...
Today’s POLC panel about Online Politics at the State Level aimed to be practical and specific, which is why we packed it with people who’ve actually run for office. One takeaway: targeting Facebook users via advertising is easier than I...
One highlight from Politics Online today: in a discussion with former Obama New Media Director Joe Rospars, McCain’s 2008 eCampaign Director Michael Palmer was listing various items in the online campaigner’s online toolkit, including...
Time for the Politics Online Conference! If you’re walking the halls of the Reagan building today and we haven’t met, pull me aside and say howdy. Plus, this afternoon I’ll be on the the Advocacy 3.0 panel with Alan Rosenblatt, and...
Today I’m giving a webinar for a corporate client on using social media for public relations and advocacy, with a focus on practical applications day-to-day. You can check out a PDF of the presentation PDF here; related articles are below.
It must be a week to highlight integrated online campaigns, because here’s another, this time from the Good Doktor (Alan) Rosenblatt, now at the Center for American Progress. CAP is hosting a big series of online and offline events over the...
The online tax rebellion tea party may be going full steam on a rainy Tax Day afternoon, but the ‘baggers aren’t the only ones nipping at the heels of the news cycle this week. The Humane Society of the United States has also managed to...
Here’s a fun way to spend your April 15th: first person to spot an online advocacy campaign using tax day as a hook gets a free…oh wait, I win! Okay, I cheated — lots of groups have been working online to organize and recruit the...
Online politics a progressive monopoly? Not in California, at least judging from the battle waged over the internet to pass Proposition 8, the 2008 ballot initiative that banned gay marriage in that state: The ProtectMarriage.com coalition used the...