Is local politics the next place where online activism will make a serious mark? The New Politics Institute’s recent presentation talked about the importance of working with political bloggers who write about local issues, as did this...
Yesterday, when Jane Hamsher of firedoglake posted a picture on Huffington Post of Joe Lieberman photoshopped into wearing blackface, she was trying to make a point about what she sees as his hypocritical attempts to reach out to black voters...
The more I poke around the ‘net looking for resources, the more I come across great sites that I wish I’d known about months ago. Two recent highlights:
Darren Barefoot has posted an excellent case study of the viral spread of a parody site he created, including tips to give your viral content long online legs. Don’t forget to take dark matter into account! Thanks to Micropersuasion for the...
Hey kids, let’s boost our Google rank and become immensely popular and get to sit at the cool table at lunch and stuff. We know the basic methods because we’ve done our homework, but how do we keep track of the results? A site called...
Wow, I can’t say I’ve ever heard of this one before — a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times is looking for an internal campaign source by running a Google ad tied to searches for the name “Katherine Harris” (i.e., the...
PR guy David Meerman Scott has an excellent (and free) publication on his site about using press releases to reach customers (and by extension, potential campaign supporters) directly. Some quick points: A release sent out through a newswire (PR...
Les Blogs Herald France’s Newest Inalienable Right — The French are crazy about blogs, spending more time on them than Americans, British or Germans. Money quote — “You cannot be elected president of France without a blog...
M&R Strategic Services has a report out on how to contact new members of your activist list. The results surprised me, but the authors have actual real-live numbers to back them up — and we all know that Math Never Lies. M&R’s...
The progressive blogosphere’s first attack ad? PoliticsOnline has the story.
(By the way, if you don’t subscribe to PoliticsOnline’s weekly PoliTicker e-newsletter, you’re missing out on a great resource.)
– cpd