When Twitter announced that it would ban all political ads (including the issue-focused variety), I wasn’t shy about what I thought: I called it a cop-out. Why? Twitter wants the best of all possible worlds — for itself. It’s...
New Epolitics.com contributor! Myles Bugbee is a digital strategist who has consulted from city council to congressional to presidential campaigns. During the 2018 cycle, he directed Sen. Jon Tester’s digital program and was dubbed “Mr...
Top Photo: This time, precise targeting was just a test. Regular readers know that I’ve been advocating for Democrats to launch long-term persuasion campaigns to reach people inside the Fox/Limbaugh/Breitbart bubble. Absent field outreach...
New Epolitics.com contributor! Bryan Eastman is a campaign strategist based in North Florida who runs PoliEngine, “a political website builder and communications company that helps candidates get professional-quality communications for a...
Check out the slides from Friday’s Netroots Nation training, designed to introduce new/creative advertising strategies for political campaigns and advocacy organizations. The training was a hit; we filled the room and flowed out into the...
I put this list together as a handout for a digital advertising training at Netroots Nation 2019. To see the list as a one-pager, please download the PDF. What tips would you add to the list? 1. Focus Your Budget Have clear goals. Most advocacy and...
Responding to criticism that they’ve ceded the field to Trump in battleground states while potential presidential nominees fight it out, Democratic groups went to Politico’s Maggie Severn this weekend to argue that they aren’t...
Top Photo: Leading a Republican voter to water Between now and Election Day 2020, Democrats have a lot of persuading to do. It won’t be easy — and Donald Trump is already well ahead of us. First, the problem: outside of the suburbs...
No, the Republicans are not “winning the internet”, but Donald Trump does do one thing better than the Democrats. 523 days before the November 2020 elections, his campaign is already running a long-term Facebook persuasion campaign based...
I’ve been experimenting recently with cross-posting Epolitics.com articles to Medium.com, and last month’s Digital Beachheads article is the latest. With a new title, too, so check out Digital Beachheads: How to Use Facebook to Build...