I just read a really delightful post by blogger Phil James in which he describes how, when he was a child, his father used to take him along to his polling place on election day and let him pull the lever in the voting booth. James says that this [...] Continue Reading…
There are two medium-circulation local newspapers in my suburban Cleveland area, and both offer comparable news coverage and editorials. Only one of them, though, has an on-staff cartoonist who puts a humorous artistic slant on local politics and events, and that’s one of the reasons that I tend to [...] Continue Reading…
For Killer Campaigning readers from Ohio (we have quite a few of them), there’s a great Activist Training Seminar being put on by American Majority this coming Saturday, June 12 in Rocky River. You can check out details on the venue location and schedule at this link.
This should be [...] Continue Reading…
One of the most often overlooked–and under-utilized–political campaign tools are candidate business cards. When you’re running for office in a local election, you’re bound to meet voters in places that you might not expect to . . . and at times when you don’t have your campaign fliers or [...] Continue Reading…
By Bruce Dietzen
Volunteers are the lifeblood of your campaign. Unfortunately, there’s no magic formula for tripling the number of supporters willing to knock on doors or make calls. I wish there were.
But there is an easy way to triple the number of people willing to spread the [...] Continue Reading…
Take a minute to go read a really good post on the J.M. Field Marketing Blog today about the similarities between well-run political campaigns and well-run strategic marketing campaigns. They do a great job of showing how successful political candidates can be in campaigning for office if they apply [...] Continue Reading…
One of my 2-year-old daughter Sophie’s favorite movies is Ratatouille, a really well-written cartoon about a rat named Remy who has an unusual gift for cooking fine cuisine. A character in the movie, Chef Gusteau, has a catch phrase that encapsulates his kitchen philosophy: “Anyone Can Cook.”
So, what does [...] Continue Reading…