Killer Campaigning: Political Campaign & Election Strategy

Most candidates who are running in smaller local elections simply aren’t going to have the budget to buy professional political campaign television commercials . . . nor would it be a smart purchase if they could afford it in the first place.  If you’re a city council or mayoral [...] Continue Reading…

Although political campaign strategy is a hobby of mine, my full-time career is in the field of Search Engine Optimization, Internet Marketing and Online Social Media.  All three of those topics are becoming more and more applicable to political campaigns of all sizes, and even candidates in local elections [...] Continue Reading…

There are many different options when it comes to political campaign advertising, and newspaper ads are probably among the least effective ways to spend your money–especially in higher-profile races.

It’s true that the average newspaper reader is more likely to vote than someone who doesn’t keep up with the news, [...] Continue Reading…

Wow, time really does fly!  It seems like we just kicked off Killer Campaigning yesterday, and here we are publishing our 100th post.  Thanks so much to all of the visitors and subscribers who have helped to make our political campaign blog such a great success in the short [...] Continue Reading…

Another positive trend for Killer Campaigning’s social media extensions: our LinkedIn Group (Political Campaign Consultants, Managers & Candidates) surpassed 100 members this week, and is continuing to grow at a rapid pace.

If you have a LinkedIn profile and haven’t joined our group yet, please take a moment and become [...] Continue Reading…

Matt in Utah sends this week’s election question for Killer Campaigning:
When candidates in a local elections are designing yard signs, brochures, billboards and etcetera, should they create a unique political campaign logo that everyone will recognize?  I am thinking of candidates for higher office, like presidential, senatorial and governors, [...] Continue Reading…

One common mistake made by new candidates in local elections is not including their political campaign committee disclaimer on materials that are paid for from their campaign fund.  Let’s take a quick look at political campaign disclaimer requirements to make sure that you don’t run afoul of election ethics [...] Continue Reading…

If you’re a local election candidate who is running a for office for the first time, you might have a few questions about how to set up a political campaign bank account.  While it isn’t a very difficult thing to do, starting your campaign bank account is an important [...] Continue Reading…

There is one thing that political candidates in both small local elections and politicians who are running high-profile campaigns have in common: they both have to establish a political campaign committee and keep track of all financial transactions that take place over the course of their campaign.

Starting a political [...] Continue Reading…

Killer Campaigning is quickly becoming one of the most popular websites in the country for candidates and consultants in search of campaign resources, with hundreds of unique visitors stopping by every day.

We’ve started getting a lot of requests to link back to other political campaign resource websites, and I’m [...] Continue Reading…