If you’re a political candidate who is running for office in a local election, then you won’t want to miss a great article published on Inside Facebook today about how mayoral candidates are using Facebook to augment their campaigning efforts. Facebook is quickly becoming an important part of political campaigns around the world, and the [...]
Chattarati has a great example of a congressional candidate who is using Twitter to update supporters about details of his political campaign platform. Check out the example below and use it to help you think of ways you can use Twitter and other social media to keep your campaign supporters updated! House candidate Tim Gobble [...]
Yesterday we focused on Google AdWords advertising for political campaigns, which is more suited for medium to large local elections. Today, I’d like to talk about another form of online advertising that can be much more effective for candidates in smaller local elections: advertising with Facebook ads. While Google AdWords allows you to specify what [...]
Mashable has a good post about a new social media platform for politicians called TownHall that you should check out if you get a chance. Looks like it could be a good tool to add to the arsenal for helping political campaign candidates engage in interact with their supporters. It’s part of a suite of [...]
I’ve written before on Killer Campaigning about how you can use the social networking site LinkedIn for political campaigns . . . but its usefulness goes far beyond that. In fact, LinkedIn is one of the most effective tools you can use for networking with other professionals who have the similar interests and careers. One [...]
Although I’m not going to post an update every time Killer Campaigning hits a new social media benchmark, I thought it was worth mentioning today that our Twitter page just surpassed 1,000 followers . . . and that’s a lot for a website that has only been publishing content for a few months. Thanks a [...]
We got a question this week from Darren in Arkansas, a Killer Campaigning fan who is not a candidate himself but wonders whether you can win a local election with nothing more than a great Internet presence. . . . so to get to my point do you think it’s possible, if a candidate in [...]