
Pathway to Victory: Am I Sure I Want to Run for Office?
Election season is shifting into full gear and candidates across the ballot are jumping into the intensity of their campaigns.
Election season is shifting into full gear and candidates across the ballot are jumping into the intensity of their campaigns.
In case you missed our Get Out The Vote with Digital webinar – or you just want to watch it
Congratulations! You are considering running for public office. Why? Well, that’s a question only you can answer. Candidates who know
As you prepare to launch your political campaign, we encourage you to take several hours to map out your strategy
Thinking about your first campaign for public office? The smartest move starts with doing the fundamental research you will need
1. Have a good reason to run. The single most important factor in the success or failure of a political
All over America first time candidates are running and winning.
If you are managing one of these political campaigns or helping to manage one—remember, everyone started somewhere.
We have worked hard to present to you just how simple this really is. But, here’s the hardest part of running a coherent online campaign.
You are telling a story in many, many parts—and it is easy for you to get lost in all this and forget to help your voters hear a coherent narrative. If you are getting lost, just imagine how the voters feel.
Because it can be targeted, because it can allow voters to respond immediately, and because it is in general a lower-cost tool than traditional advertising, digital ads are taking off in politics and are a larger and larger portion of a winning campaign’s overall budget.
But be careful. You need to consider your “media mix”.
To adequately access the very large audience controlled by Google’s YouTube and other networks you must produce video content.
Perhaps you have noticed that Facebook is increasingly optimized for video content. And if you want to use tools like ads on premium on-demand video sites, you also need video content.
Our political ad buying team is burning the midnight oil — and they have secured another five million impressions of premium online inventory.
This political ad inventory will be placed on sites like CNN, Hulu, or your local newspaper.
At this point, your Grandmother might be more likely to be on Facebook than your 18-year-old niece. They can both vote. So the idea that social media is just for young voters just isn’t borne out by the facts.
Young people are increasingly opting out of traditional cable and watch less and less traditional broadcast television, which means social and digital media are more and more vital for reaching voters under age 40. But that doesn’t mean older voters are not on social media or can’t be reached by digital channels.