It’s been a bad week for the social media gurus. First Mark Schaefer called them out collectively, and some individually, for constant backslapping and creating, inadvertently or not, a country club atmosphere where eveything is fine and cozy.
Sadly, he’s correct. And the pseudo gurus were none-too-quick to jump in with defenses of their own. My [...]
This has been a long time coming. Although people have had in their pockets the means to transmit breaking news for at least a decade, increased social networking – particularly Twitter, Facebook and Youtube—has finally garnered enough traction to spread information to the masses.
Three events just this year have set the stage [...]
A Step-by-Step Guide for Success
On Monday we began the journey on how to launch an effective grassroots political campaign. You may read part I here and part II is here. Here are the final steps for a successful campaign!
5. Play the victim. If your antagonist is evil (and by default, he is), you must, by default, [...]
A Step-by-Step Guide for Success
Yesterday we began the journey on how to launch an effective grassroots political campaign. You may read part I here. Here are the next two steps in the process, which will help lay the foundation for successful campaigns.
3. Build your social networking presence.
a. Start with a website. Do not get too fancy. Nothing [...]
A Step-by-Step Guide for Success
With campaign finance reform, never-ending political corruption and the emergence of the increased power of the citizenry using online technology, this means politics is due for a grassroots-based upheaval.
If not, it should be.
With that in mind, this step-by-step guide to launching a grass roots political campaign is a surefire way to [...]
September 25, 2009
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