Social Media consultant Irene Koehler provides eight common-sense tips for political candidates using social media: By now, most candidates for public office have figured out that incorporating social media into their campaigns is a critically important step. It’s the how to do this that escapes most of them. Define your objectives: It’s amazing how often this step [...]
Simeon Duncan – Rejected Jesus redefines
#budget blog with @MathiasCormann is live here: http://t.co/SIBKFT7 #MyLiberal #auspol
#budget blog with @MathiasCormann is live here: http://t.co/SIBKFT7 #MyLiberal #auspol
No Tweets Allowed at the Royal Wedding
No Tweets Allowed at the Royal Wedding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF_OoLnLlAA Syndicate – Shout (by SyndicateVEVO)
Syndicate – Shout (by SyndicateVEVO)
People – not technology – are what win elections
New media – and here I’m thinking especially of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – is all the rage among political communicators at the moment. But it’s my view that too often the emphasis is placed on the tools or the tactics (Tweetups or FB Fan pages) rather than on strategy and message. A nice little [...]
9 things political campaigns shouldn’t forget on the web
Some good advice here: The great thing about the social Web for campaigns is that the tools are widely-available, user-friendly, and free or cheap. Any campaign, national or hyperlocal, can get involved with little to no barriers to entry. The absolutely mind-bogglingly terrible thing about the social Web for campaigns is the the tools are [...]
The 10 Commandments of political campaign social media
The 10 Commandments of Campaign Social Media: 1. Thou shalt not ignore social media. If you think you can entirely ignore social media, Google your candidate and then Google the opponent. 2. Thou shalt not worship the false social media god. Social media is not your campaign savior. If your candidate thinks social media is [...]
How to deal with online political haters
Some great advice from Jeff over at TechRepublican.com on how to deal with online political haters. His tips: It doesn’t matter how many people don’t get it. What matters is how many people do. This is the most important point to make in dealing with these people. A majority of the time people are not going to [...]
http://vimeo.com/11159963 A photo montage I did of my parent’s recent visit to Canberra
A photo montage I did of my parent’s recent visit to Canberra
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