Florida's Rubio Boosted by Early Underdog Status and Belief in Digital
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Florida's Rubio Boosted by Early Underdog Status and Belief in Digital

16y Kate Kaye

Florida's Rubio Boosted by Early Underdog Status a...

Early belief in digital has helped Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio build support and fuel anti-moderate sentiment that influenced Governor Cha...

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Viral Video Success Helps Long-Shot Close Gap in Alabama Election
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Viral Video Success Helps Long-Shot Close Gap in Alabama Election

16y Christopher Heine

Viral Video Success Helps Long-Shot Close Gap in A...

One million YouTube views are aiding Republican Dale Peterson, who three weeks ago was considered a 17:1 long-shot in his run for Alabama's agricultur...

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The 10 Commandments of Campaign Social Media
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The 10 Commandments of Campaign Social Media

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The 10 Commandments of Campaign Social Media

An excerpt from ClickZ's Digital Political Campaigns 101, a free, practical resource on online fundraising, Web ads, social media, video, and more. Re...

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Before Loss to Scott Brown, Coakley Was Last-Minute Convert to Web Ads
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Before Loss to Scott Brown, Coakley Was Last-Minute Convert to Web Ads

16y Kate Kaye

Before Loss to Scott Brown, Coakley Was Last-Minut...

In the race for Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat, the failed campaign for Dem Martha Coakley did not authorize online ads until a few days befo...

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Maryland Twitter Rule Could Affect Several Political Races This Year
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Maryland Twitter Rule Could Affect Several Political Races This Year

16y Kate Kaye

Maryland Twitter Rule Could Affect Several Politic...

A proposal calls for political candidates to include standard language denoting an association with their campaigns on Facebook profile pages and woul...

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Labour Mostly Absent on Social Sites on U.K. Election Day
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Labour Mostly Absent on Social Sites on U.K. Election Day

16y Jack Marshall

Labour Mostly Absent on Social Sites on U.K. Elect...

As Conservatives reach out to supporter bases built on Facebook and Twitter today, and dominate ads on Google and YouTube, Labour is mostly silent. Re...

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U.K. Conservatives Buy YouTube Homepage Ad for Election Day
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U.K. Conservatives Buy YouTube Homepage Ad for Election Day

16y Jack Marshall

U.K. Conservatives Buy YouTube Homepage Ad for Ele...

Party gears up for a final day of campaigning through online video, social media, e-mail, and mobile marketing. Read More...

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U.K. Lib Dem Party Embraces Grassroots in Social Media
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U.K. Lib Dem Party Embraces Grassroots in Social Media

16y Jack Marshall

U.K. Lib Dem Party Embraces Grassroots in Social M...

By adopting Twitter hashtags and embracing Facebook-driven flashmobs, the Liberal Democrat Party is helping supporters flourish in social media. Read ...

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Republicans Play 'Turncoat' Card to Build Support Online
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Republicans Play 'Turncoat' Card to Build Support Online

16y Kate Kaye

Republicans Play 'Turncoat' Card to Build Support ...

Florida's Marco Rubio isn't the only candidate taking shots at so-called Republican defectors to promote their own campaigns and fundraising organizat...

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New Wave of Post '08 Political Agencies Emerges
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New Wave of Post '08 Political Agencies Emerges

16y Kate Kaye

New Wave of Post '08 Political Agencies Emerges

Former Obama and Brown campaign staffers, independent consultants, and others have launched consulting firms serving political, advocacy, and public a...

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IAB Lobby Gives to Lawmaker to Influence Behavioral Ad Policy
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IAB Lobby Gives to Lawmaker to Influence Behavioral Ad Policy

16y Kate Kaye

IAB Lobby Gives to Lawmaker to Influence Behaviora...

Among the messages the IAB hopes to get across to legislators: behavioral targeting is so pervasive, even their own election campaigns probably use it...

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GOP Outguns Dems Online in Congressional Races
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GOP Outguns Dems Online in Congressional Races

16y Kate Kaye

GOP Outguns Dems Online in Congressional Races

Consultants on the right and left, along with digital media sellers, say Republican House candidates are more serious about using Web ads and other on...

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Microsoft Takes Aim at Google's Growing Political Business
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Microsoft Takes Aim at Google's Growing Political Business

16y Kate Kaye

Microsoft Takes Aim at Google's Growing Political ...

Microsoft hopes this year's political campaigns will use its new cloud-based tools, including a community management platform. Read More...

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U.K. Labour MP Urges Voters to Click Conservative Ads
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U.K. Labour MP Urges Voters to Click Conservative Ads

16y Jack Marshall

U.K. Labour MP Urges Voters to Click Conservative ...

John Prescott asked supporters to click on Conservative ads to diminish opponents' budget. Read More...

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Despite Cost, Political Campaigns Try Mobile
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Despite Cost, Political Campaigns Try Mobile

16y Kate Kaye

Despite Cost, Political Campaigns Try Mobile

Mobile has not been universally embraced by political consultants - and has even raised some hackles among those who see it as a costly distraction. R...

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Shifting Sands in Google's Political Sales Organization
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Shifting Sands in Google's Political Sales Organization

16y Kate Kaye

Shifting Sands in Google's Political Sales Organiz...

Company has added a former political campaign manager to its sales team, and its once-top political sales guy is now focused on advertising industry o...

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Right Wing Groups Win Web Support through Healthcare Loss
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Right Wing Groups Win Web Support through Healthcare Loss

17y Kate Kaye

Right Wing Groups Win Web Support through Healthca...

Groups like Freedom Works and The Senate Conservatives will continue using the healthcare debate to galvanize support for their candidates, generate e...

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Brown's Aggressive Web Buys Crushed Coakley, Drove Volunteers
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Brown's Aggressive Web Buys Crushed Coakley, Drove Volunteers

17y Kate Kaye

Brown's Aggressive Web Buys Crushed Coakley, Drove...

Web ads led to a 122 percent boost in signups from supporters interested in volunteering to get out the vote for Scott Brown's Senate campaign. Read M...

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Partners in New D.C. Firm Cut Teeth on GOP Controversy
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Partners in New D.C. Firm Cut Teeth on GOP Controversy

17y Kate Kaye

Partners in New D.C. Firm Cut Teeth on GOP Controv...

Right-leaning heavy-hitters form a political consultancy aiming to remove the barriers between digital and traditional media. Read More...

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Fundraising Drives Web Election Campaigns in U.S., But Not in U.K.
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Fundraising Drives Web Election Campaigns in U.S., But Not in U.K.

17y Kate Kaye

Fundraising Drives Web Election Campaigns in U.S.,...

Unlike in the U.S., fundraising is not a major component of election campaigns in the U.K., and that is reflected in how they operate online. Read Mor...

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Twitter Lesson for David Cameron
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Twitter Lesson for David Cameron

17y Kate Kaye

NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Twitter Lesson for David Cam...

The rules for using Twitter in political campaigns are not yet written. Should the U.K.'s Conservative Leader get on board? Read More...

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Video: A Talk with Bloomberg '09 Digital Strategist
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Video: A Talk with Bloomberg '09 Digital Strategist

17y Kate Kaye

Video: A Talk with Bloomberg '09 Digital Strategis...

View a Q&A with Jonah Seiger, lead digital strategist for Bloomberg's 2009 campaign at Social Media Week, an event sponsored by ClickZ and held in...

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Bloomberg '09 Spent Over $2 Million on Digital Ads
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Bloomberg '09 Spent Over $2 Million on Digital Ads

17y Kate Kaye

Bloomberg '09 Spent Over $2 Million on Digital Ads

Mayor's re-election campaign spent around $2.1 million on Web ads, four times what Hillary Clinton's presidential primary camp spent online. Read More...

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U.K. Conservatives Embrace Digital to Revamp Image
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U.K. Conservatives Embrace Digital to Revamp Image

17y Jack Marshall

U.K. Conservatives Embrace Digital to Revamp Image

The Conservative Party in the U.K. hopes its dedicated in-house digital team and agency partners help update its image and woo voters in the digital s...

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VA Senate Majority Leader to Dem Candidate: You Will Use Web Ads
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VA Senate Majority Leader to Dem Candidate: You Will Use Web Ads

17y Kate Kaye

VA Senate Majority Leader to Dem Candidate: You Wi...

Prodding and funding from the state party caucus may have helped David Marsden reach swing voters and win a tight race for state senator this month. R...

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Air America Dies, Failing to Make Transition to Web
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Air America Dies, Failing to Make Transition to Web

17y Kate Kaye

Air America Dies, Failing to Make Transition to We...

The left-wing radio and Internet media operation has struggled since its launch in 2004, and failed to make an impact online. Read More...

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Massachusetts Senate Election Could Inspire a More Digital GOP
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Massachusetts Senate Election Could Inspire a More Digital GOP

17y Kate Kaye

Massachusetts Senate Election Could Inspire a More...

Republican Scott Brown's bootstrapped campaign has built grassroots support through online ads, social media, and video. Read More...

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