The use of social media for political campaigns
In our days more and more people are using social network websites.
It was pretty obvious that political
campaign managers couldn’t ignore this fact anymore and that is why we are starting to see a lot more...
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The use of social media for political campaigns
In our days more and more people are using social network websites.
It was pretty obvious that political
campaign managers couldn’t ignore this fact anymore and that is why we are starting to see a lot more
political campaigns on Facebook and Twitter.
The first major player that did that was the current president of the United States, Barack Obama, back
in 2008.
A lot of analysts credited the Democratic Party’s win due to an impressive campaign, centered
on the use of social media.
Here are some pointers for a successful social media election campaign:
Present the candidate via a major social network profile: make sure the users that have
Facebook or Twitter can find information about the candidate within their networks
Create conversations: as in real-life, make sure that the candidate responds to what his
supporters are asking.
Without live interaction, failure is most likely imminent because social
networking sites are all abo
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