CiviCRM v Hosted CRMs: Why hosted CRMs are better suited for campaigns

A few weeks ago, Riche Zamor, Principal of SocialContxt, penned two guest posts (here and here) offering CiviCRM as an alternative to hosted CRMs. In his posts Riche sets realistic expectations for organizations and campaigns seriously considering using CiviCRM. For the most part, I agree with Riche. My only point of contention is that campaigns, especially local and small campaigns, should [...]

Five Talents Campaign Managers Should Look For in a New Media Director

As the fall elections draw near, many campaigns are staffing up.  By virtue of being on many online politics-related listservs, I’ve seen a number of postings for new media directors on campaigns. However, the postings portrait the new media director position as nothing more than glorified content intern and highlight the fact campaigns are not [...]

Worst campaign websites of 2010

In the last 10 years, the price tag for a decent website has drastically dropped.  Moreover, the internet has increasingly been touted as the great leveler between campaigns flush with cash and those running on fumes.  Countless applications have been created to simplify website publishing while maintaining elegant look and feel. Despite these facts, some [...]

Five ways to find local bloggers

As Tip O’Neill once stated, “all politics is local.” But if we’ve learned anything since the 2004 presidential election,  it is that thanks to the advent of the internet, all politics is viral.  Given these two facts, it’s understandable how blogs with a local-focus have become a major player in local politics. Increasingly candidates and [...]

In case you missed it: My first guest post On epolitics.com

I spent a week in Massachusetts helping the Coakley campaign.  After the loss, a slew of blog posts and news articles were written analyzing the online component of the race.  However, I felt that they all lacked something – an insider’s perspective.  I sought to expand on the commentary already in the blogsphere about what [...]

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