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 [...]

Reminder: Download and Read ClickZ’s Digital Political Campaigns 101

As the campaigns across the country kick into full gear, ClickZ’s Digital Political Campaigns 101 guide can serve as a go to resource as campaigns managers scramble and struggle to navigate the world of new media (especially if they don’t have a good new media director on staff). Edited by Katie Kaye,  the guide contains [...]

Google debuts campaign toolkit for 2010 cycle

Gooogle has launched toolkit that packages its exisiting tools for political campaigns in the upcoming compaign cycle. From the company’s website: Google products and YouTube allow you to deliver your message directly to voters, and can keep your staff and volunteers connected throughout the campaign. In the 2008 presidential election, 68% of registered U.S. voters [...]

Why You Should (and Should not) Use CiviCRM for Your Organization or Campaign

Following up on his post earlier this week presenting CiviCRM as an alternative to hosted CRMs, Riche Zamor, Principal at Social Contxt, writes a post detailing many of the advantages of CiviCRM as well some its weaknesses. In my last post I wrote up a introduction post about CiviCRM, presenting as a alternative to proprietary [...]

CiviCRM – An alternative in CRM for organization and campaigns

Today’s guest post is written by Riche Zamor.  Riche is the founder Social Contxt, a Boston-based new media firm dedicated to helping nonprofits and political campaigns make sense of the social web. Prior to Social Contxt, Riche served as New Media Director for Congressman Mike Capuano’s 2009 U.S. Senate campaign in Massachusetts and Deputy Internet [...]

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