A chat with Patrick Mara (R), Former Candidate for DC Council

On the social media front, Patrick mainly used Facebook.  He has both a private profile , with 885 friends, and politician page , with 208 fans (he is one of them).  He also ran targeted Facebook ads with some success –targeting members of the DC’s gay community.  He mentioned that efforts were so targeted that he [...]

“You will never be Barack Obama.” But can you use his web strategy?

As anticipated, the 2009 Politics Online Conference provided a plethora of great information for folks interested in the intersection of the internet and politics. However, one panel stood out because it dove into Online Politics at the State Level. For my inaugural post, I thought I’d jot down my takeaways from the panel and hopefully continue the [...]