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NGP VAN Introduces Social Organizing, New Relationship-Based Political Organizing Tool

NGP VAN announced today a new ā€œSocial Organizingā€ tool that allows campaign supporters toĀ match their Facebook friends to the VAN.According to their email - Hereā€™s how it works: Supporters log into your website using their Facebook credentials. They are then asked to match their Facebook and other friends...

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Google Apps

In the world of digital politics, local campaigns can easily get distracted by shiny new toys and often overlook some of the most basic tech infrastructure needs. Iā€™m not discounting the importance of setting-up some of these outposts, but when resources and staffing are limited, you want to take...

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Following the 2010 elections I attended a post-election presentation at Googleā€™s D.C. office where some very smart internet strategists touched upon the future of online political advertising. Many saw the upcoming 2012 as the tipping point in online advertising. However, so...

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Thank Youā€¦.

On November 3, 2010, the day after election day, I received an email from Doug Gansler with ā€œThank youā€ in the subject line. Doug Gansler is the Maryland Attorney General. I got excited because Iā€™d never received an email from Doug Gansler or his campaign before. After reading the...

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