Thank you</h1> <article> <h1>Thank you</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:17:11 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Megan Simpson </div> </div> </div> <p>CampaignTech is now over and we hope you all finally got some rest! We just wanted to let you know how thankful we are to each and every one of you who participated last Thursday and Friday. We couldn't have done it without our wonderful attendees, speakers, sponsors and amazing conference director, Julie Germany.</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/thank-you" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>It's finally here...</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:07:36 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Megan Simpson </div> </div> </div> <p>Well, it's finally here! According to our countdown clock, in T-10 hours, CampaignTech will be upon us. Everyone here at C&E is excited and we hope you are too. Below, you'll find some final logistics and features for tomorrow and Friday at CampaignTech. </p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/its-finally-here" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Mobile Data-Powered Politics</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:32:18 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Julie Germany </div> </div> </div> <p>During the last presidential election cycle, most of used our mobile phones for communications over text, voice, and email. Mobile apps were beginning to be used by a few political campaigns, and the many early adopters were connecting on Twitter and Facebook on their smart phones.</p> <p>Today, mobile phone users access seemingly endless amounts of information, entertainment, and media, connecting with the news, political campaigns, and each other from the palms of ours hands.</p> <p>A lot has changed in four years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/mobile-data-powered-politics" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Why I'm Going to CampaignTech</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:16:27 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Colin Delany, Guest Blogger & CampaignTech Panelist </div> </div> </div> <p>The CampaignTech conference is coming up fast! Look for me there, and not just because I'm a panelist -- this is one of my favorite events on the digital communications calendar. Here's why:</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/why-im-going-campaigntech" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Building the Back Bench</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:35:59 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Julie Germany </div> </div> </div> <p>In a recent <a href="http://www.campaignsandelections.com/magazine/us-edition/314337/a-shallow-republican-digital-bench.thtml">Campaigns & Elections magazine piece</a>, Colin Delany asked what the Republican party was doing to build its back bench of digital strategist and practitioners. He wrote,</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px; "><em>I’m picking up a sense that Republican digital experts don’t feel like they have much company—their side seems to be falling behind in the race to build a deep bench of talented online campaigners.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/building-back-bench" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Sponsor Spotlight: 5ivepoints</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:29:51 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sumer Attiyah </div> </div> </div> <p>5ivepoints encourages the use of smartphones to change the way campaigns and their supporters connect with voters.</p> <p>Campaign managers can now benefit from real-time analysis on the activity of their supporters; allowing them to maximize the number of volunteers on their campaign, manage their network more efficiently, and measure the results in real time.</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/sponsor-spotlight-5ivepoints" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Sponsor Spotlight: Intermarkets</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:35:54 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sumer Attiyah </div> </div> </div> <p>Intermarkets provides innovative and custom advertising solutions to clients and is a leading provider of digital advertising services.</p> <p>Intermarkets delivers premium ad placement across the Intermarkets Portfolio and reaches more than 20 million monthly unique visitors.</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/sponsor-spotlight-intermarkets" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Here they are...Announcing the 2012 CampaignTech Innovators presented by CBS Interactive</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:19:48 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Megan Simpson </div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: left; ">Here they are - the second class of CampaignTech Innovators! We're looking forward to hearing them speak on the <a href="https://www.campaigntechconference.com/agenda/campaign-tech-innovators">Innovators Keynote</a> on April 19th at 3:30. Give them a shout out by following them on Twitter - handles below. A big thank you as well to our friends at CBS Interactive for sponsoring the awards this year!</p> <p style="text-align: left; ">Again, congratulations to all of the winners!</p> <p style="text-align: left; "> </p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/here-they-areannouncing-2012-campaigntech-innovators-presented-cbs-interactive" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Content for the Rest of Us</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:17:04 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Julie Germany </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://campaigntechconference.com/">CampaignTech</a> has 32 panels designed for campaign professionals, communicators, and advocates -- all nominated and organized by our peers in the profession -- from a <a href="http://campaigntechconference.com/session/twitter-training-advocacy">Twitter Training for Advocacy</a> to <a href="http://campaigntechconference.com/session/reaching-voters-local-media">Reaching Voters on Local Media Sites</a> to <a href="http://campaigntechconference.com/session/mobility-how-use-mobile-gotv">Using Mobile for Get-Out-The Vote</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/04-2012/content-rest-us" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Merging Content and Action for Politics and Advocacy</h1> <p>megan.simpson — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:39:27 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-label">Author: </div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Julie Germany </div> </div> </div> <p>One of my favorite challenges while managing digital strategy for my of my clients is finding new ways to use the content we secure on blogs and traditional media sites to build an audience and drive some kind of action. How do I drive more readers to a blog post authored by a client? What can I do to get concerned readers to take an action when they read something stirring, engaging, and motivational? How much will it cost?</p> <p>Four affordable tools we’ve experimenting with might help:</p> <p><a href="http://www.campaigntechconference.com/blog/03-2012/merging-content-and-action-politics-and-advocacy" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>