One of the things that is quickly becoming a necessity is the use of social media within a political campaign. As we saw with President Obama’s campaign, social media can make a very big difference.
Some of the reasons why social media should be included in the strategy plan for a political campaign are:

Help increase supporters.
Help increase donations.
Quickly connect with supporters.
Building political network for supporters and constituents.

These four simple steps can make a big different in a political campaign. Some of the things that you can do to integrate social media into your political campaign are:

Create a fan page on Facebook …read more

One the way home from the mall today, I was listening to the radio, and the DJ started talking about current events. He talked a lot about the current situation in North Korea, and about how it’s amazing that more people aren’t talking about it and don’t even know much about the topic. And he’s right – as Americans, we should know and understand current events that effect our country, at least on a basic level.
If you’re a freelance writer, you should take even more care to understand current events. Clients like to hire people who understand what’s going on …read more

From politicians to sporting athletics to super stars, Twitter seems to be stirring up interest and addiction all at once. I’m sure that the co-founders of Twitter pictured to the left, could not have imaged how quickly Twitter would moved from a “cute” communication tool to a “must have”.
According to CNNPolitics.com, many politician have started using Twitter as a way to quickly communicate with their follower about the state of affairs on Capitol Hill. Real-time updates are quickly becoming the norm for many to communicate their status or opinions about various topics. Whether it’s the state of the economy, the …read more

Chris Garrett, who blogs about writing, new media and blogging has an interesting post today called: Writing Lessons from Obama and Hilary
Born in Canada and living in the UK, his take on our campaign is interesting and worthwhile. He makes the statement, “Attacks and Negativity Damage All,” then follows with comments that reflect what people say about negative and attack ads. Most of us will recognize ourselves in at least some of the comments.
From there he moves to discussing what he looks for – someone with solutions, then shows how important writing is in determining just how a political campaign, …read more

As conservative commentators (I’m not thinking quit that nicely) continue to insist all mainstream media has a “liberal bias,” media as we know it has been and continues to be consolidated at what I consider an alarming rate. Under the guise of the mythical free market and deregulation, newspapers are now owned by corporations far from the communities they claim to serve, radio stations and the public airwaves they use are owned by single organizations like Clear Channel. News, because it must be profitable, has become entertainment with little effort to inform. As a result, our democracy is literally at …read more

As long as we’re talking about Banned Books Week it seems appropriate to publish the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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