http://social-media-optimization.com/2006/09/politicians-and-social-media/ Merging of Traditional Media, SEM and Social Marketing Tue, 15 May 2012 19:58:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://social-media-optimization.com/2006/09/politicians-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Michael Brito Mon, 02 Oct 2006 05:35:54 +0000 http://social-media-optimization.com/2006/09/politicians-and-social-media/#comment-87 Great post. I have been meaning to write about this for the last couple of weeks. While I do think it is important for politicians to use social media to get their message to the masses, I don't think it will make or break a political campaign. I can't remember where I read this, but historically, even the candidate who spends the most money in a campaign isn't always guaranteed a victory. Dean is one example. The DNC knew he wasn't going to win because he just didn't relate to the American people; yet they continued to raise millions of dollars (all of which wasn't spent). Most of that money probably went to the Kerry campaign. Great post. I have been meaning to write about this for the last couple of weeks. While I do think it is important for politicians to use social media to get their message to the masses, I don’t think it will make or break a political campaign. I can’t remember where I read this, but historically, even the candidate who spends the most money in a campaign isn’t always guaranteed a victory. Dean is one example. The DNC knew he wasn’t going to win because he just didn’t relate to the American people; yet they continued to raise millions of dollars (all of which wasn’t spent). Most of that money probably went to the Kerry campaign.

]]> http://social-media-optimization.com/2006/09/politicians-and-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Social Media Optimization » Will YouTube Be The Attack Dog of American Politics? Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:48:25 +0000 http://social-media-optimization.com/2006/09/politicians-and-social-media/#comment-81 [...] After my earlier post this week about Politicians and Social Media I received an email asking whether I thought that candidate ads that are run on YouTube would be subject to the same laws that govern television ads? And it is a great question. Currently the social networks seem to be free of any sort of government regulation and oversight as far as political ads are concerned. Slate had a great article last month on the impact that YouTube played in the Lieberman-Lamont race in Connecticut. [...] [...] After my earlier post this week about Politicians and Social Media I received an email asking whether I thought that candidate ads that are run on YouTube would be subject to the same laws that govern television ads? And it is a great question. Currently the social networks seem to be free of any sort of government regulation and oversight as far as political ads are concerned. Slate had a great article last month on the impact that YouTube played in the Lieberman-Lamont race in Connecticut. [...]

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