Posts Tagged politics
Conservative Talking Points – On Your IPhone
There’s a new iPhone app geared for conservative political activists and conservatives who want to win arguments with liberals. The “Conservative Talking Points” iPhone app, $1.99, provides an extensive yet easily-accessed collection of sourced information, data, quotes and more on 50 different political topics. Its creators say it is “filled with 205 talking points backed [...]
Winning the Twitter Primary
I took a look today at the number of Twitter followers for each of the top three candidates in Tennessee’s hotly contested race for the Republican nomination in the 3rd Congressional District. The numbers are interesting. Former Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Robin Smith (@robints) had, as of this morning, 925 followers, giving her a more [...]
“One of the Most Powerful Brands in Social Media”
The Politico looks at how Sarah Palin has built “one of the most powerful social media brands in politics.”
While Palin isn’t the only major political figure to try alternative means of communication to bypass the media, her unique ability to remain in the headlines while avoiding the spotlight suggests she may be the first to [...]
Brazilian Oil CEO Takes On Critics Via Corporate Blog – Plus: Garth Brooks!
Via a tweet from TheCEODaily.com, I ran across a Business Week story today on how the CEO of a Brazilian oil company is firing back at critics via the company’s blog – and on Twitter: Petrobras Brandishes Its Corporate Blog: In a company blog and on Twitter, booming Brazilian oil giant Petrobras strikes a combative [...]
VoteStacey.com
Mesh Media Strategies’ current projects include VoteStacey.com, the website of Tennessee state Senate candidate Stacey Campfield, a Knoxville Republican serving his third term in the Tennessee state House.
The goal for the site was simple: A low-cost, easy-to-operate campaign website which incorporated the most useful social networking tools for encouraging grassroots involvement and financial support.
Mission Accomplished: [...]
A Site to See
Mesh Media Strategies serves clients both in and not in politics, and with the 2010 election season fast approaching we’re seeing more activity in that arena. Today, MMS took a look at the first website for any candidate in the budding race in state senate district 17, which includes part or all of eight counties [...]
Motivated+Connected=Activists
The Associated Press reports on the anti-Obamacare town-hall protests:
The emerging protest movement is almost the mirror image of the grass-roots campaign that helped sweep Obama into office by pulling in people who’d never been politically active. This time Obama is seeing the other side of what can happen when people are motivated, connect over the [...]
The Right Tools at The Right Price
McNeely, Pigott & Fox, a Nashville PR firm, is catching flack for charging a city agency nearly half a million dollars for lobbying the city council to approve a convention center project. That’s right, tax dollars are being used to pay an outside PR firm to lobby the city council to approve spending more tax [...]
Rise of the Volunteer Media
Long-time Tennessee political commentator Frank Cagle notes the role that social media will play in the 2010 race for governor in the Volunteer State:
Blogs will play an important role in this election by default. Over the next year, traditional news organizations will do the occasional “take out” on the race. … But day in and [...]
More than half of American adults went online for politics in 2008 election
“Three-quarters (74%) of internet users went online during the 2008 election to take part in, or get news and information about the 2008 campaign,” says Pew Internet, the research organization. “This represents 55% of the entire adult population, and marks the first time the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that more than [...]
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