Website Review – TimWalberg.com

Enter FULL SCREEN mode if you’d like to get up close and personal as we review candidate for Congress Tim Walberg’s Website.  You can also get these videocasts in iTunes.

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Red Alert Webcast review Mike Cox 2010

This weeks randomly selected website for review was MikeCox2010.com.  Mike has some great stuff going on with his site and you’ll even see that I caught a live webcast being broadcast on his site. Nice touch.  Please take a look at this webcast and see what you can take away for your site.

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Political Paradigm Transformation

I was reading an article today, yes, from the Huffington Post, by Jose Antonio Vargas, where he discusses the the technological transformation we experience during Obama v. McCain Presidential election. We’ve discussed this time and time again but now that we’re “one year later” we should take a look back at what really did happen.

I think it was my very first blog post on ORS, Purchasing Power of Social Media, where I discussed the impact the Internet had on fund raising.  Donations of $200 or LESS, were 45% of the $744.9 million raised.  6.5 million donations were made online.  Obama’s email list was 13 million addresses.  Obama also overwhelmingly won the sub-30 age group.

Your constituency chooses to be communicated to in different ways.  Some like TV, others like Facebook, some are into Twitter, and some still like yard signs.  Either way, you need to be able to communicate in whichever way THEY prefer.  It’s not a choice, it’s a necessity.

Many candidates assume the Internet is just how they communicate with their constituents.  No.  Did you miss the fact that Obama had 6.5 million online donations?  They averaged $80 and many donated multiple times.  Your job during your candidacy is to raise money!  You need money!  No money means you lose!  Use the Internet to raise money.

One year later, many of his following feels alienated.  They feel like they have been forgotten.  Climate change, immigration, and other issues have fallen by the wayside.  They tweet about it.  They talk about it on Facebook or even My.BarackObama.com.  We cannot over-emphasize that the Internet is not just a tool to get elected.  This is why ORS is, more or less, political career management.  We help you get elected AND represent your constituency.

Technology won’t stop changing which is why this paradigm shift isn’t likely to stop any time soon.  Even since Obama was elected things have changed even more.  Facebook numbers have increased, Twitter demographics have changed, everything keeps on moving and fortunately, if you use it right, it’s moving to your advantage.

It really does come down to this.  Obama almost did it right.  Communicate.  Raise Money.  Manage Your Constituents.

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Red Alert Hour Show with Wade Steenhoek Ankeny’s Newest City Council Member (and ORS Subscriber)

Last night we had a GREAT show.  I had Wade Steenhoek (or follow Wade on Twitter) on who recently trounced the competition up in Ankeny, Iowa’s City Council race.  Wade was one of 3 people running for 2 seats and he got a meaningful percentage more votes as a newbie…than the incumbent!  Wade has fully embraced technology and aims to really drive community engagement through it.  He’s not just out there saying, “Yeah I really want to hear from the citizens…I’m gonna be different.” He’s deploying video, streaming, his blog, etc. to really show the people of Ankeny what’s going on and how their leadership is responding.
You’ll really like this piece with Wade…a true admbassador of technology in the local community and proud Operation Red State Subscriber.  (Get the message? Subscribers have a much better shot at winning!).

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No Red Alert Hour Today 10-8

They’re doing some technical upgrades to the studio…so we’ll be back next week to bring you more content.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Can Do Conservatives Chairman Brian Donegan on the Red Alert Hour

I was truly amazed to hear Brian’s story and how he’s faced adversity to become an advocate for the Conservative Disabled in America.  His message is manifold…but a key piece of his platform is that the Disabled cannot and should not be counted on to vote in lockstep with Democrats.  Brian was in town to speak at a Bob Vander Plaats fundraiser and is become quite a celebrity if you ask me.  Please take some time and listen to this great hour of inspiration.

Red Alert Hour – Doug gets Academic with Research on Politics and Technology

Tonight we talked a lot more theory and academia on the show.  About 40 minutes into the show, my espresso really kicked in!  I welcome your comments.

Red Alert Hour – August 13

I really enjoyed my first ORS Red Alert Hour without guests (but really…who wants to hear me blather for an hour?). I talked about Health Care Reform debate…and the lunacy of Sheila Jackson Leigh (unreal by the way). Take a listen and if you’d like to be a guest on the show, please let me know.

Red Alert Hour Radio Hour – News and Politics and Special Guest Mike Hoger

I had the great privilege of spending 2 hours on the air last night chatting about Socialized Medicine, Gulfstream Jets for Congress, and the Denial of Service Attacks on Twitter, and Facebook.

Tomorrow 5-6PM Central on the Red Alert Hour: Rep. Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn and 2 Conservatives under 20

Tomorrow, the Operation Red State Red Alert Hour show will be a barn buster. We’re going to have a couple of young people on (one voting age…one who will vote in the next election)…..along with the man in charge of getting those people to vote in this great state Matt Strawn Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa.

I can’t wait to see what we find out.

Join us please at 5PM-6PM Central tomorrow, Thursday the 6th of August, 2009 on www.macsworldlive.com

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