Checklist for New Candidates

February 15, 2010 by Doug Mitchell
Filed under: Campaign Technology, Red Alert Dossier 

If you want to run a technologically savvy campaign and one that wins, we recommend you compare your actions to the following:

  1. Buy your domain name(s) and get cheap hosting from godaddy.com
  2. Build or have someone build you a graphically pleasing but inexpensive website using the hosted WordPress.org platform using a free or inexpensive template that has light graphical modifications.
  3. Set up your social sharing accounts (twitter, facebook, etc.) if you don’t already have them.  (You should have been building your brand online all along but in smaller campaigns sometimes this isn’t the case).
  4. Write at least 10 blog posts on various topics of interest in your race including statements on your key issues.
  5. Make a “Why I’m running” video and an “About Me” video.

This is only the beginning and there are about 100 other steps but if you execute on these and want more help, read our blog, subscribe to our email news alerts/video tips and you’ll be well ahead of most of the field.

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