 If you are a political candidate, you will certainly face some sort of abuse online. It may be in posts, comments, or even through memes and imagery.  Cyberbullying has always been an issue, but social media has taken abuse to a whole new level. In this episode, we talk about some ways to address the negativity that political campaigns and candidates face online.Learn more about Online Candidate&apos;s political web design services, and sign up for our  political campaign tips to get a head start with your digital campaigning.Original Post: https://www.onlinecandidate.com/articles/handling-negative-posts-about-your-campaign

Running for Office as an Online Candidate

Handling Negative Posts About Your Campaign

 Running for any political position is a challenge, but some are easier than others. Without experience, many first-time political candidates have no idea where to begin.  In this episode, we discuss what offices first-time candidates might consider.  Running for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help get a head start with your digital campaigning. Related:Should You Run For Local Office?Political Candidate Training ProgramsVisit Online Candidate for political website design and marketing services. 

What Are Easiest Political Offices To Run For?

The last few election cycles has seen a surge of people interesting in seeking elected office. If you&apos;ve never run for office before, you&apos;re going to need help learning what it takes to get elected. In this episode, we discuss who you can reach out to first when deciding to seek political office.ResourcesWho Can You Contact To Get Started If You Want To Run For Office?Online Political Candidate Training Course List Should You Make The Run For Elected Office?

Who To Contact When Starting a Run for Office

And as a political candidate, you will want influence over what people see, hear and read about you online. To do that, you need to create a personal brand for yourself. In this episode, we discuss a few online campaigning mistakes that we see all too often.Mistake Number 1 : Limiting your online campaigning to FacebookMistake Number 2: Slate websitesMistake Number 3: Waiting until after a primary to start online outreachSign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help get a head start on how to run for local office . Visit OnlineCandidate.com for campaign website and marketing services . 

The Biggest Mistakes in Online Campaigning

Even local candidates must campaign online to reach voters. How much a political campaign should budget for digital advertising depends on a variety of factors. In this episode, we lay out a formula for budgeting your online advertising spend.Running for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help get a head start with your digital campaigning. Visit OnlineCandidate.com for campaign websites and marketing services. Original post: https://www.onlinecandidate.com/articles/how-much-money-should-political-campaign-budget-digital

How Much Should Your Political Campaign Budget For Digital?

There are plenty of factors that can hurt a political campaign. Here are some top candidate mistakes that often contribute to an election day loss.Running for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help get a head start with your digital campaigning. Visit OnlineCandidate.com to start your own campaign website. Original post: https://www.onlinecandidate.com/articles/candidates-change  

10 Things That Separate Winning Political Candidates From Losing Candidates

Every two years in the United States, there are over 500,000 public offices up for election. During that time, more than a million and a half candidates will seek elected office. For many  candidates, it will be their first race.In this episode, answer a few frequently asked questions for first-time political candidates.FAQ topics covered:Is it important to campaign online?How early should I start my campaign?How can I use digital advertising for my political campaign?How does someone become verified to run ads online?How can I raise money online?Running for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help get a head start with your digital campaigning. Visit OnlineCandidate.com to start your own campaign website. 

Political Candidate FAQs

Running for elected office is one of the best ways you can give back to their community. Whether you want to run for city council, county representative or school board, every candidate must begin their campaign by making the decision to actually run.Getting yourself on the ballot takes time, effort and money. Running for office takes personal sacrifice and extracts a toll not only on you, but also on your family and close supporters.In this episode we cover questions to ask before getting started in politics.Are you ready to get involved?What political office should you run for?What are the requirements to run for office?How much money do you need to win?Are you ready to build your base of supporters?Is your family ready?And moreRunning for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help you get a head start with your digital campaigning. Visit OnlineCandidate.com to start your own political campaign website. 

Should You Make the Run for Political Office?

Our guest started building web pages in the mid 1990s. She has over 20 years experience in print and web design, and she&apos;s worked with hundreds of political campaigns in website design and development. In this episode we talk with Carol Daley, Partner of Daley Professional Web Solutions and Online Candidate. Carol shares how she started in web, what brought her into online politics and most interesting campaign website she ever designed.Running for office? Start your political campaign website with Online Candidate.  Sign up for Online Campaign Tips to get a head start with your digital campaigning.   

Interview with Carol Daley, owner of Online Candidate

With candidates these days having limited options in reaching out to voters, IP Targeting  is a form of advertising that allows candidates and campaigns to directly target online ads to mobile devices and computers at an individual household level.In this episode we cover: How does IP targeting work?When to run IP targeting campaigns.Strategies for creating audiences from your voter list.Running for office? Sign up for Online Political Campaign Tips to help get a head start with your digital campaigning. Read more about political IP targeting at https://www.onlinecandidate.com/articles/ip-targeting-political-strategies

Political IP Targeting Strategies

In other words, why are you running for office? Summarize your campaign’s main message or narrative into a concise statement that explains why voters should support your campaign, organization or political party. The message should be short enough to not only tell a story, but also to be broken down and used as talking points that can be used by a candidate over and over again.So, what is a political campaign theme? For your messaging, it’s a summary of why you are seeking office.Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips to help you get a head start with your digital campaigning. View the post at https://www.onlinecandidate.com/articles/whats-your-campaign-theme 

What’s Your Campaign Theme?

Local political campaigns need to reach fewer voters and typically campaign for a shorter period than larger campaigns. But that does not make local campaigning any easier for the candidates or their supporters. In some ways, small campaigns have it even tougher.Here are a few major challenges local candidates face when starting a run for office:  Putting together a campaign team Developing a message and theme that resonates with voters Raising campaign funds and donations Getting enough media exposureRunning for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips to help you get a head start with your digital campaigning. View the post at https://www.onlinecandidate.com/articles/challenges-small-campaigns 

4 Challenges Facing Small Political Campaigns

The 2020 election accelerated the convergence of politics and technology. In this episode, Shane Daley discusses our take on how the pandemic affected our client&apos;s political campaign efforts - and why online campaigning will never be the same.In this episode we cover:The pandemic changed everythingPolitical campaigning goes virtualOnline advertising falls under scrutinyHuge Facebook frustrationsIP targeting strikes the markThe aftermath: Did digital live up to the hype?Running for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help you get a head start with your digital campaigning. View the post at https://www.onlinecandidate.com/articles/election-year-review 

Our 2020 Election Year Review

In this episode we cover: Using email marketing for local political campaigns.Email marketing vendors.Email best practices, including tracking your success.Running for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help you get a head start with your digital campaigning. For more campaign articles and resources, visit us at Online Candidate.

Political Campaign Email Basics

In this episode we cover: How online fundraising is an important way to bring in campaign donations.Opening a political campaign bank account.Using online fundraising tools.How trigger events create online fundraising opportunities.Running for office? Sign up for our Online Political Campaign Tips guide to help you get a head start with your digital campaigning. Visit our blog for more information about online political fundraising.

Raising Political Donations Online

In this podcast series, we cover the tips, tricks and ideas for local political candidates who want to leverage the internet to help win their election. Brought to you by OnlineCandidate.com

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Running for Office as an Online Candidate

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