Obama Campaign to Start Accepting Text Message Donations
As it gets closer to Nov. 6, President Obama’s campaign gets even more innovative. Today the campaign announced it would start taking donations via text messaging making it the first time in history. According to Reuters the Obama campaign is in agreements with cellphone carriers like Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, U.S. Cellular and T-Mobile to [...]
Read MoreObama Campaign Launches Obama for America iOS App
Need a new app? How about President Obama’s new campaign iOS app. The president’s campaign have launched Obama for America, a mobile app that includes election information, grassroots organizational tools, campaign news and more. Of course there is a little social media integration as well. Users can post to Facebook, tweet and invite friends to President [...]
Read MoreFirst Lady Michelle Obama Starts Pinning, Joins Pinterest
Want to follow someone new on Pinterest? How about first lady, Michelle Obama. Yup, the first lady is now part of the pin craze. The account is run by President Obama’s campaign staff like their other social media accounts, but of course you will know when it is the first lady herself when you see [...]
Read MoreObama Signs ‘Game-Changing,’ Crowd-Funding JOBS Act
President Obama called the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act a “game-changing” bill moments before singing it into law Thursday afternoon. The JOBS Act is a bipartisan bill which aims to make it easier for startups to grow, hire employees and contribute to the United States’ sluggish economic recovery. The bill classifies startups as “emerging growth companies” [...]
Read MorePresident Obama Joins the Pinterest Craze
From Twitter to Tumblr, President Obama seems to have the social media thing down. But he just added one more account to the list, Pinterest. The President’s Pinterest was announced via his Twitter account. Thus far he has approximately eight boards, 32 pins, and 1,156 followers. Some of the boards include Obama inspired recipes, Pet Lovers [...]
Read MorePresident Obama Gets More Online Visitors Than GOP Candidates Combined
President Obama’s online efforts during his 2008 bid for the White House revolutionized digital campaigns — and if Nielsen’s latest numbers are any indication, his team is working hard for a repeat in 2012. According to a recent Nielsen analysis, President Obama’s campaign pulled in more unique voting-age visitors than the four remaining Republican candidates’ sites combined throughout [...]
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