Barack Obama is no stranger when it comes to utilising the power of web 2.0. He managed to outdo Hillary Clinton’s gargantuan money machine by employing grass-root strategy through social network sites like Facebook. But this takes the political marketing strategy to a new level. Why? Two words: engagement and personalisation. Won’t you be awed to receive SMS/email from your presidential candidate? It will also definitely differentiate him from other candidate and just imagine the buzz surrounding this move. In addition to that, now he has a good database of his supporters that he can easily use to activate them. Is this manoeuvre going to be the new benchmark in political engagement? Lets wait and see.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Political engagement
This blog is not about politic affairs, but with the world tuning into the American presidential election, I can’t help but follow the progress. After the not-so subtle jibe from Paris Hilton’s video, the latest development of the campaign turned to the announcement of the candidates’ VP nomination. What is so interesting? Well, instead of doing it in the conventional way, Mr. Barack Obama decided to inform his supporters via email and SMS. Ahead from the journalists and from the man himself!Barack Obama is no stranger when it comes to utilising the power of web 2.0. He managed to outdo Hillary Clinton’s gargantuan money machine by employing grass-root strategy through social network sites like Facebook. But this takes the political marketing strategy to a new level. Why? Two words: engagement and personalisation. Won’t you be awed to receive SMS/email from your presidential candidate? It will also definitely differentiate him from other candidate and just imagine the buzz surrounding this move. In addition to that, now he has a good database of his supporters that he can easily use to activate them. Is this manoeuvre going to be the new benchmark in political engagement? Lets wait and see.
Barack Obama is no stranger when it comes to utilising the power of web 2.0. He managed to outdo Hillary Clinton’s gargantuan money machine by employing grass-root strategy through social network sites like Facebook. But this takes the political marketing strategy to a new level. Why? Two words: engagement and personalisation. Won’t you be awed to receive SMS/email from your presidential candidate? It will also definitely differentiate him from other candidate and just imagine the buzz surrounding this move. In addition to that, now he has a good database of his supporters that he can easily use to activate them. Is this manoeuvre going to be the new benchmark in political engagement? Lets wait and see.
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