Get-Out-The-Visualizations! Social Media & Election Day

Besides Slurp140, here are a few of our favorite tools for following the election via social media that have recently come to our attention. Is there a website or tool you recommend?  Let us know!

 New York Times: The Election Will Be Tweeted (and Retweeted)

Although it is difficult to follow or discern the content of the incoming tweets,...

Ten tips for getting more out of your Facebook updates

In addition to building great websites, we (The Bivings Group) help clients manage their online campaigns on an ongoing basis.  Helping our clients create and maintain compelling Facebook pages for their organization, cause or business is an increasingly large part of this work.

Based on a lot of trial and error,...

Foursquare’s “I Voted” Badge- How Will Campaigns Use It?

While most of the news surrounding Foursquare’s announcement on Mashable that users will now get a custom badge for voting on election day, so far not much has been written about the most interesting, and potentially explosive aspect- the Foursquare election data visualization site.

Although Gowalla was first to announce an election badge and actively seek to partner with individual campaigns,...

Winning the U.S. Senate Social Media Election- CA, IL, NV, WA, WV Edition

Since our 2006 report on the quality and content of campaign websites, we have seen a marked improvement across the board in sites that incorporate multimedia content, personal fundraising, the Spanish language, and of course, candidate presences on social networking websites. With the 2010 midterm elections just a week away,...

Is a Bad Website Your Best Move? Is Your Rent Too Damn High?

Last June at the 2010 PDF Conference our panel focused on Political Websites: The Good, The Bad and  the Ugly. Taking top honors last time was George Hutchins  followed by the Jerry for New Mexico site.

This week, after insurgent New York Governor candidate Jimmy McMillan, founder of the now legendary “Rent Is Too Damn High Party” shocked and amazed our nation with his debate performance (See Gawker for comprehensive coverage) it seems that the first thing many people did was immediately visit Mr....