Comments on: 5 Ways Barack Obama Could Announce his Vice President Pick Via Social Media http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2008/07/5-ways-barack-obama-could-announce-his-vice-president-pick-via-social-media/ An Exploration of What Influences Us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Brian Giesen http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2008/07/5-ways-barack-obama-could-announce-his-vice-president-pick-via-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-17842 Brian Giesen Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:26:03 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=402#comment-17842 Thanks for your comments Jessica and David! As it turns out, Obama's campaign just tweeted that they will be announcing the VP through a text message and email. So they are using all channels which is smart. They created a landing page called Be the First to Know, which is worth a look: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/firsttoknow Thanks for your comments Jessica and David! As it turns out, Obama’s campaign just tweeted that they will be announcing the VP through a text message and email. So they are using all channels which is smart. They created a landing page called Be the First to Know, which is worth a look: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/firsttoknow

]]> By: Jessica Jacobi http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2008/07/5-ways-barack-obama-could-announce-his-vice-president-pick-via-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-17792 Jessica Jacobi Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:36:09 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=402#comment-17792 It seems to me that you are correct, that this election is “different” from all others but in my opinion this is directly because of the prevalence and requirement of high tech devices in this day and age. The first thing that I do when I wake up in the morning or return home from anywhere, be it class, babysitting, or errand, is log onto Facebook, I then check my email, which is shortly followed by logging onto YouTube to see if anything exciting or of interest to me has been added. I would have to say that for people around my age, which is 21, are a very large part of the group that would call themselves “Obama supporters” and would also be the majority of the users of sites such as Facebook or MySpace. Announcing his running mate through a site like this first would be ideal for someone like me, who does log in so frequently, because it would absorb very quickly. I think the idea to keep it a surprise as long as possible is a good one because it is going to be a huge factor in the voters’ final decision and although there has been a lot of speculation, people are still in the dark and are looking forward to Obama’s announcement which is who I would personally like to hear it from first, not someone like my hair dresser who heard from a friend of a friend’s grandma. I think the announcement may need to be a digital one because that is where the majority of people (in my age group at least) are getting most of their information. -Jessica Jacobi It seems to me that you are correct, that this election is “different” from all others but in my opinion this is directly because of the prevalence and requirement of high tech devices in this day and age. The first thing that I do when I wake up in the morning or return home from anywhere, be it class, babysitting, or errand, is log onto Facebook, I then check my email, which is shortly followed by logging onto YouTube to see if anything exciting or of interest to me has been added. I would have to say that for people around my age, which is 21, are a very large part of the group that would call themselves “Obama supporters” and would also be the majority of the users of sites such as Facebook or MySpace. Announcing his running mate through a site like this first would be ideal for someone like me, who does log in so frequently, because it would absorb very quickly. I think the idea to keep it a surprise as long as possible is a good one because it is going to be a huge factor in the voters’ final decision and although there has been a lot of speculation, people are still in the dark and are looking forward to Obama’s announcement which is who I would personally like to hear it from first, not someone like my hair dresser who heard from a friend of a friend’s grandma. I think the announcement may need to be a digital one because that is where the majority of people (in my age group at least) are getting most of their information.

-Jessica Jacobi

]]> By: David Bullock http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2008/07/5-ways-barack-obama-could-announce-his-vice-president-pick-via-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-17701 David Bullock Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:53:49 +0000 http://blog.ogilvypr.com/?p=402#comment-17701 You are so correct on Obama's disporportionally large social media footprint. Senator Barack Obama has used social media in ways that no other candidate has done in the past. I suspect that he will announce it on all channels as all of these platforms are interconnected. By pushing to all of the social media outlets, he will have an exponential compounding result. The people on Twitter (Twitter.com) will spread it. The people on YouTube (Youtube.com) will comment, email it and plug it on Facebook and Myspace. Adding to the announcement list... www.Digg.com www.Stumbleupon.com And of course, the major media channels will report on it which will set the blogosphere buzzing. - David Bullock You are so correct on Obama’s disporportionally large social media footprint.

Senator Barack Obama has used social media in ways that no other candidate has done in the past. I suspect that he will announce it on all channels as all of these platforms are interconnected. By pushing to all of the social media outlets, he will have an exponential compounding result.

The people on Twitter (Twitter.com) will spread it. The people on YouTube (Youtube.com) will comment, email it and plug it on Facebook and Myspace.

Adding to the announcement list…

http://www.Digg.com
http://www.Stumbleupon.com

And of course, the major media channels will report on it which will set the blogosphere buzzing.

- David Bullock

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