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...victory suggested that Republicans might catch, or even pass, the Democrats in technological know-how in the coming campaign season. The Brown campaign employed iPhone apps, YouTube videos, hash tags and Facebook to turn a long-shot, shoestring campaign into a much broader political movement. Coakley, says Rob Willington, Brown's social-media strategist, never knew what she was up against. "We ran circles around her," he says. "It was incredible." (See the best social-networking applications...
...more than a numbers race. Using Ning, a social platform, Willington created the "Brown Brigade," Brown's own unique social network, which allowed the campaign to connect with grass-roots supporters. "You could also hook up with people in a brigade in your area," says Willington. The channel worked in all directions: Brown's staff could reach his supporters, his supporters could respond to him, and supporters could find one another to organize. The golden moment? The campaign raised $1.3 million in just one day by publicizing a fundraising blitz using those social platforms, well surpassing their goal...
...those tools, Willington organized a text-messaging network. If Coakley happened to be on the radio, for example, Brown supporters would receive a plea via text with the call-in number for questions. Opening that message eliminated the need to dial a phone number - "You just need to push 'Talk' or 'Call,' " says Willington. Further, Brown's staff banked on the fact that those messages might be forwarded by individuals to others in recipients' electronic address books. "We wanted to continue to reinforce the power of personal contact among friends," he says...
Days before the election, Google ads aided the final push. "If you were in Massachusetts, pretty much all day every day you would see a Scott Brown ad," says Google spokesman Galen Panger. Those ads also listed regional offices, says Willington, who bet that showing local locations would make it more enticing for people to come out and help...
...said. “With this site, I’m able to click on them, skim through them real fast, and see a ‘yes’ vote means this, a ‘no’ vote means this.”Robert Willington, executive director of the Massachusetts Republican Party, said he agreed that Imagine Election plays an important role in streamlining user-specific information for voters. “There is nothing worse than voting at the top of the ticket, and then blanking the bottom races due to a lack of information, ignorance...