Blogging is Everywhere....
Ever since I began taking Politics and the New Media, I swear that I cannot get through an hour without hearing the word "blog." Blogging is everywhere and it seems that everyone has an opinion on it. It seems as if "blog" is the hot word to say and an incredible amount of articles are devoted to the topic.
So here is another one on the subject from yesterday's Washington Post.
Blogging is being used widely throughout the political arena and campaign managers are just beginning to see how great of a tool blogging can be. For example, Ben Chandler who successfully ran for Congress in Kentucky was able to use blogging to his advantage. By placing a campaign fundraising banner ad on Daily Kos for two weeks he was able to raise a little more than $80,000. Not bad for very little work in just two weeks. That figure really is incredible, showing once again that blogging is an important tool.
To be honest I am beginning to feel like a broken record but everywhere I look I find more and more evidence about the importance of blogs and the influence that they potentially have. It only makes me wonder if the columnists who keep writing these articles feel the same way....
So here is another one on the subject from yesterday's Washington Post.
Blogging is being used widely throughout the political arena and campaign managers are just beginning to see how great of a tool blogging can be. For example, Ben Chandler who successfully ran for Congress in Kentucky was able to use blogging to his advantage. By placing a campaign fundraising banner ad on Daily Kos for two weeks he was able to raise a little more than $80,000. Not bad for very little work in just two weeks. That figure really is incredible, showing once again that blogging is an important tool.
To be honest I am beginning to feel like a broken record but everywhere I look I find more and more evidence about the importance of blogs and the influence that they potentially have. It only makes me wonder if the columnists who keep writing these articles feel the same way....
1 Comments:
Ah.... I didn't think anyone knew what a broken record was anymore!
I was puzzled though, when our guest lecturer seemed to imply that blogs are better for challengers than for incumbents. I wasn't sure why that would be. Was I misinterpreting him?
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