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blogsEuropean election activitySubmitted by Graham on Sat May 16, 2009 EULAR (the european league against rheumatism) is a federation of national arthritis (rheumatism) groups from across Europe. They asked us if we could help them to implement a campaigning strategy during the European elections currently underway. how long does it take to win?Submitted by Graham on Wed May 6, 2009 Yesterday's news included some coverage of a ban on seal products voted in by the European Parliament. This is a campaign that we are familiar with, in part because each year a number of organizations that use our software launch campaigns around this issue at the start of the seal hunt. Our email volumes go up! This year, the Canadian Senator that sponsored a bill to outlaw the seal hunt received over 500,000 eamils of support. One of our clients in the UK generated over 100,000 emails to UK MEPs alone. The EU vote was truly remarkable for a few reasons. getting started in the USSubmitted by Graham on Wed May 6, 2009 Last week's NTC in San Francisco was the first opportunity for us to show our software to prospective clients in the United States. The NTC generated a list of 42 nonprofits looking for a demo of our products, and there seemed to be a lot of enthusiasm for more options in the eCRM marketplace. 30,000 feet above sea levelSubmitted by Graham on Sat Apr 25, 2009 I'm writing this entry 30,000 feet above sea level on a Virgin America flight to San Francisco. Amazing that I can get wifi access on a plane for $12.95 for the entire 5 hour flight! The speed is really good. why do people unsubscribe?Submitted by Graham on Tue Mar 17, 2009 How many of you subscribe to an excessive number of e-newsletters and lists that you never have time to read? Yeah, me too. a degree in political campaigning?Submitted by Graham on Tue Mar 10, 2009 City University London has created a new graduate course in political campaigning. Writing as someone that worked as a political hack for 3 years, the idea of a university degree in political campaigning sounds a little formal. Surely the real learning in this profession is still outside a classroom? alerts versus newsletterSubmitted by Graham on Sat Feb 28, 2009 At a recent speech in London, Thomas Gensemer, the man behind Barak Obama's online election campaign said that e-newsletters are a 'waste of time and effort' when compared with the effectiveness of shorter email 'alerts'. We have dozens of clients that publish e-newsletters. Writing, formatting and distributing e-newsletters is a lot of work, so the idea that you can replace an e-newsletter with simpler alerts may be welcome news to many! e-campaigning and the economySubmitted by Graham on Tue Feb 17, 2009 I came across some data from the most recent Charity Forecast Survey conducted by the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) in the UK. "Four out of 10 charity leaders expect to increase their campaigning and service provision despite gloomy predictions about the impact of the economic crisis, a survey has suggested. getting through to MPsSubmitted by Graham on Wed Feb 11, 2009 Duane Raymond, who runs an e-campaigning consultancy called Fair Say, conducted a study of UK MPs to assess their views of e-campaigning. It makes for interesting reading. It both affirms many of the assumed thinking about MPs and email, and shows a new openess by MPs to receiving and benefitting from increased email communication from constituents. Labour is getting e-seriousSubmitted by Graham on Wed Feb 11, 2009 During the last general election in the UK and during the last election for the Scottish Parliament, the most disorganised political party in terms of online campaigning was Labour. Other political parties handed over email addresses to us for candidates so that campaigners could send messages through our network. The other parties understood that the more you knew about local voters the better your chance of getting elected providing you could do something with the information. Not rocket science. The Labour Party was reluctant to publish information, and the Scottish labour Party p  |