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Comment on So Your Campaign Has A Facebook Page. Who Cares? 3 Things Often Overlooked On Political Facebook Pages. by Greg Hauenstein

Greg Hauenstein — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:10:17 +0000

I would add

3.5) Give your fans (likers? what do we call them now?) a little something exclusive. Record a video just for them or give them access to a password protected page on your website where they can get a free button or bumper sticker or something.

4) Do not link your Facebook updates to Twitter or vice versa. Facebook updates can be longer than 140 characters and include attachments such as links, photos or videos. These attachments will not translate to Twitter and any writing beyond 140 characters will be cut off. People have short attention spans and following that link had better be worth it. If your Twitter feed is just a list of status updates, people will see it as spam.

Comment on 10 Essential Tips For Making A Great Youtube Video! by Greg Hauenstein

Greg Hauenstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:57:46 +0000

I would also recommend captioning your videos. Transcribing is always a pain in the tuchus but that’s what interns are for!

Comment on Step 1: Choosing The Right Twitter Username by Dusty Trice

Dusty Trice — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:58:47 +0000

Good advice on the year specific names.

I’m actually working on a post right now about what happens when your name gets hijacked. I went through that situation recently and the worst case scenarios are most unpleasant. I’ve also been looking into the legal rights question after finding 2 major cases involving Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Hope to get these posts up soon. Thanks for the questions.

Comment on Step 1: Choosing The Right Twitter Username by Greg Hauenstein

Greg Hauenstein — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:02 +0000

I would advise against putting the year in your username. It has a maximum shelf life of 365 days and then just looks bad.

A question I have: What if your opponent takes your name and sits on that Twitter account? Or a domain name? Do you have any legal rights to that handle?

Comment on Twitter Etiquette: Should You Follow Back Everyone Who Follows You On Twitter? Yes And No. by Dusty Trice

Dusty Trice — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:35:55 +0000

Longest shower of my life.

Comment on Twitter Etiquette: Should You Follow Back Everyone Who Follows You On Twitter? Yes And No. by selfdeprecate

selfdeprecate — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:27:34 +0000

“Following people back is good Twitter etiquette. ”

I couldn’t agree more, I’m still new to Twitter and was a bit disheartened to see how some people do not appreciate this. I’m following you because you follow back and now here I am at your web page making a comment. It just comes off as rude and pompous when people do not reciprocate follows.

Also curious, did you enjoy your cold shower after that Bachmann recommendation.

Comment on Franken Talks Down Angry Mob!!! by wabbitoid

wabbitoid — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:35:58 +0000

That was brilliant – I’m going to have to take back all the bad things I said about Franken. This is what we need more than anything at this time (and at the Fair) – engagement, reason, passion, and an effort towards building consensus. Thank you!

Comment on Franken Talks Down Angry Mob!!! by Alex2000

Alex2000 — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:09:12 +0000

This video is circulating well among political blogs!

Please post the rest of it soon, before the bigger sites like the POLITICO pick up the story.

You might also want to call it something other than an “Angry Mob”, unless more video shows them actual acting.. you know like an angry mob.

Comment on Franken Talks Down Angry Mob!!! by outnumbered

outnumbered — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:31:10 +0000

Hey, congratulations on the successful video. More importantly, thanks for making it in the first place. I think you have made a lot of people very happy with this. Al Franken is truly great, and I wonder how all of those idiots who continue to refuse to take him seriously would respond to this. The first civilized, rational discussion of its kind so far. Keep it up, enjoy the fair, and post the rest of the vid soon.

Comment on Franken Talks Down Angry Mob!!! by Charley_James

Charley_James — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:42:40 +0000

I grew up in Minneapolis and have lived about one-third of my life there. And since Minnesota was my last state of residence before moving to Toronto in 1991, I still vote in the 5th Congressional District. Watching the video, I cannot tell you how relieved and proud I am that Al Franken – rather than Norm “Slimey” Coleman – is our Senator.

He not only talked down a potentially unruly, uninformed mob of goofballs and wingnuts, he talked sense and gave solid information about reforming the medico-insurance complex that controls health care in the US. Al actually had the woman in the Tea Party T-shirt nodding in agreement with him. Don’t tell Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck! They’ll hunt her down and ship her off to a right wing indoctrination camp for re-education.

More impressive to me, though, is that Sen. Franken demonstrated how much studying he’s done on the issue and came to a thoughtful, informed conclusion. Too bad the six so-called “ConservaDems” like Max Baucus don’t spend an hour or two with him.