5 Blog To Share and Include

Part 5 of 27 Social Media Lessons From Barack Obama’s Presidential Campaign

Part 5 of 27 Social Media Lessons From Barack Obama's Presidential CampaignLead With Your Blog

Your blog is your primary storytelling vehicle and distribution platform via RSS feeds, YouTube video embeds and interacting with readers’ comments. Obama had several blogs. The official national blog posted all the campaign updates. There were also state based blogs and constituent specific blogs, eg students and environment. And best of all guests were often invited to contribute posts and share the spotlight.
Action : Use your blog as home base for all your online media.
Action : Blog regularly and include others in your posts.

Derived from Rahaf Harfoush, Yes We Did

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