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Socnets aren’taren’t just for kids anymore
• 68% of 55M Myspace users 25+– 35-54 are 40% of all users– 90% of users of voting age
[SOURCE: ComScore, October 2005]
• Over 50% of 24M facebook users 25+– “The fastest growing demographic is those 25
years old and older” [SOURCE: facebook]
The ModernModern Campaign Trail.
• 17% of voters are using social network sites to research and make decisions on U.S. presidential candidates, and most of those doing so are over the age of 30.
• Furthermore, after visiting a candidate's MySpace page, more than half (53%) of those who did so said they are more likely to vote for that candidate.
More likely to vote for a candidate after looking at his or her MySpace page?
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55+Yes 53% 71% 51% 33% 36%No 47% 29% 49% 67% 64%
[SOURCE: Global Market Insite (GMI), August 2007; 2,130 consumers ages 14 and above]
21st Century Campaign Trail
Meet & ConnectWith voters on the
Socnet Strategy 101Spreading the message
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Converting friends → supporters → volunteers → donors
•Fill Out Your Profile Appropriate To The Audience (and medium)
• Increase Your Friend Count
•Engage Your Community To Do Something
•Grow The Group By Recruiting Volunteers
•Have An Effective And Sincere Digital Interaction
– Comment on people’s wall – Birthday’s are great opportunities along with new friend requests.
– Respond promptly to messages you receive.– Comment and interact on your groups’ message
boards and walls. (Don’t ring-and-run.)
– VIDEO
Privacy is NOT an option.
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