Comments on: Online Influence is Not the Only Influence on Voters http://marketingconversation.com/2007/07/16/online-influence-is-not-the-only-influence-on-voters/ Digital PR and Social Media Marketing by Abraham Harrison LLC Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan Trenn http://marketingconversation.com/2007/07/16/online-influence-is-not-the-only-influence-on-voters/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Jonathan Trenn Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:31:12 +0000 http://marketingconversation.com/2007/07/16/online-influence-is-not-the-only-influence-on-voters/#comment-488 That's because: 1) It's way too early to really measure the effectiveness. Most people aren't paying attention. 2) The candidates are going to places like New Hampshire and Iowa where they meet directly with people. "Social networking" happens in people's living rooms as Hillary, Obama, and John or Rudy, MItt, and John stop by. 3) The race now is for $$, not necessarily support from voters -- with the exception of the above states. 4) Blogs are basically for hard core supporters. It will expand some of the support, but not much. That’s because:

1) It’s way too early to really measure the effectiveness. Most people aren’t paying attention.

2) The candidates are going to places like New Hampshire and Iowa where they meet directly with people. “Social networking” happens in people’s living rooms as Hillary, Obama, and John or Rudy, MItt, and John stop by.

3) The race now is for $$, not necessarily support from voters — with the exception of the above states.

4) Blogs are basically for hard core supporters. It will expand some of the support, but not much.

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