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YES
DID
      An Insider’s Look At
      How Social Media
      Built the Obama
      Brand
A note about innovation

• Fifty State
Strategy
• Targeted the
disaffected center
• Focused on small
donations
Overall Funds Raised



  McCain




  Obama
Overall Funds Raised



McCain $360 million
     McCain




     Obama
Overall Funds Raised



McCain $360 million
     McCain


Obama $750 million
     Obama
Obama Fundraising September
          2008:
         $150
         Million
                   Offline
                    33%

        Online
         67%
Key Success Factors

• Online Organizing = Offline Action
• Consistent Branding & Design
• Power of strategy in an integrated
  media campaign
• Iterations
My BO
MyBO Dashboard
MyBO Numbers

• 2 Million profiles created
• 35,000 volunteer
  groups
• 400,000 blog posts

• 200,000 offline
  events
1. Redefining Engagement
Creating New Engagement
       Opportunities

      3, 279,102 friends      620,359 friends



      1,043,850 friends       218,172 friends



      1,824 videos uploaded   330 videos uploaded
      Channel Views: + 20     Channel Views: + 2 Million
      million

      137, 206 followers      4,848 followers
Creating New Engagement
       Opportunities
• Be Wary of Arbitrary Metrics
• Focus on quality
• Value Added Consumers
Neighbor to Neighbor: High
          Value
Voter Script & Reporting Screen
2. Converting Low End Users
Email
• 1 Billion Emails
• Hyper - Segmented
• Over 13 million email
  addresses collected
• The Ask vs. The Nudge
3. Facilitate Existing Behavior
iPhone Application
iPhone Application
4. Incenting the Right Actions
Activity Index
5. Personalizing the Mission
Personal Fundraising Page
6. Empowering Co-Innovation
MyBO Find an Event Near You
7. Embracing the Unexpected
Yes We Carve
The New Rules of Participation
1. Redefining Engagement
2. Identifying and Converting Low End
   Users
3. Facilitating Existing Behavior
4. Incenting the Right Actions
5. Personalizing The Mission
6. Empowering Co-Innovation
7. Embracing the Unexpected
MyBO Action
• In the last four days of the election, 3
  million calls were made using Neighbor to
  Neighbor
• 70,000 people raised $30 million on
  personal fund pages
• Weekend before election over one million
  doors were knocked on in PA alone.
Thank You


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