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How	
  did	
  Obama	
  make	
  to	
  
Presidency	
  
By	
  Moises	
  Cielak,	
  key	
  researcher	
  
CASE STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS
THE BARACK OBAMA CAMPAIGN
BRAND Barack Obama
CAMPAIGN US Presidential 2008
LAUNCH January 2007
CATEGORY Politics
RESEARCH Moises Cielak et al, Paul van Veenendaal, SMM Wizard & Author ViralBlog.com
STORY Igor Beuker, Founder Grupo LaComunidad & Author ViralBlog.com
CREDITS All credits go to Barack Obama and his campaign team
DATE 29 January 2009
TODAY’S PROGRAM
IT’S A NEW DAY
OBAMA New School Marketer
ARCHITECTURE Brand Interaction
LACOMUNIDAD Why We Love Obama
CAMPAIGN Insights & Details
FUNDRAISING Show me the money, Moises Cielak et al.
UGC Examples
Q&A Peer Learnings
advertising never
started a movement
Barack Obama The New School Marketer
How	
  can	
  I	
  become	
  one	
  of	
  them?	
  	
  
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“The Trialogue”
Consumers	
  
Marketer	
  
Interact	
  and	
  Listen?	
  Yes	
  I	
  can!	
  	
  	
  
powered by the web,
not advertised on it.
Identity Brands
Brand Interaction Brand Interaction Brand Interaction
Branding Brand Interaction Brand Interaction
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Brand Interaction
Brand Interaction
Triple Play Proposition
LaComunidad creative brand interaction agency
ViralTracker video tracking power technology
SocialMedia8 social media marketing agency
Grupo LaComunidad is part of WPP’s global network per March 2008
About Grupo LaComunidad Brand	
  Interac<on	
  Strategies	
  	
  
Social	
  	
  
Communi<es	
  
Seeding
Feeding
Weblog	
  	
   Forum	
  	
   Quiz	
  	
  
Participation, engagement and advocacy: peers and friends will spread the brand’s message
Legend
Free viral
dynamics
Post registration
viral dinamics
new	
  future	
  brand	
  offerings	
  
Niche Community connected
to campaign liking
Ra<ng	
  
Video	
  
Contest	
  
Sign	
  
up	
  
View	
  
Video	
  
Custom	
  
Video	
  
Webi	
  
Sodes	
  
Post	
  
Micro Site / iHub Tune-in
Opt-in
Viral	
  Video	
  Tracking	
  	
  	
  	
   Social	
  Media	
  Marke<ng	
  Programs	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
Influencer Identification
Research & Outreach
Brand Teams &
Fan Programs
Conversational &
Buzz Tracking
Natural Seeding &
Social Media Optimization
Strategic Social Media
Planning & Buying
Community Building &
Product Peer Groups
Social Channels &
Viral Widgets
Paid Seeding & Social
Media Advertising
Triple	
  Play	
  Proposi<on	
  	
  	
  
VIRAL	
  
VIDEO	
  
SOCIAL	
  
MEDIA	
  
PLANNING	
  
NATURAL	
  
SEEDING	
  
REALLY
VIRAL? REPORT
PAID	
  
SEEDING	
  
NO
YES
Road to Democratic Nomination (1)
To become the Democratic nominee for president, a candidate needs to capture 2,026 delegate votes.
•  In the fall of 2007, the DNC said it would not count Florida and Michigan’s pledged delegates
because the states violated party rules by scheduling their primaries prior to February 5
•  The Democrats had 26 debates, nearly all more than one hour long, and all but one of them with
both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
•  December 2007, Oprah endorses Barack Obama
•  January 3, 2008: Iowa caucus – Obama wins
•  Biden & Dodd drops out on January 3, 2008: get less than 1%
•  January 8: New Hampshire Primary – Clinton cries & wins
•  Richardson drops out on January 10, 2008 after lackluster showings in the first primary and caucus
contests
•  January 15 & 19: Clinton wins Michigan Primary & Nevada Caucus
•  Kucinich drops out on Thursday, January 24, 2008
•  January 26: South Carolina – Obama wins
•  January 30: John Edwards drops out
Road to Democratic Nomination (2)
To become the Democratic nominee for president, a candidate needs to capture 2,026 delegate votes.
•  Obama receives endorsement of Caroline Kennedy and Ted Kennedy
•  Wil.i.am releases “Yes We Can Song” on February 2, 2008; viewed 50+ million times to date!
•  Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Obama wins 13 of 22 states: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut,
Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, and Utah.
•  Obama wins 11 states in a row! Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington State, Virgin Islands, Maine, District
of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin, Hawaii & Vermont.
•  Clinton’s 3 AM commercial backfires – girl in ad is Obama supporter
•  March 2008, Mike Gravel drops out
•  Clintons wins Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island; Obama wins Wyoming and Mississippi
•  Obama disavows Reverend Wright – “A More Perfect Union” in Philadelphia (viewed 7M on YouTube)
•  CBS Broadcasting caught Hillary lying about her trip to Tuzla, Bosnia, in 1996.
•  Obama wins Guam, North Carolina, Oregon & Montana & Edwards’ delegates & Superdelegates
•  June 5, 2008, Obama wins Democratic nomination 2229.5 vs 1896.5 delegates
Democratic Polls: Obama vs Clinton
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Democratic & Republican Candidates & Web 2.0
Comparing Candidates: Engagement and Participation
Number of Opportunities to Engage and Participate on Web sites
June 2007
Blogs on Candidate Web sites
Grassroots activity by Candidate
Presidential Candidates on MySpace
THE OBAMA STRATEGY
Presidential Marketing Campaigns
Barack Obama John McCain
Marketing messages “Hope”, “Change we can believe in” “Country first”, “The original maverick”
Offline marketing
channels
TV, radio, print (including candidate’s
books), direct mail
TV, radio, print (including candidate’s
books), direct mail
Online marketing
channels
E-mail, display, organic and paid search,
in-game advertising, mobile, social media
E-mail, display, organic and paid search,
social media
Budget $150 million in Sept 2008 alone $ 84 million (public funds)
Marketing strategies Energize young voters; spread optimism
and hope; emphasize McCain’s similarities
to Bush
Energize the right wing; attack Obama’s
weaknesses; emphasize experience and
military service
The	
  Presiden<al	
  Elec<on	
  ‘08	
  
•  The most expensive in US history!
•  More voters than ever before
•  Largest age gap between Democratic and Republican candidate ever
•  Strewn with controversy
•  Internet and video become major factors
Obama’s	
  50	
  State	
  Strategy	
  (1)	
  
•  A fifty state strategy is a political strategy which aims for progress in all states of the United States
of America, rather than conceding certain states as "unwinnable".
•  Obtain 270 Electoral votes
•  Soldify wins in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida
•  Keep every state won by Kerry in the 2004 election
•  Top priorities in battleground states
-  Voter Registration
-  Helping elect Democrats down the ballot
-  Build grassroots organization in every state
•  Going up in television early in Alaska, Colorado,
Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Montana,
Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Virginia
•  Stick with issue spots vs McCain’s attack spots
Install confidence within the people
Use attack spots only in states with very small margins
•  Focus on small donations
Obama’s	
  50	
  State	
  Strategy	
  (2)	
  
50%
30%
10%
10%
Swing States
Leaning States
Other States
Other
Campaigning
Campaign Expenditures Expenditures in Target States (in millions)
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BarackObama.com
Main body of text is like a blog
My.BarackObama.com = Do-It-Yourself Citizenship My.BarackObama.com deconstructed
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My.barackobama.com allows users to join groups, connect with other users, plan events, raise
money, write own blogs and volunteer. Basic tools for grassroots organizing at your fingertips!
My.	
  BarackObama.com	
  –	
  Dashboard	
   My.	
  BarackObama.com	
  –	
  Ac<vity	
  index	
   My.	
  BarackObama.com	
  –	
  Personal	
  Fundraising	
  
My.	
  BarackObama.com	
  –	
  Event	
  finder	
   My.	
  BarackObama.com	
  –	
  Neighbor	
  to	
  Neighbor	
   My.	
  BarackObama.com	
  –	
  Voter	
  Script	
  
My.	
  BarackObama.com	
  –	
  Phone	
  Banking	
  tool	
  
Geared	
  toward	
  geFng	
  out	
  the	
  vote	
  
Innova<ons	
  –	
  Widgets	
   Innova<ons	
  –	
  Fight	
  The	
  Smears	
  
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Innova<ons	
  –	
  In-­‐game	
  adver<sing	
  
For weeks Obama ran in-game ads in 18 games such as Burnout Paradise for the
Xbox 360 across 10 battleground states. The Obama campaign paid Massive
Incorporated $44,465.78 for online advertising in early October.	
  
Obama Everywhere
•  Obama has gained 5 million supporters in other
social networks.
•  Obama maintained a profile in more than 15 online
communities, including BlackPlanet, a MySpace for African
Americans, and Eons, a Facebook for baby boomers.
•  On Facebook, where about 3.2 million (during the campaign)
signed up as his supporters, a group called Students for
Barack Obama was created in July 2007.
•  It was so effective at energizing college-age voters that
senior aides made it an official part of the campaign the
following spring.
•  And Facebook users did vote: On Facebook's Election
2008 page, which listed an 800 number to call for voting
problems, more than 5.4 million users clicked on an
"I Voted" button to let their Facebook friends know that
they made it to the polls.
My.BarackObama.com Statistics
•  On MyBarackObama.com, Obama's own social network,
2 million profiles were created
•  In addition, 200,000 offline events were planned
•  About 400,000 blog posts were written
•  And more than 35,000 volunteer groups were
created - at least 1,000 of them on Feb. 10, 2007,
the day Obama announced his candidacy
McCain vs Obama on the web (1)
Engagement and Participation
•  During the primary-election examination, the Obama Web site focused heavily—more than that of
any other candidate from either party—on engaging supporters and motivating them to turn their
enthusiasm into on-the-ground, grassroots activities
•  Both campaign websites offer two ways of facilitating user engagement—allowing people to
communicate with the campaign, personalize their own pages, and sign up to receive information
updates
•  For most of the summer, however, many of these features on the McCain site were not yet
operational. They are now up and running.
•  The McCain website offers customization tools through “McCainSpace,” a feature advertised as early
as 2007 but not fully functioning until August of 2008. As late as August 1, the only option was to
create a personal page—and even that was still not really working. That page displayed only a
generic note that the page was “under construction” and they would notify us when it went live.
•  As that page went live, McCainSpace also launched additional customization features. Users can
now post McCain videos, pictures and blogs to their home pages, and with a few clicks send any of
that material out to users of 25 different social networking sites.
McCain vs Obama on the web (2)
Engagement and Participation
•  Both candidate websites offer targeted information to people of different demographic groups.
Both websites offer RSS feeds and let users sign up to e-mail updates. Since the primary season,
Obama has added mobile phone text updates to his list of delivery options. Neither candidate offers
podcasts of campaign information, something only a few candidates offered during the primary
season.
McCain’s	
  missteps:	
  astroturfing	
  
Asking supporters to cut and paste talking points into blog comment threads in
exchange for prizes? Its bribing, not authentic and undermines what social media
are all about. See www.womma.org for Word Of Mouth Marketing Code of Conduct!
Hope. Change. Action Obama YouTube Channel McCain YouTube Channel
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YouTube
Obama McCain
Videos 1,827 330
Views 120,479,084 25,995,773
Subscribers 149,258 28,343
Special features of
YouTube page
Contribute to campaign via Google
Checkout; link to YouTube page on
barackobama.com
Find events; host events
Politicians on YouTube
YouTube Politicians Top 10: 4,496 videos generate 189,011,052 clip views!
YouTube Views
Barack Obama
John McCain
Ron Paul
Mike Huckabee
Mitt Romney
John Edwards
Barack Obama
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Dennis Kucinich
Rudy Giuliani
0 500 100015002000
# of Videos
# of Videos
Presidential Race Online Video Summary
•  Barack Obama attracted more female
viewers
than John McCain
•  Barack Obama is pulling in more younger
viewers while McCain is pulling in a slightly
older bunch which is to be expected.
•  Barack Obama has over 300 Millions more
clip views than McCain
Facebook Facebook Statistics
Official Obama McCain
Members/Supporters in
largest group
5,066,446* 583.518*
Number of Wall posts 572,383 none
Special features of profile
page**
Videos, find out where to
vote, register to vote
none
*	
  	
  	
  Unofficial	
  group	
  ‘One	
  Million	
  for	
  McCain/Palin’	
  has	
  200,251	
  
members	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  Unofficial	
  group	
  ‘One	
  Million	
  Strong	
  for	
  Barack’	
  has	
  986,470	
  
members	
  
	
  	
  
**	
  Beyond	
  basics	
  like	
  Posted	
  Items,	
  Events,	
  Discussion,	
  Wall	
  posts	
  
	
  
Data	
  from	
  February	
  4,	
  2009	
  
LinkedIn
Flickr MySpace
Obama has more MySpace friends: nearly 6-to-1
Twitter <3 Obama
•  With 109,892 followers, Obama is the #1 Twitterholic
•  McCain with 4,402 followers doesn’t break the top 100
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Online Advertising Obama
Search
•  The Obama campaign spent $3.5 million on Google search in October 2008 alone.
•  Yahoo collected $673,000 during the same month.
Social Networks
•  The campaign spent $467,000 on Facebook in 2008, including $370,000 in September 2008.
•  $61,000 went to Black Planet.
•  Only $11,000 went to MySpace spending in 2008.
Media
•  $138,000 went to BET.com
•  Time Warner spending totaled $337,000 before October.
•  Politico, $145,000
•  WashingtonPost, $100,0000.
•  NBA.com, $21,000 in September 2008
•  Weather Channel, $108,000 all year.
•  Through ad network Centro, the campaign spent $630,000 on local TV and newspaper Web sites
before October. Another $100,000 went through Cox.
Ad networks:
•  The campaign spent $600,000 in 2008 on Advertising.com, Collective Media, Undertone Networks,
Burst Media, Quigo, DrivePM, Pulse360, Specific Media, and online video networks Broadband
Enterprises and Tremor Media.
30 minute TV Commercial Text Messaging & Mobile
•  A million people signed up for Obama's text-messaging
program
•  On the night Obama accepted the Democratic nomination
at Invesco Field in Denver, more than 30,000 phones
among the crowd of 75,000 were used to text in to join
the program
•  Supporters on average received 5 to 20 text messages
per month, depending on where they lived -- the program
was divided by states, regions, zip codes and colleges –
and what kind of messages they had opted to receive.
•  On Election Day, every voter who'd signed up for alerts in
battleground states got at least 3 text messages
E-mail
•  Obama's opt-in e-mail database contains upwards of 13 million
addresses
•  Over the course of the campaign, aides sent more
than 7,000 different messages, many of them
targeted to specific donation levels (people who gave
less than $200, for example, or those who gave more
than $1,000).
•  In total, more than 1 billion e-mails landed in inboxes.
•  Four years ago, Sen. John F. Kerry had 3 million
e-addresses on his list; former Vermont governor
Howard Dean had 600,000.)
iPhone Application Brand Obama - Segmentation
Brand Obama - Segmentation
DEBATES OBAMA vs McCAIN
Obama	
  vs	
  McCain	
  –	
  1st	
  debate	
  
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Obama	
  vs	
  McCain	
  –	
  2nd	
  debate	
   Obama	
  vs	
  McCain	
  –	
  3rd	
  debate	
  
DID OBAMA’S STRATEGY WORK?
Yes! Obama makes History!
AFTER THE ELECTION
Change.gov
YouTube Weekly Address by President-Elect
Also available on AOL, Yahoo, and MSN.
Whitehouse.gov Obama Mania: IKEA
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Obama Mania: Quaker
FUNDRAISING
How Obama Reinvented Campaign Finance
3.0 million contributors
6.5 million online donations
93% less than $100
$80 Average online donation
$500 million raised online
Fundraising over Time: Obama vs McCain Fundraising Barack Obama
Average Spent per Vote
Raised $532,946,511
Spent $513,557,218
69,447,084 = $7.39 per vote
(source: Wikipedia)
(source: OpenSecrets.org)
Fundraising John McCain
Average Spent per Vote
Raised $379,006,485
Spent $346,666,422
59,925,610 = $5.78 per vote
(source: Wikipedia)
(source: OpenSecrets.org)
Media Breakdown Obama vs McCain
VOTER GENERATED CONTENT
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Hillary 1984
Vote Different
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo
Obama Girl
"I Got a Crush...On Obama" By Obama Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU
Tina Fey
Sarah Palin aka Tina Fey on SNL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jukzu_dMuPk
Paris Hilton For President
Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad
http://tinyurl.com/parishiltonadvert
Will.i.am - Yes We Can
Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
Wassup 2008
Wassup 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8Uc5BFogE
Obama vs McCain Dance Off
Obama and McCain - Dance Off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyT9-9lUyE
YouBama.com Obamacon Me
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•  Have a clear goal, organise and plan ahead
•  Be positive and optimistic
•  Project success before you’ve made it
•  Be proud of where you’ve come from
•  Embrace new technology, go to where people are and on their terms
•  Be inclusive & unifying and create a sense of shared involvement
•  Create advocates & empower them to spread the word
•  Don’t be afraid to ask for commitment
•  Obsess about the detail & use it to have an honest dialogue
•  Be relevant and local
•  Speak your mind and assert what you believe
•  …and keep it simple (“Yes We Can” vs “Just Do It”)
What can Brands learn from Obama? 10 Reasons Obama is The Man!
•  He	
  looks	
  cool	
  on	
  T-­‐shirts	
  
•  He	
  inhaled	
  and	
  we	
  quote	
  “That	
  was	
  the	
  point”	
  
•  Opposed	
  invading	
  Iraq	
  before	
  it	
  became	
  fashionable	
  
	
  
•  He	
  can	
  BALL	
  
•  What’s	
  the	
  alterna`ve?	
  McCain?	
  I	
  love	
  my	
  Grandpa	
  too,	
  but	
  seriously,	
  President	
  
Grandpa?	
  
•  Michelle	
  Obama	
  is	
  smarter	
  than	
  the	
  last	
  President	
  &	
  VP	
  combined	
  (and	
  cuter)	
  
	
  Princeton	
  University,	
  Harvard	
  Law	
  School,	
  Assistant	
  to	
  the	
  Mayor	
  in	
  Chicago,	
  VP	
  of	
  U	
  of	
  Chicago	
  Hospitals	
  
•  He	
  can	
  spell	
  D-­‐I-­‐P-­‐L-­‐O-­‐M-­‐A-­‐C-­‐Y	
  (that’s	
  a	
  start)	
  
•  His	
  campaign	
  is	
  financed	
  by	
  THE	
  PEOPLE	
  –	
  3,000,000	
  individuals	
  contributed	
  and	
  that	
  
ain’t	
  bad	
  (most	
  ever)	
  
•  He	
  can	
  remember	
  the	
  difference	
  between	
  Shiites	
  and	
  Sunnis	
  
•  CHANGE	
  –	
  it’s	
  been	
  a	
  long	
  `me	
  coming	
  
	
  
	
  
Brands That Have Embraced The Obama Way
Starbucks	
  	
   A	
  Social	
  Media	
  Marke`ng	
  Program	
  	
  
0. Brand Assessment within the Social Space
(track conversations about brand, products, services, competitor)
1. Identification of Social
Influencers
(identify right people
on the right topics)
2.	
  Outreach	
  to	
  	
  
Social	
  Influencers	
  	
  
(invite	
  them	
  to	
  par`cipate	
  in	
  online	
  
community)	
  	
  
3. Turn Influencers into
Brand Advocates
(build online community and engage influencers)
Grey = one off activity
Green = community building and ongoing eCRM (optional)
Orange= ongoing activity (i.e. 4 to 6 reports per year)
4. Full Year Conversational Tracking Program
(track conversations, sentiment, insights on brands, products, services in target markets)
Campaigns And Program
social media marketing campaign supports: product launch 1
social media marketing program supports: brand revitalization
process
social media marketing campaign supports: product launch 2
smm campaign supports: product launch 3
smm campaign supports: product launch
4
Time
Product	
  launch	
  1	
   Product	
  launch	
  2	
   Product	
  launch	
  3	
   Product	
  launch	
  4	
  
The Impact Of SMM Programs Change? If Obama Can… You Can!
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
LET’S DRINK, LISTEN AND SHARE
CONNECT Paul van Veenendaal paul@socialmedia8.com
CONNECT Moises Cielak moises@academiadeinfluenciadigital.com

How obama

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    25/04/15   1   How  did  Obama  make  to   Presidency   By  Moises  Cielak,  key  researcher   CASE STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS THE BARACK OBAMA CAMPAIGN BRAND Barack Obama CAMPAIGN US Presidential 2008 LAUNCH January 2007 CATEGORY Politics RESEARCH Moises Cielak et al, Paul van Veenendaal, SMM Wizard & Author ViralBlog.com STORY Igor Beuker, Founder Grupo LaComunidad & Author ViralBlog.com CREDITS All credits go to Barack Obama and his campaign team DATE 29 January 2009 TODAY’S PROGRAM IT’S A NEW DAY OBAMA New School Marketer ARCHITECTURE Brand Interaction LACOMUNIDAD Why We Love Obama CAMPAIGN Insights & Details FUNDRAISING Show me the money, Moises Cielak et al. UGC Examples Q&A Peer Learnings advertising never started a movement Barack Obama The New School Marketer How  can  I  become  one  of  them?    
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    25/04/15   2   “TheTrialogue” Consumers   Marketer   Interact  and  Listen?  Yes  I  can!       powered by the web, not advertised on it. Identity Brands Brand Interaction Brand Interaction Brand Interaction Branding Brand Interaction Brand Interaction
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    25/04/15   3   BrandInteraction Brand Interaction Triple Play Proposition LaComunidad creative brand interaction agency ViralTracker video tracking power technology SocialMedia8 social media marketing agency Grupo LaComunidad is part of WPP’s global network per March 2008 About Grupo LaComunidad Brand  Interac<on  Strategies     Social     Communi<es   Seeding Feeding Weblog     Forum     Quiz     Participation, engagement and advocacy: peers and friends will spread the brand’s message Legend Free viral dynamics Post registration viral dinamics new  future  brand  offerings   Niche Community connected to campaign liking Ra<ng   Video   Contest   Sign   up   View   Video   Custom   Video   Webi   Sodes   Post   Micro Site / iHub Tune-in Opt-in Viral  Video  Tracking         Social  Media  Marke<ng  Programs           Influencer Identification Research & Outreach Brand Teams & Fan Programs Conversational & Buzz Tracking Natural Seeding & Social Media Optimization Strategic Social Media Planning & Buying Community Building & Product Peer Groups Social Channels & Viral Widgets Paid Seeding & Social Media Advertising Triple  Play  Proposi<on       VIRAL   VIDEO   SOCIAL   MEDIA   PLANNING   NATURAL   SEEDING   REALLY VIRAL? REPORT PAID   SEEDING   NO YES Road to Democratic Nomination (1) To become the Democratic nominee for president, a candidate needs to capture 2,026 delegate votes. •  In the fall of 2007, the DNC said it would not count Florida and Michigan’s pledged delegates because the states violated party rules by scheduling their primaries prior to February 5 •  The Democrats had 26 debates, nearly all more than one hour long, and all but one of them with both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. •  December 2007, Oprah endorses Barack Obama •  January 3, 2008: Iowa caucus – Obama wins •  Biden & Dodd drops out on January 3, 2008: get less than 1% •  January 8: New Hampshire Primary – Clinton cries & wins •  Richardson drops out on January 10, 2008 after lackluster showings in the first primary and caucus contests •  January 15 & 19: Clinton wins Michigan Primary & Nevada Caucus •  Kucinich drops out on Thursday, January 24, 2008 •  January 26: South Carolina – Obama wins •  January 30: John Edwards drops out Road to Democratic Nomination (2) To become the Democratic nominee for president, a candidate needs to capture 2,026 delegate votes. •  Obama receives endorsement of Caroline Kennedy and Ted Kennedy •  Wil.i.am releases “Yes We Can Song” on February 2, 2008; viewed 50+ million times to date! •  Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008. Obama wins 13 of 22 states: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, and Utah. •  Obama wins 11 states in a row! Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington State, Virgin Islands, Maine, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin, Hawaii & Vermont. •  Clinton’s 3 AM commercial backfires – girl in ad is Obama supporter •  March 2008, Mike Gravel drops out •  Clintons wins Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island; Obama wins Wyoming and Mississippi •  Obama disavows Reverend Wright – “A More Perfect Union” in Philadelphia (viewed 7M on YouTube) •  CBS Broadcasting caught Hillary lying about her trip to Tuzla, Bosnia, in 1996. •  Obama wins Guam, North Carolina, Oregon & Montana & Edwards’ delegates & Superdelegates •  June 5, 2008, Obama wins Democratic nomination 2229.5 vs 1896.5 delegates Democratic Polls: Obama vs Clinton
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    25/04/15   4   Democratic& Republican Candidates & Web 2.0 Comparing Candidates: Engagement and Participation Number of Opportunities to Engage and Participate on Web sites June 2007 Blogs on Candidate Web sites Grassroots activity by Candidate Presidential Candidates on MySpace THE OBAMA STRATEGY Presidential Marketing Campaigns Barack Obama John McCain Marketing messages “Hope”, “Change we can believe in” “Country first”, “The original maverick” Offline marketing channels TV, radio, print (including candidate’s books), direct mail TV, radio, print (including candidate’s books), direct mail Online marketing channels E-mail, display, organic and paid search, in-game advertising, mobile, social media E-mail, display, organic and paid search, social media Budget $150 million in Sept 2008 alone $ 84 million (public funds) Marketing strategies Energize young voters; spread optimism and hope; emphasize McCain’s similarities to Bush Energize the right wing; attack Obama’s weaknesses; emphasize experience and military service The  Presiden<al  Elec<on  ‘08   •  The most expensive in US history! •  More voters than ever before •  Largest age gap between Democratic and Republican candidate ever •  Strewn with controversy •  Internet and video become major factors Obama’s  50  State  Strategy  (1)   •  A fifty state strategy is a political strategy which aims for progress in all states of the United States of America, rather than conceding certain states as "unwinnable". •  Obtain 270 Electoral votes •  Soldify wins in Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico and Florida •  Keep every state won by Kerry in the 2004 election •  Top priorities in battleground states -  Voter Registration -  Helping elect Democrats down the ballot -  Build grassroots organization in every state •  Going up in television early in Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Virginia •  Stick with issue spots vs McCain’s attack spots Install confidence within the people Use attack spots only in states with very small margins •  Focus on small donations Obama’s  50  State  Strategy  (2)   50% 30% 10% 10% Swing States Leaning States Other States Other Campaigning Campaign Expenditures Expenditures in Target States (in millions) 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Colo ra do Flo rida India na M issouri Nevada New M exico North Caro lina O hio W estVirgin ia Leanin g Sta te s O th erSta te s BarackObama.com Main body of text is like a blog My.BarackObama.com = Do-It-Yourself Citizenship My.BarackObama.com deconstructed
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    25/04/15   5   My.barackobama.comallows users to join groups, connect with other users, plan events, raise money, write own blogs and volunteer. Basic tools for grassroots organizing at your fingertips! My.  BarackObama.com  –  Dashboard   My.  BarackObama.com  –  Ac<vity  index   My.  BarackObama.com  –  Personal  Fundraising   My.  BarackObama.com  –  Event  finder   My.  BarackObama.com  –  Neighbor  to  Neighbor   My.  BarackObama.com  –  Voter  Script   My.  BarackObama.com  –  Phone  Banking  tool   Geared  toward  geFng  out  the  vote   Innova<ons  –  Widgets   Innova<ons  –  Fight  The  Smears  
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    25/04/15   6   Innova<ons  –  In-­‐game  adver<sing   For weeks Obama ran in-game ads in 18 games such as Burnout Paradise for the Xbox 360 across 10 battleground states. The Obama campaign paid Massive Incorporated $44,465.78 for online advertising in early October.   Obama Everywhere •  Obama has gained 5 million supporters in other social networks. •  Obama maintained a profile in more than 15 online communities, including BlackPlanet, a MySpace for African Americans, and Eons, a Facebook for baby boomers. •  On Facebook, where about 3.2 million (during the campaign) signed up as his supporters, a group called Students for Barack Obama was created in July 2007. •  It was so effective at energizing college-age voters that senior aides made it an official part of the campaign the following spring. •  And Facebook users did vote: On Facebook's Election 2008 page, which listed an 800 number to call for voting problems, more than 5.4 million users clicked on an "I Voted" button to let their Facebook friends know that they made it to the polls. My.BarackObama.com Statistics •  On MyBarackObama.com, Obama's own social network, 2 million profiles were created •  In addition, 200,000 offline events were planned •  About 400,000 blog posts were written •  And more than 35,000 volunteer groups were created - at least 1,000 of them on Feb. 10, 2007, the day Obama announced his candidacy McCain vs Obama on the web (1) Engagement and Participation •  During the primary-election examination, the Obama Web site focused heavily—more than that of any other candidate from either party—on engaging supporters and motivating them to turn their enthusiasm into on-the-ground, grassroots activities •  Both campaign websites offer two ways of facilitating user engagement—allowing people to communicate with the campaign, personalize their own pages, and sign up to receive information updates •  For most of the summer, however, many of these features on the McCain site were not yet operational. They are now up and running. •  The McCain website offers customization tools through “McCainSpace,” a feature advertised as early as 2007 but not fully functioning until August of 2008. As late as August 1, the only option was to create a personal page—and even that was still not really working. That page displayed only a generic note that the page was “under construction” and they would notify us when it went live. •  As that page went live, McCainSpace also launched additional customization features. Users can now post McCain videos, pictures and blogs to their home pages, and with a few clicks send any of that material out to users of 25 different social networking sites. McCain vs Obama on the web (2) Engagement and Participation •  Both candidate websites offer targeted information to people of different demographic groups. Both websites offer RSS feeds and let users sign up to e-mail updates. Since the primary season, Obama has added mobile phone text updates to his list of delivery options. Neither candidate offers podcasts of campaign information, something only a few candidates offered during the primary season. McCain’s  missteps:  astroturfing   Asking supporters to cut and paste talking points into blog comment threads in exchange for prizes? Its bribing, not authentic and undermines what social media are all about. See www.womma.org for Word Of Mouth Marketing Code of Conduct! Hope. Change. Action Obama YouTube Channel McCain YouTube Channel
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    25/04/15   7   YouTube ObamaMcCain Videos 1,827 330 Views 120,479,084 25,995,773 Subscribers 149,258 28,343 Special features of YouTube page Contribute to campaign via Google Checkout; link to YouTube page on barackobama.com Find events; host events Politicians on YouTube YouTube Politicians Top 10: 4,496 videos generate 189,011,052 clip views! YouTube Views Barack Obama John McCain Ron Paul Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney John Edwards Barack Obama Ron Paul Mitt Romney Dennis Kucinich Rudy Giuliani 0 500 100015002000 # of Videos # of Videos Presidential Race Online Video Summary •  Barack Obama attracted more female viewers than John McCain •  Barack Obama is pulling in more younger viewers while McCain is pulling in a slightly older bunch which is to be expected. •  Barack Obama has over 300 Millions more clip views than McCain Facebook Facebook Statistics Official Obama McCain Members/Supporters in largest group 5,066,446* 583.518* Number of Wall posts 572,383 none Special features of profile page** Videos, find out where to vote, register to vote none *      Unofficial  group  ‘One  Million  for  McCain/Palin’  has  200,251   members            Unofficial  group  ‘One  Million  Strong  for  Barack’  has  986,470   members       **  Beyond  basics  like  Posted  Items,  Events,  Discussion,  Wall  posts     Data  from  February  4,  2009   LinkedIn Flickr MySpace Obama has more MySpace friends: nearly 6-to-1 Twitter <3 Obama •  With 109,892 followers, Obama is the #1 Twitterholic •  McCain with 4,402 followers doesn’t break the top 100
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    25/04/15   8   OnlineAdvertising Obama Search •  The Obama campaign spent $3.5 million on Google search in October 2008 alone. •  Yahoo collected $673,000 during the same month. Social Networks •  The campaign spent $467,000 on Facebook in 2008, including $370,000 in September 2008. •  $61,000 went to Black Planet. •  Only $11,000 went to MySpace spending in 2008. Media •  $138,000 went to BET.com •  Time Warner spending totaled $337,000 before October. •  Politico, $145,000 •  WashingtonPost, $100,0000. •  NBA.com, $21,000 in September 2008 •  Weather Channel, $108,000 all year. •  Through ad network Centro, the campaign spent $630,000 on local TV and newspaper Web sites before October. Another $100,000 went through Cox. Ad networks: •  The campaign spent $600,000 in 2008 on Advertising.com, Collective Media, Undertone Networks, Burst Media, Quigo, DrivePM, Pulse360, Specific Media, and online video networks Broadband Enterprises and Tremor Media. 30 minute TV Commercial Text Messaging & Mobile •  A million people signed up for Obama's text-messaging program •  On the night Obama accepted the Democratic nomination at Invesco Field in Denver, more than 30,000 phones among the crowd of 75,000 were used to text in to join the program •  Supporters on average received 5 to 20 text messages per month, depending on where they lived -- the program was divided by states, regions, zip codes and colleges – and what kind of messages they had opted to receive. •  On Election Day, every voter who'd signed up for alerts in battleground states got at least 3 text messages E-mail •  Obama's opt-in e-mail database contains upwards of 13 million addresses •  Over the course of the campaign, aides sent more than 7,000 different messages, many of them targeted to specific donation levels (people who gave less than $200, for example, or those who gave more than $1,000). •  In total, more than 1 billion e-mails landed in inboxes. •  Four years ago, Sen. John F. Kerry had 3 million e-addresses on his list; former Vermont governor Howard Dean had 600,000.) iPhone Application Brand Obama - Segmentation Brand Obama - Segmentation DEBATES OBAMA vs McCAIN Obama  vs  McCain  –  1st  debate  
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    25/04/15   9   Obama  vs  McCain  –  2nd  debate   Obama  vs  McCain  –  3rd  debate   DID OBAMA’S STRATEGY WORK? Yes! Obama makes History! AFTER THE ELECTION Change.gov YouTube Weekly Address by President-Elect Also available on AOL, Yahoo, and MSN. Whitehouse.gov Obama Mania: IKEA
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    25/04/15   10   ObamaMania: Quaker FUNDRAISING How Obama Reinvented Campaign Finance 3.0 million contributors 6.5 million online donations 93% less than $100 $80 Average online donation $500 million raised online Fundraising over Time: Obama vs McCain Fundraising Barack Obama Average Spent per Vote Raised $532,946,511 Spent $513,557,218 69,447,084 = $7.39 per vote (source: Wikipedia) (source: OpenSecrets.org) Fundraising John McCain Average Spent per Vote Raised $379,006,485 Spent $346,666,422 59,925,610 = $5.78 per vote (source: Wikipedia) (source: OpenSecrets.org) Media Breakdown Obama vs McCain VOTER GENERATED CONTENT
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    25/04/15   11   Hillary1984 Vote Different http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo Obama Girl "I Got a Crush...On Obama" By Obama Girl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU Tina Fey Sarah Palin aka Tina Fey on SNL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jukzu_dMuPk Paris Hilton For President Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad http://tinyurl.com/parishiltonadvert Will.i.am - Yes We Can Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY Wassup 2008 Wassup 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8Uc5BFogE Obama vs McCain Dance Off Obama and McCain - Dance Off! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzyT9-9lUyE YouBama.com Obamacon Me
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    25/04/15   12   • Have a clear goal, organise and plan ahead •  Be positive and optimistic •  Project success before you’ve made it •  Be proud of where you’ve come from •  Embrace new technology, go to where people are and on their terms •  Be inclusive & unifying and create a sense of shared involvement •  Create advocates & empower them to spread the word •  Don’t be afraid to ask for commitment •  Obsess about the detail & use it to have an honest dialogue •  Be relevant and local •  Speak your mind and assert what you believe •  …and keep it simple (“Yes We Can” vs “Just Do It”) What can Brands learn from Obama? 10 Reasons Obama is The Man! •  He  looks  cool  on  T-­‐shirts   •  He  inhaled  and  we  quote  “That  was  the  point”   •  Opposed  invading  Iraq  before  it  became  fashionable     •  He  can  BALL   •  What’s  the  alterna`ve?  McCain?  I  love  my  Grandpa  too,  but  seriously,  President   Grandpa?   •  Michelle  Obama  is  smarter  than  the  last  President  &  VP  combined  (and  cuter)    Princeton  University,  Harvard  Law  School,  Assistant  to  the  Mayor  in  Chicago,  VP  of  U  of  Chicago  Hospitals   •  He  can  spell  D-­‐I-­‐P-­‐L-­‐O-­‐M-­‐A-­‐C-­‐Y  (that’s  a  start)   •  His  campaign  is  financed  by  THE  PEOPLE  –  3,000,000  individuals  contributed  and  that   ain’t  bad  (most  ever)   •  He  can  remember  the  difference  between  Shiites  and  Sunnis   •  CHANGE  –  it’s  been  a  long  `me  coming       Brands That Have Embraced The Obama Way Starbucks     A  Social  Media  Marke`ng  Program     0. Brand Assessment within the Social Space (track conversations about brand, products, services, competitor) 1. Identification of Social Influencers (identify right people on the right topics) 2.  Outreach  to     Social  Influencers     (invite  them  to  par`cipate  in  online   community)     3. Turn Influencers into Brand Advocates (build online community and engage influencers) Grey = one off activity Green = community building and ongoing eCRM (optional) Orange= ongoing activity (i.e. 4 to 6 reports per year) 4. Full Year Conversational Tracking Program (track conversations, sentiment, insights on brands, products, services in target markets) Campaigns And Program social media marketing campaign supports: product launch 1 social media marketing program supports: brand revitalization process social media marketing campaign supports: product launch 2 smm campaign supports: product launch 3 smm campaign supports: product launch 4 Time Product  launch  1   Product  launch  2   Product  launch  3   Product  launch  4   The Impact Of SMM Programs Change? If Obama Can… You Can!
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    25/04/15   13   THANKYOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION LET’S DRINK, LISTEN AND SHARE CONNECT Paul van Veenendaal paul@socialmedia8.com CONNECT Moises Cielak moises@academiadeinfluenciadigital.com