STOP CHASING RAINBOWSCREATING ENDURING ONLINE SUCCESSJascha Franklin-Hodge| Blue State Digital
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Who is Blue State Digital?Online Engagement and Social CRM SoftwareFull-service Digital Agency120 People5 OfficesPolitics, nonprofit, corporate, academic, and culturalhttp://www.bsdtools.com/
Technology4Unified, reliable, intuitive platform for mobilizing people to advocate, raise money, and connect with each other.No Contract!Starts at $450/monthEmail Marketing ToolsLanding PagesSocial SharingDonation ProcessingCRMReports & AnalyticsAdvocacy ToolsOffline OrganizingChapter Affiliate ManagementContent Management
our mission:helping organizationsto drive measurable results by inspiring and engaging people.
Case Study: Obama 2008
Obama 2008 by the Numbers>1 billion emails sentOne in five Obama voters on the email list200,000 offline events planned via the web35,000 local volunteer groups14.5 million hours of YouTube$770 million raised
Building RelationshipsActionStoriesAuthenticityOwnership
ActionBuilds Relationships
Tell Me What You Want
Designed for Action
Be Smart About Social
Measure What Works
Seize Moments to Drive Action
Who was Obama’s #1 Fundraiser?
Thanks, Sarah.
StoriesBuild Relationships
Tell, Listen, Share
Collaborative Storytelling with MobileCourtesy of
User Generated Video
Tell the Big Story
AuthenticityBuilds Relationships
Real People, Not Press Releases (or Newsletters)
Thank You? Or, Ransom Note?
Actor? Or, Google Employee?
Real Campaign Stories
OWNERSHIPBuilds Relationships
Grassroots MatchingTraditional MatchExisting Donors + Non-DonorsOne Wealthy Donor
Grassroots MatchingTraditional MatchExisting Donors + Non-DonorsOne Wealthy DonorGrassroots MatchNon-DonorsExisting Donors
Grassroots Matching
An Army of Advocates
Engage Your Leaders
Let People Innovate
Small Acts of Participation…
…Lead to Big Impacts
Building RelationshipsActionStoriesAuthenticityOwnership
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Stop Chasing Rainbows

Editor's Notes

  • #2 I'm Joe RosparsI was the New Media Director for Barack Obama’s campaignFirst time this position and this group existedResponsible for everything to do with the Internet that wasn’t technicalReported to the campaign manager, charged with integrating technology across the campaign into the actual work
  • #5 AffordableWon’t lock you in to a long-term contract
  • #13 Social sharing
  • #14 Customizability
  • #15 Reliability
  • #20 Unified CRM
  • #32 Customizability
  • #33 Your constituents become your voice.