the marketing of the president: 2012
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A look at the marketing strategies of Obama and Romney from the perspective of a marketing consultant who supported the DNC's Hispanic outreach campaign.TRANSCRIPT
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The Marketing of the President: 2012
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Mnemonic
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7MessageMessengerMediaMomentMoneyMetricsThe “map”
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1. Message: Takeaways
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The past versus the future.
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2. Messenger: Takeaway
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The big tent and the longtail versus the “base.”
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3. Media (Social): Followers
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Obama: 22.7mm
Romney: 1.8 mm
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3. Media (Social): Likes
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Obama: 32.2 mm
Romney: 12.1 mm
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3. Media (Social): Offline
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Obama:
Field offices
Doors knocked
Registrations
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3. Media (Social): Offline
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Obama:
Field offices
Doors knocked
Registrations
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3. Media (Social): Offline
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Obama:
Field offices
Doors knocked
Registrations
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3. Media (social): takeaway
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Digital versus postdigital (online and offline).
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4. Moment
41Day before the debate: early voting in Ohio.@giorodriguez
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4. Moment
42One day before the debate: early voting in Ohio.@giorodriguez
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4. Moment
43One day before the debate: early voting in Ohio.@giorodriguez
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4. Moment
44One day before the debate: early voting in Ohio.@giorodriguez
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4. Moment
45One day before the debate: early voting in Ohio.@giorodriguez
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4. Moment (takeaway)
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In the postdigital world, “events” are even more challenging.
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4. Moment (takeaway)
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In the postdigital world, “events” are even more challenging.
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4. Moment (takeaway)
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Prime time versus real-time.
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5. Money (takeaway)
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Patron-driven versus people-driven.
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6. Metrics
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“Early in the evening, one aide said that, as of 4 p.m., Orca still projected a Romney victory of somewhere between 290 and 300 electoral votes.... “Somebody said Orca is lying on the beach with a harpoon in it,” said the aide. “ – WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Romney’s Orca
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6. Metrics
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“[Messina] hired an analytics department five times as large as that of the 2008 operation, with an official “chief scientist” for the Chicago headquarters named Rayid Ghani, who in a previous life crunched huge data sets to, among other things, maximize the efficiency of supermarket sales promotions.” --TIME
Obama’s Cave
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6. Metrics (takeaway)
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Little data versus big data.
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7. The “map” (takeaway)
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Tribe versus metatribe.
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