The Most Exacting Award in Political Campaigning Named for Campaigns & Elections founder Stanley Foster Reed, The Reed Awards embody excellence in political campaigning and grassroots & advocacy. Every year […]
2024 Reed Award Winners
The Most Exacting Award in Political Campaigning Named for Campaigns & Elections founder Stanley Foster Reed, The Reed Awards embody excellence in political campaigning and grassroots & advocacy. Every year […]
2023 Reed Award Winners
The Most Exacting Award in Political Campaigning Named for Campaigns & Elections founder Stanley Foster Reed, The Reed Awards embody excellence in political campaigning and grassroots & advocacy. Every year […]
Terms & Conditions
Last updated: May 27, 2021Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using Our Service. Interpretation and Definitions Interpretation The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings […]
2017 Reed Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2017 Reed Award winners. The winning firms were honored at The Reed Awards Conference at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on February 17. Named for Campaigns & Elections […]
2019 Reed Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2019 Reed Award winners. The winning firms were honored at The Reed Awards Conference at 800 Congress in Austin, TX on February 21. Named for Campaigns & Elections founder Stanley Foster […]
2015 Reed Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2015 Reed Award Winners! 2015 Reed Awardsย Winners Gallery Best Automated Phone Call for County, Local, Mayoral, or Judicial Candidate Eleven Year Old Gets Out the Vote HighGround, […]
Gateway Announces Free Voter Lists, Plus Free Facebook Voter Match
Want to only talk to Independents who voted by mail in three of the last four elections? Right in their Facebook News Feed? No problem says Gateway Media’s Kurt Snow: […]
Ready, Set, Launch
All too often political campaigns launch with critical pieces of their strategy missing. The result is bad press or no press at all. But the greatest failing is that campaigns […]
The Best Free Digital Advertising Is On Reddit
Building a broad audience on social media almost always requires significant investments in time, effort, and digital advertising dollars. But if you’re ready, willing, and able to answer just about […]
Cashing in on campaign memorabilia
About five years ago, I looked at the chachkies accumulating from my time on the trail. I had old literature, buttons, and signs. I decided it was time to either […]
Will AI Search Kill Campaign Websites?
You’ve probably heard the horror stories about AI search. It gives bad medical advice. It repeats Russian propaganda. It tells people to glue cheese to pizza. To eat rocks for […]
Reed Awards Finalists Announced
Congratulations to all Reed Award nominees! PHONESAutomated Phone Calls – Independent Expenditure or Public Affairs AdvocacyHighGround, Inc. Keep the Cubs – Ron Santo Stones’ Phones Proud to be Average – […]
7 Secrets From Political Playbooks You Should Steal
Conventional wisdom holds that political campaigns are prehistoric when it comes to innovation, while corporations are the fast-moving predators of the marketing kingdom. After years of working on the front […]
Making it through an FEC Audit
In a recent issue of Campaigns & Elections, I offered a list of ways to avoid reporting trouble with the Federal Election Commission. Unfortunately, mistakes do happen, and enough mistakes […]
Election Briefing: Cybersecurity Between Now and Election Day: Strategies For Dealing with the Heightened Risk
From phishing attacks and social engineering schemes to the threat of nation-state hackers, protecting digital accounts and assets should be a top priority for political strategists through Election Day. Last […]
How to Optimize Your Campaign for Voice Searchโจ
Almost all American adults have a voice search tool with them at all waking hours. You probably have one on your person right now. For iPhone users it’s Siri, which […]
Getting your campaign website right
Facebook, Twitter and Google: if you read media coverage of the political Internet, they are what you’re likely to hear about. Political websites? They’re sooooo 2004, right? Wrong. Social media […]
2018 Reed Award Winners
A Holiday News Dump?
Late Tuesday afternoon we learned that President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel has spoken personally to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about potential candidates to fill Obama’s U.S. […]
Tech Bytes: The Company They Keep
Oppo software helps campaigns dig up the dirt.No one could challenge the candidate’s claim to being a fresh face in the political arena—until staffers for the opposing candidate plugged his […]
6 campaign sites that got it right in 2012
The quality of this cycle’s political websites speaks to the increased priority campaigns placed on online outreach. Americans continue to move away from broadcast television in favor of online video. […]
Are You Asking Your Consultants Enough Tough Questions?
Asking tough questions is the best way to find out what a campaign expenditure is actually supposed to do. Frequently those who are reluctant to give honest answers to hard questions […]
The Hidden danger of free stock photos
The undeniable influence of social media and the desire to tap into younger voting demographics will make finding and using compelling, authentic images more important this cycle. But creating custom […]