Tips for political advertisers
As the #TwitterElection approaches, here are the 5 best practices for political advertisers:
- Quickly grow a follower-base of advocates and influencers in key markets using Promoted Account campaigns that can be geo-targeted at the DMA level within the U.S.
- Influence the conversation by using Promoted Tweets in search to appear at the top of the Twitter search results page for your campaigns keywords and hashtags.
- Break through the noise and expand the reach of your message in real time with Promoted Tweets in timelines which appear at or near the top of timelines of the Twitter users you target.
- Take advantage of the new targeting capabilities on Twitter that let you deliver a tailored message to a specific audience based on their geographic location, device and platform.
- Capitalize on breaking news and major campaign events by piggybacking on trending topics with Promoted Tweets in search like the American Federation of Equal Rights (@) did on the day of the Prop. 8 ruling in California.
The political conversation on Twitter is in full swing with nearly two
million Tweets sent about the presidential candidates every week. Thats
a significant increase in political Tweets since the last presidential
election. In fact, the total number of Tweets sent on Election Day 2008
represent only about six minutes worth of Tweets today. Now candidates,
reporters and millions of engaged citizens discuss campaign issues, ads
and breaking news daily on Twitter many are even calling Election 2012 the Twitter election.
Twitter Political Index
To help voters, media and advertisers decipher the sentiment of all these conversations, weve launched the Twitter Political Index, a daily
measurement of Twitter users feelings towards the candidates relative
to other topics discussed on Twitter. Leading up to Mitt Romneys ( @MittRomney) selection of a running mate, the Twitter Political Index had showed mounting support for Paul Ryan relative to other presumed front-runners over several months.
Governor Scott Walker case study
Many other campaigns and issue groups are actively boosting their reach
and impact with Twitters Promoted Products. The Governor Scott Walker ( @ScottKWalker) campaign is a recent high profile success story. Facing an historic recall election in Wisconsin, @ScottKWalker used
Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts to amplify his campaign message,
share real-time updates and connect with highly influential voters.
With Twitter, the Governor never lost momentum or control of the narrative. His Promoted Tweets got an average engagement rate of six percent. He increased followers by 408% and mentions by 521% over the month prior to his Promoted Products campaign. And, on June 5, @ScottKWalker became the first U.S. Governor to keep his seat in a recall election.
The political conversation will continue on Twitter through the
conventions, debates and day-to-day breaking news at the national and
local level. Join the conversation by adding Twitter Promoted Products to your online strategy. Contact us about Twitters convention packages today.
- Peter Greenberger, Director of Political Ad Sales (@ pgreenberger)
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