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Know your audience

Plan how you are going to move people along the journey from not caring to passionate support, and from ignorance to deep understanding....

Database, Online Campaigning Handbook - December 13th, 2010

Develop real relationships

There’s no great mystery to building a relationship with people online – treat them exactly the same way as you would offline. The simplest way to start a relationship is to say thank you when...

Be nimble and reactive

Organisations still spend days preparing direct mail and fancy HTML emails. Plain text emails, SMS and social media updates can be prepared in a matter of minutes, for little or no cost....

Cherish Your Database

In activism, your supporters are everything. Surely it is easier to get back in touch with someone who has already been part of your campaign than find someone new who cares in the same way?...

Case Study: Airplot!

Airplot! has all the hallmarks of a fantastic grass-roots online campaign. It looks like an inventive one-off, but in fact Airplot! was set up by Greenpeace UK....

Database, Online Campaigning Handbook - November 22nd, 2010

Deputise to the willing

Many people are on a mission to build big support bases; signing up members, then sending them blanket messages with generic actions. But often a far more effective strategy is to target a smaller supporter...

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