Political Social Grab Bag – March 2020

Political Social Grab Bag

Trainings & Webinar Alerts

Applications are now open for Digital Organizing Bootcamp June 14-20 and Advanced Digital Organizing Bootcamp July 27- August 1. Both trainings will be held in Nashville, TN.

Train the Trainer – August 10 & 11 right before Netroots Nation in Denver, CO.

What am I reading?

Will Political Social Media Influencers Impact This Year’s Election – There’s a lot of good writing out there on the platforms and what they are and aren’t doing and what they should be doing but this article provides a good summary of the specific topic of paid influencers and their role political social media

Should Text Be On Instagram Image Posts: Yes or No? – More data that says ….. read it and find out

Platform Updates

Facebook

Creator Studio now has a mobile app!

ICYMI Audience Network’s going away on mobile as an ad targeting option

Don’t get too excited…Phred isn’t disappearing but they are testing making it easier for folks to use chronological news feed

More Messenger changes including chat bots being less prominently visible and the Discover tab is going away

Snapchat

Swipe up to Call Ads– I think these could be a winner for call your elected officials campaigns

Don’t Try This At Home or Winning the Internet- what say you?

Bloomberg & Memes

Winning the Internet

Jiff is peanut butter