At least some of the PAC's
ads targeted voters in key districts using Facebook, Google, and YouTube.
Some of
these ads targeted voters in swing states, like Michigan and Wisconsin.
Not exact matches
Denise Feriozzi, deputy executive director for Emily's List, said that millennial women are a «hugely powerful group of
voters,» and that the
ad campaigns are specifically
targeted toward building long - term support through brands and outlets that they identify with.
Rather than assuming that all women or African Americans or working - class whites will respond to the same message, they
target individual
voters with emotionally charged content — in other words,
ads designed to tug on emotional biases.
A company whistleblower revealed that they advised the Trump campaign on how to
target ads, both to boost Trump and suppress Democratic
voter turnout.
CA, which has touted its ability to create personality profiles of
voters for
ad targeting purposes, was hired to run data operations for the Trump campaign.
Unfortunately, we don't yet know the extent of the harm, as is obvious from the news that Russians
ads on Facebook
targeted voters in Michigan and Wisconsin.
The world's largest social network had already been the
target of lawmakers who say it hadn't done enough to inform the public about Russian operatives using its
ad platform to sway U.S.
voters.
In that case, (relatively) cheap Google and Facebook
ads can work alongside
targeted cable TV spots to spread messages and help find supporters, donors and volunteers in a defined geographic area and even among a defined set of
voters (previous Republican primary
voters, women over 50, etc).
The
targeting of these
voters is part of a five - figure digital
ad buy (
ad samples: 1, 2, 3, 4) that includes banner, Facebook, and pre-roll video
ads exposing Republican nominee Greg Gianforte (R - MT) for trying to have it both ways on healthcare reform.
Cookie -
targeting and similar technologies can help campaigns get the most value out of even last - minute
ads, since they're ideal for delivering GOTV messages to the
voters you need to reach.
Not much, compared with the demographic or
voter - file
targeted banner and video
ads that money could.
Most digital political professionals will think of
voter file / cookie -
targeting or IP -
targeted online
ads when the word «addressable» comes up, but more and more cable and satellite TV providers can now direct
ads at specific households based on demographic or
voter data.
What's impressive is how fast the this technology has has spread: my first detailed exposure to
voter - file
targeting was at last November's CampaignTech conference, where the company CampaignGrid was touting its ability to deliver
ads specifically to potential
voters in a district.
For one thing, television
ads remain the best way to reach uncommitted / marginally aware
voters, since they're not paying attention to politics online and hence are hard to
target with political content.
Often a more effective way to use a large budget is to work with a firm like DS Political that does
voter - file
targeted display
ads.
The best answer seems to be a combination of
targeted and untargeted outreach: online communicators can use a sharpshooting approach when appropriate, delivering
targeted messages and
ads to particular
voters and connecting personally with chosen bloggers, Twitter enthusiasts and journalists.
For instance, a campaign might run
voter - file
targeted ads designed to recruit and persuade local
voters, plus geo -
targeted Google and Facebook
ads also aimed (as best as possible) at local
voters.
Got a large budget but not enough time to work with an outside vendor for
voter - file
targeted display
ads?
Addressable television's rise is choppy and uncomfortable, but in many places, a
voter file -
targeted pre-roll
ad can end up on a television screen instead of computer.
In the end, DSPolitical was able to reach more than 150,000
voters in key
targeted constituencies with nearly 10 million pre-roll video and banner
ad impressions.
Instead, they could
target voters and potential donors more effectively using the information they gathered by actually running Facebook
ads and measuring the results.
We were there with a simple mission: sell the idea of working with DSPolitical to launch the first
voter file
targeted digital
ad campaign in British political history.
Political campaigns typically use search advertising primarily for long - term list - building, but with a big chunk of February 5th
voters apparently still undecided, shouldn't
targeted search
ads be an effective way to reach people who are still making up their minds?
Having served billions of
targeted voter - matched digital
ads online, social media, and mobile devices over the past five years and helping to elect scores of Democrats up and down the ballot for offices ranging from senator and governor to state legislator and school board member, DSPolitical has earned a reputation as a progressive ally and committed innovator.
If
voters in the United Kingdom weren't accustomed to encountering campaign
ads on television and the radio, how would they respond to such communications when
targeted with banner
ads and videos online and on their mobile devices?
Direct mail,
targeted cable tv buys and niche radio
ads are all good ways to concentrate resources on reaching particular
voters with particular messages.
«This digital
ad campaign will educate
voters in
targeted districts about this morally bankrupt repeal and will hold Representatives Faso and Tenney for this cruel plan.»
Geo -
targeting, keyword -
targeting and the fact that search
ads are pay - per - click makes this strategy cost - attractive — you can concentrate resources on
voters in particular states or metropolitan areas, and you only pay when you actually get a
voter contact (i.e., when someone clicks).
Completion rates for
targeted voter - matched pre-roll video
ads served on skippable inventory were nearly as high as completion rates for the same
ads served on non-skippable inventory.
Typically in the States, DSPolitical will only run client pre-roll video
ads on non-skippable inventory so that the
targeted voter must watch the entire
ad before continuing on to their desired content.
Cool stuff on the digital advertising front today: the Montana Democratic Party is using DSPolitical's
voter models and
targeting ability to put
ads like this one in front of Montana
voters who could lose health coverage if Republicans repeal Obamacare.
And the rise of campaign - tailored self - serve platforms helps candidates far down the ballot buy banner
ads and even video
ads targeted directly at their
voters and their
voters alone.
Hi folks, my latest Campaigns & Elections article is up, and it looks at some critiques of the new trend toward using online
ad networks to
target individual
voters through online «cookies.»
«This digital
ad campaign will educate
voters in
targeted districts about this morally bankrupt Congressional Carveout.»
The ProtectMarriage.com coalition used the Web to fuel fundraising, volunteerism, and
voter persuasion, and two tactics in particular may have given them an edge: online
ads targeted using
voter file data, and a last - minute get - out - the - vote
ad blitz.
[Updated below] A big change in the world of campaign advertising: over the past six months: the practice of
targeting online
ads directly at
voters in a particular district has gone from being exotic to being a standard part of the political toolkit, with serious implications both for the...
Cookie - based
voter - file
targeted ads (like those getting scarce in battleground states) aren't the only arrow in the digital advertiser's quiver: Mitt Romney's now trying to connect with
voters via Pandora internet radio, too.
The Trump campaign paid Cambridge Analytica more than $ 6 million to help it
target voters through
ads on Facebook.
Winner Joe Lhota spent around $ 1.5 million overall on
voter outreach, of which nearly $ 463,000 went to
Target Enterprises for TV advertising and around $ 290,000 went to
Target Enterprises earmarked for «cable and digital
ads.»
The 74 - year - old senator's success, including his upset victory in the Michigan primary last week, has been fueled by his appeal to younger
voters, who so far have resisted Clinton's efforts to reach out to them through
targeted TV
ads and an increased focus on issues such as student debt.
Google and Yahoo
ads telling
voters to «Vote for Rahm Emanuel Now» are
targeted to people in Chicago searching for «mayor» related keywords today.
The Trump campaign paid Cambridge Analytica more than $ 6 million to
target Facebook
ads based on
voter data it had collected in the run - up to the election, according to Federal Election Commission records cited by Reuters.
Focus today is on optimizing political and advocacy campaign media budgets, using online
ads as well as mobile to reach
voters, and innovations in
targeting constituents across all media.
Republican Lee Zeldin is out with a new TV
ad that slams his Democratic
target, Long Island Sen Brian Foley, for his «yes» votes on rescinding the STAR property tax rebate checks and instituting the MTA payroll tax — two key issues for suburban
voters.
A common campaign goal was to get highest concentration of
ads in front of a high concentration of
targets, for instance, for which zip - code
targeting was often cheaper than trying to reach
voters one - on - one.
There were numerous reports in the final two weeks of
voters being «inundated» with Bera web
ads and support for Bera amongst our
target demographic is considered to be one of the determining factors in his narrow victory.
Direct mail mavens have been using
voter files and consumer databases to
target messaging and fundraising appeals for decades and data -
targeting online
ads is a natural extension of that mindset and skillset.
The
ads can be potent, given that campaigns can
target individual
voters based on their friends or their likes online.
Another example: the recent race for an at - large city council seat in the District of Columbia, which saw a candidate using geo -
targeted Google content
ads to send potential
voters to his NationBuilder site.