Comments on: What marketers can learn from Obama’s use of social media

By: Clive Andrews

Clive Andrews — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:12:47 +0000

I know this much. Ever since I added Barack Obama as a Flickr contact (I can’t even remember why…) I’ve seen images appear on my home page virtually every day in my ‘Your Contacts’ stream.

I’ve rarely opened any of the photos beyond thumbnail size, but their very presence has been enough to convey an image of a guy out and about getting to meet the people.

Thinking about Twitter, the one shame is that the updates, be they McCain, Obama or Clinton, are put together by campaign workers, rather than from the figures themselves, so they don’t often appear at all personal. Of course it would be a big ask to get genuine tweets right from the horse’s mouth, but the first high-ranking politician to use social media to truly let us into their lives would really make an impact.

Are they brave enough?

By: Andy James

Andy James — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:36:06 +0000

Maybe it was something to do with Obama hiring Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook.

This was an interesting blog I read.

http://www.clickpogo.co.uk/blog/?author=3

By: Trevor May

Trevor May — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:15:14 +0000

Although Obama is following a lot of people he, like Clinton, still doesn't appear to be actively engaging them on a personal level. Our very own PM appears to be doing this a little better by actually listening and responding to other twitter users... Or at least appearing to.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:56:10 +0000

Nothing much to do with your post, but worth a mention perhaps that the image you’ve used isn’t owned by the guy on flickr – it’s an ‘obey’ image by Shep Fairey

http://obeygiant.com/post/party-for-change-sf-2