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Re: Success in Obama mobile campaign

Dylan Schleppe — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:52:08 -0000

Interesting comments about messaging costs. It seems they're very affordable for fund raising and supporter communication when compared to traditional methods like snail mail. If a candidate is paying 15 or 25 cents per message and one in 10 makes a contribution doesn't the math work out? I would love to see some actual data on response rates and ROI.

Re: Success in Obama mobile campaign

Jonathan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:55:14 -0000

An interactive shortcode application is great for a campaign that has raised $32.8m (£16.4m) in the second quarter of 2007 or fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton, who raised $27m, BUT is a shortcode the right answer for a candidate at the national or local level who can't afford the messaging charges that must be paid to an aggregator such as SinglePoint? Long question. Short answer: no.

There are smtp delivered alert applications that are a better fit.

Re: Success in Obama mobile campaign

Beaudon — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:37:27 -0000

It's about time the mobile devise was truly incorporated into the political arena.