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Hiring a Political Direct Mail Firm : Everything You Want to Know...

by Martín Diego Garcia (He/Him) and Joe Fuld (He/Him)

At The Campaign Workshop, we encourage and work to keep an open dialogue with our clients. When hiring a Democratic direct mail firm (or any political direct mail firms for that matter), there are a number of important questions that you should be asking during the hiring process.

Motivote

A platform to get voters to the polls, with a special focus on young voter engagement, Motivote uses behavioral nudges to help you reach your network through gamification and social accountability. Framing voting as fun, it allows you to compete with friends and earn points and prizes. 

Mobilize

Mobilize allows organizations and campaigns to easily connect with, communicate with, and organize volunteers to get their message out. Campaigns can set up event pages, automate volunteer communications, and partner with other groups to grow their volunteer base. 

GoToConnect

Hosting webinars? Need a simple way to conference call and screen share with you team? GoTo's tools, like Meeting and Connect, help teams communicate more efficiently.

Empower Project

Empower Project helps organizations recruit and train volunteers while also helping volunteers to effectively connect with and engage their networks. 

Democracy Labs

Running a campaign on a budget? By leading workshops on technology and progressive campaign case studies, Democracy Labs offers affordable business solutions for progressive groups and candidates across the country to teach them how to run a campaign with limited resources. 

Civis Platform

Civis allows users to bring data from other digital tools into one place and link records across tools (you'll know if someone is in your email tool and your texting tool). You can then build predictive models or dashboards (like organizer or fundraising metrics), and push data back into other tools for activation.Their latest tool, Audience, allows teams to create and cut lists in real-time.

CallTime

CallTime streamlines the fundraising call process by doing the donor research for you. With CallTime, you can estimate a donor’s likelihood of giving, determine a reasonable ask based on past data, and keep track of call notes and reminders. 

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Issue Advocacy Campaign Tips To Grow Your Base

by Sophie Thurber (She/Her)

At The Campaign Workshop, we love issue advocacy campaigns. As consultants, we get to work on a wide variety of campaigns and with a wide variety of clients. While we could never pick a favorite, working with a group of passionate people to make a substantive change on an issue they care about is our jam. People working on advocacy campaigns are the experts in their issues and are a true resource when we are working hand in hand on crafting a campaign to reach a wider audience

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Make Your Non-Profit Print Ad Pop

by Ben Holse (He/Him)

Whether it’s for Coca-Cola, AARP, or your local 4-H club, the goal of a print ad remains largely the same: get the reader to take an action. That action could be buying more pop, calling Congress, or raising a prize pig. To make that happen, you need to catch people’s attention and then clearly and concisely tell them what you want them to do. A print ad can be expensive, so make sure you’re getting your money’s worth. Below are a few of the best-practices we have used to create advocacy print ads for clients that make an impact.