D S Simon Vlog Views

Some of Doug’s Vlog Views:

1) The Wall Street Journal notes it might be difficult to convict Blagojevich.

2) Was Blagojevich’s crime the action itself or the lack of subtlety and class with which he went about it?

3) Is this different than Obama’s helping Hillary retire her campaign debt and offering her the Secretary of State position in return for her support?

4) Blagojevich should be arrested for still wearing his 1970s haircut.

D S Simon staffers “Jovi D” and “Big Bri” lobbied
successfully to have their photo appear in this vlog post.

Search Terms: Scandal, Rod Blagojevich, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama

Guests of PRSA NY’s Technology Thursday networking event, sponsored by D S Simon Productions, weigh in on the 2008 Presidential Election and how it has impacted the communications industry.

Here are some of their VlogViews:

Alison Walsh
Senior Account Executive, Evins Communications:

“The click-thru rate online is key for consumers, key for politicians, and key for the entire communications sphere.”

Haywood Batchelor

Project Manger, Accenture 

“You can’t just run a static campaign; you have to have an interactive dialogue with your constituency.”

Debra Dixon

CEO, Light of Gold PR and Marketing:

“There’s now such a thing called ‘Barack 2.0’ and I think [Barack] just totally leveraged social media, social networks by creating an ongoing conversation…and he’s still continuing to do that even before he goes into office.”

Evins Communications 
Accenture

Light of Gold PR and Marketing

Search Terms: Barack Obama, 2008 Campaign, communications, politics, media

Obama’s Five Lessons for Communicators:

1. Invest early in web infrastructure
2. Create motivators and opportunities for customers to opt-in and participate
3. Combat negatives
4. Tone matters
5. Spend money

Pew Research Study on Web Engagement in the Campaign

Search Terms: Barack Obama, 2008 Campaign, communications, web influencers, politics, media

“There is a threat out there that is designed to move public relations away from the C suite and give us less influence and it’s the controversy over the ‘permanent campaign.’”

“PR has made great strides in getting a seat at the table when we’re about influencing policy, influencing programs so we then have positive information and news to communicate to key publics.”

“PR as a community has sort of been standing by while this argument against the permanent campaign goes on.” 

Search Terms: 2008 Presidential election, George W. Bush, Permanent Campaign, John McCain, Public Relations