Insist on yourself. Never imitate.-R.W. Emerson
Free Download: Phonebank Bubble Sheet Template and Fonts
Ready for absentee ballot chases phone banks or 72 hour GOtV phone banks? Looking for an easy way to create bubble sheets?
I give you: Bubble Sheet MS Word Template and Bubble font and Barcode font (ZIP file)
Unzip the file, install the 2 font files and then open the Word Document. You’ll have to do some mail merge wizard-ing, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to set it up.
Are you a Republican? Need help exporting your call list from Voter Vault? Check out the Voter Vault manual I put together (page 9 for exporting mail merge compatible lists).
On Net Neutrality
Via Read Write Web:
Net neutrality has taken up a lot of headline space over the last two weeks. There was the Goggle and Verizon thing, and then something happened with the FCC and some Congress members, and the French may have been involved somehow… Admit it, your eyes are glazing over aren’t they? Yes, it’s true, net neutrality sometimes isn’t the easiest thing to wrap your head around. But the artistic folks at Online MBA Programs are here to help with 15 facts you may not have known about what neutrality on the Internet actually means.
7 Best (FREE) Web Apps for Your Campaign
Campaigns, especially smaller, local ones, need low cost ways to get their message out. I’ve provided my favorites below.
Mail Chimp
If you decide to send out campaign emails, using a web app like MailChimp or Contant Contact is a MUST. It provides settings for your “Paid for by” disclaimer and accepting donations. Frankly, it makes email look good.
I prefer MailChimp because you can send up to 5000 emails per month and maintain a list of 300 for FREE. If you need more, their rates are quite reasonable.
If your campaign isn’t on facebook, you’re behind.
Facebook is not just for kids, the largest growing demographic is 50+ (38 million in 2009!), so chances are you’ve got some supporters on there.
Just be sure not to fall in to the facebook games trap. No one wants to look like they have too much time on their campaign.GCal, GMail, and GDocs
I highly recommend the Google Apps “suite” to every candidate I talk to (and everyone else, for that matter). All Google products are linked, documents and calendars are easily created and shared and the storage is basically limitless.
ToodleDo/Remember the Milk
Both are great applications, both have great merits. It’s truly a decision of aesthetics. If your campaign can afford it, I recommend the paid upgrade. Both are GTD compatible and sync with iCal/GCal.
Those are my favorites…
…what are yours?
