Ten question for my blog friends

I have now for some time been asking bloggers, privately and semi-privately, about how the different campaigns are reaching out to them.

I just decided, after the string of posts about campaign blog outreach, to put all my questions together into a post. I'd like to use your answers in a follow up post here and at TechPresident.

Here they are :

1. How early in the campaigns have people reached out to you?

2. Did they come directly to you or did they come recommended by another blogger?

3. Are you receiving direct communications from their online organizers and/or blog outreach people or are you getting standard press releases?

4. Have they hit you with ideas, fundraising requests or both?

5. Have they asked you to recommend other bloggers?

6. Have they invited you to events with the candidate?

7. Have they offered you to be in a conference call or an email exchange?

8. How about actual to an sit-down?

9. Do you appear in the candidates blogroll?

10. Have your site been ever mentioned on any of the candidates official blogs?

11. Who would you consider the best blog outreach director?

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10 Questions for Political Bloggers

Submitted by MammaLoves (not verified) on 3 October 2007 - 1:09pm.

Well, in line with the recent question by Kit Seeley wondering where the women were in politics, I'd argue that the term political blogger can leave some folks out. I'd probably be labeled as a mommyblogger or personal blogger, but I discuss politics on my blog--it effects my life.

I posted an open invitation to all the major presidential candidates to come and sit down with the mommybloggers. Exactly one campaign has taken us up on the offer. John Edwards. We met with Elizabeth Edwards this weekend. Tracy Russo, his online outreach manager not only followed up with all of us, but wrote a great post capturing highlights of the event and crossposted it on the Edwards campaign blog and Daily Kos.

Since I haven't heard from any other campaign--and we have a group ready to meet at the drop of a hat--I'd say Edwards is doing the best job from the mommy/political blogger perspective.

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thanks!

Submitted by liza on 5 October 2007 - 6:12pm.

I so love your answer, I will be using it for my follow up post Smiling

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