Social Media Political Candidate Campaign Managers Do Your Job!

Social campaign managers for the political candidates need to acknowledge their purchasing of fake Twitter followers and Facebook likes is doing nothing for the American people!

Paid robots do not:

1. Watch, read or listen to media
2. Watch, read or listen to a debate
3. Think
4. Vote!

Do your job, obtain real support and help your candidate win the election via real people that have a social security number and are authorized to legally vote in the United States of America.

Efforts of robots are for movies, not political campaigns or the future of our country!

Quit fooling both the candidates and the general population that your efforts are worth your fee or time.

My 2 cents…. off the social soapbox now.

What are your thoughts?

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BY : Pam

COMMENT : 20

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abfabZ

Thank you for this! I could not agree more and I will leave it at that
wagnerwrites

Pam, I believe this is totally true but can you point me to blogs or other resources that prove it? I’d like to find out more. I thought this was a good article but it was about a business page: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57482220-93/firm-ditches-facebook-for-twitter-claims-clicks-are-bots/
(Interesting that it got little exposure among the fans of my FB page!)
- http://www.pammarketingnut.com/ PamMktgNut
  
  @wagnerwrites Hi there. What part are you asking me to prove? That robots do not engage, vote, think or other?
PamMktgNut

@shaanhaider Thanks Shaan!! How is your week going?
PamMktgNut

Thx Clive! @jedi_roach Which div of Philips Healthcare do you work for? My partner @Joshroinut use to do biz dev for some Philips products
- jedi_roach
  
  @pammktgnut Hi ya! I work for Global Integrated Communications within Philips Healthcare… having fun each and every day! @JoshROINut G’day
PamMktgNut

thank you both for the share! Yes fake vs real communities & followers is a topic near & dear to my heart! @ambercleveland @nealschaffer
- NealSchaffer
  
  @PamMktgNut @ambercleveland My pleasure Pam – and I hear ‘ya!
PamMktgNut

thanks a mill for the RT!! @GopConv2012 #RNC2012 #Tampa #sm
- GopConv2012
  
  @PamMktgNut my pleasure Pam!!!!
Deanna Albrecht

Unfortunately, they aren’t the only ones. Companies have done it too.
Pam Moore @PamMktgNut

Absolutely agree Deanna Albrecht. However, it will eventually easy catch up to companies as they achieve no ROI, hurt their brand etc. The difference with the political candidates is they use it to influence action based on over hyped and exaggerated support that impacts our economy, jobs, health etc.
Pam Moore @PamMktgNut

Absolutely agree Deanna Albrecht. However, it will eventually easy catch up to companies as they achieve no ROI, hurt their brand etc. The difference with the political candidates is they use it to influence action based on over hyped and exaggerated support that impacts our economy, jobs, health etc.
PamMktgNut

@JonMikelBailey thanks Jon! Happy Friday (almost!)
Josh Moore

Good article
dcabfab

@PamMktgNut TY- Love the political tweets re the industry! Right up my alley:)
KatyLipscomb

@PamMktgNut Preach!
- PamMktgNut
  
  @KatyLipscomb Yes, that is a subject I am VERY passionate about!
MZazeela

Pam,

This is no different than what political organizers have always done. Now they have a new medium. Organizers often pay people to show up at rallies and fund raisers where the attendance is in question. There was an event in NYC some years ago where the organizers paid homeless people to show up. The crowd was huge.

Imagine how bad it would look of a candidate planned a rally and no one showed up? Compare that to the kind of media coverage they would get if their event were attended by thousands.

Sadly, politics and honest are often worlds apart. These days it seems to be more about appearance and fluff than actual substance.

Got room for two on your soapbox? I’ll gladly join you.

Cheers,Marc
VolusiaForObama

I wonder about the metrics they use to analyze. People who are new to twitter often follow many but have fewer followers. I saw screen caps of Romney’s twitter followers grow completely unrealistically in the wee hours of the night. I feel sure someone would have noticed this if it happened to Obama’s account.

I think it’s certainly worth investigating. Let’s tweet @ABC @IowaDebate and ask them to have the candidates answer the question and be ready to prove it. My guess is that @MittRomney would clutch his hanky, cling to secrecy and tell you people to take him at his word. Too bad he has lied so much as to make that laughable. Some people are keeping track. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/14/1074486/-EVERY-Romney-Lie-In-One-Place-UPDATED