Yes We Did! An Inside Look at How Social Media Built the Obama Brand

Author(s): Rahaf Harfoush

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FOREWORD by Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics and Grown Up Digital The Obama campaign is widely credited for its unprecedented use of New Media for everything from fundraising to volunteer coordination. After intensively researching the campaign, Rahaf Harfoush had the opportunity to witness the innovation firsthand when joined the New Media team in Chicago for three months. This book takes a comprehensive look at the campaign's use of technology leading up to election night and explores the strategic insights that organizations can apply to their own brand. Peppered with interviews, photos and anecdotes from key members of the New Media Team, this book reveals how the combination of an unwavering strategic vision and collaborative technologies including blogs, social networks, twitter and SMS messaging, empowered a formidable online community to elect the world's first "digital" President.

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"The Obama 2008 campaign is the best marketing campaign I have seen globally in over 25 years. Rahaf gives a fresh and informed insider's view of what really made it such a spectacular success." -- Brian Fetherstonhaugh, Chairman & CEO OgilvyOne Worldwide "Rahaf explores in detail the strategies and tactics used to bring about a revolution using social media. I guarantee you will enjoy the book and will learn something from it. But, are you bold enough to do something with your new knowledge?" -- Peter Ac eto, CEO ING Direct CANADA "A front row seat for a moment that changed both politics and branding forever. In the spirit of sharing that defines the social web itself, Rahaf shows us how principled leadership must go to market in the years ahead: Transparently, authentically, and one community at a time." -- Bruce Philp, CEO of GWP Brand Engineering

Rahaf Harfoush is a New Media Strategist who has a deep passion for exploring how technology is affecting the way we communicate, work and play. Rahaf specializes in helping organizations align their Social Media initiatives with their strategic vision to build authentic relationships with consumers, employees and other stakeholders. She was the Research Coordinator for Don Tapscott's bestselling Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, and a contributor to Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World. Rahaf blogs at TheFoush.com.

Foreword by Don Tapscott Introduction- YouTube Epiphany Part 1: The Underdog: The Rise of a Movement Chapter 1 Introducing the Jr. Senator: The Birth of a New Community Chapter 2 Up against the Clintons: Rewriting the Rules Chapter 3 The Road to Denver: N

General Fields

  • : 9780321631534
  • : Pearson Education (US)
  • : New Riders Publishing
  • : 0.342
  • : 28 June 2009
  • : 229mm X 178mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Rahaf Harfoush
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 324.730973
  • : 216
  • : Political campaigning & advertising; Media studies
  • : col. Illustrations, ports.