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New Media and the 2008 Campaign Season
Valuable lessons for brand marketers and business about being first, fast and nimble
Politics and new media

Although this year may be the first time U.S. citizens elect an African-American man, a woman or a 72-year-old first-term president, it also may be the first time millions of voters have learned essentially everything they know about that new leader via media options that didn’t even exist — or hadn’t been widely used — during the last presidential race just four years ago. The strategies and tactics of the 2008 presidential campaign signal a game change in marketing techniques that the private sector has been slow to adopt. Businesses must learn to work with new media such as social networking and mobile devices — or risk falling behind.

A new report by Rob Underwood, Adam Garrett, Laura Skladzinski, Nicole Gallagher, Andrei Vrabie and David Smith, of Deloitte Consulting LLP, discusses the following: 

To learn how businesses can borrow a page from the public sector playbook, download the full report below.

Related Content:
Overview: Leveraging New Media 

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Last Updated: April 3, 2008
Source: Deloitte LLP - United States (English)

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