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The 2004 election cycle saw the emergence of the internet—specifically blogs—as an essential part of any political campaign. By November 2008 the blogosphere and social media will be old hat. So what technological leap will define the coming election cycle? The savvier political campaigns have already answered that question.

Top-tier Presidential campaigns have already launched SMS text messaging efforts, recognizing its myriad benefits. Text messaging for political campaigns can be leveraged to power:

• Emergency & Media Rapid Response
• Mobile Polling
• Field Operative Communications
• Geographically / Demographically targeted communications among grass-roots supporters
• Meet-up coordination
• Mobile Petitioning

Recent years have shown, in tight elections, turn-out can make or break a campaign.  Text Messaging is increasingly the communication method of choice among members of the elusive 18 – 29 voting bloc, and thus should be an essential tool to any political campaign. Supporter text messaging databases built up over a campaign will become a pivotal GOTV (Get Out The Vote) tool come election day.

Key Features of Club Texting's SMS Text Messaging software for Political Campaigns:

• Supporters subscribe to your text messaging list by sending a text containing your unique keyword(s) from their cellular phone.
• You have the power to import an existing list of supporters' phone numbers into your subscriber database.
• Enhance community and promote meet-up events with group-wide text messaging campaigns.
• Build your supporter database with an HTML Widget for your campaign's website, social networking sites, and email communications.
• Organize the supporters in your database into unlimited lists and groups.
• Supporters can automatically unsubscribe from your texting list by simply sending a text message.
• Program automatic customized text responses to be sent to your supporters when they join your text messaging list.
• Forward reply texts to a phone or email address belonging to your campaign.
• Send out text messages to all of your supporters with your own cell phone or our web-based software in seconds.
• Schedule text messages to go out at specific dates and times.
• Our real-time SMS text messaging system guarantees delivery of your messages to all the major cell phone carriers including: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel, Boost, Virgin Mobile, Alltell, US Cellular, Dobson Wireless, Midwest Wireless, Cricket, Cellular South and others.
• Ready to give our text messaging software a test drive? See our Contact Page now.

To see a visual demonstration of the Club Texting system check out our Flash Presentation.

If you've already got questions, read our Frequently Asked Questions.

If you're ready to set up a free demonstration, fill out the Contact Information form and we'll get in touch with you ASAP.

If you'd like to read about the ways other religious organizations have already harnessed the power of text messaging, then browse through our Social Groups Resources section.

Otherwise, continue below to see how Club Texting's text messaging software for political campaigns works.

How SMS Text Messaging For Political Campaigns:

1. Supporters of your campaign can join in three ways: they can text your keyword to our shortcode (25827), enter their phone number on your website using our Widget , or you can manually add them to your subscriber database.

2. Your supporters receive a text message in response, confirming that they have joined your text messaging list.

3. Whenever you want to contact your supporters, you log on to the Club Texting website to instantly send an (SMS) text message to all of your subscribers.