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What’s the difference between a political consultant and a campaign manager? Find out what they each do and which one can best help your campaign.

Political polls can be a helpful tool, but most people misunderstand what the data is telling us. Read our blog to find out how to effectively use political polling and discuss the data.

Volunteers are the backbone of politics. Whether it’s a campaign or organization, we need volunteers to function. But how do you best recruit, train, and retain your volunteers? Read our blog for top strategies on volunteer management!

Good political field strategy is critical for reaching voters, recruiting volunteers, and expanding your political campaign or organization. Here’s a basic guide on how to craft a basic field plan.

Politicians retire too. Once retirement season rolls around, it’s a perfect time to throw your hat in the ring. Read on to find out how and why you should consider launching your campaign during the political power shuffle.

How do you fill out an endorsement questionnaire? In this step-by-step guide, we’ll go over what you need to do to properly fill out the questionnaire and secure political endorsements from key people and organizations during your run for office.

How and why should you run for office? Running a political campaign can be confusing and hard to navigate. Read our blog post on practical strategies with extra examples and resources for preparing a run for political office!

You need to mobilize people and cut through the noise. How? Read our blog on 5 key storytelling tactics to connect with voters!

How do you run for office or run a political organization and stay genuine? Focus on your community. Learn these three key strategies to authentic community engagement in politics today!

How do you build an accessible and effective political podcast strategy? Read our guide for how to increase your impact in podcast format for progressive politicos.

How does political fundraising translate to digital strategy? In this blog, we’ll go over why you should be incorporating digital media into your political fundraising strategy and how to do it, for both campaigns and organizations.

Why are digital partnerships in politics important and how do you work to build them? Learn why digital partnerships are a fast track to mutually benefiting your political campaign or organization and speed up your coalition building.

Young people deserve a say in politics, but how do you get your political career started? Learn how to prepare your run for local office in our step-by-step guide on how to run for office as Gen Z.

Political fundraising is built on call time, but there are plenty of other ways to help pad your organization or campaign’s bank account and stay funded. Read for 6 creative fundraising strategies.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to overwhelm Democrats and progressives with rapid-fire changes and chaos. Here are 3 strategies that progressive organizations can use to adapt and fight back.

Reaching young voters is crucial, and there’s no better place to reach them than social media. But just “going viral” isn’t a viable social strategy, so how can we capture youth attention with consistent best social media practices? Read our blog on strategies for engaging young people on Instagram and TikTok!

Storytelling is a powerful tool for better fundraising in raising more money and engaging donors to nonprofits and political organizations. Learn why stories are important, what kinds of stories to tell, and how to collect stories for your political organization.

The Board of Directors for political organizations often changes — but this can bring exciting new opportunities! Turn your past board members into your biggest supporters and make your fundraising more efficient with three tips from our latest blog post!

Build your fundraising infrastructure as a political organization with these three tips to engage your donors and optimize your fundraising efforts.

It’s normal to feel lost after losing an election. But just because you lost your election doesn’t mean you can’t plan strategically for your post-election plans. What do you do after losing an election, and how can you use it as an opportunity for your future political career? Read our blog post on how to plan for your next steps post-election after losing.

How do you mix up different email asks in your strategy to make sure you don’t sound like you’re desperately asking for money? Read our blog on the three main types of email asks and how to use them all to optimize engagement.

Political Polling — election anxiety may lead you to refresh poll numbers over and over again, wondering why different polls show different results. In this blog, we’ll answer why polls show different numbers, polling methods, and when they may be more accurate.

As Election Day approaches, your campaign or organization should be going all in on GOTV (Get Out The Vote). That means turning out all your voters and focusing on getting your supporters to the ballot box. But how do you make a GOTV strategy, and how does it tie into your Field plan? Read our blog for some tips on optimizing your GOTV plan!

The Harris campaign has gathered tons of national and international attention, which has also led to an influx in fundraising up and down the ballot. How does this work? Read our blog post explaining the connections between the top and bottom of the ballot, and how fundraising for presidential races can help local races too.

School Boards — What positions are on your local school board, what is a school board, and why are they important? Learn about educational policy and how it's shaped by these local officials in our new blog.

How to create an email content calendar — if you want to level up your organization or campaign, you need to make sure your email program is prepared. What is a content calendar, why is it important, and how do you make one? Read our blog to find out how to keep your email program ready for each month.

Political fundraising — what is rolodexing and why is it essential to getting more donors and more money for your campaign or organization? Read our blog post on why rolodexing is essential for converting your best potential contacts.

How can political consulting help your local political campaign? Consulting services aren’t just for huge federal campaigns who have the money. There are plenty of ways a political consulting firm can get your local campaign on the path to getting elected. Here are 5 ways a political consultant can help your local campaign race.

All about informational interviews — what is an informational interview, why do you need one, how do you set one up, and what are some example questions to ask? Read our post on setting up the perfect informational interview to get into politics.

Southern Activism — what is it and why does it matter? Plenty of Democrats and progressives write off the South as being a conservative stronghold, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Read why progressives should support Southern activism efforts and how this activism is unique.