Whats the easiest way to reach AU students: Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, text message, YouTube, something else?
Facebook is huge. Sometimes I’ll ask peoples’ opinions via Facebook status and see what the responses are. While I take everything with a grain of salt, it is a great tool to find students where they spend most of their time online. We are also able to send out e-mails to all undergraduates, which is great at ensuring we have gotten important information to all students. Whether or not they open the e-mail is up to them. What’s allowed and not allowed on your Facebook profile? I avoid profanity and photos of parties. I want to make sure I represent myself the best I can. Tell us about your campaign for office. What worked best? What flopped? I won by word of mouth. More and more, campaigns are run online via Facebook, which is effective, but I immediately talked to supporters in different organizations and Greek life, who then talked to their groups. It’s impossible to measure how much of an effect that had, but I think that’s what made the difference. I spent my campaign money on maki
