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Running a Day of Action by Text
A day of action concentrates supporter energy into one coordinated push, and texting is how you rally, coordinate, and sustain it. Here's how campaigns and advocacy groups run a day of action by text.
Texting for Union and Labor Political Programs
Unions run some of the most effective political texting programs, because they text their own trusted members. Here's how labor political programs use texting, why member-to-member trust is their edge, and the compliance notes.
Building a Rapid-Response Text War Room
When news breaks, minutes matter, and a rapid-response text capability has to be built before you need it. Here's how to set up a text war room, the roles and workflow, and how to move fast without breaking compliance.
The Door-to-Text Handoff, Turning Canvass Contacts into Subscribers
A canvass reaches voters at the door, but the contact ends when the canvasser leaves, unless you capture a text opt-in. Here's how the door-to-text handoff turns field contacts into subscribers you can reach again.
Running the Two-Way Inbox, Managing Replies at Scale
Two-way texting only works if someone handles the replies. Here's how campaigns run a texting inbox at scale, triaging responses, using saved replies, escalating, and catching opt-outs, without drowning.
What to Look for in a P2P Texting Vendor
Peer-to-peer texting has specific vendor requirements beyond a general platform, genuine human intervention, a real reply inbox, and volunteer usability. Here's what to look for in a P2P vendor and the red flag to avoid.
Texting and Your Field Plan
Texting works best woven into the field plan, not run beside it. Here's how texting fits a campaign's field operation, from recruiting and coordinating volunteers to feeding and reinforcing the doors.
Staffing a Political Texting Program
Who runs a texting program, and how big a team does it need? Here's how to staff a political texting program, the roles required, and how volunteers let a small paid team run a large operation.
Writing a Texting Playbook for Your Campaign
A texting playbook captures how your program runs so it survives staff turnover and scales cleanly. Here's what goes in a political texting playbook and why writing one makes the whole program more reliable.