Blog Ads—Primaries

Campaigns run ads on popular blogs to drive traffic to their websites and for fundraising.
With assistance from Mike Dec, 4president.org.


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arranged reverse chronological

April 2012 more recent ads >

The New Republic  April 6, 2012

CBS News  April 6, 2012
March 2012

The New Republic  March 29, 2012





The New Republic  March 28, 2012

The New Republic  March 26, 2012 (animated)

News from The Associated Press [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/HOME] March 15, 2012 (hover versions dark blue)
February 2012

L.A. Times  Feb. 28, 2012 (hover version on right)


L.A. Times  Feb. 28, 2012 (three views of animated)


Examiner.com  Feb. 28, 2012

The New Republic  Feb. 26, 2012 (animated; bumperstickers slide on)

The New Republic  Feb. 25, 2012
The New Republic  Feb. 26, 2012 (animated)

The New Republic  Feb. 25, 2012


Detroit Free Press  Feb. 24, 2012 (the two run in tandem)
    





Daily Mail  Feb. 9, 2012
Daily Mail  Feb. 9, 2012

January 2012

El Nuevo Herald  Jan. 31, 2012 nascent (above) and expanded (below).  Both are animated.  The text above adds on letter by letter; the graph line below sweeps across.




Miami Herald  Jan. 31, 2012 nascent (above) and expanded (below).  Both are animated.  The text above adds on letter by letter; the graph line below sweeps across.



Animated ad run on CFnews13.com  Jan. 31, 2012 (appeared in tandem with the 300 x250 px ad below).


Orlando Sentinel  Jan. 27, 2012 
Above is the ad that also ran on Jan. 25 (nascent view).  Below is a new 300 x 250px ad run in tandem (on hover, the graph is animated).
          


Orlando Sentinel  Jan. 26, 2012



The New Republic  Jan. 25, 2012
 
Politico  Jan. 26, 2012


The New Republic  Jan. 25, 2012
all three on Las Vegas Sun  Jan. 27, 2012

Orlando Sentinel  Jan. 25, 2012  nascent (above) and expanded (below)







Four views of animated ad from The New Republic  Jan. 14, 2012



Union Leader  Jan. 10, 2012 (Primary Day)

                                                                                                                     (shown at 50 percent size)

Des Moines Register banner, 350x200, and background ads 
Jan. 3, 2012 (Caucus Day)















December 2011




    all from Politico  Dec. 31, 2011

 
(hover version at right)
November 2011

Scribd  Nov. 15, 2011



Real Clear Politics  Nov. 15, 2011
BuddyTV  Nov. 9, 2011



Nov. 7, 2011  Politico

Nov. 6, 2011 Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

Nov. 1, 2011  Star Tribune (Minneapolis)

October 2011

    



 

4president.org  Oct. 14, 2011


   
4president.org  Oct. 14, 2011
 

 








September 2011

Politico Sept. 13, 2011

  
                               

Politico Sept. 13, 2011

Politico Sept. 13, 2011


Politico Sept. 13, 2011                            (hover)
Politico Sept. 13, 2011
Politico Sept. 13, 2011
(animated)



August 2011
showing the animation and hover...



WGMT (NBC Channel 41 in Macon, GA) Aug. 28, 2011

showing the animation...

WGMT (NBC Channel 41 in Macon, GA) Aug. 28, 2011



Real Clear Politics  Aug. 27, 2011






CNN approx. Aug. 17, 2011; Mashable Sept. 2, 2011


July 2011


4president.tv  July 13, 2011 animated






June 2011


Hotmail June 23, 2011

May 2011
On May 31, 2011 the campaign ran numerous variations of ads on The Messenger (Fort Dodge, IA)  www.messengernews.net.
Clearly a lot of testing is going on.

Top is ad as it appears; bottom is rollover.


Top is ad as it appears; bottom is rollover.


Top is ad as it appears; bottom is rollover.


Animated ad...final appearance.







 
   Animated ad...final appearance.














Animated ad...final appearance.






animated sequence