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Politics

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Politics complete coverage

Your objectives, our solutions
No matter what your political goals may be, AOL Advertising can help you achieve them. Select from the headings below to view plans built for your objectives. All of our solutions can be purchased through a sales representative, and some solutions (noted below) are also available through Ad Desk, our tool that lets you create, manage, and track online campaigns yourself.

 

Fundraising

Solicit new donors. Motivate supporters. Drive for money-bombs.

Location

Choose where you would like your ads to be seen.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Geography – Target voters by 3-level zip, state, DMA, or congressional district

 

Inventory

Choose the sites on which your ads will run.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Audiences – Solicit donations on the AOL sites where specific groups find the content they love, such as Black Voices for African-Americans, FanHouse for sports fans, AOL Living for women, Paw Nation for pet lovers, and more.
  • Content – Pair your ads with a particular type of content. Choose from one of Advertising.com’s content channels, such as Conservative, Liberal, Sports or Women.

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Reach an affluent audience on premium finance sites including CNN Money, The Street, AOL Money & Finance and Fox Business. Take advantage of site targeting and full transparency to optimize your campaign.

Available through a sales representative

  • Local – Request support from the local community with banners ads on your hometown Patch site.
  • News & Opinion – Call for donations in banner ads on Politics Daily, the #1 site for political news followers. (Source: comScore Media Metrix, May 2010)

 

Targeting

Refine your fundraising campaign.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Retargeting – Remarket to constituents who previously visited your website using LeadBack technology.
  • Audience behavior – Choose from a list of behavior types that reflect your voters’ preferences and predilections.
  • Lifestyle clusters – Choose from a list of Mosaic household profiles, such as Affluent Suburbia or Upscale America.
  • Demographics – Target voters by desired demographics without sacrificing reach.

Available through a sales representative

  • Political activity – Find people who are likely to have donated money to a political candidate or party, based on comScore Plan Metrix profiles.
  • Similar characters – Target look-alikes – meaning, people with demographics and behaviors similar to those who made donations to your campaign.
  • Data matching – Target people within your organization database by matching your database with AOL user lists.

 

Performance

Pay only when people take action.

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Pay only when users click. AOL Sponsored Listings give you an unmatched ability to target your text ads by site, section or page on the web’s most popular sites.

Available through a sales representative

  • Advertising.com – Buy performance-based ads on the Advertising.com network, and pay only when people click or perform a specific action – like making a donation.

 

Video

Extend the reach and frequency of television commercials and campaign videos.

Available through a sales representative

  • StudioNow – Create an emotional connection using high-quality, low-cost videos produced by our video production house, StudioNow.
  • In-banner video – Repurpose TV commercials with in-banner video ads on AOL media sites and the Advertising.com network.

 

Campaign awareness

Gain name recognition. Generate excitement.

Location

Choose where you would like your ads to be seen.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Geography – Target voters by 3-level zip, state, DMA, or congressional district.

 

Inventory

Choose the sites on which your ads will run.

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Extend your campaign’s reach across some of the most highly trafficked news and politics sites on the web, including Politico, Slate, Fox News, Washington Post and ABC News.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Netblocks– Generate mass awareness by blasting your message across the web on Advertising.com, the #1 online network for registered voters. (Source: comScore Plan Metrix May 2010).
  • AOL homepage – Command attention with a banner ad roadblock on AOL.com, one of the most coveted advertising spaces on the internet.
  • Popular sites – Boost name recognition for your candidate with banner ads on AOL’s popular media properties, like AOL Mail, MapQuest and AIM.
  • News – Throw the spotlight on your campaign with a high impact Rich Media ad on Politics Daily, the #1 site for political news. (Source: comScore Media Metrix, May 2010)
  • Local – Win over local voters by integrating your message into your hometown Patch site.
  • Run-of-network – Blast your campaign banner ads across AOL media sites and the Advertising.com network.

 

Targeting

Reach voters with precise, large-scale targeting.

Available through a sales representative

  • Political party – Find likely Democrats, Republicans or Independents using comScore Plan Metrix profiles.
  • Political activity – Find registered voters with comScore Plan Metrix profiles.

 

Video

Extend the reach and frequency of television commercials and campaign videos.

Available through a sales representative

  • StudioNow – Create an emotional connection using high-quality, low-cost videos produced by our video production house, StudioNow.
  • In-banner video – Repurpose TV commercials with in-banner video ads on AOL media sites and the Advertising.com network.

 

Campaign organization and field management

Build supporter lists. Recruit volunteers. Drive registrations. Promote events. Solicit petitions.

Location

Choose where you would like your ads to be seen.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Geography – Target voters by 3-level zip, state, DMA, or congressional district.

 

Inventory

Choose the sites on which your ads will run.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Audiences – Petition your constituents with banners ads on their favorite AOL sites, such as Black Voices for African-Americans, FanHouse for sports fans, AOL Living for women, Paw Nation for pet lovers, and more.
  • Content – Pair your ads with a particular type of content. Choose from one of Advertising.com’s content channels, such as Conservative, Liberal, Sports or Women.

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Reach a politically savvy and engaged audience on popular sites like Rolling Stone, Breitbart and Politics Daily.

Available through a sales representative

  • Local – Promote your campaign locally with banner ads on your hometown Patch site.
  • News – Motivate the politically-minded with banner ads on Politics Daily.

 

Targeting

Refine your campaign management and field development plan.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Retargeting – Remarket to constituents who previously visited your website using LeadBack technology
  • Lifestyle clusters – Choose from a list of Mosaic household profiles, such as Major University Towns or Status-Conscious Consumers.
  • Demographics – Target voters by desired demographics without sacrificing reach.
  • Business industry – Find likely supporters within preferred business industries, like Education, Farming, Healthcare, Labor, Manufacturing or Energy.

Available through a sales representative

  • Political activity – Find people who attended a political event or contacted an elected official, based on comScore Plan Metrix profiles.
  • Data matching – Target people within your organization database by matching your database with AOL user lists.

 

Performance

Pay only when people take action.

Available through a sales representative

  • Advertising.com – Buy performance-based ads on the Advertising.com network, and pay only when people click or perform a specific action – like making a donation.

 

Persuasion

Increase favorability ratings. Hammer voters with your message. Convince unlikely voters.

Location

Choose where you would like your ads to be seen.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Geography – Target voters by 3-level zip, state, DMA, or congressional district.

 

Inventory

Choose the sites on which your ads will run.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Audiences – Petition your constituents with banners ads on their favorite AOL, such as Black Voices for African-Americans, AOL Latino for Hispanics, FanHouse for sports fans, Lemondrop for young women, and more
  • Content – Pair your ads with a particular type of content. Choose from one of Advertising.com’s content channels, such as Conservative, Liberal, Sports or Women.

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Place your text ads on sites such as The Washington Post, Fox News, CNN.com and AOL Latino.

Available through a sales representative

  • Local – Win over local voters by integrating your message into your hometown Patch site.
  • Social – Appeal to voters with banner ads on AIM Lifestream, where people manage all of their social network communications.

 

Targeting

Connect with unlikely and undecided voters.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Audience behavior – Choose from a list of behavior types that reflect your voters’ preferences and predilections.
  • Lifestyle clusters – Choose from a list of Mosaic household profiles, such as Nuevo Hispanic Families or Military Family Life.
  • Demographics – Target voters by desired demographics, such as young, males or the elderly.
  • Business industry – Find likely supporters within preferred business industries like Education, Farming, Healthcare, Labor, Manufacturing or Energy.

Available through a sales representative

  • Political party – Find likely Democrats, Republicans or Independents using comScore Plan Metrix profiles.
  • New movers – Target voters by change of address activity using USPS data.

 

Rapid response

Respond to breaking news. Counter allegations. Outpace your opponent.

Location

Choose where you would like your ads to be seen.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Geography – Target voters by 3-level zip, state, DMA, or congressional district

 

Inventory

Choose the sites on which your ads will run.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Content – Pair your ads with hot, topical content. Choose from one of Advertising.com’s content channels, such as Conservative, Liberal, Sports or Women

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Place your text ads on sites such as Politico, AOL News and CNN.com.

Available through a sales representative

  • Local – Quickly inform the local community with banner ads on your hometown Patch site.
  • News – Promote timely messages with banner ads on Politics Daily, the #1 site for political news. (Source: comScore Media Metrix, May 2010)
  • Popular sites – Get in front of the issue with banner ads on AOL News, where users flock to stay up-to-date on matters affecting their lives.
  • Sponsored listings – Integrate your message with the most cost-effective text link inventory on the web, AOL Sponsored Listings.
  • Run-of-network – Blast your response in banner ads across AOL media sites and the Advertising.com network.

 

Targeting

Reach voters at the right time with the right message.

Available through a sales representative

  • Political activity – Find people who visit political websites using comScore Plan Metrix profiles.

 

Video

Extend the reach and frequency of television commercials and campaign videos.

Available through a sales representative

  • StudioNow – Create an emotional connection using high-quality, low-cost videos produced by our video production house, StudioNow.
  • In-banner video – Repurpose TV commercials with in-banner video ads on AOL media sites and the Advertising.com network.

 

Get out the vote

Motivate your base. Remind likely voters.

Location

Choose where you would like your ads to be seen.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Geography – Target voters by 3-level zip, state, DMA, or congressional district.

 

Inventory

Choose the sites on which your ads will run.

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Place your text ads on high-traffic sites such as ESPN.com, CNN.com, People and TMZ.

Available through a sales representative

  • AOL homepage – Command attention with a banner ad roadblock on AOL.com, one of the most coveted advertising spaces on the internet.
  • MapQuest – Literally drive voters to the polls with banner ads on MapQuest, America’s leading interactive mapping tool.
  • Run-of-network – Use banner ads to blast your message all across AOL media sites and the Advertising.com network.
  • Local – Make your last appeal to local supporters with ads on your hometown Patch site.

 

Targeting

Identify your likely supporters and get them to the polls.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Retargeting – Remarket to constituents who previously visited your website using LeadBack technology.
  • Audience behavior – Choose from a list of behavior types that reflect your voters’ preferences and predilections.
  • Business industry – Find likely supporters within preferred business industries like Education, Farming, Healthcare, Labor, Manufacturing or Energy.

Available through a sales representative

  • New movers – Target voters by change of address activity, based on USPS data.
  • Daypart – Reach the right voters at the right time of day – like the night before or morning of an election.
  • Political party – Find likely Democrats, Republicans or Independents using comScore Plan Metrix profiles.
  • Political activity – Find registered voters with on comScore Plan Metrix profiles.

 

Video

Extend the reach and frequency of television commercials and campaign videos.

Available through a sales representative

  • StudioNow – Create an emotional connection using high-quality, low-cost videos produced by our video production house, StudioNow.

 

Issue advocacy

Educate voters. Stimulate interest. Appeal to believers.

Location

Choose where you would like your ads to be seen.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Geography – Target voters by 3-level zip, state, DMA, or congressional district.

 

Inventory

Choose the sites on which your ads will run.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Audiences – Put targeted messages on AOL sites that appeal to particular audiences, such as Black Voices for African-Americas, FanHouse for sports fans, AOL Living for women, Paw Nation for pet lovers, and more.

Available now through AOL Sponsored Listings

  • Sponsored text links – Place your text ads on sites such as Black Voices, Rolling Stone and AOL Health.

Available through a sales representative

  • Local – Win over local voters by integrating your message into your hometown Patch site.
  • Content – Pair your message with relevant content on AOL sites such as AOL Health, AOL Small Business, DailyFinance, Engadget, myDaily, ParentDish and WalletPop.

 

Targeting

Engage the right folks at the right time with the right message.

Available now through Ad Desk or a sales representative

  • Retargeting – Remarket to constituents who previously visited your website using LeadBack technology.
  • Audience behavior – Choose from a list of behavior types that reflect your voters’ preferences and predilections, such as Health Seekers, Parents, or Small Business Owners.
  • Lifestyle clusters – Choose from a list of Mosaic household profiles, such as Industrious Country Living or Native Americana.
  • Business industry – Find likely supporters within preferred business industries, such as Education, Farming, Healthcare, Labor, Manufacturing or Energy.
  • Site domain – Reach people within a particular sector by targeting site domains – such as .edu, .gov and .mil.

 

Video

Extend the reach and frequency of television commercials and campaign videos.

Available through a sales representative

  • StudioNow – Create an emotional connection using high-quality, low-cost videos produced by our video production house, StudioNow.

 

 

Why advertise online?

The web isn’t just the future of political advertising – it’s the present. Now more than ever, voters are logging on and staying there.

  • 83% of voting age Americans (172.3 million) use the internet, and usage is increasing faster than any other medium*
  • The number of hours spent using the internet by U.S. adults is second only to hours spent watching TV
  • More than ever, TV watchers are skipping commercials with DVRs and using the internet simultaneously

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Save time and money
For sheer efficiency, nothing beats online advertising.

  • Get real-time campaign reports, find out what’s working (and what’s not), then make adjustments on the fly
  • Run your TV spot within a rich media banner ad for a fraction of the cost of a TV buy

Find your audience with extreme precision
Why waste time and money speaking to an unreceptive crowd? On the web – and with AOL Advertising in particular – you can reach exactly the voters you want.

  • Geo-target by district
  • Target undecided voters
  • Target by political activity or political party
  • Target people with specific online interests, such as small business owners, job seekers, the environmentally-conscious, and investors
  • Place your message within contextually relevant sites

 

Why use AOL Advertising?

  • Quality content. The right environment will do wonders for your brand. At AOL, we’ve staffed our sites with dozens of Pulitzer Prize winners, we’re building the largest local news platform on web, and we’ve got tons of original content that audiences love.
  • Leading network. The #1 Advertising.com network connects you with over 158 million unique visitors age 18+ per month. And Ad.com’s unmatched optimization technology is designed to help you drive results.
  • Precise targeting. AOL’s innovative targeting solutions make it easy to find the voters you want.
  • Ease of use. With Ad Desk, you can create, manage and track online campaigns using one simple tool.

 

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Fast facts

  • Advertising.com is the #1 online ad network, reaching 92% of all registered voters in the U.S.
  • PoliticsDaily is the #1 online destination for politics, reaching 6.6 million unique visitors monthly
  • BlackVoices users are 61% more likely to donate to a political party or candidate
  • Engadget users are 44% more likely to vote in midterm elections
  • Advertising.com’s politics channel users are 152% more likely to have attended a political gathering or volunteered for a political party or candidate

Source: comScore Media Metrix May 2010

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Case studies

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By zeroing in on prospective voters, AOL Advertising helped a prominent national candidate build awareness and promote his agenda. As a result, the candidate saw record traffic to his site and increased support through donations and rally attendance. Download

*Sources: U.S. Census Bureau Voting and Registration 2008; comScore Media Metrix May 2010