5 Lessons From Obamas Twitter Town Hall

Twitter town halls have become a popular campaign tool during this presidential election season. That's why campaign strategist David Axelrod followed President Barack Obamas economic speech in Ohio yesterday with a power-packed Q&A, sending 28 tweets and re-tweets through the @BarackObama account in as many minutes.

Certainly, an endless stream of presidential and congressional candidates have tried their own variations of this medium, but Axelrods was the most effective execution to date. Here's why.

1. Created a Controlled Venue
Most town halls fail by not taking the readers viewpoint into account. Where are users supposed to be watching the town halls tweets?…
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