Over the past few months, an increasing amount of politicians and political movements have started using Twibbon as an effective way of getting their message out, as well as involving, engaging and connecting their followers. Here is a look at some of the most interesting ways these campaigns have been used: 

 

The Party

Forward Together

The Ontario Liberal Party created this Twibbon campaign  to promote themselves during the upcoming general election in Ontario. They also used their Facebook page to promote the campaign and encourage their supporters to add.

This was countered with:

ChangeVote Ontario PC

This campaign was created by Tim Hudak’s community managers for the Ontario Progressive Conservative party. So far the Ontario Liberal Party is out ahead! 6th of October will decide the real battle.

 

The Lobby Group

Yes to Fairer Votes

Due to its eye-catching Twibbon and topical subject, this call to action campaign with a staggering 10,000 supporters proved to be by far the most successful out of a number of similar campaigns for an alternative voting system in the UK. The campaign creators capitalised on this by using the Custom Campaign feature that allowed them to increase their Twitter followers from 1,300 at the start of the campaign to 5,500 by the end:

A Step for the Alternative

The Step for the Alternative Twibbon was created by the pressure group behind The False Economy website. Thanks to the Custom Campaign feature that asks users to like a page before adding the Twibbon, their likes went from 7440 to 9113 in a month!

 

The Politician

David Milliband

DM 4 Leader benefitted from having the subject of the campaign - David Miliband - also being the creator of the campaign. He was able to use the Custom Campaign feature that allowed him to increase traffic to his website, as new supporters were automatically redirected to his campaign page when they added the Twibbon.     

Peña Nieto

The campaign highlighting the 2012 Mexican presidential candidate Pena Nieto was not created by the politician himself but by Ectivismo; a citizens movement supporting him. They created a customised tweet that users would automatically send out when they added the Twibbon, while also taking advantage of our free Twibute mosiac feature:

 

Twibbon Custom Campaigns

Our Custom Campaigns are perfect for any bands or band promoters, individuals, charities or businesses looking to quickly and easily increase awareness of their cause with targeted, engaged users. If you would like all of the above features for your cause, party or politician that the people above have benefitted from, why not Create your own Custom Campaign today?

Twibbons are created for all sorts of reasons; from the lighthearted and fun to the heart-warming and issue-led. On occasion there is the campaign that attempts to capture the unfathomable – people’s feelings and emotions about devastating events in our world. The bold Custom Campaign winner this week aiming to do such a thing was Flag911 created by political thinktank Heritage.

Since the campaign began last month the Twibbon has gained an impressive 3,875 supporters.

As more of our users added the Twibbon, the more they are engaged and talked about the cause. Here is what some supporters were saying about Flag 911:-

Heritage also inspired their fans on facebook  to add the Twibbon with regular updates and encouragement. 

Because this was a Custom Campaign and not just a free one, Heritage were able to use additional features to increase their Twitter followers. You can see from the Twitter Counter below the benefit that this brought to Heritage Twitter account:

As well as the increase in Twitter followers, Heritage were able to benefit from other Custom Campaign features such as:

1. Increased Facebook Likes  – A feature which asks users to "like" a page before they add a Twibbon 

2. Complete control over their message –  the ability to customise tweets and status updates that their supporters automatically sent out when adding the Twibbon

Heritage were able to get all of these benefits for a one-time fee of $99.

Our Custom Campaigns are perfect for individuals, charities or businesses looking to quickly and easily expand their online presence with targeted, engaged users. If you would like all of the above features for your brand, cause or event, why not Create your own Custom Campaign today?

 

 

Our heart-warming Custom Campaign winner this week is Love Always. Created by UNAIDS, aim of this campaign was to promote love and understanding for those with HIV and AIDS in the Asia and Pacific region.

Since the start of the campaign two weeks ago, the Twibbon has gained an astounding 36,836 supporters - 20,000 of which added the Twibbon in the first day!

As more of our users add a Twibbon, the more they are talking about a cause. Here is what some supporters were saying about Love Always:

At the launch of the campaign, the three members of pop band JYJ - Jae joong, Yoochan and Jun su - all tweeted messages of support from their personal Twitter accounts, grabbing the interest of their collective 1.4 million followers on Twitter.

UNAIDS themselves promoted the success of the campaign on their website...

...while also enocuraging their fans to get involved on Facebook and Twitter:

 

Because this was a Custom Campaign and not just a free one, UNAIDS were able to use additional features to increase their Twitter followers. You can see from the Twitter Counter below the benefit that this brought to UNAIDS Twitter account:

 

As well as the increase in Twitter followers, UNAIDS were able to benefit from other Custom Campaign features such as:

1. Increased Likes - A feature which asks users to "like" a page before they add a Twibbon increased UNAIDS fans by 10%.

2. Complete control over their message –  UNAIDS were able to customise the tweets and status updates that supporters automatically sent out when adding the Twibbon.

3. Increased traffic – New supporters were automatically redirected to website of the creators choice - in this case their own website - when they added the Twibbon.

UNAIDS were able to get all of these great benefits and more for just a one-off fee of $99. For all the benefits that they received, we believe that this represents very good value.

Our Custom Campaigns are perfect for individuals, charities or businesses looking to quickly and easily expand their online presence with targeted, engaged users. If you would like all of the above features for your brand, cause or event, why not Create your own Custom Campaign today?

We kicked off August with a big birthday! MTV turned 30 years old on the 1st and we created a Twibbon to celebrate.  Controversially, when we asked the question "Did the internet kill the music video star?", the most people felt that MTV had done the damage to themselves by having too many reality shows and not enough music on it!

Musically there were nods to Lollapalooza - the Chicago music festival - with a fun Twibbon, and Elvis fans were out in force honouring his memory on the anniversary of his death.

India, South Korea and Indonesia all celebrated their Independence Days, with Indonesia getting huge numbers of supporters for several Twibbons, including Hut 66 Ri at 6,300 supporters. Korea were not far behind with 5,600 supporters, with India managing a respectable 1,600 supporters. 

The big news in Britain this month was the riots in England, with Twibboners staying positive and focussing on the clean-up in the aftermath. The campaign #riotwombles made a splash, as did the Twibbon for supporting those affected in London, Birmingham and elsewhere. 

Women’s Equality Day brought a bit of controversy, with some users pointing out that the day needed to exist in the first place showing that there is still some way to go before we reach total equality!

And last, but certainly not least, we can’t go without mentioning one of our fastest growing campaigns ever on Twibbon. With the hashtag #LoveAlways, this Twibbon asked supporters to unite against discrimination for HIV and Aids sufferers in Asia. Supported by the South Korean boy band JYJ, it soared in one day to an amazing 22,000 supporters and is at the time of writing at 34,000 supporters and climbing!

Monthly Awards

Our Most retweeted Tweet – Kudos this month go jointly to World Water Week and International Left Handers Day both at over 100 RT’s each.

Most supported campaign – The rapidly rising Love Always campaign.