Barak Obama Goes Social on Myspace

Written by Pablo Palatnik on October 28, 2007

If you haven’t seen the home page of Myspace yet, well…you’re going to find one man, one presidential candidate all over it…Barak Obama. What better way to target the youth of America than through social media sites? Myspace is a great avenue for a president to promote his/her candidacy to a young demographic. It could prove to be a good online marketing strategy for Obama.

“MySpace and MTV are teaming up to give you the chance to meet Sen. Barack Obama, ask him questions by IM, and give live feedback on whether you like the answers or not. Tune in for the live stream at 1:30 ET/10:30 PT on Monday. Your questions and feedback will be broadcast on MTV Monday night. Check it out!”

If you look at the blogosphere, which is always a good indication of what people are talking about or interested in, look at the difference between both candidates: