K Street Cafe

Facebook Raises Franking Questions (Congress.org)
When signing up for Facebook, is it best for Members to designate their pages as official and governed by franking rules, or as a campaign page?

Street Talk: K Street Is the Target as Progressives Hit Town
(Roll Call)
A collection of liberal organizations are in DC today to kick of the annual America’s Future Now Conference.  Their number one enemy? K Street.

Your Election Day Web Toolkit (Read Write Web)
Read Write Web has created a an “Election Day Web Toolkit” with all the links and know-how to bring your election experience to the Web.

K Street Suffers Election Anxiety (Politico)
Jeanne Cummings, Politico’s “Pit Boss”, explains how much of K Street – particularly those with ties to the Republican party – is nervous about the results of today’s election.

An inaugural post is always hard lame odd. So I’ll spare you the James Stockdale introduction and just get to it.

One of the reasons you might be here at K Street Café is to get a better understanding of the power of the “network of networks” and tap into the new tactics of the old game.

Understanding the how and why of this new world is important.  So, with apologies to the Kennedy family, ask not what the internet can do for you, ask how it is changing the balance of power in the influence game.

To get a better understanding of how these emerging networks of linked citizens is changing that balance, my humble suggestion is to start by reading The Cluetrain Manifesto. It has long been required reading for bloggers, it’s time others glean from its lessons, too.

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Media Bloggers Association Launches Liability Insurance, Legal Advisory for Bloggers (What’s Next)
Bloggers take a large risk in performing their task, but now protection is available to them. Taking into account the many lawsuits that have come about because of blog posts, the Media Bloggers Association (MBA) has started offering liability insurance.

The Future of Your Newspaper (Mental Floss)
Print media has been having a difficult time surviving with more and more people getting their news online. However, this new technology could provide newspapers a new portable outlet.

Advertising Without Radio or Television, Only Word of Mouth (Word of Mouth Marketing)
Don’t think advertising without TV, radio or print will work for you organization? Here is an example of how word of mouth marketing can be used to execute a successful campaign.

Financial Meltdown: Don’t Cry for K Street (National Journal)
With the financial system in ruins from this week’s fallout, the nation’s economic system will definitely be changing. The National Journal examines how lobbyists may have a lot of influence in the reshaping of economic regulations and policy.