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Most marketers shout at consumers. Via one way mass communications. Marketers have learned to do this since the industrial revolution. It’s in their DNA. Due to interactive media, consumers started to interact with brands. Consumers suddenly talked back! For almost 100 years, marketers were the ones talking and shouting at consumers. Consumers just listened.
Igor: A few fundraising facts to give a sense of how successful he was at creating this social movement: 1.7M contributors thru april 2008 2.9M total contributions thru april 2008 93% total contributions under 100 in April 2008 according to Huffington Post While the campaign doesn’t report on % of contributions received online, anecdotally we know the smaller contributions tend to come online November 2008, 3.0M contributors 6.5M online donations 93% total contributions under 100 Average online donation $80 $500 million raised online Source: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/20/obama_raised_half_a_billion_on.html