This excerpt appeared in the New York Queen's Courier Newspaper on
10/10/2008 about a website we made for a City Council race in Queens:
...the
result is a Web site without peer in a borough with numerous campaigns
for city and state office. “Having a Web presence is essential for
anyone running a grassroots operation,” said Eric Ulrich, Nunziato’s
political director and the GOP candidate for Joe Addabbo’s council
seat. “We’re not using traditional means of campaigning.”
Nunziato’s Web site integrates press releases, volunteer outreach and fundraising on a Web engine designed by Ideal Campaign.
Link to full article can be found here
As a first time candidate, it was extraordinarily important for me
to find a company that could not only build a top-quality web site for
me but could also handle the back office operations associated with
campaign websites, including on-line contributions, volunteer
management and bulk e-mail. Ideal Campaign was the perfect choice. The
web site they designed was fantastic, was operational in about a week
and served as a critical focal point for distributing information to
the public about my campaign. Throughout the campaign, people
continually commented about how professional the site was and how much
they liked it. I highly recommend Ideal Campaign to any candidate that
wants a well designed web site that will make them stand out among the
competition.
Candidate Bruce Stern
I just wanted to express my sincere thanks to you for the great
work done on my website. This was my first experience with a web
developer and I was certainly impressed. You guys made an awesome (lack
of better words) website and I was even told, and I quote, “best web
design I have seen in a county level race, and in fact state level
races.” I really appreciate your attention to detail and fast work. Oh
and by the way, I did win my race! I would certainly recommend you and
would use you again if such an occasion arises. If somebody who is
thinking about using your services and needs a referral send them my
way and I will give the thumbs up.
Constable Robert Chody
"By the way, it goes without saying that your Patriot donation
engine is exemplary. It has made a substantial difference in the
fundraising for the campaign.
Brian Davis: Candidate for Congress
"The best thing about Ideal Campaign is the creativity of the
product. They develop websites that break through the clutter in the
most positive way. They are the opposite of cookie-cutter. Their sites
have a creative flair to them. If you want a site that looks like every
other site on the Web, don't go with them. If you want a site that will
be striking and professional at once, they're your choice. Their sites
are not just aesthetically pleasing, though. They are also extremely
user friendly, capable of handling large quantities of content in a
very professional manner. I was always impressed by their design
clarity, usability, and the professional and expedient response of
their tech support staff."
Talk Radio Personality Jessica McBride
"Ideal Campaign designed a very professional web site for our
campaign. They not only came up with ideas and suggestions, they
completed the job in just a few days to meet our deadline. Their system
makes it easy to organize our volunteers, track donations and
represents our candidate as good on the Internet as in person."
Kevin Burns: Candidate for Congress
I am really excited about the potential that our new website design
offers. Ideal Campaign has been great to work with and very attentive
to my request for help. They have made the overwhelming task of
creating a new and user friendly website, available to even the novice
computer user.
Susan Jacobson: Campaign Coordinator
The Patriot system is fundamentally easy to use, and it has a lot of
innovative functions that can really enhance a campaign. Patriot is a
great way to fully bring politics into the 21st Century
Chris Lato: Campaign Coordinator
Thank you for your creative talent and organization. The ease of use
and creative messaging makes it easy for individuals to invest their
time, talent and dollars in my campaign. Your company has made
a substantial difference.
Terri McCormick: Candidate
I have used the folks at Ideal Campaign before and they have
always been extremely responsive, honest, and an absolute pleasure to
work with. However, here is a story that has proven to me that - in
this universe - Ideal Campaign is second only to sliced bread:
For
collateral the candidates like to give out sponges with their logo on
them. It's actually not a bad idea: The sponges come as flat as a piece
of paper, and once they are wet they expand into a fully useful and
exciting piece of campaign swag that will be found on kitchen sinks
across the County.
Well, most recently we had a street fair
which would be attended by hundreds upon hundreds of local residents
(aka: Voters looking for swag). The street fair was on a Saturday and
we got our sponges delivered to us on Thursday afternoon - about 60
hours before we would be handing them out. On these sponges included
our web site URL.
One would normally think that's a great thing
that our collateral included our web site (me included). However, our
web site was not even close to live. In fact, we only bought the URL a
week before. With a frantic call to Ideal Campaign they ensured me that
we would have a live, functioning web site for the street fair. Sure
enough, they came through. We had a web site that was fully functioning
and aesthetically soothing.
That is when I came to the conclusion that Ideal Campaign is second only to sliced bread!
Frank Luna - Campaign Manager