Sunday, 8 March 2009

Internet Marketing: Not just LBS MBAs, now even politicians are serious about it!

Thanks to Obama, now "political web campaign" is the polular choice for politicians.

After watching Obama running a successful campaign using technology to reach the masses, now Indian politicians are trying the tactic at home!

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2009/gb2009036_883317.htm?chan=globalbiz_asia+index+page_top+stories

It would be very interesting to see how well the new-edge web campaign gonna fetch in the world's biggest democracy.

But since internet and emails etc have been around for a while, what intrigued me is what took the politicians so long to realize the power of internet marketing.