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The narrative was easy to craft. Sean Duffy — known for starring in MTV’s reality show “The Real World,” father of six, professional lumberjack, all-around nice and attractive guy. When you look at Duffy, you just think fresh, modern and cool. Our task was to create a web design that would achieve that same gut reaction from potential voters and donors. Learn More

Engage conducted an extensive audit of Bob McDonnell's online strategy, including a full site redesign with a focus on volunteer tools. Engage helped the campaign effectively manage its resources to build a strong presence online, energize supporters, and conduct a voter turnout program which utilized social networking, email, mobile, and online advertising to ensure a clear victory for Governor McDonnell. Learn More

There is no cookie-cutter approach to a campaign’s web strategy, because every candidate is different. We aim to market a candidate’s strengths and use those strengths to bolster his or her web presence. Such was the case of Tom Campbell. Being the substantive candidate set Campbell apart, and his website and online strategy had to reflect that. Learn More

Engage built JerseyPays.com for the Republican Governors Association's efforts in New Jersey in 2009. The site served as a hub of information on incumbent Governor Jon Corzine's record on taxes and other issues in conjunction with a major TV and online ad campaign. Republican Chris Christie ultimately defeated Corzine with the help of the Jersey Pays campaign. Learn More

In the case of Charles Djou’s fundraising success in Hawaii, there were two key factors: creating a narrative and planning ahead. We framed this race in terms of the symbolic importance of winning back Obama’s home district, and that idea sold people as to why this race was important to win. Learn More

Engage was tasked with building the online presence for the premier organization working in opposition to card check legislation. The site plays multiple roles: the conduit for grassroots activism, the hub of messaging on the issue, and a the place from which volunteers could contact Congress. Learn More

With a custom fundraising widget and strong outreach to conservative blogs for the $20 for NY-20 effort, Engage helped Jim Tedisco inspire a record number of online contributions for a GOP congressional candidate. The $20 for NY-20 effort turned this upstate NY congressional campaign into a national cause for Republicans.

ParentalRights.org came to Engage with a simple challenge: channel the tremendous energy they were seeing at the grassroots level into a state-of-the-art online presence able to serve as the growth engine for their national organization. Learn More