{"id":4818,"date":"2010-11-02T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T16:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2010-11-02T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T16:37:18","slug":"alum-at-forefront-of-campaign-social-media-outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2010\/11\/alum-at-forefront-of-campaign-social-media-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum at forefront of campaign social media outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"facebook-vote-nov10\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/facebook-vote-nov10.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook vote\" width=\"225\" height=\"171\" \/>As we&#8217;ve moved into the Internet age, the old picture of politicians out shaking hands and kissing babies seems cliche and almost outdated; today, it&#8217;s all about engaging with voters via social media.<\/p>\n<p>As founder and CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrismediallc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harris Media<\/a>, Baylor graduate Vincent Harris, BA &#8217;09, is among those at <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/10\/18\/candidates-turn-to-facebook-games-as-campaign-tactic-to-collect-information\/\" target=\"_blank\">the forefront of that movement<\/a>. The company specializes in social media outreach and management as well as website development and online advertising, with a clientele that includes Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, U.S. Senator John Cornyn and Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell as well as gubernatorial candidates in Arkansas, Florida, Nevada, Vermont and Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>Harris actually began the company as a junior at Baylor, expanding it since graduation to a full-time staff of 10 based out of Austin. He&#8217;s made it a habit to hire Baylor graduates, as well; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrismediallc.com\/?page_id=3\" target=\"_blank\">the company directory<\/a> includes vice president Luke Baker, BA &#8217;07, and account executive Chase Weber, a senior who will graduate in December but is already working full-time for Harris.<\/p>\n<p>As you cast your vote today on Election Day, think back about how you came to decide how to vote; if social media played a part, a Baylor Bear may have had a hand in that.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Harris Media!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve moved into the Internet age, the old picture of politicians out shaking hands and kissing babies seems cliche and almost outdated; today, it&#8217;s all about engaging with voters via social media. As founder and CEO of Harris Media, Baylor graduate Vincent Harris, BA &#8217;09, is among those at the forefront of that movement. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}