Life as a Harris Media Intern
By: Anna Jane Riehl, Summer 2015 Harris Media Intern New city. New people. New adventure. This summer, I had the privilege of being a media marketing intern for Harris Media, LLC. I have lived in Waco,...
View ArticlePresidential Campaigns See Texting as a Clear Path to Voters
In those campaign cycles, political text messages could seem more jarring. “A text is almost a sacred thing,” said Vincent Harris, the digital director for Mr. Paul’s campaign. “This space is reserved...
View ArticlePortman Makes Push for Student Voters in Ohio
Sen. Rob Portman launched a new coalition of college student supporters from different universities around Ohio Monday as a way to organize and reach a key demographic for his re-election campaign. In...
View ArticleVincent Harris Speaks at Advertising Week 2015
Harris Media Founder and CEO Vincent Harris spoke on the Rare panel “Reaching Millennials Through Politics” at Advertising Week 2015. Vincent discussed the importance of campaigns using smart digital...
View ArticleVincent Harris Quoted on Rand Paul Advertising
Digital Ads Sell Candidates and Causes, in 15-Second Bursts New York Times by Ashley Parker October 5th, 2015 Days after announcing his presidential bid, Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky,...
View ArticleSnapchat in the Presidential Campaigns
By using the “Live” feature in Snapchat, a candidate can create a digital boundary around the location of the event. Then, attendees post videos or photos to the “Live” event via Snapchat. Snapchat...
View ArticleVincent Harris Digital Media Training
Harris Media CEO Vincent Harris uses his experience on political campaigns to conduct training sessions for political parties on the best practices of digital media for campaigns and the top trends in...
View ArticleVincent Harris Quoted on Rand Paul’s Viral Video Surprise
“Virality means increased traffic, sign ups, and of course digital donations,” said Paul’s digital strategist Vincent Harris. “[It’s] a huge number in a short amount of time by any standards,...
View ArticleWe’re Too Obsessed with Websites
When it comes to websites…brands, campaigns, and individuals spend too much time swimming upstream. Too often people work to make their websites destinations for their customers when they should...
View ArticleThe Rise of Snapchat in Political Advertising
WASHINGTON (SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP) — Hours before the first “main-stage” GOP primary debate kicked off, political ad wars reached a new frontier. “A new political ad unit has arrived ahead of the...
View ArticleHarris Media VP Chasen Campbell Quoted on Digital Video
Millennials are computer, tablet and smartphone addicts who often shun cable TV and vote in small numbers—three facts that make them susceptible to a coming wave of campaign ads on mobile devices. That...
View ArticleVincent Harris Speaks at the University of Wurzburg
Vincent Harris, founder and CEO of Harris Media LLC, gave a presentation at Germany’s University of Wurzburg titled, “Cat Gifs, Memes, and Snapchat: The 2016 Election.” Watch his speech on digital...
View ArticleVincent Harris Images from USGLC Trip to Africa
Harris Media CEO Vincent Harris recently joined a delegation with the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition to Rwanda and Tanzania. Here are some images and photos from the trip… Harris Media CEO Vincent...
View ArticleVincent Harris Named One of Rare’s 40 Under 40 2015
In 2014, Bloomberg called him “the man who invented the Republican internet.” Before he was Senator Rand Paul’s digital guru, Vincent Harris made internet magic happen for Senator Ted Cruz and former...
View ArticleWhat I Learned from 16 months Running Rand Paul Digital by Vincent Harris
I remember being so nervous the first time I met Senator Rand Paul after being hired on his campaign to run digital operations. An hour later though, as I walked out of the meeting, I was more excited...
View ArticleVincent Harris Quoted On A Digital Revolution? Sanders Reinvents the Online...
For months after announcing his White House bid, Bernie Sanders didn’t run a single campaign commercial on television. But he was everywhere online: emails, social media posts and paid ads on desktop...
View ArticleVincent Harris Quoted On Bernie’s Army of Coders
Late last spring, inspired to action by what he was hearing from a renegade Democratic candidate named Bernie Sanders, Jon Hughes began building a website. Hughes, then a 29-year-old father in southern...
View ArticleVincent Harris Quoted On – Is 2016 The Tinder Election?
After the end of her workday, Robyn Gedrich goes home and takes to her smartphone where, like many in their early 20s, she opens Tinder. But Gedrich isn’t on the app to find someone to date or a...
View ArticleVincent Harris Quoted Traditional political campaigns dead, it’s a digital...
Traditional political campaigns that don’t have a digital first focus are dead, say experts. “Where traditional campaigns spend weeks putting together high production value TV ads, a well run campaign...
View ArticleVincent Harris Quoted On Revolution Messaging helps drive Sanders’‘political...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders has weathered some tough losses in his long-shot bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. But even when pundits close the curtain on his campaign, his supporters...
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