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Twitter Unveils Lead Generation Card, Great Addition to Any Advocacy Effort

I think we can all agree, there’s no one silver bullet when building your advocacy / grassroots effort.

Our clients have folks at every rung on the ladder, from users who are just joining the effort to those that are completely engaged. The challenge for many is not only how do we keep moving folks up that ladder, but how do we get more folks to join the effort so that they can have a chance at becoming an engaged user.

Today’s announcement from Twitter and their release of new Lead Generation Cards can no doubt help groups of all sizes increase visibility and build that base.

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Welcome to the CQ Roll Call Advocacy & Engagement Solutions blog

Welcome to the new Congress.org. As the inventor of online advocacy, CQ Roll Call’s Advocacy and Engagement division has always viewed Congress.org as a vehicle for those in the advocacy space to share, learn, participate in conversation and effectively advocate their issue. However, it’s no secret that in today’s evolving digital world, in order to successfully advocate, organizations have to work twice as hard to differentiate their brand and position themselves as the authoritative voice on an issue. Often, organizations are challenged with how behavior around advocacy has changed.

Advocacy is no longer linear – it’s not just sending a letter or signing a petition, or liking a Facebook page. Today, advocacy is about organizing the fragmented conversations happening around an issue and transforming that conversation into engagement and action. Today, a successful advocacy campaign can only be achieved if your brand is positioned as a thought leader – becoming synonymous with your issue.

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Five States Yet to Decide Whether to Accept Medicaid Expansion

The Affordable Care Act offers states an expansion of Medicaid (the government-run health care plan for the poor) beginning in January 2014, but opening the program up to more people would add to many states’ already over-burdened budgets. Missouri became the 24th state to pass on the expansion when the legislature failed to reach a deal before adjourning last week; 21 states will expand the program.

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