• bootcamp

  • Malaysia Election Campaigns Powered by Google Adwords

    February 27, 2008 | By Gobala Krishnan |

    Looks like I am not the only Internet marketing expert, now even political websites are using Google Adwords PPC advertising to drive traffic to their Malaysia election campaign websites. Type in "Malaysia" or "election" in Google and you might see something like this:

    malaysia-election It’s interesting to note however that the ads are only from opposition parties. The ruling party on the other hand still thinks that the Internet is for playing games and chatting.

    However the ads are not targeted and all visitors are sent to the main page. Anyone familiar with Google Adwords knows that doing this is just a waste of money, but I guess these guys have a lot of money right now to burn.

    Someone is obviously getting rich by helping the political parties to market their election websites and messages via the Internet.

    Maybe they should hire me as their Internet marketing consultant…?

    But the sites themselves are quite ok, with a blog-style layout and also the incorporation of videos.

    malaysia-elections

    They should be driving traffic to those page or better still a targeted page where users can find out venues and other stuff, not the general home page where the user doesn’t know what to do next. If I was doing Google Adwords advertising like this I’m sure I would go bankrap by now :)

    I guess this is really the final frontier for Internet marketing in Malaysia - when politicians start using it for the election campaigns!

     
     

    Your Name:
    Your Email:

    RSS feed | Trackback URI

    8 Comments »

    Comment by Kay Kastum
    2008-02-27 16:17:42

    maybe some have joined as IMC member already and applying some methods on it? But so far non from the websites above placed adsense ad yet :D

     
    Comment by Undilah BA
    2008-02-28 03:31:59

    BN also use internet marketing.. i saw their ads at Yahoo! Mail.

     
    Comment by Khairul Faizi
    2008-02-28 10:43:42

    Actually Gobala, if you don’t mind me asking, how many have join IMC? :-D

     
    2008-02-28 16:41:59

    [...] with my previous article on Malaysian politicians using the Internet, here’s another shocker I got today - Tun Dr Mahathir’s fan page on [...]

     
    Comment by syamsulariff.com
    2008-03-14 02:09:48

    next election, bloggers can make money by selling ad space to the politic related advertiser :D

     
    Comment by Blog Marketing
    2008-03-18 00:08:47

    Yes, I even tell people why politicians should use wordpress CMS to win the win the voters’s heart, if there are more politician bloggers come out in next election, then I am deserved for the credit. :P
    Steven Wong

     
    Name (required)
    E-mail (required - never shown publicly)
    URI
    Subscribe to comments via email
    Your Comment (smaller size | larger size)
    You may use <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong> in your comment.
    millionaire mission
    Want to be an Internet millionaire? Join me and other Malaysians as we chase our first million dollars on the Internet. Subscribe to our "Millionare Mission" now and we'll send you the latest updates on our top secret project...
    Full Name:
    Main Email:
      feed
     

    join nowJoin one the fastest-growing communities in Malaysia for Internet marketing and e-commerce. As a member, you get complete online coaching and exclusive benefits and discounts for all our products and events. We do all we can to bring you closer to the dream of becoming an Internet millionaire, and we leave no one behind.

    gobala
    Gobala Krisnan is a Malaysian Internet marketing expert, author of several books and e-books, and a professional speaker. Through InternetMillionaires.com.my, Gobala aims to help as many Malaysians as possible quit their jobs and make a full-time living on the Internet. Read more about him >>

  • Advertise On This Blog

    • 8 home page link slots open
    • 8 site wide link slots open
    • 2 banner image slots open
    • Paid Reviews are available
  • Recent Comments