Top 10 Things You Can Do To Help Barack Online

So the first question many people ask (like me)... "I love Barack, don't like coldcalling people, but REALLY want to help, what can I do?" I was exactly like this, and that's why I chose to make my impact online.

The next question people ask is "What can I do online to help Barack? This is where I here to help. Below is a checklist of all the things you can do to help. Read this list, then go out there and make sure to do each thing below:

10. Add Barack on Facebook.

Sign up and login to http://facebook.com, go to http://www.facebook.com/person.php?id=2355496748 and click on "Support this politican" below his picture. Then send a message to all of your friends on Facebook to support Barack as well.

Add the "One Million Strong for Barack" group to your profile. To do this, visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2231653698 and below the picture on the right side, click on "Add Group"


9. Add Barack on MySpace.

Sign up and login at http://myspace.com and add Barack to your profile by visiting http://www.myspace.com/barackobama and clicking on "Add to Friends" just below his profile picture. Make sure to leave a comment before you go!


8. Digg Positive Barack Obama Articles Daily. Submit new articles to Digg.

Digg is an online bookmarking news service that thousands of people read. By "digging" articles, you raise their popularity (and consequently, viewership). To promote Obama on Digg, do the following: Sign up and login at http://www.digg.com. Search for "obama". On the search results page, order the results by "Sort Newest First" and hit Search again. Now go through the list of articles and digg all articles that talk positively about Barack!

Lastly, when you see an article you like on Obama, make sure to copy the URL, go to Digg, and submit it.


7. Bookmark all Positive Barack Obama Articles Daily using Delicious.

Delicious is the other very popular bookmarking service online. To use it, go to http://del.icio.us/. Sign up, you will be asked to install the Delicious buttons on your toolbar. This is very quick and requires almost no computer memory. Once installed, the buttons will appear on your toolbar. Now, anytime you read a positive Obama article, make sure to use the Delicious button on your toolbar to bookmark!


6. Use StumbleUpon to "stumble" positive Barack articles.

Stumbleupon is yet another bookmarking service (still very popular) that allow users to mark the sites they like online. Sign up and login at http://www.stumbleupon.com, get the plug in, and then whenever you see a Barack Obama article you like, "stumble" it by clicking on the StumbleUpon thumbs up on your toolbar.


5. Start Your Own Pro-Obama Blog.

Do you like to write and want to express yourself. Go to http://www.blogger.com and start your own blog in minutes. Your blog will be indexed by search engines, and other Obama supporters will be able to read it!


4. Comment on all Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton articles you can find daily.

Let's face it - our biggest competition in this race, however disagreeable some may find her, is Hillary Clinton. One of the things we can do is spread the pro-Obama message by commenting on political articles and blogs all around the web. You can do this by: search through all Obama and Hillary articles on Digg, click on the ones that look like they may be viewed by many people, and leave a pro-Obama comment. Not just "Go Obama", but something that really reflects how you feel. This will be much more effective.

Additionally, you can go to http://news.google.com, do a search for "obama", sort by date (most recent), and find articles this way as well. Good places to comment include political blog The Huffinton Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com), Daily Kos (http://www.dailykos.com), Crooks and Liars (http://www.crooksandliar.com), and all major news publicatios and magazines.


3. Email or IM all of your friends this post and ask them to support Barack - NOW.

Studies show that people are most influenced by their friend's thoughts. You believe in your Barack, and chances are your friends will too. As Obama would say, if you stand up for someone, others will stand up for you.


2. Join Barack Obama's Official Website and Donate.

Be active on Barack Obama's official website, http://my.barackobama.com.

Donate, start groups, make friends. . ORGANIZE.


1. Register to vote online.

This is one of the most simple things - but many people, including myself in the past, show support but then don't vote. This is, at the end of the day, the single BIGGEST thing you can do to help Barack. There are many sites, including http://www.rockthevote.com and http://declareyourself.com where you can do this quickly. The fun begins January 3rd!


Of course, there is MUCH more you can do online, these are just some of the activities that will give you the most bang for your buck. If you have other good strategies for spreading the Obama word I may have missed, let me know and perhaps I will write a post about it!