Paid media is getting more expensive. Institutional trust is getting harder to earn. As a result, today's communications teams face a challenge: how do you reach people when attention is fragmented and trust no longer flows from organizations alone? According to the global Edelman Trust Barometer, 70% of people are now hesitant or unwilling to trust an organization that feels distant from them. On the other hand, trust has returned to everyday relationships: over 60% of peopl
With the EU’s TTPA regulation in place, Meta and Google have tightened restrictions on political ads, significantly reducing scale. Paid acquisition is no longer a reliable growth channel for political organizations in Europe. This article was originally written by Areti Livanos for Partisan. Read the original article here. The shift is forcing a change in how organizations acquire petition signatures, new emails, and volunteers. When paid reach is limited, acquisition depen