How do you buzz it up on Facebook for your business? I've listed ten simple ways on how to increase the buzz through fan engagement and broaden brand reach with your Facebook fan page. It all comes down to remembering that the goal is to increase brand awareness, affinity, and...

What is fan scaling? It's the process of building up the number of your fans for your fan page. Can it get too big? Can it get too small? Yes, it can, and what ultimately matters is the comfort level you have with the number of fans you have for...

In the past ten years, Rick Perry has brought our state to a budget crisis with a shortfall that cuts billions from public education, leaves seniors out in the cold, and defers the dream of higher education for tens of thousands of bright young people. Rick's got it made on...

In August, we ran our now infamous "Coward" print ad in over twenty newspapers across the state of Texas, and it got the attention of millions of Texans. This time around, we're expanding our ad buy of our new "Face Us" print ad to...

Texans all over the state are sending us photos of the Perry Is A Coward ad in their newspapers! Here's the list of newspapers that our Perry Is A Coward ad appeared in on Tuesday morning:

Dallas Morning News...

This week, Governor Rick Perry has found himself mired in a growing scandal over his sneaky land deals that have netted him over a million dollars while in public office. Here's more on this nasty scandal:

The Dallas Morning News found...

That's the question that Texans are asking each other when they find out that Mike Toomey, the lobbyist for Merck in Texas, is Governor Perry's former chief of staff. That's thanks to our new TV ad, which is running heavily in media markets, that exposes...

written by Noelle Bell aka slinkerwink, Director of New Media at Back To Basics PAC

We have BIG news to announce. We're releasing this ad against Governor Perry on a massive state-wide buy in Texas:

Since we've released the ad showcasing the double-faced hypocrisy of Governor Perry, Texans have taken notice, and we've clearly struck a nerve with Governor Perry and the Texas GOP. The day after our ad aired on a $250,000 buy in Houston, Dallas, and Austin, the Texas GOP filed a frivolous...

This is infuriating to read, given the news reports about workers feeling ill in the cleanup of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. There are more stories like these coming out about workers getting ill and about BP not providing them protective wear and respirators.

Ever since the oil spill happened in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20th, it seems that the federal government has not yet learned from its mistakes in granting a federal waiver to BP in spite of reported problems with environmental and worker safety issues. A report by...

Eve Gittelson, a prominent health care activists, and I would like to announce exciting news--we're working with Darcy Burner from the Progressive Congress Action Fund, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, on the FixItAndPassIt! Project. Here's what our project is about:

Healthcare Reform: Fix It and Pass It! is a project...

When Senators are looking for "bipartisan" solutions to health care, and need more "time" to work on a "bipartisan" compromise, what they're really looking for is a way to kill real health care reform with the public option from happening. Private insurers and their lobbyists know this, and the...

I'm deaf with a cochlear implant. I was implanted back in 1989 when I was seven years old, and I've had the same implant for over 20 years now. That's 20 years of listening, talking, and relying on the cochlear implant, and I don't know what I would do if...

I've outlined ways below in what you can do to change that feeling of helplessness as you watch the mark-up process with the health care reform legislation once it's been introduced in the House of Representatives. We can have a huge effect on the health care reform legislation in Congress...

It's clear that the Blue Dog Democratic Coalition have an uncanny ability to block progressive legislation by demanding concessions from the Democratic leadership to weaken vital parts of progressive legislation in exchange for their votes for the passage of legislation, and that the Congressional Progressive Caucus didn't know how to...

A majority of polls have shown that Americans, time after time, favor a strong Medicare-like public option that is immediately available, can deliver quality health care with affordable premiums, and will help keep the private insurers honest by being available everywhere on day one as a competitive player. Even a...