FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 20, 2012

Jon Golnik,  Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in MA 3rd District Chooses Pingup to allow voters to text campaign.

Golnik now available on Pingup

Boston, MA— 20 June 2012 —Jon Golnik, Republican candidate for The U.S. House of Representatives for the Massachusetts Third Congressional District, will utilize Pingup to enable constituents to communicate with his campaign via text message.

Pingup, a free service that allows people to text to businesses the way they do with their friends, launched its service in Boston two weeks ago and has received significant attention and adoption among Boston businesses. Users can obtain a free account at pingup.com and can communicate with commercial entities via text.

Responsive Governance

Golnik has deployed Pingup for the purpose of making the campaign more accessible to constituents. Voters who have created a Pingup account will be able to search “Jon Golnik” or “Golnik” and open a direct line of communication to the campaign to ask policy questions or offer suggestions to the campaign from their computers, tablets or mobile devices, via text.

“An effective Representative has to know what the people of his district want in order to truly represent them. This is how people communicate today and we believe that Pingup gives us the ability to provide near-time responsiveness.” said Golnik. He continued, “For us, this is about communicating more effectively with the people who matter most, the voters of District 3, in an immediate and powerful way.”

Availability

The Jon Golnik, campaign is activated and immediately available on Pingup. Interested voters are encouraged to visit pingup.com to create a free account or to download the Pingup iPhone app.

For more information, press only:

Dade Sokoloff – Marketing Director, Pingup
305-216-7653
dade@pingup.com