Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign received a major boost from a savvy Facebook strategy and now Michael Bloomberg, who has mounted a late bid for the Democratic nomination, has turned to Instagram and some of the platform’s biggest meme-makers.
In some of the weird ads, Bloomberg asks meme accounts with millions of followers to make him look: Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has partnered with Instagram’s biggest meme accounts in its latest advertising campaign, in a bid to compete with President Donald Trump’s presence on Facebook, theThe Bloomberg 2020 campaign is working with Meme 2020, a company created by some of the biggest names behind Instagram’s most-followed meme accounts, including @tank.
The DMs from the 77-year-old billionaire appear mixed in a stream of jokes, rehashed content and and inspiring photos, and are captioned with something along the lines of “This is sponsored by Bloomberg’s campaign.” “Hello Jerry. My granddaughter showed me this account. Your memes are very humorous,” reads one advert. “Can you post a meme that lets everyone know I’m the coolest candidate?” Here’s are some of the weirdest ones:Bloomberg’s campaign has previously experimented with memes to attract the oft-splintered attention of the young.
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