Catalyst Campaigns, an award-winning digital marketing agency led by Scott Goodstein, has been recognized with two prestigious accolades at the 2025 Reed Awards, hosted by Campaigns & Elections magazine. The agency secured wins for “Best Influencer Marketing by a Political […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, writes, “as Democrats, we should know that a last-minute paid “ground game” that gets dropped into the battleground days before an election hasn’t worked in years.” Once upon a time, in a precinct long, long […]
Anonymous text messages containing disturbing content — such as claiming Black Americans had been “selected to pick cotton” — were sent the day after Election Day, targeting recipients in more than 20 states. These types of threatening, racist messages should have […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, collaborated with UK communications consultant Stuart Thomson to discuss ways to combat deepfakes, fake news, and disinformation campaigns. 10 Actions Every Campaign Can Take to Make A Difference Against Deepfakes – CommonDreams.org Regulative and legislative […]
Catalyst Campaigns Wins Big at 2024’s Reed and Pollie Awards Firm wins for Website Design, Email Marketing, Creative Advertising & More Catalyst Campaigns won nine awards at this year’s American Association of Political Consultants “Pollie” Awards and Campaigns and Election’s […]
“Brothers and sisters, the time has come for each and every one of you to decide. Whether you are going to be the problem… or whether you are going to be the solution. You must choose. It takes five seconds. […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, collaborated with UK Communications Consultant, Stuart Thomson, to discuss the upcoming elections in England. Five Challenges All Labour Election Candidates Must be Prepared for — LabourList.org With the PM seemingly having committed to the general […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, writes on the evolution of digital technology for modern political campaigns for the academic series Campaigns & Elections American Style 6th Edition. These books have been on the cutting edge of the evolving field of […]
Catalyst Campaigns founder & CEO Scott Goodstein writes in TheHill.com about Meta Corporation’s launch of a new social networking app, Threads, While there is excitement to jump ship from Twitter (over 100 million people downloaded it in its first few […]
Do Not Ignore Talking Directly to This Consistent Voting Block- For too many years, young voters were considered “flaky and unreliable voters” making them an unsafe bet for campaigns to focus scarce resources targeting. Well.. this logic is as old […]
While mobile carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are enacting a policy directed against organizations looking to send out over 3,000 text messages per day, will their effort actually stop the massive amount of political text message spam that […]
Join the Fight: Attend Operation Save Abortion This Sunday! On Friday, June 24th, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision. Nearly 50 years after the landmark decision granting a constitutional right to abortion, we […]
Awarded Best Website Development and Strategic Design for Public Affairs Impact Campaigns for Work with the National Women’s Soccer League Players Association For Immediate Release – May 26, 2022 Catalyst Campaigns is honored to receive two top industry association awards […]
Have you been getting bombarded with unwanted political text messages on your personal cell phone? Have you noticed that opting out of these annoying messages leads to an endless game of whack-a-mole, such that replying “STOP” or “UNSUBSCRIBE” only causes […]
So far in 2022, nearly 240 anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed, according to NBC News, with the majority of them targeting trans people. This is a massive increase over the last few years with a transition from 41 bills in […]
The fight for reproductive rights has been on the rise since the nation awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the landmark case Roe v. Wade. Under Roe v. Wade, individuals are able to get an abortion until roughly 26 […]
Call your elected officials and tell them there is more we all need to do! Ukraine needs our help. Please call your Member of Congress at (202) 224–3121 and demand real actions to support Ukraine. Why? If we do not [...]
Non-profit voter registration organization HeadCount has just celebrated its 18th birthday, meaning that they themselves are old enough to vote! Back in 2004, I remember my friend, Andy Bernstein first starting the organization along with his partner, Mark Brownstein. This [...]
Margo Gontar, is on the front lines of saving democracy… again! When I first met Margo, an amazing rock-n-roll spirited human, she was at the forefront of educating the world on how to fight back against Russian disinformation campaigns happening [...]
In an opinion piece for The Hill, Scott Goodstein writes on the importance of the Democratic Party evolving their voter communication strategies in order to win in 2022. Goodstein comments on the recent 2021 elections, noting the tendency of candidates [...]
Every woman in America deserves the right to have complete autonomy over their bodies. Period. The most recent abortion bill in Texas has challenged this right. Senate Bill 8 has many (rightfully so) worried about what the future of abortion [...]
Apple has released emergency software updates for its products, including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Mac computers today in an attempt to protect users from security vulnerabilities. Israel’s NSO Group currently has the ability to hack into any Apple users’ [...]
It was an honor to be a guest on Over A Pint Podcast! I spoke with Patrick McGovern from Ascedia about political marketing and how traditional marketing mediums still hold value in the political world. We also discussed how Milwaukee’s [...]
It was an honor to be a guest on Everything’s Political Podcast with Zeena Koda. We spoke about campaign digital strategy and the RememberWhatTheyDid campaign. In talking about RememberWhatTheyDid, I said, “we did some of the most radical art that [...]
Nervous about Tuesday? So am I... but we can't let up! As Gloria Steinem has said many times - “Power can be taken, but not given". - The entire world is counting on us to finish the job in these [...]
I am proud to share the final press release for RememberWhatTheyDid's billboard campaign with Artists United for Change. Artists Launch Over 200 Jarring Anti-Trump Billboards In Cities In Battleground States: North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona Striking Billboard and [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid has now launched additional billboards in Phoenix, Arizona, Greensboro, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Detroit, Michigan, generating significant local press coverage. In Lynn Trimble’s article for the Phoenix New Times, artist Shepard Fairy states, “This campaign is to remind [...]
Cleveland, OH heavily covered our RememberWhatTheyDid billboard campaign! We were the top news story for all major outlets. In each one, we were able to get our message out highlighting Donald Trump's failures to the critical voters of this sometimes [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid’s Cleveland billboard campaign was covered by a number of art and activism news sites, emphasizing the important role that artistic choices can play in political activism. For Billboard Insider, Debbie Thompson writes, “As intended, this localized anti-Trump buy boomeranged [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid’s Cleveland, OH billboards were featured by Radio One and NewsTalkCleveland in advance of President Trump’s arrival for the first presidential debate. They created a video tracking Trump’s route from the airport to the Cleveland Clinic, highlighting each of our [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid Campaign has launched in Cleveland, OH, becoming the fifth city home to our billboard campaigns. Our presence in this battleground state was crucial for many reasons. With the first presidential debate taking place in Cleveland on September 29th, we [...]
It was an honor to co-found the RememberWhatTheyDid campaign and I am excited after months of incubating this project, it is finally out and into the world! I co-created this effort with Robin Bell and Artists United For Change (a [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid Campaign and Jay-Z’s Team ROC have been facing backlash from billboard companies not wanting to post their factual information on this year’s elections. Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop, reports that both organizations are engaged in conflicts regarding ads speaking out [...]
I was honored to speak about the RememberWhatTheyDid campaign on MSNBC with Joshua Johnson. Scott Goodstein & Shepard Fairey Discuss RememberWhatTheyDidCampaign with MSNBC's Joshua Johnson:
There are plenty of candidates in the 2020 election. In Gil Kaufman's Article "It Looks Like Kanye West is Still Running For President, But Why?" Scott Goodstein comments on the situation and the importance of humility when deciding to run [...]
Scott Goodstein's Opinion in TheHill.com In The Hill, Scott Goodstein discusses Trump's use of Twitter. Will it make him a one-term president? "Let’s face it, @RealDonaldTrump became the Heisman Trophy winner of this new media, tirelessly tweeting out shocking news [...]
Scott Goodstein discusses Section 230 of Communications Decency Act of 1996 on the Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda.
Flagging one Tweet does not deserve applause! In Scott Goodstein's article "Don't Applaud Twitter For Flagging One Tweet" he discusses a long history of a lack of oversight and inability to take responsibility for public security problems. "Twitter may be [...]
Scott Goodstein's Opinion in TheHill.com To win the election, Dems need to help Joe Biden make the sale. "I grew up in retail, the son of a haberdasher, so it’s easy for me to look at the presidential campaign as [...]
Darren Paltrowitz and Scott Goodstein discuss scott's involvement in importing Yebiga (Balkan slivovitz) and other projects. "Scott Goodstein is probably best known for his work with unique political campaigns that blend art, music, and culture. Having co-founded Punkvoter.com, Rock Against [...]
Even before the coronavirus made social distancing hip, political door-to-door field efforts were already less effective than previous election cycles. People no longer interact with their neighbors as previous generations had, now being more comfortable with online banking, shopping, text [...]
Scott Goostein talks about the impacts political advertising has on the current touring industry in Francisco Rendon's article "Paying The Cost: Is Election Year Advertising Affecting The Touring Industry?" “If you are a band trying to show your quick video [...]
Scott Goodstein's opinion in TheHill.com What will it take to get party unity? Scott Goodstein talks about the Democrat's effort to envoke unity after this year's New Hampshire primary. "Several of the Democratic presidential candidates have invoked party unity in [...]
Scott Goodstein takes a closer look at Facebook and their lack of action in stopping fake news. "What has Facebook done to solve the problem of fake news, of foreign interference in elections, or data privacy — all the issues, [...]
Scott Goodstein CEO Catalyst Campaigns reflects on the need for more proactive action by Twitter and other social media sites to clean up the environment that has developed with fake news, bots, and spam and what campaigns can do about [...]
Scott Goodstein exclusively for TheHill Twitter has earned a lot of positive press, and praise from both sides of the political aisle, for announcing that it will no longer allow political ads. Unfortunately, the announcement was just a diversionary tactic, [...]
Scott Goodstein exclusive for the Forward. Last week’s Israeli elections presented a golden opportunity for the left, center-left and Arab parties to organize and rally behind a single unified effort. Together, they could have mobilized to secure a firm majority [...]
The 2020 presidential election may turn on how adeptly the Democratic Party nominee mobilizes marginal voters. And that means crafting a digital strategy to engage and enthuse specific constituencies – particularly young and minority voters – that turned out in [...]
Caitlin and Katie explore a historical and psychological perspective on our current times, and talk Founding Fathers, the Republican judicial takeover, and punk rock political reform with interviewees Dimitri Bam, Carl Hulse (from the NYT), and Scott Goodstein. Listen to [...]
An Obama Adviser's Tips for Netanyahu's Rivals Scott Goodstein, a digital strategist who advised Obama during his first presidential campaign, talks about what astounds him about Israeli politics and how he would imbue its leftists with a winning spirit Tell [...]
Catalyst Campaigns, an award-winning digital marketing agency led by Scott Goodstein, has been recognized with two prestigious accolades at the 2025 Reed Awards, hosted by Campaigns & Elections magazine. The agency secured wins for “Best Influencer Marketing by a Political […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, writes, “as Democrats, we should know that a last-minute paid “ground game” that gets dropped into the battleground days before an election hasn’t worked in years.” Once upon a time, in a precinct long, long […]
Anonymous text messages containing disturbing content — such as claiming Black Americans had been “selected to pick cotton” — were sent the day after Election Day, targeting recipients in more than 20 states. These types of threatening, racist messages should have […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, collaborated with UK communications consultant Stuart Thomson to discuss ways to combat deepfakes, fake news, and disinformation campaigns. 10 Actions Every Campaign Can Take to Make A Difference Against Deepfakes – CommonDreams.org Regulative and legislative […]
Catalyst Campaigns Wins Big at 2024’s Reed and Pollie Awards Firm wins for Website Design, Email Marketing, Creative Advertising & More Catalyst Campaigns won nine awards at this year’s American Association of Political Consultants “Pollie” Awards and Campaigns and Election’s […]
“Brothers and sisters, the time has come for each and every one of you to decide. Whether you are going to be the problem… or whether you are going to be the solution. You must choose. It takes five seconds. […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, collaborated with UK Communications Consultant, Stuart Thomson, to discuss the upcoming elections in England. Five Challenges All Labour Election Candidates Must be Prepared for — LabourList.org With the PM seemingly having committed to the general […]
Catalyst Campaign’s founder, Scott Goodstein, writes on the evolution of digital technology for modern political campaigns for the academic series Campaigns & Elections American Style 6th Edition. These books have been on the cutting edge of the evolving field of […]
Catalyst Campaigns founder & CEO Scott Goodstein writes in TheHill.com about Meta Corporation’s launch of a new social networking app, Threads, While there is excitement to jump ship from Twitter (over 100 million people downloaded it in its first few […]
Do Not Ignore Talking Directly to This Consistent Voting Block- For too many years, young voters were considered “flaky and unreliable voters” making them an unsafe bet for campaigns to focus scarce resources targeting. Well.. this logic is as old […]
While mobile carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are enacting a policy directed against organizations looking to send out over 3,000 text messages per day, will their effort actually stop the massive amount of political text message spam that […]
Join the Fight: Attend Operation Save Abortion This Sunday! On Friday, June 24th, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision. Nearly 50 years after the landmark decision granting a constitutional right to abortion, we […]
Awarded Best Website Development and Strategic Design for Public Affairs Impact Campaigns for Work with the National Women’s Soccer League Players Association For Immediate Release – May 26, 2022 Catalyst Campaigns is honored to receive two top industry association awards […]
Have you been getting bombarded with unwanted political text messages on your personal cell phone? Have you noticed that opting out of these annoying messages leads to an endless game of whack-a-mole, such that replying “STOP” or “UNSUBSCRIBE” only causes […]
So far in 2022, nearly 240 anti-LGBTQ bills have been filed, according to NBC News, with the majority of them targeting trans people. This is a massive increase over the last few years with a transition from 41 bills in […]
The fight for reproductive rights has been on the rise since the nation awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the landmark case Roe v. Wade. Under Roe v. Wade, individuals are able to get an abortion until roughly 26 […]
Call your elected officials and tell them there is more we all need to do! Ukraine needs our help. Please call your Member of Congress at (202) 224–3121 and demand real actions to support Ukraine. Why? If we do not [...]
Non-profit voter registration organization HeadCount has just celebrated its 18th birthday, meaning that they themselves are old enough to vote! Back in 2004, I remember my friend, Andy Bernstein first starting the organization along with his partner, Mark Brownstein. This [...]
Margo Gontar, is on the front lines of saving democracy… again! When I first met Margo, an amazing rock-n-roll spirited human, she was at the forefront of educating the world on how to fight back against Russian disinformation campaigns happening [...]
In an opinion piece for The Hill, Scott Goodstein writes on the importance of the Democratic Party evolving their voter communication strategies in order to win in 2022. Goodstein comments on the recent 2021 elections, noting the tendency of candidates [...]
Every woman in America deserves the right to have complete autonomy over their bodies. Period. The most recent abortion bill in Texas has challenged this right. Senate Bill 8 has many (rightfully so) worried about what the future of abortion [...]
Apple has released emergency software updates for its products, including iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and Mac computers today in an attempt to protect users from security vulnerabilities. Israel’s NSO Group currently has the ability to hack into any Apple users’ [...]
It was an honor to be a guest on Over A Pint Podcast! I spoke with Patrick McGovern from Ascedia about political marketing and how traditional marketing mediums still hold value in the political world. We also discussed how Milwaukee’s [...]
It was an honor to be a guest on Everything’s Political Podcast with Zeena Koda. We spoke about campaign digital strategy and the RememberWhatTheyDid campaign. In talking about RememberWhatTheyDid, I said, “we did some of the most radical art that [...]
Nervous about Tuesday? So am I... but we can't let up! As Gloria Steinem has said many times - “Power can be taken, but not given". - The entire world is counting on us to finish the job in these [...]
I am proud to share the final press release for RememberWhatTheyDid's billboard campaign with Artists United for Change. Artists Launch Over 200 Jarring Anti-Trump Billboards In Cities In Battleground States: North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona Striking Billboard and [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid has now launched additional billboards in Phoenix, Arizona, Greensboro, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Detroit, Michigan, generating significant local press coverage. In Lynn Trimble’s article for the Phoenix New Times, artist Shepard Fairy states, “This campaign is to remind [...]
Cleveland, OH heavily covered our RememberWhatTheyDid billboard campaign! We were the top news story for all major outlets. In each one, we were able to get our message out highlighting Donald Trump's failures to the critical voters of this sometimes [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid’s Cleveland billboard campaign was covered by a number of art and activism news sites, emphasizing the important role that artistic choices can play in political activism. For Billboard Insider, Debbie Thompson writes, “As intended, this localized anti-Trump buy boomeranged [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid’s Cleveland, OH billboards were featured by Radio One and NewsTalkCleveland in advance of President Trump’s arrival for the first presidential debate. They created a video tracking Trump’s route from the airport to the Cleveland Clinic, highlighting each of our [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid Campaign has launched in Cleveland, OH, becoming the fifth city home to our billboard campaigns. Our presence in this battleground state was crucial for many reasons. With the first presidential debate taking place in Cleveland on September 29th, we [...]
It was an honor to co-found the RememberWhatTheyDid campaign and I am excited after months of incubating this project, it is finally out and into the world! I co-created this effort with Robin Bell and Artists United For Change (a [...]
RememberWhatTheyDid Campaign and Jay-Z’s Team ROC have been facing backlash from billboard companies not wanting to post their factual information on this year’s elections. Chuck Creekmur of AllHipHop, reports that both organizations are engaged in conflicts regarding ads speaking out [...]
I was honored to speak about the RememberWhatTheyDid campaign on MSNBC with Joshua Johnson. Scott Goodstein & Shepard Fairey Discuss RememberWhatTheyDidCampaign with MSNBC's Joshua Johnson:
There are plenty of candidates in the 2020 election. In Gil Kaufman's Article "It Looks Like Kanye West is Still Running For President, But Why?" Scott Goodstein comments on the situation and the importance of humility when deciding to run [...]
Scott Goodstein's Opinion in TheHill.com In The Hill, Scott Goodstein discusses Trump's use of Twitter. Will it make him a one-term president? "Let’s face it, @RealDonaldTrump became the Heisman Trophy winner of this new media, tirelessly tweeting out shocking news [...]
Scott Goodstein discusses Section 230 of Communications Decency Act of 1996 on the Digital Politics Podcast with Karen Jagoda.
Flagging one Tweet does not deserve applause! In Scott Goodstein's article "Don't Applaud Twitter For Flagging One Tweet" he discusses a long history of a lack of oversight and inability to take responsibility for public security problems. "Twitter may be [...]
Scott Goodstein's Opinion in TheHill.com To win the election, Dems need to help Joe Biden make the sale. "I grew up in retail, the son of a haberdasher, so it’s easy for me to look at the presidential campaign as [...]
Darren Paltrowitz and Scott Goodstein discuss scott's involvement in importing Yebiga (Balkan slivovitz) and other projects. "Scott Goodstein is probably best known for his work with unique political campaigns that blend art, music, and culture. Having co-founded Punkvoter.com, Rock Against [...]
Even before the coronavirus made social distancing hip, political door-to-door field efforts were already less effective than previous election cycles. People no longer interact with their neighbors as previous generations had, now being more comfortable with online banking, shopping, text [...]
Scott Goostein talks about the impacts political advertising has on the current touring industry in Francisco Rendon's article "Paying The Cost: Is Election Year Advertising Affecting The Touring Industry?" “If you are a band trying to show your quick video [...]
Scott Goodstein's opinion in TheHill.com What will it take to get party unity? Scott Goodstein talks about the Democrat's effort to envoke unity after this year's New Hampshire primary. "Several of the Democratic presidential candidates have invoked party unity in [...]
Scott Goodstein takes a closer look at Facebook and their lack of action in stopping fake news. "What has Facebook done to solve the problem of fake news, of foreign interference in elections, or data privacy — all the issues, [...]
Scott Goodstein CEO Catalyst Campaigns reflects on the need for more proactive action by Twitter and other social media sites to clean up the environment that has developed with fake news, bots, and spam and what campaigns can do about [...]
Scott Goodstein exclusively for TheHill Twitter has earned a lot of positive press, and praise from both sides of the political aisle, for announcing that it will no longer allow political ads. Unfortunately, the announcement was just a diversionary tactic, [...]
Scott Goodstein exclusive for the Forward. Last week’s Israeli elections presented a golden opportunity for the left, center-left and Arab parties to organize and rally behind a single unified effort. Together, they could have mobilized to secure a firm majority [...]
The 2020 presidential election may turn on how adeptly the Democratic Party nominee mobilizes marginal voters. And that means crafting a digital strategy to engage and enthuse specific constituencies – particularly young and minority voters – that turned out in [...]
Caitlin and Katie explore a historical and psychological perspective on our current times, and talk Founding Fathers, the Republican judicial takeover, and punk rock political reform with interviewees Dimitri Bam, Carl Hulse (from the NYT), and Scott Goodstein. Listen to [...]
An Obama Adviser's Tips for Netanyahu's Rivals Scott Goodstein, a digital strategist who advised Obama during his first presidential campaign, talks about what astounds him about Israeli politics and how he would imbue its leftists with a winning spirit Tell [...]
