The Button Blog - American Button Machines — Campaign Buttons

Campaign buttons are a staple of the button making business and every couple of years the opportunity rolls around to not only help get the message out there to vote but to make money doing it!  That's right, it's your time to shine and make some money from the Mid-Term mania! We all have candidates in our communities that could benefit from a little name promotion to help with recognition on the ballot.  Maybe they just want to be sure you know what they stand for when you enter the voting booth.  Yard signs and billboards are great but nothing...

How can I make a campaign button?  If you aren't a graphic artist but you still have a great message you want to share, Editable Campaign Button Designs from ABM are the answer!  We have done all of the basics for you in design and layout so you simply change the preset text to your very own message and insert a photo in the designated layer.  Making the perfect button has never been easier!  Our all new downloadable designs are provided as a .txt file to be used in our upgraded button making wonder, Build-a-Button 6.0!  Even if you aren't...

What is the best size for a campaign button?  You want your button to be noticed so everyone will know about your candidate, right?  It's important to choose a button size that is big enough to be seen but not so big they become awkward for the people that want to wear them.  It's tempting to get the biggest button possible but that actually might not be the best way to get your message out.  As the size of the button goes up so does the cost and weight of the buttons.  In addition to the cost, if you give a...

   Campaign Buttons have been in use since our earliest elections. In the last 200 years the idea behind using campaign buttons hasn’t changed but the technology used to create them surely has. What once must certainly have been a tedious process has been made much easier these days. Especially with button design software such as ABM’s exclusive Build-a-Button 5.0 program at your fingertips.   Build-a-Button Campaign Button Generator Easy to use Build-a-Button is the perfect campaign button generator. In Build-a-Button you can upload a premade campaign template from one of our Political Design CDs and personalize it with your...

Fact: George Clooney was once the recipient of People Magazine's prestigious honor of "Sexiest Man Alive." Fact: George Clooney was featured in a Parade Magazine article wearing a jacket decorated with a plethora of vintage campaign buttons. Thus, by making liberal use of the transitive property, we can conclude that campaign buttons are the sexiest buttons alive. So what are you waiting for? Check out one of our sexy campaign button maker kits!   Brighid Brown - Director of Blogging and All Things Cool at ABM