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QORVIS STUDY SHOWS RON PAUL, RICK SANTORUM SURGE ON TWITTER ON EVE OF

IOWA CAUCUS

Michelle Bachman tweets 300 percent more than all other GOP candidates

MEDIA CONTACT: Wyeth Ruthven 202-744-26779

WASHINGTON, January 2, 2011 Qorvis Communicationsreleased its monthly Twitter Valuation Analysisfor the 2012 presidential campaign today, with the final snapshot of thesocial media footprint of the Republican

field before tomorrows Iowa Caucus.

The Twitter Valuation Analysis reflects recent polling in Iowa a tight race between Mitt Romney and RonPaul, with substantial momentum building behind Rick Santorum.

Congressman Ron Paul increased his number of followers by 30.05 percent in the month of December, growingby more than 20 percent for the fourth month in a row. Former Senator Rick Santorum grew his followers by24.69 percent, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney was in third place with 20.40 percent followergrowth.

Twitter Account Percent Growth

Dec.1- Jan.1

Absolute Growth in

Followers@RonPaul 30.05% 34,211

@RickSantorum 24.69% 10,249

@MittRomney 20.40% 36,960

@JonHuntsman 19.44% 10,770

@TeamBachmann 5.81% 1,984

@GovernorPerry 5.13% 5,412

@BarackObama 2.83% 322,483

@NewtGingrich 1.79% 24,341

Michelle Bachmann has put all her Twitter chips on Iowa, said Wyeth Ruthven, a senior director at QorvisCommunications and author of the Twitter Valuation Analysis. In the last month, Bachmann has tweeted morethan almost all the other Republican candidates in Iowa combined. Meanwhile, Ron Paul continues to surge inTwitter followers.

Twitter Account Followers December 2011 Tweets Value

@BarackObama 11,702,289 193 $1,635,565

@NewtGingrich 1,385,158 50 $178,443

@MittRomney 218,120 47 $28,049

@RonPaul 148,072 113 $19,789

@GovernorPerry 111,004 23 $14,071

@JonHuntsman 66,175 21 $8,378@RickSantorum 51,753 123 $6,956

@TeamBachmann 36,118 334 $5,438

Qorvis compared the number of followers and frequency of tweets for President Barack Obama and the sevenleading Republican presidential candidates. The number of followers and frequency of tweets were used tocalculate an estimated number of impressions generated by each campaign Twitter account in the month ofDecember. Qorvis compared the metrics of these Twitter accounts with the cost of a direct mail oronlineadvertising campaign of a similar size and reach to calculate the monetary value of a campaign Twitter account.

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