Continuing a theme begun by my colleagues Matt Salvatore with his piece on the ‘Top 5 political blogs’ and Michael Von Herff’s piece ‘The 10 best tweeters for those following Ottawa’, I’d like to discuss those web sites and blogs that are essential reads for those tracking issues, events and gossip in federal politics. With [...]
George H.W. Bush likely won’t ever forget it, but sometimes we do. It’s the economy, stupid. Bush Sr. lost his shot at a second term as President of the United States in large part because Bill Clinton’s campaign manager James Carville (the Ragin’ Cajun) uttered those immortal (in political circles) words at the right time [...]
Yes, going from house to house and filling out questionnaires has worked well for five thousand years. But so have have horse-drawn buggies.
Finding the right Canadian political blogs to follow can be an exhausting process. Type in “Canadian Political Blog” in a Bing search and you’ll get 30,000,000 results. Obviously most of us don’t have the time or energy to sift through 30,000,000 results. Therefore, I’ve decided to take one for the team and save you the [...]
Two weeks ago, Fleishman-Hillard and Harris Interactive released the results of the Digital Influence Index (DII), a study of consumer behaviours, media and the role that digital plays in our lives (click here to read our social media release). The study focused on seven countries whichcollectively represent 50 per cent of global Internet usage (China, [...]
As a “man of a certain age,” I am not exactly a natural for Twitter. But when FH was in the process of putting together House of Tweets – our study of the use of Twitter by Members of Parliament – I became positively hooked on it. Anyone who follows @vonHerff, will know that my [...]

