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Danny McAuliffeMay 28, 2018

Social media giant Facebook recently unveiled its database of candidate and issue spending. It archives all political ads dating back to May 7. The information provides insights to what extent candidates are prioritizing digital spending on Facebook along with its subsidiary Instagram. The changes are a direct result of Facebook coming under scrutiny for giving way […]

Blake DowlingMay 12, 2018

Last night, I was watching a Celtics game. Late in the half, during a timeout, there were back-to-back commercials — each a message of apology. Wells Fargo was very sorry they created millions of fake accounts to cook the books; Facebook is very sorry about, I guess, lots of things. Wells Fargo’s message was pretty […]

Guest AuthorApril 27, 2018

The most common issue we find clients having before they hire us is not receiving any engagement with Facebook posts. Whether you are a candidate, staffer, lobbyist or just an old-fashioned gadfly, getting engagement matters. What is engagement and why does it matter? Engagement refers to likes, shares, views, clicks and comments on social media […]

Peter SchorschApril 25, 2018

Tech companies say opening up the radio frequencies used by first responders and infrastructure workers could bring better mobile data speeds to consumers, and the FCC seems to be giving it some thought. Apple, Cisco, HP, Facebook, Google, Intel, and others made their pitch to the FCC last year, asking the commission to look into […]

Scott PowersApril 17, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist and Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo have joined 16 other members of Congress to sponsor a bipartisan bill that would seek to stymie foreign political online advertising like that alleged in the 2016 campaign by Russia. The bill, House Resolution 4077, dubbed the “Honest Ads Act,” seeks to improve disclosure […]

Blake DowlingApril 14, 2018

Do you use Facebook for your business, lobbying firm, campaign for not running for Mayor or just personal use? If so, read on. Have you seen an endless stream of news about the social media site? Such issues as pay-to-play for who sees what posts, ad prices going way up, millions of users data lost […]

Guest AuthorApril 13, 2018

Over the past four years, our company has purchased millions of dollars in Facebook advertising on behalf of clients. In general, Facebook advertising accounts for 40 to 60 percent of a political campaign’s digital ads budget. In recent weeks, we’ve been asked by clients and political observers alike how the new Facebook changes may impact […]

Guest AuthorApril 12, 2018

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One of the biggest takeaways from watching several hours of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony was the sheer lack of understanding among many lawmakers about how Facebook actually works. The latest controversies surrounding this global social network, from Cambridge Analytica to Russian election meddling, have been twisted and misconstrued by pundits and politicians — […]

Blake DowlingMarch 20, 2018

Have you heard of Cambridge Analytica or psychometrics? I weighed in on the topic in 2017 after the election. Psychometrics follows online traits and data collection from social media versus old-school methods of gathering information like a questionnaire. The goal of gathering this info is to develop predictive models of behavior so that you might […]

Blake DowlingMarch 3, 2018

Facebook has been a modern American success story that continues to break boundaries and reinvent itself. They have also been in the news a lot lately, not for innovation, but what some people are calling, pay-to-play, exclusion, the “Facebook Apocalypse,” and more. Some publishers and advertisers are not happy, as the platform jacks up rates […]

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A brief history of time: Here’s what Florida candidates are doing on Facebook

Blake Dowling: All apologies

Joe Clements, Matt Farrar: The value of engagement

Tech company priority could wreck first responder radios, group says

Charlie Crist, Carlos Curbelo push bipartisan bill on misleading, foreign political ads

Blake Dowling: Where does Facebook go now?

Joe Clements, Matt Farrar: How to handle Facebook changes

Ryan Cohn: Unmasking the Facebook controversy facts, truth

Blake Dowling: Facebook’s brand takes another beating

Blake Dowling: The pleasure — and pain — of Facebook