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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 […]

Scott PowersFebruary 21, 2018

Orlando lawyer John Morgan, who earned national leadership credibility as a proponent for marijuana while leading the approval of medical marijuana in Florida and nearly ran for governor, has blasted childhood vaccines and mood stabilizing medications for creating “monsters,” and linked the prospect to the Parkland shooter. Morgan sent out a flurry of tweets on […]

Scott PowersDecember 19, 2017

Let there be no doubt that the tax reform bill approved Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives will be a touchstone in 2018 congressional campaigns. It already has started. Moments after the House approved the Republican-created tax reform bill Tuesday, Democrats took aim at Republicans in vulnerable districts, including Florida U.S. Reps. Ron DeSantis of Ponte […]

Scott PowersDecember 7, 2017

State Sen. Kathleen Passidomo has launched a powerful and alarming promotion of her bill to create a new Florida-based project to take care of babies born to opioid-addicted mothers. Passidomo, a Republican from Naples, posted social-media advertising featuring a video produced with Golisano Children’s Hospital of Fort Myers, talking about babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, […]

Jim RosicaNovember 21, 2017

State regulators have told a South Florida medical marijuana provider to quit selling “unapproved” vaping devices. The Department of Health‘s Office of Medical Marijuana Use sent a “cease and desist” letter Monday to Curaleaf of Miami. It also tells the company to stop “running unapproved advertisements encouraging (its) product to be used in a manner inconsistent” with […]

Scott PowersNovember 6, 2017

The American Action Network is launching a $1 million campaign with a digital ad Monday to promote the Republican tax reform package in swing congressional districts nationally, including two in Florida. The 30-second ad “Search” targets voters in Florida’s Congressional District 18, where Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast faces a stout reelection challenge, and in […]

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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

John Morgan questions whether vaccines, childhood mood drugs create ‘monsters’

Democrats, Republicans waste no time targeting opponents for tax votes

Kathleen Passidomo backs SB 434 push with video of addicted babies

State to medical marijuana company: Stop selling ‘vaping’ devices

Group launches another ad buy targeting tax cut bill in CD18, CD26