Anyone in current affairs is familiar with the newspaper industry. Specifically, their struggle with maintaining their audience in an increasingly digital world. One of the giants of that industry, the New York Times, is no different. However, we don’t often get a deep look inside that struggle to recalibrate to thrive on the Internet. But
Every year, Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield issues a report that outlines some of the wider trends on the Internet. The report offers a lot of insight into what is shaping the online space and how the future will look.
As we watch the Ontario election unfold, one of the interesting footnotes is the battle on social media. According to reports like this one, Tim Hudak and his Million Jobs Plan are leading the discussion on Twitter by a wide margin. However, the report goes on to say that much of the sentiment (which is
Late last week, the Ontario Liberals publicized a BuzzFeed post about their leader, Kathleen Wynne, entitled: The Top 20 Reasons Why Kathleen Wynne Rocks. For the uninitiated, BuzzFeed is a pop culture aggregator, posting daily lists and articles about cats, celebrities and everything in between.
This week, I am pleased to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Grassroots Online. Having started this on my own in May 2009, I am quite happy with the way the business has evolved over the last five years, the wonderful clients we’ve had the privilege of working with and the files we have been able
Sometimes, technical and abstract policy discussions taking place behind the closed doors of Committee rooms and legislatures can have definite impacts on you, your family and your business. The Net Neutrality debate taking place in the United States has the potential to greatly impact households and businesses in both Canada and the United States. With
For the last several weeks, I have been receiving emails (mostly from law firms) reminding me that Canada’s new Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) is coming into effect on July 1st, 2014 – less than two months from now. Canada’s was one of the last remaining developed countries without anti-spam legislation, so CASL is an effort to
As an Ontario election gets underway, focus turns to how the digital campaign will shape up and what, if any, impact the online activities will have on Election Day.
There is a current trend by administrators of Facebook Pages to condemn Facebook for limiting the reach of their Page content on the platform. They have even dubbed it “the reachpocalypse” and some have openly questioned whether Facebook is worth using at all as a communications tool.
Are you using hashtags as part of your communication efforts? If not, new research shows that you may want to consider adding them to the mix. For those who are not familiar with hashtags, they are a word or phrase (on social media sites such as Twitter) preceded by a hash or pound sign (#)
