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• H&K Election Predictor 2008 Nails It! ... (well, almost)

  Thirty-six days, 72,000 visits, nearly 700,000 page views, and 100+ mentions across various political and media blogs and discussion forums later, and the moment of judgement for the 2008 version of Hill & Knowlton Canada's Federal Election Predictor Read More... Posted 15 October 2008 10:00 by Brendan Hodgson | 1 Comments Filed under: Public Affairs, Social Media, Fun stuff, case studies, election predictor

• Alberta Election Predictor 2008 launches... What's your take on the numbers?

  Once more into the breach! H&K Canada has today unveiled the newest edition of its highly popular Election Predictor franchise in time for the March 3rd election in Alberta, home to much of Canada's oil and gas industry, and key driver of Canada's Read More... Posted 07 February 2008 08:30 by Brendan Hodgson | 3 Comments Filed under: Public Affairs, Social Media, Fun stuff, facebook, government

• Keep hitting the refresh button... over and over (and over) again

  Easing gently into 2008, I thought I'd start off with a more light-hearted and somewhat ironic ode to that great time-waster, Facebook. Read More... Posted 10 January 2008 08:23 by Brendan Hodgson | 4 Comments Filed under: Social Media, Fun stuff, facebook

• When social media gets too social...

  The problem I sometimes have with social media is that it's so, well, social. In fact, it's quite likely that were I not blogging, I would not have met many of H&K's direct (and indirect) competitors - who are generally quite nice people. But damn Read More... Posted 22 August 2007 22:33 by Brendan Hodgson | 6 Comments Filed under: Social Media, Fun stuff

• 10 Reasons why PR 'Matters' in 2007

  Because no self-respecting CEO should be without an avatar in second life. Because business journalists wouldn't have anything to write about otherwise. Because CEO's need to be convinced that bloggers are not voracious, flesh-eating fire ants intent Read More... Posted 25 April 2007 10:07 by Brendan Hodgson | 1 Comments Filed under: Social Media, Public Relations, Fun stuff

• When music, the military and Youtube collide...

  The fervour with which the armed forces of various countries (and their supporters) have embraced video - and Youtube, in particular - as an outlet to reach out to potential recruits, showcase the conditions under which the troops serve, communicate to Read More... Posted 11 April 2007 10:32 by Brendan Hodgson | 1 Comments Filed under: Social Media, Fun stuff, video

• HKDP Quebec Election Predictor: The Final Numbers are in!

  Nearly a month, 100,000+ page views, approx. 37,500 unique visitors, and numerous media and blog hits later, HKDP's Quebec election predictor appears to have (just about) nailed it... that is, if you had correctly predicted last night's outcome . (click Read More... Posted 27 March 2007 05:20 by Brendan Hodgson | 3 Comments Filed under: Public Affairs, Social Media, Fun stuff