Winners:
Proinsias De Rossa
Joe Higgins
Gay Mitchell
Losers:
Eibhlin Byrne
Déirdre De Búrca
Mary Lou Mc Donald
Patricia McKenna
Eoin Ryan
Caroline Simons
How to manage your brand online?
You start with establishing where you are:
What do people say and think about your brand?
Cybersleuth is by definition a person who searches the Internet for information about a company, both positive and negative, to keep abreast of public opinion by using the Web, Blogs and Social Networks.
This defines the [...]
Caroline Simons (Libertas)
Year born
n/a
Professional qualification
n/a
Occupation
n/a
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
353(0)16599455
Website
n/a
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
No Blog
No Twitter
The Good:
I guess the ‘n/a’ would be the best description of Carolines campaign online. There simply is none of it.
The Bad:
Well there is nothing really online…
The lack of it.
Conclusion: This is the only candidate in Dublin in the EU Election 2009 with [...]
Eoin Ryan, Jnr (Fianna Fàil)
Year born
1953
Professional qualification
Diploma in Horticulture
Occupation
MEP
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
00 32 2 284 5612
Website
www.eoinryan.ie
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
Blog
The Good:
Twitter – 699 Following, 551 Followers
Blog – 25ish blog posts (all in last 20 days)
Home Page – available in English and Polish
Facebook 221 supporters
The Bad:
Home Page – available in English and Polish… How about Irish?
Conclusion:
Good Twitter, [...]
Gabriel ´Gay´ Mitchell (Fine Gael)
Year born
1951
Professional qualification
Commerce, Accountancy and Business
Occupation
MEP
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
003222845228 (Brussels)
Website
www.gaymitchell.ie
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
No Blog
No Twitter
The Good:
A good looking WorPress web site. YouTube vide used on the site as well.
The Bad:
One way communication from Gay from his web site. No comments, no forum. It gives a strong impression of Gay distancing himself from [...]
Patricia McKenna (Independent)
Year born
1957
Professional qualification
n/a
Occupation
Irish Independent Politician
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
+353 (0) 85 786 2952
Website
www.patriciamckenna.eu
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
No Blog
No Twitter
The Good:
Facebook
Email and mobile published on the web site.
The Bad:
THe web site reads – ‘Contact Us’. It should be more personal. I don’t really want to contact ‘Them’ but a ‘person’.
Conclusion: Online presence is actaulally just one quite [...]
Mary Lou McDonald (Sinn Féin)
Year born
1969
Professional qualification
English Literature, European Integration Studies and Human Resource Management
Occupation
MEP
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
01-8683934
Website
n/a
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
No Blog
No Twitter
The Good:
… Picture?
The Bad:
Zero Online Activity
Conclusion:
Mary Lou McDonald is not using online media in her campaign. In fact there is only one page about her really, and this is the text from it:
Mary Lou [...]
Joe Higgins (Socialist Party)
Year born
1949
Professional qualification
English and French
Occupation
Former Teacher
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
353(0)18201753
Website
www.joehiggins.eu
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
Blog
The Good: Personal Web site joehiggins.eu
Twitter statistics: Following 244, Followers 163
Blog- With posts since January 2009!
Facebook
YouTube
Flickr
Bebo
MySpace
The Bad:
No LinkedIN Profile.
Conclusion:
The Blog might not be nice, but it’s certainly a work of a professional blogger. The sheer amount of social networks accounts is again [...]
Proinsias De Rossa (Labour Party)
Year born
1940
Professional qualification
Experienced public representative
Occupation
Public representative
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
353 1 874 6109 (Dublin) / 33.322.2845681
Website
www.derossa.com
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
Blog
The Good: Personal Web site derossa.com
Twitter statistics: Following 18, Followers 58
Blog exists
Facebook
The Bad:
No LinkedIN Profile
Flickr – just links to Labour Party Flickr account.
The blog is actaully just a page called a ‘Blog’. It is not [...]
Déirdre de Búrca (Green Party)
Year born
1963
Professional qualification
n/a
Occupation
Senator
Constituency
Dublin
Phone number
01 618 3513 / 01 274 54 02
Website
www.deirdredeburca.ie
Data from the candidatewatch.ie
Blog
The Good: Personal Web site deirdredeburca.ie
Twitter statistics: Following 711, Followers 491
Blog- 20ish updates allready (all in latest 2 months).
Facebook
YouTube – 44 Videos
LinkedIN Profile
The Bad: Poor LinkedIN Profile.
Conclusion: Good Facebook and two sites deirdredeburca.ie and whatistandfor.ie. Twitter with actaul [...]
