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The Blagger’s Blog 24th July 2015
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort picker of the pool surface Quote of the week “I would swim through vomit to vote against the bill, and listening to some of the nauseating...
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The Blagger’s Blog 31st July 2015
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Quote of the week “I have always had an idea to launch a crisp sandwich shop,” Mark Pearson, 42, owner of Mr. Crisp, England’s first crisp...
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The Blagger’s Blog 21st August 2015
Quote of the week “You’re saying: ‘You don’t get what everybody else gets. You have to go shop up by the tyre section.” Melissa McCarthy commenting on plus-size sections in women’s clothes shops....
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The Blagger’s Blog 11th September 2015
Quote of the week “By the time I was completely stoned, I felt utterly bereft.” Channel 4 news legend and all round media big gun Jon Snow, commenting on the time he tried, and did not enjoy, smoking...
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Digital Marketing: Apple blocks ads, Google warns of apps
Digital marketing and public relations industry press has been alive with discussions surrounding news that Apple’s impending iOS9 – that’s the new operating system being launched for iPhones and...
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Facebook Notes: Bigger than Prince, or too little too late?
The world’s most popular- or at least most visible- social network is about to roll out an update to a feature most people didn’t even know existed. So what’s the point? Exactly why Facebook has...
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Meet Generation Z, your next customers
By now we’ve all heard about the demographic that will be the future of our sales, irrespective of what it is we’re selling. A new market has emerged simply because time has progressed, and if you’re...
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Social media truths, lies and cats in costumes
With tragic events hitting headlines on a daily basis, and most of those headlines winding up being shared digitally, chances are there are at least a few status updates in your Facebook News Feed...
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The Blagger’s Blog 27th November 2015
A weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” Oscar Wilde, which seemed fitting to re-appropriate for Black...
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Content for business, Tina O’Brien, Guillotine Mack and celebrity culture
Far be it from us, as an award-winning Manchester PR firm, to wade in on matters that don’t directly impact on our office, but recent events in our fair city have inspired a few thoughts we figured...
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Telling stories and building keywords
Knowing who your competitors are when it comes to link building is simple. Brands of similar keyword importance, appearing on the first page of Google, above you, are simply your competitors. The...
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Social media marketing: Facebook’s Live Video map might be cool, but is it...
As we explained in the last issue of our monthly newsletter, Facebook has introduced Live, a video streaming platform built into the social network, which allows users to broadcast themselves direct...
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On content marketing, are the machines now winning?
You might have heard the news. Or not, depending on how closely you follow the industry pages. Either way, here at Smoking Gun PR we pride ourselves on constantly being up with the pros, cons, highs...
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Facebook attempts to tackle fake news = content marketing warning
According to reports circulating that wide web of internet, the latest trial to hit the world’s most iconic social network may be aimed at reducing the level of misinformation being posted. Fake news...
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Blagger’s Blog- Electorate evac, what if cows were people, hotels by the minute
Weekly High PETA has done it again with another great advert designed to raise awareness at just how bad many animals are treated, this time looking at the milk industry. Switching cows for humans,...
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Smoking Gun’s 2018 ultimate PR, internal comms, marketing, and digital trend...
It has taken some doing, but after pooling our resources, sources, and heads, Smoking Gun has come up with the following not-so-short-list of the best online trend predictions for 2018 in SEO, social,...
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Blagger’s Blog- RIP NME, International Women’s Day, Flakensteins
Weekly High Meet #FearlessFriend. She stands in solidarity w/ women & girls around the world on #IWD18 @ Birmingham Bullring this morning. She’s a companion to the ‘Fearless Girl’ in the USA – a...
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Want to build your brand profile? Less is definitely more
Overkill is never a good thing, not least when trying to endure your business to a public already weary from relentless messaging. Some would argue against this. One only needs to consider the success...
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Blagger’s Blog— Stacey speaks, eclipse ‘stunt’, Amazon army
Weekly High US carrier Southwest taught the world a lesson in impromptu PR opportunities recently, though, by allowing a passenger to fulfil his ambition of taking a picture of the Earth within its...
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Blagger’s Blog— Faith in humanity (almost) restored
Weekly High Human rights charity Amnesty International wins out for best social media ad of the month (at least) with this exceptional bit that highlights how people can still make a difference even...
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