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October 2012 in the Smoking Gun study
More news from our Quay Street PR offices with a new client win, the end of a national competition, and academic success, amongst other talking points.
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Simply unmissable 10
How many people in Western Europe are now online? What's it like to be a dog for a day? What's wrong with cabaret, these questions and more answered here, finally.
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T Time: The Mob Rules
The return of our media man in the East, AKA Tony Murray, Doctor Who baddies and more menacing TV personalities currently at the centre of national scandals.
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The Blagger's Blog
The Blagger's Blog 26th October 2012
Attenborough on U.S. climate denial, what the papers said, Churchill record breaking birthday, Monster energy drink crisis, diary dates and news predictions.
Marketing News
Artist busking at St Pancras- now there's a PR's thought
Life drawing in the middle of London's rush hour is certainly one way to make an impression on would be customers.
Social Media
Infographic: The four major consumer segments
As an award winning social media and PR agency everyone at Smoking Gun PR understands how important it is for brands to engage with their fans and followers. This week’s infographic is all about understanding those fans, followers and friends and what they care about by dividing them into four key segments. A hat tip … Continued
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Men still dominate, UK papers warn
Unsurprisingly the British press is male-heavy, which is a serious problem before we've even come to mention what that means for wider society.
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Infographic – The Best of Bond, James Bond
This week’s infographic is unashamedly jumping on the band wagon of all things 007 as we count down to the launch of Skyfall (26.10.12) and shows the results of a recent survey by Shortlist magazine into what is the best of Bond. A hat tip to Shortlist magazine for creating this infographic.
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How to post a video response to negative Facebook comments
Bodyform creates a clip with a fictitious CEO explaining to some wise guy how the time of the month really works, offering a lesson in reactive marketing.
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Social Media
The Blagger's Blog
The Blagger's Blog 12th October 2012
Burnley FC's PR fail and Lance Armstrong's drug fail, Strictly, X Factor, and TOWIE success, with cute Cow and Gate tots, predictions for next week and dates for your diary.
Rick's Rambles
Eddie Howe-gate: a study in poor PR
Eddie Howe-gate is the first major test for Burnley Football Club's joint Chairmen and Chief Executive Lee Hoos and it's been a PR disaster. Find out how they got it so wrong .
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Social Media
Social media insurance- now there's a thought
A British firm is offering reverse SEO and deletion services to companies that come unstuck online, but is it really fair practice to turn down negative Tweets?
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