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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 9th November

A weekly roundup of talking points, sans effort Thought for the week “Four more years”. Barack Obama’s post election victory tweet – now the most popular tweet of all time. Worth the paper it’s printed on Light news success stories in the papers this week included… … General fodder about Kim Kardashian made the headlines … Continued
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The secret to making your video go viral

Once we've committed to adding video to our content marketing plans, the holy grail is making it so memorable it goes viral, much like our Panda Balboa film. But just how do we achieve this success? Now the Holy Grail of viral video marketing has been revealed but ssshhhhh, don't tell everyone!!
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A better way to win new business?

Sarah Bradley, Managing Director of Acquire New Business and Founder of the not-for-profit Northern Soho organisation reveals her latest venture and aims to inspire a new way of business development for creative businesses.
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Tony Murray

Spam, spam, spam and the pagers of spin! Part 3 of the 5 mistakes Marcomms agencies make

Tony Murray further digs into his memory bank to share his experience of poor business development practices by marcomms agencies.
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Tony Murray

Once Upon a Time.. Part 2 of The five biggest mistakes marcomms players make

In the latest of a series of guest blogs for Smoking Gun PR, Tony Murray continues his look at how marketing agencies often fail to take their own medicine when it comes to managing their own reputations.
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Tony Murray

A bunch of cobblers! The five biggest mistakes marcomms players make. Part 1

Smoking Gun's guest blogger Tony Murray delves into his memory bank to dish the dirt on marketing agencies who've previously failed in their own promotion.
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 2nd November

American Apparel offends Hurricane Sandy ravaged America, then Mitt Romney has a pop, LG show off new screens with strong stunt, plus more media and PR news.
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Image is nothing without sincerity

Starbucks sells ethical coffee, and writes our name in froth. It also owes the UK millions in tax, which is bad for brand perception and far from Fair Trade.
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Lessons from Red Bull

From sticky energy drink to superbrand, music, skydiving and more have all helped give Austria's finest wings- we look at the firm's marketing and PR approach.
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How to blog a job in PR

One of our latest recruits landed her public relations job via innovative online media content produced whilst still in academe. Impressed? Read on for more.
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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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Tony Murray

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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