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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.
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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.
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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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PR News

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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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.
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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 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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Kellogg's Special Tweet Shop

Paying for crisps via Twitter messages- what will they think of next?
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 5th October 2012

The Great Train Franchise Robbery, Mitt Romney the zombie, Jimmy Savile, foul mouthed BBC, and what the papers say. Media news this week, must be Friday then.
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Our News

Stating the obvious: C4's 'Gypsy Weddings' morally bankrupt

The Advertising Standards Agency bans offensive adverts for the traveller focused documentary series, but surely the harm was done a long time ago?
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Notes on The Guardian and a broadband levy for journalism

After an article last week proposing media giants like BT pay a fee towards journalism, we think of a few reasons why, amazingly, it's not that crazy an idea.
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