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Infographic: Social Media and the Olympics
This week's infographic looks at the evolution of the coverage of the Olympics.
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Beyond pessimism (or: How I learnt to stop worrying and profit in the recession)
Doom and gloom is supposedly everywhere, but take a closer look and UK PLC is still trading competitively, with innovation the key to business success.
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Top 5 unofficial Olympic campaigns
Nike, Aviva, Subway, Oddbins and Specsavers steal the medals as we look at the best ways in which media and marketing types are exploiting those games.
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Infographics- why bother?
Just how useful are image-based diagrams at conveying complex business concepts? We take a closer look.
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July 2012 in the Smoking Gun study
Two new clients join our roster, nine award nominations arrive in the mail, and a new guest columnist begins a weekly blog, plus all the latest from Mount Street.
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Simply unmissable 7
The most successful Olympic viral, Amazon's new 'Yesterday Shipping' service, Boris Johnson welcomes you to London, and more media distractions from the web.
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The Blagger's Blog
The Blagger's Blog 27th July 2012
The Only Way Is Essex isn't on TV, London 2012 shows South instead of North Korean flag, Twitter quick to apologise over freak outage, plus more media news.
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What did BBC Breakfast Business have to say…
On Thursday BBC Breakfast’s business presenter Steph McGovern and one of her team of three producers Rebecca Wearn entered the hot seat of a Gorkana Briefing and here are our notes....
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CIPR doffs hat to Smoking Gun
With nine nominations, eight of which are for client work, the office is delighted with its recognition from the public relations industry's professional body.
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Infographic: Making a difference in the local community
This week's infographic is courtesy of Kumho Tyres' Cash for Causes campaign
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The Blagger's Blog
The Blagger's Blog 20th July 2012
Tulisa's sex tape apology, China's abortion apology, Kanye and Kardashian, great new Twix advert, shocking Burger King hygiene images. Must be Friday then.
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London 2012 begins (on Twitter)
And they're off- athletes deliver mixed messages as the heat rises in the approach to this year's Olympic Games. Still, at least they're using social media.
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Infographic: Car buying decisions
This week's infographic was created collaboratively by My Clever Agency and ourselves on behalf of Carcraft
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