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Quirkies, Weird and Wonderful

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Simply unmissable

How to turn a page with a hamster and a hairdryer. What last year would look like if social media controlled the news. It’s amazing what you find on the internet in just one month. These are some of our recent favourites.
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Quirkies, Weird and Wonderful

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Technology

The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 27th January 2012

Friday comes once again, this time bringing a pregnant Amanda Holden wearing heels, Manchester beating London in the football, political and private sector social media blunders, and a great SAS QR campaign.
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Media News

Technology

Google and Bing accused in piracy war

The two search engines have come under fire in a document obtained under Freedom of Information for helping internet users find and download illegal files.
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Infographic: Manage your Digital Reputation

As a PR agency we are adept at reputation management for clients, whether through traditional or digital media. As such this weeks infographic examines how to manage your e-reputation: A hat tip to KBSD Digital Marketing for creating the infographic.
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Quirkies, Weird and Wonderful

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2011 in retrospect (through Google)

Zeitgeist 2011: A Year In Review, recounts events of global significance that took place in 2011, and is currently top of the viral video charts.
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How To Guides

Marketing

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Recommended viewing: The Future of Advertising

Here's short video that visualises the 'brand is story' concept, something we know a thing or two about.
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Guest Post

Guest post – My first taste of agency life

Before my time at Smoking Gun, I’d never had the chance to sample agency life....
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Media News

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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 13th January 2012

Celebrity Big Brother, William Hague in Burma, Lib Dem donor scandal, great vacuum advert, Beyonce and Jay-Z hospital takeover, FA Cup, Take Me Out, and more tales of media and marketing.
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Infographic: Office Evolution

At Smoking Gun PR we're big fans of technology, so this weeks infographic looks at the how our working environment has changed over the years.
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Social Media & Digital

Daily Mail proposes news provision cap

The national newspaper's publisher proposes 30 per cent limit on market share, while the BBC would be exempt, which admittedly makes some sense.
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Media News

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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 5th January 2012

Katy Perry, Russell Brand, bird flu, Chinese activists, Jamaican elections, digital highlighter pens, BBC adverts, and Manchester v London v Leeds in the tweets
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How To Guides

Media News

Technology

Mobile websites- why bother?

Smartphones will continue to increase in market share throughout 2012, meaning investing in mobile website is a very good idea, as this video explains.
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Infographic: If social media had controlled the news in 2011

This weeks infographic examines how the top news stories of 2011 would have been different if Twitter, Facebook or Google Searches were in control of the newsrooms.
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