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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 23/12/2011

This week's weekly roundup with the year's best light stories, including Charlie Sheen, racism in football, Cockburns advert, and more racism in football.
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Could BBC radio cuts impact on emergency broadcasts?

The axing of MW services could lead to less effective localised information, But if we're switching to DAB soon anyway, what's the problem?
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Infographic: Christmas Kindness is Contagious

As it’s nearly Christmas and here at Smoking Gun PR we are getting in the festive mood, this week’s infographic was created by Nissan Cared4 and shows that British people are kindest in winter.
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The Blagger's Blog 16th December 2011

This week's media roundup, with more X Factor than you can shake a stick at, US retailer accused of racism, VW remembering the classic Golf, Manchester, London, and Bristol tweets.
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Happy Christmas from Smoking Gun PR!

We’ve had a fantastic year at the agency thanks to all our clients. To celebrate we’re delighted to be giving 1% of our company profit back to our chosen charity, the Starlight Children’s Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, which has provided life saving support to a child of the company Directors. (Drop us a line if you’d … Continued
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Social media of the year

2011 is nearly done, and so the obligatory lists are all out. Here are Twitter and Facebook's most shared, tweeted, and hashtagged stories, an interesting read.
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Infographic: How can social media marketing help your startup business?

At Smoking Gun PR we're often asked how we can help new ventures. This week's infographic shows exactly how social media marketing can help startup businesses.
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Could Twitter fail irrelevant X Factor judges (and would Cowell listen)?

Tweets are more influential than traditional media and the X Factor judges when it comes to the audience vote. So where from here then?
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The Blagger's Blog 10th December 2011

Giant pandas, Hillary Clinton in Burma, Misha B out of X Factor, Coca Cola sends foreign workers home, Australia promoted with dead fish, and more talking points from the media frontline.
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Guest post – Digital strategies and galactic warfare

Not-for-profit trade association Vice President of Communications and freelance digital marketing consultant Mark McGee stresses the importance of planning, and movie knowledge.
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MFI turns to Smoking Gun PR as PR and social media agency

UK furniture giant MFI relaunched last week, with a little help from ourselves, and we'll be continuing to provide ongoing social media, press and PR support.
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 2nd December 2011

Britain goes on strike, Samsung mocks the iPhone, US governor humiliated through social media, while Manchester, London, and Edinburgh do battle in the tweets.
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When things go too far- celebrity, social media, and strikes

Britain's economic recovery slows, the public sector strikes and Jeremy Clarkson says they should be "executed". Meanwhile, as PR people, we analyse the social media side.
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