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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 & Digital

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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Social Media & Digital

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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Media News

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Social Media & Digital

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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Social Media & Digital

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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Marketing

Social Media & Digital

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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Technology

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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Media News

Social Media & Digital

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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Smoking Gun MD Rick Guttridge: “Social media engagement is pointless in Britain???

The UK has the lowest level of online interaction between consumers and brands in the world. So, if nobody’s listening why bother talking?
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Quirkies, Weird and Wonderful

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Holidays are coming: The best Christmas adverts ever aired

What makes a memorable advent advert? Read on for our all time favourite festive commercials, all of which you can watch by clicking here.
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I’m so proud of it, I put my name on it

Celebrities and brands go together like peas and carrots, or chalk and cheese. So are company affiliations with famous faces a fast-track to success, or recipe for disaster?
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Festive notes from the office diary

Merry Christmas from Manchester. It’s a special time of year, but with a big client win, an adventurous US trip, and some great results we’re filled with more than festive cheer.
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