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13 frighteningly bad advertising, marketing and PR fails from 2017

It’s the end of October, which means one thing- spooks, ghouls, and all manner of other horrible visions. In the PR and marketing game the spectre of catastrophe looms large all year round, though. Need proof? Here are 13 frighteningly bad recent advertising, marketing and PR fails that show even the biggest brands get it … Continued
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7 essential Facebook changes you probably missed in 2017

With the recent trial of a new News Feed on the world’s most prominent social network- read our reaction to that here- it’s easy to feel frustrated and overwhelmed at the ever-changing nature of the platform. Mainly because it’s overwhelming and frustrating if you’re using it for business. Just when you think a new campaign … Continued
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Advertising

A step too far? Just because it’s Halloween doesn’t mean ads can play on our fears

Whichever way you look at it, all is not well in the United Kingdom right now. In fact, the status quo is more hunker down than hunky dory. Omnipresent worries about Brexit, high street sales crashing faster than any point since the deep recession year of 2009, a largely overlooked admission earlier this month by … Continued
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Marketing

Snapchat marketing: ASA judgement says #Ad is essential

There’s no arguments that the world of content- particularly social media posts themselves- has long been something of a grey area in terms of what is and isn’t professionally acceptable in the eyes of the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), which has taken big steps towards trying to ensure everyone is clearly marked posts as commercial … Continued
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Smoking Gun scoops Best Small PR Agency at the MPAs

After being shortlisted in summer against four other Manchester-based agencies, Smoking Gun scooped the award for Best Small PR Agency at the MPA Awards last night. The Manchester Publicity Association is the largest not-for-profit body in Europe, recognising people in media, film, creative and digital industries. Hosted at the Midland Hotel, the evening kicked off … Continued
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Twitter

Social media for business: Twitter unveils new Agency Resources

Twitter has unveiled a new online offering designed to help brands and agencies get the most out of the network in its latest social media for business push. Agency Resources is a new are of the website aimed directly at business users, and has tools spanning decks, research and campaign management functions, the aim being to … Continued
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Blagger's Blog- Hitchhiker's, Jigsaw migration, Weinstein, Amazon drugs

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Social Media

Social media agency: Facebook and Google as publishers

How do you see Facebook and Google? A social network and a search engine, or tools for spreading information online? This is the big question that has been asked several times over already, not least on this PR, marketing, comms, and social media agency blog.
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Magazines

PR news: Glamour becomes latest print casualty

UK Glamour magazine has announced that it will cease its monthly print editions as of November’s issue, and instead focus on a ‘digital-only’ model, with a twice yearly glossy ‘collectable’ print run being introduced. This isn’t the first and, if the recent ABC circulation figures are much to go by, it’s almost definitely not going … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog- Let's get positive, World Smile Day, and P45s

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Public Relations

PR minefield: Uber, taxi wars, and brand standards

OK, so it’s not exactly new-news that the world’s biggest/most divisive ride share company and app has been having a pretty tough time of things lately. But nevertheless, events in Manchester yesterday have brought the issue back to the surface for those in the North West. Just weeks after Uber lost its license to operate … Continued
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Public Relations

Why PR without intelligent measurement is ‘Fluffy PR’

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