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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog- Curb, sexism for kids, and Snapchat for oldies

Quote of the Week “Putting the tat in Tatton.??? Andrew Langstone on Twitter, commenting on a pink hat for girls featuring the slogan ‘Future footballers wife’. Also criticised for its poor grammar, Tatton Park has now removed the item from stock.
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Advertising

Advertising fear: Is it game over for the Madmen?

This week we picked up on the announcement that Unilever, one of the world’s biggest FMCG companies responsible for a host of household name brands, was set to cull a significant amount of its current advertising budget. Thanks to Financial Times for the tip off.
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Graduates are more employable with work experience

Like thousands of other graduates across the UK, a few months ago I found myself sweaty-palmed, panicking, and asking the question “what now????. The fear of not having that safety blanket student loan to live on pushed me into a part-time job where I knew my destiny didn’t lie. I became incredibly thankful for the … Continued
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Rick's Rambles

Cleaning up: Why Facebook still isn’t doing enough to protect your brand

Supposedly the world’s favourite social network, despite its popularity and usefulness, I can’t help but feel companies have good reasons to be angry at Facebook right now. From extremist content to fake news, the platform needs to step up in order to clean up its act. While there have been some significant steps taken of … Continued
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Experiential Marketing

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Brand destination experiences: The ultimate storytelling trend

Every company in the world has a tale to tell, and a yarn to spin. It’s one of the reasons PR, marketing and advertising agencies exist- to help businesses realise what they want to project. But have you ever stopped to think why this is important?
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Advertising

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Back of the net: 6 product re-launches to remember

Earlier this month, BBC Two announced it would be bringing back Norwich’s most egomaniacal local radio DJ, Alan Partridge, and cult dark comedy, The League of Gentlemen. This got us thinking resurrections, and how hard it is to update anything.
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August 2017 in the Smoking Gun study

With the last few weeks being all about media silly season- that precious time of year when Parliament is out and half the country is on holiday- you’d think we’d have very little to talk about. Nothing could be further from the truth, though- hence new client wins, new staff arrivals, one textbook example of newsjacking, … Continued
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Advertising

PR agency thoughts: #SoWhiteProject, minorities and diversity in advertising

You don’t need to be an award-winning PR agency to have picked up on an article in The Times last weekend about the apparent decline in requests for images on Shutterstock that feature white models, part of a wider trend wherein brands are increasingly using minority groups to avoid labels like ‘homophobic’ and ‘racist’. The likes of Lloyds, McDonalds, Tiffany, and Dove were … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog: Jon Snow media hero, Facebook pays press back, Calgary disabled fail

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The UK’s first silent night

It was the week that… Londoners enjoyed their first silent night! There aren’t many things that can silence a capital city quite like the announcement of Big Ben retiring for the next 4 years, but that’s exactly what happened this week. For the first time in 157 years, Big Ben chimed it’s bells for the … Continued
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YouTube

Social media agency: YouTube has opened up to breaking news

YouTube has opened up to breaking news reports, according to industry headlines and general social media agency chatter this week . The offering comes by way of a channel on the video sharing site dedicated to incoming reports, and is only available to people who have signed in with their Google account on either desktop or … Continued
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Public Relations

PR agency thoughts: Are these shoes really sexist, or are we really sensitive?

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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog: Curb gets leaked, Siri and The Rock, Iran v the press, 1Xtra at 15

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