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Blagger's Blog: AI, Putin Power, NME is enemy of Stormzy
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The Blagger's Blog
Blagger's Blog- Kristen Stewart, no more bull on Wall Street, Jaguar fail
The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “It’s not confusing if you’re bi-sexual. For me, it’s the opposite.”
The Blagger's Blog
Blagger's Blog – King Salman's suitcases, toddlers put to work, White House on fire
The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “This sounds like a logistical nightmare.”
Marketing
Essential Business Tips: Partnership Marketing
Guest blog post by Innovate UK It’s not easy to get eyes on your site. In fact, it’s hard work, time-consuming and very expensive. This is a problem that no startup wants to endure. Thankfully, there’s a simple way around this. Partnership Marketing could be the answer. With Innovate UK’s Essential Business Tips, your brand … Continued
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Rick's Rambles
7 things I’ve learned in 7 years of running Smoking Gun
By Rick Guttridge This year Smoking Gun PR hits seven. Founded back in 2010 on the principles of accountability, transparent measurement, and general ingeniousness, in less than a decade we’ve gone from fledgling start up to one of the UK’s most respected PR agencies, via three offices and an exponential increase in the number of … Continued
Digital marketing
Programmatic marketing: What, why, how
It’s one of the biggest buzz terms of the moment, with many advertising experts claiming brands really need to be thinking of when, not if, they are going to get involved.
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Public Relations
Expert advice on analysing PR impact (properly)
It’s one of the questions we get asked by clients the most. Just how much is that press coverage really worth when it comes to sales conversions and cementing a brand name in the public’s conscious? The latest National Readership Survey (NRS) figures for UK newspapers have just been released, so we thought this would … Continued
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Social Media
Facebook update: From 360 video to job ads
Whoever coined the phrase ‘nothing changes under the sun’ clearly wasn’t thinking about social media land. ‘Stay still for more than a second and risk people losing interest’ would be a more appropriate mantra, albeit not as catchy.
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February 2017 in the Smoking Gun study
With the month done, and another about to begin, we can all breathe a sigh of relief; give it another few weeks and the first signs of spring will be evident. Not that we’ve been dragging our step since January, with a seasonal downpour of award nominations, involvement in a record-breaking industry event, team away … Continued
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Blagger's Blog- Stormzy speaks out, Danny Boyle's film school, Cadbury social media fail
The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “Top man, top man, top man.”
Journalism
PR experts thoughts on the Facebook Journalism Project
Looking for more advice on PR, social media, and marketing? Why not get in contact or submit a brief to inject a little ingeniousness into your brand. It’s safe to say the question of Mark Zuckerberg’s big baby, and its role as a news source, is almost as old as the social network itself. Almost. … Continued
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