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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog- Please ignore the password tweets, He Will Not Divide Us

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.   The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “I’m just saying, be nice to each other.”
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Social Media & Digital

Here's how you could (and should) use Snapchat for brands

So January is finally drawing to a close, despite the fact it’s actually far, far colder now than it was two weeks ago. Whoever argued the toss over February being the new bleak midwinter here in Blighty obviously owes someone a pint- or compensatory item of equal value. Digressions aside, this means that, in addition … Continued
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Social Media

Smoking Gun PR’s Social Media predictions for 2017

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.   This month our Manchester PR agency blog is all about brand improvement. And by that we mean sharing our expertise, knowledge, and soothsaying abilities with you, our lovely, … Continued
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Social Media

Social Media & Digital

Social media marketing 101- 6 Facebook posts for engagement

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 the first month of the year, and that means one thing at least- as we promised immediately after everyone got back to work two weeks ago, here … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog: The objective is steal wine and not mess up the front page

The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week ‘The objective is simple- leave.’
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Our News

Public relations predictions and resolutions: Smoking Gun's non-Dry Jan plan

With the sun shining through our Manchester office windows, the Queen back to good health after reminding us all of her mortality, and Iain Duncan Smith finally clarifying exactly what the government’s Brexit goals are (‘leave Europe‘), you could be forgiven for not being too upset that the festive season is over.
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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog – Christmas, Superdry smart mirrors, Uber driverless gaffes

The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!”
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Newsletter

Smoking Gun PR’s 2016 Almanac

So this is Christmas, and what have we done? Another year (almost) over, and a load of great new work for our wonderful clients about to begin. As is traditional when the festivities-proper get underway, here at the most ingenious public relations agency in Manchester we’ve spent the last couple of days reflecting on everything … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog- Rupert returns, Boots vs 'period poverty', Facebook miracle

The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “The government cannot be allowed to ditch the vital second part of the Leveson inquiry, which would look at questions around unlawful or improper conduct within the Murdoch empire, at exactly the moment when Rupert Murdoch is attempting once again to … Continued
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Corporate Social Responsibility

PR expert thoughts: Brands can make 2017 better

All day long the radio is filled with seasonal songs and run downs of the best tracks from the best albums of another 12 months crammed with Best Ofs. The shops are rammed and overflowing with hints at the time of year, and there’s an entire TV channel dedicated to festive cheer. The evidence points to … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog- Cardinal coprophilia, John Pilger returns, Edeka ad 'scandal'

The Blagger’s Blog – a weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “I think the media have to be very clear, very transparent, and not fall into- no offence intended- the sickness of coprophilia, that is, always wanting to cover scandals, covering nasty things, even if they are true.”
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Mobile

All marketing and PR professionals should recognise these 7 essential apps

Let’s cut to the chase with this one. Humans have never spent so long at work, or so much time travelling for these jobs. What this means is that there’s an awful lot of time when you’re not by-desk but technically on task, meaning many minutes are potentially being wasted. Not so for marketing and PR professionals. … Continued
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Content marketing

Facebook attempts to tackle fake news = content marketing warning

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