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Rick's Rambles

Choose your spokespeople wisely, or face the consequences

Messages. Every firm on the face of the Earth has them, but without the right face to deliver, they might as well be preaching from the book of impending consumer obscurity. According to a report in the medical journal the Lancet, which last week went large in the mainstream media, GPs took part in a … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog- Sociopathic bakers and Icelandic women

A weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “There’s something delightfully sociopathic about making a sausage roll look like a pig”
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Public Relations

Automotive PR: 5 road safety adverts to take note of 

Here at Smoking Gun heights we don’t just believe in coming up with fantastic, ingenious ideas to sell brands. We also believe in coming up with fantastic, ingenious ideas that have a positive impact. Hence us advising, and working with, so many companies on their Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives. Even when not focussed on CSR we’re … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

Blagger's Blog- Will Young smokes, Note7 explodes onto GTA

A weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “Smoking is strictly prohibited on Shell forecourts.”
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Drink PR

Food PR

Bagels at dawn: Food and drink PR stunts with real bite

Disclaimer – no bagels feature in the following post.
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Social Media

Even social media experts are a bit surprised at Facebook Marketplace

With the vast majority of the English-speaking world busy trying to work out whether this is the most shocking, abusive, and astounding U.S. presidential campaign ever (answer= probably), it might surprise some to learn that politics isn’t the only topic from America worth discussing at the moment. Enter Mark Zuckerberg’s eBay, Etsy, and Craig’s List rival.
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog – Fracking PR fail, City Forest Park, Twitter drones

A weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “[Russians are] ridiculously good partiers.”
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog- All change at Auntie, Mario in Manc, RIP International NYTimes

A weekly roundup of media news, sans effort Quote of the week “Do we, the media, do enough today, to explain and explore? Or are we too busy moving on to the next thing, in thrall to the pace of news?”
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Rick's Rambles

Having cake and eating it are different things

Just when we thought 2016 couldn’t get any worse, the BBC proves why nobody should make final decisions whilst Mercury is in retrograde. Or at least that’s what two avid cake lovers told the world on Twitter. So Great British Bake Off, currently drawing audiences of 12million over on Auntie’s flagship TV station, has been … Continued
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Social Media

999 @ 140- Social media in times of crisis

There are some things you never really want to do during the not-so-average day. One is losing your keys, another might be Googling any kind of health problem, and a third would be dialling the best known number in the U.K. Between 2014 and 2015, the last period for which statistics are available, there were … Continued
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Public Relations

Top 5 free tools for PR measurement and evaluation

You don’t need to have spent time on our awards page, attended one of Smoking Gun’s much-lauded training sessions or conferencesto know that we have a bit of a thing for evidence. Hence the whole company name being linked to super sleuth Sherlock Holmes and our obsession with living in the land of intelligent measurement. … Continued
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Digital marketing

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Quality link building: SEO without PR misses the point

It doesn’t matter what business or industry you’re in, nor your lifestyle choices, the world is full of ways to spend money. The problem being that without stringent budget control we’re all heading for hot water. When it comes to marketing strategies, this often means tough decisions have to be made based on where priorities … Continued
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September 2016 in the Smoking Gun study

Can someone explain how we got here already? It’s nearly October and that means we’re staring down the barrel of the year’s last quarter, despite the fact it doesn’t seem two minutes ago since we last sung Old Lang Syne. As the last four weeks go to show, Smoking Gun PR has been all about … Continued
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