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Everything you wanted to know about Facebook Live video streaming

Next week the AOL-owned Tech Crunch will host its fifth Disrupt NY conference, one of the world’s leading events looking at new and emerging technologies, revolutionary start-up ideas and general game changers. For the first time ever, we can all follow the agenda as it happens, live on Facebook. More so, the broadcast- which exploits … Continued
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PR News

Pet PR: Why furry friends pull in plenty of papers

Did you see the story on Dim Dim, the Megellanic penguin, who swims 5,000 miles once a year to be briefly reunited with the guy that saved him from an oil slick? Or better yet, the feature on that other penguin, in Japan, who collects fresh fish for its owner each week? Thought so. Even … Continued
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PR News

4 victorious Game of Thrones PR stunts

We’re now two episodes into the sixth season of Game of Thrones, the ridiculously popular fantasy series filled with dragons, magic, and a guy called Jon Snow who has never presented Channel 4 News. If you haven’t bothered tuning in then we probably don’t need to utter words like ‘missing out’- someone has no doubt … Continued
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This month in the Smoking Gun study

Did you hear the one about the Manchester-based PR firm that, through sheer ingenuity, made it into the top 30 national agencies in only six years? No? allow us to digress. The last few weeks have brought celebrations aplenty here on Bridge Street. After winning both the Best Media Relations gong at the PR Moment Awards and Best … Continued
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Media News

PR expert thoughts: The New Day, a media mayfly

Nothing says intent like a national television campaign, interviews placed in daily broadsheets, and a launch day fanfare involving 2million free samples. Nothing says misfire like closing a business two months after setting it up. It’s with some sadness that we read news this morning suggesting that The New Day- the national newspaper set up … Continued
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#BlogOnMSI 2016

Did you catch us at #BlogOnMSI on Sunday? A fantastic day was had by all! We met bloggers old and new, and hopefully we all managed to secure some great relationships with each other. Did you manage to catch our competition? If you blog about your day at #BlogOnMSI and you feature us in the … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog – 100 year old models, SGPR at Prolific North, bad taste tweets

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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog – Prince, Victoria Wood, if pubs were banks

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Marketing News

If Google is 'partially dangerous' how do we find anything?

People used to joke that if you googled the word ‘google’ the entire internet would breakdown. Obviously nothing could be further from the truth, but today the search engine’s news results are still enough to raise a few eyebrows. According to widespread reports all over its own home turf, Google is currently listing its web domain as … Continued
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Blagger's Blog – Chaplin's World, beef is best, what imperfections?

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Marketing News

This infographic on video and social media in the UK is fascinating

We wouldn’t be the first people in the world to point out that digital is obsessed with video. Whatever it is that’s happening, wherever it’s happening, it should be filmed and made streamable for all to see. Everyone here at Smoking Gun PR advocates paying serious attention to any opportunities for you and your brand(s) to … Continued
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Blagger's Blog – Panama Papers, #GrownUpPolitics, Gmail PR fail

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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog – RIP Ronnie, #BringBackTheBees, racist PRs

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