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Finally! Use Facebook to advertise on Instagram in the UK!

It seems that Facebook has owned Instagram forever (three years is a long time in this day and age) and it’s come as a surprise to many that it’s taken this long for Instagram ads to be a viable option for all, rather than just for the biggest global brands with huge budgets. As an … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 4th September 2015

Quote of the week “Some of the best things that I ever sold on Ebay, I bought on Ebay – just for way less.” Entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso, who owns the Nasty Girl vintage fashion store, which began on eBay. We thought it was appropriate given eBay turns 20 years young today. Happy Birthday eBay! Thanks … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 28th August

Quote of the week “Naturally, what Labour fears is not Tory entryism, but the horror of infiltration by the sort of people Labour is supposed to represent.” Frankie Boyle, writing on the Labour leadership race for The Guardian newspaper. Weekly High Vuelio, Europe’s leading supplier of software that transforms the way organisations managed their stakeholder engagement- with … Continued
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August 2015 in the Smoking Gun study

What do you get if you cross a month that’s notoriously bad for new business, half an inbox full of out of office replies, and the UK’s most ingenious public relations team? How about more coverage than can possibly be read in four weeks, another client win, and a record number of approaches from firms … Continued
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How to deal with internet trolls and influence brand opinion

Journalists aren’t the only ones to suffer at the hands of online outrage from social media followers. Nevertheless, the example of Guardian columnist, Owen Jones, provides an ideal case in point. Over the course of two or three years, one of Jones’ internet trolls has been a guy called ‘George’. During this time, the scribe’s unofficial … Continued
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Marketing News

Toys, lube, rubber: Sex and marketing and the mainstream

The combination of media silly season and the Ashley Madison debacle means a lot of us have had the one thing none of us really like to talk openly about on the mind. Correction- on the mind more than usual. Sex is a strange cultural nuance. The majority of us over a certain age do … Continued
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PR News

PR must improve, with or without beards

  Should the length of your beard correlate to the size of marketing spend allocated to you by your clients, or indeed your profit margin? I assume not but I’m sure there’s probably a spurious survey out there somewhere that would tell me the answer. The unarguable truth is that marketers are spending an ever … Continued
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Social Media

This year's X Factor twist…

The X Factor has revealed a series of twists for this year’s competition, letting the public vote on Twitter to help decide which category each judge will mentor. This is the first time the ITV talent show will be letting viewers vote via a hashtag, with the name of the judge then the category for … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 21st August 2015

Quote of the week “You’re saying: ‘You don’t get what everybody else gets. You have to go shop up by the tyre section.” Melissa McCarthy commenting on plus-size sections in women’s clothes shops. Weekly High Controversial and elusive street artist Banksy has come up with what can only be described as Disneyland in a most twisted … Continued
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Social Media

Silence is golden (or more proof social media metrics mislead)

In the lead piece for our last newsletter, Smoking Gun PR head honcho and all round public relations mastermind Rick Guttridge waxed lyrical why It’s nice to be liked on social media, but better to get engaged. He’s not alone in this mistrust of basic social media metrics, and now a social media agency based … Continued
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Facebook tips you didn't know existed!

Some of us use Facebook every day but did you know about these hidden features? We’re bringing you quick and easy Facebook tips and tricks that you forgot existed! 1) Export all of your friends’ birthdays to Google Calendar, iCal or Outlook. Just a few clicks and never miss a birthday again! Simply go to … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 14th August 2015

Quote of the week “Please tell me this is a prank. Cos if it isn’t, @edsheeran has a really bad picture of a lion on his chest FOREVER.” Keane frontman Tom Chaplin, commenting on the latest celebrity inking, pictured above. Why, Ed? Weekly High   There’s nothing like a good parody to sell a product. Evidently … Continued
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Sharenting, social media waste, and exam results

It’s an important day for many a student in the U.K., with grades being revealed that will let 18-year-olds know whether they’ve bagged a place at university or on their chosen career paths. Or not. By now, then, champagne bottles will have been uncorked, life plans altered, and clearing calls made. From everyone here at Smoking Gun, … Continued
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