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Fast food news

Creating obscure, disgusting but somewhat intriguing fast food combinations is a well known click-bait tactic used by everyone from this Merseyside butcher who put Cadbury’s Creme Eggs inside a Scotch egg… To KFC who this week created a chicken-leg corsage (stunt) with a kind of funny video to explain the joke. Yesterday Dominos got in on … Continued
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Selfies, good causes, narcissism and digital marketing

The success of Cancer Research UK’s #nomakeupselfie campaign can’t be understated. Watching £2million raised in the first 48 hours alone for such a good cause is enough to make anyone re-assess their cynicism towards society. It even made us dedicate an entire newsletter story to the achievement. But although every digital marketing agency on the … Continued
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Wearable tech – a step too far?

We’re always on the look out for clever new technology to help us save time and create a more efficient team, but we’re not sure about this latest development from Japan. ‘Wearable eyes’ looks like it could be an early version of the latest hipster wearable tech offering, Google Glass.  Not exactly unobtrusive – these … Continued
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'The Great British Grow Off', from a Gardening PR point of view

So the latest in the long line of what we like to call ‘village fete reality’ shows has arrived and by all accounts the jury seems to be out. Replacing gastronomy with gardens and sugar for sugar snap peas, from the perspective of this homes and gardening public relations agency it was always going to … Continued
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Infographic – How to make the perfect password

Following the news last week that the Heartbleed bug was causing havoc online with companies including Mumsnet, Facebook and  Google all potentially hacked, we wanted to share this infographic which explains how to create the perfect password. A hat tip to WhoIsHostingThis? for creating the infographic.
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 11th April 2014

A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort     Thought for the Week “This is not the first defect of its kind and it certainly won’t be the last, but it is one of the more serious faults we’ve seen in recent internet history.” James Lyne, global head of research at web … Continued
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Food PR: 5 top brands for 7 to 10 pieces of fruit and veg per day

As specialists in food PR and marketing we were naturally interested in the news that medical professionals now recommend consuming between seven and ten pieces of fruit and veg per day, rather than the previous prescription of five. Needless to say, it could well mean a packaging redesign for many products, and that’s just for … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 4th April 2014

A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort     Image credit (C) Luton Anderson Thought for the Week “I’m urging people just to have a little balance here. I cycled this morning and it seemed perfectly fine to me.” London Mayor Boris Johnson commenting on the smog currently settled over the … Continued
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Nuts closes, so where next for lads mags?

With news this week that ‘lads’ magazine Nuts is set to close, anyone working in public relations, media or marketing is likely to be thinking one thing. Namely whether or not there is still a sector left in this end of the publishing game at all. The magazine lost 1/3 of its circulation (year on … Continued
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Boosting Your Pinterest Followers In 5 Minutes or Less – Guest Post

Today we have a guest post from Alex Goodwill, talking us through the key to Pinterest growth for your brand. Enjoy! Pinterest presents a unique opportunity to both drive traffic and generate leads. The majority of content found on Pinterest boards is actually re-pinned from another user. This means that whenever someone re-pins your content … Continued
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Public relations opportunities: The Daily Mail

In a new series of blog posts, we’ll be analysing what public relations opportunities are available within Britain’s major newspapers- a roadmap to selling in if you will. So consider this our first edition, with The Daily Mail its focal point…   The Basics Despite what the critics say, The Daily Mail is a great … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 28th March 2014

A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort   Thought for the Week “Turkey’s rulers need to understand that democracy is not solely about getting a majority of votes in the ballot box. Far beyond that, democracy is a culture of inclusiveness, openness, human rights and freedom of speech, for each and … Continued
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Your marcomms are worthless (without action)

It’s always nice to see a good cause succeed. Take the recent no-makeup selfie campaign in aid of Cancer Research UK, for example, which backs up Smoking Gun’s entire proposition- providing tangible proof as to the value of engagement. I’m often surprised at how much focus is still placed on the silent majority in digital … Continued
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