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April 2014 in the Smoking Gun PR study

  In somewhat seasonal fashion, spring and change have been in the air of late, with a string of highly successful campaigns dominating the British media over the last bank holiday and an imminent change of address for this Manchester-based PR agency. After two happy years here on Quay Street, thanks to our burgeoning client … Continued
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Fast Food News

So, as April comes to a close, so does this food & drink PR agency’s focus on epicurean wonders (and horrors) from around the globe. Our favourite food news this week… US chain Taco Bell is launching an upmarket off shoot – US Taco Co – which will offer fancy, fusion tacos to entice ‘edgy … Continued
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Trends public relations folk should probably avoid: Swatting

What sounds like an earnest attempt to do better at school is actually amongst the most bizarre, potentially dangerous, and downright surprising trends we’ve ever come across. The kind of thing that takes cross-platform interaction to a whole new level, you might say. Last week staff at this Manchester-based public relations and marketing agency stumbled … Continued
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Smoking Gun PR – phone lines and big changes

We’re going through a process of improvement behind the scenes here at Smoking Gun PR. Unfortunately, though, that means today it’s not quite business as usual, and our office phone lines are currently out of action today- Tuesday 29th April 2014- and due to be restored first thing tomorrow morning. But fear not, this rather … Continued
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AA Gill Likes His Bacon Served Angry! This food PR agency disagrees

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to regular readers of Esquire’s advice column that Adrian Anthony “AA??? Gill made Manchester Evening News headlines earlier this week for an overly ‘matter-of-fact’ remark. However, this time, instead of restricting his smarmy jibes to a participatory and voiceless Esquire reader, AA Gill has used his column in the … Continued
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Beef and Pudding – the newest Manc eatery set to expand your waistline says this Food PR agency.

Food PR Agency enjoys preview menu tasting at Beef and Pudding Regular blog readers will know we love a little history here at this Manchester food PR agency  and the restaurant’s memorable name comes from a piece of art depicting the famous Peterloo massacre, where a soldier was said to proclaim “chop em down my … Continued
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Food PR pros and restaurateurs should welcome #dinnercam

Dinnercam reviewed by Food PR agency Like any great (not to mention ingenious) food PR agency, staff here at Smoking Gun PR are often guided by their stomachs. Hence the reason we had a representative of the team gorging on all sorts of serious dishes in the Danish capital of Copenhagen this weekend. From smorrebrod (AKA … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog 18th April 2014

A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort   Thought for the Week “We’re not going to count on it until we see it,” U.S. President Barack Obama, commenting on Russia’s need to see through its promise to support the tentative agreement reached yesterday in Geneva, which will involve the disarming of … Continued
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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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