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The Blagger's Blog 3rd May 2013
Facebook is dead to youths, IKEA chronicles life in an advert, PepsiCo and Mountain Dew make 'most racist commercial ever', and Instagram launches editing app.
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Infographic: Social Media Work Flow
As an award winning social media and PR agency at Smoking Gun PR we understand how social media management can become an black hole of time management. As such this week’s infographic looks at how much time the average business spends on social media management. Thanks to intersectionconsulting.com for creating the infographic.
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Clients need to stop wasting agency time
Pitching takes time and effort, as such common courtesies such as feedback need to be standard practice, and ideas should never be 'borrowed'.
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Of dogs and monsters: The rise of niche social networks
Specialist online communities effectively put the spotlight on specific target demographics. Here are a few of the most interesting examples.
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The Smoking Gun meme guidebook
They are everywhere, and can be almost anything, so here's all you need to know about dancing babies, shared ideas, marketing and public relations
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April 2013 in the Smoking Gun Study
So that was the month that was. In recent weeks we’ve been signing new clients, promoting great campaigns, and sharing PR expertise. All in a day’s work.
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The media, this month April '13
The Independent expands its digital offering, More! magazine closes, Spare Rib magazine re-opens, and Adobe tries to revolutionise analytics.
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The Blagger's Blog 26th April 2013
Britain on the road to economic recovery, again, Twitter invents cuckoo clock, Hyundai boasts 100% water emissions via suicide advert, plus more media news.
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The Blagger's Blog 19th April 2013
The London Marathon, Epicurious makes Boston bombing blunder, Sao Paulo skyscraper becomes Pac-Man, plus more media and PR news worth talking about.
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Marketing, public relations, and the 404 opportunity
Once simply an error page, we consider what PR lessons can be learnt from the rise in creative unknown request messages.
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Infographic: What happens in an internet minute
Everyone knows the internet is constantly growing, but what actually happens in a minute? This week’s infographic shows the amount of data transferred in 60 seconds and makes a few predictions for the future. A hat tip to Intel for creating this infographic
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Reviewing reviews: Mail On Sunday Event magazine
A brand new cultural supplement is now being bundled with the country's favourite end-of-week newspaper. We see take a look at the PR opportunities therein.
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The Blagger's Blog 12th April 2013
Thatcher, a burnable edition of Farenheit 451, Stella Artois falling foul of a taste test, and The Skinny magazine in the north west make our media agenda.
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