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Rick's Rambles

Data blunders: From cyber crime to social media sackings

It’s time to wise up online says agency MD Rick Guttridge as he peruses some of the latest dark digital happenings, from Facebook dismissals to Twitter crimes.
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Social Media

Introducing Instagram (in case you haven’t met)

With 90million active members and 1,000 comments per second, the business potential of photo sharing is huge- we explore this visual social media landscape.
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Facebook in 2013- what you need to know

Changes to privacy settings, the controversial new Graph Search, and falling user numbers mean an update on the world's favourite social network could be useful.
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January 2013 in the Smoking Gun Study

The New Year gets off to an excellent start at this public relations agency, with two more award nominations and another campaign for a world famous client.
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Social Media

Simply unmissable 12

We reveal Facebook's fastest growing age group, and catch up with the most inspirational U.S. leader, Kid President, in our January roundup of media titbits.
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Videos don't grow on trees, but they might on Vine

The new video sharing network from Twitter is live- like Instagram, only with movement. Early problems aside, it's one social media development to remember.
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Infographic: It's all about images

At Smoking Gun PR we understand the importance of images when communicating our clients’ stories. The old adage of a picture saying a thousand words is truer now than ever before, particularly in the digital sphere. As such this week’s infographic looks at the importance of including images in your online content.   A hat … Continued
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 25th January 2013

Shell is the worst company in the world, along with Goldman Sachs and G4S, armed robbers make an advert, plus what the papers say and our media predictions.
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Expanding media interests

M&C Saatchi has bought a talent firm, making us consider the amount of media firms expanding despite falling revenue streams in some areas of the media.
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Infographic: Social media behaviour for businesses

At Smoking Gun we're very conscious that there isn't a one size fits all plan for social media and that it all depends upon what a business is hoping to achieve.
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 18th January 2013

Horsemeat burgers, a brand new independent London magazine, and mystery packages delivered to journalists make up our media week. And probably yours too.
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New Northern marketing and media news website launches

Rising from the ashes of How Do, phoenix-like, Prolific North is the latest essential destination for creatives looking to stay abreast with the latest industry goings on throughout the north of England. A welcome return then.
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The Blagger's Blog

The Blagger's Blog 11th December 2013

MPs call for just under 1/3 pay rise (in secret), eBay style bidding begins on Caribbean holidays, a kidney ends up in UK fried 'chicken', plus more media news.
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    Our Awards

    Why stop at global stardom and incredible sales? When our clients work with us, they get the silverware to boot. We’re not into tooting our own horns, but the awards we’ve won with our clients are too good to miss…