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The Ingenious Round Up – 9th October 2013
With the nights drawing in and the temperature rapidly dropping, there’s probably never been a more apt time to inject some ingenuity back into your brains. Shake of the lethargy and perk up your grey...
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Well I’ll be scanned- Asda offers 3D anything
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more sci-fi, one of Britain’s leading supermarkets goes and starts printing off models of whatever shoppers want for £40 a pop. The future is most...
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The Blagger’s Blog 1st November 2013
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Thought for the Week “These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.” The late,...
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Mo Money…Movember
It’s that time of the year again, when men from all facets of society decide to grow some facial fur on their top lip in the name of a good cause! Yes, Movember 2013 has kicked off and this year I have...
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Infographic: MediaCityUK
As an award winning PR agency based in Manchester we’ve seen how much the city has changed over the last few years and at the forefront of these changes has been MediaCityUK, the new home of the BBC...
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Infographic: Best times to post to social media
As an award winning social media agency, we are always evaluating how to maximise the effectiveness of the social media accounts we manage. As such this week’s infographic looks at the best times to...
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Infographic: Twitter and Christmas shopping
It’s the first week of December, which can mean only one thing…Christmas is now less than 25 days away! As such this week’s infographic looks at the influence of Twitter on Christmas shopping. A hat...
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Infographic: 2013 Year of the Selfie
As the year draws to a close and we focus on 2014, we at Smoking Gun decided to look back at one of the biggest social media growths of the year – the selfie. So big was this development “selfie” has...
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The Blagger’s Blog 3rd January 2014
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Thought for the Week “Got to the airport, realized I left my ID at home. TSA allowed me to use my Facebook profile instead.” Zach...
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SAScon Mini 2014 – The State of Digital PR
If you follow us on Twitter you may have seen that I went to SAScon Mini on Friday to get the latest on all things search and social. The day kicked off with a keynote from Battenhall‘s Drew Benvie...
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Persil Washing Up Liquid – Cook with the Kids
Ask yourself, do you spend enough time cooking and baking with your kids? If no, is that because you’re worried about the mess they might make? If potential mess and mayhem is the reason you don’t...
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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....
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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...
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Tunepics social media app wants to ‘define a generation’
We’ve heard some bold statements in our time, but the latest social network looking to cause a stir seems to have particularly high expectations. Then again, perhaps it should. Despite the constant...
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Food and drink PR case study: Making music videos that sell
One of our recent endeavours saw us get behind the camera to produce a promo video for one of our most beloved brands, assisted in no small part by a pair of aspiring young performers from one of the...
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Social media marketing: 5 mistakes people still make on Twitter
As expert digital public relations professionals and deft social media marketing types it goes without saying it’s our business to keep abreast of best practice when it comes to the world’s most...
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Guest Post: Should Your Business Be On Instagram?
Today we have a guest post from Alex Goodwill, talking us through the key to Instagram growth for your brand. Enjoy! Even if your business is not considered to be a visual one, you could still benefit...
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Anonymous social media cannot impede the law
They say the era of the selfie is coming to an end. Whether that’s true or not, it’s hard to deny that online networking is turning from self-promotion to faceless engagement, but what does this mean...
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The Blagger’s Blog 7th November 2014
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Thought for the Week “I’m not sure that the task of journalism has changed that much: we still send journalists to unearth stories and...
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5 ways to avoid social media automation damaging your brand
You don’t have to be an award-winning public relations agency to realise that the digital world- when it comes to promoting a company, product or service- is highly demanding. It is, highly demanding....
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