Does s*x still sell? Lessons from Miley Cyrus
If you’ve got it, as they say, flaunt it. Since the earliest days of celebrity culture, bodies have been used to promote people, businesses, brands, ideas and lifestyles. But, despite being hardened...
View ArticleSimply unmissable 11
Statistic of the month According to a study by The University of Alabama, USA, 75% of the homeless young people that took part in the survey used social networks. Cult clips Ever wondered what the...
View ArticleNovember 2012 in the Smoking Gun study
December’s coming, and faster than we’d like. Because with pitches abound, a brand new project for an international client, and a host of event appearances, nobody in this office has had any time to...
View ArticleThe social media annual 2012
It has been another incredible year in the world of online networking and shared content. With this in mind we thought it best to compile some intriguing stats, facts, and videos, all of which suggest...
View ArticleThe Blagger's Blog 21st December 2012
A weekly roundup of talking points, sans effort Thought for the week “Christmas, children, is not a date. It’s a state of mind.” American Educator Mary Ellen Chase, discussing Christmas. Weekly...
View ArticleThe Blagger's Blog 4th January 2013
A weekly roundup of talking points, sans effort Thought for the week “Google’s unfair conduct threatened to block [US consumer] access to laptops, smartphones, tablets and gaming systems or raise...
View ArticleIntroducing Instagram (in case you haven’t met)
You may know 90million people actively use it each month, uploading 40million photos each day, and that Facebook bought the website wholesale for a cool $1billion last year. But that’s not the same as...
View ArticleThe Blagger's Blog 12th April 2013
A weekly roundup of talking points, sans effort Thought for the week “Whether you were for her or against her, Margaret Thatcher set the agenda for the past three and a half decades of British...
View ArticlePR firms need to cut the cr*p, says Smoking Gun Rick Guttridge
It’s all too easy for agency owners to tell current and prospective clients what they want to hear. The only problem is, the long term repercussions of misinformation can often be severe for all...
View ArticleThe Blagger's Blog 29th November 2013
A weekly roundup of media news and talking points, sans effort Thought for the Week “It would be intolerable if this time next year, on the second anniversary of Leveson, the public was still worse off...
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