GDPR – Comms disaster of the decad...
Opt-in or opt-out, despite the deadline now having passed for businesses to clean up their processes with regard to storing…
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May 2018 in the Smoking Gun study
While most of the country was glued to the royal wedding wondering why we didn’t get an extra day off…
Read moreMarch 2018 in the Smoking Gun study
Talk about headline-grabbing times. This month has been all about battling arctic conditions, investigating spy stories plucked straight from the…
Read moreBlagger’s Blog- Stephen Hawking, empty...
Weekly High This week there have been pro-gun control protests across the US, with students walking out of schools in…
Read moreFebruary 2018 in the Smoking Gun study
You wouldn’t think it had been the shortest month of the year, what with the amount of work coming out…
Read moreBrands wage war on use of plastics, but ...
This week, ASDA became the latest brand to sign up to fight the war against plastic. It announced plans to…
Read moreRecognition
The word recognise comes from the latin word, ‘recognito’ which denotes the recognition of a service. There are several factors…
Read moreJanuary 2018 in the Smoking Gun study
Talk about starts to the year; if 2017 was an epic drama, the new calendar has begun in real scene-stealing…
Read moreThe new Snapchat update lets you send st...
Social media hit the headlines again this week as it was announced that Snapchat users could now share their stories…
Read moreMisinformation means media relations are...
Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the TV, someone goes and calls a General Election. Akin…
Read moreSocial media agency tips: Memes for busi...
It’s a term that was coined in 1976 by ethologist and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins. He wanted to label instances…
Read moreNovember 2019 at Smoking Gun HQ
Winter is here, but we have plenty of in-house news to warm your hearts. After all, they don’t call it…
Read moreAMEC Measurement Month 2019: How to meas...
Another year, another global push from AMEC measurement month to raise standards across the public relations industry when it comes…
Read moreThe media must be more responsible to sa...
“Not many people have asked if I’m OK.” These words have stuck with me over the last fortnight following the…
Read more7 scarily bad Halloween PR campaign fail...
The end of October means one thing— Halloween. Which means one thing for brands— a clamour to come up with…
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