Smarts News http://www.smartsengland.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 24 May 2013 16:58:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The ‘live’ magazine – putting the consumer first in a digital age? http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-live-magazine-putting-the-consumer-first-in-a-digital-age/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-live-magazine-putting-the-consumer-first-in-a-digital-age/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 16:58:07 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2445 Smarts HQ remains a hive of new biz activity this week, but we still saw some lovely trade coverage in IP Magazine, Marketing Magazine and The Lawyer. This week, saw a twitter mix up between energy-provider EDF energy and political-party EFL, Twitter also announced that it will be launching the ‘lead generation card’ helping to [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-live-magazine-putting-the-consumer-first-in-a-digital-age/feed/ 0 I’m 40 – there, I’ve said it! http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/im-40-there-ive-said-it/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/im-40-there-ive-said-it/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 12:09:39 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2437 I’m 40.  There – it’s out.  And so is my husband.  We are a pair of 40 year old adults.  And don’t we just know it. I had a bit of a pre-birthday crisis (what have I achieved with my life, have I made a difference to the world, do I know how to dress [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/im-40-there-ive-said-it/feed/ 0 Twitter: peer-to-peer communication or peering over our shoulders? http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/twitter-peer-to-peer-communication-or-peering-over-our-shoulders/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/twitter-peer-to-peer-communication-or-peering-over-our-shoulders/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:15 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2431 Another busy week at Smarts HQ, with the midnight candles well and truly burned out. The team has been hard at work with some exciting projects this week, still managing to gain some great national coverage in The Guardian, Daily Mirror and The Times to name a few. Stories that have caught our attention this [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/twitter-peer-to-peer-communication-or-peering-over-our-shoulders/feed/ 0 The Smarts round-up http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-smarts-round-up-10/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-smarts-round-up-10/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:44:47 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2417 This week we have seen some lovely trade coverage, including Professional Engineering and Professional Security, and an exciting focus on new business! Stories attracting our attention this week include; the announcement that the UK is one of the most devoted places for users of social networks, YouTube officially launching a paid-for subscription service and rumours [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-smarts-round-up-10/feed/ 0 The Smarts round-up http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-round-up/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-round-up/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 15:46:56 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2403 The first true signs of summer sun have been a welcome addition to the office this week, and while we haven’t been reaching for the sun cream just yet, we have been dipping our toes into the world of news. The team has gained some great coverage this week, securing pieces in the Metro, on [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/the-round-up/feed/ 0 The Smarts Round Up http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/smarts-round-up-5/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/smarts-round-up-5/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:47:31 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2395 The week that Google was hit by criticism over competition probe, Hyundai pulled their ‘suicide’ ad and Durex shared some good vibrations… In a great end to the month we have seen some lovely national coverage, including The Independent and Telegraph for one of our legal clients and also nice piece in the Financial Director [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/smarts-round-up-5/feed/ 0 The Smarts round-up http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/the-smarts-round-up-9/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/the-smarts-round-up-9/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:26:31 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2385 As always the team has been hard at work this week, gaining some great client legal coverage in The Sun and Telegraph online, as well as two pieces with AOL.com looking at the latest fashion trends hitting the high street. The big stories that we’ve been keeping our eyes on this week include Twitter’s push [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/04/the-smarts-round-up-9/feed/ 0 Life: a continuing cycle of being the new guy http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/03/life-a-continuing-cycle-of-being-the-new-guy/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/03/life-a-continuing-cycle-of-being-the-new-guy/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:13:09 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2361 by Francis Gardener The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that life is split into various stages of being the New Guy. We are born, which is pretty much as new as it gets, and proceed through the education chain in various guises of ‘new guy-ness’: as a blubbing toddler at [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/03/life-a-continuing-cycle-of-being-the-new-guy/feed/ 0 Round Up blog: Clients on two international news channels and websites plus our take on Facebook’s revamped news feed and yet another RBS clanger http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/03/round-up-blog-clients-on-two-international-news-channels-and-websites-plus-our-take-on-facebooks-revamped-news-feed-and-yet-another-rbs-clanger/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/03/round-up-blog-clients-on-two-international-news-channels-and-websites-plus-our-take-on-facebooks-revamped-news-feed-and-yet-another-rbs-clanger/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:49:49 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2319 Great client work this week [yet again] with interviews secured for one of our legal clients on Sky News and the BBC News Channel, as well as online coverage with the Huffington Post and AOL. The stories that caught our eye this week are news of Facebook’s news feed revamp and the power of social [...]

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]]> http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/03/round-up-blog-clients-on-two-international-news-channels-and-websites-plus-our-take-on-facebooks-revamped-news-feed-and-yet-another-rbs-clanger/feed/ 0 The Smarts round-up http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/02/the-smarts-round-up-8/ http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/index.php/2013/02/the-smarts-round-up-8/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:55:37 +0000 Rebecca Scully http://www.smartsengland.com/blog/?p=2307 Hello everyone, with the weekend now clearly in view we thought it was time for this week’s Smarts round-up – our take on the happenings in the world of PR, communications and social media. This week’s stand-out stories are the embarrassing tale of Twitter hackers getting a taste of their own medicine, a cheating man [...]

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