September 30, 2011
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Craig McGill/
Scotland sees new alcohol sales rules coming into place this weekend with the aim or curbing cheap multi-buy discounts being one of the primary goals. But, as The Drum and The Law Society of Scotland point out, ...
September 15, 2011
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Craig McGill/
There’s an interesting story over at The Drum about a row having broken out between Liverpool City Councillors and the local press. In short, the council is banning their press officers from speaking to the ...
August 31, 2011
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Craig McGill/
There’s been a few instances recently (including one where I was giving a quick Twitter masterclass to some police at 2am but that’s a story for another day) where it’s been clear that for many in ...
July 22, 2011
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Craig McGill/
The whole phone hacking issue been covered elsewhere and better in-depth than I can give time to, but this one item did impress me. While it’s fair to say that until Edelman PR got on board the phone hacking ...
July 20, 2011
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Craig McGill/
Those fine people at the Social Media Academy/Social Media Library have put on a one day event about Twitter called Twitter in Scotland and, as you would expect, it has a hashtag – #twitterscot – but ...
July 4, 2011
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Craig McGill/
I am utterly delighted to be announcing ex-Digital Editor of the Daily Record and STV Local Editor Iain Hepburn has joined Contently Managed as the country’s first Director of Brand Journalism allowing us to ...
June 2, 2011
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Craig McGill/
Tesco Scotland had a little IT hitch (though it may have been a PR stunt, you never know) with the result being that you were able to buy three cases of beer for £11. But how did word spread so quickly to cause the ...
May 12, 2011
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Craig McGill/
Now this is what I call digital democracy. There’s tons that could be said about the Scottish Elections last week (or you can read this post, this post, this post and listen to this Audioboo and that pretty ...
May 3, 2011
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Craig McGill/
The BBC seems to be in a bit of a muddle regarding social media use for staff, according to politics site Guido Fawkes. Business Editor Robert Peston cracked a sexual joke about the Royal Wedding and was asked to ...
April 29, 2011
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Craig McGill/
For years, business types have been told – time and time again – to make sure they have their own domain names and professional looking email addresses. It’s a basic thing. It inspires confidence ...