January 31, 2012
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Craig McGill/
Rangers Football Club is having a terrible time of it. It used to have a really easy time in the mainstream Scottish media but of late has been more and more under fire between a tax case and scrutiny of the new ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
April 27, 2011
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Craig McGill/
I used to crack the joke that you know you’ve arrived when your work appears on the major BitTorrent piracy sites and I’ve seeded things (legally) in the past myself but I had a chuckle this morning to ...
April 22, 2011
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Craig McGill/
I do a fair chunk of speaking and social media workshops and while I enjoy them, I’ve noticed lately that I’m relying too much on PowerPoint and Keynote and being a bit lazy. On top of that, in Scotland ...
February 28, 2011
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Craig McGill/
UPDATE 2 (27 APRIL): Weber Shandwick Scotland are looking for a digital/social media ace. I’ve worked with them and they are a good bunch – and well known digitally in the rest of the UK – so ...
January 27, 2011
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Craig McGill/
The independent PR scene in Scotland has just had a welcome addition with the set up of CranComms, a bespoke agency set up by ex-Shelter PR supremo Christina Cran. Now Christina has always worn her heart on her ...
January 24, 2011
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Craig McGill/
Last week was great interesting for the professional services in terms of social media – we were asking if banks should use social media, then there was Twittergate with the legal profession (this is the ...