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The allmediascotland.com Academy: Anna Steven: Media office telephone numbers and helplines
October 7, 2015
IF you are operating a large media office, it’s likely you already have a single telephone…
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The allmediascotland Academy: Miles Duncan: Working out in the ‘LinkedIn gym’September 30, 2015
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The allmediascotland Academy: Mike Wilson: Let your target audience dictate your opening gambitJune 16, 2015
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The allmediascotland Academy: David Sawyer: Give it away, for freeJune 9, 2015
I WAS chatting to my good friend, Scott Guthrie, the other day. Me in Glasgow, him in...
The allmediascotland Academy: Mike Wilson: Making the most of press conferencesJune 7, 2015
IF, for whatever reason, you have to deal with the media, en masse, in the...
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EVER felt an interview with a journalist didn’t quite go to plan or as well as...
The allmediascotland Academy: Miles Duncan: Using LinkedIn to improve your face-to-face networkingJune 6, 2015
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NO-one relatively new to the ‘media game’ would expect any dealings with a journalist to...
The allmediascotland Academy: Andy Green: What’s your ‘brand story’ narrative – and who is pulling your strings?May 26, 2015
HAVE you checked your script lately? The script of the story you are telling the...
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The allmediascotland Academy: Andy Green: Why you need to master your ‘brand storytelling’May 22, 2015
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The allmediascotland Academy: Mike Wilson: First, ask the ‘impact’ questionMay 22, 2015
AS the late, great journalist, George Hume, was sometimes fond of saying, we are all...