Colin Gilchrist's Blog (23)

Fancy a great cup of coffee?

My latest post for The Drum advertising and marketing magazine - bigging up Edinburgh Coffee Morning! Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on December 6, 2009 at 11:02pm — No Comments

Social Media and traffic congestion

I’m based in Edinburgh – and right now the city centre is in tatters due to the ongoing traffic congestion caused by our dearly beloved Tram project. And yes I live on the west of the city and work in Leith, in the east, so that trek across the city can at times be a challenge. The majority of people and… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on November 27, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Social media is the answer to life, the universe and everything

I've been asked to blog for The Drum magazine... not sure if that's a good or bad thing, let the battle commence: My first post: Social media is the answer to life, the universe and everything Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on October 16, 2009 at 3:04pm — 1 Comment

Fashion meets Quantum Film Production

Live now at www.19RM.tv QMorphic and Roland Mouret join forces to present the RM Spring Summer 2010 show in a groundbreaking and unique way. QMorphic f… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on October 14, 2009 at 1:59pm — No Comments

Reasons why businesses are slow to adopt social media policies

There are still reasons why businesses are reticent to get involved in using social media, it was written in Social Media Today but essentially they are: 1. Employees will waste time with it - some companies have banned access, e… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on September 27, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

More than 500 newspapers sign up for online news charging scheme

I read this morning about a company called Journalism Online who launched in April this year - it's been set up by Steven Brill the Yale Lecturer and journalist; they are effectively asking for multiple w… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on August 17, 2009 at 1:08pm — 1 Comment

Start up companies and investment opportunities

I meant to post this a while back - the following video is an indication of the Scottish appetite for start ups and the investors circling. I had an interesting conversation with an investor recently who was very very keen to invest in excess of £4m but was struggling to find a business in his area of expertise with a proven business model that would give him a better return in 3 years than if the money sat in a high interest account - an interesting paradox where there are people desperately l… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on July 29, 2009 at 7:20pm — 1 Comment

Tweetabits on TechCrunch

I met Mike Butcher from TechCrunch 18 months ago when pimping AdPay in the early days. I only thought it the decent thing to do and share or gain fee… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on July 17, 2009 at 8:06pm — 4 Comments

Governments ‘must safeguard future of Scots newspapers - Yes or No?

Image courtesy of "Newspaper Innovation"

Brian Currie gave me permission to post a link to his article in The Scotsman today:… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on July 14, 2009 at 5:22pm — 6 Comments

Free advice, it doesn't pay - or does it?

(Image care of Hugh at gapingvoid.com)
Not all of us do it for the cash, some of us consider 'The Godfather' way - but ultimately there are a few great people out there in our creative world that give up their time to help and assist startups and young companies without loo… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on July 2, 2009 at 9:29pm — 9 Comments

Wimbledon goes Mobile

Ogilvie working with IBM have created a superb little tool for those visiting Wimbledon this year (c/o Rory Sutherland, @nickbtweets #maduk)

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Added by Colin Gilchrist on June 17, 2009 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Creative Scotland Meeting: 9:30 – 12:30 on Tuesday 23 June

Michael Russell, Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution, Ewan Brown, Chair of Creative Scotland, 2009 Ltd and Richard Holloway, Chair of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen would like to welcome members of the artistic and creative community to the first in a series of quarterly events to discuss Creative Scotland. These events are intended to update the community on ongoing progress and offer an opportunity for you to contribute towards Creat… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on June 7, 2009 at 7:03pm — No Comments

Creative Scotland - Game on!

Culture Minister Michael Russell confirmed April 28th 2009 that Creative Scotland will launch Spring 2010 - the amalgamation of The Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen - it will be a modern body that provides funding that fulfils its creative objectives in benefiting specialisms - taking risks and supporting creative individuals and be a creative organisation. He is asking all of us to enter into the debate and discuss how it is formed, the focus it has and how choices are made. - There w… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on May 5, 2009 at 4:14pm — 16 Comments

Newspaper Survival - another direction

The New York Times - are they pulling the rabbit out of the hat or grasping at straws? The Kindle on steroids is the suggestion... not exactly handy on the tube.… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on May 4, 2009 at 8:24pm — 3 Comments

Newspaper Circulation - Creatives can help?

I have a bee in my bonnet about the future of Newspapers after Rupert Murdochs comment about Google stealing copyright - he is clearly right to be nervous but not at the expense of Google - because the traffic it generates to his sites - he should be paying for it not viewing it as the enemy. Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for newspapers in Eastern Europe has increased circulation by up to 100% (and won awards). Can good design save the newspaper? It i… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on April 13, 2009 at 10:32am — 5 Comments

Murdoch Wants a Google Rebellion / Make the News Personal

Further to this post by Dirk Smillie of Forbes: Murdoch Wants a Google Rebellion I want to offer up a train of thought for other innovators / investors. Those of you that know me, will be aware of the "Adpay" model that we developed - putting that to one side I am more interested in opening up a discussion centred around a dying publishing business. It is cle… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on April 8, 2009 at 6:29pm — No Comments

Zappos impact on Scottish Businesses

I am in the fortunate position of meeting a number of the exec team at Zappos in a couple of weeks time. Some of you maybe know their story, in brief: $0 to $1billion turnover in 8 years from largely encouraging every member of staff… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on March 10, 2009 at 6:17pm — 9 Comments

A pointer for your marketing strategy in 2009

Adam Ostrow on Mashable posted a handy piece of info for your business plan - marketing spend - it needs to go here... sorry, in a social environment!

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Added by Colin Gilchrist on January 12, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Dilbert - long live the idea - be careful of presentation...

How will you present your idea? http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-12-14/ Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on December 24, 2008 at 9:38am — No Comments

Set the Bar! - Seth Godin

As a follower of Seth Godin's blog I feel it only fair to share this latest post - "The first person with a great product or story that matches the market establishes the narrative, sets the bar and forces followers to conform to her specs. If you've got the good stuff, going first means y… Continue

Added by Colin Gilchrist on December 14, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

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