Passionate about technology, media and chocolate eclairs, I've worked in web and print for over twenty years and now run a digital media consultancy in Scotland.
When PR guru Craig McGill posted on Twitter that he’s put together a list of the top 50 tweeters in Scotland, I was keen to see who was on it.
Little did I expect to see myself in there with my tweets from @MorayFirthLive, rubbing virtual shoulders with the likes of Iain Hepburn from the Daily Record and Gordon Smart from the Sun.
Craig’s shortlist wasn’t just about numbers, it was based on follower quality and interaction.
We’re nearing 1000 followers, and it’s been hard work building a decent list. My dutiful colleague (aka my wife) has been largely responsible for sorting the wheat from the chaff in Twitterdom, and her criteria has always been based on quality, not quantity.
It’s a honour considering we’ve only been running for three months, to have made that impact on someone so highly regarded in the industry.
I’ve advocated the benefits of the digital space for publishers for a long time, but it was only on leaving my full-time job as a journalist with a publisher that didn’t take the web seriously that I gained the freedom to put anything into practice.
And Moray Firth Live is the result. It’s a social media project exploring the opportunities in digital newsgathering and distribution, through video, audio, text, pictures and links.
Marc (and wife) your place on the list is well deserved. All too often people forget that one of the strengths is for communities off all sizes to come together and you do that well – so when can we expect the Moray Firth Twestival?
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