Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
Thirty years ago if someone had put a cat into a dustbin (bearing in mind that cats, at least the ones in my neighbourhood) enjoy rummaging in bins, it would not have even made the newspapers.
We have all embraced social media, especially the marketing team at Ralli, and we have used it to our great advantage. Had we not had this technology, word of the cat in the bin would probably not have made it to tomorrow’s fish and chip paper.
Quite what Mary Bale was thinking of is beyond anyone’s understanding, sticking a cat in a wheelie bin should not be anyones idea of fun and I fully understand the furore surrounding this matter.
However… only yesterday a Bolton pensioner was sentenced to a prison sentence for the abuse of a young girl over an 18 month period, only a couple of weeks ago the Guardian reported a young, vulnerable 14 year old girl who had been forced into prostitution after being targeted with offerings of vodka and cigarettes, in March of this year an inquest heard of a war veteran who had died in a nursing home just ten days after moving in. It was found that most of the residents in the home (which was eventually closed down) were unkempt, dirty and left wandering around. www.nursinghomeabuse.co.uk gives far more serious examples of elderly abuse and has acted for some truly shocking, very sad cases.
The point I make here is that we appear to be a nation of animal lovers and are utterly outraged by Mary Bale’s ridiculous act of sticking a cat in a wheelie bin. Yet what of the child abused by the pensioner, the young child prostitute, the war veteran left to die? Who cares about those vulnerable members of society? Where are the CCTV cameras then? Who Tweets that information? Hard to do in 140 characters but certainly food for thought.
Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
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The first time I heard the expression “panic button” was around 25 years ago, when I felt unnerved by a reported burglary in my neighbourhood. Unnerved enough to have an intruder alarm system installed in my house, the guy who installed it explained the benefits of having panic buttons, one by the bedside and one by the front door. It made sense to me.
If I was in a panic I could just press it and all hell would break loose. I had visions of it being like a scene from The Bill, police cars arriving from all over the place, burglars in stripey jumpers carrying swag bags and jumping over hedges.
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- Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
“Nipping out for a loaf” will probably become one of the phrases remembered in connection with the 2010 election. Poor Gillian, had she known the furore that was about to occur, I’m sure she would have carried on to the shops, grabbed her loaf and made her way home.
Only last week I was accosted in St Anne’s Square here in Manchester and asked if I would speak to some reporters. Never one to be shy at coming forward, I agreed and started to perform for the cameras. I think they got more than they bargained for, as I basically gave my very own, word perfect, Party Political Broadcast! After I had finished they asked me what I did for a living and the penny dropped when I explained I was head of PR & Marketing at Ralli. I realise that they really wanted the genuine “man on the street” but they just happened upon me! Read more »
Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
Ralli’s resident Auntie Gill has her say:-
I am not new to Social Media, I started to use Facebook a few years ago when my daughter went to live in France. She’s been there nearly 3 years now and I still miss her very much.
Facebook is a great way for us to keep in touch. If I don’t receive a call or a text from her every couple of days, I start to wonder if she is alright. A quick look at her Facebook page will tell me what I need to know:- She is working very hard and very tired, or she is burning the candle at both ends, with the same result, very tired! Read more »
Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
Ralli’s resident Auntie Gill comments:-
Gordon Brown has today announced that firms that snub women will be named and shamed. What is that all about? Do such places really exist? The PM says it is “completely unacceptable” that many top firms still don’t have women in senior positions. Absolutely right Gordon! You’re spot on there! He obviously has never been to our offices – here at Ralli I think it is safe to say that the women far outnumber the men!
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Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
So, Cheryl Cole has finally realised that Ashley is nothing more than a waste of space when it comes to husband material. I imagine that her 3 and a half year marriage has been a struggle. To be fair, the amount of time they have probably had as “husband and wife” has been limited at best. They wanted children together? Why? Read more »
Gillian Nuttall (PR & Marketing Manager)
Happy New Year. Twenty ten…. what are you going to call it? Two thousand and ten or, twenty ten? I personally, am going with two thousand and ten, simply because it sounds less like a boy band than “2010″.
Just before Christmas I attended a networking lunch in Liverpool with a few of my colleagues from Ralli and some clients. As well as a networking event, the organiser, Chris Shirling-Rooke treats the events as an opportunity to do some fund raising for a couple of his chosen charities, Help for Heroes and Factor 50. The Christmas lunch was the turn of Factor 50. Read more »
Tags: factor 50, gillian nuttall, martin coyne, stuart page
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January 4, 2010 4:16 pm | 
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