If you’re been wondering about the slight lack of posts recently, it’s all explained by the fact I’ve left Bauer Media after eight years…
So I’ll be reorganising and rebooting things a little before starting my new role…
The end of an era…
April 29, 2009 By 10 Comments
It’s been quite a momentous week for me, hence the lack of blogging. Aside from celebrating my son’s first birthday, the big event concerns my employment.
After an immensely enjoyable and educational eight years, I’ve left Bauer Media.
I hadn’t been actively looking for a change, but a couple of interesting opportunities had been put my way, and one of them in particular seemed to offer the right mix of new challenges, new experiences, and the chance to learn some new skills (More on my new job in a future post!)
And what better time to make a change than with a young family and during a recession!
But it does mean leaving some incredibly talented colleagues and some incredibly good friends I’ve been honoured to know and work with since I originally joined Emap back in 2001 (The consumer side of Emap was acquired by Bauer Media last year). During just under seven years on MCN, I was involved in two site relaunches, met almost all of my childhood heroes, broke some big news stories and went on some great trips. I also got to enjoy some great motorcycles, hit 170mph+ on test tracks, and rode some of the best UK race circuits.
And my move to marketing and social media meant I got to know people across the company, working with some hugely talented editorial, marketing and commercial teams, and getting to look at how social media and digital content and marketing works in a number of different settings.
If I listed all the people I’d like to thank, we’d be here for a very long time, so I can only hope I’ve made decent efforts to mention my gratitude over the years.
And despite the tough conditions for the publishing and media industries, knowing so many talented people across the Bauer Media business means the company is well-placed to take advantages of the opportunies available and evolve to remain a hugely successful media business.
It’s amazing how fast eight years can go when you’re enjoying yourself!
140char in distinguished company
April 23, 2009 By 1 Comment
I’ve just seen a really flattering post by the guys at ShoutEm, the ‘Roll Your Own Microblogging Community’ tool, which puts this little blog in distinguished company as one of the 4 Best Microblogging Blogs on the Web (their words, not mine!).
It’s great to be listed alongside the guys at Microblink, the rightly micro-famous Laura Fitton, and the Problogger himself, Darren Rowse’s TwitTip.
It’s also made me feel a bit guilty, as I’d be the first to admit posting has dropped recently, due to some reasons I can’t share quite yet. But the next couple of days should see some things fall into place, and some changes happening pretty quickly. Plus much, much more posting!
It was also fun to see someone pick up on the Tweet of the Week series – definitely something which will be continuing on a more regular basis (hopefully weekly before I end up having to change the name!)
