Yes, I am joining the Linkdex team!
Category:NewsI have some news, which some of you saw coming, and may surprise others: I am joining the Linkdex team!
In the past few years I have been doing a lot of different things. I’ve set up blogs like Searchcowboys and State of Search/ State of Digital. I’ve been doing training sessions for business schools and colleges, I have worked with the DMA, I have been consulting for big and small companies like KLM, MTV and Koozai for example and I have been speaking around the globe on digital marketing related topics.
All that time there was one thing that I was missing: working with a team of smart colleagues. Of course there is the State of Digital team, which I love working with, but they all have day jobs on the side as well. At Linkdex I will get the opportunity to work with smart people who are actually hired by Linkdex.
In the past four years I have met with the people of Linkdex many times. Mostly at conferences. People like Matt Roberts and Collette Easton have turned into friends on those trips. We also worked together on different occasions, like for example the e-books we published together with State of Digital and Linkdex. In all those years Matt Roberts from Linkdex has asked me a few times if I didn’t want to come and work for them. The timing was never right.
Now however the moment seems right. With State of Digital we are on route and the site is ready to take the next steps based on the strategy we have set out and with Sam Noble helping me out there I am getting a bit more time on my hands. Which makes that when Matt asked me the last time I started considering working with Linkdex and got more excited every time we talked.
And now we are making it official: as of December 1st I am joining the Linkdex team. working on the Social and Digital PR and Marketing for Linkdex and Momentology!
This gives me the opportunity to work with a great team of people and built out a product and a website which both have a lot of potential!
But wait, what about the other stuff?
As said, I do a lot of different things. And I will continue to do so. I will be spending a lot of time at Linkdex yes, but the consultancy for companies like MTV and KLM will still be there, as will the training sessions for Beeckestijn and others. I will also still be speaking around the world and State of Digital will run as usual. I will be more on the background there, but don’t worry, I will be there!
Is there time for that you ask? Well, we’ll have to see of course, but I think there is, since the way I do consultancy is different from others: you hire me for example for half a day, not for a long term period, it’s session based. The training sessions are usually in the evenings anyway and State of Digital can be done everywhere. I also won’t be working full time for Linkdex so there will be plenty of room for other things as well, so don’t be afraid to get in touch about that!
For now I am happy to make this announcement and excited to be working with Linkdex. Keep an eye out for all other things! More news to come soon!!
