Blimey what a year. I’ve moved in with my girlfriend and am losing hair. I don’t know if the two are linked?
But the Ketchup website is just over 1 year old, and I want to thank everyone for their support throughout 2007; encouragement, sending me press releases and inviting me to cool events.
So now I’m looking to the next 12 months.
My day job is getting a bit busier, especially over summer. So I’ve been thinking about starting a search for a couple of contributors to help keep Ketchup up to date and relevant for the industry, and to add some fresh perspective.
I started the original Ketchup newsletter, and this blog, mainly because no-one else was doing anything similar in our industry, and as a way to make contacts at brands that I’d maybe like to work for some day. So far it’s going well…more people are signing up each week, and I’ve had several job offers along the way.
So I’d really like to hear from some junior people at agencies and brands across the industry who might be interested in getting involved. The reason I’d like to hear from the ‘junior ranks’ is simply because I want to help someone at the bottom work their way up a bit (but if your an MD and fancy contributing, don’t feel put off!) It’s also these peeps that will be leading the way when us oldies are in the people’s home!
There’s no money in it, but having an opinion and voicing it is a great way to get noticed in the industry, and with over 2,000 brands and agencies reading Ketchup there are definately opportunities to exploit.
If you are interested, or think some of your team might be, drop me a line to clubketchup@hotmail.com and we can take it from there.