Ch-Ch-Ch Changes
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As we approach the end of the year it gives me an opportunity to reflect on all the changes of the past year and to think about the challenges ahead in the coming year. I only joined Teamstudio just over a month ago. Even in these first few weeks I have been incredibly impressed by the friendly and open ‘welcome’ I have received from across the Teamstudio business. The Monday that I stated was especially tough as the sad news had just reached the UK office about Andrew's death in Afghanistan, but the team here still went out of their way to make me feel welcome and to help me settle in.
My own business background is one of 'big' corporate (Xerox and Vodafone). The change I was looking to make this year - after some 'personal' time out to go travelling and do some more sailing - was to move to a smaller organisation that was more focused, dynamic and open, and could offer me a whole new set of challenges. With the task ahead of us in the coming year, Stephanie [Heit] has certainly given me those challenges! Launching a CRM product means a whole new marketplace for Teamstudio, potentially a whole new set of customers, and definitely a whole new set of processes. It is great to be a part of building this from the ground-up and thankfully, I do not have to do it all on my own as I have the support of the marketing and technical teams here in the UK, as well as the exhortations of the boss to keep me on track!
Our CRM launch activity really gets rolling in the new year. We have planned a series of activities such as a joint seminar with IBM as well as email and print/on-line marketing campaigns to start to really drive the customer awareness around our GEDYS-Intraware CRM offering.
But before all that starts, we have our break over Christmas - and I love Christmas! Two small children and one big kid in our house! We will be driving a few miles over the vacation period, visiting family and friends. The snowfall we have had here and the few delays I have experienced on our motorways recently really pale into insignificance against the challenges of the snow-struck Eastern seaboard in the US, and of course the travel woes of the Eurostar passengers and those stuck on the motorways here in Kent! Even the celebrity host of UK's Big Brother, Davina McCall, was stuck in her car for 16 hours - but kept everyone up to speed through regular Tweets. One of the downsides of Twitter perhaps...
I would like to finish by saying a big ‘thank you’ to everyone that has helped me start to build the platform for our CRM launch, and to say how much I am looking forward to a challenging new year of growth, revenue success, fun and developing my role here at Teamstudio.
As we approach the end of the year it gives me an opportunity to reflect on all the changes of the past year and to think about the challenges ahead in the coming year. I only joined Teamstudio just over a month ago. Even in these first few weeks I have been incredibly impressed by the friendly and open ‘welcome’ I have received from across the Teamstudio business. The Monday that I stated was especially tough as the sad news had just reached the UK office about Andrew's death in Afghanistan, but the team here still went out of their way to make me feel welcome and to help me settle in.
My own business background is one of 'big' corporate (Xerox and Vodafone). The change I was looking to make this year - after some 'personal' time out to go travelling and do some more sailing - was to move to a smaller organisation that was more focused, dynamic and open, and could offer me a whole new set of challenges. With the task ahead of us in the coming year, Stephanie [Heit] has certainly given me those challenges! Launching a CRM product means a whole new marketplace for Teamstudio, potentially a whole new set of customers, and definitely a whole new set of processes. It is great to be a part of building this from the ground-up and thankfully, I do not have to do it all on my own as I have the support of the marketing and technical teams here in the UK, as well as the exhortations of the boss to keep me on track!
Our CRM launch activity really gets rolling in the new year. We have planned a series of activities such as a joint seminar with IBM as well as email and print/on-line marketing campaigns to start to really drive the customer awareness around our GEDYS-Intraware CRM offering.
But before all that starts, we have our break over Christmas - and I love Christmas! Two small children and one big kid in our house! We will be driving a few miles over the vacation period, visiting family and friends. The snowfall we have had here and the few delays I have experienced on our motorways recently really pale into insignificance against the challenges of the snow-struck Eastern seaboard in the US, and of course the travel woes of the Eurostar passengers and those stuck on the motorways here in Kent! Even the celebrity host of UK's Big Brother, Davina McCall, was stuck in her car for 16 hours - but kept everyone up to speed through regular Tweets. One of the downsides of Twitter perhaps...
I would like to finish by saying a big ‘thank you’ to everyone that has helped me start to build the platform for our CRM launch, and to say how much I am looking forward to a challenging new year of growth, revenue success, fun and developing my role here at Teamstudio.
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