Monday, March 1, 2010

Getting into the Swing!

3/1/10….It is comfortable and high flying!

I am starting to become acclimated to my new role and I must admit that it is enjoyable.

I no longer have to spend my day to day hours administering MediaNet Group operations. That torch has been passed on to the new management leaving me the time to get back to my creative roots.

I am still the CEO of the BSP Rewards division but that subsidiary has a tried, true, dedicated and experienced staff that only requires a minimum of directions. With James Yagielo heading the technoid department and Stefanie Kitzes spearheading new business development (and a lot more)…I can concentrate on new growth initiatives.

I am developing a multitude of new incentive, distribution and payments initiatives for the DubLi division on MediaNet. It is a world wide effort and is bringing a new excitement back into my work day. I feel like a Special Projects Consultant looking for new and better ways to add value and expand the business. It is a mind boggling endeavor and therefore exceedingly engaging. We should be able to announce some of these milestones over the weeks and months to come….I am having more fun than ever!

Until next time…..

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

It’s a Funny Feeling!

2/09/10… I’m sitting at a New Desk both physically and mentally.
Here we are in our new office digs and they are beautiful. I am sitting here and looking out my 6th floor window at glorious Boca Raton, Florida…..only 10 miles from our previous office but light years apart.

It feels like my whole life has been an entrepreneurial adventure that all of a sudden, has evolved into a corporate environment. What was a small company of 12 people a few months ago, is now part of a growing corporation of nearly 50 with offices in Berlin, Vancouver and Boca. By its very nature, the culture has dramatically shifted.

There is no doubt but that it is a change for the better with great future growth potential and an expanded and talented staff ready to take on the challenge…but I must admit that a part of me does miss the family style atmosphere of yore.
I now actually have more time to get back to my marketing roots and to take on special projects that could lead to new and exciting growth potential for MediaNet, DubLi and BSP- and the feeling is exhilarating!

Founding and running MediaNet and BSP left me with little time to concentrate on the new creative and expansive marketing programs. Now that I can focus more on BSP, I am will be able to take on specific growth projects. I can again put my ancient college marketing and advertising courses (if I remember them from over 50 years ago) to use as I did when I was had my own marketing consulting company. With any luck, some of the programs for DubLi and BSP Rewards will be operational and you will be able to see them in the months to come.

As I mentioned in my last blog, “I am really looking forward to seeing how the future takes shape. I am sure the ultimate result will prove to be interesting….to say the least.”
Until next time…..

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

We’ve Moved Uptown

1/18/10… What promises to be an exciting New Year!

Together at last. The merger happened months ago, but DubLi, MediaNet Group and BSP Rewards are now physically coming together (in the USA) under one roof.

We have migrated into our new offices in Boca Raton and they are befitting a dynamic company on the move. It is the perfect location and office suite for us to meet and greet our clients, business associates and investors from around the world.

It takes a lot to excite and old geezer like me but I can actually feel the immense electricity generated by the young turks all around me. They emanate the aura of an established business but combined with the dynamics of true entrepreneurship. It is a great feeling and I can see myself becoming totally immersed in the process.

My wife and kids keep telling me it is time to retire but they know it is not in my nature. On the other hand I can see myself as a consultant someday, passing on whatever limited knowledge I have garnered over the years to those who might find it useful. Be it near or far, that time hasn’t arrived yet. Right now I have plenty to think about and do with respect to the tasks required for our new expansion.

The Grand Opening of our new “digs” will be on January 30th at which we will be fully operational with our great staff, our transplanted additions from the Berlin office and the new employees joining the team.

I am really looking forward to seeing how the future takes shape. I am sure the ultimate result will prove to be interesting….to say the least.

Until next time…..