Happy New Year

Just a short note to wish you all the very best for 2010 and to thank you for dropping into Earshot in the last year.

Given that Earshot began as a reluctant trial and that sometimes I struggle to afford it the time it deserves it is gently satisfying to see how many people do drop-in. I’m especially pleased that you’re one of them.

So what’s ahead?

Even though my work is now very much business related, I retain a keen interest in the radio production, cross-platform promotions and marketing trades in which I spent so many years of my career.

So Earshot will continue to centre on those specialist fields. In part, it’s a way for me to witness change in those areas as radio adapts to its multiplatform future and siezes the opportunities of the digital world in which its audiences live. It’s also my latest justification for being a big radio anorak.

Look out later this month for a regular new feature, the Earshot Creative Review. If you have created some radio promos, production or imaging that you’d like to see critiqued by some of the industry’s finest then do get in touch.

Happy New Year.

Steve.

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You are now within Earshot

Read OR Listen?, originally uploaded by suchitra prints.

Welcome to my first ever blog post. There, that’s the hardest bit done.

A colleague suggested I should write a blog. So this is it. I’ll keep it running for six months as an experiment. After that it will either continue its upward trajectory of popularity and insight or be quietly purged from the server. All assuming that within six months I can learn how to do that.

One thing I should make clear. Earshot is designed to be centred on my work in public service media promotions and navigation. It might stray a bit but essentially it’s here to help illuminate this fast-changing area and build connections with people in related industries who can help. And who care.

If you really want the more personal stuff then I’m on Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn and Facebook.

So welcome and please feel free to make your presence known. Meanwhile, thanks for being within Earshot.

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