While people are gearing up for a boozetastic New Year's Eve, I thought it would be a good time to go through a quick year in review; posts I've been particularly proud of in 2008 and a condensed recap. Tomorrow, I'll avoid the trap of making 2009 predictions; I'm a horrible gambler (I don't gamble, maybe that's why) and I can't even predict how many hands I'm going to get in a bridge game. I'll leave that to people a bit more clairvoyant than I am.
I dipped my toe in the blogging water very carefully. My first post which dug a little deeper was Managing Accounts for Multiple Markets, where I discussed overcoming the difficulties in differentiating between English-speaking markets. I asked more experienced folks to collaborate more with newcomers or outsiders in the industry in Three Requests; unfortunately, making a name for oneself in the United Kingdom seems frustratingly tougher. I think this has a lot to do with the geography of exposure; there aren't a bucketload of European SEM conferences like there are Stateside, and it's one of my goals for 2009 to try to get a bit more exposed and engaged with my peers in the industry. In June, I spoke at my first SES conference - conveniently held in my hometown of Toronto.
I kind of fell off the blogging horse for a while. Work, life and more work made it difficult to blog as much as I'd like on my personal blog, so I resolved to get back in the saddle. In December 2008, I actively tried to blog as much as possible, writing posts on the train and then adding some photos and links when I got home in the evening. I made several sarcastic posts about the British government's VAT reduction (which a bunch of retailers haven't opted into), and looked at how Google was getting into the holiday spirit.
Not much of a huge post, eh? Tomorrow, some of my goals for 2009. Happy New Year, everyone!
