Pursuing the Web Strategy mission as a Forrester Analyst
For those that read this blog, you’ll know that I’m passionate about the web, I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be furthering the Web Strategy mission by accepting a new role at an amazing company.
Forrester Research, a perfect fit
I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be joining Forrester Research as a Senior Analyst focused on Social Computing for the Interactive Marketer. Forrester is the leading industry analyst firm focused on this emerging industry, and thanks to luminaries like Charlene Li and team, they’ve produced tremendous thought leadership in the space. They’ve produced a large growing library of resources, and as an analyst, I will also be conducting research, publishing reports, and advising Forrester’s clients. I really believe this to be a perfect fit and am excited to start on October 1st, 2007.
Thank you PodTech Network
Since Sept 2006, as the Director of Corporate Media Strategy, I’ve had the most amazing experience living in the epicenter of social media, and I’m thankful. I’ve met so many amazing people, worked with thought and practice leaders, and been part of amazing events like BlogHaus, PodTech is a training ground for talent. Having informed my colleagues of my change, I’ve received nothing from congratulations and support from James the CEO on down. I’m grateful to John Furrier for launching the company and hiring me on the team. On mutually good terms, I end my time at PodTech on Sept 14th, CEO James McCormick wishes me the best.
Pursuing the Web Strategy Mission
Why an analyst? This is native to me. If you check out my posts tagged Web Strategy, or the various industry lists that I’ve been collecting you’ll find that it’s not too different from what an Industry Analyst does. I enjoy writing, and have published 1,327 posts in the last 15 months (about 3 a day, including weekends). Like my role at PodTech, I’ll also be guiding corporations, helping them navigate the uncharted social computing sphere. I’ll continue to write publications, consult, and speak. Social computing is native to me, before PodTech I deployed the social media program at Hitachi Data Systems, Shel has the story.
Stepping down from Board of Advisors
As an Analyst, Ill be unbiased in my analysis and reports, sadly, I’m stepping down from the Board of Advisors for WaterCooler (a successful Facebook applications company) and UStream.tv (live interactive video streaming).
What will happen with the Web Strategy Mission? It will continue to evolve, and now I’ll be working with the top analytical minds in the industry. For corporations, the journey is just starting, so stay close to me: subscribe to this blog, follow me on Twitter (where I first announced this), friend me at Facebook or find peers by joining the Web Strategy Community.
It’s going to be exciting, I’ll be able to serve the web industry as an analyst at Forrester Research!
I’m going to take a few days off from blogging, see you in Facebook!
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Congrats on the new gig!
Congrats, Jeremiah!
Congrats! and enjoy your break
Congratulations! This is the perfect fit for you. I have been extremely impressed with your thinking and writing.
Congrats Jeremiah! Seems like this is custom tailored to what you love to do.
congrats Jeremiah! I know you will kick some serious booty in this position - really great news for you and especially for Forrester!
Nice work on getting the Forrester gig, they are a class act, one of the best in the world.
Congratulations!! Go get ‘em tiger.
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Good luck in your new role. Glad to hear (via Twitter) that you will keep the Web Strategist blog going.
It does sound like a natural fit for you and wish you nothing but the best of luck going forward.
best of luck. keep blogging (do forrester do that?)
Steven
Yes, Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff have a great blog:
http://forrester.typepad.com/charleneli/
Awesome news Jeremiah - you continue to impress me as one of the new leaders in the Web space. Congrats to you and your family!
Awesome news, but not surprising. You will be an asset to the Forrester folks. Congratulations Jeremish!
Congrats Jeremiah, sounds like a perfect fit for both parties.
/kff
koodos to you! gluck on your new journey. keep me updated while im in europe!
Jeremiah, this is tremendous news. PodTech must be very sad at your leaving. Equally, Forrester must be utterly delighted that they have snagged you. I wish you every success.
congrats. hope the new job keeps you inspired to continue posting awesome material
Jeremiah, congrats!
Congrats dude, I’m sure John and team will miss you, but Forrester’s a great place for your next chapter…
Awesome! Really happy for you! Now that you’re moving into such fancy pants, don’t forget to keep in touch!
Nice.
Pretty soon I’ll be able to tell people “I knew Jeremiah way back when…”
I smell a book deal coming too
Congratulations!…in other news, I’ve just read the Dow Jones white paper and thought it was excellently done!
Congrats!
Awesome Jeremiah, hey can I have your old job?
Fantastic news - a big boost to Forrester’s cred!
good for you. most of us are less interested in podtech (nice as it is) and more for the conversation writ large. keep on, er, rocking in, or near, the free world. staying in sf, or moving?
Congrats, Jeremiah! We’ll look forward to seeing what you now produce under the Forrester banner!
Good job Jeremiah, Forrester is certainly a great fit for you, although I hope you get to stay in the bay area
congrats Jeremiah, really enjoyed reading your posts.
Hope that you won’t have 90% of what you do at Forrester behind a paid wall, but not betting on it.
good luck with the new gig. They’ll have a hard time replacing you at podtech.
Congrats Jeremiah. I am sure you will continue to offer us with insights on the industry. Looking forward to hearing from you on how web strategy is shaping up in big corporations.
Yay for JKO! Hardest working man on the Web. Maybe the nicest, too. I love it when the good guys win. Look forward to learning more from you as you put on your Forrester cap. Good for them.
Congrats man! Couldn’t have happened to a nicer and smarter guy!
Huh? Thought I commented earlier, but don’t see it. Anyway—congrats on the new gig!
Karl, I’ll still be in the bay area, the Silicon Valley offices is in Foster City, ya know, the tall white one.
Congratulations on the great news!
You are awesome at what you do Jeremiah! Congrats on your new role, and I look forward to following you there.
Congratulations - sounds like a great fit!
Congratulations Jeremiah. That’s a fantastic fit for a thought-leader. I think Forrester has scored, big time.
Congrats, Jeremiah! It sounds like a fantastic opportunity for you!
Congrats Jeremiah! I think this new role is a perfect fit, and know you will do extremely well.
Best of luck to you buddy.
Cogratulations, Jeremiah. You’ve done a lot for Podtech and will make an awesome commentator on the world of social media.
Congrats! Do they know how lucky they are to have you?!
Wonderful news!
I’ll join in with my congrats. I think this is such a great fit for your skill and I look forward to reading the research that you put out.
Nice work! That’s a big gig. Congrats.
Good on you! Keep it up.
Rock on Jeremiah! Congrats on the new role. I’m sure I’ll continue to learn a lot from you.
@ Jim Turner It’s hard to imagine that PodTech will be able to go on with a social media expert to help clients. If I learn more, I’ll let you know.
Stay tuned
Congratulations Jeremiah. Forrester is lucky to have you.
This is great news. Of course, as Marshall said, now that you’re sitting down at the dinner table with the big boys, don’t forget us. Will continue to enjoy reading your blog.
PS. Waiting for Valleywag to weigh in
Excellent work Jeremiah! Congratulations!
Forrester has made a very wise choice — they’re getting one of the best minds in the business when it comes to web strategy! Best wishes for a successful transition.
Felicitations as we say in French!
Excellent. Congratulations.
Hope to see you at Podcast and New Media Expo next month.
And we can all say “we knew him when”
Jeremiah, congrats, well deserved, and remember what I told you about that magazine cover!
Congratulations on the new role!
I’m a newcomer to your blog… But have quickly become a regular. Great stuff!
Congrats & best of luck to you
All the best to you in your new gig. We’ll all be following your doings there!
Congrats! a perfect fit.
J
Great move for you and for Forrester. Congrats to you, Charlene and the rest of the Forrester team.
I look forward to reading your reports as an *official* industry analyst. You’ve already been playing that role. Feels like a perfect fit.
g
Jeremiah, we met only super-briefly at sxsw this year (I was hanging out with Marshall K) and I didn’t have a chance to tell you how critical a read you’ve been for me for the last year and a half or so. So here’s thanking you for all the generosity and soul you’ve put into your blog, and good luck at Forrester.
(If some of your best stuff disappears behind that insurmountable Forrester paywall, I’ll be good and truly bummed, though!)
Jeremiah-
I’m real happy for you and sad for us- I enjoyed creating video content for your show with you. I’ll miss out little production pow wow’s. You’re one of the good ones-
Rocky-
Congratulations Jeremiah! It’s great to see another luminary join the team at Forrester. Best of luck with your new endeavors.
Congratulations on the new job! Really great to see you grow as a web strategist.
Rocky, thank you for being a kick ass editor!
Jerimiah,
Sorry to see you leave podtech. But you are going to a great company with really smart people like Charlene LI. I have always been a fan of Forrester.
I look forward to seeing what you publish with them.
Best of luck and see you on facebook as well.
Rodney Rumford
www.facereviews.com
Congrats Jeremiah.
Jeremiah,
I’m just glad to see you’ll still be blogging away here! I will be interesting to see how your work at Forrester nuances your posts here. Best of luck!
Jim Long
that sounds fun!!
Wow, I had to scroll a lot in order to add my congratulations!
Looking back over your most recent posts, this seems like such a natural fit for you. I’m looking forward to seeing your future analysis, now that you have the support of Forrester.
Good luck Jeremiah!
Congrats!
Sounds like a perfect fit for you
Jeremy,
I hope you keep making videos, you’re really good at it.
You’ll be missed!
(btw, congrats!)
Bro!
You keep moving from bigger to BIGGER accomplishments. Congratulations, bud! Rock ON!
Let me know when you’re throwin a party! Been a while
Say “Hi” to Shirley…
Best of luck Jeremiah, looking forward to good things from you.
Lisa Padilla
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Sincere congrats, Jeremiah! Great fit for you and for Forrester!
Great news! Best of luck in your new position.
Get ready to live a 4c2q1s world! I’m an alum from the late ’90s. George runs a great company!
Congratulations on new assignment and best of luck. I hope you will continue blogging and keep sharing your valuable insights.
Congratulations! Seems like a great fit…look forward to your research.
Congratulations Jeremiah. I’ll be following your insights as you move to Forrester.
Looking forward to having you on board!
Congratulations, Jeremiah. Always sounded like a fun gig to me. You’ll have to keep us posted as to how it’s going. All the best!
Best wishes in the new position J
Obviously not only does Charlene get it- she also knows how to recruit. Congrats my friend well done and nice to know that your influence will continue to spread even further especially in the corporate space. Hurray for all of us!
Dude, congrats! I think it will allow you to focus even more on your passions.
The Strategist now becomes Analyst - congratulations. I think you’re going to have a blast, just hope not too much of your good thinking goes behind the pay wall!
Saw your mug on Valleywag - guess you now need to join the group
J,
So glad for you. Will miss the passion you bring every day. You definitely walk the talk!
congrats Jeremiah - let’s stay in touch!
mike
Jeremiah,
I hope you keep up the passion and look forward to reading your posts in the future. Congratulations and enjoy your new job.
Congrats and well deserved Jeremiah.
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congrats, well done
Oh nice! Congz!
Hope to see you soon in SF
Well done Jeremiah - couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
Walter
“I hope you keep making videos, you’re really good at it.”
I still have more videos in the publishing queue that are ready to launch. As far as I know, we’ll get them published!
Holy cow, 97 comments and all positive. We must have done the right thing, Jeremiah!
Seriously, welcome to the team, and welcome to the groundswell.
I’m late to the comment party but - Congrats!
Hopefully we’ll see your insights in some of those reports soon. Best of luck.
congrats with the new gig!…
A perfect fit, Jeremiah. Well done. You must be thrilled! I’m thrilled for you!
Congrats and good luck!
Congrats! This is a great job for you and a role you will relish and gorw in–Charlene IS a rockstar! Best of luck..look forward to reading your work in this context.
Well done Jeremiah! Congratulations on your success and I’m confident that Forrester will benefit from your skills and thoughts.
All the best to you!
Congrats. This is indeed a great fit and I think Forrester has really struck one out of the ballpark by hiring you.
Best of luck,
TNL
Chris Courtright, my fellow colleague at World Savings? Either way thanks
Josh Bernoff, I’m looking forward to working with you at Forrester, (oh, and I guess you didn’t see valleywag, some funny comments there, yes, you can borrow me hair gel).
I really goes both ways, with everyone telling me it’s a “perfect fit” I’m also glad I’m joining the right outfit!
Maybe this is just the start of “hiring 2.0″ where the community suggests, interviews, places, and approves your next job.
Outstanding news, Jeremiah. With luck, we’ll still be able to get together at the occasional SF Podcaster meetup!
Congratulations and good luck. Forrester should be a great fit.
Congratulations Jeremiah! I believe you have a perfect fit for this role. Good for you and good for Forrester. I wish you all the best!
Jonghee Jo
BTW, it was Charlene Li and Peter Kim who suggested this would be a good fit, the thanks goes to them.
That’s awesome. Now I’ll see your name pop out more often when I’m doing research
Congrats Jeremiah. I greatly enjoy reading your blog and look forward to reading your work with Forrester.
Jeremiah — congrats. I’m a huge fan of Forrester (Charlene and Josh in particular) but they could use more firepower in the social computing space. You’ll do great things I’m sure! BTW, Peter Kim and I are former Fidelity colleagues. Tell him I said “hello!”
Hey…good luck Jeremiah, and get those Forresters to blog more…
Congrats on the new position at Forrester, this sounds like a good fit.
I have learned a lot from our conversations, and I look forward to seeing what you have to blog about moving forward.
I’ll throw out the 116th congrats here! Unless someone pushes submit first…JKO, this is an amazing move for you. Well done sir, well done.
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Jeremiah … a great move, congratulations. This makes your Executing Social Media (Atlanta Nov 14-16) appearance even more interesting. Cheers, John
You’re moving up at warp speed. Don’t stop. Congrats and best wishes!
Congratulations! As everyone has already stated, “its a perfect fit.”
JKO
Congratulations. I really like Josh’s work, so I am pleased you are joining a good team. We are a client of Forrester so I’ll look forward to getting some good feedback from you.
BTW when is that book from Forrester on social media due (or is it out already). You should also connect with JP Garbani at Forrester, he’s a great guy.
I’ve only met Josh once, during the interview process, he clearly gets it from a strategic standpoint, and I can’t wait to check out his upcoming book.
I’ll connect with JP, thanks!
Congratulations Jeremiah, I’m sure you’ll be doing a fantastic work at Forester. My only regret is that you will stop doing your great interviews. But on the other hand we will get great analysis
All the best!
René
Jeremiah — Thanks for joining Forrester — I really look forward to working with you!
Cheers,
George
George,
Wow, great to see you here, I hope to meet you in person in Cambridge.
For those that don’t know, George’s middle initial stands for Forrester. I have him to thank.
His distinguished profile:
http://www.forrester.com/ER/Research/List/Analyst/Personal/0,,663,00.html
Congrats Jeremiah! I am a mere Twitter follower of yours, but as a social media geek and PR flack am a fan of both you and Forrester– looks like a great fit, and looking forward to hearing about your work there.
Congrats. When will you start doing analyst meetings with companies in the space? We’d love to talk.
Gratz, Jeremiah, you’ll be great and I look forward to continued great analysis here and on Forrester.
JO: I will miss you! PodTech is sorry you are leaving but happy to have you join such a wonderful company like Forrester! Go get ‘em.
JO: I know that keep missing each other on email. Congrats. I am sure we’ll be talking via Forrester Inquiries now.
Congrats!
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cheers,
Graeme
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Congratulations!
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Congratulations Jeremiah! Can’t wait to see the great things you’ll be doing with Forrester.
Best of luck in your new role! No doubt you will be successful there as well. Love to catch up with you about some news on my end.
-Rick
*crawls out from hole in the ground*
congrats!
Just catching up on me feeds…congratulations on the new gig!
Thanks for taking the time, late or not, to leave a comment.
Hi Jeremiah
Late to the party….thats my norm, “fashionably late” though :-). As one of your regular readers, wanted to say THANKS! Your insight, strategic framework and commitment to the cause is valued. Good luck at Forrester.
Very nice. Sounds like a great opportunity for you. Forrester is clearly getting someone who knows the space.
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Jeremiah,
I have followed your blog for quite some time now. I admire your accomplishments and take heed to your suggestions.
When you have a moment, would you mind answering a few questions for me.
I also, want to gear towards becoming a web strategist, I have a great passion for the web and I have worked in all aspects of development for the web.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Thanks,
Mary
Mary, I’ll be happy to help you, I’ll send you an email.
Congrats on the new position. Sounds like its a doozey. Best of luck!
Congrats on the new gig.. You deserve it.
Forrester has just gained a wonderful resource. Have fun, and best wishes on this new adventure!
Jen
Just got back to reading my feeds after some travelling… you are now officially a “guru”.
congrats! just getting back in the groove but very awesome.
Analysts of social media…
When Jeremiah announced that he’s joining Forrester, it got me thinking about how few analyst firms are writing about social media. You can’t turn around with bumping into Forrester, and Jupiter is doing some work, but the other big firms……
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Just another in a long list of heart-felt congrats!
Congrats, Jeremiah. Sounds like a perfect fit.
-jf.
Congratulations, Jeremiah. A great gig, indeed. I look forward to PAYING for your thoughts starting in October
Luckily, Wells Fargo is a client.
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Hey Jeremiah, seems like whenever I’m researching the latest and greatest Web 2.0 features, your results come up. I’m getting alot of hits from your site probably because you have a great blog with cutting edge important topics.
Danogo
Thanks, I think we’re like minded, and a good reason why we keep on running into each other. Thanks for adding to this. I look forward to continuing to serve the industry.
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Applause for you.
Your customer/user centered approach should be an asset in researching and communicating the values and implications of social media.
I’m looking forward to your report, “The Best And Worst Of Social Networking Sites For Marketing”.
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I’m sure you’ll be doing a fantastic work at Forester.
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well done , best of luck for future
hey jermiah,
i posted yesterday about my idea for a UNICEF/VISA/STARBUCKS card that would launch a RED like campaign for starbucks, but i don’t see it up here anymore?
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Congrats Jeremiah, sounds like a perfect fit for both parties
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