Archive | January, 2010

What a difference 10 years makes…

5 Jan

As the clocks stroked 12 on New Years Eve, I reflected back on the past 10 years in my life, and wow, what a ten years it’s been!

In the past 10 years I’ve done the following (in pretty much this order)..

  • Left College, got a job working in a call centre for One.Tel
  • After 1 month, moved from the call centre to do Tech Support for One.Tels newly launched ISP
  • Was introduced to Lindsey by some friends on a trip to Birmingham
  • Moved from Tech Support to Web Development for One.Tel
  • Moved in with Lindsey, renting a flat in Tunbridge Wells
  • Announced that Lindsey was pregnant with our first child
  • Moved into a house in Tunbridge Wells
  • Had our first child – Kieran, born in September 2002
  • Moved up North to One.Tel Manchester office – spent 6 months living with the in-laws
  • Got a house in Leyland, Lancashire
  • Got married on Friday 13th August, 2004
  • Announced that Lindsey was pregnant with our second son
  • Moved back down to London
  • Moved into Marketing Role at One.Tel
  • Moved to Field and Trek as their first Internet Marketing Manager
  • Jacob was born in May 2005
  • Moved from Field and Trek to a dodgy mobile phone company where I stayed for all of one month
  • Sold my first Affiliate Marketing site for £1,500.
  • Moved to St. Minver as their first Affiliate Manager
  • Launched the St. Minver affiliate platform
  • Went to Barbados with AffiliateFuture for the first time
  • Moved to Eyefall (now Altogether Digital) as their Affiliate Director
  • Went to Barbados with AffiliateFuture for the second time
  • Spoke at A4UExpo London
  • Employed Ken and Renee to build a successful team at Altogether
  • Announced that Lindsey was pregnant with our third son
  • Moved to Head of Affiliates at AffiliateFuture
  • Went to Barbados again
  • Was an Usher at Simon’s Wedding (who I’ve known since I was around 3)
  • Had our third child – Connor was born in December 08
  • Spoke to Affiliate Summit Vegas
  • Spoke at A4U Europe
  • Went to Barbados again

I’ve already started to set some personal goals for the next 10 years (which includes having no more children!) and already it’s looking like a busy 2010 with lots of plans both professionally and personally.

So all that is left for me to say (albeit 5 days late) is that I’d like to wish all my readers a very happy new year – let’s hope it’s a successful one for us all!