b5media Looking for a New Host for Business and Blogging

This time last year I contracted with the b5media network to host a site which I felt could help business people everywhere. My concept was of a blog which would be a resource for the many business people who want to know:

• whether this blogging caper stacks up as a serious business activity
• how to do it
• what the risk management implications are and
• what’s the return on investment of time and money

In other words, it would look at blogging from the perspective of a business owner, rather than from a techie point of view. Hence the order of words in the name I gave it, Business and Blogging and the sub-title, How blogs work for business.

From my point of view it has been a great experience, and now I’ve made a business decision to move on.

I’ll still be blogging at my Thinking Home Business site and elsewhere, such as at the Going Global With New Media site that Rich Brooks and I have set up to help with the session we are hosting at BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas in November: please feel free to visit there and offer comments and suggestions about how we should plan and run the session.

And of course I hope to meet up with some of you there in Las Vegas – if you are there, do please say hello.

So now the Business and Blogging gig is up for bids. I’ll be blogging on for a few weeks and will do what I can to help ensure a smooth transition.

What’s the deal? Well, here is what I’ve been told b5media are looking for:

We’re seeking a blogger to take over Business and Blogging. He or she should be an experienced blogger and familiar with the way the blogosphere works, how blogs can help businesses, and what businesses need to do to get the most from blogs and blogging. The ideal candidate is willing to grow Business and Blogging even further and is looking to expand his or her network, learn a lot, have fun, and make some money.

I can assure whoever is successful in being appointed to host this blog that you will not find a better group of people to work with, honest, straight and caring, than the b5media owners and managers. As well, the bloggers on the b5media Business Channel, of which this blog is a part, are a great bunch, very talented, businesslike and mutually supportive. And definitely fun to work with.

Great readers and commenters too! Thank you.

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