Thank you Forrester, a Grand Adventure!

Thank you Forrester!  When I announced I’d be joining Forrester nearly two years ago, I knew it would have been one of the best moves in my career. I certainly feel I was right. Being a Forrester Analyst is a top role to have in any industry, and one that I’ll bear proudly for the rest of my professional career.

Working with the industry’s smartest minds in marketing, strategy, and social has been fantastic, the quality of my colleagues has always kept me learning.  During my tenure I’ve been given the opportunity to segment the crowded community platform market, identify spending trends in social, and forecast the future of the social web.  As one would expect, one of the greatest benefits of being an industry analyst is seeing where trends are pointing and identify the direction of the market.  Having studied this market in-depth as an analyst, I’m looking forward to getting back into the field to apply them.

For those currently working with Forrester, my ever-gracious hiring manager Christine gives details on my transition and will keep the dialog going.  As she points out, there’s a whole team of analysts that are focused on the social marketing, I’d like to recognize a few of my immediate colleagues  Nate Elliott, Sean Corcoran, Emily Riley and of course luminary Josh Bernoff, who’s now working on his next book.  I’ve relied on them for research and projects, and you should too.

Thank you so much for letting me serve the social space as an industry analyst –I look forward to the years of growth ahead.   So let’s keep in touch, I want to get your feedback about my next role that I’ll be announcing next week, you can email me at jeremiah_owyang at yahoo.com or connect with me on Twitter.

150 Replies to “Thank you Forrester, a Grand Adventure!”

  1. Jeremiah – The thanks go to you for the ideas, positive spirit, and friendship. It’s been a joy.

    Best,
    Christine
    VP and Research Director, Forrester

  2. Congratulations Jeremiah.Was going to Tweet you — but Twitter is down. I know it’ll be a great move forward for you – whatever it is. Best of luck for the future. You’ll be sorely missed if you don’t continue your objective, informative and insightful analysis and reporting on Web 2.0 and new media trends and apps. Especially for non-tech business people. Your ability to break it down, in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand manner is rare.

    Best

    Steve

  3. I have only been following you for a couple of months, but have gone into the archives of what you have written. It has helped me tremendously in my new role as Community Manager. I can’t thank you enough, and as with all of your followers, we are anxious to see what your next venture is.

  5. Congrats! And, look forward to connecting up at next “social gulch” …hopefully we can plan on 1 soon.

  8. Congrats with your new move! Tis the year of innovation and transition. Looking forward to the next chapter of exciting content.

    Cheers!

  9. It was great watching you grow as an analyst. The industry is certainly less without your passion, commitment and insight.

  10. The social media marketing world grew and profited immensely from your view and insight. Good luck in what ever is next!

  11. It’s been great working and chatting with you since I started here – best wishes with whatever your next great adventure brings.

  13. The social media space has changed a lot for professionals. It’s transitioned from “cool, you’re a social media expert?” to “yet another social whatever, get lost!”. Nowadays, everybody is a social media expert as everybody uses the same tools, reads the same analyses, thinks the same things. The market is more than over-saturated with “social media experts”.

    In this light, I have lots of sympathy for your move. Let’s get real again. We shouldn’t just talk about “change”, we should implement “change”.

    Best, Jenny

  14. Best of luck with the move. I, and no doubt your thousands of other followers, are keen to know whether you’ll still be running this blog with the same valuable insights and news.

    Or will Forrester be taking it over given that you’ve posted to it as a Forrester employee / on Forrester’s clock?

  15. Thanks for all you’ve done for us Jeremiah. I hope to continue working with you.
    Seth

  16. Congrats! Like most everyone here – interested in hearing more about what your future holds. Look forward to the continued conversation.

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