A break from blogging! I’m away until July 6th 2009 « Ruth Mortimer – Brand & Business Blog

A break from blogging! I’m away until July 6th 2009

I’m taking a short break from blogging as I’m away on holiday for three weeks from Friday 12 June, leaving my colleagues at Marketing Week to provide the insight, opinion and analysis for you. I will be back at work on July 6th and back to blogging again.

In the meantime, if you get bored, I suggest you check out the main Marketing Week website, which is constantly being updated or my colleague Stuart Smith, who is back from his own holiday on June 22.

In the language of Terminator (once again hitting box offices around the world), “I’ll be back”. But not till July 6th.

Thanks for your patience!

Ruth

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2 Responses to “A break from blogging! I’m away until July 6th 2009”

Jon Says:
June 11, 2009 at 3:22 pm | Reply
Hi Ruth
Going to miss your posts.
Cheers
Jon
Paul (from Idea Sandbox) Says:
July 6, 2009 at 9:39 am | Reply
Ruth,

Thank you for including Idea Sandbox in your blogroll. With so many sites to choose from – it is an honor to be included on your short list!

Thanks again,

Paul

Sorry to post this to comments – I couldn’t find an email for you to reach you directly.

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