{"id":5036,"date":"2013-09-04T01:25:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T01:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2014-12-20T18:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T18:17:27","slug":"i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"I am Currently a Free Agent and Open to Opportunities\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Initially I will be Consulting, Speaking, Writing, etc.\u00a0More to come soon\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\":-)\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>In the words of Collective Bias Co-Founder\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/katadhin\">John Andrews\u2026\u00a0<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"pin_images_2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/?p=4391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-02 at 1.48.20 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-02-at-1.48.20-PM.png\" width=\"565\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dear\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CollectiveBias?directed_target_id=0\">Collective Bias<\/a>\u00a0Colleagues and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialfabric.us\/\">Social Fabric\u00a0<\/a>Members\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I have known some of you since the very beginning of Collective Bias (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amy.callahannow?directed_target_id=0\">Amy Callahan<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jaythornton000?directed_target_id=0\">Jay Thornton<\/a>\u2026 remember BlogHer 2009?) and have met the rest as you have joined this great enterprise, this mission, this family we call Collective Bias. I met\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Katadhin?directed_target_id=0\">John Andrews<\/a>\u00a0before he and Amy founded Collective Bias, and the ideas were initially germinating at Walmart with Eleven Moms.<\/p>\n<p>We have all worked together since the beginning in one form or another\u2026 first me supporting the efforts of John, Amy and Collective Bias while at e.l.f. and OpenSky, then joining as an Advisory Board member in January 2011, as Chief Social Marketing Officer in May of 2011, and I look forward to sharing in the future success of Collective Bias.<\/p>\n<p>I am proud of what we have accomplished and what will be accomplished in the future due to all of our hard work, passion, thought leadership, media disruption, and relentless pursuit of how to best leverage Social Media to support Brands and Retailers. Creating\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cbsocially?directed_target_id=0\">Cb.Socially<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/cbias\">#cbias<\/a>\u00a0hashtag is something of which I am personally particularly proud.<\/p>\n<p>Work hard, support your colleagues, be Innovative, Creative\u2026 and ALWAYS Engage, Interact and build RELATIONSHIPS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook well to this day. Yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day.\u201d ~Francis Gray<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tedrubinpage?directed_target_id=0\">Ted Rubin<\/a><br \/>\nCollective Bias Former Chief Social Marketing Officer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/ronr\">#RonR<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>P.S.\u00a0I am here for YOU ALL always. Reach out anytime, for any reason. It\u2019s All About Relationships!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"pin_images_3\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/?p=4391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-02 at 1.11.20 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-02-at-1.11.20-AM.png\" width=\"566\" height=\"713\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_4\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/?p=4391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-02 at 1.28.52 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-02-at-1.28.52-AM.png\" width=\"565\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/?p=4391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-02 at 12.50.36 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-02-at-12.50.36-AM.png\" width=\"566\" height=\"738\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/?p=4391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-02 at 12.51.01 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-02-at-12.51.01-AM.png\" width=\"565\" height=\"739\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/?p=4391\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-02 at 12.51.24 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-02-at-12.51.24-AM.png\" width=\"566\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\":4\">\n<div id=\":2\">\n<div>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>\n<div id=\":2px\">\n<div id=\":2on\">\n<table id=\":2nb\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\":3io\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\":2ex\">\n<div id=\":2dz\">\n<div id=\":2s0\">\n<table id=\":3jl\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div id=\":3jk\">\n<div id=\":3jf\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<blockquote>\n<div><b>From:<\/b>\u00a0Bill Sussman &lt;<a href=\"mailto:billsussman@collectivebias.com\" target=\"_blank\">billsussman@collectivebias.com<\/a>&gt;<\/div>\n<div><b>Date:<\/b>\u00a0August 30, 2013, 9:37:34 AM EDT<br \/>\n<b>To:<\/b>\u00a0All Collective Bias Employees and Contractors<br \/>\n<b>Cc:<\/b>\u00a0Ted Rubin &lt;<a href=\"mailto:tedrubin@collectivebias.com\" target=\"_blank\">tedrubin@collectivebias.com<\/a>&gt;, Mike Owens &lt;<a href=\"mailto:mikeowens@collectivebias.com\" target=\"_blank\">mikeowens@collectivebias.com<\/a>&gt;<\/div>\n<div>Effective end of day today, Ted Rubin and Mike Owens will no longer be affiliated with Collective Bias. Both made strong impressions on CB in their time with us and we thank them for their contributions.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>Both were also in client facing roles. So if you have advertisers who have concerns, please let Matt Davis, Amy or myself know so we can reach out and assure them. Our company continues to grow and get stronger and everyone should feel proud of what we are accomplishing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please join me in wishing Ted and Mike the best of luck in their future endeavors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you for all that you do and have a safe holiday weekend.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>Bill Sussman | President &amp; CEO<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/monicabjohnson\" target=\"_blank\">479-644-9798<\/a>\u00a0| Bentonville<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"pin_images_8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/collectivebias.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/collectivebias.com\/img\/CollectiveBiasR.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/i-am-currently-a-free-agent-and-open-to-opportunities\/#\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"pin_images_9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-09-02 at 12.41.23 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-02-at-12.41.23-AM.png\" width=\"487\" height=\"582\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Initially I will be Consulting, Speaking, Writing, etc.\u00a0More to come soon\u00a0 In the words of Collective Bias Co-Founder\u00a0John Andrews\u2026\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,7],"tags":[1370,1458,57,526,33,1184,31,32],"class_list":["post-5036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-tedrubin","tag-ronr","tag-tedrubin-2","tag-b2b-marketing","tag-blogging","tag-change","tag-collective-bias","tag-community","tag-marketing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5037,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036\/revisions\/5037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}