The Pioneer Trail

It's always nice to get noticed, and Total Telecom is doing pretty well right now! Most recently we've been nominated for the new Media Pioneer Awards to be presented at next year's Specialist Media Show.

In this instance we're being recognised for just doing what our audience expect! That's not to diminish how please we are to be nominated, but the actual reason we're on the list is because we've done and continue to do just what every business should, address the needs of our customers - whether they be readers or commercial partners, and in doing so develop our business for the years ahead.

So please do take the time to read the article on the Specialist Media Show website, or even better come and experience the reality through our digital publishing and events. Our next event is the Next Generation Cloud Services breakfast.

The Media Pioneer Awards will announce their winners next year, but much sooner are this years PPA Independent Publisher Awards. Total Telecom is shortlisted for Media Brand of the Year and Digital Brand of the Year (the category we won last year), so it's fingers crossed here to see what the results will be next Tuesday.

Gracious in defeat

OK, so we didn't win at this years Digital Publishing Awards, so congratulations to @flightglobal - we'll beat you next time!

But at least we made the shortlist for Digital Service of the Year - which is more than any other comms sector website did, and we weren't embarrassed against some very big publishing names: Incisive, Reed Business, UBM et al.

Still PPA Independent Publishers Awards next month and Total Telecom is on the shortlist for two categories - hopefully holding onto ouor crown as Online Brand of the Year.