ADVERTISER’S CORNER BY KRISITAN NIELSEN SUBMARINE TELECOMS FORUM
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pring is officially upon us and everything is in bloom! I’m not talking about flowers, mind you, our little industry is absolutely bustling right now. With what feels like a new system announced every two weeks, it’s hard to be in low spirits. In that spirit of new growth and expansion, I am very pleased to say that we have officially completed the grueling behind the scenes work on the SubTel new site. You’ve probably noticed the SubTel site visually change over the last month - while we were preparing our regular publications and daily news stories, our design team was diligently tackling the new look and feel of the STF Family of web sites. If you see Kevin Summers or Kieran Clark in the near future, please give them an ‘atta boy and a good clap on the back, their long hours paved the way for a brand new SubTel experience. I started writing this regular piece to give you, our readers, a bit of insight into what the backroom looks like, how we go about bringing you the quality publications
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and services that you expect. Just like the new growth pushing its way through the ground in Spring, not all is wanted, there are weeds and pruning needs to be done. As we have been growing the accessibility of SubTel, not every idea has panned out, not every template is worth keeping. To me, the spirit of Spring is not only explosive growth, but also having the presence of mind to cultivate the best growth. Not every change that we make at SubTel is a winner, we are always trying to present the absolute best for our readers. Coming this summer, we will be continuing our updates to the online map, almanac, and a few other publications still in the works. On that note, let’s talk advertising: our next two publications are the Almanac and the next issue of the magazine, in which we discuss Regional Systems. If you are interested in riding the wave of good news into the summer, we are running a discount to appear in both, $5,250 for a large ad in both publications (a $ 1000 discount).
As always, if you want to reserve a space, or have any questions, please reach out. Loyally yours, Kristian Nielsen Vice President Thanks for reading, we have even more changes coming soon! Kristian Nielsen literally grew up in the business since his first ‘romp’ on a BTM cableship in Southampton at age 5. He has been with Submarine Telecoms Forum for a little over 6 years; he is the originator of many products, such as the Submarine Cable Map, STF Today Live Video Stream, and the STF Cable Database. In 2013, Kristian was appointed Vice President and is now responsible for the vision, sales, and over-all direction and sales of SubTel Forum.