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Who are the people behind successful specialist media businesses? How did they get started?  What are they planning to do next?  And what tips do they have for their peers?  This new series will interview the influential people in niche consumer and b2b media.  If you'd like to be featured, contact carolyn@thespecialistmediashow.com.

Stephen Bateman is co-founder and managing director of iGlimpse Ltd, the app publishing business specialising in self-help apps.  Stephen is also an investor and director in 60 Mile Publishing which publishes GreenWise Business, a specialist news and information portal for the business sustainability community.  Here Stephen shares his priorities for his business and his tips for other specialist media owners.

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Jeska Harrington Gould is MD of Research, an independent b2b publisher providing academics with information and advice about applying for research grants.  She's worked at VNU, Centaur, Emap, Incisive and IDG, and spoke at the 2011 Specialist Media Conference about the transition to a site licence business.  Here Jeska shares her business priorities and her tips for other niche publishers.

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Tony Harris acquired Boat International eight years ago, and has built it into a global publishing and events business.  He has a history in magazine publishing, having acquired Sailing Today and launched Coast magazine before taking over Boat International.  Tony is taking part in the consumer media panel at the Specialist Media Conference.  Here he shares his plans for his own business and some tips for other independent publishers.

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Ben Heald runs Sift Media, the online b2b publishing business he founded.  Ben spoke at the 2011 Specialist Media Conference on how to make money from b2b communities.  He's speaking again at the 2012  Conference.   Here he shares his priorities for his own business and tips for other specialist publishers.

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First in a new series of profiles of Specialist Media People: how they got into publishing, what their plans are, and their tips for their peers.

Robert Nisbet founded Media One Comms twenty years ago and has grown it to a significant niche b2b publishing business.

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