As many of you know, moz recently went through a major reorganization, which included the loss of 28% of our staff. Our community team was heavily impacted, which has understandably led to speculation about the future of the moz community. I want to specifically address those concerns, project by project. The moz community is an essential part of our past and future, and while we can’t ignore the reality and difficulty. Of our recent losses, we believe strongly in our community and are doing our best to chart a path forward.
A personal note
I asked to write this post, knowing it wouldn’t be easy. I’ve been a member of the moz community for almost 10 years. When my first youmoz post was promoted in april 2007, I didn’t realize it would be the start of a decade-long journey. The moz community made my career in seo possible, and I’ll always be grateful for that.
The People Affected by
The past few weeks are my peers and friends, and I take that loss personally. It’s ok to take that personally. At the same time, there are 160 peers and friends still at moz trying to figure out how to do more with less, and they believe in our community, too. We will make mistakes along the way.And we will need your help.
I and the entire moz team would .Also like to thank the departing members of the community team – jen, erica, charlene, and matt – for all of their contributions over the years building and maintaining a thriving community.
A few clarifications
Before diving in project-by-project, I’d like to clarify Legal Leads for Sale a few points. First, we did not lose the entire community team – megan and danielle are still at moz, and they’ve been with the team since 2011 and 2013, respectively.
They Know Our Community Well
Team (trevor and felicia, with the help EL Leads of the marketing team), which is separate from the community team. Moz q&a and social are a joint effort between community, customer support, and a group of dedicated industry experts known as moz associates. It takes a lot of hard-working, dedicated people to create a world-class community.
The big list
Here is a list of all of our major. Moz community-focused projects, and the status of those projects as best we know today. I will try to be as transparent as possible.
Charlene graciously .Agreed to stay with moz through the conference, and everything will proceed as originally planned. We look forward to seeing many of you in seattle next week.
