Ryan O'Meara

Current

• Owner at K9 Media Ltd

Connections

26 connections

Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company
• Client Opportunities
• Personal Site

Ryan O'Meara’s Summary

1998 – Left career as a professional dog trainer to set up pet publishing company, successfully launched 12 pet related websites, achieving audience reach of 1.4m by the end of the first year

2000 – Set up ‘The UK’s Coolest Canine Competition’ which is now established as a popular annual event open to all dog owners dubbed 'the people's alternative to Crufts'.

2001 – Launched K9 Magazine, Britain’s first ever lifestyle magazine for modern dog lovers. K9 Magazine is now established as the fastest growing pet publication in the UK and a South African edition of the magazine will be launching in 2007. K9 Magazine has enjoyed a number of world-exclusive scoops with celebrity dog owners including Mariah Carey amongst others

2002 – K9 Media awarded M.A.S.P Business of The Year

2003 – K9 Media portfolio of pet publications achieve audience reach of 6m

2006 – Began work on additional media projects including BBC THREE’s ‘Dog Borstal’ as well as Channel 4’s ‘It’s Me or The Dog’ as well as signing a publishing deal to author a book entitled ‘Dogology’ published by Quarto

2006 – Launched the K9 Magazine ‘Dogosaurus’, a fun guide helping owners ‘understand the lingo of the dog’

2007 - Launched DogsBlog.com, the leading dog adoption and rehoming website.

2007 - K9 Media portfolio reaches 8m unique users via 40 media properties

2008 - Wrote 'Newshounds' book published by Lyons Press

2008 - Published 'The Dog Owner Suitability Test' proposal which reached the House of Commons

2008 - Appeared in various media discussing dogs including: GMTV, Newsnight, The One Show, Sky News, Channel 5 News, Channel 4 News, Woman's Hour, The Today Show and more.

Ryan O'Meara’s Specialties:

Specialist publishing and sector-specific online media.

Ryan O'Meara’s Experience

• Owner

  K9 Media Ltd

  (Online Media industry)

  Currently holds this position

Additional Information

Ryan O'Meara’s Websites:

• My Company
• Client Opportunities
• Personal Site

Ryan O'Meara’s Interests:

Media, web technologies, investing, sports, music.

Ryan O'Meara’s Groups:

•    Pet Friendly, Animal Lovers
•    Pet Products Marketing / Manufacturing
•    Pet Online Marketing Group (Dogs, Cats, and More)
•    PET*ACULAR PR & MARKETING TO REACH PET LOVERS & BUSINESSES

Ryan O'Meara’s Honors:

M.A.S.P Business of the Year 2002.
UK Ambassador for World Animal Day

Ryan O'Meara’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• getting back in touch