Launching the Social Media Playmaker podcast – Episode 01
Today is a day to remember. The official launch of my new podcast. The Social Media Playmaker – The podcast for business people who want to stay up to date on how to attract, date and love their...
View ArticleMy Personal Journey – Episode 02
In this week’s podcast I will share with you my personal journey, from starting as a sales man at IBM in the Netherlands, on the 1st of April 1981, to being a self published, social media playmaker...
View ArticleThe Power of Opening with Impact – Episode 03
In this week’s episode of the Social Media Playmaker I talk to Winston Scholsberg. Winston is a good friend of mine and is based in the Netherlands. Winston is a jack of all trades. He is a musician,...
View ArticleSocial recruiting – turning the middle man into the missing link – Podcast...
I am regularly contacted by recruiters who have found my CV somewhere on the web and ask if I am interested in a certain position. My standard response is always: “What am I currently doing according...
View Article5 reasons why you should train your sales team in Social Selling
Are you using twitter to find leads for your business? Do you research your customers on Linkedin and on Google? Do you share articles on social media to develop yourself as an expert? Are you...
View ArticleLaunch of socialmediaplaymaker.com
Welcome to the launch of socialmediaplaymaker.com. Your online portal for everything you want to know about social media. We are really excited about the launch of socialmediaplaymaker.com. I have...
View ArticleMicrosoft acquires Linkedin
This week we’ve seen a major acquisition taking place in the industry. Microsoft acquiring Linkedin. A shock rippled through social media land. Linkedin will remain “independent” but obviously,...
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Social Media and #Brexitin5Words used by young people to vent their anger
Social media and Brexit. The morning of 24 June 2016 will be going down in history as one of those days that you will remember for the rest of your life. Like the death of Lady Diana, or 9-11. Days...
View ArticleFacebook changes Newsfeed rankings
Have you ever heard of the Facebook Newsfeed Values? They are a set of values and guidelines facebook lives by when it comes to enhancing the timeline. The recent update to the newsfeed rankings should...
View Article7 changes to your company’s Facebook Page
Facebook has done it again. A radical overhaul of their facebook pages interface. Gone are the timeline years and the complicated positioning and design issues with the cover photo and profile picture....
View ArticleHow to create an animated video post on your smart phone
Have you ever wondered how an animated video is made? Those videos you see on Facebook and Twitter. I’m trying to use more and more video in my social media outreach. As you can see on this site, video...
View ArticleDo more with your 140 Twitter characters
Today Twitter finally announced that you can get more text in your 140 twitter characters. As we know from good old SMS, people get excited with limitations in number of characters you can use. It...
View Article3 ways to Stay Ahead in Social Media (and in Life)
This morning I listened to a great podcast episode from “The Science of Social Media” from Postplanner. It was an interview with Everette Taylor, a 4-time entrepreneur who is currently serving as Vice...
View ArticleHow Intelligent can Social Media Get?
Predictive analytics, Streaming Analytics, Machine Learning – terms that are now entering the world of Social Media. And they are going to change the landscape forever. Listen to my latest episode of...
View ArticleSocial and Mobile – the Millennial Conundrum
Are they working in your organisation? Young people, either just graduated or in the second or third job of their career? Who live on their phone, who talk their own language and who seem so difficult...
View Article4 Amazing Ways you can use Twitter for Learning
Although many people have doubts about the future of Twitter, for as long as it will be around it is a phenomenal tool to support you in many different areas. Companies use it to broadcast news or as a...
View Article3 reasons why you should be using Trello as a learning tool
Are you familiar with a tool called Trello? It’s amazing. I live by it. I use this tool to manage my clients, my social media, my calendar, my learning and so on. In this blog post I will show you how...
View Article3 Reasons why Facebook Live is a Must for Online Learning
Facebook live has taken the social media world by storm. Mediakix estimates that Facebook’s Video Views (Including Live) could eclipse 64 billion video views per day by August 2017. Clearly...
View ArticleAugmented Reality – Coming Soon to a Classroom near you
For those people that have seen Mark Zuckerberg’s presentation at the recent F8 conference, Facebook sees Augmented Reality as key to their future strategy. Facebook is already investing in Virtual...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Guide To Publishing Your Own Training Videos
More and more businesses start to understand that they have to use video as a key element in their social media outreach. A photo tells a thousand words, a video says it in million words. Here are some...
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