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I do the Keynote at SNC2012 in Miami on Jan 25th

I do the Keynote at SNC2012 in Miami on Jan 25th

As the industry’s largest conference, the Social Networking Conference discusses social networking. The conference will be held on January 23-25, 2012 at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, USA. The conference is attended by professionals and senior executives from the social media and social networking market. The convention will cover: enterprise social networking...

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I do a 3hr Workshop at the Online Marketing Summit in San Diego

I do a 3hr Workshop at the Online Marketing Summit in San Diego

At the Online Marketing Summit, the premier global educational event for marketing professionals,  in San Diego ( February 6-10, 2012)  I will do a 3-hour workshop on Social+Mobile+Local marketing. The Online Marketing Summit (#OMS12) enables over 1500 attendees to collaborate, network and learn how to execute on the best practices in online marketing. What...

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Standardized Restaurant Menu on the Web

Standardized Restaurant Menu on the Web

I have always been a strong believer in standardization.  In fact I have spent many years leading the effort to standardize eBusiness as Chairman of UN/CEFACT, the United Nations body that governs important standards like EDIFACT, ebXML and more. I found it most refreshing to come across a service called OpenMenu, where Restaurants, Bars,...

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Excellent LinkedIn Training

Excellent LinkedIn Training

I recently came across an excellent video course for LinkedIn by a guy called Lewis Howe.  I do not easily recommend someone, but this guy deserves credit. I have followed his advice and I have drastically revised my profile on LinkedIn.  When people are searching for profiles using keywords, my profile shows up on...

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The Social Media Talk

The Social Media Talk

We’re starting a series of Webinars for Executives, Business Owners and Job Seekers.  This group of people is struggling with Social Media.  On the one hand they want to stay away from it, because they really have no time for it.  But on the other hand they realize that Social Media are here to...

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Another book… and a special one!

Another book… and a special one!

This book was not written in the normal manner, but it was put together by a group of 16,000 people. These people, who we call Tweople (Twittering People), have composed the book, by voting for the best tweets from @Dubbelzinnig (‘Double Meaning’). The voting was done by ReTweeting the funny quotes with a double...

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Why Companies need Facebook Apps

Why Companies need Facebook Apps

  With the amount of existing and new applications that are being created on Facebook, business owners have an opportunity to use Facebook to promote their brand even further.  There have been other social networks and media sites that have had limited success in terms of promotion and creating brand awareness, but on Facebook...

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Nifty Tool for Word Clouds

Nifty Tool for Word Clouds

I found this nifty tool for word clouds at http://wordle.net You can paste an article or any text into a box on the site and it generates the cloud in an instant. You can then customize it by changing the layout (horizontal/vertical), colors and font.  Very cool! I used my WhitePaper on The case of...

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My iPad is Great!

My iPad is Great!

Well I got my iPad and I love it! It is everything people said about it …and more. I found some really cool apps…especially the one I am using now: WordPress. I am creating this blogpost on my iPad! This is super cool…now I can maintain my blogs on the road in a simple...

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Dutch Version of the Book published

Dutch Version of the Book published

Today the Dutch version of Dick Raman’s successful book “Tweeteronix” was published in The Netherlands and Belgium by Easy Computing Publishing. Under the title “Twittering with Results”, the book analyzes the emergence, success and future of Twitter. The Twitter user gets the necessary insider tips for the most optimal Twitter usage. Also the reader...

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