Here is a simple method for the American people to select the next President. We can do away with all the debates, the millions wasted on unappreciated advertisements, all the waisted time on TV, all the hate campaigns and emotional stress. My guess is that every American should realize that it comes down to a…
Miami Social Media is a loosely formed and informal collective of leading social media professionals in South Florida collaborating on various projects, events, and associations. I’m thrilled to speak at Mashable’s third annual Social Media Day! Mashable launched the event in 2010 as a way to recognize the digital revolution happening right before our eyes. For…
New Opportunities in Social+Mobile+Local Marketing When Google gave every business it’s own website, it revolutionized local marketing. Now that smartphones are in everyone’s pocket, Mobile marketing gets a new twist. Add to this social media with geo Info and you have a completely new playing field for marketing to local customers. In this session we…
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 strategy,…
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 sets…
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, Take-Out…
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 the…
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 stay…
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 meaning…
The inauguration of Willem Alexander as King of the Netherlands
After over 120 years being reigned by a Queen, The Netherlands will now have a King again on April 30, 2013. Queen Beatrix will abdicate in favor of her son Willem-Alexander. He will be called ‘Koning Willem-Alexander’ and his lovely wife will be called Queen: ‘Koningin Maxima’. On April 30th, which is traditionally ‘Koninginnedag’ (Queen’s…
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