Blogging & Networking Blogging like a pro is hard. But I will do it more I promiss. I will go on and on till I really have RSI(I) (Repetitive Restraining Injury iPhone) from my mobile. Cause yes, I am going to be Hollands first iPhone blogger, haha. The title of this post is a pun (fun with words) in Dutch
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Eureka!
Er zijn merken waarvan content de main business is. Uitgevers van o.a. tijdschriften, kranten en boeken zitten in interessante, maar moeilijke tijd. Content is er in overvloed en gratis. Wat kun je er mensen nog voor laten betalen? Maandenlang heb ik zitten nadenken over nieuwe business voor uitgevers, goede content kunnen maken moet toch iets waard zijn? Maar niet
Future of fashion & beautybloggers (sxswsession)
At the interactive conference South by Southwest (march 2013) the following session took place: “Fashion and beauty bloggers have garnered much attention in the media. They have the ability to influence consumer perception and purchasing, like celebrities and models before them. How long will they hold onto this mantle? What will the field develop into and/or who and what will supplant them? Or will they…
Portrettenserie van 5 NL modebloggers
In magazine STIJL van Elsevier (maart 2013) een portrettenserie met 5 bekende Nederlandse modebloggers. Anna Nooshin @AnnaNooshin (26) van www.nsmbl.nl Linda Tol @lindatol001 (28) van lifestylehunters.com Yara Michels @yaragotstyle (23) thischicksgotstyle.blogspot.com Sabrina Meijer @afterDRK (24) van www.afterdrk.com Ivania Carpio @Love_Aesthetics (24) van love-aesthetics.blogspot.com Interviews door Anna Sonnemans en foto’s door Sabrina Bongiovanni.
What it takes for as a magazine to survive as a brand
The last half year I trained a lot of editorial staff of magazines with my workshop ‘everybody digital’. I also talked to a handful of editors in chief and they all asked me what their strategy should be to survive as a brand. Just today, I saw a presentation of Olivier Blanchard (@the Brandbuilder on twitter) and he said: “Your online content has to be excellent,…
Viral story: the rise of visual content
I wrote an article for the dutch blog Frankwatching last week, and here is the translation of it on my own blog: The huge amount of Instagram users, the addiction rate of Pinterest and the bizarre ease of reblogging images on Tumblr, I see a trend: the rise of visual content. I have written articles on this subject and gave presentations. One of them, the…
Visual diary Meet the Blogger Stockholm
Saturday the 2nd february the third Meet the Blogger event took place, this time in Stockholm. I put all te quotes and pics together on Storify. I was one of the speakers, next to bloggers Fryd form Byfryd, Will Taylor from Bright Bazaar and the girls from the digital magazine Sister Mag. It was such a good and vibrating event, I will not forget easily. The…
Sanoma’s eerste beautybloggers
Mijn nieuwe job bij Sanoma Media heeft de titel productmanager bloggers & social. Dat is bij de afdeling online women, waar ook sites als libelle.nl en styletoday.nl toe behoren. Ik ga alle social media kanalen optimaliseren en omdat elke titel zelf verantwoordelijk is voor social, moet ik met veel mensen praten om alle neuzen dezelfde kant op te laten wijzen. Dat is best een uitdaging!…
Meet the blogger
No more than a week before I am speaking at the event ‘Meet the blogger’ in Stockholm. This blog is about how it all started with meet the blogger, a great network with European lifestyle bloggers, and how I am involved. Meet the blogger 2011, Hotel V Amsterdam I was sponsoring meet the blogger the first time, with the home deco magazine vtwonen. I wrote…
Fashionbloggers network Creators of Desire
Bloggers have moved from commentators to creators; gone from front row next to Anna Wintour to backstage next to Alber Elbaz in but one calender year. We have entered the next stage – quote Financial times 2011 Gisteren sprak ik met Anouk Bos, de oprichtster van Creators of Desire, een fashionbloggersnetwerk. Wat een prachtige blogs kun je vinden op COFD! Zo heb ik vorig jaar,…