Designer’s Guide to SEO

“I rarely do guest blog posts on my blog. But when Courtney pitched to me the idea of this post, not only did I think it was clever, I also thought that many of you might find this article quite insightful. So I hope you enjoy it as much as I did and of course I welcome all feedback! Thomas”

If you haven’t heard of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), chances are you’re losing money and prospects you didn’t even know were out there. SEO is the process of optimizing your website to rank higher in search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo, and it can mean the difference between surviving this economy and closing the doors of your business.

Top 3 Twitter #FavSongOf2011

The votes are in, and the top 3 #FavSongOf2011 are known! Thank you all for your nominations and votes in the last couple of days. Not surprising maybe, but here they are!!!

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Vote now for Twitter’s #FavSongOf2011!

Being slightly frustrated about the bad music being played on the radio over the last few days, I decided to ask people on Twitter to nominate their favorite song of 2011 on #FavSongOf2011.

Many people submitted their favorite songs and after 3 days I have collected more than 150 nominations!! Here is a youtube playlist with all nominations created by @mkafando.

Based on the amount of comments and RTs a nomination got I managed to create this final list of 20 nominations.

[DUTCH] Interview met @theovanvugt @jazzper & @ThomasMarzano op Business News Radio

Vandaag was de uitzending van MediaZaken op Business News Radio (BNR) waarin ik samen met Theo van Vugt (in de foto hieronder) en Jasper Leunk een aantal goede en minder goede cases van social media marketing heb besproken.

Ik ben een Kloutzak!

Bij de laatste Social Media Club Amsterdam van 2011 heb ik een presentatie gegeven over Klout. Ik geloof niet in Klout. Niet als opzichzelf staande metric. En heb de afgelopen 2 jaar erg veel lol gehad in het busten van deze metric, en heb me verbaasd over het effect wat een hoge Klout score heeft op de ‘zichtbaarheid’ die dit je geeft als ‘digital influencer’.

10 Funny And Creative Street Signs and Tags

I love communication and I love creativity. Words or symbols can truly speak to your imagination or just trigger a smile. On the streets you find many signs or tags that can inspire just that. Either because they have a deeper meaning or because you can misinterpret them or because someone added to the original message in a creative way.

Below a collection of a few of these signs I posted on #instagram.

A Social Media Magic Moment | The News Finds Me!

Today one of those remarkable social media moments happened to me. A moment where you really experience how (social) media tools enable relevant news to reach you with the speed of light.

InstagrAmsterdam – Street Photography In And Around Amsterdam

I have recently moved to Amsterdam and have been making quite a few Instagram pictures since. Instagram is really growing on me as THE photography social media platform for sharing pictures and meeting other photography lovers.

Here is a collection of the pictures I have been making and sharing recently. Let me know what you think! And if you are on Instagram lets connect there too.

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