If you are an expat living in The Netherlands, the annual Expatica I Am Not A Tourist Fair is one of the highlights of the year for your calendar. I have attended several years now and you can read one of my previous blog posts here: 2012 Expatica I Am Not A Tourist Fair (on … Continue reading 2014 Expatica I Am Not A Tourist Fair Event Highlights
I admit it. I'm an App Addict. When I first got my iPhone about 4 years ago, I messaged my brother. "Yay, finally have an iPhone". "Great, app it out!" he replied, along with some suggestions of his favourite apps to get started. Immediately I added at least 10, including Facebook, Twitter, the Torch (which … Continue reading Which Apps can you not live without?
On 7 November 2014, I attended TEDxLeiden. The experience started as soon as we arrived where we were given headphones that guided us into the event. I attended with Manuela Damant and we met up with The theme was abundance and the speakers were: Bruno van den Elshout Janice Deul Minke Vorstenbosch Willem Ferwerda Lianne … Continue reading 2014 TEDxLeiden
This article first appeared in The Feel At Home in The Hague Magazine, 2014 Winter edition, a publication of http://www.thehagueonline.com Have you been making the most of social media to help you survive and thrive in a new country?You may be planning your move to another country, could already be there, or even possibly be … Continue reading How Social Media can help expats survive – and thrive – in a new country
Held on Tuesday, 23rd September 2014 in The Hague, The Netherlands, The Sky has no Limits event was hosted by the Business Palace BV and SJ Office Support. The event was in the Dutch language, but as I'm improving and consciously trying to push myself to learn more and be able to attend Dutch networking … Continue reading Event highlights – The Sky has no Limits, The Hague
The Keys to Develop Effective Marketing Materials Marketing materials, such as brochures, flyers, and signage, play critical role in making a sale and retaining a loyal customer for life. Below are some tips to create effective marketing materials for your business. Keep Content At The Core The content you want to go into your … Continue reading The Keys to Develop Effective Marketing Materials
Signs that You Need a Vancouver Small Business Coach There is no more rewarding experience a person can have than taking a small business from a startup to a success. A lot of hard work has to go in to making a small business successful. For most new to the world of small business ownership, … Continue reading Signs that You Need a Vancouver Small Business Coach
Local SEO and the Tricks You Need For small businesses, it’s really important for them to focus on smart marketing, as for small organizations, the budget is always a limiting factor in most of the decision making, as their budget is relatively small. So what does local SEO has to do with it? Well basically … Continue reading Local SEO and the Tricks You Need
The Power of Storytelling: Helen Kuyper at the WBII: Women's Business Initiative The Hague A friend of mine once mentioned that you should follow your "sparks". For everyone, there are special words in conversations, or articles you read that "jump" out at you. Storytelling does that to me. Though the concept has been around since the … Continue reading The Power of Storytelling Event Highlights
Ceci is a student in the Zestee Social Media School and had this question today: At some stage, you may have connected Facebook and Twitter so that when you post on one, it does the same post on the other. Often, entrepreneurs who feel that they would like a presence on both Facebook and Twitter … Continue reading How to disconnect Facebook and Twitter from each other
Cloud computing is taking over the business world. Market Research Media predicts global cloud computing will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 30 percent to reach more than $250 billion by 2020. There are many reasons to transition some or all of your business IT to the cloud including flexibility, security, efficiency and … Continue reading Tips for Transitioning to the Cloud
I registered Zestee in The Netherlands in January 2012, and just submitted my sixth BTW quarterly tax return as an entrepreneur/ZZP. I'm taking some time to write a blog post about how to do your BTW quarterly tax return in The Netherlands for english speaking entrepreneurs new to business - as I wish that I … Continue reading How to do your BTW quarterly tax return in The Netherlands
Zestee started in Australia in 2008, then in 2012 I relocated to The Netherlands. I shared some of my experiences in this post: 7 tips for moving your small business overseas with you In December 2012, I registered Zestee with the KVK in The Netherlands. Some more tips you may find useful are here: Five … Continue reading Seven tips for dealing with your accounts and tax in The Netherlands
Words can be powerful to read, but the power of speech, emotions, body language, and movement can be especially persuasive and deeply moving. Online video provides that level of impact on consumers and proves to be a significant force in the future of content marketing. Video will make up 69 percent of all consumer Internet … Continue reading 3 Video Content Platforms for Maximizing Marketing Strategies
Social media is incredibly fast paced. To keep up, you need to keep your eye on some top social media resources and Social Media Examiner is one of the best. Founded in 2009 by Michael Stelzner, this US based business has grown to become one of the most well known in the social media world … Continue reading Social Media Resources: Social Media Examiner
Did you know you can be a member of a maximum of 50 LinkedIn Groups? I think these are a highly under-utilised social media resource, so if you have reached or close to your maximum, this video will show you a few tips for tidying up your LinkedIn Groups. My goal was to leave groups … Continue reading Social Media Tips: Tidying up your LinkedIn Groups
I'm about to move house and am taking some time to go through some old files and paperwork. Many things are going in the bin, but some I'm scanning and blogging about. It's interesting when you look back and remember the things that made an impact on your current views. In 2007, I'd been living … Continue reading 2007 Social Entrepreneurship Symposium Webster University
As a social media trainer, you would expect that I'm enthusiastic about technology and the various social media tools...and one of the things I get excited about is the totally unexpected and unique uses of social media. Here's one case study using Google Translate and YouTube. Google Translate is a very handy tool to translate words, … Continue reading Unique Uses of Social Media: Google Translate version of Let it Go from Frozen
One of the most popular posts I've written on this Zestee Social Media School blog is how to stop Twitter sending invites to your friends after I received complaints from several of my contacts about Twitter emailing them regularly on my behalf. I've had the same issue with LinkedIn and have spent quite some time … Continue reading How to delete imported contacts on LinkedIn
This post is part of a series of Zestee Social Media School resources. Have you heard of The Next Web? Take a look at http://www.thenextweb.com for a wide range of quality articles on international technology news, business & culture. No matter where you are in the world, it's likely there is a local edition … Continue reading Social Media Resources: The Next Web
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