COOL: DutchMusic: A Book with Photos of Dutch Musicians

Last Friday I received the book DutchMusic. It contains photos of well-known Dutch musicians, all taken by photographer Kees Tabak.

I took a few quick shots of some of the photos in the book although the quality of my camera phone shots don’t do the actual pictures justice! :o)

Thanks to Ella Arps of Arps & Co for the book!

[[[ Featured musicians in the photos are: (1) Ilse de Lange, (2) Hans & Candy Dulfer, (3) Golden Earring, (4) 100% Isis, and (5) Herman Brood & Andre Hazes ]]]

Finding Your Social Media Balance – Part 1

This is the first part in a two-part series about communicating on the social web. In this post I’ll be talking about four variables that come into play when you look to control the depth of your interactions and relationships with people on the social web:

  • Motive: The underlying motive(s) for your interactions/relationships
  • Focus: The people that you choose to communicate with
  • Resources: The amount of time, money and people allocated to communicating through social media
  • Value: The level of relevance you’re offering

Finding a balance between these four variables will allow you to communicate the right things in the right way to the right people.

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The Difference Is Linkability

Earlier this year, I experimented with a series of articles for SEO (search engine optimization) purposes on certain keywords, including my own name. I have to say that this experiment was wildly successful with highlights being:

  • Ranking higher than a feature with a similar title on the New York Times website
  • Increasing traffic up to 30-fold with a 30 day run-up

The key part of this experiment was to create content that will receive a decent number of inbound links (other sites linking to my website/article) which leads to better search engine rankings.

I’ve buried the experiment now, but I’ll share some of my findings with you here.

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89 and still going strong!

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Today, the NFL celebrates its 89th anniversary.

Throughout all the tough times, the NFL/AFL merger and the great moments, the NFL is still up there as America’s #1 sport.

Happy birthday, NFL, and may we see many more great years!

Ignorance Is Bliss

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Eric Mangini has apparently made a decision on who to start this Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. Except he’s not telling anyone besides the two QBs Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson, because he wants to maintain a competitive edge.

Only a twat like Mangini would consider not knowing who your starting QB is until now to be a good thing.