My bio

I am a Web/search strategist, trainer, and well-respected blogger. I am well informed about what’s going on in the world of Internet and search marketing worldwide and especially Europe. Next to working for my own company I also am working for the DDMA as “Social Marketing Ambassador”.

I am the owner of Stateofsearch.com, a website on which myself and some other bloggers try to look at the next step in search. I am also the owner of NetTraject, a Dutch company that advises on international search matters and provides training in search engine marketing, social media and projectmanagement. I am also founder of Searchcowboys.com.

I am a regular speaker on different marketing and search events. Finally I am the host of several podcasts, including a weekly show on a WebmasterRadio.FM.

My background

I was born September 17th 1972. I live in The Netherlands (Voorschoten). Since 2004 I am happily married with Marlies. We have a son, Rogier, who was born in 2005. In 2007 there was Lianne, our first daughter. In 2009 our second daughter, Ellemijn was born.

In 2005 I founded NetTraject. This company was founded because I saw the need of an independent agency that could help companies grow in the fast online community. Because NetTraject has the knowledge, more companies can grow.

In 2008 I started working on Searchcowboys, a website which focussed on news about search engine marketing, especially in Europe. I built up the website to a success but because of the huge amount of time it consumed I stopped doing that early 2010. I am still very proud of what we did with Searchcowboys.

In February 2010 me and Lisa Myers started State of Search, a website which was originally meant to be a place where we could put our own in depth content. The website has grown so fast that we already have 13 bloggers writing for us.

In September 2010 I joined the Dutch Dialogue Marketing Association on a part-time basis to become Social Marketing Ambassador.