Making my debut on tv and in a Dutch newspaper
Category:Interview,News,Social MarketingLast week was a week I’m not likely to forget that easily. It was special because I was very busy with a training session and there was an afternoon about Social Marketing for non-profit organisations which I organized (and spoke at) for the DDMA. But there was something else last week which was fun: I made my debut in both a national newspaper (the Algemeen Dagblad) and on National television!
It started on Tuesday when a reporter from the AD called me to ask about a website which had what they said was a revolutionary idea in Holland. When you tweeted from the website you would get a 5 euro discount voucher. Now this is nothing new in other countries, but the Netherlands has to get used to this.
The question was how new this really was and whether or not this was something which people would actually like. After all, you are sending a commercial out to your friends. The article appeared in the newspaper on Wednesday:
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That same day I got a call from Editie NL, a Dutch show who wanted to know more about this. After a talk they asked me if I would be willing to appear on camera. Off course I did :). A cameraman and reporter came by my house on Friday to record several things. This was broadcasted on Friday evening.
Everybody gets their "fifteen minutes of fame". That one moment in time you are famous. And then you get back to your normal routine. It could very well be that my fifteen minutes of fame were this week. 
The top five seemed to have died a silent death. Each week a post about my favorites ultimately proved not feasible. Not because there was nothing to write about, but because there are too many other subjects to write about. To get the top five breathing again I now give a monthly overview of five articles that struck me. Same principle, but only once a month. 