Simply fantastic… I had the pleasure of seeing Faithless for the second time in my life. The build up of the atmosphere, the music pumping, the sensation going through your body… WOW!

I came across this picture today on 9gag.com; it struck me. Life is what you make of it, but nobody every shows you how to make it. At school your learn knowledge, at work your learn skills, but who ever taught you how to find out what you wanted from life? The biggest question of all goes unanswered for many, because they do not know where to begin looking.

That is why I started my company Insightz. My passion is to see people grow and live their passion! I give people tools and show them how they can find out themselves what it is they want from life. And at the moment they find out… WOW! That moment is what I do it for!

I combined my passion of seeing people grow with another passion of mine: social media and its possibilities. This is where I have my niche market. I finally figured it out

wow! I met some fantastic people at iStrategy. Just on the train back to Amsterdam now and replaying the movie of the last 2 days in my head. The big smile on my face just doesn’t want to go away!

This was the first strategy conference. you could see that the organisers were learning (as is everybody in social media). The program was adapted on the spot to the needs of the audience, which caused a good chemistry. The main thing I took away from this event was that social media is only 4 years old.It is a greenfield and nobody knows the rules. Trial-and-error, invest loads of time and listen/act to what feedback you are getting.

To put it in the words of Twitter

. jannekorpi My key #istrategy2010 takeaways (5/5). Social media ROI is possible to find. It involves CLV, Churn & offline, not only CR. 4:05 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck
. jannekorpi My key #istrategy2010 takeaways (4/5). Social media is not just online. Its causes and effects will be felt offline. 4:02 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck
. jannekorpi My key #istrategy2010 takeaways (3/5). Social media won’t make a bad product/service better, but it will expose it. 4:01 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck
. jannekorpi My key #istrategy2010 takeaways (2/5). Web doesn’t forget, concentrate on genuine client benefit. Expect maintenance costs. 4:00 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck
. jannekorpi My key #istrategy2010 takeaways (1/5). Social media marketing = how to engage people talking about you online. 3:58 PM Feb 10th from TweetDeck

Social Media is so much fun. greenfield… time to entrepreneur!

Traveling to Berlin today to see my friend Lars Hilse speak at iStrategy 2010, the yearly gathering for Business, Marketing, Business Development, IT and Creative professionals involved in all aspects of online media and strategic management positions.

With all the big names attending this event, I am very keen to learn what is new in internet land and what the latest trends are. Gotta run!

I went to the Rotterdam Filmfestival yesterday, oh boy oh boy oh boy! To me, these movies that are playing there are always a bit of a hit & miss. Yesterday, unfortunately, was a bit of a miss.

There was also a small opening movie prior to the main feature. It was something experimental.. And so experimental that I was thinking: either you have such a high intellect that you create associations that don’t exist and think you know what the director means, or…. you have an IQ < 80 and are simply amazed by all the strange pictures you see. I belong to neither.

The film festival itself however seems to be quite a success and there is a nice atmosphere. Have a look, there are plenty of movies that are very good I heard!

I started with Twitter about a 1.5 years ago, and tried different things. But somehow I didn’t get it to work for me and I couldnt see the added value of it either. After a quick introductory course by a friend of mine I am starting to establish interesting contacts on Twitter.

2 weeks ago I had a bad customer experience with the Dutch bank SNS. So I tweeted about it. Guess what? Within 30 minutes of my tweet I got an email from the Senior PR guy at SNS. After a good emailing about, they confirmed they are going to review their process. A couple of days later I received a follow-up email that they scheduled it for their next meeting.

Twitter works!

Following the event of getting my own NLP session with Ravisie/ Ben Licher, I have gotten new insights. Answers to questions that have been costing me a lot of energy in my life were discovered. That is leading to me changing my focus. The first step was to “restart” my own weblog. Now I am writing more personal blogs and keep my focus on a couple of specific topics, shying away from only writing about marketing.

Along with this new focus I realised that my profile on LinkedIn doesn’t reflect the “current” me. Now it does, thanks Ben for the insights you have given me! Next step: rewrite my CV. I wouldn’t want my future employer be unable to see how wonderful I am!

Next to my LinkedIn Profile, I have also updated my own About page already.

…of my blog, myself, and what I am doing here. Well, nothing changed really. I only got my focus back.

My blog will be more personal and more about my interests: people, cultures, travel, motorbike riding and photography. Don’t know yet about the frequency.. time will tell

Glad to have you as my trusted reader!

-Patrick