Services

You are generous with your knowledge and our one day session had me profoundly visualize my on-line business model in a manner that I believe saved me at least one years worth of growing pains.
João Duarte

Sometimes I wish I would have a two word description of what I do and just spoke one language – it would make my life so much easier. :) To understand better how I can be of service to you, I provided some background below.

My services

  • training & workshops in Social Media and how to connect the dots
  • strategic analysis and feedback on concepts + products
  • advisory boards, mentoring, coaching
  • sparring partner and sounding board
  • pre-conference podcast interviews

I do have a very pragmatic and hands on approach and love to help people understand how “this internet thing” works. This presentation is a good example for my style: “10 Ways to Grow Your Audience“.

But I am not limited to beginners; having an extensive background in both corporate and SMB I can easily adapt to different requirements.

My Topics

  • Social Media in general
  • microblogging / corporate twitter / enterprise microblogging
  • ‘think international’ – helping startups and companies understand why going international is not complicated
  • blogger / community outreach in Europe / Germany

What I am good at:

Besides loving to teach, I am good at analyzing, finding patterns and structure (or faults within them) and  give honest, but constructive feedback and suggestions, based on my rich experience and knowledge around topics like Business and Technology, with a special focus on the area of Web 2.0 and Social Media. I am experienced in helping others understand modern technology and improve their business / daily lives.

Often heard compliments from clients are:
“Thanks! Finally I am able to understand this!” to
“Hmmm, never thought of that” or “Wow, never saw it that way”.

How much do you charge

I usually work on either a project or a retainer basis as I believe this is the fairest option for both sides. When working with me it is not about how much time we spend together, but how much you benefit from this. You have access to my knowledge and my experience which I have build over the years.

Please contact me with your request and let’s find out if we can work something out. If it is not a match, I will happily provide you with some other contacts which might be more suited for your projects.

My background:

I have been on the net for nearly 20 years, starting with BTX in ‘88, a bit Compuserve and then in 95 I discovered the love of the Internet for me. Since then I have been activly involved in the German scene and since 2002 I have also branched out into the English sphere where I found my true belonging. I have a degree in science / tech and have worked in a major corporation for 15 years – 3 years combined study / education, 3 years in Global IT and 9 years being the technical side of the controlling team.

Shortly after entering the net space I was asked to do trainings and seminars, this lead to moonlighting where I did consulting  + training mostly for SMB who wanted to start using the Internet in ‘98. After visiting my first ever conference in ‘05 I realized that my place is somewhere different and I quit my job and started to do consulting on my own in the middle of 2006.

Since then I have been involved in several projects, expanded what I do on the net as well as recently published my first book on Twitter.  I love working with people and help them get successful, especially through the use of social software.