Marieke Hensel

Current

Founder, President at Branding Personality
Co-author BusinessWise at Words of wisdom for small businesses with big ambitions
*~*Queen of the comp*~* at Niva Dodra

Blogger at netwerken.blogspot.com
Member of LinkedInPowerWomen at LinkedInPowerwomen
Active member & BlackStar at Ecademy
Commercial Manager & owner at Hensel Hosting
Commercial manager at Henselutions

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Past

Ambassador at Olymba
Strategic IT partner at MatchWorkX
Management Trainee at ABN-AMRO

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Education

Universiteit Leiden
Hogeschool INHOLLAND
Hogeschool Haarlem

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Recommended

67 people have recommended Marieke

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

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Marieke Hensel’s Summary

Marieke (1979) is an entrepreneur with international experience. She chose for a life as entrepreneur to fulfill her potential and enjoy life to the fullest. Adding her value to people and companies to create freedom. Marieke lived and worked in the United States, Brazil and Romania. Originally from the Netherlands she is now launching Branding Personality, the online personal brand marketing agency in the United States.

Marieke is an international published author on How to Attract your Target Group Online (Collaborative book: BusinessWise). Businesswise is the second best selling Business book on Amazon.co.uk in May 2007. She started her first blog in 1999 and since then created an interest in online communities, online networking, search engine optimization, blogging and online personal branding. She has delivered numerous projects in this field. Marieke Hensel is also a speaker on the topic of online personal branding and delivers full day workshops in building your personal brand online.

Being young, female, or having children (3, of which 1 is adopted) should not be holding you back from achieving your goals in life and work on your passion.

Marieke Hensel’s Specialties:

I help you generate more traffic to your website, and convert your visitors into loyal customers.
My specialties are:
* Search Engine Optimization
Optimizing your website and linkbuilding campaigns is the most effective & efficient way to attract more visitors to your website)
* Blogs
I set up blogs & provide the content
* Social Networking sites Profiles
I set up profiles for you on LinkedIn, Ecademy, Xing, Facebook, Twitter and more

Marieke Hensel’s Experience

Founder, President

Branding Personality

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

The world is growing towards a large and global market place in which we seem to have a huge competition in our field. Actually, we have a special talent that the world needs to hear about and is waiting for.

Branding Personality is a one-stop shop for online marketing campaigns for real people for whom it is important to get their name out on the web and get known by their target group. Examples of these people include, but are not limited to: speakers, writers, coaches, consultants, actors, singers, entertainers. Many of them have a 1 person business and are relying on their name to be known and need to build credibility to attract their target group.

Business objectives are: Market leadership, Profit, Buzz, Global player, Community responsibility
Co-author BusinessWise

Words of wisdom for small businesses with big ambitions

(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)

If you are starting a business, or considering doing so, BusinessWise is the book for you. A collaboration amongst over 20 business experts, this book looks at the whole process of setting up a new business with success in mind. It covers a wide range of topics including business set up and vision, marketing (including using the internet), selling, finance, working in and managing teams, working from home and beating procrastination, networking internationally, getting the right message out in the right language, health and fitness and collaboration.

The authors, all life members of the network Ecademy.com, are experts in their subject area and have shared many tips and ideas. The result is a book that provides insights and guidance to new or potential business people as well as existing business owners. Read it with a pencil or highlighter to hand. You’ll need it!

If you want to read my part in the book, flip to page 49: How to attract your Target group online.
*~*Queen of the comp*~*

Niva Dodra

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Environmental Services industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

What I do under this company name:
- Search Engine Optimization (organic search)
Blogger

netwerken.blogspot.com

(Online Media industry)

October 2005 — Present (3 years 10 months)

Regular blogger on The First Dutch Weblog on Networking. I share news and tips on networking. And we aim to make the weblog the greatest source on networking in Dutch. See for yourself at http://netwerken.blogspot.com
Member of LinkedInPowerWomen

LinkedInPowerwomen

(Think Tanks industry)

September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Networking with LinkedInPowerWomen is a great way to learn about the tips & trics of using LinkedIn. Sharing the value of LinkedIn with PowerWomen, stimulates the value of this network. I support the members of LinkedInPowerWomen to achieve their (business)goals; networking online is the way to go with all these global-minded women.
Active member & BlackStar

Ecademy

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

December 2004 — Present (4 years 8 months)

Ecademy is a social business network with 60,000+ members worldwide. Being a member of Ecademy means online & offline networking in a safe and relationship-based (not money based) environment. Together we thrive to gain the most out of our relationships and out of personal value; with a long-term focus.
Commercial Manager & owner

Hensel Hosting

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

Hensel Hosting, provides website hosting for medium and small-sized businesses. Building relationships & great support is our main focus.
Commercial manager

Henselutions

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

We build virtual offices, mainly for employment agencies and recruitment agencies. Complex internet solutions.

Additional Information

Marieke Hensel’s Websites:

Marieke Hensel’s Interests:

my husband & 3 sons, reading management books, online marketing, new technology, synchronized swimming, networking, personal branding, SEO, online personal branding, blogging, online networking, internet marketing, linkedin, twitter, ecademy, facebook.

Marieke Hensel’s Groups:

Ecademy, WomenOnTheWeb, LinkedInPowerWomen, LinkedIn, freelancefridays, Xing, Women!Professional Network, LinkedInBloggers, TheDutchConnection, BNI Liaisons, TheNextWeb