Maarten Schafer Quotes

#1. We live in a reputation economy. People are judged based on their online visible choices, behaviours, accomplishments and mistakes. Every comment you leave, person you connect to, photo you upload, or review you get, contributes to the permanent record of your online reputation.

Maarten Schafer

#2. In this time of 'information overload', people do not need more information. They want a story they can relate to.

Maarten Schafer

#3. I travel the world. I Take nothing but pictures, kill nothing but time and leave nothing but footprints.

Maarten Schafer

#4. Online personal branding is not about self-promotion ... it's about transferring your real world reputation into the online world.

Maarten Schafer

#5. Quite some years ago, I started travelling the planet. I thought this would learn me something about the world we live in. I was wrong ... It learned me something about myself. It changed me. And nothing will ever again be black-and-white again.

Maarten Schafer

#6. People want to do business with you because of 'who you are' and 'what you stand for' ... not because of 'what you do'.
Create your story ... publish it online and make sure people will find it when they Google you.

Maarten Schafer