“Branding Personality is an online marketing agency for real people, who need to become the go-to person for their added value in this world. I believe each one of us has a talent that is given to them to use for the best of themselves on this earth in this life. 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.

When you type your expertise into Google, for example mine is online personal brand marketing, you can find that you or your company is not listed in the first 10 hits, maybe not even in the first 100 hits, maybe not at all. When people are looking for your expertise online, they will not find you. As our world is moving more and more online, you want to be known online. Especially the global movement advances that we want to be known online, as it is the only place where we can always exist, instead of being in Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo or Romania. We people, have the habit to always be on the move, whether it is walking a small distance or traveling a large distance.

We achieve that you be known online for the expertise that is YOU, for who YOU ARE. That people find you, want to connect with you and interact with you.

If you don’t have enough time available to work on your personal brand online, communicate with your people, we can get your message out to you, whatever you have to tell. We make sure your message is consistent with the image you want to be on the web.
We only work with people who want to BE ONLINE who they are FOR REAL. We are not building a brand for the person that is not you.” - Marieke Hensel

Who is part of the Branding Personality team?

Marieke Hensel
Founder, Online Personal Brand Marketer

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.

My vision:
With Branding Personality, I want to show people you can attract people & business by who you are. Be authentic and you will not only grow as a person, but your professional life will profit from that. I look forward to a talent and value based or gift economy, instead of a monetary or trade economy. Authenticity, talents and skills are the way towards a value based economy.

Marieke Hensel is the co-author of BusinessWise. A collaborative book for small companies with large ambitions. She has written on How to Attract your Target Group Online. BusinessWise is the #2 best selling business book on Amazon.co.uk in May 2007.

Marieke has been covered in these media:

• Telegraaf (largest Dutch newspaper)
• Sprout (Dutch entrepreneur magazine)
• Orange County Register, November 13, 2008
• Computer Idee (Dutch Computer magazine), February, 2009

Marieke Hensel is quoted in these media:
MKB Nederland magazine

Marieke has been a guest in these shows:
Radio 53N8 with Rick van Velthuizen (september 2005 and november 2005), Radio 538 is the most popular radio station in The Netherlands.

Marieke has been a speaker on the following events:

• Womenontheweb seminar: How to be famous on the internet, language: Dutch, Utrecht, The Netherlands (June 2007)
• Full day workshop: Wordpress for beginners for WomenontheWeb, language: Dutch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (July 14, 2007)