freelance content creator
Marcel remote works as a digital content freelancer in Europe and South Africa. He speaks fluent Dutch and English, good Afrikaans and (rather good) conversational French. Happily married to the boss – Victoria, and is considered to be practical, level-headed, and not too serious about most things.
Loves Africa travel, specifically 4×4 road trips in Botswana, and has been on the road working remotely for over 2 years on an ongoing road trip around the European coastline.
Short History
Born in The Netherlands. Marcel grew up in Johannesburg and completed two years of national service as an army medic. Currently in France, by way of The Netherlands where Marcel and Victoria built up a successful online flooring business. Furthermore, they have designed and built websites for clients using Dreamweaver (remember that?), WordPress, Drupal and Squarespace, utilising SEO and content marketing. Now focused on WordPress and Ecwid.
Victoria and Marcel have expanded their knowledge into a consultancy to help people find their online presence, from (basic to advanced) website co-creation, training, guidance and content solutions.
core skills
Passion for video production and editing, content writing and web design, along with good practical skills.
Competencies
- Video Editing: Premiere Pro, Filmora, DaVinci etc.
- Canva: graphics, thumbnails etc.
- WordPress: website build, maintenance, blogging
- Content writing, editing, proofreading
- Ecwid: e-commerce and simplified online presence for clients
- Published author: Land Rover Activity Book, Beauty of Beer, Medic Biography
- Skillshare Courses:
Books Authored
- The Complete Land Rover History – from Mud to Mayfair
- A Year Late and a Border Short
- Beauty of Beer Compendium
- Land Rover Activity Book
youtube presence
YouTube channel ( over 15,000 subs, 14 000 000 views – mostly focused on Land Rovers, outdoors and gear reviews).
Second YouTube channel hosting client videos (filmed and edited in-house).
Links
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ASimplyFabLife
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4x4MuddyBoots
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-koning/
- Email: marcel@asimplyfab.life
Hobbies and interests
Travel and Land Rovers lead the way, not necessarily in that order, but a combination of both is best. You will most likely find him behind a camera lens and he loves to write numerous blogs (travel, outdoors) with a fascination for clunky old cars, movies, the outdoors and camping.
off the beaten path
In 2010 he made his “best mistake ever” by taking part in the Croatia Trophy 4×4 Competition as a co-driver/navigator. This daunting eight-day challenge galvanised him to enter their own Land Rover in the “Adventure class” in 2011. The Land Rover virus still has him firmly in its grip, but he has managed to diversify, and lately, loves getting lost in Botswana!
Land Rover Club Holland WEBSITE
An example of his creativity and commitment can be found in volunteering for the Land Rover Club Holland as a member of the Communication Committee. He was responsible for their content creation, curation, and translation (English/Dutch) for several years, keeping the website up-to-date with the latest news and articles about Land Rovers.
This passion for travel, adventure and the outdoors means being flexible, adaptive, and able to roll with it (especially in Africa). He is resourceful in his work as a freelance content creator, and you can also find him sharing his creativity on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ASimplyFabLife
