[Warning: This blog post is purely subjective speculation, and not built on any empirical facts.] This morning, I read an interesting editorial on Wikileaks by Swedish journalist Anders Mildner. One of his points was that Wikileaks might not be som big among in the eyes of common man, as it is in social media. Nerds like us might think and

What to do when the market develops rapidly and you find yourself outdated before you even had time to react? That is the question all media houses ask themselves right now. So did The Atlantic, but the answer they came up with is probably not like anything you’ve ever heard: according to Atlantic Media president Justin Smith they imagined they were

Björn Hurtig, you just have to love Björn Hurtig. Why? Well, Julian Assange’s lawyer really put his foot in it with his statements following Guardians article 10 days in Sweden: the full allegations against Julian Assange. For instance, Hurtig says: “It is with great concern that I hear about this because it puts Julian and his defence in a bad

The Fall of Entrepreneurship? Well, I’m of course speaking of the season and not the verb. From September 1, I have been working with entrepreneurship at the Drivhuset foundation here in Sweden. My task has been to coach young entrepreneurs, improve the PR at the universities and to work with the national social media presences. With one day left until

One day after being in the world press limelight for a premature terrorist tweet (that ended up to be 100% correct), Sweden’s foreign secretary Carl Bildt was suspended from Twitter. And so the speculation started. @jmacfear: If @CarlBildt account was suspended by US officials, we are going nowhere really fast. You cant stop global press. #WikiLeaks #Cablegate @BeardedWhale User has

Each and every time I speak to a client or attendants at seminars about social media, I get the question: “What is right and wrong?” or “What is the best practice in social media?” And as I always have and always will contend, there is no one who can say what is right or wrong from a pure social media

Exactly one year ago, I blogged about the fact that Swedes increasingly googled for “Google”. Today, the web dominatrix of California again published their most sought after words in Sweden. I am happy to say: “Google” was not on the top-10 list anymore. Oh joy, oh happiness. There’s hope for good ol’ Sweden after all. Last year: “Swedes google for

Today, Stan Phelps at Marketing Lagniappe brings up an example of PR at its best. As a nerd, it sends shivers down my spine. Who would not love to be singled out by KLM in this way when checking in to an airport? Kudos to the Dutch giant for their creativeness in using social media in PR. I’m forever in

The guys behind The Influencer Project is back with yet another exciting webinar with 60 influential speakers getting 60 seconds each to entertain and educate us in 60 minutes. This time around, ThoughLead invites us to listen to The Future of Marketing at futureofmarketing.com. Be there live November 16 at 1 PM EST, or download the MP3 if you cannot

This week, a controversial book on the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf was published and immediately got the sought for media attention. In “The Reluctant Monarch”, the author writes about scandals like lovers, parties and visits to strip clubs. Yesterday, His Majesty the King gave a very short statement during a press conference. A statement that was critizised by journalist