So, how come I am in Turkey blogging for Nokia during the world championships in basketball? It’s actually part of a wider strategy of Nokia and word of mouth marketing bureau 1000heads from London. As a digital PR nerd, I really like that strategy! Nokia might not be topping the sales lists in Western Europe and the US right now,

As part of the #BeMyGuest campaign, initiated by Emily Cagle and Adam Vincenzini, I hereby have the honor of presenting a guest post by Brittish PR pro Gerel Orgil. Equal parts useful and funny, as usual! This post is contributed by me, Gerel Orgil, as part of #BeMyGuest, a guest writing initiative that I’ve failed to follow through until the

The blog has now moved from Blogger to my own domain, vampyr.se. So welcome here! Over the upcoming week, I will be going through all old blog posts to change the format and some internal links – the transfer to WordPress has not gone as easy as it should I’m afraid. So, please be patient if some things looks weird

Today is the one year anniversary of my personal blog. And what a year it has been. Without doubt, I can say that it has been the richest and most turbulent one since I was born. So much has happened in both my private and professional life that it is hard to fathom. What is most important is that I

Two days remain in the voting period for the Swedish YABA (Yet Another Blog Award) in Marketing, Media, Trends and Design. If you haven’t voted already, go ahead and do it now at http://www.daytona.se/yaba/2010 (in Swedish!). My blog, Vampyr, is nominated in the Marketing category. You can vote until March 4, which also marks the 1-year anniversary for this blog.

Brittish PR gurus (Yes, it’s ok to call someone else that… but not yourself!) Emily Cagle and Adam Vincenzini have started an interesting initiative at Twitter. Under hashtag #BeMyGuest, they encourage bloggers to look for others to exchange guest posts with. This is kind of the embodiment of why I like social media; it gives you the chance to exchange

A little ego tripping: Yesterday, I was glad to find that my post “Phishing Attacks a Threat to Twitter?” was featured in Social Media Today. Good news, always nice to be picked up by such a well-known and respected outpost for news on that subject. With 1952 views and 97 retweets (right now) on that site alone, it is the

I am moving the blog to my own domain, and will power it with WordPress. It’s about time to take that step. Is there anything you would like to see in the new format? Content wise, or something that would make the blog more accessible? Let me know at markus@vampyr.se

I made a joke today. Yes, it is true. I know it is hard to wrap your mind around the mere idea of it, but I promise you that I really did. In a Twitter comment, I said to Amy Howell (@HowellMarketing) that she need to learn Swedish, because it’s the new French. Then I started to think about it,

After less than a year as a blogger, I am proud and very happy to have been nominated for a Swedish blog award in Marketing. Daytona’s YABA (Yet Another Blog Award) is carried out by reader nominations at Twitter and then open voting for a month (Feb 3-Mar 4) at www.daytona.se/yaba/2010. The competition is stiff in all categories, stretching from new