Author: kullin

Norwegian opposition leader launches blog

Kristin Halvorsen, leader of Socialistisk Venstre, SV, (The Socialist Left Party) in Norway last week launched a blog. The premiere of the blog coincides with the launch of her book “Straight from the heart”.

The first two posts was by her personal “advisor” Roger, but then Halvorsen has been posting herself. She blogs about the American election, no/yes to EU and the rights for homosexuals to register a partnership, among other things. The blog has a comments function but no trackbacks or RSS feed visible, so she is not fully using the capabilities of a blog.

Fredrik Reinfeldt, are you reading this? Buy me lunch and I will show you how to launch a personal blog.

Swedish blog forum 2004

Finally things are starting to happen in the Swedish blogosphere. Thanks to an initiative of Stefan Geens and Erik Stattin, there will be a blog forum – simply called BloggForum Stockholm 2004 – on Nov 15, sponsored by Internetworld. The forum will have three different debates about politics, knowledge and media. I will be participating in the media session along with PJ Anders Linder, chief political editor of Svenska Dagbladet, Billy McCormac of JKL and Jonas Söderström of Cross Consulting. The session will be moderated by Mark Comerford from the Department of Journalism, Media & Communication at Stockholm University.

Entrance is free. Register on the website.

No PR people on marketers Top 100

The Swedish marketing magazine Sälj & Marknadsföring presents its list of Sweden’s 100 most influential marketers (see pdf). Top 10:

1. Richard Sjöberg, Information Officer, Coca-Cola

2. Maria Erixon, Designer, Nudie Jeans

3. Thomas Areskoug, Brand Manager, V&S;

4. Thommy Bindefeld, Head of Advertising, Indiska

5. Stefan Olander, Head of Advertising Europe, Nike

6. Anna-Lotta Model, Marketing Director, GM Norden

7. Karin Rågsjö, Information Secretary, Alkoholkommittén

8. Anne Thunman, Project Manager for Alcro Designers, Alcro Färg

9. Karin Ahlström Jensen, Information Officer, Öhrlings Pricewaterhouse Coopers

10. Michael Smirnoff, Information Officer, Nokia

There is not a single PR consultant on the top 100. Are they not (like the information officers) considered marketers?

Link via Researcher.se.