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A Sustainable Plan And My Point Of View

May 16, 2010

Challenge the establishment. That’s what you should do if you’re young and don’t really have to care about being fired. (Actually that’s what you always should do!) That’s exactly what the students over at Berghs School of Communication have done this year once again. Their contribution to an often shallow advertising world is driving sustainability. [...]

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Presenting TEDxViggbyholm 18 April – An Evening About Visualization

April 7, 2010

Two days ago I got the news that my application for a TEDx license was approved. My idea is to host an event for around 75 people in Viggbyholm, Täby where I live. The focus of the event will be visualization and how design shape our ideas about the future. The event will be held in Täby, Sweden on [...]

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The Essential Guide On How To Start And Configure A Blog That Rocks The World

March 24, 2010

I have gotten the question over and over again from people, organizations and brands: “How do we start a blog the right way” – I’ve decided to put my advice into writing. Some of you might think this post is unnecessary. Other people have written about this already. I thought so too until I started [...]

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Simon Pestridge From Nike Make Future Advertising Sound Simple

March 19, 2010

Apple, Nike, adidas, Google and so on. It’s always easy to point the wow pointer to these huge brands that have massive amounts of brand fans world wide. But sometimes you’ve just gotta remind people about why these brands often are leading the pack. I have just gotten of stage in Tallin, Estonia after speaking [...]

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Canon Digs Into The Vimeo Video Community

February 9, 2010

While spending some time reading up on what the ‘fine art’ video photographer Vincent Lafore was up to I ran into a campaign by Canon placed on the video site Vimeo. The concept called ‘The Story Beyond The Still’ is a perfect example on how brands could look into creating digital events rather than necessarily [...]

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Now I Need Your Help!

February 3, 2010

I believe in the saying – ‘Sharing is caring’ and most of the post on this blog is about just that. Trying to get my head around things that could help brands and companies to outperform themselves. Now I need to cash in some of that sharing and the currency is cudos – your vote! [...]

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“It’s Gonna Change The Way We Do The Things We Do Everyday”

January 27, 2010

Those are the words said by Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President World Wide Product Marketing over at Apple when speaking about the new Apple iPad. It pretty much sums up what I thing after having followed the keynote given by Steve Jobs today. The new iPad is a game-changer and I need one now! (you [...]

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Come On Over and I’ll Print A Lasagna or Pizza For Dinner!

January 14, 2010

I spent far to much of my youth riding my snowboard, so getting me into MIT would probably involve both bribes and plastic surgery. But if I had, the MIT Media Lab is for sure the place to be if you wanna tap into the future for real. Hidden in room 320 you’ll find Pattie [...]

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Svenska politiker i sociala och digital media under valet 2010. Några råd på vägen – Det handlar om vem du är, vad du tycker och hur vi kan bli vänner.

January 5, 2010

Det började igår med att jag läste en artikel på SVD där man skriver: “Sociala medier ny PR-kanal”. Strax efter retweetade jag @byBalsam som uppmärksammat chefredaktören Martin Jönssons morgontweet (som senare bloggade om allt buzz). Inte många timmar efter postar Brit Stakston en strålande betraktelse av hela historien som hon idag följde upp med en [...]

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Brand and Communication Predictions For 2010 by Johan Ronnestam

December 31, 2009

This last year, 2009 has been a blast in many ways. Almost every day I’ve received interesting news from friends, other bloggers and my RSS feeds. Even thought we’ve seen one of the most severe economical downturns this year it seems advertising, communication and technology has been the business to be in. Brands seem to [...]

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A Book, MashUp, PDF or Whatever You Wanna Call It By Johan Ronnestam

December 30, 2009

I’ve always wanted to write a book. This is NOT it! So far this year my blog have had more than 115 000 unique visitors and just over 240 000 visits. I’ve written more than 500 blog posts covering everything from design, gadgets, trends, technology, advertising, innovations, personal things, branding and more. About 28% of [...]

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Successful Culting of Brands: 10 Easy Steps – A Book Tip & My Reflections

December 22, 2009

One thing I love about the internet is the fact that suddenly you find things that haven’t surfaces for many years. Last week, thanks to AdLab I got word of a book by Douglas Atkin – ‘The Culting of Brands’. Douglas wrote this book back in 2004 but as I’m reading it I’d say it’s [...]

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