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Twitter losing market share, or does it?

November 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Marketing, Technology

There has been a lot of discussions the last couple of days that Twitter is a trend, rapidly losing followers and users. VG wrote about it today here in Norway.
To some point it might be so, but as has been said, the news is about the site itself, Twitter.com.
Like me, I don’t hardly uses the [...]

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Dagbladet and Moland

October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Politics

Dagbladet did today reach a new low! This frontpage; tells it all. They have made an excuse, but the harm is already done, The paper is still out there, and it looks like Dagbladet are doing anything to sell some more papers.
There has been an outrage in Norway today and Twitter has been a [...]

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Jarle Aabo creats rage.. in the Norwegian Twitter elite…

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing

Jarle Aabø wrote an article about a week ago, regarding the misuse of Twitter amongst Norwegian journalists. What happend, of course, he was hung by the lot….
But the thing about that is that they are absolutely right! Marius Eriksen, partner at Sermo wrote this in Kampanje. Besides what he is writing I would like [...]

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The discussion is heating up

August 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics

It has been a busy couple of weeks, back at work, writing a lot about the digital possibilities out there, commented a lot in VG about the politicians use of social media, been in a discussion on TV2Nyhetskanalen together with @jilltxt and @SVHeikki on the same matter – and trying to follow the discussions in [...]

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Chronicle from VG

July 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics

I wrote a chronicla in yesterdays VG about politicians and the use of Twitter, and I will publish it here on my blogg. For all my english readers, you’ll have to excuse me, it’s in Norwegian.
Twitter blant politikere – kirkegården for relasjoner
De, særdeles, siste seks månedene har politikere og politiske partier i Norge kastet seg [...]

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Users of Twitter in Norway

April 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Marketing, Technology

According to Øyvind Solstad at NRK Beta there is somewhere between 20 000 – 40 000 Twitter users in Norway.
The last figure I’ve heard was 6 500, and that was three months ago. Could this be true? If so, and amazing developoment.
Below is the twitter between Solstad at and the journalist Hege Ulstein at Dagsavisen, [...]

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The Røkke pressconference

April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Misc, Politics

This afternoon, one of the biggest investors and most discussed CEO in Norway, Kjell Inge Røkke, had his long awaited press conference, about the sales of Aker shares, and the heated discussions with the minority owner, the Norwegian State.
It was a blow out!
You really have to understand Norwegian to get a grip on this [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates 15.03.2009

March 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Misc

Veldig glad for snøfreser! Mer sne – oh glede #
I just like to watch outside the house, 1.5 meter of snow #
done with everything, here comes the new week with a lot of exciting things #
still working, hell of a fun week ahead! #
@yapluka du har helt rett! in reply to yapluka #
Here’s [...]

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Exhausted

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Politics

A great INMA seminar about politics and social media earlier today. Thanks to Sindre F. Beyer, Arbeiderpartiet, Hanne Bjerknes, Høyre, Tone Liljeroth, FrP, Marius Myhrvold, ColtPR, Marius Eriksen, Sermo Consulting, Thomas Moen, 4AM, Jan Omdahl, Dagbladet for making this such a great day.
A lot of Twitter and LiveStreaming – I will post it as soon [...]

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Twitter Weekly Updates – 08.03.2009

March 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Technology

@philiplund hvofor ikke en sak om hvorfor Twitter har eksplodert i Norge siden årsskiftet in reply to philiplund #
nye muligheter – ny uke! #
@Manheim høres ut som en god plan – jeg legger det inn i kalender #
@philiplund skjønner problemstillingen bra artikkel idag f.ø på Kuttisme! in reply to philiplund #
RT @AthleticsMLBB [...]

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The Frenzy of Twitter

March 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing, Technology

Twitter’s the subject of a lot of debate at the moment and a lot of coverage in the media and press. Twitter is growing fast and as it does so it is changing and evolving to follow its users needs.
I truly believe that Twitter is growing and that 2009 will see it evolve beyond what [...]

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This thing with Twitter

March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Misc

Thought I post something that I twittered (can you say that??) last week, it looks a bit corny but anyway. And I do feel that Pascal has a point!
Oh, almost forgot, Kuttisme had a really good article today about the use of Twitter in marketing. Read it!

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The success of Twitter

February 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Misc

I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.
Who said it? The French philosopher Blaise Pascal in 1662.

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The Pirate Bay trial

February 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Politics, Technology

The Swedish government is aiming its cannons at The Pirate Bay, but the torrent site’s administrators say that they don’t plan to abandon ship. The charges filed yesterday against The Pirate Bay by Swedish prosecutor Håkan Roswall (you can here it live at SVT and follow it at Twitter) allege that four of the torrent [...]

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Twitter is accelerating

February 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing

The use of Twitter here in Norway has exploded the last couple of months. The real value of Twitter is both in acting as a central portal to bring together and point to all social media activity, and also a true engagement tool!
In fact, when brands use Twitter and in Norway are we so far [...]

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No surprise – Facebook is no 1!

February 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Marketing, Technology

Data released today from Compete.com supports what will not be a surprise to most. Facebook is the most visited social network, with nearly 1.2 billion visits in January 2009. This also represents significant growth, with visits to Facebook up 36% on December, and 256% over the previous twelve months. MySpace slipped into second place at [...]

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