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About Nicklas

Hi! I’m Nicklas Koski and I’m the man behind this web site. I’m blogging about social media, online communities and search engines. I started blogging because I’m intrested in these topics and I think that information and comments about the topics may be helpful for other people, as well. I write mainly in Finnish.

I have a 12 year experience of developing web sites. As from 1999 I have taken part in developing some of the largest online communities and search engines in Finland.

In the beginning of 2007 I co-founded a new company Jemino Ltd, whose CEO I am. Jemino develops Internet media services and offers consulting services and training for customers. Our specialties are online communities, social media and search engines. We can help our customers to develop and grow their Internet business by creating new concepts and utilizing online communities and search engine optimization. We are also doing search engine optimization and search engine marketing. During the summer of 2007, we launched a Startis. It's an easy to use starting page and a navigation tool for the Internet.

Previously I was in charge of the business and product development at Suomi24. That is the most popular online community and social media site in Finland with extremely popular message boards, chat rooms, dating services and many other services.

I have also been the manager of the predecessor of the search engine Eniro.fi, when it was a part of Suomi24, and before that, the manager of the Evreka search engine. At Sirkus.com, the predecessor of Suomi24, I was in charge of the product development of the community services. In October 2006 I left Suomi24, because I wanted to do and learn new things.

Often I’ve given comments and statements to the media about the operations and development of online communities and social media.

I made my first home page back in 1996 I started blogging in 2002. You can read more about the history of this web site at the About this site page.

Experience

CEO
I take care of the daily business at Jemino, provide our customers with consulting and training services and develop new Internet concepts.
Jemino Ltd - 1/2007–
Business Manager of Suomi24
I was in charge of the Suomi24 online community with focus on business and product development. We managed to multiply the revenues and the usage.
Oy Eniro Finland Ab - 1/2002–11/2006
Nordic Portal Manager
I was in charge of the nordic product development in Stockholm of Eniros’s portals and community services.
Oy Eniro Finland Ab - 10/2004–11/2005
Product Manager, Evreka.fi and communities
I worked with the search engines and the Suomi24 online communites. Member of the management team.
Scandinavia Online Oy - 3/2000–12/2001
Editor and Web Developer, Sirkus.com
I wrote IT related news articles and developed the concept of an online gaming and multimedia service.
Telia InfoMedia Interactive Oy - 5/1999–3/2000
Page Designer
I made layout for the news pages in the newspaper and updated the web site of Hufvudstadsbladet with fresh news.
Hufvudstadsbladet Ab - 6/1998–3/1999
Reporter and Internet Editor
I wrote local news articles to the newspaper and updated the web site of Vasabladet with fresh news.
Vasabladet - 6/1996–8/1997

Education

University of Tampere
Master of Social Sciences. Graduated from the Electronic photojournalism Masters’ programme with mass communication as my major subject.
9/1997–6/1999
Åbo Akademi University
I studied social sciences, mass communication and economics in the city of Vasa.
9/1993–5/1997

Commissions of Trust

Board Member at IAB Finland - IAB Finland - 9/2004–10/2006
Leader of the Finnish Advertising Task Force at IAB - IAB Finland - 4/2005–10/2006
Secretary of the co-operation organization of the Swedish People’s Party in Vasa - Svensk Ungdom - ca 1996

Interviews

Valvontavirastosta heippa - Helsingin Sanomat - Nov 25, 2007
”Missä menee raja, onko joku video todellisuutta vai ei? Siinä on loputon suo” - Salon Seudun Sanomat - Nov 8, 2007
Uusin Suomi - Helsingin Sanomat - Jul 8, 2007
Nettimainonta jäsentyy - Kauppalehti VIP - Sep 18, 2006
Vertaistuki voi olla tuhoavaa eikä auttavaa - Keskisuomalainen - Jun 18, 2006
Ylläpitäjä luottaa Seiska-adressin aitouteen - Digitoday - May 26, 2006
Netti ilman mainoksia - Ylioppilaslehti - n:o 10/2006
Webbsidor som är för ätstörningar sprids på nätet - YLE X3M - Jan 23, 2006
Netti toipuu lamahinnoista - Markkinointi&Mainonta - n:o 1/2006
Finnmatkat valtasi Suomi24.fi:n - RE: - Jan 8, 2006
Skvaller på nätet kan få konsekvenser - Jakobstad Tidning - Jan 3, 2006
Verkko ei ole Villi-Länsi - Keskipohjanmaa - Jan 2, 2006
Sähköpostissa kulkee jouluviikolla monen megatavun jouluterveisiä - Salon Seudun Sanomat - Dec 24, 2006
Suomi24-keskustelupalsta sai selvityspyynnön rasismista - Kansan Uutiset - Dec 22, 2005
Rasistiset nettikeskustelut johtivat selvityspyyntöön - Aamulehti - Dec 17, 2005
Lähettääkö nettikortti vai perinteinen? - Etelä-Suomen Sanomat - Dec 4, 2006
Muutama prosentti viesteistä asiattomia Suomi24:n palstoilla - Länsi-Suomi - Nov 2, 2005
Tavataan netissä - Iltalehti Viikonvaihde - Oct 1, 2005
Aukkoja valvonnassa - Iltalehti - August 18, 2005
Suomessa alkoi internet-mainonnan standardointi - Kauppalehti - Jul 7, 2005
Suomenkielisiä nettisivuja epäillään modeemikaappauksista - Helsingin Sanomat - May 17, 2005
Poliisi kaavailee chat-valvontaa - Iltalehti - Jun 18, 2004
Keskustelupalstojen valvonta on vapaaehtoisten käsissä - Helsingin Sanomat - Apr 21, 2004
Kuka lisää tietoni Googlen hakukoneeseen? - Helsingin Sanomat - Mar 24, 2004
Internetistä tullut kriisityön väline - Helsingin Sanomat - Mar 22, 2004
Suomi24 näkyy taas - Markkinointi&Mainonta - May 2, 2003
Kohti lasten Googlea? - Pelastakaa Lapset - n:o 4/2003
Hakukone Google kerää massiivista tietopankkia - Helsingin Sanomat - Apr 6, 2003
Yhteisöllinen Suomi24 vie tiedon lähteille - Pelastakaa Lapset - Jan 17, 2003
Intervju med Nicklas Koski på finska söktjänsten Suomi24.fi - Internetbrus - Nov 11, 2002
Ajankohtaiset aiheet kiinnostavat nettikeskustelijoita - Markkinointi&Mainonta - Oct 17, 2002
Hakukoneissa tekniikka ratkaisee - Kauppalehti Extra, Informaatiotekniikka - Sep 16, 2002
X3M-dag: söktjänster - YLE X3M - Dec 16, 2001

Projects and activities

I have taken part in the development, concept planning or launch of the following web services:

Suomi24, front page and user interface - 2000–2006
Suomi24 Keskustelu message board - 1999–2006
Suomi24 Chat - 2000–2006
Suomi24 Tori classified ads - 2005–2006
Suomi24 Treffit dating service - 2004–2006
Suomi24 Posti e-mail service - 2005
Suomi24 Pelit guide to web games - 2005
Suomi24 Galleria profile pages - 2003
Suomi24 Kartat map search - 2002
Suomi24:n Kaupunki-info local search - 2002
Yritystele.fi, new design - 2002
Suomi24 Linkkiopas web directory - 2002
Consolidation of Suomi24 and Evreka.fi - 2001
Evreka.fi search engine - 1999–2001
Suomi24 Ohjelmat, Tucows software archive - 2001
Haku.net web directory - 2001
Sirkus Areena multimedia service - 1999
Sirkus Kone&Peli news service - 1999
Finlands Press, new design - 1999
Tidningarnas Förbund, new design - 1998
Mediahuset, new design - 1997
Österbottens förbund, new design - 1997

Public appearances and workshops

Marketing yourself and online reputation management - University of Tampere - 1/2007
Search Engines - The Yritystele kick-off - 9/2006
Panel discussion: Verkko - dinosaurus vai joustava media
The Media & Message event - 8/2004
Online reports, lectures and workshops - University of Tampere, Åbo Akademi University - 1999–2000
Online reports - The seminar of the Union of Journalists in Finland and Publicistförbundet - 10/1999

Publications and essays

Verkkoreportaasin synty - 6/1999
Keinohenkilön luominen verkkoon - 4/1998
Keinotodellisuutta ei ole - 2/1998
Multimedia vastaan pelkistäminen - 12/1997
Nordisk satellit-tv, utveckling och framtid - PDF 183 kb - 5/1997
Partiopinionen i Vasa och Korsholm gällande en sammanslagning av kommunerna - PDF 124 kb - 11/1996

Profile

Name: Nicklas Koski
Age: 33
Location: Turku, Finland
Profession: Social media and search engine specialist.
Education: Master of Social Sciences
Languages: Swedish, Finnish, English, German. I also understand Norwegian and Danish.
Interests: Travel, movies, sci-fi, hiking, photography, gardening.
Computer: MacBook
Wishlist: Amazon