Skimbaco Launches in Finland with a Partnership with MTV3

by Katja Presnal on August 23, 2010

I am so excited to announce that Skimbaco is going international!

Thanks to Timo Kunnari, an editor of MTV3.fi homepage, with whom I share a home town, Paimio, Finland, I was invited to talk about a possible partnership with MTV3, the major TV Network in Finland earlier this summer. Today I am happy to announce the partnership between MTV3.fi and Skimbaco, and the launch of two Skimbaco blogs in Finnish. I am currently in Finland, on a media tour to announce the partnership and to celebrate the launch.

I am overwhelmed and happy, excited and humbled. I am thankful for the opportunity, and feel such national pride to be working in my native language. At the same time I am proud to become the “eyes in the U.S.” for the TV network’s site, and to report all the latest trends and happenings, fashion and design back to Finland.

MTV3.fi will host two Skimbaco blogs, Skimbaco Home Finnish Edition under their Koti (Home) channel, and Katja Presnal in New York blog under the women’s channel called Helmi, the blog will be more like Skimbaco Lifestyle, with some exclusive posts in Finnish as well. My goal is to get more Finns excited about blogging, and reading blogs, and to appreciate blogging industry more. Part of our launch is also a cool contest for Finnish bloggers – by writing a blog post of what they think is the best in Finland, they are entering to win a trip to New York City to hang out with me, and to see what it is to be a blogger in the city. This is cool news for local bloggers too – MTV3 and I will be hosting a party while the three Finn bloggers are in town and inviting local bloggers to join us!

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Katja Presnal is an international lifestyle expert who inspires you to live life to the fullest. She has been featured in NY Times, Glamour, Redbook and Woman's Day magazines among many other national and international publications and written for MTV3 and Lifetime TV networks. Read Katja's full bio and connect with Katja on Twitter @katjapresnal

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{ 8 comments }

1 Jamie August 23, 2010 at 17:20

That is very cool! Congrats!!!!

2 Lori August 23, 2010 at 22:25

Congratulations hun! I know this has been a dream of yours for a while now so I’m so excited to see your crossover happening! You deserve it:)

3 Sheena August 23, 2010 at 22:50

Congrats, I’m proud of you, girlie!

4 Zippy August 24, 2010 at 13:09

I can’t think of anyone who deserves this more than you do. You are an inspiration to us all…now go and take Finland (and the rest of Eur0pe) by storm!

5 Kimberly/Mom in the City August 24, 2010 at 19:41

Yay Katja…that’s wonderful!

6 Naomi August 27, 2010 at 17:23

So very proud of you as you continue your plans for world domination… ha!

7 Naomi August 27, 2010 at 17:24

So very proud of you as you continue your plans for world domination… ha! I think they should run a contest for you to bring your blogging buddies to Finland, too…

8 Donna August 28, 2010 at 11:00

So proud of you! What a wonderful venture!!

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