2012

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Word of Mouth? Viral? Social ? What’s the difference?

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Yesterday while discussing on org structure with a colleague, I came across a topic which propelled me to write this post. While the discussion hovered around social media and viral/ word of mouth marketing-this led to an interesting thought- is viral different than word of mouth and also if viral marketing is a superset of social media marketing. I very clear understand that social media is not just about distributing content but goes further towards, listening, engagement and collaboration, an

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3 guidelines to empower your local marketing

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I was reading a recent issue of Forbes India where they enlightened readers on the FDI and one of the statements caught my eye. That statement was by a FMCG/Retail executive who stated that consumers’ tastes and preferences vary every few hundred kilometers. Infact there is a sea-change of difference between consumers of Pune and.

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Big Data and Why its #fail for CMOs who just hang-out with their creative agencies!

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90% of the data in the world has been created in the last 2 years alone! What does that mean? That most of our knowledge of the world, and consumers is very new and it’s a dynamic view, given the pace of knowledge creation in such a short period. This huge pile of data, streams.

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How Volvo is leveraging Pinterest for success?

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Volvo is one of the first car companies to have launched a unique promotion on Pinterest. And it did that with a very apt model to start with: The S60T5 Needless to say this model of Volvo focuses on its impeccable design, technology and lowest entry price point attributes and targets young internet savvy professionals.

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9 Startup Learnings You Should Not Miss!

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Harbinder Narula is an online and mobile VAS specialist who has served at various senior levels with companies like Google, Times Group, Buongiorno and Aryty. He was the first business development hire for Google India where he initiated the GOOG short code on mobile and then went on to lead Content Partnerships for Google in.

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Birth of the Chief Marketing Technology Officer

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Not long back, it used to be a pain creating a special promo page on a corporate website, adding some content,or starting a blog for the business, creating a promo mail id, analyzing traffic data or even putting a small 3 field form!

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4 Top Facebook Mistakes by Companies in 2012

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1. Treat Facebook to push Press Releases: More often than not companies push their press releases intended for newspapers and magazines on Facebook. We have seen this become as bad as publishing scanned images of the press releases. Companies need to realize that their real job begins after getting the likes on Facebook. If they.