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Twitter is top social media channel among Fortune 500

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This represents a six percent increase over the 2008 study. 86% of these blogs (93) link directly to a corporate twitter account, a 300% increase over the 2008 study. The study’s key findings include: 22% (108) of the primary corporations listed in the 2009 Fortune 500 have a public-facing corporate blog.

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Barcamp Delhi 5: Spreading the Word out !

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Reply Gagan December 16, 2008 at 8:43 am TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008 Beating the slowdown blues Ever thought about spending a penny to save a Rupee. Not only Moneysaver, but other companies are also trying to utilize SMS, Bluetooth, mobile websites, to cost effectively reach customers. Have you been there before ?

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Words That Totally Make My Head Hurt | Almost Savvy

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Character counts: When we’re using Twitter or SMS text messages, we are limited to a certain number of characters and this tends to lead to a lot of creativity. .&# Even when you spell it that way often, it’s still wrong. Words that sound alike are really hard: “Where are they?&# “Their (or there) at the store.&#

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Youtube Tuesday: Lost Generation

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In February 2008,after receiving over 50 video entries, the AARP announced WhenI’m 50 as the winning video. The grand prize was $5,000. It contains students sharing their thoughts on what they think theyll be like when they are 50years old - their hopes,dreams, and aspirations.

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Burrp Delhi

The Marketing Blog

Log on to burrp Delhi and read the review and send the restaurant details to your uncle right on his phone using Burrp’s SMS feature. what will be good is if they can integrate it with other things, for e.g. the sms you mentioned, or perhaps forum etc, though i am not sure the audience is large enough for these.

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Why Online Banking on Mobiles Will Soar

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Since 2008, consumers have been moving from brick-and-mortar banking to online banking at an impressive rate. Consider this: There may be reporting on the demise of e-mail due to the rise of social media, however college students still see e-mail and SMS as critical mediums for online communication. opening an online savings account ).

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Getting Ready for LeWeb, Need Your Ideas

Almost Savvy

The platforms and devices used to communicate continue to fragment: multiple email accounts, social networks, chat, SMS etc. We won the People’s Choice Award at LeWeb 2008.) Will this continue or will there be clear winners? Will there be successful aggregators? Will all communication move to the Cloud?

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