Gauravonomics Blog For Marketers, Entrepreneurs and Activists How To Organize and Energize Your Evangelists Blog Speaking Writing Bio Media Subscribe Slideshare Twitter LinkedIn Facebook IdeaSliver Labs Tumblr « Branded Social Entertainment in China: Multinational Marketers Turn to Branded Online Video Serials Luxury Brands and the Social Commerce Opportunity in China » The Ultimate List of Meetups, Events and Conferences for Marketers, Entrepreneurs and Activists in Asia Welcome to the Gauravonomics Blog for Marketers, Entrepreneurs and Activists ! forum in Beijing. MORE >>

Last winter a movie called Avatar became the world’s top grossing film ever with a plot line that saw a big company waging a war and destroying a world so it could mine a precious resource. The connection cannot be underestimated, for like Avatar’s world, people and the oceans are interconnected. That is why I changed my avatar. BP flew in clean-up workers for the event , and as soon as the president left, they were dispersed. When the oceans and related wetlands are irrevocably damaged, we are damaged. The Gulf of Mexico is an environmental holocaust. MORE >>

Malcolm Gladwell argues in the New Yorker that events that are hailed as Twitter revolutions often add up to small change. In my previous avatars, I have studied at IIM Bangalore, held senior marketing roles at the Tata Group, taught social media at Georgetown University as the 2008-09 Yahoo! Follow the blog on RSS , Twitter or Facebook and youll never miss a post again! agree. He argues that real change needs real institutions , not swarms that come together for a moment. agree, again. agree, yet again. link] Beth Kanter Great summary of how he got it wrong. Lets talk. MORE >>

Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me 5 Thoughts from a Veteran Podcaster December 1, 2009 by Taylor Marek With the last month of 2009 upon us, and after floating around numerous expos and events, I thought I would share some thoughts about our industry as a whole. Our Industry is Maturing Yes, I know this is kind of the obvious one, but it needs to be stated. Remember when Podcast Pickle hit Time Magazine in 2006? We were making headway then. Now the door is wide open. Oh how times have changed. MORE >>

You get to know people through their avatar. Not because of Inside PR and PRSA, but because people are beginning to understand the informal gatherings at large events is the only way you’re going to be able to see everyone you want to see. It’s a great way to kill many birds with one stone and put bodies with their avatars. It’s Facebook question of the week time (clap, clap, clap)! Unfortunately, I have had zero time to scan the questions and record a video. You may be asking yourself why I have time to type a blog post and not record a video. MORE >>