Atom Thought

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

My new article on Strategies for Social Networking Sites has just been published on ‘DesiCretive’ You can view the article here: [link]. And precisely why this article becomes very relevant for Indian Social Networking Platforms! How businesses are lapping up social media? Is FourSquare The Answer?

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Atom Thought

DECEMBER 19, 2009

To start with I have always been very impressed with the idea of using location based targeting with social networks (though I understand that people always may not want to reveal their locations and may be averse to this concept). By the way Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey is one of the angel investors in Foursquare!

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Atom Thought

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Just because befriending is easy on online social networks- what value can having endless count of friends bring? Also, are social networks becoming a platform to show-off? Facebook Notes- Thoughts The Next Big Thing After Twitter! But this also triggered a couple of questions in my mind: 1. What happens then?

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Atom Thought

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

Do you know that there may be a social networking site which is bigger or almost equal to Facebook? ’ Here is an interesting and well researched whitepaper on the Future of Monetization for Social Networks and Social Gaming companies- rightly christened as’ HOW IS FACEBOOK GOING TO MAKE IT’S 1ST BILLION DOLLARS?

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Atom Thought

MARCH 6, 2010

I find facebook notes more powerful than twitter. Essentially notes are social but less frivoulus than social network comments, notes are microblogs but more comprehensive than twitter, and notes are complete expression through an online dialry just like blogs but much easier to execute , maintain and share.

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Atom Thought

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

But before we delve further on the above questions, let’s understand that Google already has an orkut and a wave and yet it launched Buzz (despite it’s partnership with Twitter). Google believes that the centre of communication is email- and hence it’s easy to build a social platform on top of an email service.

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Atom Thought

JULY 6, 2010

Since group buying depends on free traffic or the social network of buyers-they face a challenge of manipulating or leveraging this traffic fully. Social Authority Marketing- Getting deeper into Social Media! The Next Big Thing After Twitter! Traffic - group buying sites need huge traffic. Is FourSquare The Answer?

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