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Praying and piggybacking: Who is Nesamani and why are brands talking about him?

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The world yesterday realized that meme culture is well and truly alive in South India, for all of a sudden, social users everywhere were praying for a fictional South Asian character. Nesamani is a character played by Tamil actor and comedian Vadivelu in the 2001 film Friends. We Indians really do take our memes seriously.

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SEO is Dead. Content Marketing = Guaranteed SEO

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In honor of their 15th birthday last month, Google gave themselves the biggest algorithm rewrite since 2001. Don’t focus on just text – create videos, webinars, eBooks, images, memes and more if it’s what resonates with your audience. Google Hummingbird. Blog Often and Well.

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10 Reasons Celebrities Are Better at Instagram Than Brands

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The first @theacademy Awards I ever went to was in 2001 when I made a fake pass and snuck in. They know how to use a meme. Memes will never not be popular on the Internet. At their best, memes are funny, shareable, topical, and tend to have broad appeal. View this post on Instagram. Repost @jonmchu ??? We have to stan.

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Last month on social: Pop culture, piggybacking, and…pee?

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Neasamani, however, is a fictional character from a 2001 Indian film who gets wounded after his employee drops a hammer on his head. Noticing meme accounts blowing up with this hashtag, brands were quick to piggyback on this trend. One of the brands was Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and theirs was their most engaging post of 2019.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First (Real) Stop: Friendster In 2001, I took the plunge into Friendster , and as an early adopter, I befriended just about anyone I had some sort of association with and reciprocated every friend request. Closing Thoughts I’d turn this into a meme, but you know how I feel about that. Do you draw the line somewhere?

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How to Use Facebook Groups to Grow Your Business and Engage Customers

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As someone who ran an unauthorized 2gether fan site on Geocities for three glorious, hormone-fuelled months in 2001, I know first-hand the joy of bringing the community together online. It’s a pretty straightforward process — even easier than adding an animated fire background to your homepage on Geocities in 2001. I believe in you!

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