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Social media is the new PR – Ogilvy

On December 17, 2008 by Karthik S

Excellent effort by Ogilvy. One of the relevant PDF documents was titled ‘The New PR‘ and talks extensively about why brands should start leveraging social media for PR. Ogilvy is defnitely ahead of the curve with some fabulous case studies, but what…

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Twittering million!

On December 17, 2008 by Karthik S

As if that list of Top 10 Indian IT companies and their non-existent (most of them, at least) twitter accounts is not enough, here’s Dell talking about the million USD it has made (see this and this)….through Twitter. Besides being an absolutely…

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India’s Top 10 IT companies on Twitter

On December 16, 2008 by Karthik S

How do Indian IT companies fare on microblogging (read, Twitter)? Terribly, I’d say. Of the Top 10 companies (as per this Rediff list), only 3 companies actually own their twitter profiles. The rest either do not even have a profile or have…

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Boston Herald on companies using social media for marketing

On December 16, 2008 by Karthik S

Good article in Boston Herald. But, except Lenovo, none of the other examples are inspiring enough for the fence-sitters to start experimenting. But, its a great beginning, nevertheless…and a good lesson for Indian companies! By the way, two of the companies mentioned…

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Titan Fastracks into Indian social media

On December 16, 2008 by Karthik S

One of the first brands that caught my eye in the social media scene in India was Titan’s Fastrack. Fastrack’s official website lists a Flickr page, a couple of Facebook pages (one, two and three) and even a Twitter stream. The Flickr…

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Social media in India?

On December 15, 2008 by Karthik S

Indian corporates and brands still seem largely skeptical about social media. Opening a Facebook page or a new twitter account is not social media engagement by any stretch of imagination. And of course, social media is about people – not about brands….

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