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You on Twitter = The Times of India? Well… not quite. Hmmm… perhaps!

October 16, 2014September 12, 2018 by Karthik S

How do film makers/actors promote films normally? Print ads in leading newspapers? TV ads? Posters seem to be an outdated mode of promotion these days, but I’m sure they still carry a lot of value in smaller towns and cities in India….

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Deepika Padukone vs. The Times of India – What would (not should) TOI do next?
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Deepika Padukone vs. The Times of India – What would (not should) TOI do next?

September 26, 2014September 27, 2014 by Karthik S

Usually, a PR crisis gets amplified because of media. But in case of The Times of India, it is intriguing to see a PR crisis they fanned and find themselves in! Given their massive clout, you could argue if there is a…

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Is the Narendra Modi Government’s use of social media really transformational?
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Is the Narendra Modi Government’s use of social media really transformational?

September 2, 2014September 5, 2014 by Karthik S

(This post was updated on September 5, 2014 – see update at the end of the post) First, there was this piece in Business Standard. The crux was, Since the Narendra Modi-led government took charge at the Centre, journalists tracking central government…

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Media quoting from Twitter vs. Media quoting from Twitter and not mention Twitter as the source
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Media quoting from Twitter vs. Media quoting from Twitter and not mention Twitter as the source

August 15, 2014August 15, 2014 by Karthik S

I had retweeted (yesterday) @Ravages’ series of tweets about his nightmarish effort to recover money from Citibank India after a debit card fraud. See the . When he alleged that The Times of India was being slimy to report on his story…

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Age, career progression and social media – a few existential questions
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Age, career progression and social media – a few existential questions

August 8, 2014December 9, 2015 by Karthik S

I was speaking with a senior, respected person – someone I admire too! – from the VC sector the other day. He was telling – rather, mildly admonishing – me that I should not be so active on social media that people…

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Angry with Xiaomi and Flipkart over the Mi 3 flash sale? What do you intend to do?
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Angry with Xiaomi and Flipkart over the Mi 3 flash sale? What do you intend to do?

July 29, 2014July 29, 2014 by Karthik S

No. I was not on Flipkart at 2pm today to buy the Mi 3 phone from Xiaomi. I was just there to see what the brouhaha was about. I was also politely told that I wasn’t registered to participate in the sale…

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Reacting to reactions on Tata’s #ZestUpYourLife blogger engagement
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Reacting to reactions on Tata’s #ZestUpYourLife blogger engagement

July 27, 2014September 12, 2018 by Karthik S

I stumbled on a LOT of tweets on Tata’s new car, Zest, recently. This is partly because I follow BlogAdda on Twitter and they have ganged up a lot of people who I follow and many of these people are now in…

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