Dense commentary on social media, PR, marketing, advertising and branding.
Take a look at this much-tweeted post titled, ‘2 Advertising Tools PR Pros Should Have‘, by David Mullen. As of writing my blog post, that David’s post has 12 tweets/ retweets. Surprisingly, David himself has not tweeted about this post, again as…
While the rest of the world had a ‘spirited’ new year celebration, I decided to do something drastically different – visit our supposed family deity in a quaint little village called Puthucode, in Kerala. Now, I’m not a Keralite. I’m from Kerala’s…
As someone who has been running a website that tracks plagiarism in Indian film (predominantly) music, I’m amazed at how Indians (in particular) are so wary of crediting their sources. My site covers music, and hence I find composers going out of…
Given the number of queries I’m getting and the way the comments have made me think, here’s a crisp summary of what happened and some valid lessons on social media engagement, for organizations. My earlier post was done as a customer annoyed…
(Cross-posted from my other blog, Milliblog, where it makes more sense from a music/ movies perspective. But, it is also about technology and distribution – so here it goes!) As we near the end of another decade, more than listing the top…
Update (Dec. 28, 2009): Got at least 3 calls from various people at Blue Dart, Bangalore. I was told that the delivery guy came to my apartment gate, asked for me at the security – the security supposedly called me on my…
…or even a natural calamity, for that matter! Have you noticed? Aliens almost always attack the US, with the notable exception of District 9, where they, at last, decided to hover above South Africa. Its almost as if aliens are aware of…