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Cheers !!! To “Social Media Breakfast Meetup”

This Time at Janakpuri-Delhi Twitsnaps hosted 7th Social media breakfast meetup. Topic of discussion was “How to optimize Facebook for business”

Who Attended : Sharad Poddar,Kaushik Pal, Hitesh Mathpal, Ashutosh Pandey, Komal Arora, Sangeeta Sharma, Shubhangi Gupta, AnushkaSharma,Neha Kulwal, Puneet Bajaj, Sandeep Pandey, Ramesh, Daman.

Hitesh Mathpal, (Co-founder of twitsnaps) initiated the discussion on the topic shared his views on facebook optimzation. He shared his knowledge on 3 important tools of Facebook used for promotions which are ‘Facebook connect’, ‘Fan page’ and ‘Facebook profile badges “ with the group. He also talked on how to use these tools and went on telling their effects on business.

He took over by Ashutosh pandey who explained that how facebook fan page helps a business to spread word among masses in real-time and number of fans keeps on increasing with time. He told that facebook is a best tool of viral marketing and if utilized wisely it could help to get more leads and get a strength for businesses.

As usual Puneet came up with the very important point in regard. He talked about facebook ads and shared with group thst how these ads target the local customers in specified geography, he also shared that how facebook show its viral marketing effect and the viral spread of shared links into news feeds.

Neha discussed in regard that we can optimize our fan page by providing it some visuals, entertainment and by identifying the goal of the purpose. One should make an appealing profile that provides all the relevant information. She also discussed about her website and its facebook fan page.She told us how she is optimizing it for her project.

Shubhangi (a HR professional) said having a Facebook fan page is an integral part of establishing your own brand and presence within the social networks.

Sangeeta (a HR professional) explained user experiences with facebook promotion tools and shared her experience with the group that how she is building credibility among masses about the organization where she works. She told Facebook is a wonderful tool to integrate with HR functions.

Kaushik Pal explained the usage of facebook ads for small and medium enterprises; and the difference it could make in generating business for the same. He also shared his experiences of google ads and compared them with the facebook ads.

Ramesh (a self employed professional) discussed about some technologies of using frames and java scripts which can reduce the size of the picture and can reduce the comment uploading time in facebook

Komal and Sandeep explained the technical tools especially regarding facebook login. Sandeep added that how facebook login can be used as a user friendly login for other websites which require login. It could save users time and extra work and for the websites it could save database space.

Anushka and Daman asked questions about facebook tools and their integration with websites, SMB group was successful to provide them appropriate answers.

Sharad Poddar (Director at CIL ) concluded the meeting and suggested about the documentation of the discussions. And we have decided to document the discussion and every group member will soon have a copy of it.

Cheers to SMBTS

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Cheers !!! To “Social Media Breakfast Meetup”

This Time at Vasant Vihar Twitsnaps hosted 6th Social media breakfast meetup. Topic of discussion was “How social media is chaging the way of interaction and its impact on our life”

Who Attended : Roomy Naqvy, Simarprit singh, Neerja Bhaskar, Hitesh Mathpal, Ashutosh Pandey, Komal Arora, Sangeeta Sharma, Harleen Kaur, Monoj Sharma, Puneet Bajaj, Ramesh, Daman

Ashutosh started the topic throwing some light on facts and figures related to social media. He told that social media platforms has increased the dependency on mobile usage.Celebrities and companies are promoting themselves through twitter and other social media platforms and they are utilizing them wisely.

Simar explained the changes social media brought in his life. He said that his reading habits have changed and it also changed his list of favourite TV channels. He also explained how technology is playig a major role in social media interaction.

Roomy Naqvy with his real life examples added the immense value to the SMBTS. He said that by using social media platforms (sites) he got in touch with many people whom he never met and seen. Social media actually has given him opportunities to share his views and making relationship.

Puneet share his views on impact of social media and talked about changing psychology of humans as they are getting indulge in social media interactions.

Hitesh also shared his real life examples. He explained how social media is now running in our blood. He also introduced us the concept of user generated text and put some light on Mobile as a major tool of social media interaction.

Ramesh also took part and commented on human psychology affected by social media.

Harleen presented some facts on how social media is impacting our businesses. she said that how twitter became a free tool of self branding and promotion.

Daman Anand shared his views and took part in discussion whereas monoj has also shared his view with the group.

During breakfast Neerja and komal shared their views and put some light against social media platforms. They said that social media cannot do everything. You need to go offline to do some tasks. Some were agree and some were not. Komal also said that social media platforms like twitter is a great tool to wish and get in touch with your loved ones. That was a touching part of SMBTS.

There were also some lights moments which flashed a sweet smile on everyone’s face during breakfast which was yummy from Mcdonalds.

We will inform you for the next SMBTS very soon.

Cheers to #SMBTS

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It seems Bollywood is turning to Indian epics to draw inspiration for the films. Mani Ratnams’ “Raavan” is touted to be a modern take on the Ramayana. The film has been in news for its unconventional storyline, glittering star cast and a mega budget. Being a modern adaptation of the Ramayana, the director has meticulously chosen the characters for the film. Abhishek Bachchan, who plays Beera is likely to be a clone of Raavan, the demon king. Aishwarya Rai’s role in this action thriller is that of Ragini, which is in line with the character of Sita.

Mani Ratnam claims that unlike the epic, his film will have a new twist where the kidnapped lady ultimately develops a soft corner for her abductor. The film has been shot in some unconventional locales including the forests of Kerala and the Malshej Ghats of Maharashtra. V. Manikandan, a leading cinematographer shares the credit with Santhosh Sivan for having captured some rare terrains artistically on camera.

“Raavan’, which is also said to reprise the memories of the notorious poacher Veerappan, is replete with action sequences. Abhishek Bachchan has been the talk of the tinsel town for his series of stunts in the film. Be it watching Abhishek diving from a high mountain or Aishwarya hanging in a boat in a river in Kerala the excitement quotient in the film is expected to be high. All eyes will be on the Bachchan couple who will share the screen once again after they proved to be a winning combination in “Guru”.

Top-notch artists from the Bollywood fraternity have come together for “Raavan”. The director has roped in lyricist Gulzar along with Oscar & Grammy award winner music director A.R Rahman to etch out some exclusive compositions. Having a line of talented actors including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Tamil super star Vikram, audience is likely to see some intense performances in the film. “Raavan” is being made in Tamil as “Raavanan” with a different cast. It is also slated to be dubbed into Telugu and other regional languages.

Reliance Big Pictures and Madras Talkies have made a whopping investment of Rs.45 crore for the film, which will hit the theaters on June 18.

Raavan is releasing on 18th June

Cheers !!!
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Cheers !!! To “Social Media Breakfast Meetup”

This Time again at Sagar Ratna in Twitsnaps hosted 5th Social media breakfast meetup. Topic of discussion was “social Media Marketing vs Traditional Marketing”

With full excitement Anurag started the discussion with putting his points on social media marketing and traditional marketing and differences between terms and then Anushka came up with the point of difference that Traditional marketing vs Social Media Marketing should be understood as interrupting Marketing vs participation marketing.she proved her point by putting facts Radio took 38 years to get 50 million users , TV – 13 years , Internet – 4 years, iPod – 3 years but Face book – 9 months – 100 million users.

Simar explained how one can measure Brand Equity of a product or service or company through social media. By using social media you give a personality to an organization;he added further.

Puneet came with the live example of Dell where he put up a point of spoiling a brand name by customers in Social Media sometimes.he also emphasized direct user intervention and consumer feedback via Social Media.

Neha shared her experience on both.she said that SMM is a two way communication where as Traditional is one way marketing. You could save lots of money and get good return if you exploit SMM wisely.

Harleen came with a point that nowadays Social Media is much quicker in terms of reach as compared to Print Media. Kaushik talked about the 4P’s of Marketing in Traditional Marketing but in Social Media Marketing there is one more P which is ‘Participating’ and explained the same.

Ashutosh explained how brand equity is more measurable in Social Media than Traditional Marketing. He also talked about the factor which makes social media stronger than traditional is Cost and trust building but he was opposed by neerja , anushka and simar that it could be vice-versa.

Hitesh focused over the real approach of Social Media and explained how it should not be mixed with traditional approach; he also explained the basics of Social Media. He gave an example of trust building by social media and how it works for organization.

Komal discussed the usage of Traditional Marketing and its fast reach and explained the horizon of Social Media inside traditional marketing.

Daman Anand asked the usage of blogging and how it could be utilized wisely. He told that after performing social media activities with his business he is getting good response.

Ramesh, pointed some facts regarding blogging and social media via orkut. He shared his experience of using social media with business.

In the end Anurag concluded the discussion and asked two questions:

Q) Is SMM on its way to replacing traditional marketing?

Maximum votes to ‘No’

Q2: Can marketers be as accountable with SMM as traditional marketing?

Maximum Votes to ‘Yes’ (in fact they said SMM is more accountable)

Cheers to #SMBTS

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Cheers !!! To “Social Media Breakfast Meetup”

This time at Sagar Ratna ,Janakpuri , Delhi; Twitsnaps hosted successfully 4th social media breakfast meetup in a row. The topic of discussion was “Social Media Optimization”
The group members gathered at 8:30 am at Sagar Ratna and with a cup of tea the discussion has started on Social media optimization. Simar started the discussion with his view that SEO and SMO are two different concepts.SEO is the past and SMO is present. The people involved in internet business need to understand SMO and start working towards optimizing it.
Hitesh Discussed about the web 2.0 concept with emphasizing the importance of blogging. He also presented an example of one social networking site named Facebook used by his relative to deliver satisfaction to his customers.
Ashutosh Discussed the tools of social media optimization e.g. Tweetdeck, Tweetstats, Twilert, Twitsnaps and many more.
Daman was solving his queries during the session. He asked questions about blogging, google TV, adsense, google adwords, Twitter, Facebook etc.
Ramesh shared his views on books. He was very sure that very soon we will get a book in market stating SMO.
Kaushik went on practical side of SMO and shared his experience with the members.
Neerja were capturing moments of SMB and also adding her views to the discussion.
Other members of SMB were komal,anushka, Puneet, Anurag, Harleen, Neha, Monoj. They all contributed his/her views and added value to the discussion.

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Cheers !!! To ” Social Media Breakfast Meetup “
This time at District Center ,Janakpuri , Delhi Twitsnaps hosted successfully 3rd social media breakfast meetup in a row. The topic od discussion was “How to measure the impact of social media on business”
The meetup was started with introduction of each individual and with a cold coffee. Pointing towards the impact of social media @simarp started discussion on the topic. He explained the concept of social media metrics. He further added value to the discussion by explaining the klout ranking and social media ranking.
@puneet_bajaj an internet marketing professional also shared his views on social media metrics and explained it by relating it with long term gain to the business.
@kaushikpal VP marketing added value to the discussion by explaing the concept of social media engagement. He provided the example of new treds in digital marketing and his experience that he gained from various
marketing conferences.
@hitesh84 co-founder of twitsnaps shared his views on real time feeds and blogging. He also talked about google showing real time feeds in its searches and its importance and necessity.
@ashut87 Marketing manager Twitsnaps shared his views on customer retention and customer satisfaction. He explained that how social media is important to have both (retention and satisfaction) .one can measure the impact of social media on business comparing these two factors.
Daman anand queried on how to increase revenue by using social media -answering to this simar explained the concept how to use twitter and other social netorking websites for business.
@anuragnco a SEO professional shared his views on real time search results on google and @hitesh84 explained it further and that it will be the next change in serach engine
Pushpender nath a professional from AC neilson Joined the discussion by putting his points on the importnace of research work
@nb74 shared her views on the digital marketing and social media compaign by nokia.
@anushkasuri @harleenkaurs shared their experience about social media.
@honeymoon2india ( Monoj sharma) gave shared very practical examples of twitter and website promotion. @nehakulwal approached towards the usage and benefits of social media.,

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Next Meetup

Cheers !!!
Twitsnaps Social Media Breakfast Meetup

IndiaTC or India Twitter Conference endeavors to peek into the minds of the people, or, more specifically tweeple, to understand the impact of the prominent social networking site ‘Twitter’ and what difference can it make in one’s life and India at large.

After hosting successfully in Delhi , 2nd time in Kolkata the Official Twitter Passion and Unofficial Twitter Conference IndiaTC made huge success.

Discussing on the Topic “Can Twitter Change the way India works?” Abhijit Dasgupta, Deputy Editor (National),India Today magzine, started panel discussion citing examples of his real-life on Twitter to support his view that “India does not know how to make use of Twitter.” He said further that India is still not prepared for Twitter and indians are still considering this social networking site as a plaything and not curious about learnings from Twitter.

Subrata Sen, an eminent filmmaker in the Tollywood industry, raised two pertinent questions before the attendees - “Does Twitter work?” and “What is wrong with the way India works?” The filmmaker affirmed that Twitter made its presence felt in Indian shores only recently and this medium will hardly be of any use to change the way India works. He also said jokingly that “You tweet at work,since you don’t have much to work& you tweet so that you dont fall asleep” comment brings smiles on all #IndiaTC attendees.

It became more interesting as panelist put forward their varying opinions on the topic on “There is a CPM which is ruling West Bengal and there is a CPM which rules India-Cricket Politics,Movies.” While moderating the event, Mr Simarprit Singh, Founder of Twitsnaps invited the panelists’ take on these issues.

Arun Agarwal, CEO of ebizindia and an Internet Marketing Expert himself, affirmed that Indians should learn to use Twitter judiciously and not just indulge in sundry talks that add unnecessary pressure on the site. He asks to audience that “What you want to see on Twitter?”. He also countered Abhijit das Gupta’s view and said that today’s youth are better informed and have a clear stand on almost every issues concerning India.

Abhishek Rungta, CEO of Indus Net Technologies pointed out the fact that the viral system of Twitter keeps people charged for a certain period of time over a particular issue but they soon lose the spark. Answering to a question “Whether Twitter can help curb corruption in India?” he referred to the instances where Lalit Modi and Shashi Tharoor met with a sad plight due to their revelations on Twitter.

Aniruddha Chatterjee, a documentary filmmaker and an IT professional working with TCS, said that Twitter has not that much reach in India to make a mark. He added that it is still an unexplored medium for India and suggested that a mass change among the people, which can actually make a difference.

Where as some opinions came from attendees that we need to change ourselves to change the way India works though we could utilize twitter as a medium. The discussion among panelists and the attendees conjoined to a conclusion where people still remained divided over the Twitter as a medium to make a difference on India’s way of working.

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IndiaTC is sponsored by Twitsnaps

Thank you all for you support and for your participation in the Twitsnaps weekend contest-2 “Photo of The Day”.
We have got multiple entries for contest and We are glad to announce that the below listed tweeples are the Lucky winners of the Twitsnaps weekend Contest-2 “Photo of the Day.” Congratulations !!!

1. @_anamus
http://twitsnaps.com/88693
2. @sandy0093
http://twitsnaps.com/88067
3. @anushkasuri
http://twitsnaps.com/88450

Check out these links of their photos which made them a winner.

And be ready for the next weekend contest. We will inform you about how to participate. ! cheers !!!

Once again Congratulations !!!

Note: The winners are decided after voting From judges.
@sandy0093 and @anushkasuri have got equal no. of Votes. Hence they are combined winner of the Twitsnaps weekend contest-2 “Photo of the Day.”

Cheers To Twitsnaps

Here we are glad to inform you guys that twitsnaps is hosting again , National Twitter Conference in India. This is second National Twitter Conference in this country. Twitsnaps has successfully organized first twitter conference in Jan 2010.

Twitsnaps wants to create a community of Social Media geeks to exchange the ideas. National Twitter Conference is the part of this movement because we feel that twitter is the most effective tool in Social media.

This time the subject of the twitter conference is

“Can twitter change the way India works?”

This is really a very interesting and emerging topic. In past few days twitter has made a deep presence in our society and business world and as the scope of twitter is emerging it is becoming more useful.

So this time the place is KOLKATA and venue is Hotel Indismart (Salt Lake). We invite you all to be there on 8th May 2010 at 1:00 PM and exchange their ideas and learning. The pattern of the conference is as penal discussion.

Join IndiaTC meetup group at meetup.com

See indiaTC website IndiaTC