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HDFC Beats ICICI On Social Media; SBI Triples Its Digital Presence In 3 Months
Social media presence of Indian banks is slowly but gradually improving. In the month of May, we had presented a research on present state of social media rankings of Indian banks, wherein ICICI bank was the clear winner.
The rankings…
Facebook Brings ‘Save’ Feature – The Ultimate Bookmarker?
Facebook is the largest community on Earth – if Facebook was a country, it would be now nearly equivalent or may have even surpassed China (In 4Q2013, they had 1.23B active users). So, obviously when Facebook introduces any new feature,…
Ultimate Social Media Guide For Working Professionals
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and many other social media platforms are invaluable for building contacts, networking and promotion. There is little doubt about that. However it is a double edged sword. The lay man is suddenly…
5 Marketing Illusions Every Digital Entrepreneur Should Kill Right Away
Digital Marketing needs patience, focus and unlimited dedication with very less expectations; marketing on the web is slow, painful and full of nasty surprises. Often digital entrepreneurs assume success to be like a race – wherein you…
5 Interesting Social Media Insights On The Union Budget 2014-15
When Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his government’s first Union Budget on July 10th, the social media was abuzz with opinions, viewpoints and observations. Salaried professionals, entrepreneurs, students, activists, politicians…
Facebook Bringing “Missed Call” Ad Feature In India
Facebook isn't something ephemeral. It's become a part of our lifestyle. We wake up to multiple notifications on Facebook, and sleep by posting updates that become other's morning notifications. Such is the importance of the service that we…
FIFA #WorldCup Interactions Cross 1 Bln, Creates All Time Record On Facebook And Twitter
As per latest data coming in, 2014 FIFA World Cup has broken all records for social media engagement and interactions. On Facebook, more than 200 million soccer fans have already had 1 billion+ interactions, breaking all existing records of…
RIP Orkut, Our Tribute Via 8 Interesting Facts About Orkut
Yesterday Google announced that their flagship social networking site: Orkut will be retired. Announcing via blogs posts in English and Portuguese, Google said that effective September 30, 2014 Orkut would be “shut down”.
From today…
Facebook Turns Into Mental Research Asylum As Half Million Users Forced To See Depressing Posts
There is a serious uproar & protests going on in the social media world after news came in that Facebook has conducted some secret psychological research on it’s users, without informing them. Termed as a‘disturbing emotional…
Facebook’s Growth In India Highest In The World, To Cross 200M by 2018
Facebook remains by far the most popular social network in India. In April 2014, Facebook crossed 100 million userbase mark in India and by end of the year, it will reach close to 109 million.
This year, Facebook’s userbase in India will…
American Swan Brings “Pay By Tweets Only” Store In India
American Swan, an Indian Fashion and Lifestyle brand, has gone beyond arranging contest or offering coupons on Twitter and Facebook. They have come up with a Twitter only store where Tweeples in India can buy their fashion and lifestyle…
ICICI Is The Most Social Bank, AXIS Bank Rules Facebook, Yes Bank Conquers Twitter
Whether Indian banks have adapted themselves to the social media tone? Do they respond to their follower’s tweets and post creative content on their timelines? Are they popular with their users and understand their social media needs?…
8 Interesting Insights On Twitter Usage Habits Of Indian Youth
As of now, more Indians are buying gold online, compared to offline medium. Even Diwali shopping is now done online!
More than one lakh crore worth of digital payments will made by Indians by the end of 2014. Within a short span of…
Indian Twitter Users Come Up With Modi’s Dream Cabinet
The recently concluded Lok Sabha elections is historical is several ways. Not only it was the longest election ever organized, it was the world’s biggest as well. More than 30,000 crore of rupees were spent on this extravaganza, which…
@PMOIndia Twitter Account Fiasco…Is It Finally Over?
When the Indian constitution came into effect in 1950, no one even dreamt of the Internet. Who would have thought about social media properties and ‘digital assets’?
But this new-age digital problem cropped in as soon as India chose its…
Narendra Modi 6th Most Popular Leader on Twitter, Just Behind Obama on Facebook
I will be honest with you. Before 2002, I had never heard of Narendra Modi. This is mostly because Politics is a new field of interest for me and at that time I was a kid of fourteen years. Those were the periods when Narendra Modi was…
WhatsApp Userbase Explodes To 500M, Adding 25M Monthly!
When Mark Zuckerberg bought WhatsApp for whooping $19 billion in the month of February, he was pretty clear about his goal: A billion WhatsApp users. And it seems he is right on the way to achieve that.
In a recent blog post by WhatsApp,…
Who really are Social Media Evangelists?
Made few corrections and changes.
Most social media agency personnel use ‘Social Media Evangelist’ as a designation; however not many know the meaning of the same. I remember tweeting one of my followers whose Bio said that he is an…
Facebook Transparency Report: India Leads With 4765 Content Pieces Blocked
According to Facebook Transparency report released for 6 month period between July-December 2013 shows that India leads all the countries in the world when it comes to blocking of content.
4765 pieces of content on Facebook put up by…
Facebook Crosses 100M Users In India; Largest Userbase Outside USA
When Facebook opened their first office in India at Hyderabad in 2010, only 8 million Indians used Facebook. Now that figure has crossed 100 million users, making India the largest userbase for Facebook outside US.
About 180 million…