I’m delighted to invite you to join SocialPundit, a collaborative wiki-based community for social media practitioners in India.

What is the need for SocialPundit?

As I started tracking social media trends and resources in India, I felt the need to create an easily accessible master-resource on social media in India.

When I made a small start in this direction by compiling two directories — list of social media agencies in India and list of marketing, public relations and social media blogs in India — I received several requests to share them in the form of a wiki. I listened, and the result is SocialPundit.

What is the purpose of SocialPundit?

To start with, the SocialPundit wiki will track trends and resources on social media in India.

Over time, I can see SocialPundit playing an active role in evangelizing social media in India by organizing events and workshops on a non-profit basis.

Who should join SocialPundit?

You would really benefit from joining SocialPundit if you are an advertising, marketing, public relations or social media professional from India.

However, anybody, Indian or otherwise, who is interested in tracking trends and resources on the evolving social media landscape in India will benefit from being a part of SocialPundit.

SocialPundit is based on an open, collaborative, wiki-based platform.

A wiki is software that allows users to easily create, edit, and link pages together. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. (Wikipedia)

To become a member of SocialPundit, you need to visit the Join SocialPundit page and register using the “secret password” “socialpunditwiki”.

To start with, you’ll have “member” access, which means you’ll be able to create and edit pages.

On a selective basis, I’ve already shared “moderator” and “admin” access with some members.

So, what are you waiting for? Join the SocialPundit wiki and help us shape the social media landscape in India.

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Maverick investor Guy Kawasaki has been involved in several interesting startups of late (Truemors), but Alltop is the one I really like.

Basically, Alltop has a number of sub-sites, or dashboards, focused on a narrow vertical. Each dashboard features the headlines of five most recent stories from 30-50 top blogs and websites for that topic. When you place the cursor over a headline, it displays part of the story so that you can decide if you’d like to read it.

You can think of an Alltop site as a “dashboard,” “table of contents,” or even a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points — they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you’re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn’t know existed. (link)

My favorite Alltop dashboards are Social Media, Twitterati, Egos, Career, Small Business and Venture Capital, but there’s something for everyone looking to discover (or track) great sites on a topic.

I was surprised last week to find that Gauravonomics Blog has been included in Alltop’s Social Media dashboard along with blogs such as Shel Israel’s Global Neighborhood, Jeremiah Owyang’s Web Strategy, ReadWriteWeb, Robert Scoble’s Scobelizer, Mashable!, Bokardo, Dosh Dosh and Publishing 2.0.

The really interesting thing about the dashboard is that it includes blogs from the entire spectrum of social media related topics, including social media marketing, social media design and social application development. Most of the social media blogs I read are focused on social media marketing, so the Social Media dashboard at Alltop has also helped me discover a number of excellent blogs.

I’m almost at the bottom of the dashboard as of now, but hope to move up soon, with a little persuasion –

Q. How, as a site owner, do I get my site (or blog) moved up the page?

A. Send us a persuasive email. FYI, telling your readers about Alltop and blogrolling is particularly persuasive.

My only disappointment with the dashboard is that it doesn’t include any other Indian blogs. I’m sure at least a few blogs from my directory of marketing, public relations and social media blogs in India deserve to be on the dashboard, at least the ones featured on the social media dashboard at IndiBlogr, an Indian version of Alltop.

Here’s a complete list of blogs on Alltop’s Social Media dashboard —

- ReadWriteWeb
- Tom Raferty’s Social Media
- Publishing 2.0
- Marketing Voices
- Bokardo
- Chris Brogan Unplugged
- Robert Scoble’s Scobelizer
- Mashable!
- NowSourcing
- FactoryCity
- Somewhat Frack
- Collective Thoughts
- Community Guy - Jake Mckee
- PR 2.0
- Chris Heuer’s Inystes
- Soshable Social Media Blog
- Tantek’s Updates
- Social Butterfly
- HorsePigCow: Marketing Uncommon
- Favorite (Fvrit) Blog
- Emily Chang
- Like It Matters
- Tech News source
- Biz Growth News
- Bubble E-Generation
- The American Girl Blog
- PR Squared
- Jeff Lanctot
- NewMediaWise Blog
- Jeremiah Owyang’s Web Strategy
- John Burg’s Future Vision
- Experience Manifesto
- Paying Attention
- Robin Good
- Dosh Dosh
- Social Media Today SMC
- Chad Barr
- Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen
- Social Gears - Facebook and Open Social Development
- The Jeff Pulver Blog
- Brand Flakes for Breakfast
- Message
- David Binkowski
- Commetrics
- Know Your RSS From Your Elbow
- Six Pixels of Separation
- Chris Pirillo
- Common Craft
- Reality Overlaps
- Every Dot Connects
- Ben Metcalfe Blog
- Data Mining
- Social Media/ Social Networking
- Social Media Explorer
- The Marketing Minute
- Age of Conversation
- Micro Persuasion
- The Center for Social Media
- A Social Interaction Design Blog on Web 2.0 & Social Media
- Social Media Club
- Social Networking: Robin Good’s Latest News
- DeanHunt: Making Success Fun
- The Buzz Bin
- Greg Verdino’s Marketing Blog
- Invisible Inkling
- B. L. Ochman’s Weblog
- Shel Israel’s Global Neighborhood
- Christopher S Penn
- Go2Web2.0
- Social Media
- Gauravonomics Blog
- Social Media Marketing

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I recently compiled my list of social media agencies in India to highlight the high level of activity I’m suddenly seeing in that niche.

Another related area where I’m suddenly seeing very high level of good quality activity is in the marketing, public relations & social media blogs niche in India.

Not very long back, I had mentioned that Gauravonomics Blog was one of the five Indian blogs on the AdAge Power150 list. Today, as many as fifteen Indian blogs can be on that list.

The blogs included in this list are not only written by marketing, public relations, or social media practitioners, they are also focused on these topics. Blogs on unrelated topics written by marketing, public relations, or social media practitioners are not included in the list.

The main objective of the list is to develop a sense of community in the niche. This is the reason why I have added blogger profiles on Facebook/ LinkedIn/ Twitter wherever possible. This is also the reason why I have structured this list alphabetically (by author name) and not as a ranking. Agency blogs and multi-author blogs are listed separately.

At the end I also have a list of marketing, public relations and social media practitioners who should blog on these topics, but don’t.

A

- No Man’s Blog

Author: Asi Sharabi, London. Creative Strategist at POKE. Facebook and LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

- Le Trou de Lapin

Author: Ajit Narayan, Bangalore. Dream Merchant at Bates Asia 141. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

B

C

D

- Conversations with Dina

Author: Dina Mehta, Delhi. Managing Director at Mosoci. Facebook and LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

E

F

G

- Gauravonomics Blog

Author: Gaurav Mishra, Mumbai. Assistant General Manager (Brand Head Indica) at Tata Motors. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Topics: Marketing, technology, social media.

H

- Marketing Practice

Author: Harish B Nair, Cochin. Assistant Professor at School of Communication and Management Studies (SCMS-Cochin). LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

I

J

K

L

M

- India Ad Rant

Author: Manish Sinha, Mumbai. Vice President (Strategy & Digital Initiatives) at Bates Asia. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, new media.

N

O

P

- From the World of Media

Author: P V Harikrishnan. Senior Editor at OneIndia and That’s Malayalam.

Topics: Media.

- Social Media Munching

Author: Palin Ningthoujam, Delhi. Group Manager (New Businesses, Strategy & Creative Content) at Corporate Voice Weber Shandwick. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Topics: Social media, public relations.

Q

R

- Free 2 Try

Author: Ravi Kiran, Mumbai.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

- Rajesh @ Blogworks

Author: Rajesh Lalwani, Delhi. Founder at Blogworks. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Topics: Public relations, marketing, social media.

- The PR Educational Ramp

Author: Rajiv Harjai, Delhi. Student at Leeds Metropolitican University.

Topics: Public relations.

- Youth Curry - Insights on Indian Youth

Author: Rashmi Bansal, Mumbai. CEO, EURO RSCG India. Editor and Publisher of youth magazine JAM. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, general.

- Tissue Issue

Author: Roop Mukhopadhyay, Bangalore. Strategic Planning Director at Bates David Enterprise. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising.

S

- Inquiring Eyes

Author: Saurabh Sharma, Beijing. Strategic Planning Director at Ogilvy & Mather. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, management.

- Pixel Plans

Author: Shalabh Pandey, Delhi. Regional Director (Asia Pacific) at Zed Digital. Facebook and LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

- Sycamore World

Author: Saurabh Pandey, Delhi. Deputy General Manager (Marketing Communication and Portal) at Bharti Airtel. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

- Just Thinking

Author: Suman Srivastava, Mumbai. CEO, EURO RSCG India. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, agency blog.

T

U

- Desi Creative

Author: Unknown

Topics: Advertising, marketing.

- Branding Unleashed

Author: Unknown

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

- Random Ramblings

Author: Unknown

Topics: Marketing, advertising, general.

- Random Ramblings

Author: Unknown

Topics: Marketing, advertising, general.

V

- Marketology-Emerging Trends!!!

Author: Vandana Ahuja, Delhi. Member of Advisory Council at Customerthink Corp. LinkedIn.

Topics: Marketing, advertising, social media.

W

X

Y

Z

Agency Blogs

- The Online Agency Blog

Author: Rage Communications, Chennai.

Topics: Marketing, agency blog.

Group Blogs

- India PR Blog

Author: Multiple authors.

Topics: Public relations.

- Thot Blurb - The Indian Planning Collective

Author: Multiple authors.

Topics: Marketing, advertising.

- WATBlog

Author: Rajiv Dingra (and team), Mumbai. Founder & CEO at WATConsult. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Topics: Marketing, technology, social media.

Finally, here are some bloggers from the marketing, public relations & social media industry who I would like to see blogging more about this niche –

- Rama Bijapurkar, Mumbai. Marketing Consultant and Author.

- Dhivya Subramanian, Bangalore. Millward Brown. Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Like any other list or directory, this list of marketing, public relations & social media blogs in India is also work-in-progress.

If you want to have a blog included in the list, please leave a comment below in the following format –

- Blog name and link
- Author name, professional background and Facebook/ LinkedIn/ Twitter profile links
- Blog coverage topics

Similarly, if you want me to add/ update/ correct any information in the directory, please leave a comment below.

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