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  • Gaurav Mishra 11:47 am on December 31, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    List of Indian CEOs and Founders on Twitter 

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    Kiruba Shankar in Business Standard –

    I requested my blog readers to suggest CEOs and founders who use Twitter. Out of the 25 recommendations that I received, I saw a strong pattern emerging. Only three of the 25 people were in established medium sized companies. The remaining 22 were young start-up founders. I’m yet to see a single CEO of a big corporation.

    Here are my picks of the Top 10 Indian CXOs and founders who Twitter.

    - Sukumar Rajagopal, CIO/former chief knowledge officer, Cognizant Technology Solutions, @RSukumar
    - Pranav Bhasin, CEO, Lifeblob, @PranavBhasin
    - Vijay Anand, founder, Proto.in, @VijayAnandS
    - Rajiv Poddar, founder, CallGraph.in, @CallGraph
    - Shantanu Ghosh, VP, India head, Symantec Corp, @ShantanuGhosh
    - Allwin Agnel, CEO, pagalguy.com, @PagalGuy
    - Aloke Bajpai, CEO, iXiGO.com, @iXiGOIndia
    - Rajiv Dingra, CEO, WATMedia, @RajivDingra
    - Rajesh Lalwani, Founder, Pitchh.com @RajeshLalwani
    - Kris Nair, founder, Opdrage Venture Partners, @KrisNair

    Here’s more material for my Twitterville pitch to Shel Israel. Yay!

    One question, though: shouldn’t Mahesh Murthy (@MaheshMurthy), founder of Pinstorm, be in that list too?

     

    • Arun Shanbhag 1:55 pm on December 31, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Gaurav: Wouldn’t some ceos intentionally twitt under a pseudonym; like the guy from Whole Foods had a different name for chat-rooms

    • Gaurav Mishra 6:08 pm on January 4, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      @Arun: I can’t really understand why a CEO tweet under a pseudonym, and, even if he does, his Twitter activity would have very different dynamics. From what I can remember, the Whole Foods affair did not end well.

  • Gaurav Mishra 10:39 pm on April 14, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: A Weekly Digest by Business Bloggers You Trust (Week Four) 

    Quick Summary: Check out the fourth edition of ‘The Best of Indian Business Blogs’, a weekly digest by business bloggers you trust.

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    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: A Weekly Digest by Business Bloggers You Trust

    The Idea

    The basic idea is simple: we form a network of five to ten influential Indian business bloggers to promote link-worthy posts from other Indian business bloggers in the form of a weekly digest published on our respective blogs.

    The People

    The present members in our network are (in alphabetical order):-

    - Gaurav Mishra, that is, yours truly, is a marketer and a social media enthusiast (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Gautam Ghosh is an HR professional and a veteran business blogger (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Kiruba Shankar is India’s original A-list blogger and podcaster and a regular speaker at technology conferences (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Palin Ningthoujam is a public relations professional and the founder of India PR Blog (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Rajesh Lalwani is the founder of social media agency Blogworks (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Ranjan Varma is the writer of personal finance online weekly Personal Finance 2.01 (e-Book, Blog, Facebook and Twitter).

    - VeerChand Bothra is the organizer of Mumbai Mobile Mondays and head of business development at MyToday (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    The Process

    Over the week, we share posts between each other, and select a set of 3-5 posts to highlight. The posts can include all business-related topics including marketing, advertising, public relations, human resource management, finance, and entrepreneurship. The idea is to not link to each others’ posts, unless one of us has written a real gem.

    Every Monday, all of us link to the same set of posts, with our own unique perspectives on them. By linking to the same posts together, we maximize the benefit we pass on to the linked blogs, both in terms of traffic and Google juice. By providing our multiple unique perspective on the posts, we hope to kick off conversations around these posts in the Indian business blogging community.

    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: Weekly Digest 4

    - Sanjay Anandram and Vijay Anand explain why startups should choose their investors/ board members carefully.

    My top-of-the-mind views: Most entrepreneurs spend a lot of time getting their product and their team right, but few spend as much time getting their investors and board members right. When I set up my own startup, I’ll do well to follow Sanjay’s and Vijay’s advice and look for investors who’ll not only invest in the business but also help me build it.

    - Vijay Anand and Snigdha Sengupta point out that all is not well with the Indian version of BarCamps.

    My top-of-the-mind views: Most of my friends who attended BarCamp Mumbai 3 were disappointed by it. Vijay and Snigdha wonder if we have interpreted the concept of unconference wrongly and appeal for a more conversational, startup-focused BarCamp. Well, I personally like the idea of Startup Weekends. If you are in Mumbai, you may get an invite to one soon.

    - Jinal Shah wants to make sense of the chaos of the social web.

    My top-of-the-mind views: Many practitioners are beginning to see social media conversations as a valuable, but under-utilized, opportunity for ‘free’ qualitative research to provide insights that can be used to develop both products and messages. The tools aren’t quite in place yet, but with natural language and machine learning algorithms becoming increasingly intelligent, this may become a big business opportunity soon. I personally see another model evolving simultaneously — the wisdom of the crowds aggregated via social media outsourcing.

    - The Sans Serif blog looks forward to the upcoming Hindu vs ToI battle in Chennai

    My top-of-the-mind views: The Jains have proven time and again that nobody else gets the newspaper business like they do. With the launch of The Times of India in Chennai, The Hindu will learn that it has already lost the battle it is preparing to fight.

    - Harish B analyzes the launch of Tata Sumo Grande

    My top-of-the-mind views: Harish writes an interesting, if partial, analysis of the evolution of Tata Sumo as a brand and the launch of the new Sumo Grande. I’m privy to the inside story on the brand, and look forward to an interesting conversation on the topic with Harish if and when we meet up.

    Your Turn Now

    We have done our part by starting the conversation. Now, it’s your turn to carry on the conversation by commenting on these posts, linking to these posts in your own blogs, giving us feedback on our idea and execution, or suggesting more posts for our next week’s digest.

    Also see: Gaurav Mishra Week 1, Rajesh Lalwani Week 1, Ranjan Varma Week 1, Gaurav Mishra Week 2, Palin Ningthoujam Week 2, Ranjan Varma Week 2, Gaurav Mishra Week 3, Rajesh Lalwani Week 3, Ranjan Varma Week 3, Gautam Ghosh Week 3, Gautam Ghosh Week 4, Rajesh Lalwani Week 4.

     

  • Gaurav Mishra 11:30 pm on April 7, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: A Weekly Digest by Business Bloggers You Trust (Week Three) 

    Quick Summary: Check out the third edition of ‘The Best of Indian Business Blogs’, a weekly digest by business bloggers you trust.

    - X – X – X -

    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: A Weekly Digest by Business Bloggers You Trust

    The Idea

    The basic idea is simple: we form a network of five to ten influential Indian business bloggers to promote link-worthy posts from other Indian business bloggers in the form of a weekly digest published on our respective blogs.

    The People

    The present members in our network are (in alphabetical order):-

    - Gaurav Mishra, that is, yours truly, is a marketer and a social media enthusiast (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Gautam Ghosh is an HR professional and a veteran business blogger (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Kiruba Shankar is India’s original A-list blogger and podcaster and a regular speaker at technology conferences (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Palin Ningthoujam is a public relations professional and the founder of India PR Blog (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Rajesh Lalwani is the founder of social media agency Blogworks (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Ranjan Varma is the writer of personal finance online weekly Personal Finance 2.01 (e-Book, Blog, Facebook and Twitter).

    - VeerChand Bothra is the organizer of Mumbai Mobile Mondays and head of business development at MyToday (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    The Process

    Over the week, we share posts between each other, and select a set of 3-5 posts to highlight. The posts can include all business-related topics including marketing, advertising, public relations, human resource management, finance, and entrepreneurship. The idea is to not link to each others’ posts, unless one of us has written a real gem.

    Every Monday, all of us link to the same set of posts, with our own unique perspectives on them. By linking to the same posts together, we maximize the benefit we pass on to the linked blogs, both in terms of traffic and Google juice. By providing our multiple unique perspective on the posts, we hope to kick off conversations around these posts in the Indian business blogging community.

    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: Weekly Digest 3

    - Rajesh Lalwani believes that companies offering pro-biotic products in India are under-utilizing Internet in general, and social media in particular

    My top-of-the-mind views: The health and wellness category is perhaps the one in which Internet in general, and social media in particular, can play a make-or-break role. The category has unique characteristics that make it a perfect fit for social media: it is an extremely high involvement category, patronized by an upwardly mobile (Internet)-savvy consumer base, and marked by frequent purchases of low ticket size products. Rajesh does a great job of identifying the gaps in how companies offering pro-biotic products are approaching the Indian market, and I see some of these gaps being filled very quickly.

    - Sudhakar Ram, Founder and CMD of Mastek Ltd, looks forward to the third wave of Indian outsourcing

    My top-of-the-mind views: Most industry insiders agree that it will be difficult to sustain the growth rates of 40-50% in the IT/ ITES sector if it stays rooted in the labor arbitrage mode. Sudhakar urges Indian IT companies to start making substantial investments in building intellectual property and creating solutions that have strategic impact and top management visibility within client organizations. Many Indian IT companies have adopted this approach of late, but with limited success. It will be interesting to see how many Indian IT/ ITES companies are able to move beyond labor arbitrage and transition to the ‘third wave’.

    - Vijay Anand, founder of Proto.in, says that Indian entrepreneurs need to be more aware of their environment.

    My top-of-the-mind views: Vijay gives a lot of invaluable advice in his post, including making your offering environment-proof, factoring in the negative use cases, thinking change-the-world big, and remembering that the world is a balance of chaos and equilibrium.

    - Kamla Bhatt believes that a pure-play corporate blogging approach may not be successful in India

    My top-of-the-mind views: Kamla believes that Indian corporates are more likely to embrace social networks than corporate blogs. I think that corporate blogs and corporate presence on social networks serve objectives that sometimes overlap but often don’t. Therefore, corporates in India will do well to use both, based on the context, the community and the nature of the conversation. Expect a longer post on this topic sometime soon.

    - Atanu Dey dissects the food-versus-fuel dot-corn debate

    My top-of-the-mind views: The mandated increase in the use of corn-derived ethanol as fuel in the US has led to much chest-thumping, with both camps strongly supporting their stands. Atanu Dey separates out the various issues involved in the debate in his trademark erudite style.

    Your Turn Now

    We have done our part by starting the conversation. Now, it’s your turn to carry on the conversation by commenting on these posts, linking to these posts in your own blogs, giving us feedback on our idea and execution, or suggesting more posts for our next week’s digest.

    Also see: Gaurav Mishra Week 1, Rajesh Lalwani Week 1, Ranjan Varma Week 1, Gaurav Mishra Week 2, Palin Ningthoujam Week 2, Ranjan Varma Week 2, Rajesh Lalwani Week 3, Ranjan Varma Week 3.

     

  • Gaurav Mishra 3:56 pm on March 31, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: Advergaming, , , , FXLabs Studios, Gaming Cafes, , , Idea Rocks India, , , ITwoFS, , Karthik Srinivasan, Kiruba-Shankar, Mass Media, Mayank Bidawatka, Microsite, MilliBlog, , , , , , RedBus, Sashi Reddi, , , , , , Sudipto Majumdar, , , , Zapak   

    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: A Weekly Digest by Business Bloggers You Trust (Week Two) 

    Quick Summary: Check out the second edition of ‘The Best of Indian Business Blogs’, a weekly digest by business bloggers you trust.

    - X – X – X -

    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: A Weekly Digest by Business Bloggers You Trust

    The Idea

    The basic idea is simple: we form a network of five to ten influential Indian business bloggers to promote link-worthy posts from other Indian business bloggers in the form of a weekly digest published on our respective blogs.

    The People

    The present members in our network are (in alphabetical order):-

    - Gaurav Mishra, that is, yours truly, is a marketer and a social media enthusiast (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Gautam Ghosh is an HR professional and a veteran business blogger (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Kiruba Shankar is India’s original A-list blogger and podcaster and a regular speaker at technology conferences (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Palin Ningthoujam is a public relations professional and the founder of India PR Blog (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Rajesh Lalwani is the founder of social media agency Blogworks (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    - Ranjan Varma is the writer of personal finance online weekly Personal Finance 2.01 (e-Book, Blog, Facebook and Twitter).

    - VeerChand Bothra is the organizer of Mumbai Mobile Mondays and head of business development at MyToday (Blog, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter).

    The Process

    Over the week, we share posts between each other, and select a set of 3-5 posts to highlight. The posts can include all business-related topics including marketing, advertising, public relations, human resource management, finance, and entrepreneurship. The idea is to not link to each others’ posts, unless one of us has written a real gem.

    Every Monday, all of us link to the same set of posts, with our own unique perspectives on them. By linking to the same posts together, we maximize the benefit we pass on to the linked blogs, both in terms of traffic and Google juice. By providing our multiple unique perspective on the posts, we hope to kick off conversations around these posts in the Indian business blogging community.

    The Best of Indian Business Blogs: Weekly Digest 2

    - Kamla Bhatt interviews ITwoFS’s Karthik Srinivasan on plagiarism in Indian film music

    My top-of-the-mind views: While the Indian music industry is very vocal about piracy, it’s especially silent on the issue of plagiarism. ITwoFs (for IIFS, or Inspired Indian Film Songs), whose tag line is ‘Chronicles of Plagiarism in Indian Film Music’, is a website by communications professional Karthik Srinivasan devoted to exposing over 500+ instances of such ‘inspirations’ by Indian film musicians. Kamla does a great interview to bring out Karthik’s range of knowledge about music. Karthik, by the way, also writes a fascinating 100 word review blog at MilliBlog.

    - Maninder points out that the Idea Rocks India’s MSN microsite is a wrong idea

    My top-of-the-mind views: Idea Cellular is promoting ‘Idea Rocks India’ as India’s ‘first online singing contest’, but instead of creating their own website, they have hosted the contets on an MSN microsite. Maninder points out several reasons why the brand, and the property, are being shortchanged in this execution. To, me, this is another example of how agencies and brand managers do not benefit from the digital medium in spite of spending money on it, because they approach it from a mass media paradigm.

    - Kartik Varma, co-founder of iTrust.in, writes a three part series on startup financing in India at Pluggd.in: part 1, part 2, part 3.

    My top-of-the-mind views: Kartik uses his experience in raising funding for iTrust.in to give some valuable insights on how much capital to raise in the first round, how to calculate the valuation of your startup, and how to read through the various clauses on a term sheet. I have been tracking the Indian startup scene for a while now because I want to start one of my own, and Kartik ’s series tells me that there is still much about running a startup that I don’t quite understand.

    - Mayank Bidawatka, Head of Marketing at RedBus.in writes a guest post on Pluggd.in to demystify SEO and SEM concepts for startups.

    My top-of-the-mind views: Mayank’s post will serve as a great starting point for a startup trying to build online presence. I totally agree with Mayank that SEM is more important to kick start your web presence initially, while SEO is more important over the long term. Therefore, even as I fine-tune the SEO for my new project ‘The Marketer Who Went Off Consumption’, I have started a Google AdWords campaign to give it the initial push.

    - Sudipto Majumdar, CTO of Zapak, outlines the rise of gaming cafes in India and Sashi Reddi, founder of FXLabs Studios, predicts that 2008 will be the breakout year for the Indian gaming business.

    My top-of-the-mind views: I haven’t really tracked the Indian gaming industry so far, except pushing for a brand-centric business model for mobile advergaming, but Sudipto’s and Sashi’s posts have triggered enough interest in me to start a separate gaming category on this blog.

    Your Turn Now

    We have done our part by starting the conversation. Now, it’s your turn to carry on the conversation by commenting on these posts, linking to these posts in your own blogs, giving us feedback on our idea and execution, or suggesting more posts for our next week’s digest.

    Also see: Gaurav Mishra Week 1, Rajesh Lalwani Week 1, Ranjan Varma Week 1, Palin Ningthoujam Week 2, Ranjan Varma Week 2.

     

  • Gaurav Mishra 2:08 am on February 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , Adfactors-PR, , , Blueliner, , , , , Edelman, Genesis-Burson-Marsteller, Hyderabad, ID8Labs, , Infovedics, Kiruba-Shankar, Mosoci, , NewMediaGuru, , Online-Reputation-Monitoring, , Quasar-Media, QuasarTalk, , , Redifussion-PR, Screengrab, , Social-Media-Agency, , Social-Media-Outreach, Social-Network-Apps, , , WATConsult, , Weber-Shandwick   

    List of Social Media Agencies in India 

    Update: Here’s an updated list of social media agencies in India.

    I have been watching the social media marketing scene in India for a while now, and, suddenly, things seem to be heating up in this space. On the demand side, companies/ brands are showing willingness to engage with social media and, on the supply side, many players are offering, or planning to offer, a variety of social media services.

    The Indian players offering social media marketing services can broadly be divided into three categories –

    - Digital advertising agencies offering social media marketing services with a focus on virals, social network apps, social media campaigns etc.

    - Public relations agencies/ practitioners offering social media services with a focus on online reputation monitoring and social media outreach etc.

    - Prominent bloggers offering, basically, corporate blogging consulting services and workshops.

    Let’s look at the players under each category in some detail.

    Digital Advertising Agencies

    - Webchutney

    Location(s): Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore

    Services: Online reputation monitoring, social media outreach, viral videos, social network apps.

    Known clients: Boston Consulting Group, Airtel, MakeMyTrip, BookMyShow, Tata Motors.

    - Quasar Talk, from Quasar Media, now part of the WPP Group.

    Location(s): Delhi

    Services: Online reputation monitoring, social media outreach.

    Known clients: General Motors.

    - Phonethics

    Location(s): Mumbai

    Services: Viral videos, corporate blogging.

    Known clients: Tata Motors, Sony Entertainment Television, Nokia.

    - Infovedics

    Location(s): NOIDA (Delhi)

    Services: Online reputation monitoring, social media outreach, viral videos, social network apps.

    Known clients: None.

    - Blueliner

    Location(s): Hyderabad (also New York & Dhaka)

    Services: Online reputation monitoring, social media outreach, viral videos, social network apps.

    Known clients: None.

    - ID8Labs

    Location(s): Mumbai (also Philadelphia)

    Services: Social media outreach, viral videos.

    Known clients: None.

    - NewMediaGuru

    Location(s): Delhi (also London & New York)

    Services: Social media outreach, viral videos, social network apps.

    Known clients: None.

    - The Flea

    Location(s): Mumbai

    Services: Viral videos, social media consulting.

    Known clients: Star TV.

    Public Relations Agencies/ Practitioners

    - Rajesh Lalwani’s Blogworks

    Location(s): Delhi

    Services: Social media consulting, online reputation monitoring, social media outreach, workshops.

    Known clients: Fastrack (social media news room, Twitter, Facebook) & Breakthrough.

    Prominent Bloggers

    - Kiruba Shankar

    Location(s): Chennai

    Services: Corporate blogging consulting, workshops.

    Known clients: None.

    - Dina Mehta’s Mosoci.

    Location(s): Mumbai

    Services: Social media consulting, workshops.

    Known clients: None.

    - Rajiv Dingra’s WATConsult.

    Location(s): Mumbai

    Services: Social media consulting, social media outreach, workshops.

    Known clients: Frito Lay, Nokia, HSBC, Mahindra, Rediff, Tribal DDB, ForceIndia.

    Coming Soon

    By the end of 2008, I see the following players entering the market –

    - Nielsen Buzzmetrics is said to be in talks with some Indian multinationals for their online reputation monitoring service.

    - International PR agencies Fleishman Hillard and Edelman are said to have approached Indian multinationals for their online reputation monitoring service via their offices in Mumbai.

    - Zeta Interactive, which owns social media agency Relevant Noise, may start offering these services through their Zustek office in Hyderabad.

    - Advertising agency CreativeLand Asia is also planning to start offering social media outreach services.

    Apart from the five possible entrants that I have identified, I see at least half a dozen other serious players entering the social media marketing scene in India by end of 2008.

    - Update on February 26, 2008:- According to Palin at India PR Blog, several PR agencies — including Weber Shandwick (with Screengrab), 2020 Media, Redifussion PR, Adfactors PR, and Genesis Burson Marsteller — are planning to start their own social media divisions.

    It seems that, by the end of 2008, we’ll have 25-30 serious social media players in the Indian market. That’s amazing, isn’t it?

    I intend to update this list of social media agencies in India on a regular basis. So, if you know any other agencies in India who are focused on online reputation management, social media outreach or viral marketing, do send me an e-mail or leave a comment below.

    Now that we have a firm handle on the list of social media agencies in India, the other thread to pick up, of course, will be Rajesh’s tweet on what is the potential size of the social media business in India.

    Also read: Rajesh Lalwani & HH at India PR Blog, Palin at India PR Blog.

     

    • Priya Shah 12:22 pm on February 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Now that is a comprehensive list.

      Damm only one person in PR – i guess its not to late for me to jump in :P

      Great going Gaurav.

    • Gaurav 1:17 pm on February 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Thanks, Priya, feel free to ping me and ask me to add to the list of agencies/ clients anytime you hear of any new developments. :-)

    • Rajiv Dingra 3:14 pm on February 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Gaurav Im not sure how you missed it but our list of clients is listed on our website here -> http://www.watconsult.com/?page_id=11 And that also is a partial list (as many clients are under NDA). As far as I know We are among the largest stand alone social media consulting companies (Both in terms of number of people we employ and revenues) in India you can check all the media buzz about us here -> http://www.watconsult.com/?page_id=8

      Infact we are doing a lot of work with large digital media agencies as well as direct clients. We are soon to announce major developments both on scale and clients. So watch out for us.

      Really appreciate your effort to list the companies though.

    • Gaurav 4:34 pm on February 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      @Rajiv: Apologies for the oversight. That’s a really impressive clients list. Have updated the post.

      Will be watching out for your upcoming major announcements. :-)

    • Rajiv Dingra 4:38 pm on February 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Thanks gaurav. Will keep you updated.

    • Rajesh 9:56 pm on February 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Nice list Gaurav. Thanks.

      It might be interesting to add differentiators to make it even more meaningful.

      Social media can be many things – setting up a blog for someone can be social media , so can be uploading a video on You Tube ;)

      For eg. we deliver strategic advice that’s aligned with business/ marketing needs/ goals of the clients. Deliver insight programmes, drive evangelist programmes etc.

      Social media is just one of the routes for outreach, we combine our learnings in mainstream and social media to drive value for our clients.

      Cheers.

      Rajesh

    • IdeaSmith 2:18 pm on February 26, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      I’m nitpicking but you spelt NIELSEN wrong. :-)

    • Amit Tripathi 10:18 pm on March 12, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      Excellent content.

      You missed our client list on the website. Please do take the link from here..

      http://www.id8labs.com/clients.asp

      Keep up the good work.

      Do keep in touch.

      Amit

    • Marketing Services 5:31 pm on March 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Yeah its true that social media marketing is evolving in the market and many companies are showing their interest in providing social media services, social media marketing is a part of online marketing. With the online marketing many people are boosting up their business

    • Renaissance PR 3:22 pm on March 26, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      We would also like to be included in this list.

      Thx,

    • Rohit Maheshwari 1:46 am on May 8, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      I am impressed, lets catch up.

    • Aniisu 4:41 pm on June 5, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      Almost all of these agencies and consultants listed are in the PR and external reputation space..

      I am writing to introduce my blog on internal communications and new media from India ( http://www.intraskope.wordpress.com)

      Cheers

      Aniisu

    • Nimesh Shah 12:16 pm on September 29, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      Would like to introduce Windchimes to you – a social media agency that me and my friend have started. Do visit our site and mention it in your list of SMM agencies of India

    • Harshil Karia 3:44 am on October 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Hey Gaurav – would appreciate it if you added us as well!

    • Shveta Singh 2:07 am on November 10, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      Good work. This list was really required. But there are few more agencies working in this space.
      iStrat Software from Delhi is one such name. I work with them and we have already done some brilliant work in terms of blogging and online reputation management for some well known companies. Do include us when you update your list the next time.

    • Ajinkya 2:57 pm on December 6, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,
      I am Ajinkya, a 2nd year student of PGDCM from MICA, Ahmedabad. I am interested in Social media, and towards the same I have pursued relevant project and written paper. The list you put forth here is of tremendous help to me now.
      Being a veteran in this field, could you please guide me towards carving a fruitful career in this field? Specifically speaking, which companies would be ideal for a passionate management graduate to start his career in? which companies are growing and hope to continue their growth in these troubled times?
      Awaiting your response.
      Thanking you,
      Ajinkya

    • Prasanna 8:16 am on December 10, 2008 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      Very impressive list and nice work you have done of putting it together.
      We are a new startup social media agency based in Chennai and I would like our agency Catch5 Studios to be added in the list.
      Thanks in advance.

    • bhanuprakash 1:37 pm on March 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      Your effort is very much appreciable. But you missed the biggie, I just wanted to add one more company, who has been aggressively into Social Media & Online PR activities, is Hanmer MS&L, recently got acquired by MS&L, one of the leading Digital Agency in the world.

      But your blog is amazing and very informative. Gr8 effort. I am a Digital PR professional from Mumbai and an SEO consultant.

    • Neelesh Salgaonkar 2:50 am on April 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      That’s an impressive list. It would have nice, if you could have separated the technology companies that are providing analysis solutions on social media from the other companies.

      One such company is ‘Germinait Solutions’ (www.germinait.com) based in Mumbai, where we are building a next-gen technology platform for social media analysis. We have done some brilliant work in Natural language processing area. Please include Germinait Solutions in your list.

      I am eager to know about other companies that are working in similar space.

      Regards,
      Neelesh

    • Sona 3:02 am on April 5, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Apart from the list of the companies, that have already been mentioned above, another agnecy that is already doing great amount of mindblowing work in this space is OgilvyPR. Their digital works are too well established and have very high expert team catering to all the markets of APAC.I have personally some of their work and of others too in various campaigns. So I feel that digital in India is not lagging far behind

    • Prerna Bhagra 1:58 pm on April 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      You missed us out :( Bloggers’ mind
      http://www.bloggersmind.com. Please check our website and do include us in the list next time you update.

      Thanks

    • Chethna KS 11:49 pm on July 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      I read your list and you seem to have comprehensive knowledge about social media in India.

      What do you think are the chances of an international social media company surviving in India. I am a student in Miami Ad School and I am working on a project on social media. Any information that you can give me about social media in the India market, the scope, the kind of clients who would be open to it, anything at all, would be of great help.

      looking forward to hearing from you.

      Thanks.

      • bhanu 12:53 pm on July 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply

        @chetna. Well I write on Indian Social Media. You can visit my blog and gain some insights based on my experiences.

    • Siddharth Acharya 12:45 pm on July 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Hey Gaurav nice blog and very good database. But can u suggest any book on Socila media Marketing. This can be very halp full for me. I will really appreciate your suggestion.

      • bhanu 12:52 pm on July 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply

        @siddharth Acharya

        There are many books on Social Media Marketing, the recent one we had in India was Social Media Marketing by Dave Evans. Its a good book. But its quite deep and professional. I suggest you can go to http://www.docstoc.com and scribd.com. and search for books on Social Media. You will find many.

    • Pratibha Rathore 7:10 pm on August 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Gaurav,

      Very comprehensive list. We would like you to add Mercury Communication to your list. We are an integrated Social Media Agency and we have worked with some big clients. We do social media consultancy, monitoring and outreach for clients.
      http://www.merccomm.com/index_files/MercuryCommunicationServices.htm

    • Shank 4:27 pm on September 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      http://www.socialcreeper.com Though it’s not a Indian Company, it’s a true social Media Company that guarantees enhanced visibility to your website using social media platforms. You might want to check this, it’s truly interesting.

      Thank you for information, really helpful

    • c_h_u_c_k 1:49 pm on October 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      I wonder if it's a little too late for this :-)
      But we at Windchimes Communications (http://www.windchimes.co.in) have been in this field for a while, and have some good clients as well.

      Possible to update now?
      Good blog, Gaurav. Cheers!

    • Jeanne-Elise M. Heydecker 8:06 am on November 26, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      One thing you don't mention is the success rate of these companies, especially when marketing internationally. I find it very difficult to locate staff with enough international experience to say, market to the US using social media. The English is all wrong, their cultural awareness is naive, but their arrogance something to behold! As an American working here, when I've found good staff willing to learn, they've done really well, especially in Kolkata. Here in Delhi, they simply just don't get it. I'm trying to understand what the difference may be.

      Domestically, I've worked with a number of these companies and they've done some really successful campaigns for the Indian market, things that would never have worked overseas. I'd like to be able to offer outsourcing services to American clients, but I don't think the talent is here to do it effectively yet. I think the industry in India is similar to call centers a while back, when they finally realized that they needed to train their staff in cultural awareness and interaction. Only then will India be able to expand their social media marketing business beyond its own borders.

    • Gaurav Mishra 5:58 pm on December 11, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Jeanne: I agree. Most young Indians do have limited international exposure and Indian English is very different from American English. I think the trick is to recruit well-educated (and costly) employees and charge a premium.

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