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Updated: Mumbai Twitter Meetp: In Mumbai? On Twitter? Let’s Meet Up!

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Quick Summary: The second Mumbai Twitter Meetup at Italian restaurant White in Goregaon had a full house with as many as sixteen people turning up.

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Mumbai Twitter Meetup

In Mumbai? On Twitter? Let’s meet up.

Here are the details of the next Mumbai Twitter Meetup —

Date: Sunday, March 2, 2008
Time: 11:30am - 3:30pm
Location: White, Off Link Road, Near VIBGYOR School, Goregaon, Mumbai, India

Aditya, who owns the Italian restaurant White, has graciously offered to give us 50% discount on food for the meetup.

So, what are you waiting for? If you aren’t already on Twitter, go sign up Twitter, then start following me @Gauravonomics, Aditya at @acmhatre and Mumbai Twitter Meet at @MumbaiTwit.

You can register for the event by registering on the Facebook Mumbai Twitter Meetup Event, sending a message to @MumbaiTwit, or leaving a comment below.

Remember: Each one, tweet one (that is, get an interesting friend to sign-up for Twitter and come to the meetup).

Also See: Details of first Mumbai Twitter Meetup.

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Update: March 2, 2008

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List of Social Media Agencies in India

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Quick Summary: The social media marketing scene in India is heating up both on the demand and supply side, with digital advertising agencies, PR practitioners, and prominent bloggers offering a range of social media services.

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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

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Mercedes and Maruti 800

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Stuck in morning rush hour traffic on Mumbai’s Marine Drive, on way to work, I found myself next to a Mercedes and a Maruti 800.

In slow-moving bumper-to-bumper traffic, the bigger Mercedes was at a disadvantage to the much smaller Maruti 800. The Mercedes stood still in its lane, while the Maruti 800 maneuvered itself into small openings and got ahead. I found myself calculating how much costlier it was for the Mercedes to be stuck in heavy traffic because of higher fuel consumption. I also found myself thinking what a waste it was for the Mercedes to be stuck in rush hour traffic on Marine Drive, when it should be doing 150 km per hour on the Mumbai-Pune highway. In fact, I almost felt sad for the Mercedes because it was on the wrong road.

Now, think of people instead of cars and careers instead of roads. Or, think of businesses instead of cars and industries instead of roads. I’m sure you have heard of hundreds of brilliant people who are stuck in the wrong career. I’m sure you have read about dozens of interesting businesses that don’t do well because the industry they are in is too crowded.

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What if Scott Adams Made the Mumbai ‘Save Power’ Campaign?

Friday, April 27th, 2007

Scott Adams on his contribution to energy conservation -

Then I remembered I’ve never procreated. That’s a huge energy savings. When you create new humans, they start leaving the lights on, driving, eating, pooping, and doing all sorts of energy-inefficient things. By not creating any new humans, I’m saving a huge amount of energy!

Scott Adams would have made a very different campaign to encourage people to save power in Mumbai -

Save power while you have sex. Use a condom!

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Mumbai Open Bloggers Meet

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

We have been having a lot of blogger meets (and blogger-heavy parties) in Mumbai of late and it has been a lot of fun to hang out with Amit (here and here), Saket (here and here), Akshay, Manish (here), Shiju (here and here), Melody (here, here and here), Sakshi (here and here), Ideasmith (here and here), Divya (here) and the lovely eM (here), amongst others. However, all these parties have been ‘By Invite’ only and who we invite, of course, is limited by who we know.

Now, Melody and Sakshi are organizing an Open Bloggers Meet at Bandra on February 3rd and everybody is invited (the very creative invite designed by the very talented Melody) -

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While the two lovely ladies are reason enough to land up, Ash, Peeyush, Pensive Lawyer, Pragni and Sensorcaine, seem to be attending, apart from the usual suspects listed above.

So, friends, Mumbai-wallahs, fellow bloggers, put up the invite on your blogs and spread the word! And, do land up at Soul Fry on February 3rd!

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