Tag Archives: Social media

Google+ is not really that big a plus

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Shakthi
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The jury is still out on who will win the Facebook vs Google+ fight and I would rather not venture into taking sides there. Instead I gather that it would be pertinent to share my first impression of this supposedly … Continue reading →

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Twitter and Facebook : is there a comparison ?

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Shakthi
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Whenever I get into any conversation with people who are in any way having to do anything with Social Media,they invariably end up asking me a question.Twitter or Facebook , which is better? I generally wiggle out of such scenes … Continue reading →

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The role of a blog in building a brand

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Shakthi
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Whenever someone asks me what is a nice way to get started on Social Media, I tell them to go get a blog first.Twitter,Facebook and other sites are there , but you are what your blog is.Without a blog,running a … Continue reading →

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Twitter Sentiment : The mean mystical beast

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Shakthi
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Here I go, it has been a while and there have been no new posts . This one is dedicated to everyone’s favorite buzzword : twitter sentiment. Sentiment, as it is classically defined, is about feeling.And feelings can be good … Continue reading →

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How to deal with twitter bullying

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Shakthi
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Like all my other blog posts,let me start by saying what a wonderful thing twitter is.As a medium,it is very powerful and flat in structure.As a community it is simply teeming with voluminous updates that are chronicling just about all … Continue reading →

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HOW TO : Overcome and get out of a twitter controversy

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Shakthi
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Twitter is very much like the real world and comes with a quota of good and bad.All of us would love to not see or avoid thinking and tackling the bad as much as possible,but then it is there and … Continue reading →

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What is twitter influence ?

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Shakthi
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There are many things that make one successful and acclaimed . On twitter a measure of your effective impact is called influence . More your influence , more acclaimed and trustworthy you and your tweets are . There are many … Continue reading →

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Is Twitter just a passing fad ?

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Shakthi
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The twitter story is very inspiring. The advent and the rapid adoption of twitter , the sheer number of people on twitter , the volume of information on offer and the ease with which a person can get on twitter … Continue reading →

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Is there a threshold for tweeting ?

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Shakthi
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I have been on twitter for a little more than 500 days now . I have been called many things , but the one thing that most people do not fathom is why I have so many tweets ( more … Continue reading →

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Why I will never use any location service

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Shakthi
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As the social media bubble gets bigger and bigger and the pie looks tastier and juicier , there is a gamut of new applications and extrapolations that are flooding this space . One major subset of them are the location … Continue reading →

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