Top 10 Corruption Scams in India

This is the season of scams and the biggest ever corruption cases in India have been unearthed more recently. So, we decided to dig deep to see which scams were the biggest and most damaging to the country and its citizens alike. In our daily life, most of us must have been a witness to or a victim...

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What is the Blogging scenario in India ?

Blogging is definitely catching up in India. It surely is not close compared to US and UK, however, if you compare it with what it was a year back- it has grown in at least couple of multiples. Every 5th or sixth blog I come across is run by an Indian. Following are the top 5 observations about Indian people blogging, they are from my experiences alone, so other may not agree to it: 1) more than...

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Now your blogs content generation can be outsourced.

One of the unanimous message that pro-bloggers give to upcoming bloggers is to have their own individuality in writing. I hear them saying all the time that don’t try to be someone else. Be yourself ! and I agree… and then I come across the news that now you can outsource your blogging content. The whole point of blogging is being personal and distinctive, and I suppose 99%...

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5 Innovations that will change our lives in next 5 years !

The world is changing so fast ! Compare your lives 5 years ago and today. You will atleast find 10 innovations that has changed your life. Look at blogging itself, Just 4 years back no one knew what blogging was and now probably most time spent on the internet is by way of blogging, we currently have more than 75 million blogs and we are adding roughly 200,000 blogs daily. Now that is a whole...

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Past, present and future of Internet and How Google is changing the way we live

I came across one of the most engaging Youtube videos yesterday and thought that I should share it with my readers. This is a 8 minute journey through how things have changed since 1996 and takes us all the way through to 2014. The video gives us a glimpse of how Internet is changing the way we live with couple of examples. However, if you think about all the other areas of life that are g...

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Shortage of bloggers in India – Are Indians Blogging shy ?

I had bumped across this article in Foreign policy that mentioned the scarcity of bloggers India. I was really perplexed on reading that ! There are only 1.2 million bloggers in India, out of total 42 million Internet users. That means only 5 bloggers in 200 Internet users. That is shame, especially...

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Top 50 Web1.0 Web-Sites of India

We are moving into Web2.0 world. However, the list compiled below are the sites that till now are / were the most accessed sites on the net in India. They did not have social networking built into them, neither were they viral. They did not have shiny interfaces nor were they very user friendly. Many top Web1.0 sites have only adopted RSS very recently. But now these sites are falling behind....

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Corporate Blogging: Should it be formal ?

However, Blog writing is completely creative, atleast that’s what it is in my case. It has not only allowed me to express myself creatively, but it has increased my knowledge many fold. I have always been fond of discussing current events in social circles and Trak has allowed me to do that with hundreds of readers without being physically present with the...

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Start Blogging and earn Rs. 10,000 every week.

Blogging is still in its infancy in India. According some of the recent surveys, very few percentage of Indians actually blog. I had written a couple of posts earlier on this blog regarding shortage of bloggers in India and perspective of a common man on blogging in India. Now to promote quality blogging...

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6 important tips for Corporate Bloggers

As you may know I am an ardent advocate of corporate blogging. As much as a Corporate blog program can work as a great marketing and image building tool, it can work exactly opposite if you do not give enough importance to certain aspects that I will put forth here. Number of Corporate blogs But...

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Are Bloggers powerful sneezers ?

Yes, Bloggers are powerful sneezers, no doubt ! Suhail Farooqui of Mouthshut uses this analogy in an article appeared on AgencyFAQ. Here is a short excerpt from it. He mentions that of bloggers are ?powerful sneezers?, as anything they post on the web passes on like ?viral fever?. ?They go online...

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Online Videos + Blogging : The winds of change?

Online Videos are getting bigger and better. According to a recent report released by ComScore, US viewers watched an average of 3 hours of online videos in July. It is estimated to grow at even faster rate in coming years. Although, India is far behind in online video consumption due to extremely...

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Business and Personal Blogging: How are they different?

Blogging and Social Networking are currently the buzzwords on Indian Internet scene. They are no more limited to individuals. Small and large businesses alike are understanding the power and importance of these trends. They have now become an integral part of business strategies. So what are the...

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Is Amitabh the highest paid blogger in the world?

Just came across this news – Amitabh Bachchan is being paid Rs. 100 crore for writing on his blog – that is nearly 25 million dollars ! Now thats a HUGE sum to be paid to write a few paragraphs daily, even if it is from an iconic figure like Amitabh Bachchan. I have been an ardent admirer of Amitabh not only for his acting skills, but more so in the way he has conducted himself off-screen through-out...

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The new mantra of PR: Marketing through blogging and Social Networking

Indian blogging scene has grown quite a bit over last 12 to 18 months. Last year in May when I started blogging, there were hardly any blogs that one could name which were even remotely popular, other than Labnol and couple of others. However, over last year or so Indian blogging scene has grown and now we have number of blogs that command decent traffic. I see exponential growth in Indian bloggers...

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Email is still the most popular way of sharing articles from a blog / website.

While carrying out routine admin tasks of my blog today I came across some very interesting statistics that I thought of sharing with my readers. Nearly a month back I installed a plugin called ishare that helps readers to share articles published on trak.in blog. Now-a-days, having social bookmarking...

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Bloggers do not trash your company, either you already are trash or you are doing it yourself!

I read this really disturbing news. Companies are employing agencies to clean-up negative feedback online. Their target is “crazy blogs”. The definition of crazy is at best undefined. Who will be defining crazy? If I narrate my experiences about some product or service which I bought or experienced and if that helps someone to make a better decision, what’s wrong with that. This is a direct stab...

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Are bloggers entrepreneurs?

Dictionary.com has this definition for entrepreneur : a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, esp. a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. I think business is something which produces something and in return generates some money. Blogging fits that. Post is the product and the advertising money is the revenue. Now, for us to separate out what we are talking about, let...

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Can blogging land you a job?

I read this really un-interesting  piece from BS. The title read : Blogging could ‘even’ land you a job. First thing which caught my attention is the word ‘even’. I found that word condescending. It sounds like among other fun and silly things, blogging can do something serious like landing...

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It’s Time to transform your marketing!

The rules of marketing are changing rapidly – Social Media is now becoming  an important aspect of marketing for every small & large business – Be it offline or online. Take a look at this following presentation created by Social Media Marketing agency Hubspot. Although, the numbers given...

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Why every technology conference must come to Pune! [The Pune Effect]

It probably started in Sept, 2008, when PHPCamp got 1200+ online registrations, and 700+ people actually turned up, making it the largest unconference in India. The following year, we organized an “Internship Mela” for students looking for internships amongst Pune’s startups, and we had to turn away...

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Top 5 reasons to become a Social Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurs are many, but social entrepreneurs are quite rare. Who wants to take the risk of investing monies that are not only expected to yield profits, but also advance a social cause? Entrepreneurs have enough tensions of their own. Why care about seeing how your business is synergized with...

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5 Golden Rules for Your Business Email !

"One shit deal…" This phrase got one of the largest investment companies in the world in a messy soup during the Global Financial Crisis. One of their employees wrote this to another in an email, which was used against them in the court of law. Well, that’s that… Read on to know how you can avoid such...

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Top 5 mistakes to avoid while writing your resume!

Your resume, is you on a paper. Do you realize that? It is basically your whole professional life summarized in a page or two. So it is vital that you write the most appropriate and effective resume. Here are the top 5 mistakes that most of us making while writing the oh-so-important resume. ...

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8 Reasons to have flexible hours at your workplace!

Since the last decade, many employers have been trying new work practices and work environments to boost productivity in their organizations. The 21st century is the day and age of entrepreneurship and reforms in the perception of a ‘work environment’. Flexible working hours seem to be the choice...

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Top 5 things that make India a great tourist destination!

There’s something about India as a tourist destination that makes is exotic, exciting, mysterious, enchanting, exhilarating, incredible, humbling – call it what you will. India has become an increasingly popular destination for all kinds of travelers from across lengths and breadths of the world – from shoestring backpackers, spa enthusiasts, avid photographers to leisure holiday seekers. Here...

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Top 10 disasters of the year in India!

2010 has had its own share of disasters. Despite the fact that we have advanced so much in preventing and predicting disasters, it is something we haven’t been able to stop happening. From political to technical to even natural disasters, there was a lot which brought a lot of misery to people. There...

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Top 7 Myths of Personal financial Investment!

Call it the magic of positive sentiment in the year 2010. Almost all asset classes gained significantly in the year that just passed by. Most remarkable among them was commodities which outperformed all asset classes on the back of supply constraints and weak dollar. Going into the New Year, there...

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Top Innovative Companies List [World & India]

Fast Company recently compiled a list of most innovative companies in the World and it is no surprise that Apple, makers of iPad & iPhone, top the list. World does not anticipate any other product launch as much as it does about Apple. Top most reason for that is – Innovation in Business. Twitter...

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Top 5 hot careers of 2011-12 !

The First decade of new millennium was dominated by one career stream and everyone was after that – The Software / IT jobs. But with time, other streams have cropped up and now are getting favour of many. Ignoring the last few months, all sectors of the economy and industries have boomed. Here...

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5 things about the Indian education system that we hope changes

Every established system in the country always attracts severe criticism. The Indian Education system especially has been the target of many allegations from students, parents and teachers. Students think they are overburdened, teachers think they are not paid enough and parents want their children...

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