Twitter Updates 04.09.09

Brand Comm thru Cinema still strong in pockets in the country, case of Sumo Victa being promoted in a Bhojpuri Movie http://bit.ly/vWCoh

India is a sachet market, now OTC drugs are also planning to use the same route, http://bit.ly/X45ko

Nokia Music Store India http://bit.ly/SSJyv

Will Dish TV’s tie-ups help? http://bit.ly/3dwBo

More on Tata Tea's "Jaago Re" campaign http://bit.ly/Pi7gG

Tata Ace story, how they have redefined or rather created a new category, http://bit.ly/lKFlI

Kaya Skin Care Clinics Slow and cautious expansionhttp://bit.ly/HRFb7

Hero Honda's "Har Gaon, Har Angan" rural campaign for rural push http://bit.ly/YltwS

RT @futurescape: You might want to have a look at this regard state broadcasters http://bit.ly/4t62Ni

Yum! Restaurants India has aggressive expansion planshttp://bit.ly/3ZGTYm

Festival Season and Cars http://bit.ly/UHZ5f Honda plan to launch festive civic http://bit.ly/rc3Ry

Retail looking up http://bit.ly/kjPx1

Nestles Spoof ads against Cadburys Pay day adshttp://bit.ly/y6cEV

Media planners focus on individual show than channelshttp://bit.ly/R6Fvn & recent study - doordarshan is most watchedhttp://bit.ly/fFRhd

Tata DoCoMo in bid to 'do the new' campaign http://bit.ly/Xr5v8

HUL cutting down on proms http://bit.ly/s85Sw

i had written on ipill on my blog http://bit.ly/8oGwd & now National Creative Director FCB Ulka also wriote on it http://bit.ly/2UZmb

Bata on the reinvention path http://bit.ly/fMEiR wants to become a serious player in institutional markets

More on the Airtel DTH Ad http://bit.ly/2BAMsy

Paid location services still forms a very small part of VAShttp://bit.ly/4wrJ0

India is still a low cost location for many businesses ,http://bit.ly/2t4wVE

Radio Companies on Social Networking sites http://bit.ly/CUmIu

Samsung Star S5230 becomes fastest to touch 5 million sales in 4 months http://tinyurl.com/mtozff

flavors have come full circle, when chips were launched 10yrs back international flavors were rejected,now we can see them making a comeback

Tried Aliva of Frito-Lays and found it be good but a tad expensive at 12/-

New Blog Post : Emergency Contraceptive Pills , are they being marketed too well??? http://rajeshaithal.blogspo...

Harley Davidson bikes be will be available in India from 2010 onwards, price more than Rs 7 lakhs..

RT@emergingfutures:RCom’s blueprint to drive mobile phone in rural market http://bit.ly/Db607 Yes I also think rural India next battleground

According to Tom Peters Design is..an understanding that all the senses were created equal more on this on his blogposthttp://bit.ly/4hwn3d

Rural Telecom in India, Still a long way to go http://bit.ly/Unf3i

Tata Jago Re Campaign gets into fight against corruptionhttp://bit.ly/z6Mfy

Airtel Digital's campaign - bollywood film style http://bit.ly/4zp32P, do read the comments

Chlorophyll story http://tinyurl.com/kkjvzh

Vodafone rebranding http://tinyurl.com/lwll3b

Godrej No1 Story in India http://tinyurl.com/kmc8lx

New blogpost - Regional brands in Indian markethttp://rajeshaithal.blogspo...

Jaipur foot, Indian ingenuity at it's best, http://www.jaipurfoot.org/

V-Guard Story http://bit.ly/aD4Du

Thums Up and the 20 year old campaign still running and giving results http://bit.ly/16tQsi

Mahindra Scorpio the number one SUV in India, http://bit.ly/7c1DH

Twitter Updates 17.08.09

• Africa Rising 900 million consumers http://bit.ly/LeV6s
• Vikram Vetal Method of Training http://bit.ly/ane5i
• Barber Branding in India by Godrej http://bit.ly/Ji9DX
• Bisleri - Mineral water Brand in India http://bit.ly/oZ2R9
• Mahindra Tractors offers Laptops to Tractor Buyershttp://bit.ly/1H78me
• Building Brands Indian style http://bit.ly/1oVQjX
• New Blog Post , Festive Season and the factors dampening ithttp://bit.ly/NoLj5
• Delhi Metro Stations to get Handicraft Shopshttp://tinyurl.com/phmwp4
• RT @rohitbhargava: How To Avoid Being A "Twanker" (The 10 Basic Rules Of Twitter): http://ping.fm/7UcyP
• New mini-discount season in India, http://bit.ly/eaw6r
• @rohitbhargava - Why your brand may WANT to be anti-social online: http://ping.fm/vqmDi
• In India we have many countries within India, South specific strategy works for marketers http://bit.ly/Bo9vk http://bit.ly/Bo9vk
• branded sugarcane juice in India http://bit.ly/ZIddI
• shifting consumer spending patterns in India, http://bit.ly/19q6pG
• Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in his interview on concepts of Neeti and Nyaya to discuss the burning issues of todayhttp://bit.ly/1h8UCN
• Industrial sector growth throws up a surprise, 7.8 % growth in Junehttp://bit.ly/Oirv5
• H1B Visas at one time use to get exhausted in a matter of days if not hours, this year has more than 20k still vacant!!http://bit.ly/weK0D
• RT @alltop Alltop - Top India News http://bit.ly/feIao
• RT @GuyKawasaki: RT @ruchitgarg:Amazingly efficient food delivery system -Mumbai dubbawala http://om.ly/FkZJ Microsoft even used it for mkg
• New Blog Post - Linkage between Indian Market and Monsoonshttp://rajeshaithal.blogspo...
• weak monsoons to dampen FMCG sales in India http://bit.ly/MGlq1
• Brand Building through direct-to-consumer media strategyhttp://tinyurl.com/mwr8fl
• good source of marketing videos, Linstrom http://bit.ly/12zrJJ and Ries Report http://bit.ly/xEPvK
• Kwality Walls Icecream's Indian Strategy http://bit.ly/14SEhJ
• Jyothi Labs into laundry services, http://bit.ly/bMJXd
• Santoor No3 Brand of Soap in India, http://bit.ly/ghUcs
• RT @OPENForum Customer-Centric Design: Got Empathy? : The World : Idea Hub :: American Express OPEN Forumhttp://bit.ly/wWm04
• Slowdown impact on airlines http://tinyurl.com/n5nvhq and retailers strategies http://tinyurl.com/mwhpgd
• Idea telecom's Campaign "walk when you talk"http://tinyurl.com/lb7hgl
• Below the line promos work in rural India, http://tinyurl.com/m9x9ot
• Social Franchising in heath services, for more checkhttp://tinyurl.com/lmz69h
• Consumer perceived benefits of ads low? http://tinyurl.com/nwt2ta
• Liril brand story in India, http://tinyurl.com/m3u3zh

Twitter Updates 28.07.09

• Needs for ads to break the clutter to grab attention http://bit.ly/EgpUn
• Floating Supermarket in kerala http://bit.ly/EoVSu
• Blogs and business schools http://tinyurl.com/nk9xf2
• Airtel Special five offer http://tinyurl.com/ltuq8j, and the logic
• Dabur India and its entry into skincare http://bit.ly/K8TI5
• The IIPM story http://bit.ly/Qc8JN, does not come as a surprise at all
• 30 Great Advertising Professionals to Follow on Twitter http://bit.ly/LV1ay
• RT @tweetmeme Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia http://tinyurl.com/mrgkct
• Reading: "Four videos about noise, social and decency" (http://twitthis.com/e8j9re)
• Indian telecom getting gains from their rural forays, http://tinyurl.com/murkyy
• Social Networking in India and its impact on entertainment, http://tinyurl.com/lhwvu2
• Air India and it's branding woes, http://tinyurl.com/nt2ct6
• Rama Bijapurkar http://tinyurl.com/n62am6, has written on understanding Indian Consumers in Today's ET http://tinyurl.com/lao2tf
• Companies finding toon characters much better than celebrities :)) http://tinyurl.com/lpqfwe
• Interesting innovation from a banker turned farmer, check out NET POT on http://tinyurl.com/nvjcpn
• New Blog Post on my blog: Marketing in India abt farmer buying habits http://tinyurl.com/nhfb8r
• Reading M N Srinivas and his work on Indian villages , must read for anyone interested in India, http://tinyurl.com/nvpjdm
• More on Brand endorsement India, http://tinyurl.com/lcweou, http://tinyurl.com/m9tv73 , http://tinyurl.com/lssogg
• who is driving the new Nano's ? http://tinyurl.com/lz6fds
• Indian elderly consumers not attaracted to reverse mortgage has more to do with culture than anything else http://tinyurl.com/ltz7dd
• Microsoft has shown interest in partnering with govt on unique id project, http://tinyurl.com/komvzz
• @imaginingindia last post on his blog :( http://tinyurl.com/lge5sh
• Makeover for Lux and Wheel in the pipeline http://tinyurl.com/mokpkm
• More secure online trasaction could mean lower ecom, http://tinyurl.com/kqs9uk
• Profits , Maruti up 25% http://tinyurl.com/nmhdpy ITC up 17% http://tinyurl.com/ltlawk airtel up 24% http://tinyurl.com/mjok79
• Dadiseth Ex Chairman HUL takes over as Chairman Sony India http://tinyurl.com/mtbxep
• @SDEntrepreneur , reading 9 Advanced Twitter Tips | Tech N' Marketing http://bit.ly/Q387t
• seems a little dated but anyway, reading 'Ten Things you Must Know before Using Twitter' http://tinyurl.com/czkakl
• RT @guykawasaki 10 Tips for creating secure passwords: http://om.ly/?BkLf AC
• check out new free classified services at http://www.olx.in/
• RT@marketingisus David Ogilvy's best advice for business ..http://bit.ly/Nu9b6
• @tweetmeme @smashingmag Reading '50 New Beautiful Blog Designs' http://tinyurl.com/m869nl
• Netbooks in India, http://tinyurl.com/n86dul
• The issue of pack size and the movement towards smaller packs, http://tinyurl.com/l6eemc
• Why Esteem was replaced by Dzire http://tinyurl.com/kv68qu
• Dettol gains mkt share in fragmented soap market, http://tinyurl.com/megh5f, & santoor becomes number one in South http://tinyurl.com/lvujmu
• Debit Card holders to be allowed to withdraw money directly from POS, implications for ATMs and Banks? http://tinyurl.com/mmd9tq
• Mallya uses KIngfisher brand to raise Rs 2,000 cr from SBI!!!!http://tinyurl.com/l7aoah
• Havells - Indian brand transition story from B-B to a consumer brand http://tinyurl.com/mkqcmj
• Pilots caught drunk , inspires a lot of confidence http://tinyurl.com/lkx7kl
• RT @alltop Alltop - Top Sales News http://bit.ly/vLPzQ
• RT@GuyKawasaki Yahoo! Redesigns! Home Page! http://bit.ly/tWjnK
• RT @guykawasaki How to Change the World: The Top Ten Lies of Guy Kawasaki http://ow.ly/eTkG
• RT@TomZiglar A smile is the most powerful social tool we have at our disposal. Zig Ziglar
• New Blog Post : Marketing in India, Are we entering the era of return on marketing investment? http://tinyurl.com/n2l4dq
• RT @guykawasaki 100 funny and unfortunate website naming disasters: http://om.ly/?BFeK AC
• Successful brand launches for 2008, http://tinyurl.com/koa8sv
• Brand Endorsements in India, http://tinyurl.com/mxgxhe
• relationship between rainfall and car sales http://tinyurl.com/ljchjd

Twitter Updates 18.07.09

have shifted most of market updates on to twitter, thought will update some of that to the blog,

• Casio India with its plans about India,http://tinyurl.com/lbwlso
• Restructuring at Godrej grp,http://tinyurl.com/no8747,i... strategy adopted for their not so popular brands, selling thru Futures Grp
• microsegmenting the Indian mobile telecom market,http://tinyurl.com/mo9sqs
• a new post on ries blog on demise of Dell,http://tinyurl.com/mx24a3
• One of the best marketing organizations in the country,http://www.amul.com/
• RT @chrisbrogan Tune Up Your Personal Message | chrisbrogan.comhttp://bit.ly/HRgOh
• RT @guykawasaki Why Twitter isn’t going anywhere: http://om.ly/?tiJ
• had a long chat with an Indian publisher on why It is almost next to impossible to replace Kotler's Marketing text book in India
• Reading: "How to make graphs that work" (http://twitthis.com/i56hgs)
• Google launches voice search in India, http://tinyurl.com/kp8esa
• Nano on the roads today!!! http://tinyurl.com/n2rdau
• RT@bhatnaturally Amul on the Bandra-Worli Sea Linkhttp://bit.ly/BYnvt good one
• KSRTC first to introduce Mercedes Benz buses,http://tinyurl.com/lmto63
• Nilekani and team to give unique numbers not cards,http://tinyurl.com/mfptug
• Indian mythological characters a hit in Indian gaming community,http://tinyurl.com/my4xht
• An observation, Mad Angles from Bingo and nimbooz are all derived from what we are used to consuming traditionally, so back to basics ?
• GuyKawasaki vidoe on art of innovation in 10 stepshttp://tinyurl.com/kl4rp8
• Santosh Desai on Hawai Chappal and its uniquely Indian feel,http://tinyurl.com/ms2bax
• Ginger Hotels a Tata group VFM hotel with Rs 1000 rent is being recast, would be interesting, http://www.gingerhotels.com
• PC sales down in India for the first time, http://tinyurl.com/lfca78
• RT@bhatnaturally 80 creative and well-designed logoshttp://bit.ly/6cO1g, real good ones
• At one end is sales force automation, but one has to see the bundle of papers which a sales person booking order at a chemist carrys
• creativity and coca cola in today's brand equityhttp://tinyurl.com/ndvqmm
• read the post on Duarte's blog http://tinyurl.com/kuzg6n and then the article in nytime, http://tinyurl.com/mvogsg agree it is fantastic
• RT@rohitbhargava , reading the latest post on 6 lessons from best mkg campaigns ever, http://tinyurl.com/m82jbj
• Horlicks and brand extensions, http://tinyurl.com/lnnwzk
• A write-up on ITC's Food Division and how it grown on to become a 2200 crore business in just 8 yrs http://tinyurl.com/lqk6hn
• Fruit bevergae companies experiementing with microsites & other online initiatives, ex http://www.mangoslice.com/
• Arun Maira in ET on delivery of public services,http://tinyurl.com/lrm4w7