60 % + Growth in Mobile searches for “for me” in the past two years 80 % + Growth in Mobile searches for “Should I ” in the past two years Auto searches like: My car won’t start, How many car can I afford, Sell my car, How much is my car worth In Beauty category: Why is my hair falling out, How often should I wash my hair, What is my face shape Education: My learning plan, My science project, Where’s my school bus, Calculate my grade

Universal or blended search Google assistant Amazon alexa

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Some of conferences we  discussed in the podcast:

Social Media Marketing World Pub Con Content Marketing World SMX ( Search Marketing Expo)

Here are the tips and takeaways from the podcast:

Research for short listing speakers Identifying the right speakers A detailed guidelines for the speakers. (To avoid too much self promotion) Clear Agenda about the event What to expect from the event Emailing after the registration about procedure Contact details (volunteers list and phone numbers) Starting on time and ending on time Giving time for the Q & A Giving time for speakers to interact with the participants Something different like having a stand up comedian to introduce the speakers Bringing in something different session with is not related to the topics Format of the session, is it going to panel discussion, Keynote session Taking care of the Visuals, A/V, Mic, Projector Directions for each sessions inside the venue Keeping extra chargers, power cords and extension cords

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VOX video 

Facebook IQ has got some amazing resources for Marketers.

A recent Annual Report by Facebook:

Source: Facebook IQ: https://www.facebook.com/iq/

“The team at Facebook IQ has compiled its first-ever annual report to help marketers plan for the year ahead. In The Annual Topics and Trends Report, we share some of the conversations that have been on the rise in 2017 and that we anticipate will take hold in 2018.

Due to the size of the Facebook platform, we have a unique vantage point to see which conversations are growing at scale and taking hold, and which are simply a flash in the pan. Our findings are grounded in real data and real insights from the 2 billion people across Facebook.

The trends we feature are starting to take hold and enter the mainstream. This is not necessarily their point of conception, but rather as they are going from niche to norm.

These are the trends people are talking about, that the market is ready for and you should consider, as you think about creative planning and product development.”

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Vloggers are like Bloggers but with video content.

Not only is their journey amazing but also is the way they come up with content and how they engage/influence their audiences.

Nas Daily: 1 Minute Vlog Daily. Over a year ago, Nuseir Yassin, the face,andmind behind viral videographer Nas Daily, quit his job at Venmo in New York City. Since then, Yassin, 25, says he’s at “33 percent,” which is the fraction of his life already lived, and even wears T-shirts with a 33 percent timeline every day. Today, despite his past as a Harvard graduate, he travels and makes videos everything, something so many people aren’t able to do until the latter part of their lives.  Source: Resource Magazine: http://resourcemagonline.com/2017/06/why-nas-daily-quit-his-job-at-venmo-to-make-facebook-videos/79257/ His Facebook page has all the videos  https://www.facebook.com/nasdaily/ his website: https://www.nasdaily.com/ Pewdie Pie https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw who has a youtube channel with over 5 crore subscribers. He’s a comedian but started his vlogs with gaming and that’s’ why they fall under his vlog name ‘Let’s play’. He has also been associated with controversies concerning anti-semitism given his comic work but that hasn’t decreased his fan base amongst the youth.  ‘Superwoman” – Lily Singh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfm4y4rHF5HGrSr-qbvOwOg! Her journey is an inspiration to young girls. She’s a vlogger, comedian, actress, rapper, musician, author etc. She has also taken initiatives to empower woman and decrease the hatred for females in society for which even Youtube recognized her. Why Gary Vaynerchuk,GaryVee’s Vlog is one of the most motivating, inspiring vlog on Social Media:  Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of VaynerMedia, a full-service digital agency servicing Fortune 500 clients across the company’s 4 locations. Gary is also a prolific public speaker, venture capitalist, 4-time New York Times Bestselling Author: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCctXZhXmG-kf3tlIXgVZUlw

Google Webmaster Central YouTube Channelhas great resources for Webmaster, Search Marketer, and Website Owners :official YouTube channel for Google Webmasters, where you can find information and tools to help you understand and improve your site in Google Search. https://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleWebmasterHelp

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This week’s Digital India Podcast had the staff of WMA engage in a discussion / debate about the relevance and importance of certifications. While we shared our thoughts and experiences about how certifications did or did not help us, we also discussed why certifications in digital marketing? Are they really important? Do they justify your skills? Should you take them?

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Hear us argue it out as we help you decide if you should take these certifications.
We also break down the certifications of each platform and who should it matter to, how you can prepare and where and how to take these up.

Here are the links for the various platforms

Google:

Academy for Ads – https://landing.google.com/academyforads/#?modal_active=none

Google Partners – https://www.google.com/partners/about/

Digitally Unlocked – https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalunlocked/

Facebook:

Facebook Blueprint – https://www.facebook.com/blueprint

Digital Training Hub from Facebook –  https://digitalskills.fb.com/en-in/

Hubspot :

Hubspot Academy – https://academy.hubspot.com/

SEMrush :

SEMrush Academy – https://www.semrush.com/academy/

Hootsuite:

Hootsuite Academy – https://hootsuite.com/education

Hubspot:

Hubspot Academy – https://academy.hubspot.com/certification

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Dr. Chhitij Raj, HEAD – ADCC Academy Pvt. Ltd – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-chhitij-r-ba5414b/

Nikhil Agrawal, Manager at ADCC Academy Pvt. Ltd – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhil-agrawal-995ba1b2/

Kapil Ahuja, Sr, Manager Business Development at ADCC Academy Pvt. Ltd. – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kapil-ahuja-28246a14/ 

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The role of technology in todays marketing world Digital marketing before and now. Why we need the help of developers today to survive in the market We spoke with 3 developers and 2 digital marketers in Synup
What skills you need to add to your digital marketing portfolio How to get started if you have to work with a developers Where to find the right developers or freelancers to integrate codes within your website or blog How SEO, Ads are becoming technical  AI, Amazon alexa skills and much more.

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Overview of Alexa 

https://www.slideshare.net/secret/oTr0Uv51cOus4m

this link is all about Alexa Basics,  about Amazon Echo, Amazon Dot and Amazon  Echo plus flow to skill creation.

2.Main Links to create Alexa Skill

https://developer.amazon.com/– to develop skill

https://github.com/alexa– to get predefined codes

https://aws.amazon.com/– to connect your skill (Lambda)

3.Skill Tutorial (Fact Skill Tutorial)

https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/tutorials/fact-skill-1

here is an example of how to create particular 1 skill with7 tips to build a skill for Alexa: PDF file

https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/guide/build-engaging-skills

4.Understanding of Custom Skill

https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/understanding-custom-skills.html

all about how willintent– that represents actions that user can do with your skill

utterances– that specify the words and phrases users can say to invoke those intents.

slots– providing similar phrases to your content

5.CODES

Introduction to alexa code academy –https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-alexa?=sp

https://github.com/alexa/

https://github.com/alexa/alexa-cookbook– Code for recipe

https://github.com/alexa/skill-sample-nodejs-city-guide– Code for City Guide

6.Youtube Video – Alexa uses Example

Alexa integration with CA Unified Infrastructure Monitoring (UIM)

https://youtu.be/p-Z10WrVK6Y

IOT Innovation @ CA Technologies. Alexa integrated with IT solutions

https://youtu.be/WJ-_LhCKZ6c

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In this weeks show we talk about Google’s Next Billion ambition in India.We discussed about Google products in India, their Next Billion Ambition, Board meetings, India specific Products such as Tez, you Tube Offline, You Tube Go, Rail Wire.

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Freedom to work within the organization, Google Map Maker, Stats on India Internet User base, Monthly Active Internet users and much more

First of this entire podcast comes from an interesting article from : Factor Daily, https://factordaily.com

Titled:“How Google is priming its Next Billion ambition in India — and the backstory of why the search giant is in such a tough place” by  Jayadevan PKOctober 25, 2017 and a big hat tip to our student Hariharan, who found this blogs/website

About Factor Daily: Factor Daily will help its audience cut through the chaff and make sense of the future. For technology consumers, FactorDaily will be the destination to discover life-changing products and ideas.

Factor Daily’s podcast: Outliers: https://factordaily.com/podcasts/

Links:

https://factordaily.com/google-next-billion-india/

https://www.recode.net/2017/10/26/16527272/youtube-tv-viewing-100-million-google-alphabet-earnings-q3-october-google

Google’s Rail Wire: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/google-railwire-railtel-india-free-internet-train-stations-1731879

About:
https://www.capitalg.com/expert/caesar-sengupta/

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FAQ: All about the Google RankBrain algorithm

Google’s using a machine learning technology called RankBrain to help deliver its search results. Here’s what’s we know about it.

Here is an in-depth article about all the updates from 2000 till date: Source: Moz

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Kaushal an alumni, faculty and a current student of Symbiosis Pune stopped by today to web marketing academy from Pune, during his visit we did a podcast with him.

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If you are not aware, we started our Digital India Podcast 2.5 years ago with Kaushal at that he was a student at WMA, today Kaushal, Siddhi and myself caught up and discussed about various things. Some of things we discussed were:

How was his journey from being a social media manager to a MBA student now at Symbiosis He argued that in the future Apps will be dead, all of the platforms will have it all the integration within Google. Fackbook, Yelp and other channels What are the latest things in tech he is payinf attention too and why its important for us to be tech savvy in 2017 What he sees as a trend with his class mates now how much social media is helping in his career, hobby and much more What advice would be give for someone like him

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What is content?

In the simplest terms, content is information – practical, functional, tactical. Want more definitions? Check out the Top Rank Blog that has 40+ definitions from experts in the industry.

What is Content Marketing?

Definition by Joe Pulizzi of Content Marketing Institute. “Content marketing is the strategic marketing approach of creating and distributing valuable, relevant and consistent content to attract and acquire a clearly defined audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action.”

Content Marketing Institute has a great resource on definitions of Content Marketing as well in the Getting Started section.

Mark Schaefer’s popular blog posts on Content Shockis another great read. Link to Content Shock

2. Facebook newsroom
https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/10/news-feed-fyi-new-test-to-provide-context-about-articles/

3. Instagram
http://blog.instagram.com/

4. #CMWorld
https://twitter.com/hashtag/cmworld?f=videos&vertical=default&src=hash

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Think with Google – Industry specific tools, reports, indepth research Facebook IQ – https://www.facebook.com/iq for People Research and behaviour, campaigns
Bonus: Twitter research, Instagram for Business Conferences to keep up to date – Pubcon, SMX, Brighton SEO, Inbound 2017, Social Media Marketing World 2017, Content Marketing World 2017 Answer the public – For Content Ideas – https://answerthepublic.com/ Adobe Spark Video/Post – https://spark.adobe.com/ Google my business , Google adwords express – https://www.google.com/business/ https://www.google.com/adwords/express/ Hype Type – For Instagram stories – https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hype-type-animate-text-in-video/id1152687277?mt=8 Facebook Creative hub – https://www.facebook.com/ads/creativehub Mediation Apps: 10 % Happier: http://www.10percenthappier.com/  Head Space: https://www.headspace.com/ Google Search Console: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en

https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/

https://www.facebook.com/iq/tools-resources/audience-insights

https://www.facebook.com/iq/tools-resources/audience-insights

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WHATSAPP FOR BUSINESS :

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Amazon 22,000 seasonal job opportunities in India for festive seasons. Google  launches new feed to personalise search engines. ( Language in English – Hindi) (Collection of cards) (Search history feeds, Location feeds, following feeds etc) Elevate India 2017, A women only conference . BETA VERSION ( GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE) Google search console Communication Targeting options Language Crawl Mobile Friendly Site Speed

WHATSAPP FOR BUSINESS. Biggest development of 2017 Released by Techcruch Article Reported in India by Factordaily 200 million active users in India

Book my show,Ola,OYO are set to be the first business on WhatsApp Book my show – For  Booking confirmation Ola & OYO – For OTP,INVOICE & Booking confirmation As  per reports two private airlines companies are also working with WhatsApp for ticket distribution and booking. Third most active media platform after youtube and facebook Messaging happens to be second most poplar activity after video calling. WhatsApp wants to be one stop destination for commerce. Fb bought WhatsApp for 19billion in 2014 Fb let business on its platform until Europe Fined them of 122million for breaching privacy India Could allow Fb to let business on WhatsApp by sending marketing messages and send ads to its users.

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Do we still need a website in 2017, with all the platforms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn why, which brands should have website.

Ashwin Ramesh is the CEO and Founder of Synup. A  software that could solve problems Local business problems. The software tracks hundreds of thousands of business profiles & monitors millions of interactions to provide businesses with automated marketing as well as insights that they would otherwise not get.

We discussed What types of business need a website, App, Which brands might not need a website. With Google, Facebook all other Aggregators, do they really have to spend money on Website.

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What me and my team learned in teaching Digital Marketing, In this weeks show we discussed:

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Lessons:

Patience Responsibilities Why story telling is an important skill for teaching How we mentor students and alumni Understanding student behaviour Respect Empathy Why Teaching is an art How teaching allows me to stay on top of latest trends Different methods of teaching How to correct course while teaching How we try to make it interactive Curiosity Style Looking at it from a students perspective

Tips for teachers:

Love and have passion Know your topic Find your unique method Attention, energy and body language Patience How can you tell if the students gets bored and what you can do about it Break the rules with limitations Have fun Do it with them instead of showing doing with the students will help Examples Be open minded Try new methods Learn to keep it as interactive as possible Learn how to listen

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How to set up Google ads quickly without any technical expertise is what this weeks podcast all about.

How can small and local businesses use Google Adwords Express. One of the fastest and easiest way to set up is by using Google Adwords Express. https://www.google.co.in/adwords/express/ Create your ad in less than 15 minutes, and only pay when potential customers click your ad to visit your website or give you a call.

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Why choose Google AdWords Express?

AdWord Express offers online advertising for all businesses looking to increase their site traffic and get more transactions on their website locally or globally. It’s perfect for the one-person marketing team, or if you don’t need all the features of AdWords.- Google

New Features in Google Adwords:

AdWords mobile extensions now with tappable sitelinks. Google blog: https://adwords.googleblog.com/2014/01/better-ads-via-better-sitelinks.html

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This week in Digital India Podcast we discussed about our recent visit to IIMB – Indian Institute of Management Bangalore for an event called Eximius.

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So the Eximius event held many competitions after which they came up with the final 5 Groups. And the next level for the finalist was a Start-Up. Each group was given some start-up and what they have to do is to market that start-up digitally in other words they have to do digital marketing which limited time period and limited budget. The total time they were given was 10 Days with Budget of about 10,000 rs.

So in this podcast we discussed about all the 5 start-ups, we discussed how they started their work in the very new field, we discussed about their content strategies, how they used the social media platforms for marketing their business, what and how many social campaigns they used and the strategies they used behind that and many more..

Visiting IIMB was a great experience for WMA students, according to them they got a great networking platform to interact with new people and learn something new from them. To sum up they learned networking, failing, restarting and learning is part of foundation of your start up and a continuous process.

Here we also discussed about Lenskart Founder – Peyush Bansal where he shared about his journey, his ups and downs and his learnings, his execution learnings, his people learnings and last his personal learnings. Overall the learning of Lenskart CEO was very down to earth and the interaction was very realistic.

This podcast will give you a lot of learnings and understanding about Digital Marketing and how and where you can use it properly for better results.

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WMA’s Students & Guest :  Hariharan , Pooja , Gokulakannan & Sachin

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This week’s Digital India Podcast had students of WMA engage in a Q/A session with founder Suresh where they enquired and discussed the past, present and future of  digital marketing.

The podcast begins with small introductions of the students and leads us to Suresh’s journey into the digital world and how he has and wishes to keep contributing by bringing awareness about the digital evolution.

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We addressed questions ranging from the anxiety one may face when beginning the course to the skill sets required/helpful as we finish the course.

Among others were questions that dealt with the stringent mindset of parents who are not accepting of these new transformations and how they can help their children by letting them shell out of their cocoons.
Suresh also addressed India’s outlook to the changing scenario and if traditional marketing techniques were still viable.

Questions regarding SEO, search-ads were also addressed and skills that could help enhance your knowledge were thrown light upon.

This podcast will break a lot of myths and bring reality into picture and help the audience make an informed decision.

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This week’s Digital India Podcast we discussed Recently launched “Reliance JioPhone” and here we discussed it features and how this is going to impact Digital Marketing in India.

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Reliance Jio announced its feature phone called “India ka Smartphone” on Friday 21st July 2017. The Jio Phone’s effective price is Rs 0, that means to buy this phone you have to pay Rs. 1,500 which is fully refundable after 3 years. Plans start at Rs.153 with unlimited data, voice, and SMS per month. However, the voice will be always free.

The company has also provided two sachet packs, at Rs. 24 for two days, or Rs. 54 per week, for users who don’t want to commit to Rs. 153 as an upfront payment. It has an SOS feature as well, which can be activated by pressing 5. The Phone also supports for NFC that enables quick payments, and the ability to cast content.

One interesting feature we see here is JioTV which has the support of mirroring your screen on a TV, via a cable that can even be plugged into CRT TVs, which come with a plan of Rs.309 per month called as Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan offer. The other interesting thing is phone also responds to voice commands, which is unprecedented for a feature phone anywhere in the world. The beta testing of the phone is from August 15 and pre booking starts from August 24. We can expect the phone to go on sale from the first week of September.

We think Jio’s initial impact has been more in urban/rural areas as Ambani Said No Indians should suffer because of unaffordability. We talked about the how this feature phone will have an impact in Digital Marketing World.

IndianExpress Article

EconomicTimes Article

JioPrime Article

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What is Business Manager? Source: Facebook

Business Manager was created to help advertisers integrate Facebook marketing efforts across their business and with external partners. Business Manager, a free platform for Facebook advertisers, provides a solution for anyone who needs to run, place, or track Facebook and Instagram ads. Business Manager also provides solutions for anyone managing assets such as a Facebook Page, Instagram account, audience list, product catalog. More, Business Manager is Facebook’s best advertising platform for any business working with an agency or marketing partner.

By having all your Facebook information in one place, your business maintains control of your Facebook assets, and securely manages user access to the right people and right credit lines.

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Karnataka’s Mattur is a Sanskrit speaking village. In this weeks show we discuss one how Sanskrit one of ancient language in India goes digital. This comes from the Research Book: Digital Desh Drive 3.0 Karnataka. 

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From the book: Digital Desh Drive 3.0 Karnataka. 

 “Digital Desh is a research endeavour focused towards bridging the technology divide in the Indian Mobile economy. The team travels throughout out the country region by region, collecting both qualitative and quantitaive insights and extra ordinary stories about successful Internet adoption in non-urban areas of the country” 

In this issue there are some amazing examples of great success stories from Karnataka, Industries and sectors from. Hand loom, Agriculture, Entrepreneur New and old, Gangs of Hosanagara, Fisheries, Services, Vernacular & Sanskrit, Youth, Rural Banking & Digitization, Data

This is an Initiative by Now Floats with support from Google, Ask Me, PayTm 

More information:

BBC Covered this village: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-30446917

More coverage: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/karnatakas-mattur-a-sanskrit-speaking-village-with-almost-one-it-professional-per-family/articleshow/45242528.cms

We spoke about ‘Smart Village’ before : https://firpodcastnetwork.com/cattle-hostel-tale-2-indian-villages/

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Today Digital marketing requires a lot of skills than how it was a few years back. When I started my career in 2002, it was completely different. Scroll down to see the list of skills required with accompanying free resources & tools.

The competition is high.Everyone wants to get into Digital marketing. From our internal data (students at web marketing academy) HR professional, sales & marketing, customer support, IT professionals, developers, web designers, entrepreneurs, bloggers, content writers, stay at home parents, fresh graduates.

Here are a few step to help you get started:

1. Build your base/foundation:

Free Resources to get started in Digital Marketing:

* Google Free Certificate course:https://learndigital.withgoogle….

* Google Free YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/user/lea…

* Hubspot academy:http://academy.hubspot.com/certi…

* Moz Blog:https://moz.com/blog

* Search engine land:http://searchengineland.com/

* Podcast: Neil patel :http://neilpatel.com/podcast/

* Web Marketing Academy Blog:http://bit.ly/1O2c9uy

* Digital India Podcast:http://bit.ly/2r3fPM8

2. Practicing what you learn

3. Build your personal brand

4. Opportunity within your team/organization

5. What additional skills do you require to become a Digital Marketer?

Google Podcast: How Google Hires: https://events.withgoogle.com/google-partners-podcasts/listen/#content

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Local SEO: How To Rank Your Local Business

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Learn to adapt Surround yourself with smart people Don’t rely on any one channel alone Build loyal fans on your own property Build your plans and campaigns on solid data Create content for a highly targeted audience Invest your time and effort towards long-term goals Train and mentor others Ignore the haters. Be open minded about the criticism Don’t ever complain – in online or offline mode

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Free Resources to get started in Digital Marketing:

* Google Free Certificate course: https://learndigital.withgoogle….

* Google Free YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/lea…

* Hubspot academy: http://academy.hubspot.com/certi…

* Moz Blog: https://moz.com/blog

* Search engine land: http://searchengineland.com/

* Podcast: Neil patel : http://neilpatel.com/podcast/

* Web Marketing Academy Blog: http://bit.ly/1O2c9uy

Take a break Write a blog or something you like  Take a break  Start your hobby/Passion Meditate Travel somewhere Talk to your friends and family Get an internship Find a Mentor Mentors reach out to people. Listen Attend a Meetup Conduct a workshop Take a spiritual journey Learn a soft skill or a new language

James Altucher Blog post: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2017/04/income-book-giveaway/?utm_source=activecampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=income-book-giveaway&utm_content=&utm_campaign=featured Gary Vee Latest Video: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2017/04/income-book-giveaway/?utm_source=activecampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_term=income-book-giveaway&utm_content=&utm_campaign=featured Head Space app: https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app 10 % Happier: http://www.10percenthappier.com/ 

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What is the current state of Digital Marketing Agency in India? What makes a Good Digital Marketing agency? Identifying and short listing a digital marketing agency. This and much more discussed in this weeks episode.

To give an agency perspective, we brought in one of Web Marketing Academy Alumni Santhosh, age 27 who is working with an digital marketing agency for the past 5 years. He shares his day to day life, culture, how he handles big brand Google adwords campaigns, Facebook Ads. Tips to identify, what questions to ask before signing up with an agency.

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How I started podcasting Podcasts we listen to The process What made us do the podcasts Opportunities for brands in India Future of podcast

Podcasts we listen to :

jamesaltucher

exponent

theartofcharm

this-week-in-google

this-week-in-tech

hbs

neilpatel

manager-tools

evolvingseo

this-old-marketing

harvardbusiness/ideacast

www.scottmonty

marketingland

twistimage

marketing over coffee

the bean cast

100mba

reply all

on being

stitcher app

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Movies, Documentaries and TV shows every digital marketer should watch, including ‘American Playboy’ series ..

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List:

Thank You for Smoking (2005)

American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story 

The Founder (2016)

Silicon Valley (TV Series 2014)

Chef (2014)

Moneyball (2011)

Mad Men (TV Series 2007–2015)

The Social Network (2010)

Jobs (2013)

Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (TV Movie 2011)

Abstract: The Art of Design (TV Series 2017

Wall Street (1987)

Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)

The Big Short (2015)

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How different are Instagram and Snapchat from other social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter? How is the adoption of these platforms in India – individual and business? How is Instagram being used by businesses? How is Snapchat being used by businesses? Are there any Instagram influencers in India? What are they doing right? What is their success mantra? Are there any Snapchat influencers in India? What are they doing right? What is their success mantra? What’s the road forward for Instagram & Snapchat in India? What are the opportunities for Instagram &Snapchat in India? 5 Tips for people who want to get started on Instagram. 5 Tips for people who want to get started on Snapchat.

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How to Prepare for an Ideal Digital Marketing Job Interview in 2017 (Resources Included)

Insights from the job description

I run an academy in Bangalore. We get requirements for digital marketing, social media marketing from organizations. Every week we send each requirements to our alumni/current students. Here is an example:

Job Description

The Digital Media Marketing will implement the company’s Social Media marketing. Administration includes content strategy, develop brand awareness, generate inbound traffic and cultivate leads and sales. The Social Media manager is a highly motivated individual with experience and a passion for designing and implementing the Company’s content strategy, creating relevant content, blogging, community participation and leadership.

So how to prepare for a job interview like this:

Understanding the Job description:

The job description can tell a lot about the job and you can get some insights from a JD. Take some time understanding the need. Let me break it down for you.

The Social Media manager is a motivated individual with experience and a passion for designing and implementing the Company’s content strategy, creating relevant content, blogging, community participation and leadership

What they look for:

Experience, and they expect you to prove that experience Be prepared to show relevant experience, examples, statistics How you solved some of the customer’s problem Made some mistakes during the campaigns? Great you must have learned from the mistakes, keep them handy How will you work under pressure? Had any experience during a crisis situation? Great and be ready to explain how you handled it Creativity, basic designing skills, technical skillsare part of your job in 2017 Do not apply for the job if you don’t have a passion for content Content strategy includes: Writing blog post, Images/GIF’s, videos, animations, Infographics, ebooks, Ad copies, Facebook ad copies, descriptions and creative text Be prepared to show some of the content you created and the results. If you don’t have those skills, this is the time to learn those skills. Good news! there are great apps today.

Resources: Canva, Quickapp, Adobe spark, Muse mage

Buffers Complete Guide to Content Calendar.Template,Tips and Tools

WMA’s ebook on Step by step guide to become a modern marketer

Motivated Individual: What they expect is for you to take initiatives. Take initiatives & instead of just giving ideas, give a detailed plan for executing those ideas. How to get things done. This is a great opportunity to become the go-to person in the organization. Need some motivation? watch some of the GaryVee’s Videos:

2. Research the Company & Culture:

Any organization hiring you will want to know are you fit for their culture. After all you are going to be part of their culture. Understanding the company, culture that you are applying for will take you a long way. This JD is for ABC company.

Do your research. Look at their websites, social channels, blogs.

Here are few ideas:

Look at their website page load time, Usability/design improvements. Take a note You can take a step forward and if you are going to handle their content and social media how would you go about? Prepare a detailed digital/social/content plan. During the interview you can give the plan When you click on the newsletter, you can see the last newsletter published in Jan 2016. Before that they were publishing newsletter on a regular basis. You can ask them why they stopped? You should know the importance of email marketing/lead generation through valuable content. In the about us section you get a sense of the people, the team. Learn more about the team. If you know the interviewer, do some research on their LinkedIn profile

Sample questions

Why do you want to work for our company? Why do you like digital/social/content?

Where can you find the answers? Their about us section, blog, social media channels, events. Read the latest blog post, tweets, comments

3. Do you have the expertise and are you a good fit?

Companies like to know how well you know your subject and how your knowledge will help the company.

From the JD:

“Exhibits the ability to jump from the creative side of marketing to analytical side, able to prove why their ideas are sound. Displays in-depth knowledge and understanding of Social Media platforms, their respective participants (Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, Google+Local, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest etc.) and how each platform in different scenarios ”

They expect you to be both “creative & analytically sound”

Be prepared

Numbers, reasonings, scenario based answers and case studies What social media toolsyou use? Why, how often? What metrics matters according to you and why?

Read this book: Analytical Marketer: How to Transform Your Marketing Organization:

Fast Company’s article: Three Questions I Ask Every Job Candidate To Test Their Soft Skills:

From the JD:

“Is a Team player with the confidence to take the lead and guide other employees when necessary. (ie: content development, creation and editing of content, and online reputation management)”

Questions:

Are you agood team player? Have you trained your team in the past? In what areas have you trained them? Do you have a reference.

Answers:

Team player: Do you have any awards, recognitions from your organization?

Have some comments for your blog post, videos. Get some screen shot. If you are a #digitalmarketer and don’t have a blog, video or no presence in social media channels, You are NOT a good fit. These are basics

Training: Have you trained anyone under your guidance. An example: you hired an intern who has no idea about video, you trained him/her and now he/she is a pro. Give that example backed with stats and analytics. You can show that video to them

From the JD:

“ Makes evident good technical understanding and can pick up new tools ”

In 2017, you have to be technical if not it’s time to pick up some technical skills.

SEO is getting technical, learn how to use AMP in your website Do you know how to integrate custom conversion tracking to a website A/B testing, custom landing page for ads, Google tag manager are all needed for a digital marketer.

Have resources in this ebook, Download it Now: Step by step guide to become a modern marketer

Resources:

Google AMP project Google Tag Manager Google Conversion Tracking KissMetrics Guide to Landing pages Guide to A/B testing

Useful blog posts:

Digital Marketing Guides 52 Tips for Digital Marketing Job Interview LinkedIn Pulse

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About Suresh Babu

Founder & CEO of Web Marketing Academy, I worked with brands, including: Accenture | Cognizant | Google | NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore | Yahoo India | BOSCH India | Rittal India | Red Bus | DSM | Fortis Hospital | FAG | ABB | to reach their business objectives and goals.

B School Visiting Faculty: IIM Bangalore | Christ University | Symbiosis | Archarya B School | SP Jain

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Would love to work with:

* CMO, VP or Marketing Managers

* Brands, Corporates in Digital, Social Media Training

Email: suresh@webmarketingacademy.in or simply dial 9731388721.

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Several people talk about how to do Content Marketing , but they don’t focus on how to make their content work for them .. this episode will help you understand 3 things to keep in mind in 2017 on content marketing.

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Today we have technology solutions that help people do their bit, feel participative in the socio-economic growth of our country and city.

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1) PublicEye – by the Bangalore Traffic Police, initiative by Janaagraha

2)  IChangeMyCity website and app

3)  Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action (SRIJAN)

4)      Online service VYAS – VarnijYakar Automation System for Department of Commercial Taxes, UP

5)      CitizenCop Mobile App

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Gujarats Akodara has turned cashless, while nearby Daramali has gone smart – by P.B. Jayakumar ​

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In this weeks show we discussed a story from Forbes India “The Future Issue” about how New apps can revolutionize Indian Farming. We looked into the article and discussed some of the key points from the story.

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Source for today’s Podcast: http://fortuneindia.com/2016/august/farmville-in-the-real-world-1.9659

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Local businesses are optimizing for word like near me, nearest and nearby. Which is challenging and difficult to incorporate meaningfully. But according to an article on Search Engine Watch from March’16: ‘near me’ searches doubled in 2015-16.

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Links

“And even though “near me” appears to be a mobile-driven phenomenon, across our client base we are still seeing more than 50 percent of the traffic from these queries coming from desktop — and more than 80 percent of the clicks.” – Search Engine Land

Max Holloway, Senior Search Managerat Pi Datametrics.

Colleen Harris at CDK Global investigated whether adding “near me” would help by undertaking a study of 82 auto dealers over a five month period. She found that clickthroughs went up by 81%, compared with businesses that didn’t use “near me” (8,833 clicks vs 4,365 clicks). Impressions increased too, though by just 15%. Good enough!

Raj Nijjer, VP Communityat Yext

Google My Business

Include an indoor street view tour of your business. Gain distinction and leads with Street View’s Trusted badge and promotion in our index of for-hire professionals.

A case study of Hauser-Ross Eye Institute & Surgicenter, 45 miles west of Chicago, shared on Marketingsherpa.com.

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For this week’s show, let’s turn our focus on the marketing channel that gets e-commerce retailers in India up to 20% of their revenue! You got it, affiliate marketing.

Marketing your products on third-party sites and recompensing them with a commission for every conversion – that’s affiliate marketing. You can also define it as a type of performance based marketing where sellers reward influencers for each new customer acquired through the affiliate’s marketing efforts.

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Links :

Wikipedia article on Affiliate Marketing

E-commerce boom drives affiliate marketing firms

2016 Forrester report

CupoNation on affiliate marketing

Guest column on IamWire.com by Rohan Bhargava, Co-Founder, Cashkaro.com

How to Address Affiliate Marketing Fraud in India.

The Lesson We Learn While Working with 200+ Affiliates [Case Study]

Affiliate Marketing: A-Z Guide For Beginners

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For this week’s episode, We thought why not pick stories of some of the most loved brands in India – talk about how products or services were positioned, what consumer insight was considered while positioning offer, and also the outcome of the branding strategy. We had so much fun in the research and sure you’ll have fun listening to these stories as well.

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Case 1

Brand: Maggi

Tagline: Fast to cook, good to eat

Maggi had a 57% market share in June 2016

Source: Case Study: Maggi by Seema Mathur on BrandStrategy.in

Branding Strategy of Maggi Noodles on IdeasMakeMarket

From 2 minutes to three decades of Maggi(c) on Musings of Saumya Chugh

Case 2

Brand: Colgate

Tagline:All Around Decay Protection

Colgate ranked Number One – The Most Trusted Brand in India, — across all categories, in the 2016 edition of The Economic Times Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands survey.

Source:Marketing mix of Colgate – Colgate marketing mix from Marketing 91

Colgate SWOT Analysis, USP & Competitors

Case 3

Brand: Amul

Tagline: The taste of India

Amul has a 65 per cent market share in the Rs 1,000 crore branded retail cheese market (followed by Britannia and Go), and a 40 per cent share in the Rs 2,500-crore ice-cream market.

Indian Express

Amul is also the winner of various awards including the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2015, CFBP Jamnalal Bajaj Award, and Bronze Trophy at the Indian Marketing Awards – 2014.

Source:

Marketing Mix of Amul on Marketing 91

Case 4

Brand:Royal Enfield

Tagline:Bullet Chale toh Duniya Raasta De

Source:

True to its tagline ‘Bullet Chale toh Duniya Raasta De’; Royal Enfield is a Winner!

Royal Enfield SWOT Analysis, USP & Competitors

Case 5

Brand: Allen Solly

Tagline:My World , My Way

Source:

Marketing Mix Allen Solly

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In June 2015, local language internet users in India were about 127 million. The 47% rise from previous years was attributed to the entry of smartphones in rural areas. (Report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and market research firm IMRB International.)

The non-English speaking population in India constitute 88% of the population. Of this at least 50% speaks the national language, Hindi.  Actually, India is home to 122 major languages and 1599 other languages.

So, is there a need for digital media to cater more to our regional audience?

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Report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and market research firm IMRB International

Article on Financial Times, from September 2016, penned by Amy Kazmin “Regional Indian language authors finding wider audiences”

IAMAI’s VernacularReport 2012

TRAI tweaked the regulations to allow for year long data packs instead of 90 days, to bring down the cost and encourage internet use.

According to a Google prediction, of the 650 million users expected to be using Internet in India by 2020. The Hindu

Bridging the Vernacular Gap

Startups like Reverie, Indus OS, Process9 and Keypoint Technologies are betting big on this segment with regional language assistance. From a complete OS that supports languages like Hindi, Marathi and Tamil to building intuitive keyboards and a repository of apps, these companies are trying to bridge the rural-urban digital divide.Times of India article

Search engine in Hindi. http://www.raftaar.in/

Microsoft’s Project Bhasha

HinKhoj, a Jaipur-based company that runs a crowd-sourced Hindi dictionary app

News aggregators such as InShorts, Way2News, Hike (News), and DailyHuntare focussing on the native Indian language sector to cater to the ‘next billion’ Indian Internet users.

Bhashaindia.com aims to involve those related to and interested in Indian language computing.

MEITY had called for a meeting between Microsoft, Google and Rediff to implement e-mail addresses in regional languages, starting with Hindi.

DataMail launched email addresses in Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi

The Indic Project provides open source local language infrastructure for web, mobile and embedded applications.

The Indic Keyboard for the Android Operating System allows for text input in twenty three Indian languages, with transliteration support for many of them.

Noto is an open source font developed by Google and Monotype that aims to create a homogeneous font for all the languages in the Unicode standard.

Google is particularly active in creating products from the ground up meant just for India.

There is also a camera app in the works that translates content on the screen itself.

In states with a significant Hindi speaking population users can toggle Google search results between Hindi and English.

There is a Hindi Input App that allows users to quickly type in Hindi.

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A report titled “EMAIL MARKETING REPORT How India reads emails” was released by netCore, an Email & Mobile Marketing technology provider. As per this report which is a study of 4 billion emails per month: “Less than 5% brands do personalization with automation. Yet the ones that do Find multi fold increase in response and revenue.”

In today’s episode, I talk about why email marketing automation is important, how it can be used in a business and share some case studies.

Episode #39: WHY TALK ABOUT EMAIL MARKETING IN INDIA TODAY?

Report by Octane: 85% of India Retailers use Email Marketing for Consumer Engagement

Top Email Marketing Software:

There are a host of other tools as well such as  Marketo’s automated platform, Net-Results,  Oracle Eloqua, Pardot powered by Salesforce, Salesfusion, SharpSpring and Hatchbuck. There are also  best CRM apps with marketing automation features: Contactually, Agile CRM, Interakt,  Intercom,Jumplead, LeadSimple, etc.

For small to mid-sized businesses, you can also consider drip email tools with not as advanced features but still good – such as Drip, Sendloop, Customer.io, BombBomb, Vision6, Quickmail, Vero,SendWithUs, ConvertKit, Gumroad, Knowtify, etc.

Features of best drip email marketing platforms – Zapier.com

Capterra Case study

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Do you know that content writers, bloggers, content developers … spend more time creating awesome titles than the actual content piece? Do you know why?

According to one of the most shared articles on Copyblogger, one of the best sites to follow if you’re in the content writing and publishing business (Who isn’t nowadays, anyway?), titled Writing Headlines That Get Results:

“According to some of the best copywriters of all time, you should spend half of the entire time it takes to write a piece of persuasive content on the headline. So if you have a blog post that is really important to you or your business, one that you really want people to read, you should downright obsess over your post title.”

Links

Resources

Books

Tools

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According to an article by Barry Schwartz, published on Search Engine Land, future thinking points for the search marketing community in 2017 are: machine learning, AMP and structured data. This information was given out by Gary Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google.

If you’ve been in the digital marketing space and working on SEO for a while, you would most certainly know what structured data is and why Google and other search engines recommend we use it.

People understand the underlying meaning of your web content but search engines have a limited understanding. By providing additional cues with extra HTML tags, search engines and other applications better understand your content and display it in a useful, relevant way.

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This week, we talk about some of the top companies, innovative startups and consumer trends of 2016. There’s an interesting mix that shows India too is focusing on big data, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality as technologies that will bring about positive change and higher productivity.

Top 5 Technology Startups in India

Top 5 companies seeing accelerated growth in 2016 (NOV 2016)

Top trends in digital consumer space

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Today facebook is like the new tea shop or barber shop, thats where we go and thats where we spend our time consuming content in multiple format, first it was text, images, video and now Facebook is launching Facebook Live Audio.https://media.fb.com/2016/12/20/introducing-live-audio/

We are excited about the Live audio being a podcaster, I have been using podcast for more than 10 years now thats where I update myself with latest news and happening,

History of podcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_podcasting

Adam Curry Daily source code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Source_Code

With the launch of Facebook Audio we will see a lot of Music, Radio stations, Celebrities jumping into it first, then publishers and podcasters like us. In India it will have an impact, lot of them will be passive listeners, there is plenty of opportunities for new movers who want to use this space.

According to our Podcast data, we saw a hike in 2016 before it was mostly from US, Europe in the last six months, more downloads are happening from India, which clearly indicates that people are starting to listen to podcast, our students for example, use podcast to upgrade their knowledge.

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It’s the month of expressing our love and gratitude and we thank you, dear listeners, for being with us in our journey of the Digital India Show. So, what’s the topic for today? We thought, why not address a complain that we hear from our students very often. There are reports and statistics out there around digital marketing, social media, SEO, email …. But most of them are based on the US market or Europe or APAC in general. You really need to dig deep and hard to come across hard numbers on the Indian market’s tryst with digital marketing channels.

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EY.com

Indian Railways has appointed EY

Social Media Marketing India Trends Study in February 2016.

Octane.in

Digital India: State of Online Marketing in India 2016.

Socialbeat

Social Beat releases the Digital Marketing Industry Report 2016 in July this year.

netCORE

EMAIL MARKETING REPORT – A study of 4 billion emails / month.

‘Digital Advertising in India’ report,

Media Budgets Index report in June 2016.

CMO Council, India Region

Context, Commerce + Customer – Best Practices to Exceed Expectations and Brand Attraction From Enriched Interaction.

Campaign India

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There is no single perspective to define digital marketing and there is no single pathway for businesses to achieve their goals. Here is a random debate on where is Indian market in terms of digital marketing, how do they approach marketing and what businesses and agencies should focus on.

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India Fights corruption Modi fights corruption Surgical strike on black money

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Digital India 2.0 is the Central Government’s second phase of e-governance. It is centered around seeking greater participation from the private sector apart from also expanding into areas that lack digital penetration. The goal is to tap into India’s immense knowledge capital when it comes to technology. The government is opening itself to ideas and suggestions from the technocrats of the country – individuals and organizations alike.

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Links mentioned in the podcast

What is Digital India 2.0? Checkout the article on Infracircle.

Government starts work on Digital India 2.0

IT ministry plans to train 2.5M rural people to enable a cashless economy

Whitefield Habba

Don’t waste the crisis; leverage Aadhaar for cashless inclusion

Assocham-RNCOS report

UIDAI website

CSC implementationguidelines on digitalindia.gov.in

Intel India announced the Intel & DST Innovate for Digital India Challenge 2.0

Last year’s Intel Challenge 1.0

Microsoft too plans to play a major role in the digital transformation of India

Today, only 9 per cent of those who live in rural areas have access to the internet, compared to 64 per cent of those who live in cities. (Source: The Indian Express)

To know about incubation centers, check out our earlier podcast

DIGITAL INDIA #075 : NEWS YOU CAN USE ON DIGITAL INDIA

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Blogs to follow:

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surgical strike on black money ! SBI Collected Over Rs 38,670 Crore Since Thursday. Rs 1,000 & Rs 500 . Note exchange: 20 per cent ‘no show’ may lead to Rs 3 lakh crore black money destruction.

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http://www.news18.com/news/business/demonetisation-drive-sbi-collected-over-rs-38670-crore-since-thursday-1311114.html

http://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/rs-1000-rs-500-note-exchange-20-per-cent-no-show-may-lead-to-rs-3-lakh-crore-black-money-destruction-4367271/

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The Digital India initiative was launched on 2 July 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is certainly not something that will show results quickly. It is a long-term project. But steps are taken every day, week and month to get to the end goal of 100% digital literacy. And it does encourage and help to know about the progress.

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Free Wi-Fi 

tourists visiting Daman and Diu will get free Wi-Fi facility,

Gurugram announced free public Wifi hotspots in the city in partnership with Airtel.

Parts of Delhi also have free Wi-Fi

close to 1.5 million people are using free WiFi at 19 railway stations in India

Digital India Vans , Digital India Video Van

Digital India Workshop

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) organised a National Regional Training Workshop

Incubation Facility of STPI Mohali

If you want to see the complete list of startup India incubators in the country, you can check the list at http://startupindia.gov.in/uploads/pdf/List_of_Incubators.pdf.

Branding at India International Trade Fair (IITF) Smart cities

http://smartcities.gov.in/

result of the project that’s going to get an investment of 1.35 lakh crore Rupees will be visible soon

7. Housing under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana starts November 3

8. ‘MaharashtraNet’ to offer online health, education facilities

 Government approves setting up DigiLocker authority for Digital India push  Data XGen Technologies for multi-lingual email  Digitization of the non-corporate sector

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It’s a little past mid-October and it’s raining festive offers here in India. We have Diwali, the festival of lights, coming up this week. The last few months had some important festivals as well. As you can imagine, retailers, both online and offline are doing all they can to acquire new customers and maximize sales.

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Empowering Women is a Must!

An article by The Wall Street Journal  stated that India suffers from gender gap especially when it comes to technology. With Digital India initiatives gaining importance, this gender divide opens one’s eyes to whole different issue. And this issue is not only prevalent in India but it also affects globally. It imperative to support women education, erase gender inequality and also help them understand their ‘self-worth’.

Tune into this week podcast to understand the importance of educating women, the need to empower them and how they can contribute towards successful economy.

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Resource:

Mckinsey & Company Report

https://www.womenwill.com/insights/india.html

http://www.livemint.com/Consumer/yT14OgtSC7dyywWSynWOKN/Only-17-Indians-own-smartphones-survey.html

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Are marketing plans made only when there are good budgets? NO!

You don’t need deep pockets to start marketing. Simple tips and tools can help start-ups and small businesses market inexpensively. Many social media platforms can be utilised organically to create brand awareness. Learn about how one can make use of email marketing and influence the influencers. Tune into this week’s episode to know how to build a marketing plan on tight budgets.

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Tools & Resources
1.       For blog writing
a.       WordPress <https://wordpress.com/>
b.       Facebook Note <https://www.facebook.com/help/488014787881885/>
c.       LinkedIn Pulse <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/women-hit-glass-ceiling-earlier-than-you-think-rachel-schall-thomas>
d.       Google Instant Search
<https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/186645?hl=en>
e.       What to write <http://whattowrite.org/> – generate ideas for content.
2.       Content
a.       Written
i.Grammarly <https://app.grammarly.com/>
ii.Hemmingwayapp <http://www.hemingwayapp.com/>

b.       Videos
i.      Quik App for videos for IOS <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quik-free-video-editor-make/id694164275?mt=8> & Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stupeflix.replay&hl=en>
ii. Imovies <https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/imovie/id377298193?mt=8> for
Videos
iii. Youtube creator  IOS <https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/youtube-creator-studio/id888530356?mt=8> & Android  <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.youtube.creator&hl=en>

c.       Images

i.Canva <https://www.canva.com/>

ii.Pik to Chart <https://piktochart.com/>

iii.Infogram.am <https://infogr.am/>

iv.Adobe Spark <https://spark.adobe.com/>

d.       Content Calendar
i. Hubspot <http://offers.hubspot.com/blog-editorial-calendar>
ii.      Sales force
e.       Influencers
i.      Ann Handley <http://www.annhandley.com/>
ii.      Joe Pulizzi <http://www.joepulizzi.com/>

3.       Free Google Products:
a.       Keyword Planner Tool <https://adwords.google.co.in/KeywordPlanner>
b.       Google Trends <https://www.google.co.in/trends/explore>
c.       Google Search Console <https://www.google.com/webmasters/#?modal_active=none>
d.       Google My Business <https://support.google.com/business/?hl=en#topic=4539639>
e.       Google Coupons for Google AdWords. <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/1703648?hl=en>

f.        Google Analytics <https://www.google.co.in/analytics/#?modal_active=none>

4.       Social Media Platforms
a.       Facebook Coupons <https://www.facebook.com/business/help/131439120265224>
b.       Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/>
c.       Snap <https://www.snapchat.com/l/en-gb/>

5.       Podcast
a.       SoundCloud <https://soundcloud.com/>
b.       Audacity <http://www.audacityteam.org/>

6.       Tools to manage
a.       Evernote <https://evernote.com/>
b.       Dropbox paper <https://www.dropbox.com/paper>

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We in our earlier podcast #67 discussed the article by Haresh Chawla where we spoke about India 3, a segment within India who can’t afford 2 square meals a day. In this episode, we discuss in detail what is India 3, what are their basic needs and what Digital India mean to them? Also, understand how India suffers from digital divide a valid point brought up by Kaushik Basu in his article on India’s digital transformation. Know where you need to go to get more information on government schemes and different organisation working towards the upliftment of this segment.

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List of various government schemes for India 3:

 Pradhan Mantri’s Jan Dhan Yojana, which aims at opening zero balance accounts and helps them get an overdraft facility. This is much better than turning to moneylenders who charge high rate of interest.

  “House for All” scheme launched in March 2016 to construct 2.95 crore houses in rural areas, setting a 2022 deadline. This was known as the Indira Awas Yojna earlier.

 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (2015), a Government of India program aimed at providing 24×7 uninterrupted power supply to all homes in Rural India

 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojna 2015, a Government of India Project to engage rural youth especially BPL and SC/ST segment of the population, in gainful employment through skill training programmes.

 Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna (1999), a holistic programme covering all aspects of self-employment such as the organisation of the poor into self-help groups, training, credit, technology, infrastructure, and marketing.

 Gramin Bhandaran Yojana (2007), Creation of scientific storage capacity with allied facilities in rural areas to meet the requirements of farmers for storing farm produce, processed farm produce, and agricultural inputs. Improve their marketability through the promotion of grading, standardization and quality control of agricultural produce.

List of organisation working towards the upliftment of India 3:

 ANT Skills Varsity in Bangalore, who have vocational training centres. They are committed to upskilling the unskilled youth who come from remote and rural areas that do not have adequate quality education systems.

 Pratham in partnership with the Vodafone Foundation, India works towards Digital Classrooms. They want to enhance teaching and learning in low-income schools using technology as the prime teaching tool.

 eVidyaloka is a not-for- profit organization that aims to improve the quality of education in remote regions of India through digital classrooms.

 Digital Empowerment Foundation: DEF works towards empowering people with the power of ICT. It works on various agendas like citizen journalism, digital panchayat, eNGO, gyanpedia.

 SELCO Foundation which is facilitating digital education in rural areas by provisioning solar-powered computers, complete labs, portable projectors.

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Bengaluru Police Killing it on Social Media

Bengaluru, the start-up capital of India came to a standstill during the Cauvery protests in mid-September 2016. During all this chaos, it was Bengaluru city police that not only controlled the mayhem on-ground but also online! Tune in to know about the Bengaluru city police and how they utilized the social media platforms.

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Listen to Rajesh Basavaraj as he sheds light on social media listening. Social media listening is the process of identifying and assessing what is being said about a company, individual, product or brand on the Internet.

He also shares some good social listening tools and how they help. Know more about the process of how Bengaluru city police trained themselves to be on social media.

Social media listening tools:

1. Reputeme

2. Grouphigh

3. Boardreader

Bengaluru city police contacts:

1. You can see the complete list of the official Twitter handles of the Bengaluru City

police:  http://bit.ly/2dyBBB1

2. The Bangalore City Police also has a Facebook page which has 448, 665 fans.

3. Bengaluru City Police WhatsApp number – 9480801000.

Read the Times of India article coverage on Bengaluru city police using social media and NS Megharikh’s, Bengaluru police commissioner views. http://bit.ly/2dnTOC9

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India Stack – The Foundation of Digital India. What, How, Why?

Find out how India Stack plays into Digital India, why it’s ­­­important to understand and what opportunities it creates for technology startups and developers. Know where you need to go for more information and what you can do to contribute to Digital India success.

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www.digitalindia.gov.in/ – Digital India government website

DigiLocker for your license and other documents

iSpirt India The Indian Software Product Industry Roundtable

In Bangalore, e-signis being used for signing rental agreements

India Stack website www.indiastack.org

The code and documentation is available as well as sample code. http://www.indiastack.org/Resource. @India_Stack.

slides  Slideshare

India Stack: Powering thousands of experiments – An article on Proteans where Srinivasan shares his experience of the session “India Stack: Powering thousands of experiments” at iSPIRT 3rd anniversary meeting.

Video: Open Eco-system Questions (OEQ) Hangout to introduce the India Stack

Yourstory article: India Stack – A change agent for government, startups and corporates to serve citizens

DIGITAL INDIA #067: INDIA’S DIGITAL ECONOMY, WILL JIO HELP DIGITIZE RURAL INDIA?

DIGITAL INDIA #011: START UP INDIA, STAND UP INDIA. 20 YR OLDS ARE ALREADY THERE!

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http://www.foundingfuel.com/article/how-indias-digital-economy-can-rediscover-its-mojo/

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From a computer in every home to one in every hand !

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read more :

http://mashable.com/2016/08/25/pc-shipment-india-q2-2016/#uMw5flCGumqB

http://mashable.com/2016/08/19/india-internet-users-post-pc-era/#rXKp.mUctSqi

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Be it in Olympics, Politics or Analytics, women are game changer in all aspects. Tune into the FIR 65th episode of podcast network brought by the students and staff of Web Marketing Academy on 3 Women ruling their digital careers.

Industry expert Ms.Monica shares her thoughts and experiences on how she has gained a strong foothold in the Digital Marketing space.

Monicahighlights about:

 Increase in awareness of Digital Marketing among women and need for a conducive environment.

 Scope, opportunity, Environmental constraints that affects the productivity of Women.

 Achieving right balance in the family and at workplace.

 Time management skills and discipline that are perquisites for a job.

Opportunities for women to pursue their interests by choosing different streams in the gamut of Digital Marketing.

 Digital Marketing challenges from the Individual and Industry perspective.

 Challenges women face in a freelance job and ways to overcome it.

Creating stimuating groups and discussing aspects of overcoming specific challenges of working from

home.

 Tips  on how to:

a. Get into Digital Marketing

b. Start practicing Digital Marketing

c. Gain more experience for professionals who are already into Digital Marketing

 Need to update the skill sets constantly

 Shedding the inhibition and start experimenting with the latest trends in the Industry.

Finally, Monica quotes “Let your ego go as you grow”

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Aditi, a senior faculty at Web marketing academy talks about Women @ work,  She talks from a perspective of a teacher as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by women.

Valuable tips from her are:

 Need to make time for oneself for various day-to day activities including work.

 Keeping pace with the technological changes while teaching the latest at the same time.

 Be organized – helps to prioritize the work and executing it efficiently.

 Support from family and friends helps women to outshine everywhere. Strive to be above average.

Aditi’s mantra to Excel:

 Get good training

 Practice, Practice, Practice…

 Read voraciously

 Network with the community

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The  session with Sejal highlights the importance of Women workforce in the Digital Marketing space.

Sejal was a media planner @ Times of India. She is currently working as Social media property Analyst

and as a marketing professional.

Sejal highlights the opportunities, challenges and constraints for women in Digital marketing space:

 There is a mindset shift and opportunities in Digital space for women,especially in Bangalore with flexi work hours

 Emergence of co-working space, thanks  to Digital era

 Challenges to keep abreast with technology and thirst to venture into new platforms.

 Upgrading digital marketing skills connecting virtually with Industry experts.

 Tools that support professionally and personally ie.Evernote,Steves Dotto Tech tutorials on Youtube & CarlPullins episode on Evernote and “ To do ist” which are compatible across devices

 Right guidance by Senior members to plan strategy and devise a plan

Lastly, her advice for:

Beginners/ Fresher: Keep an open mind and keep striving to listen more to what’s happening.

Professional: Regularly network and think on how to make digital work for them.

Seasoned Professional: Be a guide and mentor for those who need &amp; also work for them. They can also be a speaker!

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Host: Suresh & Madhur

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Are you still confused on which websites or people or podcast to follow in India regarding Digital Marketing ? not any more, We have fine tuned a list of  Websites, People & Podcast who are really doing amazing work here in India … take notes !

FIR Podcast Network:

Recent episodes : Amp Up with Google Power Search,

Storytelling or Brand Emotional Connect,

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Amp Up with Google Power Search – Be a Smart Marketer 

There is a separate news search engine you can go to for news at https://news.google.co.in/ where you get a filtering option to select a specific country.

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?rd=1

https://moz.com/blog/25-killer- combos-for- googles-site- operator

Learn power searching for Google https://coursebuilder.withgoogle.com/ – Daniel Russell, Senior Research Scientist Google video lessons on how to use Google Search in a powerful and effective way.

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In this show, we talk about Why Corporate Digital Marketing Learning is Important Today and How to. A formal digital marketing training for brands and corporates will make a huge difference, equip the team with latest trends, how to’s and keep up with the competitors.

Here at Web Marketing Academy in a month we give at least 1-2 corporate digital and social media training for brands including: Accenture | Cognizant | Google | NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore | Yahoo India | BOSCH India | Rittal India | Red Bus | DSM | Fortis Hospital | FAG  | ABB

Here are the 10 Do’s & Dont’s for a Corporate Digital/Social Media Training:

Why a formal digital social media training is important? How should you prepare for the training, pre-plan, Check lists Risk of getting into digital/social media marketing without a formal training Why it is relevant and important now Advantages, Competitors Understanding the Business objectives, goals and who should take up the training The target audience Challenges from a trainers perspective Best Practices Difference between a corporate training and Individual training How do you assess the success or failure for the training Key Takeaways

Aditi Gulati LinkedIn Profile: https://in.linkedin.com/in/aditi-gulati02

Her blog: UnNumb – http://unnumb02.blogspot.in/

And her Quote:

“well guess who inspired this strategic wisdom of rolling out a personalized invite ? it was one of the episodes from web marketing academy’ s weekly podcast digital india hosted by your colleague monica samuel. So the other day, i thought of visiting your company page on Linkedin and came across you apart from my now virtual inspiration , monica samuel, somebody again from the same academy with tons of visible knowledge and experience. Every time when i come across genuinely inspiring people from whom i can learn in great abundance, i go forward and try to build possibilities of healthy interaction.”

Web Marketing Academy Corporate Training Programs: http://www.webmarketingacademy.in/corporate-digital-marketing/

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Today we’re going to talk about the value of a personal brand and how you build it with Linkedin.

Boost your personal brand with Linkedin

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Website traffic, sweet music to the ears of marketers and business owners who employ them. SEO is one of the most powerful tactics that you can use to get quality traffic to your website.

Ain’t No SEO Power Like High Quality Backlinks  ! (7 tips)

The 60th episode of Digital India Podcast on FIR Podcast Network is brought to you by staff and students of Web Marketing Academy This episode will cover Stellar SEO link building practices and will give the listener profession insight on the current requirements for google ranking.

TIPS:

1) Make sure your social media pages are updated and optimized

2) Join and participate in community discussions and forums

An excellent example is http://clientsfromhell.net/

3) Enlist your business in all important directory websites

4) Write for other websites in your industry

5) Get links from industry peers

6) Get links from influencers

    Ninja Outreach

7) How to connect with media?

read more :  Disavow tool

Tools for backlinks

SEOProfiler,

MajesticSEO, ahrefs, Buzzsumo and Moz

Webmaster tool of Google (Search Console), Bing or Yahoo.

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We love stories Of course, all of us love stories. We’re Indians, for heaven’s sake. We’re suckers for a good story. But why Digital marketing and stories – what’s the connection?

                     STORYTELLING FOR BRAND EMOTIONAL CONNECT 

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What can a good story do for a brand?

·        It creates curiosity and intrigue

·        It helps a brand connect emotionally with its customers

·        It offers greater value for an idea

·        It helps a brand build a persona

·        It makes a message much more memorable

Some stories that brands created and that have stayed with us :

  Cadbury

 Google Chrome Tanjore Commercial

  Amazon Kindle

  Google India

Filmmaker Andrew Stanton, creator of PIXAR’s John Carter, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Wall-E and other big hits (TED Talk)

The Silent Indian National Anthem JANA GANA MANA by deaf & mute children. It left many of us in tears. These were powerful stories.

We have an interview with Prahlad Kakkar in Episode # 55.

Tips to sharpen your storytelling skills

·        Follow the work of top storytellers –  Javed Akhtar, Teejan Bai, The Bauls of Bengal

·        Watch TED Talks.

·        Attend book readings by authors and similar sessions.

·        Whenever you have a piece of content to write, shoot or talk, think, how can we make a story out of this? This can also apply to case studies, whitepapers, videos and podcasts.

·        Tell stories to your children, friends.

·        Practice storytelling skills.

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Lifebuoy was a household common soap you’d see on bathroom and hand wash sinks. Today, it is known for its role in instilling hand washing skills, especially in the weaker sections of society.

Digital Marketing Campaigns with Social Impact

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ISRO MarsOrbiter campaign on Twitter – 1.1M Facebook Followers, Q&A sessions, 500K followers in Twitter.  “These scientific missions have inspired the youth to take up STEM education, strengthened and fostered international relations in space with developing and developed countries, and promoted domestic industrial growth in high-end technological sectors like manufacturing and electronics.”, says Prateep Basu, Analyst, Market Research &amp; Consulting at Northern Sky Research.

Mountain Dew #NaamBanteHainRiskSe

Lenovo-Yuwa #PitchToHer

Yuwa girls also experimented with lighting up solar jars, GoPro cams and light painting. More on LightHouseInsights.

#DilHaiHindustani – MakeMyTrip

OLX #Daastaan

“The midnight of August 14 th  1947 might have separated the two countries forever but it failed to cut off the memories of the many displaced families. Families carried with them whatever little possessions they could. Even today family members lay scattered on either side of the border, with many wanting to know what happened with their favourite belongings.” – LightHouseInsights.

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The tax filing season is on and Chartered Accountants have become the in-demand professional again. CAs can use digital marketing most effectively to educate people on proactive account management, tax filing preparation and checks, compliance and more all the while building credibility and thought leadership for themselves.

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Back on July 1, 2015 (66 th Chartered Accountants Day) Power Minister Piyush Goyal called Chartered Accountants the guardians of financial probity and vital players in the development of the nation. He emphasized on the critical role they play in the capacity of enablers – for businesses, governments, regulators and the stakeholders.

According to The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (of which most CAs are members), the Chartered Accountant fraternity has grown to more than 2.35 lakh members.

ICAI

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India was established in 1949 on July 1. It is the national professional accounting body of India that regulates the profession of Chartered Accountancy in India and standardizes accounting and auditing practices.

Do some keyword research on Google, Bing or Yahoo. You can even use a tool like UberSuggest or keywordtool.io to find out what people are searching for.

A big shout out to Vipin and Shalini of VipinShalini Co for giving me time on a busy Sunday. They are a small local agency that caters to startups and small businesses as well as individuals.

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“Content is king! It needs to be relevant and consistent to build the audience and keep them engaged with brands over a period of time.”

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At Social Media Week Bangalore, Mahesh Narayanan and Ganga Ganapathi shared their valuable knowledge and views on sharing appropriate, targeted content on correct channels.

Mahesh Narayanan, Global Chief Operating Officer of Saavn talks about the significance of the content, using the social media in most relevant way and the difficulties faced by music industry. Saavn is music streaming service want to change how people in India and abroad listen and share music. Marketing the content and the artist’s on various social media platforms is an approach which Saavn believes in. Understanding the social media and having clarity on what to expect out of it, helps brand in building good strategy. Brands need to also be simple, clean and consistent on social media. Utilizing new features like Facebook Live by putting out relevant and interesting visual content helps engage with the consumer and increase interactions & affinity with the brand.

Ganga Ganapathi, VP & Head of office – Soho Square (A division of Ogilvy ) in this podcast shares with us the views on storytelling, change in advertising as well as importance of various new media platforms. Story telling is vital and way you disseminate the content is the same but how you do it, especially with today’s pressure to engage the audience has most definitely changed. She highlighted that the first few seconds of the content/ story telling are the most important but making the content relevant and choosing the right media is crucial! With today’s pressure of engaging audience with shorter attention span it’s very important to get all steps right in the consumer journey.

Part 1 : Episode 54 

Sandy Carter and Kiruba Shankar shared their valuable experience and views on social intelligence, podcasting and influencer marketing.

Part 2: Episode 55

Prahlad Kakkar shared his valuable wisdom and views about storytelling andRavi Gururaj talks about core of e-commerce & social media in India.

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Guest :  Mahesh Narayanan and Ganga Ganapathi

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“Life is a beautiful series of stories if you can tell them with passion and truth, you can touch and change lives” – “Future is going to be amazing where you see yourself surrounded by VR,IoT ” 

At Social Media Week Bangalore, Prahlad Kakkar shared his valuable wisdom and views about storytelling and Ravi Gururaj talks about core of e-commerce & social media in India.

Welcome to the 55th episode of Digital India Podcast on FIR Podcast Network. This show is ‘Weekly Updates’ brought to you by staffs and students of Web Marketing Academy.

‘Story Telling is the heart of every communication and Future of E-commerce in India’

Prahlad Kakkar, the ‘Ad Guru’ who has over 30 years of experience shared his vast knowledge on how to build brands through storytelling. He also talks about his passions and his various entrepreneurial ventures. One needs to make content have human elements for it to connect with people. A brand which is more human can create a great value in the consumer mind. Storytelling does just that. A story is where there is hook, value & emotions. Implementing these would help creating a bond with the audience. Story telling is the best form disseminating information. A good story can make a person feel, absorb it and form a connection.

Prahlad Kakkar’s school PKSBE (Prahlad Kakkar School of Branding and Entrepreneurship)

Ravi Gururaj, Founder & CEO, QikPod is confident about growth of e-commerce companies although there is a little setback with the funding. He believes they will spring back and continue to delivery. It important to leverage social media platform especially for the young companies. Social Media doesn’t always work, but that shouldn’t stop one more using it. It is important to experiment on these new age platforms to see what works for you. Just because some new technology/ platform like bots, snapchat, etc are the ‘IN’ things brands don’t need to jump on it. Brands needs to address if leveraging these medium is helpful for the brands in the first place. It’s important to understand and address which channel does the brand needs to be on. One needs to keep exploring the evolving social media. With new technology progressing things like videos, Virtual Reality, wearables, etc… Social media will be more & more interactive over the years.

Episode 54

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Guest :   Ravi Gururaj and Prahlad Kakar

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“Using social media is crucial but understanding the true value on ROI is to focus on social intelligence & Rise of Podcasting in India”

Social intelligence, Women’s role in IBM & Podcasting in India

Welcome to the 54th episode of Digital India Podcast on FIR Podcast Network. This show is ‘Weekly Updates’ brought to you by staff and students of Web Marketing Academy.

At Social Media Week Bangalore, Sandy Carter and Kiruba Shankar shared their valuable experience and views on social intelligence, podcasting and influencer marketing.

Sandy Carter, General Manager, IBM Entrepreneurs and developer ecosystems Social Business Evangelism at IBM and an author shares her views on Social intelligence, Influencer marketing as well as the importance of Diversity and women founder/ entrepreneurs.

At the SMWi Bangalore Sandy shared some great insights on:

1. The importance &  benefits of understanding personality, sentiment tone of the customer.

When you understand one’s personality it helps marketing to them better !  how big data and social media come together.

2. The steps to find an authentic influencers are:

a. Topic – Identify which topic, subject or geographical area do you want to

concentrate on.

b. Search – Use at least 3 different tools to find the ideal influencer. Tools like

Buzzsumo, Grouphigh, Traackr, etc.

c. Validate –Research what topics they cover, are they subject matter experts, their

followers, etc.

d. Correlate –compare them and understand which one suits best for your brand.

e. Engage – Speak to influencer about their values and how they correlate to your values and build a relationship with them.

Kiruba Shankar a Social Media Entrepreneur, Professor of Digital Marketing, Author of 5 books, Podcaster and an Organic Farmer.

Podcasting although in its nascent stage technological advancement is bringing change and gradually increasing the popularity of podcasting in India. Once a person sees value in podcasting and how it benefits them they will latch on to it.

Some podcasts channels mentioned:

Tim Ferries

Seth Godin

TED

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Guest : Sandy Carter and Kiruba Shankar

Host : Suresh & Monica

Editor  : Bharani 

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Special Thanks :  Ankitha & Naintara

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Welcome to the 53rd episode of Digital India Podcast on FIR Podcast Network. This show is ‘Weekly Updates’ brought to you by staff and students of Web Marketing Academy 

                                    Meet The YouTube Champions in India

India is among the top five content countries for YouTube globally.

According to Vidooly, in India, every month some 20,000 active YouTube channels upload 3.8 lakh videos, get 9.48 billion views and attract 1.1 crore new subscribers. The average Indian viewer spent 475 minutes watching 79 videos a month in 2015.

YouTube Champions in India :

1. Roshni Mukherjee – Examfear.com & on YouTube Channel

2. Lilly Singh, also known as – SuperWoman

3.  Sahil Khattar – Being Indian

4. Sanjay Thumma, chef – VahChef

5.  Nisha Madulika – Archana’s Kitchen

6. Sanam Puri

7. Shruti Anand – ShrutiArjunAnand

8. Kanan Gill

9. Ranjit Kumar

10. Dr. Feel Good Vikram Yadav

Business Insider’s article on Youtube,’ YouTube seems to be slipping, but it is actually well-positioned to take on the rise of Facebook, Vine, and Snapchat.

Illustrating the power of YouTube – Dharavi  :

Two boys, Fahim and Tauseef, started a website  http://bethelocaltoursandtravels.com/   to showcase Dharavi images of the various production units in that small space.  Intel created a video to showcase their success story & The tour has won the Certificate of Excellence on TripAdvisor.

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We are all potential publishers today, generating content through live streaming.

                                         Instant content generation with live streaming 

Welcome to the 52nd episode of Digital India Podcast on FIR Podcast Network. This show is ‘Weekly Updates’ brought to you by staff and students of Web Marketing Academy

read more :

 https://developers.facebook.com/docs/instant-articles

https://live.fb.com/about/

https://blab.im/

http://michaelhyatt.com/

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Host : Suresh & Sejal

Editor  : Bharani 

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Gary Vaynerchuk is a Social Media Marketing influencer, well know author, Youtube and a Podcast host. In this week’s podcast we have extracted the top 10 skills that every Digital Marketers should learn from Gary Vee ! Do What You Love !

Gary Vaynerchuk Instagram

Gary Vaynerchuk Medium

Gary Vee Youtube #AskGaryVee

Gary Vaynerchuk Linkedin 

Gary Vaynerchuk Books on Amazon.com

Gary Vaynerchuk Books on Amazon.in

In the late 90s, after identifying “the internet” as a land-grab opportunity, Gary transitioned his father’s local liquor store into one of the first wine e-commerce platforms resulting in growing the family business from $3-60MM in sales during a 5-year period.

During his time in the family business, Vaynerchuk also started one of the first long-form episodic video shows on YouTube in 2006 called WineLibraryTV, filming 1,000 episodes over a 5-year window. Gary’s wine knowledge, charisma, and uncanny ability to engage with his community landed him appearances on national television with Ellen Degeneres and Conan O’Brien, as well as establishing him as one of the most followed people on social media during its nascent years.

Not only did Gary leverage content creation and the rise of social media for his personal brand, but it was the seed which would become the pillar to his now 9-year old advertising agency VaynerMedia, servicing brands with an ever-expanding variety of offerings.

10 Things every Digital Marketer can learn from GaryVee:

Being a practitioner in Digital and social media, Create time for your customers, potential customers, fans or followers, Being open and transparent,  Create and publish content, don’t wait for perfect timing. Don’t look for perfection, Learn from mistakes, Ignore the haters online, Create, repurpose content, but come with up valuable, useful content, Stay up-to-date, Own your mistake,  Be nice to people and have empathy, Be energetic and express your passion towards what you love doing. 

Guest, Podcast Manager & Editor : Bharani 

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What is Mentor/Mentoring/Mentorship? What makes a good mentor How to find a mentor? Who can be a mentor? Why we need mentoring or guidance  How mentorship works

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Host: Suresh

Podcast Manager & Editor : Bharani 

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In this weeks episode Pooja, Bharani and Suresh spoke about Resources for wanna be aspiring Digital Marketers and how each one of us started their journey in Digital Marketing, what type of research they did, how they came to know about Digital Marketing, whom did they speak to and everything in between.

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Here are the few steps and resources for anyone who want to get into Digital, can take an informed decision based on some of the steps and resources we shared in the podcast:

Step : 1 – Research Online:

It all starts with research.

Simple Google search but the challenge with Google search is that whom can you trust, the author, how do you know whether that person who has written that article is an authority in their field?

So here are few more resources:

Step : 2 – Research Offline:

Talk to someone who is already into Digital marketing field. How to find out?

Look for alumni for example Go to LinkedIn Web Marketing Academy page and look for alumni’s of WMA. Talk to them, see what they are doing currently including their current job roles, where they are working and do more research on them and connect with them. Ask them:https://www.linkedin.com/school/web-marketing-academy/alumni/ Network offline including attending events and meetups near you.https://www.meetup.com/

Step : 3 – Play with some tools and self learning:

Tools for self Learning

Facebook Live –https://live.fb.com/ Linkedin Pulse –https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/linkedin-publishing-beginner-guide Facebook Notes –https://www.facebook.com/help/488014787881885/ Youtube –https://www.wikihow.com/Upload-a-Video-to-YouTube Lynda –https://www.lynda.com/

Online Certification Course

Google Adwords –https://support.google.com/partners/answer/3154326?hl=en Google Analytics –https://analytics.google.com/analytics/academy/

But of course if you like to do an offline Digital Marketing Course we have a guide for you to How to find out theBest Digital Marketing Institutes in India:https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-best-Digital-Marketing-course-in-india/answer/Suresh-Babu

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Host: Suresh

Guest:Pooja

Podcast Manager & Editor : Bharani 

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Learning is one thing but practicing is another thing. We discussed why we should practice Digital Marketing what we learn and how to practice. Passion, Patience, Discipline, Teaching others what we learned.

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Important Tools for Facebook

Canva – for creating post

https://www.canva.com/

Grammarly – Automated Grammar Checker

https://www.grammarly.com/

Hootsuite –  For Scheduling Post

https://hootsuite.com/

Sprout Social – Social Media Management Platform

https://sproutsocial.com/

Buffer – Social Media Management Platform

https://buffer.com/

Important Tools for Instagram

Filmmaker Pro

http://www.filmmakerproapp.com/

PicPlayPost

http://download.cnet.com/PicPlayPost-Video-Collage/3000-12511_4-77376351.html

Spark Post

https://spark.adobe.com/

Cute Cut

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobivio.android.cutecut&hl=en_IN

Flipagram

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cheerfulinc.flipagram&hl=en_IN

Inshot

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.camerasideas.instashot

Hype Type

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devlopers.byinc.tipsforkirakir&hl=en_IN

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Guest:Pooja

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The concept of earning online has been a trending topic of discussion.

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Guest: Sajeesh

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In this week’s podcast, Bharani and I had an opportunity to take about How to keep up to date with your career, what are the things to do, tools, resources to keep you a beast.

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Be Humble  Keep up to date by reading blogs or listening to a podcast or watching relevant videos. Resources: Official blogs, Thinkwithgoogle.com Google has blogs, YouTube channels for each of their products like Adwords Blog, YouTube Blog, Webmaster central blog  Attend/Conduct a meetup within your Industry. Share, create an event on Facebook or Meetup.com Document your knowledge by writing a blog on a regular basis or use Facebook Notes, LinkedIn Posts to write  Test new platforms, If you are not using Pinterest or Quora try out new platforms Learn basic technical skills like basic HTML coding, YouTube, Lynda, Code Academy are a great place to start Experiment with a new strategy Train/Mentor others Take ownership of your mistakes, don’t try to blame other or find excuses Learn public speaking Give a session for a college or your colleagues or for a small group Understand/follow someone who inspires you  Find a mentor or multiple mentors Research.Observe and learn 

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Guest : Narendhiran

Podcast Manager & Editor : Bharani 

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Guest : Dave

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Guest : Pooja

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Siddhi stumbled upon a few hitches and had queries that led us to this podcast. We try to explain why blogging is such an integrated part of the internet. A lot of people feel blogging is dead as other formats are gathering more engagement. While there are others who look at it as a lucrative platform.

Is any of this true or just myths?

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Guest : Siddhi

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