Social Media Marketing

Marketing and social media trend setters of 2011 and what we can expect in the year 2012

• What were the trend setters of 2011 &
• What we can expect in terms of digital & social media technology integrated brand, product and services marketing for 2012

The top trend setters, Power house websites and applications in 2011 were:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Google Plus
• Google Android
• Foursquare
• WordPress
• Instagram
• YouTube

 What they achieved and what we can expect from them in the year 2012:

Top trend setters:

Google Android: We saw the globe going gaga over the rich sweet OS treats offered by Google Android in terms of Éclair, Froyo, Gingerbread and so on. Google Android with its open source and scores of free apps, made its presence felt more with the launch of Gingerbread and that was coupled with Samsung’s ample choice of smartphones and tablets powered with Android OS. It has over 85% of its users now upgraded with Android 2.1 and 3.1 OS.

Facebook: The ‘F’ word. Facebook still remains as the top social networking site with over 700 Million users and sure enough, we are looking ahead at an early Billion user milestone mark this 2012.

Twitter: This site which was started merely as a social bookmarking tool or site, now is looking to be a threat to the mighty facebook too. Twitter crossed the milestone of users now sending over 200 Million Tweets per day and with the amazing platform now reaching to over 100 Million active users, the little bird was simply trending across the globe.  With its all new Activity stream, available across more countries and in many more languages, addition of TweetDeck, integration of tools for Sharing photos, videos and more content from popular streams across, Twitter will be the site to watch out for brands and users across the globe.

Foursquare: Foursquare set a record of Billion Check-ins in 2011.  That, further boosted with its user base now growing over 10 million people,  this location – based check-in site made it clear to the world ‘when it comes to geo target or location based application, foursquare rules the lot. (Foursquare Interesting infographic )

Google Plus: The much awaited Google Plus was launched with more anticipation than probably any other news with a frenzy of users paying scores of dollars for getting an “Invite” into Google Plus. Though the initial rush has eventually seemed to settle down with many users opting to stay a little bit longer with facebook than jump on to the G+ wagon, this power site of Google will surely add up some amazing surprises for brands, marketers and users across in 2012. Especially with the One+ button going live across search engine for users to use the tool and popularize real-time content streaming.

LinkedIn: In early quarter of 2011 LinkedIn crossed the 100 Million members mark and its looking better than ever. With its IPO soaring  and creating the most amazing financial buzz around,  it is a site to look out for. With its newer features of Live news, popular stories and more, professionals across the globe want to be a part of this amazing network. Lot is riding on it this year and if the past experience is anything to go by, 2012 will be a year of positive updates and surprises for LinkedIn users across the globe.

WordPress: WordPress crossed the 50 Million mark in 2011 and this popular Blogging platform now empowers over 70 Million sites (70,112,513 WordPress sites across the Globe.) With its ease of use and flexibility for users to add their own codes, app integrations and widgets, we wont be surprised to see it cross the 100 Million mark this 2012. With more and more bloggers and readers around the world, WordPress seems to be an obvious and unanimous choice.

Instagram: With over 150 Million photos, this site seems to be raging with creative and rich content in terms of “captured moments’ which are shared by users every second. Its easy to use, very  fast and empowers users to express themselves amazingly. This app would be a game changer in terms of rich media content sharing especially for pictures and we would not be surprised to see picture editing and effects features integrated more with the instagram apps in 2012.

YouTube: This video stream site turned Five in 2011 and with that it achieved a remarkable milestone of over 3 billion videos viewed a day.

Do we need to say why it’s going to make more eyeballs move on your computer screen in 2012. Keep watching.

 Most important points for BRANDS:

• Its very clear. The year 2012 will be the year of RICH CONTENT (Pictures, Videos, Pods & more)
•  With Brands understanding more clearly about social media quotient analysis and Consumer responses, metrics, the year 2012 will be about “BEING at the right place (Being present only in social sites where the brand and products presence really matters) at the right time.
•  2011 was the year of smartphones. While that can only see an uptrend, 2012 will be the year of Tablets across users. The fight between Apple’s iPad and Samsung Tablets will see a much stronger and more varied availability of tablets from other major players like Blackberry, Motorola, HP too.
• 2012 will be about real-time content streaming and data sharing with users that are genuinely useful to them and will add value to them on a daily basis.

Who will win:

• BOTTOM-LINE: Brands that can capitalize on giving Spontaneous responses to their in-house marketing teams or external agencies will only be able to capitalize. There will be no time for “Delayed responses” this 2012.
•  It’s all about bringing together Marketing and Branding strategies with technology that the user is comfortable with for that particular brand, product and services.
•  Detailed social media analysis, combining various digital strategies like viral marketing, keyword and SEO optimization, Creative Content writing, Online PR Campaigns, will need to go hand in hand with the brands campaigns across social sites like Facebook, Google Adword campaigns and social bookmarking and real-time content and trends streaming across power tools like Twitter.

Do share with us your views, suggestions and comments on “How YOU see the strategies, newer trends and social media marketing-technology integrating in terms of going social will evolve in the year 2012?

Have a wonderfully social year ahead.

Your SMQ Team

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Top Online Marketing Updates of 2010 (Technology, Brand Monitoring & Marketing)

Dear Friends,

This is in continuation to our earlier Blog Post  of our First TechBrandsMeetUP event on 22nd May, 2011 (Link here Tech-BrandsMeetUP) and the Process to Register for the 2nd Tech-BrandsMeetUP at Mumbai

THE EVENT entry is FREE!

The very basic idea of having such a Tech-Brand meet-up is to bring together Industry Professionals, Brands, Consumers & Technology together and have a streamlined discussion.

Registrations are for LIMITED Numbers – Based on – For Early Registrations only!

Agenda for the 2nd Event is as follows:

• 4:00   – 4:15 pm – Introduction & Sharing connect with each other
• 4:15 – 5:15 pm – Industry customized Marketing & Tech tools online for Optimum reach for Your Brand / Services, PR tools & Impact of using too much too soon, Latest Industry Updates & News, Case Study based Discussion & about Apps for daily increased productivity at work and home
• 5:15 – 5:35 pm – Cooling off with a Beverage, followed by crunchy and delicious munchies while you try your hand at in-house Golf teeing or a Crossword or may be a fun new mobile app.
• 5:35  - 6:35 pm – Q&A session

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All the 4 Points / Steps mentioned below need to be followed for being shortlisted for Quick Registration process.

Just in case the Registration confirmations get Quickly filled up, do not lose heart, we have something special for you even in that case (Please Read through) 4 Steps to follow, mentioned below:

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What if Registrations get filled in before you could get Your Process completed, don’t lose heart?

We Love Your above 4 step Support that you have still shared with us and would love to share the following Three Exclusive Features as a Bonus for You:

• We will Promote Your Twitter ID OR Your Facebook Page OR Your Linkedin Profile OR Your foursquare Profile OR Your Blog across our online Platform when we make the event blog post live with highlights of event2 +
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• Your TOP 5 Queries, that You would like to know more about, that’s right. Till the time, the event Goes Live, during the event and a day after the event You get to send us Your Top 5 Queries on any of the following subjects: “Technology integrated Marketing, Brand monitoring, Social Media, Brand Reach & customer engagement, Geo target Marketing, SEO, FBML, Blogging, Forum, Android Apps, Tablet Pc’s & Twitter” and we will do our best to Answer them to our knowledge with Your Name/Profile as part of the Event Update Highlight Blog post here.

Furthermore, the TechBrandsMeetUP will be conducted regularly, so keep participating, commenting and sharing with us.

Looking forward to a great connect with you.

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Dear Friends,

We had the very first Tech-BrandsMeetUP 2011 from Techdivine Creative Services on 22^nd May, 2011 Sunday in Mumbai, India.

We got some wonderful Industry insights, ideas, discussion, positive approach to a larger brand reach, Industry concerns, Skill concerns, know-how & technology issues at various levels while implementing Digital Online Marketing & Social Media Marketing services for Brands, Products and Services and most importantly queries arising thereto.

The very basic idea of having the very first such meet-up was to bring together Industry Professionals, Brands, Consumers & Technology together and have a streamlined discussion.

This was followed by exchange of resourceful information with each other, industry updates,approach to increase the network and business connect with each other and at the same time, stay updated with tools, services that can cater to Your brand or Industry needs using the new age media tools.

Highlights from the Meet-up:

• Professionals from the following Industries were part of the first meet-up:

FMCG, Finance, Banking, IT, Media, Marketing & Advertising

• Major Queries discussed–
  • Where do consumers stand in terms of using these new age media tools, services and products across Industries?
  • How to Integrate Your already existing Google Ad-words campaign with the Social Bookmarking tools to gain boost and leverage for your Lead generation viral marketing campaigns?

Case Study & Industry based Responses

• On Application of these power packed Marketing Tools across Brands & specific Industries as per queries.
• How to Apply these technology-marketing integrated tools for optimum use across specific platforms?
• How does the ROI measure for Marketing Campaigns using these Technology-Marketing integrated tools?
• Most Popular Apps for Digital Marketing today
• Power of QR Codes & Customer engagement

Final Take on the 1^st Tech-BrandsMeetUP:

Irrespective of the industry, the idea for a Brand to reach the consumer is – Engaging the consumers with Your brand & be at those online platforms & offline mediums where Your consumer is comfortable interacting with. The power of Social Media Influence and targeting the right set of audience, reaching the irate customer on time and its approach, are very basic essentials for any business today. Core being, to “Humanize Your Brand!”

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Dear Readers,

Its great to have you all with us here. Thank you for your wonderful support, comments & suggestions across our Online Platforms Blog Forum Facebook Group Facebook New Group Facebook Page Twitter & more

Whats Your Favorite Topic or field of interest, let us know

This week, we are Asking YOU – - – If there is a Topic that You would want us to discuss on this Blog / Write a Post about, Write to us here and if we find it suitable, we will be more than glad to do the same.

Some examples of topics can be as under:

• Branding
• Case Studies
• Social Media Marketing / Social Media Monitoring (SMM)
• Social Media Influence (SMI)
• Brand Design Collateral
• Social Media Quality Reports & Measuring ROI  (Your SMQ – Social Media Quotient)
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Linkedin
• Foursquare
• Android Mobile Phones
• Creative Writing
• Blogging
• Mobile Apps
• Marketing Research
• Technology Gadgets  / Products
• Creative Graphic or 3D Tutorials
• Laptop / Notebooks / Tablets
• Online Marketing
• Public Relations & Journalism
• Advertising
• Online Press Release
• QR Codes
• Mass Media Communication
• Social Bookmarking
• Young Talents Zone
• Website Design
• Free Web Resources
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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Social Media Marketing, Monitoring & Measuring: Turbo Powering Brand You in real-time

Great, so the world is now way past the “Social Media cannot be measured stage” as brands have begun evaluating the ROI for not only their Customer engagement, brand loyalty but have begun crunching sales numbers for their products, services and are gearing up to now go beyond the daily metrics.

Today with the power of social media tools, online marketing campaigns can track everything from pulls, ping-backs, redirects to actual hits, tracking, connect and sale.

The value in return, is well, just like the plan, long term and priceless.

Its all happening and its in real-time.

The Most Crucial Challenge:

The real challenge which marketers across seem to be facing today is keeping the power of the three M’s (Market, Monitor & Measure) connected not just to numbers but the Brand itself.

Why, because we can use the three M’s today but can we empower it to turbo charge our Brand in real-time?

Let’s see how we can do it:

• Customer within: To begin with, understanding that Brands today have a much larger and more responsible role than ever before, that is to connect with the customer within. This would be the first step. Stop trying to think like the customer, “be the customer’

• Its not me, its always You: Wouldn’t you agree if this was the line used rather than the one that movies have made legends out of, relationships would have been stronger with time and loyalty? Now think from a Brands point of view. One needs to accept the fact that unless you are Steve Jobs or Brand Harry Potter, your product might not get a million pre-booking orders a week in advance. Thus the second step is, it’s not just the service or product or brand that sells, for the end user of any other brand its simply ‘you’. Your commitment to them with sincerity in your gesture, tone, message and the constant effort to consistently deliver ‘value’ to the customer is all that matters.

• Gratify NOW: Today the word “like’ and ‘share’ mean so much more and to a marketer these words today are pure magic when it comes from a customer. Why, because when a customer hits a ‘like’ or a ‘share’ button today for your brand, product or service,he is your very own brand ambassador online.
  • He has done three things for you with a single click:

• Given you real time feedback
• Added a power value in the form of referral
• Turbo charged your Brand for FREE

Now when we think of it in the above terms, we realize the need to ‘Gratify’ that customer ‘Now’.  Always track and thank them, give freebies or badges, discounts for sharing etc that will actually add ‘value’ to them. It’s always easier to gift a prospect than share benefits with an existing customer isn’t it? So make sure, when they have powered you, you too empower them.

• Invitational yet paid Lunch: So you have a fan page on facebook and every post of yours is about the new offer that you have come up with. Well, lets see, now ‘How would you feel if someone invited you at their place for lunch and then tried to sell you something at the dining table during your lunch or worse, made you pay for that lunch?‘ That’s right, so when you have a fan page and members, surround them with conversations about what they would love to do. Feed them with useful interesting information, resources and links. These pages are wonderful source to understand your customers so much better. Ask them, take their opinions, know what they like, engage them in conversations. Imagine scores of ‘fans’ suggesting ideas in real-time that could help you in helping them. That’s multi-dimensional targeted marketing power from a single page for you.

• Ease to connect: Very important. Just because there is a site with lots of people online on it or may be a mobile application that is the most downloaded, don’t force it upon your customers too. Give them various options to connect. Have an easy way or platform for each of your customer to get discounted offers, deals, resources, freebies from anyplace that is of ease to them. So every offer of yours need not be marketed using only a blog or a fan page. It could be shared and integrated with website referrals, viral campaigns, mobile integrated offers with check-ins, twitter power and social bookmarking etc. Let them have the ease to connect with you using tools that they are comfortable with.

• Its always fun when its well, ‘Fun’: Same old movies, dinner, clothes and routine work. So dull! Isnt it? So why give only an opportunity to comment, share or like to your customer. Give them something they can interact with. Engage them with tools that will make them use their creativity, or may be share their photography skills, make them fan of the week for engaging others, let them try out their new smartphone for scanning a QR code may be and sharing the awesome interactivity with his or her friends. Let them find out a fact about something interesting and unique, useful and fun while they engage with your brand. Keep it rolling.

There are so many more things that can be a part of customer engagement, moderation, monitoring and connecting with your user that can help you grow in every which way possible. Like the post reads, Turbo charges BRAND You!

I have listed just a few from it.

Do share your views, comments and your experience using various techniques to keep your customer engaged with your brand.

Looking forward to Your comments.

Have a wonderful day ahead!

Regards

Ananth V

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That’s right, this March 2011 we completed 4 successful years of corporate blogging for brands and organizations to meet their various goals and needs.  We began with reviews of books, websites, products, gadgets and over a period of 4 years added many other online marketing services for our clients such as product marketing, brand monitoring, search engine optimization (SEO), Press release (PR) services, keyword optimization, social media monitoring etc. (more about our Services ~ Click here)

We even conducted surveys for product launches planned, market analysis and ventured into the power of customer opinions with insights and in-depth analysis in the last 4 years.

As we moved across brands, industries and countries we realized that the potential of social media marketing and monitoring today can be utilized successfully BEYOND the ‘marketing’ industry division too for any corporation today.

So, we shared our questionnaire of 2009, 2010 and for the current year across few of our members from our different online platforms this year too.

Details of the same are mentioned below: Comparison of the past years: Use of Online Media:

Statistics: Questionnaire Shared with 1,500 Members

Responses received: 1,236 Members

Age Group: 13-18, 19-23, 24-30, 31-40, 41-55, 55 & above

Profession: Homemaker, Student, Service, Consultant, Entrepreneur, Retired

Industry: FMCG, IT, Telecom, Infrastructure, Hospitality, Art & Creative, Advertising, Media Public Relations, Journalism, HR Consultancy, Trading & Broking, Retail & Fashion, NGO, Industrial, Television & Broadcast, Banking, Finance, & Freelancers.

Questions asked:

Sites you frequent the most, Sites you frequent for? Using Social Media with (in-house, agencies), Using Social Media for (Brand, Leads, Promotions, etc), Industries using Online Media, Planning to Use Social Media in 2011 for….

Demographic Profile of Users

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Age Group Demographics

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INDUSTRIES: Using Social Media today

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Most Frequented Websites

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Why do You visit Your Frequented websites: Comparison from 2009-10 and 2010-11

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Industries using Social Media – 2009-10 & 2010-11 comparison

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Organization’s using and planning to further implement usage of Social Media in 2011 for

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Organizations using social media in 2009, 2010 & 2011 (In-house, Agencies & Not using)

Share your responses, feedback, queries with us here based on your experience with this media so far!

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Social Media Marketing Connect Blog – Top technology posts that you might have missed

- Dell XCD28 – Android Phone from DELL

The Dell XCD28, that’s right, I grabbed one of the very few firsts from Dell’s new Android phone in Mumbai, India this week. Priced at approximately Rs.10,500/- the light on wallet and easy to use and handle Android phone comes with a lovely 2.8 inch QVGA screen with some useful pre-loaded applications.

DELL XCD28 

Looks simple and is very easy to use. One of the cool features is its multiple screens that you can configure on with different apps for you and pace it accordingly for you to use while on the go.

 
• So you can have an empty screen with just your chat of google talk & on the second all your quick office apps (that’s right you have an Office reader too  – You have the free reader with buy the premium / full version for word, powerpoint, exel etc) and as for the third screen, I am sure you will put it to good use.

 
• This entry – level phone powered with the awesome Android 2.1 OS, has a 3.2 megapixel digital camera and a lots of free and paid applications available at your fingertips thanks to the magic called android.

READ MORE: About DELLXCD28 Android Smartphone ~ Click Here

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- Google Android Rules mobile phone market

It’s raining Android everywhere.

That’s right comScore reported the much awaited statistics for US Mobile Users Aged 13+:

“Top Mobile Brands, Top Mobile Smartphone, Top Mobile content Used”

The results were – Android rules and

Under Mobile Content usage, Two among the Top three Mobile content usages were – “Using Mobile Browser & Using content for Downloaded Apps on phone” and with Android Market Apps topping across globally, these results were very obvious.

Google topped among the smartphone platform with a 31.2% market share rocking all the way with Android smartphones.

GOOGLE ANDROID RULES 

At the same time, the mobile phone company that made the biggest ring this year was Samsung with its Android, Galaxy Tab and the much rumored Gloria phones. No wonder stats show that theTop brand of Mobile manufacturer is none other than Samsung with 24.9% Market share.

Read More about the Most Used applications by mobile users & realted statistics ~ Click Here

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Did You know about Mobile Integrated Social Media Creative Online Marketing Campaigns that can help you boost your Brand & Business:

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- QR codes  - Marketing Campaigns integrated with QR Codes for increased customer engagement

- Geo Location based target Marketing

- Customized Mobile Integrated Target Marketing Campaigns for Social Media Marketing

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- Gloria & Honeycomb, 2011 eagerly awaits you

Technology to fall in love with early 2011

Two things which seem to be the most awaited technology products of early 2011 are the Android 3.0 called  Honeycomb and Samsungs new tablet nicknamed Gloria.

The speculations so far for both are:

• For Android 3.0 Honeycomb:

• Its time for Android fans to move over Android 2.1 (Éclair)  Android 2.2 (Froyo) Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and make way for Android 3.0.
• What is expected from this is a totally new UI of Android. Widgets redesigned & structured to utilize smart screen phones full screen space.
• Awesome Browser and the ultimate sweetness from Honeycomb comes from its Google Talk Video chat compatibility.
• With this we can look out eagerly for an awesome video-conferencing from one Android tablet to another including with computers.
• Faster processors, higher resolution screens are going to be here to make our life much more wonderful & make the gadgets user-friendly to keep us well, socially connected forever.
• From speculations all around the Honeycomb might be a 3.1 or 3.2 version of this Android OS

You can see the Android 3.0 Related Video under the Related Videos head Below!

• For Samsung Gloria tablet:
Samsung Gloria Win7 

• The second most awaited amongst the rumors & speculations is the Glorious Gloria, the stunningly gorgeous Samsung tablet. That’s right,  its been nicknamed Gloria.

READ More about Samsung Gloria & Android Honbeycomb 3.0 ~ Here

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- Steve Jobs reveals iPad2

There has probably never been a Brand belonging to the ‘mostly elite buyers group’ and yet adored globally as much as Apple.

Just like each and everyone of you, we have been in love with this brand ever since we laid our eyes on the first Apple Mac a decade ago.

So when we heard that Apple was to launch the iPad2 we have been on our toes waiting for the big day. And, It’s finally here.

iPad2 was revealed by the Man himself, Steve Jobs. So we thought of scurrying through the website of Apple to put together a gist of the core features for our readers who would want to get a quick read of what the iPad2 has brought in……for all of us.

Worlds most beautifully marketed Brand Apple’s, Magic maker Steve Jobs held the already mesmerized audience on their toes and took them by awe on March 2, 2011 (Wednesday) in US by unveiling the new & most eagerly awaited iPad2 starting price range from $499 Onwards.

Here are few features, that makes iPad2 the ultimate combination of beauty, performance & pure genius.

Its thinner, lighter & faster than before!

Few of the Core Features:

Two cameras for FaceTime and HD video recording with the dual-core A5 chip and 10-hour battery life. More sleek than ever before.

Now web surfing, playing games, watching movies, checking emails, reading books have become pure joy via the new iPad2. Its fast with simply amazing graphics.

READ More about the iPad2 from Apple revealed by Steve Jobs ~ Here

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- Top Online (Technology & Marketing ) Updates for 2010:

We are in for a brand new beginning very soon with 2011 just around the corner. So we thought we would bring together some of the most important updates, wonderful freebies, free tools for Marketing online, Brand management guides, ideas & more with design trends with some power strategies using some of the most influencing websites of 2010 (Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, WordPress, foursquare)

Social Media Marketing

This was probably the biggest entry into the online media space in the last three to five years. In the year 2010 Social Media Marketing services have seen a fabulous response owing to themeasurable rate of returns, process of marketing brand & monitoring them at the same time with great control and making the most needed aspect of online media space possible ie.

Connecting with the user & engaging them to interact with the brand.

 

READ More About the Top technology trends Technology, Brand Monitoring, Marketing Post ~  Here

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- FBML Customized Solutions

- Facebook Customized Fan Page & Live Feeds to Your Website Integration

- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Social Bookmarking Services

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- First space checkin: NASA Commander Unlocks Explorer Badge on Foursquare

First space check-in: NASA Commander Wheelock Unlocks the Explorer Badge on Foursquare

First space checkin: NASA Commander Wheelock: Unlocks the Explorer Badge on Foursquare

The wonderful team at NASA have done it again. First it was the very first tweet from space (read the complete article here) and now they have taken a massive step ahead and inspired every single generation of explorers.

Expedition 25 Commander Douglas H. Wheelock checked in from the International Space Station and unlocked the new NASA Explorer Badge to become the very first human to ever use a location-based service from space.

NASA Explorer Badge on Foursquare 

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With who’s unlocking whom by winning undoubtedly the most prestigious virtual badge and becoming the Mayor on Foursquare for Space Explorations, Expedition 26 from Commander Scott Kelly to the ISS, is going to be more pulsating than we could imagine.

READ More on First Space Check-in from NASA on foursquare ~ Here

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Social Media Marketing Connect  -  4th year Celebration Bash

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Dear Friends,

Its been a wonderful journey so far with lots more to come. We are nearing our 4th Year of the Blog this March 2011 and are in for a celebration. Thank You all for your wonderful support always.

As part of this Birthday bash, we are:

1. Revamping Our Website Completely (SUBSCRIBE Free To us for Sneak Peek EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW  of our New Website – Click Here)

2. Building Up lots of new tools for Our Clients for Online Marketing, Social Media Connect, Brand Monitoring, SMI, Your SMQ – Social Media Quotient, Creative Writing & Design services

3. And presenting a very Special Blog Post for All Of You – On Demand Blog Post. That’s right, You our Dearest Readers have been with us for this wonderful journey and as part of our Special Celebration, we give you a Massive Treat:

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Social Media Quotient – MarketingSMQ Week updates Measuring Online Marketing

As part of the #marketingsmq week, lot was shared from the Marketing & Social Media Team  at Techdivine Creative Services on our Facebook Page (Our Facebook Group updates to follow soon)

Here is a list of Guidelines, Ideas, Techniques, Tools & More for You to assist you in making sure your creative online Marketing practices & methods using new age media is positively adding value for Your brand & at the same time ensuring that with so much of clutter, conversations online, there is control over your brand and its products mentions too.

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Simple & resourceful Ideas, tools, resources, links, guidelines to make Marketing online a more controlled powerhouse tool for Your Brand & Products using SEO, Social Media, Brand Monitoring across platforms:

• Power your Blog with WordPress & or Blogger for a better integration of Online tools for making it easier for readers to connect with You!
• Twitter power is generated by 10% of total Twitter Users
• Facebook’s most powerful responses are noted when Links are integrated with Pictures
• Linkedin is a powerhouse for Corporate Connect when used with minimal Online tools integrated to your profile
• Search engine rankings & SEO takes into account not only Originality of Web Urls but also quality of content in terms of Text, Images their “alt text” tags.
• Using appropriate tags and categories for Your Blog Posts is the best way to give readers an easy access to their choice of topics for reading.
• foursquare is a massive location based connect tool used not only by marketers but also by Brands to stay connected through location tagging in real terms.
• SEO is more than just the right urls but is also about creating the right content in relation to the head & url names
• Online marketing is not about pushing your products to users, but informing them, educating them & adding valuable information to their daily routine
• Marketing online is very different from Brand Positioning which involves massive understanding of how a consumer behaves Online. Customer Insights is the core.
• Social Media Marketing is Measurable by all means. For Queries feel free to write to us: socialmedia@techdivine.com
• Reach out to the consumers problems online on-time. An irate customer is the best brand ambassador if connected & attended to on-time.
• Customer Views, polls, opinions and responses are powerful ways of growing your Social Media Quotient Online.
• Use Multiple online platforms to connect with users. Dont restrict to just one or two and at the same time dont overdo.
• Respect your fans / members and followers opinions online and converse with them real time.
• Make sure your Online SEO, Your Social Media Manager, Brand Consultant and Sales people have different profiles and that not all of them are participating in your SMM efforts. Brand consultation, Product Marketing & Sales are extremely different needs of an organization. Remember, place your professional online to manage your Social Media Profile who loves people and brands and not numbers. They need to be customized & industry based, well planned & tested.
• Online marketing should aim at integrating both Online & offline media for Your Brands. This will add value in terms of brand-connect, customer trust & loyalty, Higher Retention, Quicker feedback, better response time, cost reductions, & definitely better revenues.

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Techdivine Creative Services celebrates its 250 Plus Posts – Thank You All

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