tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85502052012-01-18T03:17:51.685-08:00THE YET-TO-HAPPEN MARRIAGE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA. HECK, THEY ARE NOT EVEN DATING!a correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123886668779883114noreply@blogger.comBlogger971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550205.post-16238252826784569732007-07-26T22:45:00.000-07:002007-07-26T22:51:27.489-07:00

Some of us have been Formula One fans for a very long time. Me, even before F1 even came to Indian TV screens. Even after watching Schumacher win again and again put me to sleep again and again.So here is what we have got. A site for Formula One top news. In the social news and bookmarking format, a la Digg. That way this is a Digg for F1 news. Vote on stories, the stories that get the max votes

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For the first time in the history of Indy 500, there were three women in the fray-- Danica Patrick, Sarah Fisher, and Milka Duno. In the much-hyped battle between the three women who made it to the Indy 500 this year, it was Danica Patrick who came out tops in the Indy 500 on May 27, 2007.Danica Patrick finished in eighth place, in the Indianapolis auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on

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According to latest reports, Jamaican police believe that Woolmer may have been strangled using some cloth, possibly a hotel towel. Reports quote Jamaica's deputy police commissioner Mark Shields as saying that the absence of marks on Woolmer's neck suggest that the murderer did not strangle Woolmer using his or her bare hands; rather there must have been something between the hands of the

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Sanjaya Malakar, the 17-year-old Indian contestant of American Idol is neck-deep in controversy.Despised by critics, spoofed on televisions, backed by DJ Howard Stern, Sanjaya Malakar is a serious contender to win the American Idol contest. Malakar has already made it to the top nine in the contest.While Malakar has been much maligned by critics and judges, he seems to hold some appeal for a lot

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The back and front covers of the last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has been released by its US and UK publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury, respectively.According to news reports, the US publisher Scholastic have used Mary GrandPre, the illustrator of the earlier six US editions of the Harry Potter series, to design the cover.The front cover features Harry standing

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In response to the News of the world report that Angelina Jolie may lose Pax Thien to his biological mother, the director of Vietnam's International adoption department, Vu Duc Long, has said that it was impossible for Pax Thien's birth mother to reclaim the three year old, according to News24. The official said that the adoption was totally legal and therefore could not be challenged.Yesterday

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The New York Times has reported that Anna Nicole Smith died of an accidental prescription drug overdose last month according to the autopsy report.Traces of many drugs such as muscle relaxants, pain relievers like methadone and anti-anxiety medicines were found in Smith's body. The primary drug was identified as the sedative chloral hydrate.The medical examiner also said that other contributing

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Here's an eyeful of the latest sunglasses to hit the stores this spring. Sporty, funky, streetwear, glam, whatever your style, take a look.We like:Glam: Large sunglasses from Christian Dior. Price: $260Streetwear/City look: Tom Ford's Jennifer sunglasses. Price: $310Beach sunglasses: Juicy Couture Zuma Beach sunglasses. Price: $195Sporty: Dolce & Gabbana long wrap sunglasses. Price: $135(Images:

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Update:The Jamaican police are now examining Bob Woolmer's computer for clues to his murder, according to various news reports. The police are hoping to find some leads pertaining to match-fixing, which is being considered by many as the prime motive for the murder.The police are also trying to locate as many witnesses as possible. Most of the people in the hotel have moved to other venues of the

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21-year-old Rachel Smith, Miss Tennessee, won the title of Miss USA on friday night pipping 50 contestants to the post. Rachel Smith is a journalism graduate of Belmont University and has also worked as an intern for The Oprah Winfrey Show.The first runner-up was Danielle Lacourse of Rhode Island.The last Miss USA Tara Conner was in a spot of trouble and almost lost her crown when she entered

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Good news for Titanic fans! Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet will star together in the forthcoming movie "Revolutionary Road." The movie will be directed for DreamWorks by Sam Mendes.The movie will be based on Richard Yates' novel, by the same name, about a suburban couple caught in a humdrum life who try to fufill their artistic desires by moving to France.Revolutionary Road is a much

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According to a report in cricketworldcuplatest.com, two Pakistan players have been asked to stay back in Jamaica, in connection with the Bob Woolmer murder case. The rest of the team will be leaving for Pakistan shortly.The Jamaican police have taken DNA samples of all the Pakistani players. Earlier, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman had said the whole Pakistani team would be leaving for

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Britney Spears has won a British court injunction to prevent details of her stay in rehab being leaked out in the media. According to news reports, the 25-year-old pop star has asked for action against those who have been publishing details of her time in rehab. The injunction bars persons who have been leaking out information about Spears' stay in rehab, from further disclosures.Britney Spears

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The rumours can now be put at rest. Jamaican police have confirmed that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was murdered, as suspected. The Jamaican police gave a statement saying that the official post-mortem report shows that Woolmer died due to asphyxia as a result of being strangled.In line with the murder investigation, the police has taken fingerprints and statements of the Pakistan

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More conspiracy theories are swirling around Bob Woolmer's death. The latest theory is that the Pakistan cricket team coach was strangulated. This report has appeared in Konkani world, which quotes a Radio Jamaica reporter who says he is certain that the police will announce strangulation as the cause of Bob Woolmer's death shortly.This theory might explain the marks on Bob Woolmer's neck and

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Reports are buzzing on the net about the new Xbox 360, a black, limited edition, to be called the Xbox 360 elite. The Xbox 360 elite will be a smarter, cooler version of the Xbox 360 and will include HDMI and a 120 GB hard drive.The Xbox 360 elite will be priced at around $479 and once the limited edition is sold out, Microsoft will package the HDMI and the 120 GB hard drive in the regular Xbox

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A Bahamain judge has ordered a DNA test for Anna Nicole Smith's six-month old baby, Dannielynn Hope Marshall Stern, say news reports, to determine the identity of her father.Since Anna Nicole Smith's death in a Florida hotel in early February, a custody battle is being played out between freelance photographer Larry Birkhead, an ex-boyfriend of Nicole Smith, and Howard Stern, the last companion

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Fast on the heels of the rumours that Emma Watson (Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series) will not star in the last two Harry Potter movies, a spokespeson for Warner Bros has been quoted in news reports saying that they are confident that Emma Watson will be back for films six and seven of the Harry Potter series.Meanwhile, a report in Unconfirmed sources says that Emma Watson has signed a

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Latest reports say that the Jamaican police have confirmed that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's death was suspicious and he may have been poisoned. According to CNN-IBN, Pakistan's Geo TV cricket correspondent has said that as per his Jamaican police sources, traces of poison were found in Bob Woolmer's body and therefore he must have died of poisoning. The toxicology and histology tests

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According to police sources in Jamaica, Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer may have been murdered. Although, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is saying that the post-mortem results were inconclusive.Pakistani cricket team members have been questioned about their whereabouts at the time of Woolmer's death, according to news reports.Others believe that Woolmer may have been murdered by the betting

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I have been practising yoga for the past one year and these asanas have helped me reduce the flab around my belly and improve general fitness.1) Meru Akarshanasana: Lie on your right side and place your left leg on your right leg. Balance your head on your right elbow. Then, slowly lift your left leg as high as possible. Lower the leg to its original positio and do the exercise at least 10 times

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New York Times has carried a survey that says that women in New York have reduced smoking.According to the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Community Health Survey, a random telephone survey of 10,000 residents, "The number of female smokers over 18 has dropped from 630,000 in 2002 to 507,000 in 2005." As per the suryey, the smoking rate among women fell from 20 per cent to 16

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Rumours are rife that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are finally going to get married this Easter in the Bahamas. News of the impending wedding has been reported in the Daily Star & Life and Style magazine.According to reports, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will marry in the Bahamas because:a) Angelina had scattered her mother's ashes on a beach here earlier this year and would like to marry on the

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While investigations are still on, many explanations for the mysterious death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer are being bandied about.According to a report in The Mirror, the police are checking out the possibility of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol. Woolmer was also a patient of diabetes. Bob Woolmer's wife has been quoted as saying that Woolmer was very stressed as the

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Seventeen-year-old Emma Watson, best known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, is reportedly tired of the role.Emma Watson has decided not to be part of the final two Harry Potter movies. According to news reports, Watson has turned down an offer of 2 million pounds ($3.9 million) per movie.Reports further add that Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Rupert Grint (Ron

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Pakistan Cricket Team coach Bob Woolmer, 58, passed away in a local hospital in Jamaica on Sunday. Bob Woolmer was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room at 5.45 AM on Sunday. Woolmer was found on the floor of the hotel room with vomit around him.According to initial reports, the Pakistan team spokesman has said that it is too early to say if it Bob Woolmer died of a

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Here's some more information about Pax Thien, the latest addition to Angelina Jolie's ever-growing family. Three-year-old Pax Thien was abandoned as a baby and has been living at the Tam Binh Orphanage in Ho Chi Minh city ever since.Jolie adopted the Vietnamese boy and changed his name to Pax Thien Jolie from Pham Quang Sang. Pax Thien means peaceful sky; the Latin word Pax means peace and the

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Daniela Hantuchova, the 23-year-old Slovakian, beat Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-3, 6-4, at Indian Wells to win the Pacific Life Open Tennis tournament. Hantuchova made a splash here five years ago when she beat Martina Hingis to win the Pacific Life Open. However, after that Hantuchova did not win any other titles and her performances weakened over the years.Hantuchova is back and seems to be

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Update:The Rolex Series Grand Pix at Miami saw Milka Duno and her teammate Patrick Carpentier finish at 4th place. After this race, both Milka Duno and Patrick Carpentier are tied for 3rh place in the office Driver Point Standings for the series, according to news reports.Milka started the race in 16th place and moved up to 9th place before passing the baton to partner Patrick Carpentier who took

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Hate to pick on Britney, but here's some news anyway. Britney Spears has found a new boyfriend in rehab. The boyfriend, Jason Filyaw is the lead guitarist of rock band RIVA.According to a TMZ report, Filyaw describes himself as "very spiritual" and says that he and Britney have been "growing very close" since their "special" relationship began.33-year-old Filyaw has neither confirmed not denied

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The whole adoption circus is spreading like a virus. Now, Posh spice, Victoria Beckam, and Jessica Simpson want to adopt as well.Victoria has three sons with hubby David Beckam and would like to adopt a daughter.Jessica Simpson says she wants to have babies of her own too like other celebrity moms. Looks like adopted babies are the new chihuahuas on the celeb circuit.

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Happy news from the Brangelina household. Months after the birth of their first biological baby Shiloh Nouvel, Brangelina are closer to adopting their fourth offspring today, a three-and-a-half year old vietnamese boy from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City.The adoption documents have been signed. All that remains for the adoption process to be completed is the US embassy's approval of the travel

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Bee, wasp, and hornet stings can be very painful. Minor bee or wasp stings can be treated at home quite easily but if there is excessive inflammation and rapid swelling it is best to see a doctor as soon as possible. It is an emergency if the person stung by a bee or a wasp has difficulty breathing or has blurred vision. Some people can be allergic to bee stings. Symptoms of allergy are runny

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I have been testing all kinds of natural, home remedies for a while now. Largely, because I am sick of allopathic medication and its side effects. Here, I have put down some remedies that I have found help heal a sprain. Note: This is a compilation of remedies that have been handed down my mom, grand mom, aunts, sisters etc, doctors, and also include remedies that I have read about and tried

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this is maddening. i have updated several blogs with new content, but google's blogsearch does not seem to be indexing anything. so this is a test post for testing if the ping for google blogsearch is working properly

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Bijoy, old friend and editor of BS Motoring magazine, an automobile magazine in India has started a blog. Which Car India s on its fourth day today, and I thought I shall be the first to link to it.BS Motoring is available on the Web at www.bsmotoring.comSo far he has posted on the Octavia RS vs 1.8 T, Maruti Suzuki Swift vs Esteem, Santro vs Wagon R and Honda City ZX Vtec vs Ford Fiesta.Do visit

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David Davis of www.askdd.com says in his annual predictions for 2005 that “In the past year or so there has been increasing evidence that they are winning major new business in competition with the large established agencies because they are offering clients fresh faces, fresh strategic thinking and fresh ideas and more importantly they are more attuned to the digital age. This trend will

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If you have accidentally landed up on my blog through a search engine looking for information on Tsunami hit towns in India or Kerala (my native state), here's what I know in a nitshell. Kerala escaped mostly unscathed compared to Tamil Nadu, the adjacent state. Most of the deaths in Kerala (approx. 150 dead) were concentrated in the Kollam district. Kovalam, the famous beach or the backwaters

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Richard Edelman has a post on the central role of Tsunami relief in his Speak Up blog. If you are a PR professional, I highly recommend you read it.

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Robb Hecht has written an excellent article titled How PR Can Lead Brands in India. Do read. The sub-heads are: India's potential New opportunity; new approach How PR will lead branding into India The Indian media landscape Consumer markets: Unilever vs. P&G Tech & IT markets Branding India to itself Branding India to the world

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A big 'thank you' for those who wrote to me, asking if I was safe from the Tsunami that wrecked many towns in South India and the rest of Asia. I was on vacation in Kerala, and back from there just now. When the Tsunami hit, I was in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala in India where I hail from. The city was untouched thankfully, though Kollam, a town just two hours from

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Yours truly will be leaving town for Christmas and New Year. Therefore, you may not see much happening on this blog till January 5, 2005. One reason is that this blogger will be in his hometown located in the greenest state in India, also known as God's own country, Kerala. (They are a great tourism success story, BTW) Internet connectivity is no great shakes in Kerala once you move out of the

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India still has quite a way to go before our laws will be in tune with the times. The recent example of www.baazee.com illustrates this. The backgrounder: A schoolboy shot his girlfriend in an act of oral sex on his cellphone camera. He sent the MMS clip to his friends, who sent it to theirs... and soon, the video clip was available for s small price with every roadside vendor. A enterprising

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Came across this press release on commondreams. Some greatest PR mis-steps out of the list are: Ford and Firestone initially tried to stone-wall media by saying there was no problem with the Ford Explorers, even though the SUVs were turning over and drivers’ deaths were mounting. Starbucks pressed 9/11 rescue workers to pay $130.00 for water to help bring those injured out of shock. When

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Through wired, numerous blogs... here's DIY advertising courtesy George Masters - The IPOD mini ad Ponder.

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I came across this article on Team India which says that the Wall Street Journal recently wrote that "Some companies have been paying professors to promote their points of view on TV shows, in newspaper and magazine articles and letters to the editor. In many cases, the arrangement between the professor and the company is not disclosed." According to the Team India story, one example is Nicor

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Excerpt from press release: CyberAlert, Inc., an online media monitoring company, today announced its 2005 PR Grants Program. For the second consecutive year, the company will award at least 10 PR grants to not-for-profit organizations. The grants range in value from $2,400 to $4,800 each and consist of one full year of free news monitoring / press clipping services. The value of the grants

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In August 2003, a study was published in India which claimed that Pepsi and Coke manufactured and distributed in India contained pesticides. The companies reacted aggressively, and even led the government to examine the issue. It was seriously damaging for the companies, and the newspapers and television debated the topic endlessly. The topic slowly faded away, but now it seems that it did not

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For those of you who don't know him, Lakhsmi Mittal is the world's wealthiest Indian. He is known as a turnaround specialist who buys gone-to-rust steel plants and turns them around, and makes his billions thus. Now for the first time, he is at the end of some seriously bad PR in Europe. One of his latest acquisitions - the Omarska Iron mine in Bosnia - turned out to be a formerly notorious

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Brand new PR blog from India - India PR musings. Madan Bahal, director and partner in Adfactors PR, has started a new blog. Will keep an eye out for anything interesting from Mr. Bahal.

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Ogilvy PR India has recently won the bronze at the PR Week Asia Pacific Award ceremony held in Hong Kong for its CSR campaign 'Amaron Amaragaon' for Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (ARBL). Ogilvy PR has been awarded in the Corporate Communications category for the tangible benefits it brought to the community for its Amaron Amaragaon campaign. From Indiantelevision

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From Strategiy: The results of the 2004 PRWeek/Burson-Marsteller CEO Survey reveal a continued increase among corporate leaders who believe public relations professionals play an important role within their organizations. More than 90% of CEOs surveyed said communications is "very important" or "important" for managing reputation, safeguarding the company's image and crisis management. Read

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The Firefox browser screenshot of MSN search Microsoft's PR agency Waggener Edstrom released this photo of the new MSN search to AP. Only, they used the IE competitor browser, Mozilla Firefox, for their screenshot!Brian Peterson, of Microsoft's PR firm Waggener Edstrom, said: "None of our approved/distributed screen shots of MSN Search were made using a Mozilla Firefox browser. Moving forward, we

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Many public relations people are headed in the wrong direction, says Marc Jampole of Jampole Communications. In an article in post-gazette.com, he says, "Every profession has its myths that are eradicated through time and advances in knowledge. In the 17th century, physicians thought they could break fevers by opening a vein and letting the patient's blood flow out. And in the 1920s, some

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The idea of measuring PR has not been seriously approached in India so far. But I am sure the more we are exposed to globalized business, the more the need for this will arise. Claire Spencer In PR Week, Claire Spencer, IPR fellow and director charged with policy in the measurement area, describes what she believes the PR industry needs to do to win the continuous battle with evaluation. She

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Follow-up to the Sunday Herald story on offshoring of PR - British PR professionals could be the next crowd of unhappy workers to lose their jobs through cheaper solutions overseas. Most think jobs will be lost to India, where their employers are sizing up savings from workers costing only a fifth of the price.They argue the close nature of public relations means there is a limit on how much of

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Amul - India's lovemark? 'BRANDS' have become bland expressions, thanks to the excessive commercials and the multitude of television channels. Instead, companies and organisations need to focus on creating `lovemarks' that bring their products very close to consumers' hearts. According to Mr S. Gosh, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Saatchi and Saatchi, brands were having a

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WHO ORS Campaign from India Declared a Winner at the Asia Pacific PR Award The WHO ORS campaign by Corporate VoiceWeber Shandwick has been declared a ‘winner’ at the Asia Pacific PR Award 2004 in the 'Healthcare/ OTC' category. The award ceremony took place in Hong Kong yesterday. This is one of the most significant recognition of best practice in the public relations industry in Asia Pacific.

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I am writing this because of a lot of businesspeople seem to be distressed about the departure of India's reforms-friendly NDA (National democratic Alliance) government. The new government of UPA (United Progressive Alliance) is supported by a pack of parties, and a separate communist grouping - and reforms do not seem to be its priority, at first glance. You can read a detailed article on the

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No. of blogs - - 4.5 million PR practitioners in the US - 140,000 Total no. of PR blogs - a 100, maybe? Trevor Cook wonders what why PR people - who are trained writers and communicators - are so slow to take up blogging. "As a profession are we technophobes, change-resistant or just plain unused to being in the role of speaking with our own voices? Probably,

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Business Standard, the no.2 business newspaper in India, was where I used to work almost 5 years back. Their weekly business strategies supplement, The Strategist has published a debate between some of India's top advertising, brand consultancy and PR personalities on which is effective - PR or advertising. You can read it here Well and good. SMS (short message service) on cellphones is

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Back from a Diwali weekend trip where I got all excited about paragliding, stood on tiptoes etc and resolved to overcome my fear and try and learn it next time, I am back in Mumbai - and I found nice food for thought and dark mutterings waiting for me. The topic that never dies is back - can PR be outsourced to India? Elizabeth Albrycht thinks its definitely within the realm of possibility. Now

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diwali lamps The festival of lights, and big shopping is here in India. If you have Indian friends, wish them happy dee-waa-lee! Its lights, fireworks, shopping and marketers and ddistributors going crazy for the next 3 days. Cheers! Happy Diwali!

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I have preferred to start blogging with Blogger; and it is what I have suggested to anyone else who wanted to blog too. However, the intermittent problems with Blogger has made me take a re-look at all the options available. I believe a serious blog should have the following features: Full HTML editing of the template, just in case you want to fool around. Comment, and comment moderation.

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It was bad for me on Friday, in India. Blogger just could not be used, and blogspot-hosted blogs could not be accessed. It also did slight damage to my efforts to get a sincere, but technophobic CEO to blog as he could not figure out why his posts were not getting published.

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Last week, I posted on the launch of Tradewind Strategies, and wondered about how the 'headcount' problem can be dealt with. Well, here's the response from them. This was posted as a comment, so I will just quote it here: Terrier, many thanks for your interest - and for pointing out the error on the media section. The correction will be made swiftly.Regarding, the headcount comment - remember,

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Just came to know about Tradewind Strategies, an international PR management firm. Their launch was publicised in Indian newspapers too. The founder is Josef Blumenfeld. This is what they do: As international markets continue to grow in importance, Joe realized that there is a need for experienced, hands-on global communications managers. The result was Tradewind Strategies, a consultancy that

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If you don't count Ryze, this could be the first one for Indians. Ryze, of course, is overpopulated by Indians. Rediff Connexions does seem to have a simple and easy to understand interface. At least, I liked it much better than Ryze. I have never checked out LinkedIn or any other such social networking tools. Rediff has generally been quick to adapt to Internet communication trends. I remember

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This blog uses Blogger. All through Wednesday, Blogger seems to have been down. A full 24 hours. None of the other Blogspot-hosted sites, such as PRMachine were available. I checked news.yahoo.com and news.google.com for any information. Nothing. In Syndic8 or Feedster or anywhere else, I could not find any blog that mentioned about the Blogger Outage either. That leaves me confused. Did it

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That was bad. 24 hours of not reading any blogspot-hosted blog, 24 hours of not being able to update my blog. I have seriously considered Movable Type or Typepad before. However, Movable Type charges you, and unless my efforts in the direction of convincing corporates and employees to blog, there is no point in spending money first and regretting later. On the other hand, these Blogger outages

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Yesterday, I met the Managing Director of a company whose website I manage. He could turn out to be a convert to blogging - and become one of the first corporte bloggers in India. A few minutes into the conversation, I suggested blogging to him. Now, this man loves to write - a rare thing for the top management. He occasionally writes about his industry segment and government policies in one of

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Finally my blog gets some essential tools. My Feedreader OPML is now my blogroll, I have got into Technorati, just been chosen as Sunday's Blog of the Day in Blogstreet India, added a Sitemeter... Subscribed to Blogsnob, added myself to Technorati (though I am still a little confused about the process there). Right now crawling the NewPR Wiki. Cheers.

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Hello all. As I mentioned a few days back, I am looking for weaponry to slay the Anal Retentive PR dragon in India. Here is the essence of what I have collected on blogs, blogs are PR tools and as the new media. From what I have seen, blogging as the new media looks too premature for India in the absence of a mainstream blogging culture and familiarity. However, do go through my list and short

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Recently we all had a good look at Edelman's blog after Media Guerilla's comments on his new blog did not show up, apparently censored. Well Edelman is in India, through a local partner R&P Management Communications Pvt. Ltd. (R&PMC) of Mumbai (Bombay). Press release: R&PMC founder and CEO Roger C.B. Pereira will lead the joint venture, "which over time will take on the name R&PMC:Edelman". "

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My lone battle to convince my colleagues and clients to blog proceeds apace. The Web is my guide, and other PR blogs are my weapons and armour! I haven't been posting for a few days. Mostly, because I was reading up. Stacking up my ammunition, if you will. Well, I still haven't managed to create a convincing presentation on why my clients in India should blog. Not very surprising, as as far as

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AirTel launches Blackberry handsets NEW DELHI: Bharti Televentures , India’s largest GSM mobile operator in India, today launched Blackberry handheld devices offering “always on” high speed internet connectivity. The service would be priced at between Rs 1,799 ($ 39) and Rs 2,799 ($ 60). The company has launched three Blackberry models, 7730, 7230 and 6230, the prices of which range between Rs

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Indian mobile brand Airtel wins the World Communications Best Brand Award. Airtel, the mega brand of telecom major Bharti Enterprises, has been adjudged as the "World Communications Best Brand of the Year". Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and group managing director, Bharti Enterprises, received the award at a function in London on Monday. More than 50 of the world's top telecom companies

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Its too early after the US presidential debates to get any news of who won. Bush or Kerry. Nothing on the news sites. Its early morning here in India, and while it was too early for me to watch the debates, CNN tells me that initial polls indicate that Kerry won, he was more presidential etc. Here's me heading off to talkingpointsmemo, and then go search for some Bush-Cheney blogs. If there's any

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So Edelman does not want unmoderated comments on his blog. Aha! Now why is that not a surprise to me? For those of you who don't know about it, Edelman started a blog couple of weeks back, and its now 2 posts old. In the blogosphere, the news spread quickly, and people rushed to see it. Now it seems while Mr. Edelman wants 'feedback, blunt and quick', he is not that keen on allowing them to

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In Micropersuasion I came across this link to an interesting essay on blogging and PR. Mr. Rubel says that the days of Anal Retentive PR is over :) This essay definitely goes in to my must-steal-points-from list for the day when I present blogging as an idea whose time has come to my 70-year old management, and promptly get booted out. Not because of the essay, no, but because suggesting blogs

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Elizabeth Albrycht talks about public relations in India. She has mentioned this blog too, saying that I seem to think that the state of PR in India is pretty pathetic. That's true, more or less. Mostly it can be blamed on the Indian communicators and industries - the communicators are comfortable with what they have been doing so far and do not see any reason to change. After all, their clients

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The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is going to have its annual conference in New York end-October 2004. According to this blog, they do not have a single mention about blogging in their 56-page brochure! Businessblogconsulting too mentioned it here, and says that unless you have been under a rock, you should know that blogging is now a part of the marketing mix. And now imagine me

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You have the large corporate houses - bureaucratic and monstrous. You have the family-run businesses - nimble, uncouth and feudal. You have the dotcom leftovers - dime-a-dozen speeches, jargon, obfuscation and pretend-techies Are these guys ever going to adopt blogging as a respectable tool for communication to their audience? I doubt it. In India, the first two are the ones who come across

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Here's Greg Brooks, who has done it all. Been journalist, been in PR.. still in PR perhaps.. He's got a short, precise note here for all of you who have got your press releases tossed in the bin. Do not cry, listen to this guy. And here's something for us here in India to ponder over. I mean, its funny, but is it funny only for Americans, or can we find it funny too? The topic is outsourcing.

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Have discovered another good PR blog today, this deals more with tech PR. Who in India does real tech PR? Maybe 20:20 media, no one else does real Tech PR as far as I know. But then I define Tech PR more narrowly than most people - PR for a BPO is not tech PR; for some decent tech product/ software / idea is. Here is what I found in Active Voice " I'm still working my way through Stuart Ewen's

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I have seen the PR machine blog before, but haven't examined it closely before. I should have. These guys have a brilliant collection of PR and blog related information and some great industry-related links. Today, they have a post on branding the Branson way, extracted from FastCompany. For the branding gurus in India, these blogs should be made a must-read.

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Well, I knew that suggesting blogs as a potential PR tool would be like throwing myself in front of the wolves. Forget blogs, using websites - clients' corporate websites, the agency's own site etc to promote your message is still anathema to the management. Its not like they do not know technology can be immensely useful in communciation. They know that all too well, but being from a generation

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Read the full story here The group has been given the mandate for executing nationwide PR activity for Kuwait Airways – the official Airlines of Kuwait that is currently working on business expansion and consolidation plans for India. Ace Brandwidth will look after the media relations and collaborations on brand promotional events and cross-channel brand promotional activities.

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This was strange information for me, when a colleague from another PR agency said it casually. He said, "You can't suggest anything to these people, they don't know what's going on in the world, our country, politics or business." When I asked him to explain, he said, "You think these guys actually read the newspapers??!" Then he explained it. The way it happens in India's public relations

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PR people are paid to lie. Its their job. Now for those of you who are reading this from anywhere else in the world, sorry. That statement applies only to India. Even there, that's not a generalisation - its just that many agencies in India expect their executives to lie if necessary to promote or save a client. This is what happened to a young idealist friend of mine who went for an interview

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This is so brilliant! See, I was a journalist before I got into the PR profession for its better moolah. And journalism and journalists were sick. But anyway - I always ha a good equation with the PR people. After all, without them, where would I be! Who would give me the data to fill the space? Well, I could always go out and collect it and write it myself, but then it was much better when the

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I came across this interview of Seth Godin in the Global PR Week 1.0, a virtual online conference of PR bloggers. Here's an exerpt. ****** QUESTIONS FOR SETH GODIN PR MACHINE: Does the Seth Godin brand have any particular advice to the PR industry in terms of effectively and ethically using the Internet medium via blogging? SETH GODIN: Two moms are talking. One mom says, "Oy vey! My son is

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Good for these two. agencyfaqs!NEW DELHI, September 21 Indian Airlines (IA) has retained Bates India and Adfactors as its advertising agencies, while the two other incumbents, Grey Worldwide (India) and Akshara, have been replaced with RK Swamy/BBDO and Mode. The pitch process began in December, 2003 when agencies were asked to submit strategy notes, along with the formal application. Some 70-

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"The role of PR has gone beyond media relations in India, and while media will remain a critical tool here as it is everywhere in the world, more and more advisory and brand building work will be done by PR professionals." This is what Mahnaz Curmally, President, South Asia, Ogilvy says. Not the obvious question. If I believe most PR people believe that media relations is the be-all and the

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She is Director, Corporate Communications, Apeejay Surrendra Group. She is Deepa Dey. This is what she has to say in AgencyFaqs. "Communication by definition cannot be restricted to media relations; we’ll have to find a way to capture the mind space without taking the media route. Media today is cluttered, has advertising barters and is dictated by page three brigades. The challenge lies in

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http://www.exchange4media.com/pr/Pr_speak.asp?pr_id=4 Just what did I tell you? Here is someone who in this time and age, is saying that Media Relations is one of the most crucial aspects of PR in India. Only last week, I was reading some article which was speaking on the topic - Is Media Relations dead? The answer of course is, no, not if you are India. Here jaded CEOs and unimaginative

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The first post! PR industry, the world over, may be seriously debating the efficacy of using technology in their profession. Search the Net, and half the articles one can find about PR are about how the industry is changing, how it is embracing new media, and how best PR professional scan meld their traditional skills with the powers of new technologies. But not so in India. PR professionals in

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