Archive for May, 2009

16/05/09
Deep

So, what actually went wrong with BJP?


*** Note: This one is gonna be pretty lengthy one ***

Yes, I am a pro BJP guy, I would always like to see BJP getting elected but at the same time, I don’t believe in following anyone blindly.

To be frank, in this election, I had high hopes for BJP, the way they started their online campaign was showing some good signs.. the good signs of stressing more on the development factor.. but as the day passed, the whole scenario changed and it turned into cat fights..

There were few incidents which I feel were given more importance and blown out of proportion by media and rivals.. e.g. being classic case of Varun Gandhi.. everyone said, his speech was inflammatory (Video), even he was slapped detention order under NSA. At the same time, Sanjay Dutt too gave in inflammatory speech, but no one bothered to care about it.. (I feel this was something not at all fair)

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Deep

Are you trying to woo me?


We have seen many Indians trying to woo foreign nationals but this is the first time, I have come across a foreign national owned company trying to woo Indians.. I mean, the concept was kind of good but I personally found it very badly implemented..

This is how the mail goes…

Namaste

You already know that here in the U.S. we are outsourcing almost everything!  For you to acquire new clients might you consider this possibility?

Alexa, Ranking, and Compete.com all rank xxx as #1 in its category with more than 100,000 absolutely unique start-ups and online & eCommerce Business Owners per month (plus we operate the #1 ranking Web Hosting Directory with more than 300,000 monthly owners/visitors at xxxx)  …and xxxx for SEO interests.   And note that more than 50% of our 300,000 monthly visitors at xxx are in India with 25% in the U.S.

The mail ended with…

Acchi Sehat

  Stay well,
  xxx

I am not sure what exactly was in their mind while planning out these kind of mailers but I personally find these things pretty funny.. I mean, writing couple of words in Hindi doesn’t make you familiar to India.. get some info on what’s happening around in India.. write those things in the mail, so Indians feel a personalized mail.. and it will make more sense too..

So, the point of this post: If you are planning to start marketing campaign to woo people from other country, make sure you do good amount of home work about that country and then you start sending out the mails..

07/05/09
Deep
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Finally.. Web1 blog is here..


Finally.. there is an end to my laziness.. I have started being bit active on few things.. started getting little organized.. and the first step in that process is.. long overdue.. the Web1 Blog.

I have been planning it for quite few times, even got the designs and integration done but was not satisfied with the design, so I kept on delaying it.. but finally today, I decided to launch it with a temporary theme.. (which is one of those paid themes)

The blog is mainly going to be company specific, my views on certain things like business, jobs, careers, programming, designing and lot more..

Apart from this blog, I am hoping to become bit more active on this personal blog too.. many things in the pipeline.. hoping for the best :)

Okay.. so I am gonna cut the crap and give you the URL.. http://blog.web1.in

So, visit it if you like to follow what’s happening with my company.. :)

Cheers,
Deep

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