Category Archives: Social networking

Hello World- Welcome to Data-ism

Posted on January 1, 2019 by jvbakshi

If there was one definitive book I read in 2018, which I want to refer to in 2019, it was Yuval Harari‘s ‘Homo Deus‘. And as I read this page-turner, a few thoughts stayed with me. Q: Why do we … Continue reading →

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Not the Usual Yada Yada- an Open Letter to Google, Facebook, Twitter, and all digital platforms

Posted on July 23, 2017 by jvbakshi

All social networks and search engines need to start seriously working on a common code of conduct, which keeps people safe online. And it starts with people understanding what they can share, and what they can’t when they sign-in, whether they can read English, or any other language or none at all. Continue reading →

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Whose content is it anyway?

Posted on October 21, 2013 by jvbakshi

Last week, I participated in a twitter poll on A-listers. The question put forth by @anaggh, a social media influencer in India, was ‘who according to you is an A lister on twitter?” and I answered A lister= people with … Continue reading →

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Is the News Room dying?

Posted on October 1, 2013 by jvbakshi

I didn’t blog a year back when Instagram, was valued at One BILLION dollars and acquired by Facebook, about the same time when Kodak filed for bankruptcy. I thought enough has been written already about how Instagram, which allows people … Continue reading →

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There’s a library at the heart of the global village

Posted on April 9, 2013 by jvbakshi

Deborah Jacobs (@djlibrarian) was quick to pick up the comment I made, at the last board meet of READ( @READglobal), celebrating seven years of operations in India. Deborah and a bunch of others are part of a small and significant … Continue reading →

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The Flip Side of Social Media

Posted on July 10, 2012 by jvbakshi

It’s time to end the silence. And what’s prompting me this time around is the flip side of social media. Having spent almost a year of talking, lecturing, Debating the worth and RoI of social media, and social networks as … Continue reading →

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Social Shifts power Social Media: 7 reasons I got from the Mid-East

Posted on March 23, 2011 by jvbakshi

“Amma, why do 17 of us have to live in this room? why don’t we ask the sheikh next door, if he’ll let us use his pool?” Ok! I made that up. Rather, someone who I was discussing the tectonic … Continue reading →

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7 Social Networking Secrets from Mark Zuckerberg

Posted on November 23, 2010 by jvbakshi

Yup! been thinking of blogging about the movie on Mark Zuckerberg Facebook’s 20-something CEO ( I’m CEO, Bitch!) and his journey to the first 1000,000 friends ever since I saw the movie. A “MUST” watch cult movie, to be sure! But … Continue reading →

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Return on Attention: 7 ways to measure SUCCESS in the Influence Economy

Posted on November 11, 2010 by jvbakshi

This is the slightly extended version of the blog post I wrote for Smedio the new media and social web guide for business & marketers. We live in an economy which is designed around People. People trust each other more … Continue reading →

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Developing an Effective Social Media Policy for Corporates

Posted on October 22, 2010 by jvbakshi

If you don’t have a plan for your organisation on Social Media, Social Media will hijack your organisation’s reputation. While blogging on corporate social networking, I realised that great examples to follow, start with the ground rules. Here’s why: The … Continue reading →

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