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It’s been a long time since something generated as much interest as Pinterest has. However, not many people are able to experience its addictive nature on demand as it is still on an invite-only basis (but you can register for an invitation on their website). Pinterest is a great platform for business leads, individual or [...]

Nothing demoralizes an email marketer more than inactive subscribers. It’s like having a roomful of friends who refuse to pay attention to you. What fun it was, you think to yourself, when they first signed up for your campaign! The list was growing quickly, with only the sky as the limit, when a year later [...]

We all know that improving the opt-in rate is the best way to help grow your list. Email addresses acquired this way carry far higher potential for conversion and creating loyal users. But how in God’s name do you increase opt-ins? Turns out that there’s no secret here – just simple, important things that often [...]

Mobile platforms are fast catching up with computers and laptops in terms of traffic. And with the flurry of new and smaller devices being introduced in the market, the trend is likely to continue. Already mobile phones are doubling up as an all-round device. Is your email marketing ready for this shift? If not, read [...]

After weeks of rigorous research and analysis, we are proud to publish the 2nd Annual India e-Marketing report- ‘Gearing Up For Growth’ by Octane Research. The report aims to garner responses from the full spectrum of the Marketers in India, both to understand how it’s being adopted and what the trend is likely to be. [...]

We are all familiar with New Year resolutions. They come as flashes of inspiration, things we had been planning to do for a very long time. The excitement is great, over the edge as the New Year starts, until it slowly oozes out and by the end of the first two weeks, the resolutions are [...]

(*Photo: ЩΛŘĐ, Flickr.com) As announced recently, the ministry of corporate affairs released a circular establishing the use of email for service of compliance documents. This includes the companies covered under the Companies Act. In addition, the Information Technology Act also recommends the use of electronic mode for documentation. So, what does this mean? It means [...]

Our heart goes out to the small businesses: the goals are always ambitious, the resources are always limited, and there is a great deal of business uncertainty. So much so that there is hardly time enough for your own self. Add to it managing intricate and sensitive things like social media, and you feel like [...]

Congratulations! Now you have a huge Facebook community that you built with patient hard work. It sure does feel great to see the vast amount of conversation happening every day. But have you ever stopped to think about what it all means to you? Granted that all these people like your service or brand, and [...]

Not too long ago- 27th September of this year to be precise, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) took a strong step towards curbing pesky telemarketers. The result was that we had a restriction on the number of SMSes that one could send out. The magic number stood at 100 then. The regulation was [...]