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Some months back, I stopped posting on my favorite online forum. One of the reasons was that my posts were being deleted, because of (what I believe was) personal bias.
It was particularly frustrating - especially when some of the posts took me upto 30 minutes to think and draft. So I […]

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This is the ‘transcript’ of a TWINTERVIEW (a Twitter interview) I had about the forthcoming ‘Heart Kids Tweet-a-thon‘ on September 12th. Hope you enjoy it!
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What’s a ‘Twitter Interview’ called? Answer: a TWITTER-VIEW.
I’m conducting a ‘virtual’ TWITTER-VIEW with @tweet_a_thon about the Heart Kids Tweet-a-thon coming on Sep.12th. Hope […]

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I’m trying a slightly different approach with this year’s Heart Kids Tweet-a-thon - to try and get conversations started around the blogosphere by inviting active participation, engagement and involvement by partners.
I’m calling out to YOU.
Yes, you.
And I’m asking if you’ll help kick-off some discussion on your blog, website, on forums and social networks, about issues […]

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If you watched the sprints at 2008 Beijing Olympics, the name of Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt is surely a familiar one.
The 22 year old from Jamaica set the track on fire, winning both the 100m and 200m sprints - setting world records. He is the fastest man on earth!
Usain Bolt taught me a […]

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“Ads are the new online tip jar” said Seth Godin in a blog post today.And marketers went crazy. Calling Seth crazy!
Yet crazy isn’t quite the word that springs to mind when talking about Seth Godin. Genius is more often apt.
Points to consider.
#1 - Not all advertising is ‘cost per click’. For CPM […]

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A few minutes back, I asked my followers on Twitter this:
” 5 min FLASH poll. Quick, answer this: Which would you
rather have? An ‘honest’ $1,000 or an ‘ill gotten’ $10,000.”
They replied this way…

Honestly?
Oh, Twitter!

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Like me, thousands of Indians have been dreaming and drooling over the launch of the Apple iPhone.
For weeks, if not months, we were eagerly devouring every morsel of news about the iconic gadget.
And as launch date approached, the excitement touched a new high of near-hysteria.
Then, the blow fell.
News broke that the Apple iPhone would cost […]

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Yesterday, I found two people I admire on Twitter.
One is Steve Pavlina. The other is Dr.Ken Evoy.
Immediately, I followed them.
Steve had blogged about Twitter. He invited discussion on his forum (instead of commenting on the blog itself).
The forum required registration. So I signed up - and confirmed my email.
Then, I wrote a […]

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I won a copy of Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett’s fantastic book,
PROBLOGGER - Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

Instead of just reading it and taking action on the lessons, I decided to do something different - and am sharing my insights and biggest lessons learned from the book in the form of […]

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(This is an introspective post, kind of personal, and if no one ever reads it I wouldn’t really mind!)
This is the view of my backyard from the window of a bedroom.

It’s where I stand, think and reflect on Life.
Yesterday I noticed how untidy it looked. Leaves littered the ground. There were […]

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