Social Media Week Bangalore, themed ‘Social Media for Social Change’, will take place between 17 and 21 of February, 2014. Over 5000 professionals are expected to participate in events across various venues

 After the successful debut of Social Media Week (SMW) in India held in Mumbai in September 2013, Bangalore is all set to host this mega global festival. SMW Bangalore will be held between the 17th and 21st of February simultaneously with seven other cities – Barcelona, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Lagos, Milan New York and Tokyo.

SMW is a worldwide festival exploring the social, cultural and economic impact of social media. In just under five years, Social Media Week has become a platform and a community that has grown to  more than 100k members in 26 cities around the world.

R SQUARE Consulting, an integrated marketing services agency will be hosting SMW Bangalore.

 “After the phenomenal success of Social Media Week in Mumbai, we believe that SMW Bangalore will set a new benchmark. Bangalore’s reputation as a cultural melting pot and as the IT capital of the country makes for an optimal combination.”

Rohit Varma, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, R SQUARE Consulting said.

The festival is expected to attract over 5000 professionals, including people from advertising & marketing, brand management, entrepreneurs, start-ups, management students and other communities of relevance and interest. Running community is one such example.

“We launched MegaPink in partnership with SMW Mumbai with runners from 40 cities taking part. We are looking forward to a bigger MegaPink that we will launch during SMW Bangalore including more cities and runners just through the social media platform,” Milind Soman, top model and actor said.

Some of the prominent speakers who are expected to be part of the event are Neville Taraporewalla, GM India, Microsoft Advertising & Online, Rishi Dogra, GM Marketing, PepsiCo India, Kiruba Shankar, Blogger, Varun Agarwal, Author and Founder, Alma Mater and Nikhil Dey, President, Public Relations, Genesis Burson-Marsteller.

Social Media Week has partnered with leading media agency GroupM, leading integrated communication consultancy Genesis Burson-Marsteller, India’s first end-to-end brand consultancy chlorophyll, Time Out Magazine, Yellow Seed, MxMIndia, Social Samosa, AIESEC and Indigo 91.9 FM to organise the five day event in Bangalore.

Social Media Week, powered globally by Nokia, has become a platform and a community that has grown to more than 100,000 members in over 26 cities around the world. SMW’s global footprint now includes over 60000 participants, 2000 events and 4000 speakers. It helps people and organizations connect through collaboration, learning and the sharing of ideas and information using social media.

For More Details: Log on to http://socialmediaweek.org/bangalore or email: Bangalore@socialmediaweek.org

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The workshop of 2014 is to be held on 25th January – focus on people from the Real Estate industry and how they can leverage the untamed power of Social Media to help them grow their business.

Workshop Overview

You might have noticed that the term ‘Social Media Workshop’ has suddenly taken the business world by storm. No matter which direction you turn your face toward; your ears just cannot seem to get rid of the new-age terms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn etc. And some of you might wonder if they are really as promising as they seem to be?

The answer is: Yes, if you know how to use them to your benefit, they can turn your fortune around!

• Help each business professional know the right platform to explore.
• Help attendees know the strength and limitation of Facebook.
• Educate attendees on the unexplored platform of Twitter – which is still catching up in India.
• Educating students to use LinkedIn in an appropriate way to extract the most out of it.
• Helping companies know the potential of YouTube in running campaigns… and much more!

 Date: January 25, 2014

Location: Delhi

Venue: Solitaire, Crowne Plaza RohiniNew  Delhi 110085

Fee: Rs. 10,000/- + taxes

How to Register?

You can register online or contact Ms. Ramneek Khanna, +91 011-2705000

Or Tripta Arora, +91 8506083801

About Buzzooka Infomedia

Buzzooka InfoMedia – A Delhi based digital media agency is all set to organize yet another workshop. Eyeing the demand to train individual entities based upon the industry, Buzzooka has planned an extensive training classifying the current year for various manufactories.

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Write. Inspire. Network! The BIGGEST blogging conference in India. Register now @ http://win.blogadda.com/register

India’s favorite blogging community, BlogAdda.com is conducting India’s first ever on-ground conference and blog awards, WIN’14. A day full of conversations, learning, interactions, fun and the joy of winning. A stellar line up of bloggers who come from the various strata of blogging will share their blogging journeys as well as help you understand the arenas of blogging better. Meeting up with fellow bloggers, interacting with brand custodians and social media enthusiasts is something we’re sure you will love. A celebratory get together for people who share the same passion – Blogging !

Magnificent Speakers like Shekhar Kapur, Kiran Manral, Ekalavya Bhattacharya, Anaggh Desai would be sharing their thoughts about blogging and how it has grown to be one of the best medium to express one’s thoughts and ideas. Every blog makes a difference, to someone, somehow, somewhere!

The ever growing and strong Indian blogger community today is in huge demand by alluring and upbeat Brands. Influential Speakers, Top Bloggers, Brand managers, Social Media Professionals and Industry experts would be rubbing shoulders at the event. If you or your business are related to the digital space in India in any sense, then this event is a must attend for you!

Indian bloggers across 19 different categories will be felicitated at the awards. From over a thousand blogs, our Esteemed Jury (including Shobhaa De, Simi Garewal, RJ Malishka, Vasundhara Das and many more eminent personalities) has finished the difficult task of picking the best few blogs across the various categories.

Now, these shortlisted blogs are up for popular voting. Our Facebook Page and Twitter Timeline hasn’t stopped buzzing since then. We’re receiving a whopping number of votes each day! Brilliant bloggers, many inspired people, all their love just has to show! The winners in each category will be chosen based on 80% jury votes and 20% public votes weightage.

The registrations for WIN’14 are now open! Write to make a difference, inspire someone to start blogging and network with fellow blogger friends. This is an event that we’re sure you don’t want to miss!

Early bird registrations till January 31, 2014. Join the Celebrations Now! Register

One Billion People – Millions of Blogs – One Meeting Place - BlogAdda.com

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Social Media is often considered as a medium to connect and communicate directly with your fans, prospective customers and existing customers. Brands in India are still confused about achieving marketing goals and diversifying content on various portals.

Business results via social media could be a healthy mix of interaction, event promotion, product promotion, customer service, hiring, launching new products and could even be networking.

To help big brands comprehend useful business results that Social Media can deliver, Social Samosa invites you to join our ‘Twangout’ on 20^th February 2014, between 3PM-4PM and ask any question that you may have on Delivering Business Results via Social Media for a big brand.

Our Panelist

S. Rajendran – Chief Marketing Officer at Acer India (Pvt.) Ltd.

S. Rajendran has been instrumental in building Acer’s consumer business line in India over the last 14 years. He is responsible for the entire spectrum of marketing activities; the 3 key functions being product management, distribution management and marketing communications.

What is a Twangout?

A Twangout integrates the dialogue of Twitter with the live video stream from Google Hangout. While your questions will be on Twitter, the answers will be through a live video – both integrated on one platform.

How Do I Participate

All you need to do is to tweet your query using the hashtag #SamosaChats and S.Rajendran will answer them via a live video link here.

Join our Social Samosa LiveStream to track all the tweets regarding the Twitter Chat and watch S. Rajendran answer the questions.

Oh… and did we mention that the best question would also receive free samosas from us?

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It’s clearly evident: Social Media is the hottest buzzing place in the town and everybody wants to leverage it. It has gone beyond a platform to connect with friends and family, to become a business utility.

Thousands of people have built a successful career on Social Media and countless others are working towards it. Thus, it becomes imperative for you to learn the ropes of social media; and what place better than Social Samosa to learn it from?

The Social Media 101 Workshop is the best place for you to build a strong foundation for your social media journey.

Who Should Register for The Workshop?

• Students
• Agency professionals
• Brand managers
• Business owners

Basically, any professional who wants to kickstart his social media journey should register for the Social Media 101 Workshop

When: 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th March. 10 AM to 6 PM.

Where: Andheri (West), Link Road, Opp Infinity Mall, Mumbai.

Registration

There’s an early bird discount for those who register in the next 3 days. You wouldn’t want to miss on that, right?

To know more about the workshop and register for it, hit the button below.

For more details, you can contact:

Aditya Gupta: aditya@socialsamosa.com / 098850 23430

Manveer Malhi: manveer@socialsamosa.com / 098920 08113

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“Influencer Marketing” is the buzzword today. Every brand wants to reach out to a huge audience through their network of influencers. Some smart brands utilize their loyalists or evangelists as influencers, while others look at associating themselves with influencers in their business vertical.

Unfortunately influencer marketing is also the most abused formed of marketing at this point of time in the digital space. Influencers are paid to tweet/update/share, influencers are defined as influencers only because of the following, and the measurement metrics are flawed too.

To help you see through all this and yet use this form of marketing to support your online initiatives in the best possible way, Social Samosa invites you to join our ‘Twangout’ on 5th of March, between 3PM – 4PM and ask away all the questions that you have.

Our Panelist

Dimsy Mirchandani – Marketing Manager at Revlon

A Marketer who loves to be at the confluence of Consumer, Communication and Technology! Dimsy’s core strength lies in Integrated Marketing Communication, across consumer touch points. With more than 7 years of experience in handling multiple portfolios, she is currently working as a Marketing Manager for a Revlon, India and leads the digital initiatives there.

What is a Twangout?

A Twangout integrates the dialogue of Twitter with the live video stream from Google Hangout. While your questions will be on Twitter, the answers will be through a live video – both integrated on one platform.

How do I Participate?

All you need to do is to tweet your query using the hashtag #SamosaChats and Dimsy will answer them via a live video link here

Join our Social Samosa LiveStream to track all the tweets regarding the Twitter Chat and watch Dimsy Mirchandani answer the questions.

Oh… and did we mention that the best question would also receive free samosas from us?

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To get a reminder about the Twangout before it begins, fill in your details below:

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Digital Vidya, India’s premier Digital Marketing training company, invites you to it’s upcoming Certified Digital Marketing Master Online 6 Months Course, starting on Feb 15, 2014.

Key Highlights:

• Govt. of India Certified Course
• No Minimum Educational Qualification
• Job-Oriented Course Material (Content created as per Industry requirements)
• Job Assistance to Certified Professionals
• Live Instructor-led sessions conducted by Industry experts

Course Coverage

• Inbound Marketing
• Search Engine Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization
• Web Analytics
• Email Marketing
• Social Media Marketing

Basic Information about the Course

Date: Feb 15 – Jul 26
Where: Online (Virtual Classroom)
Fee: Rs 49,900 /- (+12.36% service tax)
Group Discount- 15% discount for 3+ registrations

How to Register?

You can register online or contact Amit Kataria at +91-9716034040 or write to amitk@digitalvidya.com.

You can find out more about this course at Digital Vidya’s Website.

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Over the course of time, content has indeed been the talk of the digital marketing industry. While the importance of quality content been discussed for a ages, Indian brands have recently started paying attention to their content strategies.

We already know that storytelling presents exciting user experiences and gives people a way to connect. It is content alone, that makes your brand lively, and compels them to engage with your brand. People crave them.

So, as marketers, all we ought to do is turn into publishers, generate countless brand stories, and give consumers the content they look for. But devising a content plan is like eating an elephant. You don’t know where to start from. And starting from scratch can be overwhelming.

To help answer your questions, Social Samosa invites you to join our ‘Twangout’ on 20th of March, between 3PM – 4PM and ask away all questions that you have about Leveraging Content to Drive Brand Engagement on Social Media 

Our Panelist

Kshitij Jain, Vice President – Marketing, Aviva India

Kshitij has been pursuing his passion for brand building across BFSI, FMCG, Automotive & Media brands for over 13 years and he currently drives Brand & Media Strategy, Digital Marketing, Customer Engagement, Research and Channel Marketing at Aviva India.

What is a Twangout?

A Twangout integrates the dialogue of Twitter with the live video stream from Google Hangout. While your questions will be on Twitter, the answers will be through a live video – both integrated on one platform.

How do I Participate?

All you need to do is to tweet your query using the hashtag #SamosaChats and Gautam will answer them via a live video link here

Join our Social Samosa LiveStream to track all the tweets regarding the Twitter Chat and watch Kshitij answer the questions.

Brought to you by 

Please register below to receive a reminder on the day of the Twangout and if you have queries about the chat, feel free to ask in the comments!

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Brand Building on Social Media has often been a daunting task for brands who are constantly experimenting with the platforms. Various objectives are chased on social  media right from sales, customer service, advertising and most importantly brand building.

Brand building on social media takes time and effort and is not an instant recipe. The ability to build and sustain relationship with customers is a long term process. However there are techniques and tricks attached to this style of marketing too.

At Social Samosa, we constantly endeavour to add value to the Indian social media ecosystem and hence are coming up with ‘Social Media for Brand Managers’ activity wherein 8 brand managers will be participating in a private Social Media session with a social media expert.

It will be a totally exclusive activity, for 1 hour, to be held via a private Google Hangout. The date for the same will be 28th March which is a Friday. 3-4 PM

Your expert for the session will be Mr. Aditya Pawan, National Digital Manager, Red Bull India. The group hangout will be an entirely private affair and your conversation will not be shared with anyone else.

It’s an online activity so you don’t have to travel anywhere. You can sit in your office and be a part of the group hangout. Oh.. and it is totally free!

If you’re interested to learn from the industry’s most respected leader and help your brand grow, please fill out the form below and we will get in touch with you:

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Digital Vidya, India’s premier Digital Marketing training company invites you to it’s upcoming Certified Digital Marketing Master Online 6 months Course starting on April 12, 2014.

Key Highlights:

Govt. of India Certified Course

• No Minimum educational qualification
• Job-Oriented Course Material (Content created as per Industry requirements)
• Job Assistance to Certified Professionals
• Live Instructor-led sessions conducted by Industry experts

Course Coverage

• Inbound Marketing
• Search Engine Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization
• Web Analytics
• Email Marketing
• Social Media Marketing

Basic Information about the Course

• Date: Apr 12 – Sep 20
• Where: Online (Virtual Classroom)
• Fee: Rs 49,900 /- (+12.36% service tax)
• Group Discount- 15% discount for 3+ registrations

How to Register?

You can register online or contact Ajay Shekhawat at +91-9716034084 or write to ajays@digitalvidya.com

About Digital Vidya

Digital Vidya is India’s largest and most respected Digital Marketing training organization. It has organized over 190 Digital Marketing trainings for more than 3000 profesionals from over 1500 brands such as Reliance, Star TV, Infosys, Cisco, Pepsi, ICICI, Airtel, Nokia, MakeMyTrip, Naukri, Standard Chartered, Google, Microsoft across India, Singapore, Oman and Malaysia since Jan 2010.

You can find more about this course at Digital Vidya’s Website

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Google Business Group (GBG), Mumbai, brings you a unique opportunity to learn and interact with experts who are conducting an event for marketing and monetizing your videos, this upcoming event is one of the most popular offering from Google! We have a dedicated event on YouTube.

What will be covered.

• YouTube as a medium to reach your audience
• YouTube as a medium to host and monetize your content

Who should attend?

Entrepreneurs, advertising folks, professionals and aspiring artistes who want to get a better understanding of YouTube.

Why should you attend?

To take away knowledge and thorough understanding of using YouTube to reach audience for marketing + techniques of monetizing videos on YouTube.

When and where?

19th April, Saturday 4pm to 7pm.

Venue: 1st Floor, Harkisan Mehta College of Journalism, Mithibai Campus, Vile Parle, Mumbai.

Entry: Free and by registration. – Know more details and see who the speakers are click here or simply fill the form to register click here

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The 2nd Asian Customer Engagement Forum and Awards is scheduled on 23rd May, ITC Grand Central, Mumbai. The theme for the program is Successful Engagement = Devoted Customers

In today’s world, customers demand different kinds of relationships with organisations. It’s critical that marketers uncover new ways to create, enhance and sustain long-term customer engagement, integrating all channels and routes to market, responding to customers with personalised real-time engagement.

The customer Engagement Forum is guided by team of advisory Board Members who expertise in Customer Engagement and is organised to Deliver the ultimate Customer Experience which will set customer centric companies apart from their competition in today’s competitive market to stay up to date with the latest in customer feedback, engagement, loyalty and retention techniques to benchmark their own multi-channel strategies against corporate innovators and leaders. For more details email at marketing@customerengagement.asia

We started the series of #SSMeetup last year with Delhi. And we are now kick-starting the 2014 series of #SSMeetup with Delhi NCR again! Here’s a summary of the #SSMeetups we held last year: Delhi Meetup – An impromptu meetup plan with 3 days notice for registrations. 40+ people coming in on a Tuesday night at Out Of The Box Cafe, Hauz Khas. We were told this was probably one of the first initiatives in the Delhi region to bring the social media industry together under one roof. Mumbai Meetup – We expected a good number of people to come by for the Mumbai edition, but we underestimated the number and how! 300+ people, packed venue and lots of fun made sure that the meet up went on till the venue had to shut down. Have a look at pictures here & the video below: Bangalore Meetup – Post Mumbai meetup, we were looking forward to the Bangalore edition for obvious reasons! We saw a gathering of 275+ people at Prost Brew Pub in Koramangala along with interesting conversations around the social media scenario in the luru. Here, take a look at the pictures. Hyderabad Meetup - The last leg of our 2014 #SSmeetup was at Hyderabad. It was good to see over 75+ people coming by and talk social media over drinks and good Hyderabadi food. Have a look at the pictures here. #SSMeetup doesn’t need any introduction; but for those who aren’t aware, it is the best place to meet folks from your industry (and the Social Samosa team as well) in a completely informal setting – over drinks and good food. It doesn’t matter if you are an executive, a brand manager, an agency owner, a startup, a consultant or even the one who doesn’t care about social media, come by meet the other folks around to have a good conversation. Just come by and say hello :)

Agenda: So what’s the agenda? There’s no agenda! No speakers, no boring PPTs and definitely no panel discussions. The meetup will be an informal casual event just like your ideal Friday night.

The agenda is to connect and share experiences among people. You could talk about any social media aspect, the annoying client you are tolerating, give & take a lot of gyaan or anything else! There are no rules & all that is needed is probably some enthusiasm.

There is NO entry fees at all. Just come, network, chill and if you order something, you pay for it. The super awesome folks at Summer House Cafe have offered us a 1+1 on drinks and a 25% off on food!

Interested? Go ahead.. register below and get ready for a great evening!

#SSMeetup

Date: Friday, 13th June,  2014.

Time: 8pm onwards.

Venue: Summer House Cafe, Hauz Khas, New Delhi. Locate on  Zomato.

If you would like to sponsor or help us organise the meetup,  please get in touch with Aditya on aditya@socialsamosa.com

Note: We are also looking for photographers and video partners to cover the meetup. Please drop Aditya a mail on aditya@socialsamosa.com if you know some one who can help us with it.

Mumbai to host Asia’s Biggest Leadership Title by veteran industry Experts on inflation, Employment, Cultural Emergencies, Political & Economic Leadership & a staggering indian economy paving the way for a vibrant leadership in coming years

Post the watershed & historic  elections in India where India gave a clear & decisive mandate to the BJP led NDA formation since 1984, the political & economic leadership in India is set to go for a big change as the new government at center is expected to roll out plethora of opportunities & no nonsense approach in policy reforms. While India is awaiting to reinvent itself as a major player in the world, Indian Affairs, the flagship media outfit of Network 7 Media Group, Asia’s most analytical news media is set to debate on a most relevant theme “Progress or Perish” at the historic 5^th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2014

Rated by Experts & widely acclaimed by thought leaders, India Leadership Conclave Annual Affair is just not a leadership forum, it symbolizes the hopes & aspirations of the billion people reflected by the speakers at the forum. This year’s theme & style is an exception to the rule, it is more interactive & analytical than a stereotype presentation. I hope to present to you something a new, fresh yet different!

We are discussing on a theme Progress or Perish! . We know how important it is to adapt to changes & certainly we are out in business if we cant perform!

India attracted global attention as the economy notched up rapid growth. Global firms headed to the country betting on the long-term potential of the economy, favourable demographics and the huge market. The economy staged a smart recovery from the impact of the 2008-09 global financial crisis, reverting to its high growth path. But as the government started to wind up the fiscal stimulus, growth took a hit. Developments on the political front dealt a crippling blow as several scandals hit the headlines, including the 2G spectrum scam. Besides, as decision making came to a standstill, industrial growth plunged. Overall, growth slowed to a decade low of 5% in 2012-13 and is expected to be on similar lines in the current financial year. The sharp slowdown, along with other emerging markets, has prompted some analysts to say that India is falling off the radar of investors due to its unpredictable policies particularly on the tax front. But others say it would be wrong to ignore the potential of the Indian economy. Growth is expected to rebound in the next two years and the country is expected to reap the benefits of the demographic dividend.

In what is perceived to be a change catalyst or a game changer, illustrious Network 7 Media Group’s Indian Affairs Media outfit, Asia’s biggest analytical news media will be hosting the much awaited annual affair in its 5^th year, the 5^th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2014 in the commercial capital of India in Mumbai on  Friday, 18^th July 2014 under a powerful theme on “Progress or Perish” to bedebated, analyzed & addressed by Asia’s most promising voices & industry stalwarts on a variety of subjects ranging from politics to cultural, economics to social. After being highly successful in last 4 editions, the much awaited India Leadership Conclave 2014 is expected to be be attended by more than 250 business tycoons, political leaders, policy makers, social reformers, diplomats, media professionals followed by the Indian Affairs Indian of the year Awards in various categories in addition to regular categories thrown to public for voting with a credible nomination methodology.

“At a time when India is experiencing an unexpected political, special & cultural challenges post-independence,  67 years has passed, yet india at the strike of midnight on August 14, 1947 India began its experiment of democracy against all odds, the present regime in political & economic leadership is on test as india is beginning to experiment its model, structure & fabrics”

says Satya Brahma, Chairman & Editor-In-Chief of Network 7 Media Group who also chairs the organizing committee of the 5^th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2014. The Nation today stands divided on which way the political leadership is going & where there are far more bigger issues to address like FDI, Economic Reforms, Poverty, Unemployment, Basic Healthcare, Inflation, Ironically politically parties are busy scoring on trivial & personal animosity in the run up to 2014 General Election, Irrespective of which formation india will choose, the message is loud & clear, that the incoming leadership at the entre will have to find a comprehensive policy reforms to boost staggering indian economy, therefore the theme at the conclave is aptly titled as “Progress or Perish” , Said Satya Brahma while announcing the 5^th edition of India Leadership Conclave.

Keeping its objective to deliberate critical issues, India leadership Conclave will address on a far reaching significant issues by the speakers who will assemble to address the Nation. Indian Affairs will also recognize & felicitate  the ILC Power Brand, Indian of the Year Awards & 30 more categories in various sectors to recognize the shining stars of Indian leaders & companies who has demonstrated rare display of marching ahead with a hostile economy.

For Registration, Please get in touch with our Registration Desk: Conclave Secretariat, Network 7 Media Group, Unit No. 53, 2nd Floor, Aditya Industrial, Estate, CTS No. 1068 – C, Plot No.444 ( P ), Devrukhkar Wadi, Chincholi Bunder Road, Malad ( W ), Mumbai – 400 064. Phone: + 91 22 4248 1234 / 4248 1235 Email : sneha@dreamzactivations.com, anish@dreamzactivations.com. Visit www.ilc2014.in

“Awesome” would not be enough to do justice to the #SSMeetup we held in Delhi last week. It was a great experience seeing the Delhi social media crowd come together and have fun over drinks and good food.

After this superb response, we are taking our #SSMeetup to Bangalore and Mumbai in the coming weeks! The last year we hosted our #SSMeetup in Bangalore, we saw a huge turnout of 275+ people at Prost Brewpub in Kormangala. Mumbai, on the other hand, surprised us with more than 300 attendees at Mocha Mojo, Bandra!

Check out the madness that was our Mumbai meetup last year:

This year, we are looking for an even bigger reception from both the cities.

Agenda

So what’s the agenda? There’s no agenda! No speakers, no boring PPTs and definitely no panel discussions. The meetup will be an informal casual event just like your ideal Friday night.

It doesn’t matter if you are an executive, a brand manager, an agency owner, a startup, a consultant or even the one who doesn’t care about social media, come by meet the other folks around to have a good conversation. Just come by and say hello :)

The agenda is to connect and share experiences among people. You could talk about any social media aspect, the annoying client you are tolerating, give & take a lot of gyaan or anything else! There are no rules & all that is needed is probably some enthusiasm.

Venue

Bangalore: TBD (If you can recommend a place, please share in the comments below)

Mumbai: TBD (Again, give us a holler in the comments below if you know of a cool place)

Date & Time

Bangalore: 27th June, 7 PM onwards

Mumbai: 4th July, 7PM onwards

What’s stopping you fellas? Joins us and bring your friends along for an evening full of fun and kickass conversations!

Free Registration:

Digital Vidya invites you to its upcoming Certified Digital Marketing Master Online 6 months course starting on July 5, 2014.

Key Highlights:

Govt. of India Certified Course

• No Minimum educational qualification
• Job-Oriented Course Material (Content created as per Industry requirements)
• Job Assistance to Certified Professionals
• Live Instructor-led sessions conducted by Industry experts

Course Coverage

• Inbound Marketing
• Search Engine Marketing
• Search Engine Optimization
• Web Analytics
• Email Marketing
• Social Media Marketing

Basic Information about the Course

• Date: July 5 – Dec 13
• Where: Online (Virtual Classroom)
• Fee: Rs 49,900 /- (+12.36% service tax)
• Group Discount- 15% discount for 3+ registrations

How to Register?

You can register online or contact Ajay Shekhawat at +91-9716034084 or write to ajays@digitalvidya.com

About Digital Vidya

Digital Vidya is India’s largest and most respected Digital Marketing training organization. It has organized over 190 Digital Marketing trainings for more than 3000 profesionals from over 1500 brands such as Reliance, Star TV, Infosys, Cisco, Pepsi, ICICI, Airtel, Nokia, MakeMyTrip, Naukri, Standard Chartered, Google, Microsoft across India, Singapore, Oman and Malaysia since Jan 2010.

You can find more about this course at Digital Vidya’s Website

After 3 successful workshops in Mumbai and Delhi, Social Samosa’s Social Media 101 workshop is coming to Bangalore for the first time this August.

It’s clearly evident that Social Media is the hottest buzzing place in the town and everybody wants to leverage it. It has gone beyond a platform to connect with friends and family, to become a business utility.

Thousands of people have built a successful career in Social Media and countless others are working towards it. Thus, it becomes imperative for you to learn the ropes of social media; and what place better than Social Samosa to learn it from?

The Social Media 101 Workshop is the best place for you to build a strong foundation for your social media journey.

Who Should Register for The Workshop?

• Students
• Agency professionals
• Brand managers
• Business owners

Basically, any professional who wants to kick-start his social media journey should register for the Social Media 101 Workshop

When

9th & 10th August, 2014. 10 AM to 6 PM.

Where

To be announced shortly.

Registration

There’s an early bird discount for those who register before 31st July. You wouldn’t want to miss on that, right?

We have special discounts for students too.

To know more about the workshop and to register, click here

For more details, you can contact:

Aditya Gupta: aditya@socialsamosa.com / 098850 23430

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Anil Ambani , Naresh Goyal, Arvind Kejriwal,Dr Mukesh Batra, Sangram Singh, Shraddha Kapoor, Dr. Jayprakash Narayan, Aishwariya Nair, Komal Sood, Dr.Shashank Joshi, Dr.Dr.Jothydev Kesavadev,Nisha Jamvwal among others shined at Asia’s Biggest India Leadership Conclave Awards 2014

 India’s Most Eagerly Awaited & Prestigious 5^th Annual Indian Affair’s India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2014 ( www.ilc2014.in) were announced in a glittering award program as Nation’s noted personalities & achievers were awarded on Friday, 18th July at Hotel Hilton Mumbai International Airport 2014 hosted by Network 7 Media Group’s biggest media outfit Indian Affairs. More than 300 influential & thought Leaders of the Country in business, politics, social, cinema, sports, diplomats, media were present in full attendance to witness the historic leadership Event at the ILC Power Brand 2014( www.ilcpowerbrand.com ).

Announcing the Winners, Mr Satya Brahma, Chairman & Editor-In-Chief of Network 7 Media Group said “Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2013 are set of prestigious awards developed by the eminent Juries & bestowed to the deserving Leaders & Enterprises after a through screening of their landmark achievements for their significant accomplishments in their own fields who have performed under tough conditions imbibing innovation in their business approach. Indian Affairs ( www.indianaffairs.tv ) is known in the industry to break rules & give prominence to the hidden talents, big or small as we believe that top leaders should not always be given importance. It is mix of experience, innovation & risk taking abilities that drive our nomination process”.

The prestigious & coveted Awards were presented in a glittering award ceremony with a full house power packed audience to felicitate & honour the Leaders who made india proud, each time they performed in their field, Indian Affairs watched them closely & did not let it pass as their name appeared as top contenders & were put to public votings & were declared winner on the award night on Friday 18^th july 2014. Legendary Bollywood Actor Mr. Shakti Kapoor, Dr. Mukesh Batra, India’s most-renowned homeopath & Padma Shri Awardee & Mr Satya Brahma presented the Awards to the successful Enterprises & Individuals in their respective areas.

India’s top two social media firms such as Simplify 360 partnered this event as a Digital Social Media Partner & Social Samosa as the Social Opinion Partner.

The Full List of the Award Winners

1          Indian Affairs Indian of the year 2014 Business Leadership

Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani

Chairman, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

2. Indian Affairs Indian of the year 2014 Political Leadership

Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan

President, Lok Satta party

3. Indian Affairs Indian of the year 2014 Sports Leadership

Mr.Sangram Singh

4          Indian Affairs Indian of the year 2014 Public Service

Mr.Arvind Kejriwal

5          Indian Affairs Indian of the year 2014 Healthcare Leadership

Dr Mukesh Batra

Chairman, Dr Batras Positive Health Clinic

6          Indian Affairs Indian of the year 2014 Cinema

            Ms.Shraddha Kapoor

7          1.Social Enterprise of The Year 2014
ARGHYAM

8          Transformational Leader of the Decade

1. Aditya Bafna
   Executive Director,Shree Shubham Logistics Limited

 9          Millennium Business Leader of the Decade

Mr. Shiv Nadar, Founder Chairman, HCL Technologies Ltd 

10       Global Indian of The Year 2014
Mr.Shailendra Singh, Joint Managing Director

11     Fashion Icon of The Decade
Ms.Babita Malkani, Fashion Designer

12       Healthcare Visionary of the Year
Dr. Shashank R Joshi, Consultant Endocrine & Metabolic Physician

13       Lifetime Achievement Award – Aviation
Mr. Naresh Goyal, CMD, Jet Airways Ltd.

14       India’s Most Promising Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine Specialist 2014

Dr Deepak Chaturvedi, Physician Endocrinologist,Diabetologist & Antiaging Speciliast

15       India’s Most Promising Firm in Computer Education for Masses
Mr.Jesus S. M. Lall,Chairman & CEO.Universal Education

16       India’s Most Promising Columnist & Luxury Brand Consultant 2014

Ms.Nisha JamVwal, Luxury Brand Consultant & Columnist

17       India’s Most Admired Diabetologist 2014

Dr.Gaurav Sharma, Diabetologist & Life Style Doctor, CMD, DrG Wellness Pvt Ltd. 

18       Entrepreneur of The Year 2014

Mr. Dilip Surana, CMD, Microlabs Ltd

19       India’s Most Promising Skin, Hair & Laser Enterprise 2014

Dr. Chytra V. Anand, CEO, KOSMODERMA & Consultant Cosmetologist 

20       India’s Most Promising Agri-Logistics Company 2014

Shree Shubham Logistics Limited

21       CEO of The Year Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Girdhar Balwani,CEO & MD, Menarini India Private Ltd

22       India’s Most Promising Industrial Enzyme Company 2014

Advanced Enzymes Technologies Ltd

23       India’s Most Respected Software Company in Corporate Governance

Datamatics Financial Services Ltd

24       First Generation Entrepreneur of the year

1. Aditya Bafna
   Executive Director,Shree Shubham Logistics Limited

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25       Business Leader of The Year 2014

Dr G.S.K. Velu, Founder,CMD, Trivitron Group of Companies

26       Business woman of the Year 2014

Ms.Aishwarya Nair, Head – Food & Wine Consulting/Merchandising ,The Leela Palaces, Hotels & Resorts

27       India’s Most Valuable 4 Wheeler Company of The Year

Force Motors Ltd

28       CEO of the year

            Dr. PKC Bose, MD & CEO, Saertex India Private Limited

29       First Generation Entrepreneur of the year

Dr. Rajaram Samant, CEO & MD, Akumentis Healthcare Ltd

1. Company of the Year 2014

            Infozech Software Pvt. Ltd

31       India’s Emerging Company of the Year 2014

Knowlarity Communications Pvt. Ltd

32       India’s Most Promising Retail Electronic Company of the year

            NEXT Retail India Ltd

33       India’s Most Reliable Payment Gateway Company 2014

Atom Technologies limited

34       India’s Most Promising Healthcare Chain 2014

Dharamshila Hospital & Research Centre

35       India’s Most Promising Aviation Services Firm 2014

            Aviators India Pvt Ltd

6. India’s Most Promising Company in Healthcare Innovations 2014

Forus Health Pvt. Ltd

37       India’s Most Promising Company in Lifestyle & Wellness Programs

DrG Welllness (P) Ltd

38       India’s Most Valuable Public Bank 2014

            Bank of India

39.      India’s Most Valuable Private Bank

Ratnakar Bank

1. Medical Expert of the Decade

Ashwinikumar D. Kudari, Surgical Gastroenterologist, Sumati Hospital

1. India’s Most Admired Cardiologist of the year 2014

Dr.B Somaraju, CMD, Care Hospitals Group

2. Fashion Designer of the year 2014

Ms.Komal Sood, Fashion Designer

3. India’s Most Promising Debutante Face in Indian Motion Picture Award 2014

Ms Pooja Sree ( Pooja Singh)

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