Veda Informatics is the second Best Social Media Optimization Company in India - Jan 2010 Ranking

NOIDA, India, January 2, 2010: Recognizing Veda Informatics Pvt. Ltd. as one of the best Social Media Optimization (SMO) companies in India, TOPSEOs has ranked Veda No. 2 in its list of the Top 30 Indian SMO companies. In 2009, Veda Informatics was in the fifth position in the TopSEOs monthly ranking. With the onset of 2010, Veda has made a big leap towards becoming the leading SMO services provider in the nation.

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Tweety… On the Go

Information technology has been the underlying cause of business transformation for the past couple of decades. In the last couple of years, it has changed the way organizations communicate with their target audience. The cheap availability and wide reach of the Internet has got companies to reconsider their online presence and to use it for relationship building. From emails to social networking sites and the use of multimedia, the Internet has become a strategic tool for brand building. The latest networking tool being used by companies is Twitter.

What is Twitter?
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Bean there…Done that…

At Starbucks, it is all about ‘you.’ Chanting the simple mantra of “people before products,” the company has been able to communicate that it cares about consumer experience. It gave them a platform to speak their minds. Once this was in place, all that had to be done was spotting what people really wanted. And, if an idea made sense, ‘Your Starbucks’ adopted it.

When it comes to e-marketing success stories, Starbucks has to be on the list. The company did not stick to existing sites for this… it created My Starbucks Idea. This platform asks the simple question “What’s your Starbucks idea?” and invites people to express what more the company could do for them. This became a channel for such a free flow of customer feedback that the company was able to get its market to do its marketing. Starbucks lovers began visiting this online community and posting their ideas. They could also see ideas posted by others, comment on them and vote for/against them. This wonderful forum, that was thrown open to people in March 2008, had generated over 70,000 ideas till its first anniversary.
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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet,”
- Juliet says distressed because Romeo’s name (symbolizing the family he belongs to) does not allow them to be lovers.

This is not about Theatre although it is rather Theatrical
With all due respect to Shakespeare, I just have to disagree. There is, in fact, a lot in a name. Why else would I go to a restaurant and ask for Coke instead of just any cola? Why would I automatically walk into a Levis showroom, knowing that I would get a pair of jeans that was sure to fit beautifully? When my aunt gifts me a Tommy Girl, why do I know I will love the fragrance before I even open the bottle? When my husband surprises me with Swarovski earrings, how am I so sure that they would sparkle for years? Apparently, there is a lot in a name.
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