Akshaya Patra Search marketing Summit India 2011

Akshaya Patra Search marketing Summit India 2011, a photo by Naveen srikantaiah on Flickr.

Akshaya Patra Foundation had organized one the best international Search marketing Summit which was in Bangalore with Experts Like Gillian SEO Mom, Eric Weaver, Ian, John Who shared their experience and ideas which was appreciated by more than 200 internet marketing Executive who were part of this event for 2 days

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Madhu Pandit Dasa : Poverty is the primary cause for lack of education

Nelson Mandela, once said “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”

Education not only gives people the means to a better life but also something more profound: the ability to grow and learn through one’s own experiences. The strength of a nation can often be determined by the education of its people.

India, with nearly one sixth of the world’s population, is a booming economy poised to take over as one of the world’s superpowers. Yet this glittering fact goes hand in hand with the harsh truth of abject poverty facing nearly half of the nation’s people. With 42% of the country’s population living below the international poverty line, the nation is struggling to keep up with many of the rapidly growing countries in the world.

So what can be done? Just how far can India go before it is forced to deal with these facts? Madhu Pandit Dasa, the Chairman of The Akshaya Patra Foundation, one of India’s leading non-profits believes that educating the nations’ children is the only answer.

“We need to make sure that every child is well nourished, educated and enabled to become productive. India has the youngest population in the world and it is Her children who will shape the future of the country.”

But the solution may not be as simple as that. With over 700 million people in the country living a hand-to-mouth existence education is a luxury that few have access to.

“Poverty is the primary cause for lack of education,” says Madhu Pandit Dasa. “When children do not even have access to food, there is no possibility for education. Poverty and hunger go hand in hand in this complex problem. If we are to change the face of India, we must get to the root of the problem: hunger.”

In fact, Madhu Pandit Dasa says, Akshaya Patra’s vision: ‘No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger’ reflects this two-pronged strategy to solving the problem. Himself a graduate of one of India’s leading universities, IIT, Madhu Pandit Dasa has been involved in Akshaya Patra’s mid-day meal program since its beginning. He firmly believes this scheme will bring about the lasting change that India needs.

By providing children with freshly cooked mid-day meals on school days, the organization not only hopes to combat this problem of hunger, but also encourage them to continue their education. For nearly a decade this children’s charity has been dedicated to this cause. As Madhu Pandit Dasa puts it, “At The Akshaya Patra Foundation we strive to build an educated India. We believe that reducing hunger will change the future of our country’s children.”

But does it really work? Is it as simple as providing food? After all, it’s better to teach a man to fish than give him a fish.

According to an independent study conducted by A.C Nielson ORG MARG Pvt. Ltd. India’s leading survey firm, the program has worked wonders. In some areas, such as Baran where the program is being conducted, school enrolment in Class I has increased by 41.3%. There have also been marked improvements in attendance, retention rates, classroom performance and most importantly, the health of the children.

When asked if he believes the problem is too complex for any lasting solution, Madhu Pandit Dasa had this to say

“One thing is certain from this experience: there is boundless compassion in this world. We must involve more and more willing human hearts. It is possible, but only when we work together.”

Gaming Conference organised by Silicon India 2011

Gaming Conference organized by Silicon India in Bangalore was an Amazing Experience with more than 300 gamers attending this Conference.

i never thought that gaming can be an impact on the youth audiece which drives them crazy, more than 4 million gamers and game lovers log in on to the face book every day to play farmvilla,I was found speech less when this number was announced and more than 2 billion people play online games around the world online.

I had never heard of Games like Minecraft, battle Filed, etc etc because iam not a gamer, But after attending this conference , i am really excited and started learning more about online games which is really keeping the young enthusiast crazy online.

I met couple of People who were the speaker invites for this gaming conference, I learnt a lot from them and they were surprised to know why an SEO is attending this Conference, Rightly guessed but SEO is required for all sort of Business and promotion .

Hopefully by the next gaming conference i will able to share my gaming experiences and keep the hard core gamers appraised about how to pro

The Pranay Cervidée: Kolkata IndiBlogger Meet : 2 days and 0 Brain FUN

IndibLogger Meet The Pranay Cervidée: Kolkata IndiBlogger Meet : 2 days and 0 Brain FUN

Madhu Pandit Dasa

Madhu Pandit Dasa (former name Madhusudan S) was born in 1956 in Trivandrum, India. As a pre-degree student, he was selected by the National Science Talent search program of the country. He completed his B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT-Mumbai in the year 1980. During his days in IIT, he became interested in the books of Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. While he was doing his M.Tech course in IIT-Mumbai in 1981, he dedicated himself to the service of humanity by becoming a full-time member of ISKCON.

He began to travel all over South India organizing programs to increase the awareness of ISKCON and its mission. Seeing his potential as a leader, he was soon made the President of ISKCON, Trivandrum. In 1983, he became involved in overseeing the activities of ISKCON, Bangalore along with his responsibilities in Trivandrum temple. At that time a small fledgling centre in a rented apartment in an inconspicuous neighborhood of the city. Under his leadership, soon the popularity and activities of ISKCON-Bangalore began to blossom. In 1988, the Government of Karnataka allotted 6.5 acres of a rocky abandoned hillock in the city to set up a cultural complex. Being dissatisfied with what the commissioned architects were proposing for the cultural complex, he took upon himself to design the complex according to what he had envisioned. Soon he also started organizing efforts to raise funds for the construction of the complex. The next ten years unfolded an unprecedented scale of development on the hillock, now called the Hare Krishna Hill: the design and construction of a colossal cultural complex, mobilization of support and fund raising to a tune of Rs. 38 crores (Rs.380 million or $ 9.5 million) and recruiting and training nearly 100 full-time dedicated members of ISKCON. The monumental Cultural Complex was inaugurated in 1997 by the then President of India Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma.

In 1994, he initiated an integrated social development project for the benefit of the rural people of Mysore and Mandya districts. A model, prototype organic farm based on natural and earth-friendly farming methods along with an internationally accredited farmer-training center ha

Naveen Srikantaiah: Project Lead SEO & SEM

How to Get Free Back links to your Blogs

Earlier the tradition way of marketing was to spam your blog with irrelevant post and content were in the search crawlers used to rank the blog higher. I have identified some of the useful and permanent solution which will help your blog to get free back link which is also appreciated by Google , Yahoo, Bing and other search engines.

Network with the webmaster who are similar to your niche.

• Connect to the webmaster who has similar kind of blog which is ranked high are viewed more often on internet.

• Appraise him about the blog your posting abou

• Forums about your niche. For example, if you have an SEO-related website,
  

• Website communities about bloggers. A good example is blogcatalog.com, where you can submit your blog, meet some new contacts, and discuss areas of interest.

• Popular social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. These sites offer a lot of opportunities to meet new contacts and discuss similar interests.

• Currently, you can earn backlinks in Facebook and Google Profiles by putting your website in one of those fields in your profile. These links are crawlable and indexable.

• Of course, it would be advisable to put a strong effort into making your website as good as possible, so that visitors coming from that link become interested in your expertise and will most likely network with you.

• Networking websites such as Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/), where you can participate in related discussion groups.

Answering commenter questions seriously

1. Moderate comments on your blog.
   
   
2. Look for the commenters that are asking detailed/specific questions about your post and have received no replies. The answer to this question is either not found in your article or not clearly elaborated.
   
   
3. Write a very detailed answer to his/her question by publishing it in a separate article. You can write a reply around 500 words or more, depending on the complexity of the topic.
   
   
4. Let the asker know you have answered the question either by replying to his/her comment or sending an email.
   
   
5. In most cases, the asker will be glad of your help and will either link to it, bookmark it or even share it with other friends.

Twitter

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users to send "updates" (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long)
via SMS, instant messaging, email, to the Twitter website, or an
application such as Twitterrific. Twitter was founded in March 2006 by
San Francisco start-up company Obvious Corp. In April 2007, Obvious, LLC spun off the service as a separate entity under the name Twitter, Inc. with Jack Dorsey as CEO.

What Are The Best Social Media Marketing Tips to Engage With Your Customers?

here are some of the tips which you can implement and make most of the use! hope this will help you to use social network in a better way!

1. Ask Them Questions

Asking relevant questions is one of the easiest ways to engage with your audience. They are a great way to get people to take action.

Here’s a quick example…

What are your top tips for…….? Or How can XXXXX help with….?

2. Join In

Likewise when people ask you a question, you should contribute by giving them answers. Don’t just look at a question and decide that it’s too hard to answer. Remember how you deal with that question is going to be someone’s lasting impression of you. Make sure you add real value in your answers and you’ll soon attract a regular following of people who will look out and follow your posts, answers etc. Social media is all about being social.

3. Posting Frequency

Your readers or followers will be more likely to keep following you if you follow a posting plan. It doesn’t matter what social media platform you’re using, like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, just be sure to set a regular schedule and stick to it. Even if it’s just once or twice a week, your followers will know what to expect, so make sure you’re consistent.

4. Show Your Humanity

Social Media Marketing will be much more effective if you show people you’re human. Post videos of you on holiday, at seminars or talk about them on your blog. It’s been said that people buy people first, so if you give them a chance to get to know you better, followers and sales are likely to follow.

5. Be the Information Hub

You can act as an information hub where your audience knows to congregate because of the information and resources you’re providing.

6. Add Value

Think before you post any content. Your content needs to be relevant, related to your audiences needs, wants and desires, and add value to them. This is so crucial!

7. Never Spam

This brings up the final point. Never ever spam. If you want to sell, a more softly softly approach is to use social media for directing people back to your blog or website. Then provide valuable content on your blog, with links to your products in logical and relevant places. That way you’re not pushing a sale onto your customers, they’re finding your products through their own free will.

The key to social media marketing is revealing your personality, providing your audience with useful and relevant content, and making sure you meet their expectations by posting regularly and on subject.

83 Social News Sites – Categorized By Niche

Auto
AutoSpies – Auto News, Reviews, Car Photos, Auto Show Photos, Spy Shots

Blogs & Websites
Spicypage
Afrigator – African blog aggregator categorized per country

Business
DailyHub – Social Content for Business Geeks
KillerStartups.com – The Next Big Thing on the Internet is here. You pick it.
Small Business Brief

Christian
blogs4God – Popular Posts by Christians who blog

College
Campus Reader – America’s College Newspaper

Computers & Technology
Tweako

Culture
BARKS – Art, Music, Film

Deals
Agent B
Dealigg.com

Developers
DZone – fresh links for developers

Domaining
DNHour.com

Educational Resources
Qoolsqool

Entertainment
ShowHype

Environmental
Hugg 2.0
Plant Change
Fivelimes

Fashion
Stylehive
Chictini.com

Fishing
Angling Masters

Gadgets
Meme or Lame

General
Blipoo
Blogmemes
Digg
Hypediss
iFancyIt.com
IndianPad
linkfilter.net
Mixx
MySpace News
Newsvine
NowPublic
plime
Reddit
Shoutwire
Socialogs
Thoof

Health & Medicine
Dissect Medicine

Internet Marketing
PlugIM
Marktd
Online Advertising News

Microsoft
DotNetKicks

Music
Metalz
Musigg
Screamfeed

News
BuzzFlash

Off Beat
FARK

Parenting
Babblz

Photography
PhotographyVoter

Politics
News Heat

SEO/SEM Related
Sphinn
SEO Tagg

Shopping
iliketotallyloveit
ThisNext
eBay Wiki
Kaboodle

Social Action
Care2

Sports
ArmchairGM
Ballhype
Bikespace
FanNation
Fanspot
FitLink.com
Golf Finder
Golfer Linkup
High School Playbook
iLovetoPlay
Infield Parking
oobgolf
ScoreGuru.com
Sixer – Connecting Cricket Fans
SportsMates – The Global Sports Social Network
Sportsvite – Find people to play with
Takkle – High school sports network
UltraFan
ZexSports
ZigaZoga – Soccer

Tips & Tutorials
Daytipper
Tipstrs
TTiqq

Web Design
Pixel Groovy
DesignSiteUp – Vote on great web designs, submit yours for consideration.

Women
sk*rt