Archive for April, 2010
IndiBlogger in the NDTV Metro Plus Show
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Bloggers Block: In The Hindu Metro Plus
Monday, April 19th, 2010Thanks to Sudhish Kamath for writing this article about IndiBlogger, and publishing our blogging stats on Chennai. Click on the image below for the full scan. Online version here.
Pepsi Youngistaan ka WOW!
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
The Pepsi Youngistaan ka WOW! IndiBlogger of the month is in its final phase of nomination. There have been over 80 nominations so far and quite a few of them aiming for the 30,000 rupee cash prize. The nominations will be revealed this week, and the contest will enter the voting phase.
Having read through some of the entries, we feel that these posts are some of the bloggers best work yet. There have been some very creative suggestions on the Pepsi game which is live on twitter with #pepsithegame and is promoted through all IndiBlogger.in channels.
We wish everyone the very best for the next crucial phase of this competition. A good tip for getting more votes is to participate actively within the online community. The winners of the previous IndiBlogger of the month contests have always been amazing in using multiple channels to bring the online community closer to their blogs. This enables them to get feedback on their blogging and also give that little inspiration to write a masterpiece next time around.
If you have not nominated yourselves yet, please do so at the contest page on IndiBlogger. Hopefully this contest would have helped some of you improve your creative writing, get some new followers but most of all we hope that you had a great time blogging!
Anoop Johnson & The IndiBlogger Team
The Black hair, Grey Hair & No-Hair UniverCell IndiBlogger Hyderabad Meet!
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010It was a hair here and a hair there as the first thing noticeable on a hot summer afternoon in Hyderabad was the age range of the crowd. We had everyone from an 11 year old blogger to others who claimed to have grey hairs of wisdom. Over the past few months we have interacted with over 500 bloggers through blogger meets and online contests. We get tons of your support messages and the kind words in some of them are a boost to us every time. Keep your thoughts coming and thank you for the reviews on the UniverCell IndiBlogger Meet.
The thirty seconds of fame was hilarious as always in Hyderabad. It inspired the title of this post. The blogger who said that, please stand up and take a bow. 
We got a lot of valuable feedback in the many reviews we have received. One of the bloggers expressed concern that people could not take note of the credentials of the blogger during the 30 seconds. This is a valid argument. If there are any ideas or better yet if there is some free code that we could borrow/ steal, do let us know and we will figure something out.
The chart activity was a great time to connect with friends! I put my comments on a few bloggers. Some bloggers want more time on it. We are still deliberating logistics, but we agree. BTW what is everyone doing with the chart papers? You guys can put them up too, we’d love to see!
The Quiz by Riyaz Usman was a good little thing for those who had… BRAINS!!! After every question, I would turn around to Renie and ask “What was the question??” Aiyo! Very embarrassing!! There were many bloggers who knew the answers and 10 of them won discount coupons from UniverCell, for the rest of us, let’s form a club. The names of the winners are in this sacred document. As she did with all your sketch pens, Rashmi put this paper in her pocket and sat down somewhere. Kindly excuse the folds. The document was then torn to protect private data.
We also noticed that there was more enthusiasm for the UniverCell blogger contest and we wish you guys the best. This is a great opportunity for bloggers to live the blogging dream, if there ever was one! Anisha @ RCB is doing a great job for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and her work is featured on the RCB website. I am pretty sure that she has tons of fun! The UniverCell contest on the other hand is for gadget bloggers. Staying close to every mobile phone that comes into the Indian market, drool drool!
Many thanks to the IndiBlogger.in core guys and Karthik in particular who got things done in time to make possible this very enjoyable meet. We all felt a little bit different at the end of this blogger meet and a tweet from Sanz4U said it all “Don’t forget Hyderabad”. We certainly won’t!
We hope you guys liked the video prepared just for Hyderabad. We will be uploading it soon after we add a few elements from the meet.
Anoop Johnson & The IndiBlogger Team
Update: The meeting was covered by the Hindu, here’s the online version and the scan is below:
UniverCell Hyderabad IndiBlogger meet 2010
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Woo hoo and some loud cheers!!!
The above is how I describe the anticipation and excitement the IndiBlogger team has towards the second installment of the UniverCell IndiBlogger Meet, scheduled to take place in Hyderabad this Sunday, April 11th.
When we had an official IndiBlogger meet in Hyderabad last time, a lot of bloggers felt that the venue was too far. However, surprise surprise and more surprise – It was one of the most tightly packed blogger meet we had ever arranged for until that point of time. Bottom line? Hyderabad bloggers are awesome and they will do a lot to make the event a great success.
This year Univercell, one of the largest mobile retail chains in India, is sponsoring the event. Why would they do that? Univercell is excited and looking forward to working with bloggers across India and we love working with them as well. UniverCell is also promoting a competition to find their official gadget blogger. The blogger will be paid to blog full time on UniverCellblog.in and will be given the title of “The UniverCell Official Blogger”. UniverCell will also bring its wealth of knowledge in mobile phones to gadget bloggers in Hyderabad. More details at the meet 
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Where and When?
Sunday, April 11, 2010 from 2:30 PM till 6:00 PM
At Fortune Select Manohar, Begumpet Airport Exit Road, Begumpet, Hyderabad 500 016 .
What do we do at the meet?
- As usual, we can meet other bloggers whom we have already ‘met’ online and also get to know our blogging community better.
- Lots of fun and it will be an enjoyable Sunday afternoon
- Get serious with discussions like – Traditional media and the role of alternative media like blogging
- Get a first hand look at new gadgets, courtesy Univercell
- Everybody gets a chance to promote their blog, or a blog post or themselves as a blogger
- And much more…
For RSVP and more information please move onto http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=70
And, did I say it is free? All you need to come for the blogger meet is to have a blog and be in Hyderabad on that day. Simple, really.
Cheers, and see you all in Hyderabad,
The IndiBlogger Team.
