ParitoshSharma.com – A Sneek Preview

Finally the news is out, and its doing the rounds all over…

ParitoshSharma.com, the much awaited collaborative platform for Personal Branding, is LIVE into public beta, for Feedback! YES!

Since www.paritoshsharma.com is a collaborative platform, I need your feedback on deisgn and usability!! Appreciate your time! Also, your feedback would be hosted LIVE on the blog and you can WIN a chance to be featured on The “ParitoshSharma” Show!!

There is lots of action in store, a quick sneek peek into The “Paritosh Sharma” Show:

Your feedback is much appreciated!

To know more and to connect with me: mail me at paritosh@paritoshsharma.com

Talented Indian Kid – Street seller – speaks Multiple Languages

TALENT!! Well, you would have heard this word many a times before reading it here on this Blog!

Well, I being an entrepreneur, am always fascinated by talented people. From a simple yet effective idea of making lassi (a cherished Indian drink) using a washing machine, to the Indian magic

While going through YouTube, I found this really amazing video of an Indian boy, who sells fans on the street, right outside the famous ‘Hanging Garden’ ….Now what’s so talented about this, you may ask?

Well, the boy is a MultiLinguist , YES! He can speak to you in multiple languages with the ease of a fluent speaker and well, he does not go to school. He just sells, and I loved the part in which he says, he likes it, when foreign tourists come to him and tell him, hey kid, iv seen you on YouTube (internet). Though he has no idea of the same!!

Watch this kid and flow in with your comments:

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Apple iPhone – reflects phone radiation – Exclusive by Paritosh

For all the iPhone lovers, and people who own one, well this is one thing which would make you think, a tank!!

iPhone reflects mobile phone radiation. Look at the popcorn experiment happening in this video taken from YouTube.

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Entry Barrier – Essential for your Business Plan to find funds

Looking at the topic of the blog post, “Entry Barrier – Essential for your Business Plan fo find funds”

Well, the picture above does not really reflect the same, does it?

To create a context: This picture has been taken by me, while I was having “Hot Chocolate” coffee at “Open House Coffee”, a coffee shop, which incidentally has only one store in Delhi.

Yes – a Coffee chain that has only a single store in Delhi

I enquired about this concept fromt he coffee makers there, and they said, all over India, we have only two stores! RIght upon hearing this, I thought probably the other store would be really big and lavish, coz seeing this one didn’t make me feel any good.

Location of the store: A jam packed, market in one of Delhi’s nowhere near to popular area – Paharganj

Space of the store: Well, its a small store and there is not much of space to sit and have fun

So what’s the point? (That’s me at the coffee house)

Well, the point is the location of the sotre!! There may be several Cafe Coffee Day outlets and many Barista’s out in Delhi. ALmost everywhere you would find one! And the amazing thing is that almost everywhere you would find the place packed with people.

Amazingly, the Open House Coffee, has only one store in Delhi, at a place where probably the maximum number of tourists who land in Delhi, stay. The place is full of foreign tourists who stay in these small and dingy hotels and guest houses. Now each of these tourists who is looking out, well the first thing in this Strange land they see, which makes them feel like home, is this Coffee house, which attracts the eye!

And wallah! You have foreign footfalls, at a place where you would not expect the locals to pay almost a Dollar for a cuppa coffee.

Now if I see, then within the area, almost till another 5-7 Kms. there is no other good coffee house, which can be called competition. And the best part is, I think, though I have not spoken to the founder of the coffee chain, well, the target audience are just what Open Coffee House, would want.

Also, looking at the place, I dont really see much space which a Cafe Coffee Day or a Barista could capture in the market. As its a jam packed, place, which not many people would roam around for a cuppa!

Interesting positioning I must say, good to see things different!

Best game ever on YouTube – Exclusive on this Blog!

Well, I am a Social Media Evangelist with one of India’s Online Marketing companies, and well, I think, the new embed feature that YouTube has implemented, has created newer avenues into branding and positioning! I am already thinking on a Bplan

Here is the game featured exclusively on this blog for you – play and try winning the entire 33 levels

Kudos to the guy who thought of it !!

Love – what does it teach you?

Well, its 1:03 am in the morning, today I have a big launch (my company is launching India’s first Online platform, for taking Events and Conferences to Global Audience)

And yet I am doing this blog post, coz I think this is one thing which would make a difference in many a lives!

Let me start by creating a context for this one – I was at the gurudwara last evening, asking God various answers for all the questions which have been ratlling my brain since the past almost a month, when I met this awesome person in my life, who has suudenly changed life!

Is this love? Well…to know, read on!

So, I got an answer from God today, he said “jin aakhon mei sapne hote hain, unmei neend aur chain nahi hote…unmei toh sirf pyaar ki jagah hoti hai, aakhir sapno se pyaar hi toh hota hai”

I am an entrepreneur, and I have India’s leading Online Marketing company, of which I am a part of

And the answer that I got from God, well, being an entrepreneur I could more than just relate to the answer. These were the words which struck me while I was at the gurudwara.

So where does Love come in the picture?

The biggest thing that I have learnt in love is “You know what is flurry” , no I haven’t gone cracks. But this is what I got to learn from one of the best and the most beautiful human I know!

Well, where is Love in “you know what is flurry“….that is it!

If you cant see Love happening in this statement, well you are skipping the smallest of the moments in life, probably to look at those ohh so good looking and elusive ones’ …

I have been working for almost 28 hours now…and am writing about Love…

Yes, its almost 28 hours now that I have been working continously, and well, Love is something that is making me go strong though I am pretty exhausted. Its Love for that ohh so special someone, well I dont know, I’d say. All that I know is simple…Love has taught me to savour all those moments of life which I was skipping, probably to get to the better ones’ …

jin aakhon mei sapne hote hain, unmei neend aur chain nahi hote…unmei toh sirf pyaar ki jagah hoti hai, aakhir sapno se pyaar hi toh hota hai

I am a confesse dreamer, I see dreams with open eyes. I see a dream daily, something new everyday. These dreams make me go the extra mile…they make me work hard…and create and set new limits

Well, but today I have the biggest realization which gives a support and an answer to all the questions which I had related to the dreams.

Its not easy seeing a dream and sticking to it, giving your life to it. Yep, its not. So what keep the fire on, all the time, everytime?

Honestly speaking, though I am an entrepreneur, seen many things, ups and downs and I work along with a great team of people, but I could never figure out for myself, what is making these dreams fuelled?

Everytime I fall, a dream catches fire again!

And Love’s got everything to do with it!

You know what flurry is?

Well, its softly falling snow, and when you are walking across the road, feeling the snow, which is as pure and serene as you, well, in that moment, that’s Love.

I was told the meaning of flurry, by someone as pure and serene. And I fell in love! Yes I am in Love!!

Today I live in every moment, I smile past the time going by, I laugh at silly things, I am normal! I dont pretend to look good anymore! And I am in Love!

And if you ask me today, what has Love taught me, well…

All I know is “I know what Flurry is” and this is what Love means to me…

Life’s as simple as this, probably we make it a lill’ more complex with our own meanings and reasons…Lets live it…

And for the person, well for the rest of my life, I would like to keep knowing each and every second of my life “what flurry is”…

Paritosh Sharma’s Blog crosses 500+ readers

I would like to thank all my readers as ParitoshSharma’s Blog today crosses the 500 mark, to be precise 509 readers in 11 days!

I’d like to know more on what all would you like to read and see on this blog! Please leave your comments and all bouquets and brickbats are welcome!

Thanks,

Paritosh Sharma
Social Media Evangelist,
OMLogic, India’s Leading Online Marketing company

Empower the women in your life – be ‘man enough’!

Okay, so before I do this blog post, I would like to thank with all the honesty, every woman in my life

What prompts me to do this post is this workshop that I attended a couple of days back, where probably I got one of the biggest lessons of my life.

A question for everyone (especially the gentlemen out there) well, how many times in life have you expressed that you are a man of your words, or just that you have had to prove that yes you stand for the fact that you are man enough!

Coutesy: UNDP

Well, being one, I have had many times in life, when I had to express that yes Im man enough, and then started the vicious cycle of the male bastion – ego jumping…which everytime used to take me in its arms, making me feel yes Im right, but in that moment probably as a normal human being, I did not ever feel, that while Im putting up all the reasons in supporting, my righteousness, Im also making someone wrong. (be it anyone for that matter)

Iv seen many married couples just ‘Putting up’ with each other…

Well, I know of many a people, who are just putting up both with each other and in life. And they are giving every reason possible to make sure, that yes they are right in their own respect, but in process, they probably do not even realize that they are making their partners wrong.

We are living in the times, when times are a changing. There are leading women all around and which I personally feel is great! But Iv also heard a lot of males (including myself just sometime back), that how crappy is the whole concept of women empowerment and all the fuss created due to it.

But all during this time, I always had to express to the women in my life, that Yes, Im man enough…..

- to take care of them….protect them….and all that talk….but what was missing, was I had to….it was an effort….and it never gave me the respect that I was looking for in my own life….i mean..why do I need to tell some of the most beautiful parts of my life, that Im man enough for them?!

And came a Big lesson – Empower every Woman in your life:)

Well, its pretty simple, all that a man needs to do is empower every woman in his life…whether its his Mother, Sister, Wife, Friend, or whatever….

What do I mean by empowering?

Well, no, you do not have to take any special steps for this! there are no mantras that you need to chant, and no this certainly does not mean that you leave everyone to their own….you are not dettaching yourself from them…

All that you are doing is, supporting and applausing the woman in the the simplest acts that she does….so if I give an example, lets say your wife does not wants to cook food today, well the simplest thing that you could do is, if you know well, you can cook, otherwise it does not take much to order something from outside

What would this do?

Looking at the above example, its seems so meaningless, but wait….well if you keep doing such acts in every part of your life, you would essentially create a space for your lady. You would not have to deliberately give her space or anything, you would not have to have your reasons of giving her anything….and the best part is you would never have to tell her that you are man anough for her!

The space which hence gets created, is a mutual effort and not a deliberate one, hence it takes least deliberation on your part, which makes the relationship, free and simply so easy to understand!

So…go ahead empower the women in your life…and no you dont need to express that you’re man enough!

Steve Jobs introduces laptop with no keyboard – another first from Apple

This is height of Innovation!

“People using keyboards are standing in the way of Human Progress”
- Steve Jobs

I dont know about you people, but the above statement could be made by either someone who comes from a different age, who has lost it, Or One who knows…He HAS IT!!

A laptop with no Keyboard

No, Im not kidding, Apple announced the intorduction of the new Apple Mac book Wheel, which is a laptop with everything that a normal mac has, just that the designers forgot to include the keyboard …And Im not kidding, there is no keyboard in this awesome piece of technology!

In a first of its kind, Apple has introduced the technology which would revolutionize the way we used to learn typing “QWERTY”. A glance at the machine, makes you say, well, I know this one, it so looks like my iPOD!! And well, the Wheel in the laptop, which replaces the normal keyboard, is truly going to banish (if that happens) the use of keyboards which I have known since I know computers.

A sneek peek into the machine (exclusively on this Blog):

So when do I get my hands dirty, Im ready!

Apple says, the new Apple mac Wheel would be available in the market in 3 to 15 months from now.

My Take:

Steve, have you heard about the path to greatness? Well you are on! (I would love to interview Steve on this blog), strange wish, but if someone can help, I’d be debted

- Keep Innovating!

AdultDost(dot)com – The Social viral message!

“Dude yeh paap hai” – (Dude this is sin!)

What kind of a title is it? Since when did Paritosh start featuring “Adult” sites on the blog? What is the world coming to? Just to increase readership how can someone feature such a thing!

Well, just before you you think of all these questions….read ahead….

This is going to give you a new insight into Viral Marketing using Social Media

What is AdultDost.com? Well, AdultDost is a Viral marketing campaign which has been designed for a major into Television space (TATA Sky) by a known Advertising company.

Okay, So I think I revealed the story a lil’ too early? Is it? I dont think so!

What is Virality, well I discussed the issue of Virality sometime back in one of my previous posts. Hmmm…interesting enough, but why would a company like TATA Sky, use such a name to launch an advertising campaign and that too for a product which caters to the idiot box (your television, which is powered by TATA Sky).?

Nice question! Well, and the question has a simple answer to it!

The answer is simple, If I am writing an entire blog post about it, spending 20 minutes in letting people know about the campaign, TATA Sky has achieved its purpose and hence it shows that the advertising company did achieve its objectives.

So right was Jagjit Singh (the great ghazal singer) when he said –

baat nikalegi toh phir duur talak jaaegi (if you speak out something, it would go till far)

Well, though Jagjit Singh never meant Social Media marketing and Viral messaging, but (just that I like ghazals) and the line seems a good fit

Moral of the story?!

For every online marketer its an achievement to create that one Ohh! So Viral campaign which would establish a great brand! I think with the increase in awareness in the generall masses and with the increase in the subscription and widespread of broadband services, many issues are getting handled!

2008, saw some great Social Media tools being created which evolved into moster houses. I describe Social Media as a party where you are all the time, every-time. And just like when you go to a party, you put the best foot forward, dress like rockstars, well the same applies to Social Media, where you are in a party everytime, all the time!

I think, 2009 (now that we have stepped into it) would see further stabilization of the various Social Media tools in terms of a deeper understanding of the, with newer models of branding, business emerging out.