Independent Analysis: AI, SaaS, and Revenue Growth Strategy

Casa San Blas Btique hotel in Cusco Peru

Casa San Blas wall , originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda . The story of this hotel is that it was bought from a family of brothers and sisters who neglected to keep up the prope…

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Brent Leary and David Bullock : Duplicate Barack Obama campaign efforts for your own business

Brent Leary and David Bullock created a great site called Barack20.com that studied the Barack Obama compaign's use of Social media tools and how it can apply to Small Busines…

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Look what the Google Alert Fairy for Corporate Twitter brought me !

Google News Alert for: corporate twitter Your 'Tweet' on Twitter Could Be Trouble Law.com - San Francisco,CA,USA Lawyers caution, however, that Twitter carries a number o…

Honored to be on FIR Interview: Shashi Bellamkonda, Social Media Swami, Network Solutions

Thank you Shel for having me on the For Immediate Release podcast : Please go here to listen http://cli.gs/TVNeaA and give both Shel and me feedback by commenting there.

The Luck of being born around 1955 Outliers – The story of Success By Malcolm Gladwell ( Book Review)

Malcolm Galdwell writes very well. His books Tipping Point, Blink really changed the way people think of making a difference in business. Outliers is about success, what contribut…

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Brent Leary : Business Technology Radio

Brent Leary is a CRM guru and a speaker at leading Small Business conferences. I was honored to be on his Business Technology Radio talk show , he usually has several luminaries a…

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Know any good female role models?

Here is a message from Kathy Korman Frey @chiefhotmomma In search of nominees: Female role models for our Hot Mommas Project case study competition. Contact me through Linked in,…

Beware of Mobile Lifters?

Beware of Mobile Lifters? , originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda . What do you think they are talking about ? Guess where this is and you can write a guest post for us on http://…

What are the best words to use when you want others to help you in an email?

I asked this question a few days bask to my Twitter/Facebook community and got these responses.i have several theories on what words work in emails and I was happy to get these re…

Not made in Detroit

Sri Lanka , originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda . This is a picture of a Autoricksha w from Southern Sri Lanka. if you are driving a car think of what you miss here :)

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Digital Media Wire : List of top "25 Executives to Watch in Digital Entertainment”

See the list at Digital insider : http://cli.gs/zL7uph . if you are too eager the list is here, and I still feel you should read the Digital Media Wire article to get more context…

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Would you like to be a Swami Groupie

I am testing the Google Friend Connect.Try joining at http://www.socialmediaswami.com as this is not working.

Lending and Borrowing Books 2.0

A few months ago I wrote a post about "Netflix for books" - services that send you books as a membership model . The Washington Post Sunday Edition has a collection of s…

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How tweet it is - Jennifer Conner in the Washington Biz Journal

Jennifer Conner wrote a great article for newbies on Twitter http://cli.gs/nD8Q5e She quoted me in the article :- " At Herndon-based Network Solutions Inc., Social Media Swami…

Dr Peter Whybrow at Pop!tech . Sleep for eight hours or else?

@ Yahoo! Video Its called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it. - George Carlin 2005 Does America have the perfect society in the world, listen to a neuro…

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@93Octane's Top 6 Twitter Tips

Lyell Petersen is a good friend. I met him on Twitter and met him FtoF when I went to Charlotte for the Network Solutions Small Business Networking event with Guy Kawasaki . he cel…

Rohit Bhargava makes the Network Solutions Swami tell his story

Rohit Bhargava is a well known author of "Personality Not included" and we have interviewed him for the Network Solutions Small Business Blog . At Blog World Expo Rohit B…

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Chandler Burr : Perfume Critic at Pop!Tech 2008

@ Yahoo! Video See this interesting video and also learn that sandlewood is extinct in Mysore. The Pop!tech website describes the video as 'Chandler Burr is the New York Times&…

What is your energy footprint ? Dr Saul Griffith's Wattzon.com

@ Yahoo! Video I hope you make plans to attend Pop!Tech 2009 . It was amazing listening to people with a lot of knowledge. I listened to Dr Griffith describe the doomsday scenario a…

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Cable Guy Turns His Ladder Into a Lifesaver

Passerby Helps Residents Escape Silver Spring Apartment Fire. The Comcast repairman Jorge Rivera saw thick, black smoke force a woman to drop a young girl from the top floor of a…

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How to Revitalize a dried Marker - Instructables.com

bring a dried out marker back to life! - More DIY How To Projects Wow ! This was a life saver today http://www.instructables.com/id/bring-a-dried-out-marker-back-to-life/

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Everything (basic) you’d like to know about social bookmarking - By Ken Yeung

My friend Ken Wrote a very interesting post today. The timing was right and I was looking for this topic. Read it here http://cli.gs/23pt1zExtract: Bookmarking is not about simple…

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Be a voice for Darfur : Addyourvoice.org needs your help

http://www.addyourvoice.org/ is seeking the help of real people to spread the word about Darfur. What needs to happen in Darfur : Protection of civilians from violence, starvation…

Shama Hyder Rebrands to Clicktoclient

I met Shama Hyder on Twitter and for the first time IRL at SXSW 2008. Her mantra is to help small business learn "how to leverage the internet to get more clients and grow th…

Waiting for Kathleen Parker to Twitter - WSJ and Washington post Talk about Twitter

The debate goes on whether Twitter is mainstream or a collection of eclectic individuals who have banded and bonded together. My friend and fellow blogger at Network Solutions Joe …

Where will we go to when twitter is down?

SixApart has acquired Pownce and will shut down Pownce and employ the Pownce team. yeah ! Human beings rule ! The Pownce team was great and godo luck to them when they move to S…

GreenLand votes for freedom in Freezing cold

Flickr Photo by Stml After 300 years Greenland will become independent from Denmark. A large number of voters turned up despite heavy snow and temperatures of minus 5 degrees Celsi…

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The latest Economist vs Time who wins?

The latest Economist vs Time who wins? , originally uploaded by shashiBellamkonda . I admire the Economist. It presents a world view that I have enjoyed during various stages of my l…
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Black Friday : Good luck with your shopping

I am not planning to do much shopping but a friend of mine said that he was going for a hard Drive Deal at office Depot 650GB that is going cheaply. The other deal was probably be…
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Mumbai War Zone : Great photo from Vinu

IMG_5767 , originally uploaded by Vinu . Pictures speak louder than words. This is the picture that Blogger Vinu Ranganathan took from the operations around his house.
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Helicopter Approaching Nariman Bldg

Helicopter Approaching Nariman Bldg , originally uploaded by ArunShanbhag . From Mumbai Blogger Arun Shabagh Uploaded by ArunShanbhag on 27 Nov 08, 10.13PM EST.
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Opinion: Obama's First Foreign Test

What will india do? Search "somewhere" For answers? - Follow hot pursuit across borders? "Pressure will mount for India to act in response to the Mumbai attacks. S…
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Mumbai Bombay Terror: 24 hours Later

saw these on the same day , originally uploaded by Rex Chen . Photos: Hindustan Times Photo Gallery : http://go.greatbon.us/nk26 AP Story on Business impact: http://go.greatbon.us/z48 9 …
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Bombay Blast Pics : Blogger posts to Flickr

IMG_5451 , originally uploaded by Vinu . One of the first pics appearing online from the Mumbai area are from this Indian Blogger http://vinu.wordpress.com and @vinu on Twitter. Many…
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Meeting Imogen Heap at Pop!Tech and listening to the Pop!Tech Parrot

You can see by the number of blog posts on Pop!tech that the effect of Pop!tech is still with me. Imogen heap was awesome and she is so down to earth. She was nominated for the Gr…
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Network Solutions Black Friday Widget for all Black Friday Deals

I was happily drinking coffee in a San Francisco Starbucks and Talking to Geoff Livingston and Chris Carfi. Chris pulls out his Iphone and shows me a Cerado Widget. I have a "…
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