Shrinidhi lists some of the advantages why an event should be live blogged….

• # Traditional media may not be able to cover an event live and delivers event news to public after a delay of few hours to a day. Live blogging, on the other hand can bring in instant updates and happenings of the event, both for the people attending the event as well as to those who are not able to. Conventional media (print & TV) only gives a high level reporting of the event (due to time and space constraints) while bloggers can report each activity in detail and let readers chose what they want to read
• # Live blogging ensures extended reach for an event, reaching out to those who may not be physically present but are keen to follow the developments (like what did a particular speaker say etc) Live blogging lets them follow the updates from the comfort of their office/homes.
  # Live blogging effectively documents the keynotes shared by the speaker. A journalist composing his report at the end of the day will have much less to recall vis-à-vis a blogger who blogs soon after the speaker finishes speaking
• # At most of the conferences, end of the day all discussions are forgotten and people get busy with their day to day work. Live blogging can well document the day’s proceedings and facilitate further discussion on the topic among interested individuals, even after the event.

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CII Connect 2010- the premier ICT event in India was held successfully on 8^th and 9^th September at Chennai Trade Center, Nadambakam, Chennai. It was a “CEO” studded two days with many CEOs, MDs and top officials from the IT industry taking part in the event.

About Connect:

CONNECT is a forum for Indian Information and Communication Technology Industry (ICT) to confer on latest trends & developments. It has also been designed to showcase Tamil Nadu’s capabilities in the sector. CONNECT 2010 is a milestone! It is the 10th edition in the series. Connect 2010 featured a 2 Days Conference and Exhibition

The event was live blogged and live tweeted by the blogging team from Business Blogging. The event was extensively covered by our blogging squad. They came up with blog posts which carried the key points of the talk given by the panelists at Connect 2010. The team came up with around 60 Blog posts – the highest number in the history of CII Connect.

The Here is the list of Bloggers and volunteers who worked hard towards the success of CII Connect 2010:

• Preeti Mishra
• Rajesh Kumar
• Amitabh mishra
• Noor Salam Khan
• Ram Kumar
• Balaji Lakshmanan
• Vijaya Kumar
• Prashanti Ganesh
• Anuj Shankar
• Harish Murali
• Samuel Eddy
• Gomathi Sarnya
• Kiruba Shankar
• Shrinidhi Hande
• Nagajyothi Nookula
• Sandeep Varma
• Ashokha Varshini
• Banu priya

Great work, Team! Your hard work is appreciated.

IAMAI’s next event is on 29^th July2010 at IIM bengaluru, India. This Seminar, aimed at Mobile Applications Developers’ to provide them a common platform to deliberate upon the opportunities and challenges of growth pertaining to the mobile applications services in India. The Seminar will start at 9am and go on till 5.30 pm.

For agenda: http://ievents.iamai.in/mad/agenda.php

Speed dating is one of the activities at the meet… To know what this speed dating is, check this post

If you need assistance reaching the venue, check this post

The event has got a fairly impressive list of speakers and over 100+ registrations have been received already!

BusinessBlogging team will be live blogging the meet. Be there to make the most of it or follow the updates online at IAMAI official blog, powered by BusinessBlogging Looking forward to meet you all in Bengaluru on 29^th.

Business Blogging team, headed by Shrinidhi Hande and assisted by Chanakya Grover and Sujoy Bhattacharjee lived blogged IAMAI’s Free for SMEs Conference, held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 6th of July.

Below are some key points that emerged out of the conference. For detailed session wise talks and updates, please refer http://ievents.iamai.in/blog/

Govt of India has lots of schemes for SMEs. Mr Dinesh Rai, Secretary, Ministry of MSMEs, Govt of India briefed about few of them. Govt subsidises spend on skill development, (Upto 30% for plants and machinery, Rs 30-60 per person per hour for skill development (depending on rural/urban) is paid by Govt. Those who wish to get trained will get vouchers with which they can redeem in partner institutions and get trained, Upto 60 lakhs is provided for institutions to set up incubation centres and so on). Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitr Yojna will help emerging entrepreneurs. Full details are available at msme.gov.in

SMEs appear to be highly confused or misled on the ICT (Internet Communication Technology) front. Most of the enterprises do not have an online presence, which is very critical these days. There’re 35 million SMEs in India, but only 0.5 million registered domains. Gautham Gandhi of Google India was hot favorite among the audience post session, as everyone wanted to know how to select a SEO vendor and how much to pay. Gautham did his best to clarify that any claim made by SEO vendors that they’re associated/affiliated/partners with Google are outright false and such companies will not be able to produce any documentation to the effect. Also its best for business owners to spend some time and effort to understand the basics of SEO, Social Media and other aspects, so that they would know what they’re dealing with when the work is outsourced to other companies.

Similarly Social Media is something companies definitely adopt to, but expecting overnight return from Social Media spend would result in failure. At this stage social media can be used to create better brand awareness, better brand recall and loyalty. Once these 3 are achieved, sales will naturally improve. But expecting sales to increase just after creating a fan page in facebook can be catastrophic.

Business Blogging is the official Social Media partners for IAMAI.

Business Blogging team effeciently live blogged IAMAI’s Marketing Conclave in New Delhi last week.

To read the event coverage, please visit IAMAI’s official blog

The team was headed by Kiruba Shankar and Shrinidhi Hande.

Chanakya and Sujoy lent a helping hand…

What should be the priorities of a marketing manager? Should one continue to invest heavily in traditional print and television media? Is new media really effective? What will be the outlook for print and television medium? What would be the next big leap for brands? What is so unique about Mobile medium?

All the above questions will be answered at IAMAI’s next event, Marketing Conclave, to be held in New Delhi on 29th April 2010. A must attend event for marketing heads to get an insight into the future of marketing.

To know more about the event, check event website. To register, click here (Registration fee is very nominal at Rs 5000+ tax)

Business Blogging team will be live blogging and live tweeting the event. Stay tuned to IAMAI official blog for more updates. Business Blogging is proud to be the official Social Media partners for IAMAI and we’ve lived blogged the past 2 IAMAI events- The Mobile Ad Conference and National Security & Digital Technology Conference

Business Blogging team has successfully live blogged and live tweeted IAMAI’s Mobile Advertising Conference, held at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.

The team was led by Shrinidhi Hande and was assisted by Sneha Menon and Vikrama.

For the blog updates on IAMAI’s Mobile advertising conference, pls check the event blog here.

The event was also live tweeted on Twitter

If you are active on Social Media and are passionate about the Mobile market, this could be an opportunity that would interest you.

We are looking for live bloggers and live tweeters to cover the 2nd Mobile Ad Conference in Mumbai on April 7th.

Since this is a Mumbai based event, would be easier if you live in Mumbai.

Here are some of the advantages you can look forward to.

1) You will be given the official blogger/tweeter status.

2) You, ofcourse, get a free entry to the event.  You save some decent money.

3) By having the official status, you get an easier access to the speakers and key dignitaries.  Better Schmoozing.

4) We will publish your profile, photo, link to your blog & Twitter account on the blog.

Here’s what is required of you.

1) We’d request you to have  a laptop with a datacard.   There would be Wi-Fi at the 5-star hotel but we have often had trouble with it. Best to have a data-card as backup.

2) You will be part of a very active team who will be live blogging and live tweeting the event.  We will split various responsibilities between us and take on the task.  Attention to details and ability to capture the key essence of what the speaker is saying is important.

Its fun working together as a team.

3) We will give you access to the official blog and office Twitter account of IAMAI. In addition to writing on the official accounts, you are welcome to blog on your personal blogs and twitter as well.

We are the official Social Media Partners for IAMAI and we constantly look out for interesting people to join the live blogging team. A kickarse team did a pretty good coverage at the National Security & Digital Technology Conference in Delhi.

If you enjoyed yourself doing a good job,  you stand a good chance of coming in more often to such events.

Sounds interesting? Do send an email to Kiruba[@]Kiruba.com or call 09841597744.  While emailing, do send across links to your blog, twitter and Linkedin profile.  Look foward.