Pumba Online Connection

Who sells the largest number of cameras in India?

Your guess is likely to be Sony, Canon or Nikon. Answer is none of the above. The winner is Nokia whose main line of business in India is not cameras but cell phones.

Reason being cameras bundled with cellphones are outselling stand alone cameras. Now, what prevents the cellphone from replacing the camera outright? Nothing at all. One can only hope the Sonys and Canons are taking note.

Try this. Who is the biggest in music business in India? You think it is HMV Sa-Re-Ga-Ma? Sorry. The answer is Airtel. By selling caller tunes (that play for 30 seconds) Airtel makes more than what music companies make by selling music albums (that run for hours).

Here are the PUMBA Newsletters published for 2009:

Gazette - January 2009

Gazette - February 2009

Gazette - March 2009

Gazette - April 2009

Gazette - May 2009

Gazette - June 2009

Gazette - July 2009

I just finished compiling a list of Videos & Blogs expalining "What is Social Media? and How to use it for Business?". So thought of sharing this list with fellow Pumbaites.
You can read the complete blog here: Social Media - Deciphered
What is Social Media? A question every marketeer is asking every other marketeer. Not many have the right answer.

And when you try to answer many marketeers (actually almost all) will give you the same old "Explain this to a monkey look!" Cause there is a feeling inbuilt in marketing from ages that all consumers are monkeys. So keep your campaign simple so that a Monkey would understand it.

Cisco Systems has been promoting rural education through using of innovative technology and harnessing young entrepreneurship. In Chhindwara(Madhya Pradesh), Cisco has helped three entrepreneurs to help achieve their Lakshya (Goal) of establishing a network for virtual education. Full story here.

One day I got a call from my father and I picked it up hoping that it would be just another enquiry call about how I was and what I am doing. Usually I am ready with the answers to these type of questions (different every time) but this time around the question was such that I had no clue what to say. No, he wasn’t asking me whether I would like get married. He told me that some association of industrialists are organizing a trade fair in the city and asked if it would be a good idea to set up a stall there to promote our business. Thinking being one of my favourite hobbies and having no immediate answer for the question, I decided to waste a few minutes of my father’s precious time and went into the ‘mull’ state.

Natural Path (Sahaj Marg) meditation is a simplified form of Raja Yoga meditation. Unique among Indian yogic practices, the Sahaj Marg system offers us

The Alumni Cell deeply mourns the sad demise of Mr. Melwin Mascarenhas (2006 alumnus) . We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends and join them in prayers during this traumatic phase. May his soul rest in peace.

Facebook - In loving memory of Melwin