Archive for January, 2008

Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Founder On Wikia Search And More..

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

We are back! Though we took a little time this time around but we are back with an Exclusive show and with none other than Jimmy Wales the Founder of the “Not for Profit” Wikipedia.org and also the founder and CEO of the “For Profit” firm Wikia.

We caught up with Mr.Jimmy Wales and asked him some really difficult question regarding his new search startup Wikia! Here are the Question..

What is Wikia Search? How is Wikia Social Search Different from Google Search?

Will Wikia Make Search More Semantic?

What bought forth the vision for Wikia an Online Library as opposed to Wikipedia which is an online encyclopedia?

And Many more…

Watch the WATShow below (Turn On Your Speakers)

Hope you enjoyed this exclusive WATShow! Until Next Wiki.. Oops Week ;) See ya!

Ibibo CEO - Ashish Kashyap Speaks on OneFamily and Ibibo Marketing Strategy

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

WATShow caught up with the Ibibo CEO Ashish Kashyap at the recently concluded IAMAI Digital Summit in Delhi and questioned him on the family.

1) Onefamily.com his newest initiative within Ibibo.. What is the objective and how does it plan to add the older crowd?

2) Ibibo’s initial marketing strategy of offering money for best blogs received a lot of criticism from the blogging world. What are his thoughts on the same?

Here is the WATShow (Turn ON Your Speakers!):

Hope you enjoying WATShow! We shall continue with more such interviews on WATShow so stay tuned!

V Ramani - Vice Chairman & MD - Connecturf On Digital Agencies..

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

In continuation with our series of WATShow’s from the IAMAI digital summit this time we bring to you an interview with someone who can be considered as the father of digital advertising in India Mr.V.Ramani the Vice Chairman &MD of Connecturf (previously known as Mediaturf) known as India’s first online advertising agency.

 

We asked Mr. Ramani the following questions:

1) How has online advertising evolved over the past decade?

2) The Full service agency model Vs Specialist Agencies?

3) Importance of women and FMCG companies in Online Advertising?

4) What does the future hold for the online medium?

 

Here is the WATShow: (Turn ON your speaker!)

 

Hope you enjoyed this special WATShow video. More to come soon so stay tuned to WATShow.

Esther Dyson Of Edventure Holdings on Social Communities

Monday, January 14th, 2008

We caught up with Esther Dyson of of Edventure Holdings at the IAMAI Digital Summit in Delhi and asked her the following questions:

How will advertisers target consumers in a relevant Fashion?

How can Mass advertisers talk to audiences in a personal manner?

Will users not want to be a part of too many communities?

We also talked about Consumers and their Privacy!

Here is the exclusive video (Turn ON your speakers) :

Stay tuned for more exclusives from the Digital Summit. Put on your learning caps and get ready to have fun in the Process. WATShow is going to take you on a roller coaster ride!

Exclusive Interview with CEO of Jump Games Salil Bhargava - Episode 8!

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Its year 2008 and what a coincidence! We just got done with the Episode 8 of WATShow!

So here is the Episode 08 of WATShow where we interview the CEO of yet another gaming company Jump Games! Earlier we had featured Mr.Vishal Gondal of Indiagames on WATShow.

This time we fired the following questions to Mr Salil Bhargava

  1. Do you see a syndication between gaming, blogging and social networks?
  2. What are the future trends in mobile gaming?
  3. Is there are revenue model shift in gaming industry?

Check the WATShow below to see his answers. Also do visit WATShow for all the earlier videos!

WAT Wishes You a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008