New way to find #help, #suggestions, #events and #info on Google+

I was logged on Google plus last night and about to go offline then I saw one post from Jessica Gottlieb. She wants some help to create recurring monthly invoice in paypal and luckily I got the link on youtube where complete procedure was well defined and forwarded that link to her.

She was very happy from this small effort of mine and me too. Helping other always gives the pleasure that we are doing something worth to remember by us. 


Last night one good idea stroked in my mind to create the strong environment where user can easily find the help from other member of Google+ and even suggestions, events details and much more, it is possible with with uniform keywords with #Hashtag. If we use one uniform keyword while we need any help from others we all can find help easily and even help others so quick & easily. 


So below is my 4 favorite uniform keywords


1.         #help
2.         #suggestions
3.         #events
4.         #info


You can add many more into this list but the more important thing is we all know this and use when we want to know something from another users, who knows it create unique helping zone inside Google plus and even possible that google start sharing this info on search engine.


Why I added #hashtag?
Hashtags on Google Plus is a feature that allows hash tagged keywords on Google Plus to directly link to search results around that topic, I think we all are familiar with this in twitter and it works same in G+. Hashtags on Google Plus (#) also work in every keyboard language.


Find all #help, #suggestion, #event and #info under these keywords which can be easily accessible through search area of Google plus. WHILE YOU SEARCH YOY DON'T NEED TO PUT #HASHTAG.

I hope from this we'll be able to help other and get some help quickly when we need.


Help others, it really help you....

Make them "SMILE", they really need it :)

I know we all love to click the pic of ourself & loving ones to keep the memory; never ever tried to click the pic of real smile of street kids....may we shy little bit or don't think its important.. but may our photo can get the smile on their face, atleast for few seconds..Don't hesitate to click one and upload on your blog, flicker or post on facebook wall or send to me @  udbhavbca@gmail.com ....I know you can..may you hesitate little but you can do...do this time.  


"Weekendsmile.org"  , "a community of volunteer photographers who click pictures of street kids, to give them back a printed copy, so that these kids can have a memory of their lifetime!" 

I am going to do this, will  you do?


"MAKE THEM SMILE" :)

Does your products or service website has reviews? if yes then how you handle the bad reviews?

All of us have heard lots of time that customer reviews are really good for business and act like a word of mouth publicity, It is 100% true and we have seen the impact of it on ebay (most advanced customer review central) and on Amazon. Now we have search result finding from Google also      

According to Google, websites has the tendencies to get the most of the reviews from best customers as much as 80% and probability of getting the good reviews is far more then we get the bad reviews, but there is still chance of getting the bad reviews and few bad reviews can easily demolish your reputation on internet. Review being critical part of your success so how you planned to cop up with that. 

Following are the points which can help you to handle the situation.

Don't quit or alter the reviews

First big mistake some entrepreneurs do is to shut down the review section or make it partially open to clients. All reviews first verified by their staff and then posted on website, by doing this they lost the trust of valuable customers from company and even they will never like to come back. 

Bad reviewer loves you & knows more about your product or service

May above line confused you little bit ( more then I anticipated :D) but we have to admit that good reviews mostly end within 1 or 2 lines maximum 4 lines but the bad reviews have more then 4 lines, sometime more then full length paragraph and pickup each & every problem associated with your products, they will let you know you how they figured out & sometimes tells how it should work. They know more about your product very well and when they come across to one problem they start seeing the very minor bug which happy clients ignored. Critics are important to excel and they will remain important always

Accept flaws in product and promise to solve asap

If there is any flaw in product please accept and promise clients to solve it asap or announce the next version in which you will solve the problem. It will also help you to regain customers' trust and also keep other people interested in your updates (some news websites, open blogging platforms etc). You can update about progress at regular interval and ask them if they found any other problem so you can cover as much as possible problems in single update. Products and services can have error/bugs but important part is whether we remove them or not and If you succeed to remove and come up error free solution, customer will love your product more then they like before.

Notify publicly when you solves problem

When you solve the problem please notify on your website. Tell other about the issue raised by clients in detail and publish how you solved the problem and help your company to build pool of loyal customer, they know that they not only get good product/service but they will get good customer support also. You can write one good blog post on how you find out the problem and solved it, send email newsletter to all your client & news companies, press release and you can show your gratuity towards the client who told you about errors. Next time give them free product for beta testing and I am sure they will love it. Tell them, they helped lot in making the product or service better and ask them how you can make your service/product better with small note for spreading the mouth of word about your product/swervice.

Always keep edit/update button for review section

Once you have solve the problem and let customers and people know about this you can take benefit of this and ask customer to re-write or edit the previous reviews "highlight edited reviews or new reviews from client who has used your product or service"

Its amazing if you get good reviews but it is not bad if you get the bad reviews ;)

Now Google+ has real-time search and improved hashtag support

It wasn't more then 2 hour when me and my friend were discussing about functionality and popularity of Google Plus + and he mentioned about #hashtag and effect of it on twitter searches. Almost 1 hour ago Google + team has officially announced the real time search and improved #hashtag support which will be + for google plus.


Now you will have real time search and # hastag to emphasize the specific topics in your post. When you search in Google + search, you will have instant real time results where "best of" will be by default selected and the "Most Recent" tab to switch over to find out the most recent post for your searched term. 


Following is the video shared by Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra announced the two new updates on google + & provided the quick overview of the updates.

Best Resources For Business Startups

I have zeal of being the serial entrepreneur and tried lots of time to start one but couldn't initiate till today. Whenever my zeal of being a entrepreneur start burning my appetite I start finding the resource which give me direction how to start the business, I always ended up with the good resources which can be so much helpful to start the business or to evolve my skills to be good marketer (helped me in my profession as business analyst). Following are the some resources which always kept me motivated to start the business one day.

My Favorite Business Magazines


1.      INC.COM

I am sure lots of people checked this website at least once in last 5 years but if somebody couldn't got the chance to check, please do visit this business magazine website or even subscribe it today (subscribe from http://tinyurl.com/3edfqqm ) It is wonderful website to find out bunch of good resource which can help you to build your business, marketing and strategic plans & about new business startup how they build their organization.

2.      Entrepreneur.com

This is one more fantastic business magazine which usually publish the best content covering the entrepreneurship, tech and marketing aspects. I think Entrepreneur magazine gone little further then the INC as it is now publishing the content and stories of INDIAN entrepreneurs also. This magazine is easily available in Indian market as well.


3.      Horward Business Review

Harvard Business Magazine is also one another good resource to find out good entrepreneurs idea and give you inspiration how you can free your legs to jump into entrepreneurship. This business magazine distinguish itself from other in one way, it is just not the magazine it works like school to learn entrepreneurship/management. They provide the online management courses and books also (I am also thinking to subscribe for Full Access worth $399.95)


I am sure these magazines will be enough to fulfill your initial hunger of information about how to start the business & take it to another level.


Tech & Startups


1.      Techcrunch.com

Techcrunch proved itself as the one of the most recognizable blog covering the startups, reviewing the new internet products and technology news. CrunchBase, TechCrunch's open database about start-up companies, people and investors, has become the leading statistical resource for technology companies and transactions.

2.      Mashable.com

Mashable is the largest independent online news site dedicated to covering digital culture, social media and technology. Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities.


3.      AVC.com

This blog shows the business from the eys of VC (Venture Capitalist). When anybody becomes the VC, he always stayed at another end of table infront of Entreprenuer and nurture the entrepreneur in many ways, that's why Fred Wilson statred this blog and nurturing the business of others with his amazing VC insight.

My Favorite Entrepreneurial Books

1.      Purple Cow - Seth Godin

I love books of this writer, as per my best knowledge he stand in the line of writer whose every single word in the book make some points and strikes right point every time. He used the purple cow to urge business people to put a Purple Cow into everything they build, they do, to create something truly noticeable. This skilled person is one of the best individual blogger as well.

2.      Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich is a motivational personal development and self-help book written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion from Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie. This is the Old time book that still applies today.

3.      Rich Dad Poor Dad

This book is really amazing and it is like the traditional business books where author poured lots of information infront of reader and try to reach & every aspect of business & marketing. It is simple, narrative and powerful book.

My Favorite Entrepreneurial Songs


Val Emmich - "Get On With It"


                            


I am fan of this song sung by Val Emmich, it always remind me to stand tall whenever I get the failure & broken.


R Kelly I believe I Can Fly


                            


This is the song inspire you to break the monotonous boundaries of created by itself and fly upwards


Switcfoot - Dare You To Move 


                            


This always remind me to dare and change myself, my life and my goals. 


I hope above collection somehow help you :D. If you think that there is some more books, websites, songs, movies and other resource can be useful to startups, please share with me.


Help strartups

Bright Sunday !

This is what I say to myself on every Sunday morning. I love this day from my childhood, I think this day always remained most amazing day of mine life till today. This day I can sleep till 8:00 or 9:00 AM, sometime 11:00 AM also, my parents always provided me liberty to enjoy this day as I like. After doing the day to day stuff I used to keep myself busy in foolish, creative, adventures task. Something which I did in my childhood on Sunday was one of the most memorable things of my life and taught me so much. 

From one Sunday, I understood how to help other to achieve their goals at the same time fulfilling own goals.

I Win you Win

This is the idea from my childhood on Sunday, it was "I Win You Win" with interesting story. I made this game to make sure that everybody win the toy which they want.

Near to my house there was small store which has the game zone and Chit Gifts (Children need to pick the chit from hundreds of chits and then gets the prize based on chit number, if chit has 10 number and then the price corresponding to 10 number in Chart will be the prize e.g. small racing car, doll, spider man etc ). 

We all love this game but I usually lost all my money but couldn't win which I need and what I won was useless to me. This frustration popped up great idea in my mind, as I couldn't win what I want so it is possible that some of my friends couldn't win what they want so I added the one flavor of mine in this chit game. 


Everybody has to give some amount to get their favorite toy from chart (Total collection most of the time remained Rs.10, less or more) and we purchase the chits from this amount and every contributor will pick one chit so we have more luck (  :) With the mentality, If one's luck is bad then it is possible that other will have good luck). If 'X' got the prize which selected by 'Y' then he can pass that toy to 'X' and if 'Z' wins the toy which is selected by 'Y' then 'Z' can give that toy to 'Y'. 

Next time only those people will select toy who didn't get their favorite toy from chart in first attempt. Everybody gives their best shot to win the toy which they want or other want. This process runs until we all have our favorite toys or we run out of money which we collected. Most of the time we lost all money but couldn't fulfill all member wish but always remained happy that our friends got what they need because of us and play together from the toys we win. We love to win but not only for ourself but for all.

"I was unaware of value of that Sunday's game which brought up my team building capability and let me learn - how to fulfill own goals by fulfilling other's?"

"Sunday is Bright and remain for me always"

Why one page web designs?

I always feel good when I see designs on csmania, cssline and in smashing magazine they always pick up best designs and became the source of inspiration for creative designs. Some days ago I was checking the websites in cssmania and found single page website; same time one question popped up in my mind; Is this possible to optimize these single page website? do they really don't require google help to drive the customer in or they are more fascinated towards social media or business network or there is chance to optimize the single page website at some extent. 


I want to know so I made following questionnaire to cover all major issues related to one page site (I tried to keep my questionnaire simple with limited question) 
1.   Why you opted the one page design?
2.   Do you want to build design studio or design company?
3.   What is your promotion strategy with this?
4.   Are you confident enough that your strategy will work with single page website?
5.   Would you remain forever single page website or turn into big portal?
6.   Anything else which I don't know but should know (I'll be grateful to your guidance)


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