This ad has been making the rounds on Facebook for quite some days now. Take a guess on the advertiser. It is not a porn chat site or an adult friendship site. It is India’s biggest matrimonial site, Shaadi.com. Shocked? There is no doubt that such ads work. Not for the brand but for the campaign...
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India Business News: Yatra:DishTV, ConsimInfo has deferred it's IPO plans. SareGaMa has agressive plans for digital music sale.
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This valentine’s day, Raxit was looking for a bride and all he got was a security bug in Bharatmatrimony site (the security hole has been fixed now).
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BharatMatrimony has launched facial search feature (link) that enables you to upload celebrity (you can also upload your ex-girlfriend’s pics) pictures
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Amar Chitra Katha has partnered with Vodafone – the partnership enables Vodafone users to read the comics, download ringtones, characters and wallpapers from the comic series. The services of the portal will be offered to customers through a voice portal and Vodafone Live. Through the voice portal, Vodafone subscribers would be able to listen to...
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After EliteMatrimony, comes an Internet TV channel for aam junta. Consim Info has launched BharatMatrimony.tv which features wedding videos/stories/video polls/videos of honeymoon spot and celebrity weddings on the site. Frankly, I like companies that keep trying out new things and that’s where BharatMatrimony’s TV channel gets a thumbs up from us. The service has a good...
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Quick roundup of Investment activity: BharatMatrimony has raised $11.75 mn in second round funding from Mayfield, Canaan Partners and Yahoo eBay India has partnered with Matrix partners for former’s Indian classified site, Kijiji.in India’s booming telecom services market will witness investments of over Rs. 100,000 crores by 2010 “The investments include between Rs...
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Here is the mid-week recap of events in Digital India world. More than the news, this week (so far) has seen few very candid interviews and articles. Here is the summary: Interview with BharatMatrimony’s founder, J Murugavel Few key (and candid) insights from the interview: On rise of local language: “I don’t think language...
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It’s great to see BharatMatrimony sharing it’s success story track with the entire world: right from the day when a young programmer started the community site to securing a place in Limca book of world records! Here are a few excerpts from BharatMatrimony’s success story: 1997 – A young programmer named Murugavel Janakiraman starts...
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