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Head Products and Digital Marketing - Mobile, Web and Voice, Getit Infoservices Pvt. Ltd.

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I like to take up challenges, set goals and achieve them by using my skill, knowledge and experience. I will take up an assignment that provides me an opportunity to innovate and experiment through multi-disciplinary exposure.

1. Broad experience of ...

I like to take up challenges, set goals and achieve them by using my skill, knowledge and experience. I will take up an assignment that provides me an opportunity to innovate and experiment through multi-disciplinary exposure.

1. Broad experience of Brand Management, Market Communication, Sales and Distribution across FMCG, IT, Insurance and Telecom Domain
2. Have been pursuing Marketing Strategy, Go to Market, Revenue Planning/AOP, Budgeting across cross-functional teams
3. Experience of managing core and cross-functional teams for driving business, deployments
4. New Product Development and Consumer Behavior has been an area of strength across sectors and domains
5. Skill and knowledge to handle business partners/associates and driving negotiations

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WEB: Callmeramzo

Oct. 14, 2011

ram jalan and 6 other people answered this question

What are the most cost effective platforms for my first website?

Hi !
Whichever platform you may use whether its a wordpress, joomla, etc. But, if your objective and need is not clear you will falter.
i strongly recommend, a website brief should be created that ill bring clarity to your objectives and answer questions like Target ... more

Sept. 14, 2011

ram jalan and 2 other people answered this question

Does your organization block access to social media websites?

I have done some research on the above subject. Please refer to this link for more details:
http://callmeramzo.in/2011/09/social-media-readiness-%E2%80%93-allowing-acces... more

General Management

Human Resources

Organizational Developement

Sept. 10, 2011

ram jalan and 11 other people answered this question

Everyone's In Sales. Agree or disagree and why?

The word ssles has itself emerged out of our daily lives and moved into our professional lives.
In our daily lives we use technique of sales for admission in school, increasing our pocket monies, getting a good partner, etc. And I have seen that people ... more

General Management

Information Technology

Sept. 6, 2011

ram jalan and 1 other person answered this question

Where is the best strategic place to place your social share buttons on your blog?

Interesting question:
My personal experience says - its always advised to place it after the post. Because, if the person doesn't like your post he will not share on his SNS. For him to like he need to read it completely and then it better to ... more

Sept. 6, 2011

ram jalan asked a question

How advisable is it to use personal relationships to get the best deal from a supplier/client?

Human Resources

Corporate Confidence

Ethics in Business

Sept. 2, 2011

ram jalan asked a question

How prudent it is to use your own contact or reference to set up the deal for the organization?

Behavior Management

Ethics in Business & Profession.

Aug. 31, 2011

ram jalan and 3 other people answered this question

How do you approach interviewing candidates?

Hi !
Having been part of interviews (both giving and taking) I have observed the HR professionals and Core representatives very carefully. Please find below my experiences:
1. The interviewer should respect the time given to the candidate for the interview and not make him wait for ... more

Human Resources

Aug. 31, 2011

ram jalan and 3 other people answered this question

What's the benefit of doing a live virtual event vs. a pre-recorded virtual event?

Its an interesting question. Glad to answer this one.
I believe Live material and Recorded material should be part of the same package. It all depends on the type of packaging you want to sell i.e. a pure business call.
1. Its a one time event: ... more

Event Marketing

Aug. 30, 2011

ram jalan commented on this post

Mahabharata management – Its learning for a better life !

Look forward to feedback of learned readers. It will be motivating.
Thanks!

General Management

Human Resources

Board of Directors

Aug. 29, 2011

ram jalan and 13 other people answered this question

Should HR interview salespeople?

1. Sales people in any organization are the first ones with whom customers interact and form an opinion. This opinion is candid and creates impact on subsequent interaction and decision making.
2. Selling is an art and a science. Art is an inborn talent to ... more

Human Resources

Aug. 28, 2011

ram jalan and 42 other people answered this question

What do you do when a candidate has misspellings on their resume?

A very interesting question and very good answers. It has been a good learning for me through so many thoughts. Thank You!
I just want to say, "Each candidate has its own set of strengths and weakness", he should be given a chance to make ... more

Human Resources

Career Development

Aug. 25, 2011

ram jalan and 6 other people answered this question

When is it OK to not put a subject line in your emails to customers?

With due regard to the experience and the above thoughts.
I feel you can take a chance. Rather I would have.
However, be sure do defend your decision or clarify in the very first line of your mail body. Before, you start writing promotional stuff.
I appreciate a ... more

Information Technology

Aug. 24, 2011

ram jalan and 4 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Social Media and Social Marketing Across the Funnel [8/25 @ 11 am]

Do companies need to start hiring social media teams?

The social media campaign is just like any other media campaign and planning. It has a definite set of rules as it may be for print media, radio or television media.
For the traditional media buying, do an organization hire seperate resources for print, radio ... more

Marketing Funnel

Aug. 22, 2011

ram jalan published a post

Lord Krishna - Personality analysis of Lord Krishna and its learning

General Management

Communication and Engagement Strategies

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Aug. 18, 2011

ram jalan and 5 other people answered this question

What are the most common mistakes made when trying to address gender diversity?

Having two gendre is actually a strength. It gives us option for right person for the right job. Yes, whenever you have an option you have some biasness and usually towards the gender you represent.
There are few steps that we may follow to minimize ... more

Human Resources

Gender Diversity

Aug. 16, 2011

ram jalan and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Knowledge Communities: What are they, how do we use them, and what are the benefits? [8/18 @ 1 pm]

I was just wondering about the Indian standard time for this event. Can anyone please help!!

Thank You! so much
I will try if I can stay awake.

Knowledge Community

Aug. 16, 2011

ram jalan and 9 other people answered this question

SITUATION: I've been unemployed for awhile. Should I accept a so-so job offer?

Oh ! Thank You!
It would be nice if you can rate it accordingly.

Human Resources

Career Development

Aug. 15, 2011

ram jalan is now following Scott Albro and 1 other person

Aug. 15, 2011

ram jalan and 1 other person answered this question

Why did LinkedIn try to use user photos in ads?

If that's so..I stand corrected.
Here in India, Linked is yet to start such type of inventory selling for their promotions.
We must be witnessing such marketing programs in matured markets. This is a common practice by online companies when they reach the maturtiy stage ... more

Aug. 13, 2011

ram jalan and 3 other people answered this question

Customer Care vs. Customer Service – which term do you use and why?

Nice question!!!
Customer Service the most common word I use when I talk about customer delight.
It includes,
1. service assurance,
2. customer care,
3. customer delight,
4. customer feedback,
5. service marketing,
6. Customer lifecycle management
The customer service begins as soon as the ownership of product/service ... more

Customer Service

Customer Experience

Customer Experience Management

Aug. 12, 2011

ram jalan and 3 other people answered this question

Everyone Has a Brand. In two sentences or less can you define your Brand?

Brand is an emotional response that a product or service evokes in your gut.
It cannot be generated by clever marketing campaigns, only by brilliant products and services. more

Brand Management

Aug. 11, 2011

ram jalan and 52 other people answered this question

How much does correct spelling and grammar matter when blogging?

Thank You! to the interent and the way it has evolved through email, chat, SNS. People have moved away from the idea of hand written letters or mails. I have always believed when you "pen your thought" you weave grammatically correct sentences.
Yes! the reason ... more

Aug. 11, 2011

ram jalan and 3 other people answered this question

Do you think that Google+ is going to have an affect on Facebook?

Hi Tim,
Thanks! for appreciation.
Back at Google R&D India they are already working on the viryalization applications and RDBMS. They are trying to simplify complez algorithims and make it very user friendly. We are soon going to see RDBMS APIs made available for developers to create ... more

Aug. 10, 2011

ram jalan and 5 other people answered this question

How do I find a social media marketing expert to help grow my small business?

Hello! Nina,
Indeed social media is becoming an important element in every marketers life. However, many times, we get swayed away by sheer power of this medium and get into un-related visibility and un-related audience.
First, you need to be convinced about your conviction to engage ... more

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