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Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Rahul Kuntala

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

Rahul KuntalaBloggerati of the Fortnight

Current Position and Organization:
Blogger, Learnblogtips.com
Educational Background:
B.Tech
Blog Name: learnblogtips.com

Rahul Kuntala is a computer science graduate turned full-time blogger. Blogging is his passion and therefore he covers everything from blogging tips to content writing and much more on his blog. A resident of Hyderabad, Rahul, through his blog learnblogtips.com talks about blogging tips and techniques. Rahul’s main goal is to turn as many full-time bloggers as possible through this blog by putting in great efforts into whatever he does.

Rahul, since the start of his blog, focused on distinguishing his blog topics from others in the market. According to him, every blogger should learn Blogging productivity and content marketing. He first implements the blogging tips himself and then writes about them which leads to more user engagement, links, shares and comments on his blog he says. He always suggests people or bloggers to create videos or do podcasts from their experiences which according to him helps bloggers get more response.

He suggests the beginners in the blogging filed to focus on building a loyal community around their blogs and instill credibility in it by offering exclusive content, harness the power of guest blogging and also engage with other bloggers on social media. Rahul feels that when one considers blogging as a business, ideas and thoughts pour in with ease. Networking, passion, consistency and engagement are very essential for successful blogging.

The blogging topics, tips, trends and experiences that he encapsulates in his blog every time for his readers & professionals across, entitles him to be our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Anita Bora

Thursday, October 3rd, 2013

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Current Position and Organization:
MyArtitude & Independent Communications Professional
Educational Background:
Alliance Francaise
Blog Name: Just A Little Something

Anita Bora is a traveler, photographer, biker and a great lover of wine, tea and cats followed by running and cycling. She is the founder of MyArtitude that showcases an in-house handmade functional pottery range. She is an independent communications and social media consultant and currently resides in Bangalore. Her interests in writing influenced and inspired her to come up with her own blog Just A Little Something which she has been running since quite a few years now. It’s a beautifully written blog by this travel and lifestyle blogger.

Anita Bora has an experience as a reporter, an assistant editor and a communications professional. Learning about new and emerging trends in technologies is what she loves to do in her leisure time. She also has interests in learning about online trends and social networking.

Anita also works on travel photography and writing and has contributed pictures to famous magazines and publications on topics such as travel, culture, trends, living and social media.

Anita’s blog journey has been interesting till date and she talks about people and experiences in most of her writings. According to her, Just A Little Something is something that needs to be experienced where she talks about travel, technology, trends and culture. Anita also has an avid interest in art which she believes gives her immense pleasure.

The topics like technology, trends, people, places, cultures and experiences that she encapsulates in her blog every time for her readers & professionals across, entitles her to be our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Arun Prabhudesai

Monday, September 16th, 2013

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Current Position and Organization:
Enhance Education,
Trak.in (Armoks Interactive)
Blog Name: trak.in

 

Arun Prabhudesai is an Entrepreneur, Blogger, CEO, Photographer, Thinker and popularly also known as the Jack of many trades. He is an avid internet geek and his interest in the IT & technology world inspired him to come up with his blog trak.in which commenced in May, 2007. He started this Blog to keep himself and people updated with the latest trends of Indian Business and buzz associated with startups. Technology and Web 2.0 are also an important part of his blog.

Arun is very passionate about entrepreneurship, business trends and Indian start ups. He also holds interests in the field of Politics, finance, stock markets & technology.

In his Blog, Trak.in, Arun talks about Blogging, Entrepreneurship, Emerging Internet and Web technologies, Web Development , Web 2.0, Online Publishing & Advertising, Start-ups, Business Analysis, Collaboration, E-Learning, , Social Media consulting & WordPress. Trak.in started as a blog and has now become a multi-authored, more diverse and opinion site.

Arun makes sure to maintain a good quality content on Trak.in, which helps him get traffic to his blog too. According to him, Social Media applications like Twitter & Facebook also send good amount of traffic to his blog, therefore, presence on social Media space does help. He maintains regular interaction with his readers and other bloggers on his blog and reflects innovation in everything he blogs about.

Arun believes in producing quality content in his blog and suggests the same to the readers and beginners. He believes that in giving value to the community on social media and not just opening a Facebook page. Online monitoring and reputation on social media, according to him is very crucial for bloggers and they should keep a track of what people are talking about them online. Arun says that, “Conversations have moved out from blogs to social media and you can’t ignore them anymore.” And for beginners in the blogging filed he suggests, “If you want to start a blog, be patient; write consistently and passionately.”

Trak.in had also gained recognition at a few places like:

Times Online picked Trakin as one of the Top 10 Indian Business Blogs.
Trakin
was a part of India Blogs1.0 directory of Popular and Upcoming Indian Blogs.
Trakin was featured in Times of India special report on Blogging completing 10 years

The topics like technology, web, latest business trends, brands and tech trends that he encapsulates in his blog everytime for his readers & professionals across, entitles him to be our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Nilanjana Roy

Monday, September 2nd, 2013

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Current Position and Organization:
Columnist at Business Standard
Educational Background:
La Martiniere, Kolkata
St Stephens, Delhi University
Blog Name:  Akhond of Swat

Nilanjana Roy is the author of the book ‘The Wildings’ & ‘The Hundred Names of Darkness’ and the editor of ‘A Matter of Taste’. Currently, she writes a regular column for Business Standard and lives in Delhi. She is a writer, author, reader and a cat-herder. She started blogging almost a decade ago and previously wrote a blog called Kitabkhana under the pseudonym Hurree Babu. Her blog Akhond of Swat is an amazing collection of a variety of life’s happenings, books, wildlife, food, journalism, literature and fiction to mention a few.

Nilanjana’s unparalleled style of blogging is known and appreciated across the nation. She has also worked extensively on free speech and censorship issues in India. Her blog also showcases her interests in various subjects and happenings of life.

One cannot avoid having a look at her website nilanjanaroy.com which encapsulates her finest thoughts and writings. Beautiful portrayal of thoughts and words, she had put in amazing efforts to add a silver lining to her writing and blogging skill.

The topics like life, books, wildlife, journalism, literature, trends in writing and blogging that she encapsulates in her blog everytime for her readers & professionals across, entitles her to be our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Bharat Nagpal

Friday, August 16th, 2013

Bharat-NagpalBloggerati of the Fortnight

Current Position and Organization:
Owner, iGyaan.in
Educational Background:
IILM
Blog Name: iGyaan

Bharat Nagpal, the founder of iGyaan.in is a technology expert, web design layout and a product enhancement specialist. iGyaan is a technology blog which offers in-depth reviews on cameras, mobile phones, Tablets, Headphones, games and all the technological developments happening across India. iGyaan considered as the true source of the latest in technology reviews by thousands of people.

Bharat Nagpal is also an Apple Engineer and a product specialist which adds up to his technological skills. He is very passionate about the technology and loves to help people around to tackle all sorts of technological difficulties they face and encourage them to love technology as he does.

Bharat is indeed a well-known technology solutions and a turnkey project consultant who is always on the go. The expertise with which he handles his blog depicts the passion in the field and his extreme interests in the same.

The most impressive thing about his blog is the way he breaks down information. He lists down all the technological information that he needs to provide to his readers in his blog.

He simply believes that it is not only about helping people understand the technological devices better but also making the readers feel comfortable. It is very appreciable that Bharat takes all efforts to make so much information available to people so simply.

The topics like technology, mobile phones, cameras and latest tech trends that he encapsulates in his blog every time for his readers & professionals across, entitles him to be our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Payal Jaggi

Friday, August 2nd, 2013

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Current Position and Organization:
Online Sales & Marketing Specialist, E com business setup consultant,
www.kinche.com
Educational Background:
Annamalai University
Blog Name:  payaljaggi.wordpress.com

Payal Jaggi, an experienced Fashion stylist, Image consultant and a Visual Merchandiser has been in the fashion industry for more than a decade now.

Through her blog payaljaggi.wordpress.com, she talks about fashion, art and designs in a way that is aesthetically very appealing and attractive. She has different categories in her blog dedicated to online shopping, women fashion, home décor and art. Just as it is interesting to read her blog, it is more fascinating to look at the visual treat she offers to her readers through the imagery portrayed in her blog. Fantastic display and blend of style and fashion with current trends is what her blog illustrates.

With a Bachelors degree in Business Management, she has worked as a designer & buyer with a gamut of global brands. Payal also worked as a manufacturer & CEO of her own Apparel firm in Sydney, Australia. An explorer of fashion across countries, Payal has traveled a lot to discover, observe and learn from various fashion capitals across the globe. With her experiences over the years Payal always took an effort to bridge the gap between the ramp and the road. Taking the trends of the ramp and translating it to everyday fashion is quite difficult. That’s exactly where Payal holds an expertise.

Payal has in the past worked in Singapore, Australia & USA and as a director & VP (Marketing & Sales) of online Fashion Portals – iStorez.com in California and as an International Buyer for Fashionandyou.com.

Payal now resides in Gurgaon, India and is the founder of an online store for luxury lifestyle items called, Kinche.com which offers unique designs to its astute audience in India. The products used at kinche.com are handpicked and handmade.

The topics like fashion, art, latest trends and home styling that she encapsulates in her blog everytime for her readers and fashion pros & professionals across, entitles her to be our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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Bloggerati of the Fortnight: Amit Bhawani

Wednesday, July 17th, 2013

Amit BhawaniBloggerati of the Fortnight

Current Position and Organization:
Partner at Digital World Solutions
Educational Background:
Osmania University
Blog Name: amitbhawani.com

Amit Bhawani is a full time Blogger; Writer & Director based in Hyderabad and is amongst the top Indian Bloggers. He is an SEO expert, Search Engine optimist and a specialist in Internet Marketing. Currently he is also working on a large portfolio of websites spread in varied niches, to provide the web users with the best information ever available.

His blog amitbhawani.com features multiple sections like Tech Blog ,Career Blog , India News and many other sections followed by topics on blogging, technical updates, news & health. The intrinsic style of blogging that Amit follows in every blog draws attention of a lot of bloggers. Blogging, as he says was initially a passion for him but now its a blend of passion and full time business.

His blogs apart from AmitBhawani.com receive good traffic and have a good page rank too. Amit Bhawani is a book lover who loves to read tech magazines and online technology related blogs. He always inspires the beginners in the blogging World by encouraging them at all stages through his blog.

Amit always works in targets & motivates his team to make the blog network stronger each day. Through his blog, Amit mostly covers Technology Guides, How to Articles, Laptop & Gadget News, Software Reviews, Blogging Tips & Seo Tricks. He believes that one should always work with a passion & not follow others’ rules; instead follow what one’s heart says to succeed.
Amit says that, “If you have decided that your profession would be Blogging, think that you need to keep writing and writing without missing a day of your life, the way you don’t forget having food every day in your life.”

He himself believes that blogging has given him a good name in the society which is more valuable than the money and because of which one gets to live a better life, have better contacts and also a planned lifestyle.

The topics like technology guides, blogging tips, SEO tips & tricks, laptop & gadget news, how to articles, blogs on software reviews, that he writes about in his blog everytime for his readers and professionals across, entitles him to be our Blogger of the Fortnight.

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