Pen and paper could become things of the past

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The technology transforms the way businesses manage traditional paper-based processes. Through cloud-based platform, businesses can quickly, easily and securely collect and transact invaluable business information and sign documents anytime, on any compatible device. This is return help business find new efficiencies, improve productivity, reduce costs and enhance customer service.

DocuSign gives businesses the agility to carry out day-to-day tasks quickly and efficiently on-the-go.

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Now a smartphone sidewalk lane in China ,What next

To my astonishment I just read that China has introduced a smartphone sidewalk lane,dedicated to
smartphone users in city of Chongqing in Southwest China.

Although I am a believer of new ideas which would assist community,I still can't  assimilate
the impact technology is having on our day to day lifestyle.

Good or bad,time will tell whether such phenomenon will catch on throughout the world.

What I believe is such ideas are just reiterating that'Technology is taking over our lives' and we are
spending much more time on smartphones then actually viewing the outside world.

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Internet technology as a Driver of Growth for small businesses in India

Small businesses as diverse as Website and Application development,e-commerce, travel and education are accelerating their growth using Internet technology. They have identified the need in investing time and money in regularly updating their internet technology as a priority to reduce costs.

Despite this the extent to which the internet technologies are being used to drive staff productivity is still limited.

Business apps such as Google Apps,ARISapp, Canvas and GeoOP, take business processes mobile, even replacing things like pen and paper forms and are ideal for field workers and salespeople improving business productivity and customer service.

With the power of the latest smartphones , there is now real scope for businesses of all sizes to make much more use of apps to make doing business easier and free up valuable time.

The intention of this blog is to support Small business in India to get the most out of technology, tailored specifically for their business.Contact me at pardeeprajgupta@gmail.com for more information.

Tips for digital parents

Facebook has become a crucial online communication tool for parents to stay in touch with family and friends in the last decade, the ease of accessibility of Face book through smartphone, tablets and laptop means it is available on the go.

However as always, good things come with its challenages.Kids especially teenager kids are most likely to decline your friend requests from you  to avoid embarrassing moments of you adding a baby picture of them or posting a parent post on their Face book wall.

Here are some Tips to avoid suspicion from kids about accepting request from you.

->Don't join a fan group just because your kid did, give them some space and be yourself on face book

->Don't try to be friends with your kids list of 100 friends-Draws the line when adding friends

-Don’t over share when posting picture of kids

->Don’t post and tag a picture of your Kids

->Online world of communication doesn’t differ much from the real life conversation. Just don’t be judgemental and use face book to your benefit of parent hood

Let's talk about social media.

My experience with social media is certainly not new and at times it becomes a bit of an addiction. I am not talking about Facebook but something which a professional consultant like me, use a lot to promote their skills set and experience. Yes a self marketing free tool which helps you to get your next break, and this particular tool is called LinkedIn.

To me my LinkedIn profile represents a great opportunity to promote myself in this era of Globalization and I always seem to thought I am doing a great job.

Until recently when someone (a young HR manager) told me that simply having a LinkedIn profile doesn’t guarantee a new job, you need to be at forefront to make sure your profile is visible to the headhunter out there.

The young HR manager did recommend me few pointers which I thought are worth implementing and I thought sharing with you all.

Your LinkedIn profile should be more than a repeat of your resume.

It should have the necessary keywords that will make your profile visible when a HR Manager searches it on LinkedIn.

Making your name visible on Google Search. A ranking of your name. Never thought that would be an issue; however you would be surprised how many people out there have same name as yours.

Surprisingly my current linked profile views aren’t that great however I done a few tweaks as per the recommendation and will be tracking the progress of new ‘who viewed your profile’ to make sure its reaching the right audience.

Changed my professional headline so that it has the right Keywords

Took a snapshot of my the New ‘who vied my profile’ to track

Check Google rank for my name, which is number already.

Happy to receive any further feedback from the experts out there as I know I have missed alot here.Here is my Linkedin Profile

Can 'Google' be the next Crystal Ball?

Ever wondered what people are searching in India, Googletrends provides an insights of what people are searching on Google most.

The search data on Google trends definitely provides some value in what people are thinking and if we apply some mechanic towards analysis of this data, days aren’t far away when Google would be the next 'Crystal ball’

For example notice the snapshot of 'Google trends ‘in Indiawhich has 'Ebola' as one of the top searches in India, which clearly identifies the early stages of a potential outbreak of a Flue in India. Not to mention appropriate analysis needs to be done before we can come to a conclusion.

However on the flip side there are examples where Google searches could predict how a Bollywood movie premier'Singham Returns' would do on the opening day by comparing it with the number of search for that movie trailer in the four weeks before its release.

I guess its journey where now atleast we have a tool to analysis 'Collect Human thinking' and predict ‘Human Mind’. See study by Warwick Business School

Leaked screenshot of 'Windows 9' shows the return of New Start Menu

The new version of Windows 9 seems to answer one of the problems which users of Window 8 suffer day in out.Yes,a start up menu.

Leaked screenshot originally release at an internet forum suggest  that good day of startup menu are back.

Read more on the original post published on Mashable

A snapshot of cuisines in India

Thanks to MapsofIndia.com this is an excellent snapshot of Indian Cuisines

Let go your employee mindsets -Things which help in becoming a freelancer transitioning to an Entrepreneur.

1) Make Self Growth your Top priority Being a freelancer is full of challenges and at times you just don't get enough projects to sustain and even if you are able to survive it’s not constant. My advice to all freelancers is to make self growth your priority, seek more learning situations and experiences.

2) Create a Brand-Value based-Be genuine A new way to make a brand of your skills is through Internet, traditional networking ways still work but now you can get more exposure through tools available on the Internet. Develop a brand and share your knowledge which would help someone. Write blogs develop a subscriber list.

3) Avoid spam-Have the right audience Monitoring your conversion rate is the best way to examine whether you are focusing on the right audience, so while developing a brand avoid spam and chose your market carefully.

4) Act now You have the qualifications, skills and there is no reason why you shouldn't achieve what you desire for. Acting now would give you a start and gradually developing your brand name, value base would help overcome your shortcoming. You won’t believe until u act, it’s the initial start up which is tough rest becomes your second nature.

5) Let go your employee mindset Being an employee is easy it’s a mindset followed by society as a whole, once freelancing has become your second nature the transition to become an entrepreneur is easy.

6) Work hard and smart and don't become attached to results. I remember the wording of Bhagwat Gita(holy book of Hindus) karm kiye ja fal ki icha mat kar(Work hard and smart and don't become needy of results) Follow youR passion and you will see the results.

7) Learn from others-get a mentor Learning from others saves you from being alone, you would need it someday because you can’t know everything. Even a Doctor doesn't know how to manage a business--partner with like minded people.

8) Remember your breakeven point Having a huge budget or small budget doesn't make a difference, the difference is made how and where you spend it. Know YOU BREAK EVEN POINT.

Steps which would help you run a business

 1) Direction-Have a vision and plan
 2) Head space-Stretch yourself, Think big, Believe yourself, Discipline it’s like a bridge (Set Dreams---- Realistic Dreams), Mixing with right people, Overcoming your fear.
 3) Money-Know your cash flow, breakeven point, Budgeting and reporting Example Sales 100=(Variable Cost =75)+(Gross Profit= 15)+(Owner Salary= 5)+(Net profit =5)+Equity 0+(Cash =5)
 4) Time-Learn to Delegate, Learn to finish today and plan tomorrow, Keep a Diary
 5) Delivery-Delivering consistently which is equal to foundation for healthy growth, Customer goes by perception Stick to above and things would eventually start happening, the transition from freelancing to entrepreneur business is all about 1) Niche =Cash) Leverage=Team) Synergy =Freedom) Results=Diversification
 6)Have Life Mantra 1) Never wish your life were easier, Wish that you are better. 2) Be a result driven person with following qualities such as Ownership, Accountable and responsible, 3) Don’t have reason such as Blame, Excuse and Denial. 4) Real business is fun and which works with u

‘India’ Do you know how to code? Be a part of Codechef a global programming community!!!

Ever heard about a Chef whose recipes involve code to build delicious online programs. No, well then you might want to visit this excellent online initiative put forward by an Indian software company. ‘Code chef’ is a new generation of Chefs who love to play with codes and build amazing application. This non commercial competitive platform gives an opportunity for programmers around the world to meet, compete and have fun. It’s bringing education to a new platform where programmers collaborate and learn from each other. In addition to this Codechef promotes programming talent with in India by sponsoring coding contest like Go for Gold Initiative. The goal of Go for Gold project is to assist Indian teams win the ACM-ICPC contest the most competitive programming challenge in world

Welcome to your modern office: - Office apps for iPhone and Android, completely free to use.

Microsoft office app is free to download on iPhone and Android phones and all you need a Microsoft i.e. hotmail account to start using it. (No longer require 365 subscriptions). You can create, edit and save documents for personal use and save and sync them on Microsoft One Drive cloud solution which means documents travel with you and are accessible through cloud. Documents look like the originals thanks to the support of charts and animations

An Online solution to find a place to sleep outdoors when you tired in India through Google Nap via Google Maps.

Ever wondered of having a quick sleep in the outdoor during your busy day of work and unable to find a quite spot to just sit and relax. An online solution ‘Google Nap’ might be the answer for your question. Google NAP is an online program running on Google Maps platform provides you the nearby spots depending upon your location. So if you are looking to take a break just enter your location into the Web based program through your computer, smartphone and have a quick snooze. One user plots out Goa beach in India ‘The beach is fantastic and although there is a lot of noise, you will fall asleep”

Google 4 Doodle India

A chance for all Indian Students from class first to ten
to express themselves what India mean to them through Google.
Google 4 Doodle is a program through which Google provides
incentive to students with creative talent to make the best
logo design for their home page.In return the best logo would
be featured on the Google Home Page.The Final winner will
also win his or her own very laptop.Express yourself

India's Unexplored 8

Recently while logging into orkut I was issued a warning the "We will be phasing out support for your browser version (Internet Explorer 6) soon. Please upgrade to one of these more modern browsers.

No wonder I logged into Microsoft's India Website to check the Latest version of IE8.To my surprise I saw a Exploremyway which is Hunting for India's Top Explorers.Its a simple quiz which can end up in wining a Dream Holiday in India.All the BEST!!!

You may also want to upgrade your browser,while you are visiting the Website.
If you are using an old version of Internet Explorer to browse you are better of to swicth to another browser which work better.

Upgrade to Internet Explorer 8
Switch to Firefox
Switch to Safari
Switch to Google Chrome
Switch to Flock

List your business for FREE on Indiatimes

Join the marketplace of buyers and sellers and extend your
business reach.Another addition of my Small business marketing
resource would be Indiatimes Business to Business Directory.
Its has a free registration of your business where as you can
showcase your products and services whiles receive genuine business
leads.With indiatimes website in top 20 website in India according
to Alexa,there is no better way to promote your business online.

Click here and add your listing

Other websites which I would recommend are

Indiatimes Business Solutions

Required Distributors all across India for Tender business


More of indiatimes can be veiwd at Moreatindiatimes

Nero 9 Free Download-Basic Wizard Version

Nero 9 Free Version-While visiting Nero website I came across the free version of basic data burning and copying feature for an unlimited time,absolutely FREE.I Hope it helps people out their who are looking for some bargains in time of recession.

The link is NERO 9 Download and you just need to register before.ENJOY

Promote on Orkut

Recently I saw a new option on Orkut account which says Promote.

Clicking it helps us to Create promotions which you can
promote between your friends and others.Its a easy and
free way to promoteyour small business,website,community
vedios actually anything.You can add Text,
Photo(linked to your Google Picasa) and Youtube vedio.

Another step of Google to Help Promote yourself.
Try it its Fun.

In Addition to be able to promote your Business you
are able to see how many views/clicks you had for
your promotion.This wouldhelp you see how popular
your listing is.

Learning for the Younger Generation in India

Its amazing how Internet is developing a sense of independance within younger generation.Recently browsing internet I found an interesting site of Year 12 student and his article How to Improve website Alexa rank and increase popularity in Less time.After reading the article I was amazed to see the knowledge this person has.I would recommend you all to visit his website Rajesh Patel
Also I am going to try what he has mentioned in the article to Increase the Popularity.See Below

Are you getting 50-100 Visitors only on your Website Daily?

Want to get 200 - 400 Visitors Daily? If yes follow the simple step and get the double traffic on your Blog.

Make A List Of Links As Below and Insert Your Link instead of YOUR LINK HERE from Below:

List Order:

01.) Tweaking Windows

02.) Computing Unleashed

03.) Sony Ericsson Themes

04.) PC Territory

05.) Successful Reign

06.) Success Blog

07.) Expert Adware Spyware

08.) Maheshhari

09.) ZurvitaUSA

10.) Stupids Cupids

11.) General Interest

12.) My Website


Please Copy the Article Code from here:

Improve Your Website Alexa Rank

and make a new post on you blog and then make a reply with the posted link here:

Improve Your Website Alexa Rank

This will Sure Boost your Traffic Rank!!

Don't forget to promote this article via SOCIAL BOOKMARKING!

Wouldn't you like to be your own boss..

Rediff Business Solutions is offering a perfect opportunity to be run your own business.

For more Details Visit Rediff business solutions

Accommodation for Indians in Sydney

During my visits to Australia for Business I have experienced how
difficult itwould be for people like me to make arrangements for
accommodation and Airport pickup.

As an Indian Business man I can relate to all Indian visiting
Sydney. Whether you are Businessman or an executive visiting
Sydney for a short project you definitely needpeace of mind to
concentrate on what you are going for rather then being
worried of Accommodation.

Following observations can be learned from my experience

•Getting a well furnished apartment near the CBD could be expensive.

•Getting all the amenities and furnishing for a short stay
would be a waste of time and money.

•Researching the right place which would be near
to transport,grocery store would be tedious.

•Companies in India are also unable to cope up
the burden of property management and leave
individualto make their own choice in the
last minute.

Due to my ongoing visits to Sydney I have finally managed to overcome all the above situations and through this blog wont to express my Interest to Help all Indians visiting Sydney.You can contact me through email-pardeeprajgupta@gmail.com and I will try to help you.