Build and Brand Your Business Identity

Businesses have been waiting long for the release of Google+ business pages. Finally Google has opened the Google+ pages. Business can start using the business pages for managing their brand identity. The Google+ page is open to all businesses irrespective of brands, products, local businesses and other businesses. Here is Google’s definition of Google+ pages

“For businesses and brands, Google+ pages help you connect with the customers and fans who love you. Not only can they recommend you with a +1, or add you to a circle to listen long-term. They can actually spend time with your team, face-to-face-to-face. All you need to do is start sharing, and you’ll soon find the super fans and loyal customers that want to say hello,”

Google+ page is a lot similar to Google+ profiles but pages don’t support notifications and will not allow you to add people to circles until your page is already added to that person’s circle.

Below is the Google+ Page of Toyota USA

One of the first and foremost thing you should do after creating a business page is to link that business page to your website URL and also link the page from your website. You need to use rel=”publisher” tag when you are linking from your website. You can link in two ways.

You can also add images to your Google+ page photostrip. Below is the step:

To create a ‘photostrip’ effect, click on the blue ‘edit profile’ button and then click ‘Add some photos here’.

The next most important thing is to create a custom URL using http://gplus.to/

The orginal article can be viewed at Sexy Social Media

Pearl spot fish fried in banana leaf - The Kerala style

The most delicious dish I have experienced is Pearl spot fish fried in banana leaf (Karimeen Pollichathu) in Grand Hotel Cochin. Pearl spot fish (popularly known as Karimeen) is a tasty fish whether it is fried simply or fried in banana leaf. The dish is so popular in Kerala, God's Own Country. You can get the dish in star hotels as well as toddy shops. Here is step by step guide on how you can make delicious Pearl spot fish fried in banana leaf

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Pearl Spot Fish/Karimeen - 4 fish cleaned and side slit

Coconut oil - for frying

Tender banana leaves - to wrap the fish in while cooking

Method of cleaning pearl spot fish:

1)Slice the thick coating of thick scales on pearl spot fish with a sharp knife.

2)A cutting board can be used to rub the fish. Use salt while you rub the fish against a rough surface. Do clean inside out.

3)Wash the fish in clean water and then soak it in curd/lemon juice to get rid of bad smell of the fish.

4)Take the fish out of the curd/lemon juice after half an hour. Wash the fish again in clean water.

5)Make side slits through the fish.

Ingredients For the paste:

Shallots - 10

Onions - 1 big

Ginger - 2" piece

Garlic - 10 cloves

Chilly Powder - 1 tablespoon

Pepper powder - 2 teaspoon

Vinegar - 2 teaspoon

Curry leaves - 2 strands

Salt - As needed

Preparation Method

Grind together pepper powder, shallots, ginger and garlic into a coarse paste.

Add chilly powder, turmeric and salt and little water to make the masala to a paste form.

Rub it all over the fish inside out.

Wrap the fish in banana leaf

Leave it covered for half an hour for the masala to be absorbed into the fish.

Fry it in coconut oil on both sides, until it turns dark brown.

Serving Method

Serve hot in a plate along with the banana leaf with onion rings, tomatoes, cucumber and a piece of lime.

Below is a video on how a prepare pearl spot fish fried in banana leaf is prepared in toddy shops.

The video courtesy goes to Welcome to Kumarakom

This is my entry for the Master Chef Contest on IndiBlogger.

One True Fan - The Social Gaming Platform to build Social Graph

One True Fan is a new social media start-up that use social gaming technique to make users part of the single social graph. Social gaming is expected to be the next biggest thing as it integrates with social media. The game theory used in the website makes it stand out from other networks. The check-in’s you perform on every website you visit to achieve points.

You can increase your points with more check-in’s. Social sharing and other activities done increases your social score. The current leader is named as “One True Fan”. An email is send to the person who lost the position when someone else grab his position to become the leader.



The One True Fan website have lot of features which enable users to check out pages that are shared by other users. There is a player log option which helps the players to check what all activities they have done. The player log feature also let the players know how many points they earned, which level they have reached and what all awards they have one. The next feature is fanned site which helps to track which all websites have been fanned by each player. The website also have a feature to add friends.

If you would like to automatically update the pages shared then you can download the browser addon and install that. This will be much useful as you won’t have to log in each time you want to become a fan of that page. You can now start browsing the web and see OneTrueFan in action. There is also an option to install One True Widget on other website. Copy and paste the script before the close of tag of your website and you are well to go.

One True Fan allows to stay connected with your social circle. It shows allows you to see your social circle live on the websites that you visit. I hope that lot of publishers start to realize the benefits of the website. It is really interesting to know what type of website other people in your social circle are visiting. If you haven’t tried out One True Fan then you are missing what’s hot topic among your social circle.

This post was originally posted on Sexy Social Media

BarCamp Kerala 9 on 14th November 2010

The next BarCamp Kerala(9) is at Amrita Campus at Karunagapally on 14^th of November(2010). Finally its here to refresh the minds with technical beverages - its Barcamp time.

Think barcamp is about lawyers? Or about alcoholics? Think again...

BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event

Venue

BarCamp Kerala 9 will be held at Amrita Campus at Karunagapally. For more details, go here

Registration

You can register for the event in the BarCamp Kerala Site. As of yet we have 34 attendees.

Sessions

So far we have 4 sessions. If you want to handle a sessions at BarCamp, you can add yourself in the sessions page.

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Webthesurfi Rugs Webdesign is the latest buzz-term. The term became so popular as many firms started to design rugs portals. The leading firm that offers rugs portal includes claremont design and the SEO of the portals are doing by leading SEO professionals in the Industry. Global SEO consultants are ready to support ITCsales and Rugs Portal SEO. The SMO activities and Online marketing activities are handled by leading marketing and webdesign firm. The important thing to be taken care of is to plan your social networking and social media marketing efforts so that users are motivated and encouraged to check out your blog/website. I am happy that my efforts in SEO as well as SMO has been successful till now.I have also been doing some online reputation management for leading brands. I look forward to building a strong SEO profile by gaining better results for all my clients and customers.

Cochin Twestival Tweetup Meet

Cochin Twestival 2010 will be held on 25 March, 2010 from 5 PM to 8 PM at Somewhere Else Cafe. Cochin Twestival is, in short, a Twitter Festival.

RSVP for Cochin Twestival

Hearing the word 'Twestival' for the first time?

It is a mega tweet-up with lots of things added. In short, it is a Twitter Festival. Twitter Festivals or Twestivals happen all around the globe once a year. There are basically two types of Twestivals: Twestival Global & Twestival Local. Twestival Global is one day, one cause all around the world and Twestival Local takes place over a weekend where cities are encouraged to support a local cause. Both versions have international momentum, but the real power of Twestival is when everything comes together on one day, giving focus to an important cause, the cause being different every year.

Cochin Twestival

Venue

Twestival Cochin 2010 will be held at Somewhere Else Cafe. For more details, go here

Registration

You can register for the event in the Facebook Event Page.