I will accomplish my dreams of tomorrow by acting today!
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Waka Waka - I ♥ Shakira
Waka Waka Lyrics:
You're a good soldier
Choosing your battles
Pick yourself up
And dust yourself off
And back in the saddle
You're on the frontline
Everyone's watching
You know it's serious
We're getting closer
This isnt over
The pressure is on
You feel it
But you've got it all
Believe it
When you fall get up
Oh oh...
And if you fall get up
Oh oh...
Listen to your god
This is our motto
Your time to shine
Dont wait in line
Y vamos por Todo
People are raising
Their Expectations
Go on and feed them
This is your moment
No hesitations
Today's your day
I feel it
You paved the way
Believe it
If you get down
Get up Oh oh...
When you get down
Get up eh eh...
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa aa
This time for Africa
Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka Waka eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa aa
Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka Waka eh eh
Tsamina mina zangalewa
This time for Africa.
5 C's
The 5 C's to help you see bigger and better results;
1. Commitment to start, continue and complete
2. Courage to deal with change and obstacles
3. Confidence in your abilities
4. Certainty about the outcome
5. Consistency in action
2. Courage to deal with change and obstacles
3. Confidence in your abilities
4. Certainty about the outcome
5. Consistency in action
Tapping the Power of Digital Media
Log on to the web and attractive advertisements scream out at you. Beat the ambush and you are immediately waylaid by more subtle plugs on various online communities, forums, blogs and even social networking sites.
Instead of cribbing at these besieging promotions, why not hop onto the bandwagon of the new-age career of digital marketing.
Instead of cribbing at these besieging promotions, why not hop onto the bandwagon of the new-age career of digital marketing.
Given today's era of increasing web usage, growing internet penetration and social media ubiquity on the one hand and saturation of traditional marketing mediums on the other, digital marketing offers the perfect playground for businesses to reach audiences worldwide.
Digital marketing comprises the internet, email, mobile and other related channels that form the primary way people interact and communicate today. The high-impact, flexible, targeted, measurable and economical power of digital media has big and small companies alike scampering to exploit the novel, attractive and creative features in an attempt to both reach out to the customers and also mine untapped markets. Statistics reveal that companies that use internet marketing get up to 1300% profit as compared with traditional marketing! Little wonder then that digital media forms a lion's share of most marketing campaigns – be it publicity, sales leads, community relations or customer service.
As a career prospect
The dynamic, upcoming industry of digital marketing is fast-gaining momentum as a promising career choice, especially among the youth. Helping companies stay ahead of the curve by utilising the commercial perspective of modern digital media is taking the world by storm. This massive marketing platform is poised to become the most sought-after profession what with its fascinating, stimulating and rewarding aspects.
As Rachna Gupta, Founder Director, International Institute of Creative Marketing opines, “The industry has already grown over $1 billion worldwide in the last three years and is expected to continue its upward trend. No marketing budget, plan or strategy is now considered complete unless it includes a digital component.”
Yet, it cannot be perceived as simply moving traditional marketing methods to a digital platform.
The work here is two-fold – building an online presence to up the brand awareness quotient as well as monitoring the public image, consumer insight and relationship with customers.
Digital marketers develop fine-tuned strategies for product launch, promotion, brand building, increasing sales or public relations. The tools for spreading the message are varied - targeted advertisements, search engine optimised articles, initiating conversations, participating in discussions, links, comments, polls and so on. They also tactically leverage different social media tools like Facebook, Orkut, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Flickr, etc. for everything from creating a buzz about the product/service, getting people talking about the brand, generating leads/inquiries, powering traffic to websites and building fan loyalty. Digital marketing strategies have to be well-integrated into the overall marketing mix. Measuring the success/reach of digital marketing efforts with metrics like e-mail delivery statistics, search engine results, site visits, users' clicks on links and related benchmarks is imperative.
Educational qualifications
Traditional marketing education, IT or mass communication background or experience in advertising/ sales/ brand building gives a foothold in the digital marketing industry. Yet, professional certification in digital marketing per se imparts thorough understanding of digital technologies and applications for improving customer engagement. Business schools have also started incorporating digital marketing modules in their marketing programmes.
Again, the field is changing dramatically and quickly. It is essential to keep abreast of constant changes or risk becoming obsolete.
Personal traits
Digital marketing demands tech-savvy individuals who can easily absorb new technology. Basic knowledge of web design, social media and web-related software is requisite. It also calls for a creative streak, analytical bent, good communication skills and willingness to spend long hours glued to the web. The work (completely different from merely browsing the web or connecting with friends) is demanding as it delivers real-time results and is measurable with more ease and accuracy. Being a nascent profession, employers look more for aptitude than experience!
Scope
Exciting job opportunities beckon in digital marketing solutions companies and in-house marketing/ social media departments of big organisations. For instance, HP-India created a job profile just to administer their Twitter and Facebook profiles!
Individuals can even opt to set up their own marketing firms or go the freelance route.
Roles and designations vary from company to company. Interesting positions are cropping up like interactive marketing specialist, social media strategist, audience acquisition manager, communities manager, social media coordinator, SEO strategist, social media web developer, web analytics manager, etc.
Trained and qualified digital marketing experts are in high demand everywhere as more and more companies are shifting their focus to digital marketing strategies. Being a new professional discipline, there is immense scope as well as ample room for everyone. Nidhi Makhija of Experience Commerce says, “The industry is so new and many opportunities lie undiscovered. There's vast scope to grow either into a digital planner or as a business development executive. These are just stepping stones into higher positions – Account Directors and VPs of Business Development.”
Another plus point is the hefty pay packages as big companies allocate huge budgets for digital marketing. Freshers can easily earn Rs.2 to 3 lakhs per annum with prospects of exponential growth in the future.
To sum up, the future of marketing lies in the digital medium and making technology work for brands will surely rule the virtual world!
Source: The Hindu
Be the Miracle!
Parting a soup is not a miracle. It’s a magic trick.
A single mom who’s working two jobs, and still finds time to take her son to soccer practice, that’s a miracle.
People want GOD to do everything for them. What they don’t realize is (they) have the power. You want to see a miracle? Be the miracle.
A single mom who’s working two jobs, and still finds time to take her son to soccer practice, that’s a miracle.
A teenager who says “no” to drugs and “yes” to an education, that’s a miracle.
I love you Ma!
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
I hope they're still making women like my mom. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.
Mom was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.
A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
My mom taught me to treat a lady respectfully.
My mom taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams.
My mom thinks I could have even run a larger company.
My mom told me on several different occasions that she was livin' her dream vicariously through me. She once said that I was getting' to do all the things that she would have wanted to have done.
My mom is definitely my rock.
Next year - I wanna give something special to my mom and its a promise to myself.
25 Great Motivational Quotes!
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him” – David Brinkley
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure” – George Edward Woodberry
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it” – W. C. Fields
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude” – Maya Angelou
“All men of action are dreamers” – James Huneker
“If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present” – Franz Boas
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are” – John Wooden.
“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh–at yourself ” — Ethel Barrymore
“There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness” – Han Suyin
“Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy” – George Orwell
“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate” – George Burns
“Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference” – Nolan Bushnell
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose” – Robert Byrne
“Unbeing dead isn’t being alive” – E. E. Cummings
“Our entire life – consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are” – Jean Anouilh
“No man is a failure who is enjoying life” -William Feather
“A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts” – Harold MacMillan
“I always trust my gut reaction; it’s always right” – Kiana Tom
“I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business” – Harvey S. Firestone
“I have to trust what I do and then do it” – Ednita Nazario
“Don’t look any further than your own reflection for a hero” – Allyson Partridge
” The ‘good life’ begins when you stop wanting a better one” – Nkosiphambili E. Molapis
“I am not in this world to live up to other people’s expectations, nor do l feel that the world must live up to mine” – Fritz Perl
I will come again & conquer you because as a mountain you can’t grow, but as a human, I can”- Sir Edmund Hillary
Go, Go, Go!
Do you really want it?
Yeah!
Go, go, go
Go, go, go
Ale, ale, ale
Ale, ale, ale..
And When u feel the heat,
The world is at your feet.
No one can hold you down
If u really want it.
Just steal your destiny
Right from the hands of fate.
Reach the cup of life
Cause your name is on it!
Yeah!
Go, go, go
Go, go, go
Ale, ale, ale
Ale, ale, ale..
And When u feel the heat,
The world is at your feet.
No one can hold you down
If u really want it.
Just steal your destiny
Right from the hands of fate.
Reach the cup of life
Cause your name is on it!
Tonight's the night!
We're gonna celebrate!
The Cup of Life!
I love the energy of this song and we all need to win the cup of our life :)) and now on-wards this track is my ring tone.
Friday Special - Gladiator (Maximus Decimus Meridius)
One of my favourite movie scene and lines of all time! - I watched this scene more than 25 times.
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James Cameron Quotes - My Another Hero
If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success
You can read all the books about film-making, all the articles in American Cinematographer and that sort of thing, but you have to really see how it works on a day-to-day basis, and how to pace your energy so that you can survive the film, which was a lesson that took me a long time to learn.
People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.”
Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.
If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad.
A director`s job is to make something happen and it doesn`t happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell them what needs to be done. And if you don`t bring a passion and an intensity to it, you shouldn`t be doing it.
I wanted someone who was extremely fast and agile.
I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.
- James Cameron.
You can read all the books about film-making, all the articles in American Cinematographer and that sort of thing, but you have to really see how it works on a day-to-day basis, and how to pace your energy so that you can survive the film, which was a lesson that took me a long time to learn.
People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.”
Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.
If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad.
A director`s job is to make something happen and it doesn`t happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell them what needs to be done. And if you don`t bring a passion and an intensity to it, you shouldn`t be doing it.
I wanted someone who was extremely fast and agile.
I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.
- James Cameron.
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