1. Anna Hazare & the Jan Lokpal Bill
2. Ra.One(film) & Chammak Challo
3. Death of Osama bin Laden
4. Death of jagjit Singh
5. Death of Steve jobs
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Rockstar(film)
8. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
9. Indian National Congress
10. Sikkim & Gujarat Earthquakes

Sachin Tendulkar (Page) was the 7th most popular and fast growing Sports personality page in Facebook for 2011. Times of India facebook page was the 8th most popular/fast growing in the category of news.

It’s interesting to see that “Why This Kolaveri da “ song could not make it to the Facebook trends for 2011.

The Social Media Share stats (as of 1st dec 2011)

• No of YouTube Video Views: 1,17,24,249
• Facebook shares: 33,69,996
• Tweets: 9842

The song also created a lot of versions including lot of spoofs and other regional language re-makes.

• Female Version: 15,53,614
• Sharad Pawar Slap: 8.67,911
• IBNLive Spoof:

How did they get it Right?

• Simple Lyrics
• Youth Oriented
• Awesome Music
• English Subtitles ensured it went beyond South India

The important changes to the TOS are

• “…you hereby grant Twitpic a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of…” and “…after you remove or delete your media from the Service provided that any sub-license by Twitpic to use, reproduce or distribute the Content prior to such termination may be perpetual and irrevocable.”

Twitterati kicked off protests immediately and after a day Twitpic came up with an apology and amended its TOS page. The final word from Twitpic is that the user still owns the content. Will you still use Twitpic?

Eg: I get a brand new Levis Jeans and I upload a picture of me wearing it and tag the Levis Jeans to the photo.

Considering the fact that it can trigger a lot of tag spam, Facebook has given the option to admins to untag from photos. The tagged photos will not be visible on the wall instead they will appear in a new tab on the page.

It tracks down your cookies, steals your information from browser and posts the message as a link from iPhone.

Its always easy to understand these kind of spam if you have some sense. Just go keep ur cursor above any such links and you can see a completely different website address in it.

Dealface has operation only in Mumbai and soon would be expanding to other markets. I am quite exited about the news that mouthshut is also entering a market space which looks very promising and growing at a rapid pace. A big question is now how many would continue to be in business at the end of this year?

This leaves us with an important question. How frequently brands should brands update their page so as to get maximum likes and engagement? I strongly feel a social media agency managing a facebook page has to typically update a page every 6-7 hours. This would ensure us that the content is fresh on the page and we can engage more fans in the next 7 hours.

Visibly has also published a detailed Facebook Fan engagement report here.

Facts and Numbers for Acquistion

• Tweet Deck has 10% of twitter’s 200 million user base. This 10% users of Tweet Deck are opinion leaders, powerful bloggers, social media marketers and twitter’s top users.
• Uber Media also has 10% of twitter userbase through UberSocial, Twidroyd, Echofon and UberCurrent.

Why Twitter will retain Tweet Deck if acquired

• To retain the 10% top twitter users
• To leverage the expertise of Tweet Deck in desktop application and Social Media Tracking.

You should note that only your profile photos will be moved and your friends would be converted as fans. Facebook will not move any other content. This means you will loose photos, notes and other data which are associated with the profile. The Facebook Profile to Fan Page tool might get better in the coming months which lets you migrate the entire content of your facebook profile.

You can convert your Facebook Profile to Fan Page Here.

Please note you cannot revert back your FAN Page to your Profile once you have converted from a profile and you will not be able to see updates from your facebook friends (fans now).