Archive for January, 2009
New Business Idea – Free ISD Calls (say, US to India)
Being in the US for over more than a year now, I have had to pay through my nose for all the ISD calls that I make – to India, Singapore etc. That was a problem to solve right there – why should I pay? Is there a way to make these calls free? The [...]
Customer Lifecycle: Lifecycle Messaging
Customer Life Cycle (CLC) is an oft-used term in Marketing to describe the progression of steps a customer goes through when considering, purchasing, using, and maintaining loyalty to a product or service. The firm which pitches the product/service to the customer typically has the following stages in a marketing campaign: Reach —> Acquisition —> Conversion [...]
Welcome to KiranDhanwada.com
Hiya All, I finally moved to a website of my own from the previous avatar here. I say finally, because the creation of one’s own personal website, as exciting as it sounds is not so easy – especially for a person like me who doesn’t know a language beyond the archaic ‘C’ (yes, without the [...]
Questions?!
As I sit in a dreary meeting at work, I find this irresistible urge to do a pathetic attempt at poetry which is somber, poignant, solemn and all that. When a tedious meeting meets a wandering mind, SH*T happens. So, here it goes – I understand the practicality I understand the reality In other words, [...]
One Upmanship – Bernie Madoff vs Ramalinga Raju
Scene: Bernie Madoff and Ramalinga Raju are put in the same jail, for crimes of similar essence – defrauding shareholders/investors. Both wanted to prove that one was better than the other – in swindling. And so began the argument – Madoff: You bloody brown fellow! How dare you steal thunder under/from me? Raju: You racist [...]
Preview – 2009
One phrase to sum it all – ‘Hold tight, brave the storm’ Now that we are done with the excitement and enthusiasm of ushering in the New Year and all that, let’s look at what 2009 has in store for us. With the hypothesis of ‘data doesn’t lie’, let’s look at some of the news [...]
