COG cabinet meeting held today in the COG House IV, Dasarathapuram. Managing Director was not present in the meeting since he is in ten days training camp at Sriperumbudur. It was presided over by the COG R & D Dept. Head , Mr. Surendar, and other senior members of COG Mr. D.R. Dinesh, Mr. Naveen and Mr. C. Karthikeyan attended the meeting. The important decisions were taken at the todays meeting regarding the inaugural of 5ir.us, a sister company of COG corp., business. The important strategies and guidelines to be followed were explained clearly by the R & D dept. head Mr. Surendar. Former managing director Mr. R.Karthick and Creative Designer Mr. Athiroopan were also not present during the cabinet meeting due to some personal reasons.

Nothing new, but hot to watch. Google’s Gmail is keep on rocking the internet with their mega inbox space for gmail users. Not even a month before they upgrade to 5 gb and now it is 6 gb. It comes around christmas time and I think we can take this as a X-mas gift from Google-Gmail.

Happy news to everyone, who are all looking forward for the launch of the SUN Direct. Sun Direct launched in Chennai on 5th Dec., 2007. The customers who have applied for SUN Direct before couple of months started to receive calls from the distributors requesting them to come and collect the boxes and necessary accessories from them. It is unofficially confirmed that SUN Direct would be launched in other places in Tamil Nadu by this weekend or next week. Obviously, they should rush to make their launch since the Arasu Cable Vision, owned by Govt. of Tamil Nadu, is on the way to knock the cable door of Tamil Nadu.

The Google storm is everywhere in the blogosphere. This Pagerank update has been a damn thing for blogs. Every big blog lost there pagerank, many simple blogs too lost there pageranks. Only some of the blogs were in profit, that also temporary as it in the news that now Google Pagerank updates will be a regular activity.

Before, higher the pagerank, higher the money you maker i.e. by selling links on your blog. But now Google is penalizing blogs selling links so it now no use of pagerank left except some support in Search Engine Ranking.

Is This The End Of Text Link Ads?

As to the Google god, selling text links is like manupulating Google and the internet. Google penalized John Chow, ProBlogger, Copyblogger, JohnTP and many other blogs for this link sales phenomenon.

So now we cannot sell text link ads on our blog, it is for sure if you don’t want to be sued by the Google god. This means it is the end of Text Link Ads?

Text Link Ads started the link sale trend in the blogosphere and gave a boost to it also. But now as Text Link Ads has also been sued by Google god, there tension has stressed and may make them a bit evil. JohnTP mailed TLA team alerting the team about his removal of TLA ads from next month and in return TLA ate his full October text links earning which is somewhere $170, whereas Carl too mailed TLA team to add ‘nofollow’ to there links and in return he got some strange replies saying Google is not a god.

Chitika is the one who gave a boost to the product selling ad networks in the blogosphere. But now we have many ad networks which are product selling and better than Chitika in payout and use. I have listed some top 3 best alternates to Chitika to boost your income.
WidgetBucks

WidgetBucks is the best alternate to Chitika and is very functional. WidgetBucks have a great payout. The Cost per Click of WidgetBucks is always somewhere $0.30 which is quite high from a normal Adsense account.
TTZ Media Network

TTZ Media Network is owned by John Chow who is among the top bloggers who make money online. TTZ is a simple ad network which displays adds on basis on tags. TTZ mainly focus on hardware and gizmo products. TTZ’s payout is $0.15 per click on average. TTZ ads are attractive and simple so more chances to get clicked.
ShoppingAds

ShoppingAds is a recently founded ad network from the home of AuctionAds. ShoppingAds too work on tag system. The ad units of ShoppingAds are simple and have an option to display a banner saying ‘Hot’ on it which increases the click rate. The average payout of ShoppingAds is $0.30 to $0.35 per click.

*True entrepreneurship comes only from risk-taking.

*Pursue your goal, even in the face of difficulties. Convert difficulties into
opportunities. Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you
are bound to succeed.

*My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of
odds. Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and
conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.
The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India’s
transformation in the new millennium.

*Dhirubhai will go one day. But Reliance’s employees and shareholders
will keep it afloat. Reliance is now a concept in which the Ambanis have
become irrelevant.

*I have trusted people and they have put their trust in me. I have
encouraged youth, and they have never let me down. I have asked my
people to take initiative and to take risks. It has paid me rich dividends. I
insist on excellence. This helps us to be leaders. Reliance is built on some
of these principles.

*The secret of Reliance’s success was to have ambition and to know the
minds of men.

*Growth has no limit at Reliance. I keep revising my vision. Only when
you dream it you can do it.

*The problem with Indians is that we have lost the habit of thinking big!

*We can prove to the world that India can do it. That Indians are not afraid
of competition. That India is a nation of achievers.

*I dream India of becoming a great economic superpower.

*We must forge a new partnership for a great India. A strong and
constructive partnership between industry, government and society.

*We must always go for the best. Do not compromise on quality. Reject if it
is not the best — not only the best in India, but globally.

*If India wants to be a great nation, we must have courage to trust. This is
my sincere belief.

*All we have to do is to break the shackles that chain the energies of our
people, and India’s economy will record a quantum leap and move into a
new, higher orbit of growth, competitiveness and productivity.

*I can never fully repay the debt I owe to Mumbai. To all of you. My past
was shaped in Mumbai.

*For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win!

*I am deaf to the word ‘NO.’

*I am 100 per cent pro-liberalisation. I do not think any industrialist is
against it. But we should protect our industries, from unfair competition.

*There is no question about that (retirement). Business is my hobby. It is
not a burden to me. In any case Reliance now can run without me.

*I give least importance to being Number one. I consider myself to be
fortunate in this position and would like to contribute to nation building
in some way.

*Does making money excite me? No, but I have to make money for my
shareholders. What excites me is achievement, doing something difficult.
In this room extraordinary things must happen.

*Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one’s monopoly.

*Our dreams have to be bigger. Our ambitions higher. Our commitment
deeper. And our efforts greater. This is my dream for Reliance and for
India.

*First and foremost, I owe my success and achievements to the affection,
friendship and trust of millions of employees, customers, shareholders,
and business associates, who have stood by me and been a major source of
my strength all along.

*I believe that the success of Reliance cannot be attributed to the qualities
and achievements of one individual, or even a group of individuals, but
has to be viewed as a triumph of a process, and a spirit that binds the
entire Reliance family together.

*I consider myself a pathfinder. I have been excavating the jungle and
making the road for others to walk. I like to be the first in everything I do.

*I, as school kid, was a member of the Civil Guard, something like today’s
NCC. We had to salute our officers who went round in jeeps. So I thought
one day I will also ride in a jeep and somebody else will salute me.

*My fulfillment lies in the satisfaction of every member of the Reliance
family, comprising thousands of workers, managers, business associates
and over five million shareholders. Being instrumental in creating wealth
for over 5 million India families, and bringing prosperity and well being
to their life is the best source of satisfaction and joy for me.

*Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the
support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They
will deliver.

*You do not require an invitation to make profits.

*If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow.

*Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor:
Relationship and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth.

*We bet on people.

*Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my
expectation.

*Don’t give up, courage is my conviction.

*We cannot change our rulers, but we can change the way they rule us.
As A G Krishnamurthy, founder of Mudra Communications, writes in his
book, Dhirubhaism, about some of the Reliance founder’s doctrines:
Roll up your sleeves and help. You and your team share the same
DNA.
Be a safety net for your team.
Always be the silent benefactor. Don’t tom-tom about how you helped
someone.
Dream big, but dream with your eyes open.
Leave the professional alone!
Change your orbit, constantly!
Money is not a product by itself, it is a by-product, so don’t chase it.

Its always interesting to see a top brands advertisement fights like COKE - PEPSICO, FedEx - UPS, BMW - Audi - Subaru, King Fisher - Air Deccan - GoAir and others. And, here is some of them.

First comes FedEx - UPS War :
Initially the war was started by FedEx. FedEx claimed that they deliver the UPS vans too.

Replying to this, UPS gave a superb reply in their next commercial ad. UPS van stands brave with a minor damage and FedEx van got destroyed in the war zone.

Very soon BMW - Audi - Subaru and King Fisher - Air Deccan - GoAir ad war posts will be published.

In China, Microsoft has turned normal bus into trial bus as a advertising media for their last year release MS OFFICE 2007. The seats from the bus has been removed and they turned it into the MS OFFICE showroom. See to the pictures below,

What will be the next??

Have you ever questioned yourself? “How much do I earn per minute?”. If not, no problem but don’t start calculating now. I hope many of us earnings per minute won’t cross even Rs.1 per minute. Since our PM’s, Dr. Manmohan Singh, earning itself Rs. 0.57 per minute. And, now its time to shoot out the list of our Indian VIPs earnings per minute.

Name : Dr. Manmohan Singh

Designation : Prime Minister of India

Earnings Stats:

Per Minute* : 0.57 INR

Per Annum* : 3,60,000 INR

Name : Shah Rukh Khan

Designation : Film Actor

Earnings stats:

Per Minute* : 247 INR

Per Annum* : 13,00,00,000 INR

Name : Brij Mohan Lall Munjal

Designation : Chief of Hero Group

Earnings stats:

Per Minute* : 255 INR

Per Annum* : 13,50,00,000 INR

Name : Mukesh Ambani

Designation : CMD of Reliance Industries

Earnings stats:

Per Minute* : 413 INR

Per Annum* : 21.72 INR

Name : Sachin Tendulkar

Designation : Cricketer

Earnings stats:

Per Minute* : 1,163

Per Annum* : 61,15,00,000 INR

Name : Indra Nooyi

Designation : Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of PepsiCo

Earnings stats:

Per Minute* : 2,911 INR

Per Annum* : 153,00,00,000 INR

(Earnings stats period : 2006)

And that’s it for now, start calculating your earnings per minute. Ready! Set! Go!