Some Dhyaan for my Gyaan!!!

I relentlessly put out content on entrepreneurship and starting up via my blogs and social updates and sometimes I feel like I'm just a lone wolf barking away....

 

Simple surprise mails like these make up for all that effort and makes it all feel worth while!!

 

Sudhir Syal is the head honcho of ET NOW.

 


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:  <sudhir.syal@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Alok Kejriwal
To: Chetan Indap <chetan.indap@staffoncontract.com>
Cc: Alok Kejriwal <alok@games2win.com>


Great.

Alok - Not surprisingly you have a lot of fans on the show. Chetan is the founder of staffoncontract.com, an interesting contract staffing portal. Naukri for contract staffing as it were.


He wanted to get in touch with you and he will take this conversation forward.

Cheers,
Sudhir

Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone

 

From: Chetan Indap a href="mailto:chetan.indap@staffoncontract.com" target="_blank">chetan.indap@staffoncontract.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 11:56:25 +0530
To: Sudhir Syala href="mailto:sudhir.syal@gmail.com" target="_blank">sudhir.syal@gmail.com>
Subject: Alok Kejriwal

Hi Sudhir,
I wanted to mention one specific area where ET Now has really helped me...and that was one short comment by Alok Kejriwal. In one of his assessments of a start-up, he advised the Entrepreneur that if the business is Internet based then it would not make sense to spend heavily on Marketing. He suggested that the monies instead be spent on strengthening the product/service to the customer, which eventually will build a stronger brand. 
He went on to give an example of Facebook and Linked, who did not have to market themselves; they were advocated by the users themselves, who found it useful and intriguing. This comment literally helped me debate with my Sales Head about budgeting for the Marketing spend and it in fact has reduced our dependence on marketing to generate leads and visibility..
Secondly, Alok had recently commented in an article in ET, where he emphasized the importance of Cold Calling. This again helped drive the point across to my sales team strongly. I have already started seeing results from Cold Calling and hit the ratio is growing day by day.
So my sincere thanks to Alok and to ET Now is bringing such rich content to entrepreneurs. It has truly made valuable contribution in my starting-up journey.
It would be a great pleasure to meet Alok, if his schedule permits, and get some more advise/tips on my new venture; StaffOnContract.com!

-- 
StaffOnContract.com

Chetan Indap
MD
Joule Consulting Pvt.Ltd.
Desk: +91-22-6452 7335
Cell: +91-9821168505
www.staffoncontract.com

 

 

Tags: ET, Marketing, Mentoring, Now, Staffoncontract.com

Views: 49

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Anushka Shroff on February 7, 2011 at 1:45pm

Alok...You simply Rock..! This is great indeed ..!

Your writings are a delight to read & and feast of learnings...!

Cheers

Permalink Reply by Gaurang Bhatt on February 7, 2011 at 4:04pm
Fantastic.
Permalink Reply by Ashwin C Parulkar on February 8, 2011 at 11:18am

Alok you write so profoundly, that the style is very much simmilar to Rama viajapurkar...I think you should be thinking

seriously enuf to publish the Mgmt book soon.. at least the web book

Permalink Reply by Vijay Bhatt on February 8, 2011 at 11:41am

Alok, i am an avid reader of whatever u write here and lap it up...sometimes chewing on it for a long time.

any idea i can lay my hands on that ET article?

Thanxs

Vijay Bhatt

Permalink Reply by Anushka Shroff on February 9, 2011 at 9:43am

Jyoti 

It's like Lord Krishna and Arjun ...Alok and his disciples :)

"He who knows and knows that he knows: he is wise ?follow him. "


Jyoti Shukla said:

@Alok: there is a saying in Hindi; "गुरु गुड रह गये, चेला शक्कर हो गये." It is said for a disciple who follows his guru's gyan so thoroughly in letter and spirit that he progresses ahead of the guru!

Chetan Indap seems to be one such disciple of your writings.:)

I hope he joins us on the planet rodinhoods.com and inspires us by sharing his success stories.

Permalink Reply by Gaurang Bhatt on February 10, 2011 at 6:28pm
Alok,

Even I will be interested in Cold Calling article.My personal experience is properly researched cold calls still works, notwithstanding current barrage of Loan and credit cards offering calls.
Permalink Reply by Venugopal Karimilla on February 10, 2011 at 8:28pm

Alok,

 

I just came to know about this blog yesterday with your articles.. i am impressed in first read..

Great.. thanks for valuable info..

 

 

 

 

Permalink Reply by Anushka Shroff on February 14, 2011 at 9:04am

:) 

Lol..!

Jyoti Shukla said:

@Anushka: eeeek.. that sounds like a Godman!!!:-)))) um, I would rather follow just an entrepreneur than a "wise" one:))))

RSS

The RodinStar Post of the Week!

Stay Updated via FB!!

Please like us!!

Follow us on Twitter!!!

Top Content 

1 Email Marketing – How to Make $100,000

Email Marketing – How to Make $100,000
2 Can Artists and Restaurants do Business Together? -Cashurcanvas

Can Artists and Restaurants do Business Together? -Cashurcanvas
3 Which e-commerce platform would meet my requirements?

Which e-commerce platform would meet my requirements?
4 Why Obama Wears Only Blue Suits or Gray Suits?

Why Obama Wears Only Blue Suits or Gray Suits?
5 If we have IITs & IIMs, then why not IIEs?

If we have IITs & IIMs, then why not IIEs?
6 How to Set-up Low cost Food Joint?

How to Set-up Low cost Food Joint?
7 How to recover MONEY from the Sambas and Gabbars of the Industry

How to recover MONEY from the Sambas and Gabbars of the Industry
8 The Question is 'HOW' not 'WHY'

The Question is 'HOW' not 'WHY'
9 Startup : An Idea can change your life.

Startup : An Idea can change your life.
10 Buying something personal online? BEWARE!

Buying something personal online? BEWARE!

9 Ideas to use the site!

1. Registration is a click away - via Facebook etc
2. View ongoing discussions and fire up one yourself
3. Have a broader point of view? post a quick blog
4. Have a question? Just ASK! here
5. Want to activate some inquiries? List yourself
6. Have some stuff to show? Post Photos
7. Want to get noticed? Get yourself interviewed
8. Have a presentation that you like? Share it - Step by Step instructions
9. Lazy? Just hang out, Chat, add Friends...

Still messed up? Read the FAQ's

What does 'Rodinhood' mean?

Rodinhood is inspired from Rodin - who sculpted 'The Thinker' and Robin Hood who 'got things done'. Hence Thinking+Doing = Rodinhood.

The best place for enterprising folks to hang out, share,make like-minded friends, get feedback and soak in a pool of vast experience.