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  • IndiBlogger to host event on blogging and digital content

    IndiBlogger to host event on blogging and digital content

    MUMBAI: The social networking site IndiBlogger has registered 642 bloggers from across India on their BNLF: Blog Now, Live Forever event.

     

    The event will be headlined by international speakers including international bloggers Jeff Bullas, Christoph Trappe and Indian bloggers including Kanan Gill, Purba Ray, Arnab Ray, Anshul Tewari and author Preeti Shenoy. 

     

    Bruce Dickinson, the lead singer of Iron Maiden will also be present as a special guest to talk about his life’s journey as an entrepreneur.

     

    BNLF is to be held at The Lalit Hotel in Mumbai on 31 October and 1 November, 2015. The tagline of the event is ‘Where every note is a Keynote.’

     

    Speaking about the core object of BNLF, IndiBlogger founder Renie Ravin said, “BNLF aims to establish Indian bloggers as key voices of the generation, who have the unique ability to inspire the masses through both experiential and creative content.”

     

    The agenda also includes creating awareness on the power of the fifth estate and its responsibility to effect change from a man-on-the-ground perspective, she added.

     

    The BNLF audience comprises not just bloggers, but also brand managers, digital media professionals and agency honchos. IndiBlogger’s 106 registered members have signed up to manage and host this event along with the organisers.

     

    The first day of the conference will feature talks on blogging concepts that will be of value to bloggers and businesses of varied levels of experience and help them leverage content through blogging. Keynotes are specifically designed to help people learn and adapt to the fast changing world of information sharing. Attendees will be exposed to the key elements of global blogging success, get insights into different methodologies of sharing content (including video content), and listen to inspiring success stories of people who used their blogs to achieve their goals.

     

    Commenting on BNLF, Jeff Bullas (Ranked #8 on Forbes The World’s Top 40 Social Marketing Talent) said, “Creating an online digital brand means that your voice will be heard even when we no longer breathe. So the web will indeed create a form of immortality or legacy for bloggers.”

     

    The second day of BNLF will have bloggers formalising current practices and getting technically equipped through expert workshops, which will feature curriculum from Christoph Trappe on the subject ‘Six steps to stop traditional marketing and start authentic blogging’ and ‘7 Key Steps to Blogging Mastery’ by Bullas.

  • Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media invests Rs 4 crore in Youth Ki Awaaz

    Raghav Bahl’s Quintillion Media invests Rs 4 crore in Youth Ki Awaaz

    MUMBAI: Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur led Quintillion Media, has invested Rs 4 crore in an angel round in Youth Ki Awaaz, a media platform for the youth to address some of the world’s most pressing issues – through thoughtful opinions and reportage.

     

    Kapur will join the board of the Youth Ki Awaaz parent – YKA Media Private Limited. BMR Advisors acted as transaction advisors to Quintillion Media and Novistra Capital acted as transaction advisors to Youth Ki Awaaz.

     

    Youth Ki Awaaz is a completely crowd-sourced digital media company, which aims to break the top-down, one-way approach of traditional media, making news creation and dissemination a collaborative/community led model. The platform’s approach to media is founded on the idea that public opinion is the new superpower, and that the media can do more to engage the current generation. From analysis and opinions on politics, to the latest on art and culture, Youth Ki Awaaz is a smorgasbord of personal stories, issue-centric writing and rights based interventions. The website receives over a million readers a month, and has contributions from over 30,000 writers from across India and the world.

     

    Youth Ki Awaaz founder Anshul Tewari said, “The last one year has seen a sudden rise in digital news and opinion platforms. With millions of dollars pouring into new startups, the growth is phenomenal. However, similar to traditional media, digital media too seems to be veering away from being people-focused. YKA on the other hand is a completely people driven digital media platform. With veterans like Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur on board as partners, we feel both privileged and excited to start a new and even more adventurous phase in pushing this generations opinions to the front. The capital will be invested in expanding our team, tech and business model.”

     

    The Quint co-founder Ritu Kapur added, “We were impressed by the idea conceived by Anshul and the team in creating Youth Ki Awaaz. In a short period of time, they have managed to carve a niche for themselves in the digital media space by creating a people driven digital media platform. We find their content to be high on both appeal as well as quality, which is a fine balance to strike. We are confident that they will continue to grow to greater heights in the coming future.”