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Award-winning interactive copywriter. Footloose wanderer. Fanatic rail nut. Aspiring bus driver. Ardent cinema lover. Living in with a Blue-cheeked Bee Eater in a land called ‘Oh-man’. Social Media Conversationalist.

What I do for a living

As a ‘Content Strategist’ at UMSi, Oman’s leading interactive agency, I deliver web strategy, user experience and content solutions to telecom, industry, FMCG, corporate and automotive brands. And yes, I come with a few awards as baggage.
I'm an advertising copywriter to boot as well. Click here to download my resume.

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Author / Social Media Conversationalist. I joined 102 marketing bloggers from around the world in contributing a chapter to the path-breaking tome 'Age of Conversation'. Read more at: www.ageofconversation.com

My chapter is titled - The Rules of the Garage. For Digital Media Conversationalists. and is about how digital media participants can take inspiration from HP's Rules of the Garage to create inspiring interactive conversations. The book was launched worldwide on 16 July 2007. Click here for the lowdown on 'Age of Conversation'. Click here for the book's press coverage in the Middle East.

My Blog

Visit www.arunrajagopal.com for the buzz on my travels, social media conversations, digital media, advertising, rail-fanning & life in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Buzz Me

Email me at arunjoboy at yahoo dot com

A collection of interesting reads that I turn to for occasional inspiration.

1. THE 10-HOUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE. My attempt to explore social media from a broad perspective and understand the elements that constitute it in a 10 hour marathon blogathon.
   
2. THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHALLENGE-2: BLOGS. My ‘Blogging Resource 101’ for newbie bloggers who want make their mark in the blogosphere and have a very rewarding and enriching experience while doing that.
   
3. HOW TO BE CREATIVE by Hugh MacLeod, professional blogger & cartoonist extraordinaire. Here's a bunch of 31 tips that will work if you wish to be creative in art, in business, whatever.
   
4. HOW TO GET A STANDING OVATION by Guy Kawasaki, the original evangelist, entrepreneur, investment banker, and venture capitalist. I swear by his 10/20/30 RULE OF POWERPOINT.
   
5. INTERVIEW WITH LEE CLOW, Worldwide Creative Director & Chairman - TBWA. Brilliantly talented, yet so down-to-earth. My role model.
   
6. 5 RULES OF SOCIAL MEDIA OPTIMIZATION (SMO) by Rohit Bhargava of Ogilvy PR Worldwide. What started off as 5 rules has now organically grown into 17 rules. Must read for those involved in social media conversations.
   
7. INDEXED captures the simplicities as well as complexities of life through elegant graphs on humble index cards.
   
8. SOLBEAM inspires me to take off an never-ending journey to explore the world, like a pilgrim with no pre-destined mission.
   
9. I'm bit of a travel freak myself. Read about my month-long marathon INDIA TOUR ON RAILS. Or adventures at IGATPURI, ASHTAMUDI LAKE & KONKAN RAILWAY.
   
10. Do you belong to the legion of die-hard iPhone fans? MUST READ FUN STUFF FOR IPHONE FREAKS should whet your appetite for banal buzz on the iPhone.

Click here to check out my snap collection on Flickr. My shutterbug captures popular & offbeat travel destinations in India, trains on Indian Railways & Kerala.