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Digital Marketing by Real Estate Developers in Bangalore

Posted on by Shobhana Rochwani
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The real estate industry in India and Bangalore in particular is growing rapidly with real estate companies establishing new developments in and around the city. Real estate developers are also using digital marketing to update their clients and potential clients on the new projects and any exciting news that they may have.

From opting for a responsive website to having engaging social media content across channels, real estate developers are including digital marketing as part of their marketing and sales strategy. Keeping this in mind, we have put together a detailed report on the digital marketing strategies of some of the top real estate developers in Bangalore.

Mantri Developers

With developments ranging from residential to retail, from commercial to hospitality sectors, Mantri Developers are one of the few real estate businesses that have provided high-quality properties that match the current trends and future needs.

Website:

Mantri Developers have a descriptive website that covers details of all their projects elaborately.

Key features:

  1. Live chat
  2. Email Sign-up and Newsletter Subscription
  3. Mobile responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
46.2K 0:02:57 3.8 49.58%

span style=”font-weight: 400;”>UX Audit: From a user’s perspective, this website has a lot of useful information.  However, a more organized and spacious layout would connect better with the users and improve their experience.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 40 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 47/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 59/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 3k followers. They do 4 to 5 tweets per week and have many promoted tweets too. The tweets are good from the users’ perspective. However, the engagement is low.

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Facebook: They also have an active page with only organic posts and around 20k followers. Although they have tried interactive posts like the one shown below,  the engagement is quite low. However, they can try to boost their posts to make it reach masses.

Mantri-fb

LinkedIn: They have a LinkedIn business page with around 4k followers. No recent updates are there in the page, but the older posts have good engagement. They respond to the comments on posts, which gives really good impression to the audiences.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account with 164 subscribers. They post one or two videos every month which has good engagement.

Their Google+ and Instagram Pages are not active.

Content Marketing:

They have a WordPress blog, but the last post was in August 2013. Blogs can give them a lot of traffic, so they should start posting at least one blog per month.

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Prestige Developers

Prestige Developers is a real estate company that has triumphantly built a lot of residential, commercial, retail, leisure & hospitality based properties.

Website:

Prestige Developers have a common website, which covers detail of all their projects across all the cities they are serving currently. Their website is mobile responsive.

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
147.7K 0:02:56 2.89 54%

UX Audit: The elite images rolling in the banner connects the user to the luxury of the brand. The main menu could have been more prominent, instead of being placed against the sliding banners, but that apart, the site has very nice organization of the project information – presented state-wise and sorted by price.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 42 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 63/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 2.5k followers. They do 10 to 12 tweets per week and have no promoted tweets. The tweets are mostly about their projects or on reasons to buy property. And the engagement on tweets is decent.

Prestige Group-Twitter

Facebook: This is also an active page with around 4 lac followers. All posts are organic and the engagement is low. They have almost same posts on Facebook as the ones they have posted on Twitter.

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LinkedIn: They have a LinkedIn business page with around 3.5k followers. The page is active and engagement is also decent but they are posting same content on all the channels. They should differentiate the content as the audiences are different in different channels of Social Media.

YouTube: They have a YouTube account with 867 subscribers but it is not active. The last post was posted a year ago.

Their Google+ is not an active account, and they don’t have Instagram Page.

Content Marketing:

They don’t have any blog linked to their website. Blogs are a very good source of traffic and link building, so they should start a blog and link it to their website.

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Tata Housing

Tata Housing is one of India’s leading real estate developers. It is a closely held public limited company and is a subsidiary of TATA Sons.

Website:

They have a website that covers details of all their current projects. Website has many tools like EMI calculator, Property finder, etc. and has a payment option as well.

Key Features:

  1.   Enquiry form
  2.   Mobile responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
144K 0:01:47 2.72 65.56%

UX Audit: The website comes with a clean layout and a very neat color scheme. One of the hugely useful utility – Search, is well planned here. User experience could be enhanced by placing the search in the primary top portion of the layout – so that it is easily discoverable. Every internal page corresponding to a project, has a different color scheme suited to the image. Even though the common practice is to maintain color consistency across pages, from the UX perspective this is indeed appealing.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 39 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 80/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 82/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 14.5k followers. They do 3 to 4 tweets per week and don’t have promoted tweets. They have a diverse set of tweets ranging from customer testimonials to the initiatives they have taken in general. The engagement on tweets is good.

Tata Housing-Twitter

Facebook: This is also an active page with around 2 lac followers. All posts are organic and the engagement is good. They have interesting posts like the one shown below:

Tata Housing-fb

LinkedIn: They have a LinkedIn business page with around 12.5k followers. The page is active, and the engagement is also good. Content is exactly same as what they have posted on Twitter.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account with 1187 subscribers. They post 1 video every month mostly about their new projects.

Their Google+ is active with around 600 followers, and their Instagram account is not active.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog which is linked to their website. The blog is not active as last post was on 6th Jan 2016.

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Sobha Developers

Founded in 1976, Sobha Group is one of the largest real estate organisations in India and the Middle East. Today, they have presence in 24 cities and 13 states across India and throughout the Middle East.

Website:

They have a website that covers detail of their current project in all the cities they are serving in India, and they have an option to go directly to Dubai site.

Key features:

  1. Email Newsletter Subscription present
  2. Mobile responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
226.8K 0:03:10 3.3 59.85%

 

UX Audit: The submenus on the main menu are very interesting, with an image and well placed submenu items. Even for mobile, the menu is optimized well. The banner is the most informing entity of their website. It covers all the deals, promotions, new launches, etc. Usually extensive sliding banners don’t work, from user perspective. However, since the information below the banner is very minimal, the user has a better opportunity to focus on the extensive banner.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 32 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 67/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 75/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 2k followers. They do 5 to 6 tweets per day, which is a lot as compared to their competitors. They have a diverse set of tweets ranging from their new projects to the general industry based news. Despite these, engagement is low on tweets.

Sobha Ltd.-Twitter

Facebook: They have an active page with around 5.5 lac followers. All posts are organic, and the engagement is good. They have interesting posts like customer testimonial which is shown below:

    Sobha Ltd-fb.       

LinkedIn: They have a LinkedIn business page with around 15k followers. The page is active and engagement is also good. Content is almost same as what they have posted on Facebook.

YouTube: They have a YouTube account with 466 subscribers but it is not very active. The last post was 8 months back.

Their Google+ is active with around 515 followers, and their Instagram account is not active.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog which is not active. They do not have any mention to their blog on their website.

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Century Real Estate

Century Real Estate prides itself on being an integrated, full-service landholdings development company that offers the best real estate & property developers in Bengaluru.

Website:

They have a descriptive website, which covers detail of their current project in all the cities they are serving in India.  

Key features:

    1. Live chat

 

  1. Mobile responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
20.5K 0:04:48 3 46.54%

 

UX Audit: The elevation overview image used in the banner is very attractive. It gives a very detailed idea of the luxury and environment of the residential project. The location sorter-tab is a good utility to filter residential projects in specific areas. The slide-in enquiry form looks neat and works comfortably.

The section ‘Bangalore – the place to be’, is well aligned with the idea of living in a place overlooking green luxury – the strength of their residential project.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 27 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 69/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 70/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account, but the followers are very less; it is around 50 only. They do 5 to 6 tweets per week, but the engagement is very low. Some of the tweets are interesting which give emphasis on Call-To-Action as the one mentioned below:

Century Real Estate -Twitter

Facebook: They have an active page with around 47k followers. Some posts are organic, and some are boosted, and the engagement is good overall. They have interactive posts like the one shown below:

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LinkedIn: They have a LinkedIn business page with around 1.2k followers. They don’t have any post on their  page till now.

YouTube: They have a YouTube account with only 13 subscribers and it is not very active. They post once in around 3 months.

Their Google+ is not active, and they don’t have Instagram account.

Content Marketing:

They have an active blog which is linked to their website. And they have newsletter sign-up option for their blog.

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Puravankara Group

The Puravankara Group commenced operations in Mumbai and has established significant presence in the metropolitan cities of Bangalore, Kochi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Mysore and overseas in Dubai, Colombo and Saudi-Arabia.

Website:

They have a website with categories for cities they are serving in India and then cities have description of their current projects.  

Key Features:

    1. Live chat

 

    1. Email Newsletter Subscription present

 

  1. Mobile Responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
91.4K 0:01:44 2.2 67.51%

 

UX Audit: They have a very interesting drop down menu with all their residential projects listed. The supporting icons plus location information makes way of navigating to residential options more convenient.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 35 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

    1. For Mobile Site their speed is 53/100.

 

  1. For Desktop Site their speed is 48/100.  
  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 47/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 59/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account but the followers are very less, it is around 360. They do 5 to 6 tweets per week but engagement is low. Most of the tweets are themed around investment like the one shown below:

Puravankara-Twitter

Facebook: They have an active page with around 37k followers. The posts are organic and have decent engagement.

LinkedIn: They have a LinkedIn business page with around 4k followers. They don’t have any post on their page till now.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account with around 400 subscribers.

Their Google+ is not active, and they don’t have Instagram account.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog, but it is not active. It  is also not linked to their website. The last post was in 2014.

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Ozone Group

Ozone Group one of the top builders in Bangalore & Chennai among the real estate construction companies.

Website:

They have a website with description of their projects on the banner images, which is very visual and catches the attention.

Key Features:

    1. Enquiry Form

 

    1. Email Newsletter Subscription is Present

 

  1. Mobile Responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
72.2K 0:01:23 1.76 72.22%

 

UX Audit: The information architecture of this page is very well-planned. Banner information with different projects and their status, makes it a valuable source of information. The website has a very well-built footer with latest news, enquiry form, and contact us.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 35 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 69/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 85/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 1.5k followers. They do 2 to 3 tweets per week, but engagement is low. Most of the tweets are informative, like the one shown below:

Ozone Group-Twitter

Facebook: They have an active page with around 1 Lac followers. The posts are organic and have decent engagement. They have many images posted for different occasions.

LinkedIn: They have an active LinkedIn business page with around 800 followers. They have posts related to their achievements and activities on their page.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account, but the subscribers are less. They have almost one video upload every week.

Their Google+ is not active, but the Instagram account is active with similar posts as Facebook.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog which is active, and it is linked to their website. Content is mostly about their projects.

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Total Environment

Architect led design company in real estate development, Total Environment creates luxury apartments and villas for sale in India.

Website:

They have a website with very less content. They have put images of all their projects and every image has a small description of the project.

Key Features:

    1. Enquiry Form

 

  1. Mobile Responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
10.7 K 0:04:42 11.86 22.30%

 

UX Audit: The image slider is very different from the usual websites. It focused on every facility that the residence provides, thereby giving the user an entire perspective of what they’re signing up for.

On the con-side, there is no evident attractive information about their residential projects; the user might lose out on the purpose of the page

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 21 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 91/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 96/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have a Twitter account with only 100 followers. The account is not active, last tweet was in April.

Facebook: They have an active page with around 15k followers. The posts are organic and have good engagement. They have interesting posts like the one shown below:

Total Environment-fb

LinkedIn: They have a LinkedIn business page with around 2k followers. They have very few posts that are about job openings only.

YouTube: They don’t have an YouTube account.

Both their Google+ and Instagram are not active.

Content Marketing:

They do not have a blog.

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Nitesh Estates

Nitesh Estates is the luxury real estate brand, which has developed state-of-the-art homes, hotels, office buildings and shopping malls in India.

Website:

They have descriptive and visually appealing website, which tells about their projects and promotional activities in detail.

Key Features:

    1. Email Newsletter Subscription is present

 

  1. Mobile Responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
17K 0:04:30 3.9 29.11%

 

UX Audit:

    1. Convenient categorization of content along the home page.

 

    1. Nice clear images of the property, enhances the look of the page.

 

  1. The content of the page really communicates trust via sections like ‘Ambassador banner’ and ‘Commitment to Excellence’.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 31 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 52/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 65/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 9k followers. They do 5 to 6 tweets per week, but engagement is low. They have tried engaging in campaigns like the one shown below:

Nitesh Estates-Twitter

Facebook: They have an active page with around 42k followers. The posts are organic and have decent engagement. They have many posts that talk about the facilities they have in their projects like the one shown below:

Nitesh Estates-fb

LinkedIn: They have an active LinkedIn business page with around 3k followers. They have posts related to their projects and the engagement is good on their page.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account with around 1.2k subscribers. They have almost 2 to 3 video uploads every 2-3 months.

Their Google+ is not active but the Instagram account is active with similar posts as Facebook.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog which is active and it  is on their website. Content is very diverse ranging from general topics of real estate to specific topics like tour of their property.

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Brigade Group

Brigade Group is a  real estate and property developer in Bangalore & the rest of South India since 1986.

Website:

They have very colorful website, which tells about their projects across various cities. Their website is Mobile responsive.

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
99.7K 0:01:55 2.22 58.56%

 

UX Audit: Quick Finder turns out to be an excellent feature and well-placed to a user’s visibility. Categorizing their properties based on  Commercial, Retail and Hospitality is very thoughtful. However the second half of the website could have maintained a more prominent and vibrant color theme like the first half of the site.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 40 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 55/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 69/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an Twitter account with around 150 followers. The account is not active, and the last tweet was in 2015.

Facebook: They have an active page with around 13k followers. The posts are organic and engagement is low. They have tried interactive posts but still the engagement is low as the one shown below:

Brigade Group-fb

LinkedIn: They have an active LinkedIn business page with around 9k followers. They have posts related to their projects and the engagement is decent on their page.

YouTube: They don’t have YouTube account.

Their Google+ is not active, and they don’t have an Instagram account.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog, which is on their website. It is not active; last post was in December 2015.

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DRA Group

3 decades of delivering Quality Homes has made DRA a name synonymous with quality apartment constructions in Bangalore.

Website:

They have a website with good description of their ongoing as well as upcoming projects.

Key Features:

    1. Enquiry Form

 

  1. Mobile responsiveness

UX Audit: Each of the individual projects has a set of features that can viewed by a simple click, and all changes being reflected in a single space. This is a very simple navigation.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 19 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 39/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 47/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 300 followers. They do 4 to 5 tweets per week but engagement is low. Most of the recent tweets are about their new project.

Facebook: They have an active page with around 25k followers. The posts are organic and have decent engagement. They have most recent posts only about their new project.

LinkedIn: They have an LinkedIn business page with around 80 followers. They have no posts till now.

YouTube: They don’t have a YouTube account.

Their Google+ is not active and they don’t have Instagram account.

Content Marketing:

They don’t have a blog.

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Casa Grande

Casa Grande defines designs and develops quality livings spaces and operates in niche residential segments like luxury villas and apartments in Chennai, Bangalore, Coimbatore and Cochin. The company also sells plotted development spaces. Projects in the pipeline are to the tune of around 2500 crores in the luxury apartments and villas category across these 4 geographies.

Website:

They have a website which is visually appealing with big banner images, info-graphics and video testimonials from clients.

Key Features:

    1. Live Chat

 

    1. Email Newsletter Subscription is present

 

  1. Mobile responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
76K 0:05:29 3.21 43.02%

 

UX Audit: The semi-parallax look adds a luxurious feel to the general theme of Casa Grande. The well laid-out contact information at the top of the page facilitates easy contact. The feature that shows the number of completed, ongoing, and upcoming projects. Clean color theme of the website and well organized layout is a great advantage.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 22 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 69/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 76/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 2k followers. They do 4 to 5 tweets per week, but engagement is low. Most of the tweets are same as the ones posted on Facebook.

Facebook: They have an active page with around 1.2 Lac followers. The posts both organic as well as sponsored posts have decent engagement. They have some engaging posts like the one shown below:

Casa Grande-fb

LinkedIn: They have an active LinkedIn business page with around 490 followers. They have posts related to their offers but the engagement is very low on their page.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account but the subscribers are around 200 only. They have almost two video uploads every month.

Their Google+ is active but engagement is low, and they don’t have a Instagram account.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog which is active and it  is linked to their website. They post almost twice per month which is good as compared to their competitors.

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Asset Builders

Website:

They have a website with description of their projects and  lot of content related to their mission/ vision. They have videos of testimonials by their clients.

Key Features:

    1. Live Chat

 

    1. Email Newsletter Subscription is present

 

  1. Mobile Responsiveness

UX Audit:

    1. A long scroll page with all information laid out in a very appealing manner.

 

  1. A very different set of visual elements like project details in tabs, featured works in the slider, and various testimonials from client builds trust as a brand from the user perspective.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 24 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 43/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 54/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 150 followers. They do 4 to 5 tweets per month which is low as compared to competitors. The engagement is low on their posts.

Facebook: They have an active page with around 8k followers. The posts are organic and have decent engagement. They post once a week mostly.

LinkedIn: They have an active LinkedIn business page with around 100 followers. They have posts related to their achievements and activities on their page but the engagement is low.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account but the subscribers are less. The last video they uploaded was 9 months back.

Their Google+ is active, but they don’t have Instagram account.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog tab on their website but after clicking it is re-directed to their home page only.

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Mahindra Lifespaces

Mahindra Lifespaces is one of the most reputed real estate property developers and they provide a one stop solution for NRI investment in India.

Website:

They have a website which is very colorful and interactive.

Key Features:

    1. Enquiry Form

 

  1. Mobile Responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
56.6K 0:02:19 1.76 65.56%

 

UX Audit: Using green as a theme is very impressive to an audience in real-estate. The simple and clean design appeals to the user’s experience. Sticky enquire and book now buttons, really serve the purpose of contacting, comfortably.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 41 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 66/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 79/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have an active Twitter account with around 1k followers. They do 2 to 3 tweets per week but engagement is low.

Facebook: They have an active page with around 1 Lac followers. They have both organic as well as sponsored post and have decent engagement. They have some video posts that are quite interactive.

LinkedIn: They have an active LinkedIn business page with around 22k followers. They have posts related to their projects mostly and the engagement is decent.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account but the subscribers are less. They have almost 2 to 3 video uploads every month.

Their Google+ is not active and the Instagram account is active but engagement is low.

Content Marketing:

They have a blog which is active and it  is on their website. Content is diverse which ranges from general real estate topics to specific topics like their projects.

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Godrej Properties

Godrej Properties has been instrumental in the construction of Residential, commercial and township projects across 12 major cities in India & continues to be.

Website:

They have a website with all the information needed but it is very simple in terms of design. They have all the information on the banner images which is very visual.

Key Features:

    1. Enquiry Form

 

  1. Mobile responsiveness

Website Insights:

Total visits Avg time on site Page views Bounce rate
209.2K 0:01:20 2.05 72.01%

 

UX Audit:

    1. A very simple design layout without any cluttering elements, garners user attention.

 

    1. The information in menus is very well organized, promoting navigational convenience.

 

  1. Their ‘Book Online’ feature is a well built utility.

SEO:

Moz Rank: They have a Moz Rank 46 for Domain Authority.

Website Speed:

  1. For Mobile Site their speed is 41/100.
  2. For Desktop Site their speed is 57/100.

Social Media Presence:

Twitter: They have multiple Twitter accounts according to projects.

Facebook: They have multiple Facebook accounts according to projects.

LinkedIn: They have an active LinkedIn business page with around 33k followers. They have posts related to their activities and the engagement is good.

YouTube: They have an active YouTube account with around 550 subscribers. They have almost one video upload every week.

Their Google+ is active and in Instagram account they don’t have any posts.

Content Marketing:

They have a multiple blogs for various summits and projects.

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~Other contributors to this blog post are Allan William, Pournima Balasubramanian, Nandita Raman, Rohit Uttamchandani, Srilakshmi Indrasenan, and Akila Priyadarshini.

9 Tips For Social Recruiting In India

Posted on by Roshni Chhabria
Reading Time: 8 minutes

Social recruiting is one of the latest recruitment methods in the industry. Recruitment has seen a 360-degree shift in the way how employers connect with potential candidates. Professional recruiters and employers have moved away from traditional methods like newspaper ads to newer techniques and are using social media channels for talent acquisition.  Social recruiting is the latest trend where recruiters use social media channels to source and recruit candidates instead of direct sourcing or job boards. Today social recruiting is not just a novelty, it’s a must have for any successful recruitment strategy. Below are 9 essential tips to keep in mind for your social recruiting strategy.

1.    Content is king

The importance of content marketing has grown significantly over the last few years. Content marketers are constantly focusing on creating content that would be suitable for prospective clients/customers. However, one target segment that most marketers tend to overlook is prospective employees. Various content marketing techniques can be used to attract and engage with potential employees. Even if the company is not hiring at the moment, it is considered ideal to create content that would appeal to prospective employees. So, in the future when you need to hire someone, you are already on your prospective employees’ radar.

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Below are a few other ways in which you can leverage the power of content marketing as a part of your social recruiting strategy.

  • Showcase employee experiences/testimonials
  • Create content around the work culture of the organization.
  • Showcase the fun team activities/outings
  • Leverage current employee’s expertise to create content

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2. Rise of Facebook recruitment

Facebook’s substantial talent pool along with its numerous ad types and thousands of possible ad targeting parameters, make it the perfect platform for companies to find and engage with potential employees.

An easy way to do this would be to create a job advertisement for the open position and target the relevant audience segment in order to reach qualified candidates. Facebook allows you to target people based on multiple criteria’s so you can filter and reach only those who are the right fit. To begin with, the simplest way is to target people based on their age, gender, and location.  For more advanced options, you can decide to show your ad only to people of a certain education level, field of study and colleges that they have graduated from. For an example if you are looking to hire an MBA from a premium B-school for a managerial role then you can choose to deliver your ad only to those who would be the right match.

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3. Twitter – A recruiter’s secret weapon

When it comes to talent acquisition it helps to be where all the people are and there are over 23 million registered Twitter accounts in India. Twitter is considered an open social network, and it is very easy to use Twitter to connect and build relationships with relevant active users.

Build your twitter following

It is essential to ensure that you engage with the people from your target talent pool and that they follow you on Twitter. If you don’t have these relevant followers and you tweet about a job opportunity then it is highly unlikely that you will see any good results out of this activity. An effective way to do this is to search for these people and follow them. So, how do we search and find people on twitter?

  • A useful but rarely used feature of twitter is the advanced search. It is the simplest way to look for people by keywords or cities they live in.
  • Search for relevant hashtags and see who are the people using it or alternatively you could pick a trending topic that is relevant to your industry to see who is talking about it and follow them.
  • Once you find a few appropriate people you can see if they are part of any lists and then you can find other people on that list who are likely to have similar interests.
  • Third Party Tools such as followerwonk, a Moz app helps you search twitter bios. This could be an ideal way to search for potential candidates as most people would have their industry/designation details along with other interests or passions mentioned in the bio.

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  • Another interesting and simple way is to use search engines like Google/Bing to literally X-Ray twitter for the information you need. For example, if you are looking to connect with SQL Developers you can go to Google and type site:twitter.com chennai sql~develop –jobs and you will find relevant accounts on twitter with those keywords in the city specified by you.

Listen & engage

You can use Twitter Advanced Search to listen in on relevant conversations and engage with the right audience. You can also save the searches in order to be able to continuously monitor the specific keywords. Tools like Hootsuite are very useful to listen and monitor any conversations that you feel are relevant to your business. This can help you curate content you are interested in, find people, discover content and much more. Also, you can use tools like IFTTT, which can help automate the monitoring and listening process.

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Twitter Ads

Twitter ads can be intimidating for those of you who are trying it for the first time. Read our Complete Guide to Twitter Ads and see how your brand can leverage twitter ads, in order to help your social recruiting strategy.  Interaction on Twitter is by and large seen as less intrusive, when compared to other forms of traditional communication (emails, phone, text) as well as other social networks. This means that recruiters can not only reach out to, but can also easily be very social with potential employees before the formal hiring process begins.

4. Find the perfect hire on LinkedIn

The recruiting process is constantly evolving and it is essential to stay ahead of the game. However, LinkedIn still remains the top social recruiting tool. With the changing face of the recruitment industry, LinkedIn is a must-have for every recruitment team.  LinkedIn groups and sponsored job postings are the most common and effective ways of attracting the right talent. There are other paid LinkedIn options, which include plans specifically designed keeping in mind, the needs of a recruiter. For an example, Talent Finder lets you access every single profile be it 2nd degree or 3rd degree connections. You have access to premium search filters with the focus on industry, company, years of experience etc.

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5. The good old e-mailer

Some candidates with a certain technical skill set may not be very active on social media and hence it becomes difficult for recruiters to reach out to these candidates. In such a case, it is advisable to send E-mailers for specific job openings to a relevant database, which can help garner an excellent response.  It is essential to ensure that you have a remarkable subject line that can cut through the clutter and entice a candidate into reading more. It is okay to experiment a bit until you find the tone and style that is best suited for your brand. It is recommended to constantly A/B test to optimize, and measure key metrics like open rate, click through rate etc. Mention all essential details about the position and clearly specify what action the candidate needs to take if he or she would be interested to apply for the position. We could redirect the users to our social media channels or LinkedIn job posting from the e-mailer in order to take the next step in the hiring process.

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6. Career Page is a recruiter’s best friend

In order to have a successful new-age recruiting strategy, a well built and descriptive career page is absolutely necessary. A career page does not have to be necessarily fancy but it must highlight the value proposition.  The page should explain the key benefits of working with your company and why candidates must choose you over any other company. An essential thing, over and above all of these is to ensure your careers page is mobile optimized and the process of applying to an open position is as easy and short as possible.

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7. Building a social talent brand

A company’s talent brand is nothing but how their vision and corporate culture are perceived on various social media platforms. This plays an important and immense role in not just reducing the cost of hiring for a company but also its ability to attract top quality candidates. Google, for an example, does a great job when it comes to talent branding. They look like the best place to work and that has become one of their biggest assets in their hiring process. Keep in mind, that it is essential that your company’s image, in words, photos, and videos, is consistent across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and all other social media platforms.

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8.  Turn employees into brand ambassadors

There is nothing more powerful than your own employees speaking about the company and its work culture when it comes to attracting and hiring the best talent.  Creating content that goes viral is a difficult task and it is essential to learn how you can multiply your reach. For example, if you have 1000 employees and say 60% of them share your social media content with their followers and each of them has an average of 400 followers then you have just reached 240,000 more people. Yes, there might be common connections but even if you have reached two-thirds of this number then it is a notable reach. Encouraging employees to follow and share your content on social media is an essential step and you can definitely see positive results out of this simple activity and increase your social media reach significantly. Read more on 100X social media reach by turning your employees into brand ambassadors.  According to a survey by Monster, more than 65% of candidates tend to consider an opportunity for a new job role if they happened to come across such information from existing employees on social media channels. So this is a complete win-win situation and has a positive impact on your social recruiting process.
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9. Showcase the fun on Instagram

Instagram is the secret to catching the attention of passive candidates by telling them a great visual story about your brand and also showcase what it is like to work with you. The stories could focus on things that potential candidates would desire in their prospective employer. On Instagram, the trick is to give users a glimpse into a space that they would otherwise have no access to. In this way, brand awareness is created and an employer can reach out to both current job seekers as well as passive candidates.

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Social Beat is now in Bangalore

Posted on by Abhishek Kumar
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100+ delighted clients. 40+ member team. 3+ years of excellence.

That’s a summary of our journey in Chennai and we are proud to add another milestone in that journey – the launch of our new branch office in Bangalore.

We are now among the leading end-to-end Digital Marketing Partners in South India, offering the entire gamut of digital marketing services that include Website and App Development, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing, Digital Advertising and Influencer Marketing.

Our ROI-driven approach to digital marketing has helped us consistently deliver business results for clients across sectors including real estate, finance, e-commerce, start-ups, retail, FMCG and healthcare. We have partnered with over 100 clients including Citibank, Saint Gobain, Akbar Travels, Murugappa Group, Forum Mall, Urban Clap, Casa Grande, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Chain, Raintree Hotels, India Home Health Care, Sulekha.com, Cambridge English, JVC Headphones amongst others.

Here are our social media mavens busy at work at the Bangalore office!

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With a strong result-oriented team and a proven track record, we look forward to delighting clients in Namma Bengaluru. Feel free to reach out to us at team@socialbeat.in or drop by at our office.

Our Bangalore Address: Social Beat, 22, 15th Cross Rd, Sector 4, HSR layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560102

Learnings from Social Media Week, Bangalore

Posted on by Lalitha Shukla
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It was a full house at the Social Media Week, Bangalore this year! A great line up of speakers and interesting mix of panel discussions kept us all hooked to our seats. The event was organized over two days and witnessed some great industry experts share their knowledge and experiences with the crowd. Be it two 18-year-old drop outs building a child-caring app – ‘MyChild’ which is now used in more than 135 countries or a ladysingle-handedlyy fighting against one age-old social stigma – Menstruation by using comic books and social media – It was everything a Social Media Week should be.

The event started on a high note with India’s Ad Guru, Prahlad Kakar’s session on Brand Building Through Story Telling. He took us through a journey we would never forget. Sharing stories from his personal life and experiences captivated the audience. A maestro at storytelling, he gave away some important tips on how to build a brand by telling its story in a manner that makes the brand a hero!

Following Kakar’s session, we had Arnav Ghosh from Blippar India talk about Visual Marketing and Changing Consumer Context. The session addressed the scope of Visual Search and how we’re moving towards a future where Physical reality and augmented reality will blend into one. He was highly lauded for his talk and presentation of Blippar, an app that turns everyday objects into consumer-centric interactions. We will be writing a blog post later this month on how Visual & Voice search are going to change digital marketing forever.

Speaking of Visual and Voice, how can one not mention one of the most interesting sessions on cricket by cricket journalists Prem Panicker, Gaurav Kalra and Bengaluru-based popular Twitter personality Ramesh Srivats. Cricket has not only changed as a game but also how people look at it now and what they have to say about every little aspect. Apart from taking part in debates and writing out blogs, Twitter has become the new medium to express or oppose one’s opinion. Though Twitter is infamous for its social media ‘Wars’, it has also given an option for fans to follow the game through live-tweeting. Ramesh agrees saying, “Discussions on cricket are like everything else on Twitter; part stupid and trolling, part insightful and intelligent.”

There were a couple of more interesting talks on People Intelligence and Monetizing Digital Content by Amartpreet Kaur and Mahesh Narayanan, Saavn respectively. There was a very interesting panel discussion with Ganga Ganapathi, VP, Ogilvy as the moderator and Anshul Chaturvedi, G.M, Wohoo and Anjali Gupta, IBM as panel members discussing on ROE (Return on Engagement). They talked about how digital has become an integral part of marketing strategies for brands and what engagement means to the brands. The three of them shared their views and thoughts on how to measure engagement and the effectiveness of campaigns online. Many a times engagement is a great short term goal before arriving at return on investment (which for many brands is leads, sales, revenue and referrals).

The evening continued on an exciting pitch and witnessed digital expert Kiruba Shankar shared his knowledge on the future of communication and how podcasts play an important role in it. The session was interactive and had a lot of guests sharing their thoughts and ideas. Kiruba himself has multiple podcasts which can be seen here.

Day one of the Social media week ended on an exciting note and anticipation for the second day was higher. Sandy Carter from IBM shared her views on Social Intelligence and how important it is for a marketer to identify negative and positive sentiments. She is responsible for IBM’s worldwide focus on startups and having her kickoff day 2 at the event was an absolute delight. She spoke at length at about how even startups are starting to leverage big data and actionable people intelligence to connect with consumers around the world. She gave an example of Chocolate Jhony who has been able to leverage SnapChat and other social media channels to expand to multiple geographies.

Following Sandy Carter’s sessions were various more interesting sessions on Influencer Marketing, Snapchat and on breaking a taboo through social media. A gripping debate on “The ugly face of influencer marketing” amongst some of the industry experts like Kiruba Shankar, NanditaIyer, Karthik Srinivasan and G.Nivedithwas probably one of the best sessions of the day. There was a lot of discussion on whether influencers should sell their soul by reviewing and writing about topics that they don’t personally use. For example, should a technology blogger partner with a beer brand or a fashion brand. Challenges faced by influencers were also covered and many of these are similar to the Influencer Industry Report we had launched earlier this year.

There was also a stand-up comedy by Satish Perumal whose rib-ticklers cracked up every single soul in the room! His joke of the day had to be – In a city where people are dying because of potholes, the only person who can use a helipad has left the country!

A jolly-good week with people from all walks of life coming together to tell their story on how social media – a medium – is more than just Sharing, Liking or Commenting, was what SMW’16 was all about. While leaving the event with the same enthusiasm was one thing, learning to ‘Tell A Story To Sell Your Brand’ was another insight that we take back to our working desks.

For those who could not make it to the event, here are some key bytes from the sessions from both the days –

“Storytelling is the heart of every communication” – Mr. PrahladKakar

“Visual Marketing is the bridge between the physical and digital worlds” – Arnav Ghosh, Blippar

“Content is always paid for, either the brand pays for it or the users pay directly to consume the content” – Mahesh Narayanan, Saavn

“A brand is the strongest when it is clear about what it has to offer to its customers” – Ganga Ganapathi, VP, Ogilvy

“As the industry matures, most Influencers will have disclosures and be more true to their identity” – Kiruba Shankar

Social media gives you a new kind of surround sound from cricket matches. – PremPanicker

“Social intelligence moves the needle of your social media presence to social business”. – Sandy Carter, IBM

“Occasional trending does not build long-term emotional connect with consumers” – Alokedeep Singh, Titan

For those who attended the event, do share your experiences and highlights in the comments below!











My internship experience – Lavanya

Posted on by Lavanya U
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On 4th April, I stepped into Social Beat’s office with a lot of excitement and curiosity. The excitement because it was my first internship experience in a digital marketing firm and curiosity because I didn’t know what to expect. But well, it was worth the curiosity I’d say!

Although I had a fair knowledge of digital marketing (thanks to my Undergraduate), I didn’t know the process behind the whole scenario. Facebook post was just a post until I came here. Never did I know so much planning goes behind each and every published content. Leave the content, even each and every word. The execution part was the only thing I could see from outside not knowing that an entire team dedicatedly works for it. Now I know a Facebook post is more than a post!

The best thing about Social Beat is that you get all the freedom to put in your creative brain and work on your ideas. There is no restriction in the depth that one can go in creating and bringing up new things in work. In fact, we even have ‘Idea Adda’ sessions every Thursday where the entire team sits to discuss on new ideas and brainstorm on it. It is a great platform to show innovation in the work! The entire team sticks really well and no one was hesitant to clear any doubts that I had even if it was silly! They were all more than welcoming to help me anytime with any work even when it was not delegated by them. To bring in the team closer, Social Beat has ‘Chit-Chat’ sessions every Friday where we interact and try doing something out of our work. They even had something new by trying out a market survey in Express Avenue, luckily in the time I interned.

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This experience has let me learn and experience a lot of things. Firstly, it brushed up my writing skills. Though I write blogs, it was all personal and only here I learned the art of writing for a brand. I had successfully completed few blogs for clients. Secondly, creativity. I was not aware that I can be this creative until I researched and thought about campaigns for clients. Thanks to my guide, Lalitha for the huge support! Thirdly, work culture. As I mentioned how good the work culture is, it is a great thing that my first work happened here. As they say, few drops make the ocean, I can’t put into words what all little things I got out of the whole experience, but the effect and importance of those are huge!

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Social Beat is a great place to work. The way the work flows to deliver good results is something I learned the most. The people I worked with personally were one of the kindest to not just help me out in work but also made sure I liked what I was doing. After two months of one awesome experience I had, I would definitely miss the place. Be it the sudden meetings, the team lunches, review calls, client experiences, everything will be missed.

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Thanks, Social Beat.

My Internship Experience – Freddy Thomas

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After having worked in a service based MNC with more than 2 lakh employees, coming to social Beat for an internship was refreshingly different. The biggest advantage is that you get to know everyone that you work with. The work becomes easier when you know them in person. The best part is that you know the reason why you are doing a particular task, especially compared to the state where you come to office to do a particular set of specific functions assigned. In that case, you only care about certain part of the workflow.

From a student’s perspective, this was a huge learning experience for me. For a person like me who thought that digital marketing is all about Facebook posts likes and comments, this stint changed my opinion completely. My learning curve is exponential. Hence, the takeaway is huge. As they say, the best way to learn it is by doing it. Now I realize that campaign design, website optimization, content marketing, influencer marketing, SEO, adwords, proposal making, branding, Google, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are more than what it meets the eye. These 8 weeks of internship has given me a sound platform to develop and research further in this field.

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The work culture is the finest. This is because everyone takes ownership. No one puts a limit to your freedom and method of thinking. You are given the freedom to work on your idea. You have the room to make mistakes and learn from them. You have the room to keep your individuality intact without compromising on what the client wants. I could easily see that everyone is aware of the work-flow or the entire cycle of client servicing. There is no room to tell others that I belong to social media department and hence I do not know how it works in business development or the designing side.

Realizing that there is a huge scope for self-improvement is one of the greatest qualities of an individual. Maintaining the hunger for one’s own passion is a great skill, which enables you to grow. Both the above-mentioned quality and skills are inherent in Social Beat. This organization looks for improvement in the existing process and the focus is not just on numbers.

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The weekly review meetings, the Friday chit-chats and the brand building activity -‘Digital chai pe charcha’ are extremely good trends, which the company has started and is the backbone of the organization. I wish everyone had their birthday on a working day. Warm celebration in the presence of the entire organization is indeed a memory worth freezing in your mind.

I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to Suneil and Vikas for their guidance and support. Anuradha, for being the best mentor I could ever have. Lalitha, Allan, Aishwarya, Krithika, Roshni, Abhishek, Subramaniyam, Ravi, David, Panisa and Vimal for their inputs and love.

Rohit, Nandita, Kruthika and Priya for the Saturday lunches. Mohan, Karthi, Purushothaman, Hari, Pournima, Bindhya and Shobhana for their warmth.

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