Social Charity Initiative: Karma Kingdom Players to Donate Through Facebook Social Game Play

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 21, 2011

The Sankara Eye Foundation and Asvathaa Pte. Ltd announced a unique initiative today for charitable giving through Social Gaming. Players of ?Karma Kingdom?, Asvathaa?s Facebook game, will be able to purchase a uniquely branded game element with half of the proceeds going to restore vision to the poor and the socially disadvantaged through Sankara Eye Foundation ? USA, a first for a charitable organization.

The Facebook game is based on Indian mythologies and guides players through positive contemporary lessons. Sankara?s mission is to realize the goal of 20/20 vision for the people of India by the year 2020.

Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF) initiates and drives community eye care activities in India by working with Sankara Eye Care Institutions, which run the Sankara Eye Hospital in Coimbatore and 7 other locations in India. The majority of fundraising is achieved through fundraising events, booths in major events, advertising and working with major donors. One of SEF?s unique initiatives is enabling a vision restoration cataract surgery for $ 30. Through these efforts, SEF, USA has played a significant role in increasing the number of free surgeries thirteen fold to over 120,000 in 2010-11 and increasing the number of hospitals from 1 to 8. SEF USA raises funds for constructing the hospitals with its unique ?founding donor? program, through which a donor gets his loved ones names on the hospital wall of founders for a $ 1000 donation.

Sankara Eye Foundation?s executive chairman, Mr. Murali Krishnamurthy said, ?We are pleased to work with Asvathaa to bring our fundraising efforts to the new and emerging social platforms such as Facebook. We know that this initiative will help us raise awareness and funds for SECI - India in a new demographic within this space.?

Asvathaa?s CEO Ashok Desai says, ?Karma Kingdom was designed from the outset to include these types of charitable elements and we want this to be the next step for players to fulfilling the goal of ?Creating a Better World? with the game. We were highly impressed with the great work done by Sankara Eye Foundation over the past 13 years and hence unanimously decided to partner with them.? Desai went on to add, ?A single Karma Kingdom player can make a significant contribution towards a surgery, given the price break that SEF has achieved in Cataract Surgery?.

?This is a great step forward, and we hope the first of many partnerships with charitable organizations. We are uniquely positioned to help them leverage the power and reach of social gaming for the greater social good?, Desai said.

Karma Kingdom was released recently for Facebook users globally and is currently being played by users in more than a dozen countries around the world. Asvathaa is constantly updating and finding new ways to bring these Indian Mythologies and their positive lessons to life.

Asvathaa Pte. Ltd. has chosen a multi-shore approach to developing the games and has offices in USA, Singapore and India.

The Sankara Eye Foundation, USA is a 501 (c) (3) registered non-profit organization, with offices in Milpitas, CA.

The Sankara Eye Foundation on the web: http://www.giftofvision.org/index.htm

Play Karma Kingdom on Facebook at: http://bit.ly/kkapp

Visit the Karma Kingdom Fan Page at: http://bit.ly/KKpage

Karma Kingdom on Twitter: http://bit.ly/kktweet or @karmakingdom

Karma Kingdom on the web: http://www.karmakingdom.com

Asvathaa on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Asvathaa

Asvathaa on Twitter: http://twitter.com/asvathaa or @asvathaa

Asvathaa on the web: http://www.asvathaa.com

Contact

Ashok Desai

+1-469-222-9263

ashok.desai(at)asvathaa(dot)com

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The Business Blogging Telesummit Shows Small Businesses How to Succeed in a Down Economy with Content, Social Media and a Bit of Creativity

San Francisco, California (PRWEB) November 28, 2011

When Right Mix Marketing Inc. launched a Business Blogging training program in the Fall of 2011, they found that the demand for blogging, social media and SEO training was so high that they decided to create a program that could be educate the masses. "Content marketing" is a crucial new skill for businesses of all sizes. Blogs are one of most important elements - this is where much of the new content lives. Social media distribution of that content, along with search engine optimization to make it more easily "findable" online are other vital elements.

The Business Blogging Telesummit was born. This event features nine Small Business online marketing case studies, including how these companies use blogging, social media and SEO to grow their earnings, to expand their sales reach and to get better qualified customers contacting them. In addition, the telesummit (which consists of 18 in-depth interviews) covers their marketing failures, what tools they use, and advice for newbies just getting started.

The second half of the telesummit features nine online marketing experts including Chris Garrett, Pamela Slim, Denise Wakeman, Marcus Sheridan and Jack Humphrey. These experts go deep into specific topics such as content marketing, online visibility, business blogging, connecting with audiences via social media, content curation, information products, guest blogging and much more. These experts go through specific processes to follow and mistakes to avoid while they share their most valuable techniques.

For learning about blogging for business and much more, this free event, runs from December 12-16, 2011 and is a new, valuable resource for businesses. As a way to beat the economy, content marketing is a new avenue for businesses of all sizes and types.

For more information about Right Mix Marketing Inc. or to inquire about the Business Blogging Telesummit, go to http://www.rightmixmarketing.com.

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India Finds its Voice as Vodafone Launches Bubble Motion?s Bubbly Social Messaging Service

Singapore I Delhi, India (PRWEB) August 18, 2011

Mobile social communications leader Bubble Motion is announcing further expansion throughout India with the launch of its market-leading Bubbly social messaging service on Vodafone India -- bringing India?s hottest social communications phenomenon to the operator?s 130 million subscribers.

Sometimes described as a ?voice-based Twitter?, the Bubbly social messaging service enables celebrities and everyday people to share status updates in their own voice with fans and followers through any mobile phone, without having to download an application. The service is now available across India on Vodafone India?s mobile networks.

Indian stars have been swarming to the voice blogging service this year, led by top Bollywood stars (Amitabh Bachchan, Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra), TV personalities (Madhavan), cricketers (Yuvrav Singh), musicians (Sonu Nigam) and many more. These celebrities share voice-recorded updates on their daily lives, keeping their fans informed in an authentic and intimate way.

Bubbling is also a fun and easy way for every-day people to stay connected with their own friends, family and followers. ?Bubblers? just dial *7* on their Vodafone handset, record their voice update, and instantly their followers everywhere are notified by SMS and prompted to click and listen. It?s free to start bubbling, and free to follow friends and family.

?With 8 million Indian users, India is far in front of the rest of the world in adopting bubbling as a social messaging tool.? said Thomas Clayton, Bubble Motion President and CEO, ?Vodafone has recognized the social mobile groundswell early and have moved swiftly to bring this fun service to their customers.?

Since launching Bubbly just one year ago, the service has taken Asia by storm. Used by hundreds of celebrities, entertainers, sports stars and musicians as an authentic way to keep their fans updated, Bubbly has catapulted to over 10 million users in India, Indonesia, Philippines, and now Japan. The service has delivered more than 300 million messages in the last year alone.

About Bubble Motion

Bubble Motion is pioneering social communication for mobile phones. Bubble Motion?s Bubbly? (aka BubbleBlog?) is a social messaging service where people share SMS and voice updates with friends, family, fans and followers. Bubbly is like ?Twitter with a voice? and brings social networking to mobile phones.

To learn more about Bubbly, visit http://www.bubblemotion.com/products-bubbly.html

About Vodafone India

Vodafone is one of the world's leading international mobile communications group with approximately 358 million customers in its controlled and jointly controlled markets. Vodafone currently has equity interests in over 30 countries across five continents and over 40 partner networks worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.vodafone.com

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