Ep 30: Profit with Social Media with Benita Bhatia Dua & Deepa Jayaraman (Part 2)

Profit with Social Media with Benita Bhatia Dua & Deepa Jayaraman (Part 2)

Benita Bhatia Dua is the CEO of vanilla skills, a boutique Social media consulting company. Benita has helped many ventures to use social media profitably. She believes in building an online presence and reputation and brand through organic initiatives that bring more effective and sustainable competitive advantages to the business. She's also an author public speaker and has a vast experience as a trainer and coach. She had the privilege of being one of the expert panelist speakers at an event by Howard University USA and she's also a TEDx speaker

Deepa Jayaraman who is one of India's finest reputation manager and communication strategist. She holds the title of 40 under 40 best communication professionals in India. Building a reputation for companies and individuals managing corporate prices and stakeholder issues fundraising corporate social responsibility and driving behavioral change through communications are her core areas of expertise. Traveling, public speaking writing blogging adventure mentoring and parenting keeps her constantly charged up

Few questions I ask Benita & Deepa on their secret sauce, challenges, benefits, creating value thru social media is as follows: Time Stamps: 1:45m to 21:30m

1. Please explain how to fulfill social responsibility through social media? 5:00m
2. What tips can you share for our listeners from the HR & L&D fraternity? 9:06m
3. Is there anything else you would like to add, that will be of value to my listeners? 12:24m
4. How do you see talent strategy in 2020 or Learning trends in 2020? 14:19m
5. What Vanilla Skills is doing? 17:52m
6. Given the current times, is your book still relevant for the audience? 19:20m

"Powerful question" to my guest to unveil for my listeners.  to engage, enlighten and empower (& that’s the mission of my podcast too) Time stamp at 21:31m to 52:38

• According to you, what is the “STAR” moment? 22:10m
• What “inspires you” to do everything that you do? 24:32m
• If you owned the company, what’s one thing you would do differently in learning? 26:10m
• What are the three most important things you would like to accomplish right now? 28:51m
• What are your strengths? 32:23m
• What’s the best book you’ve read this year? or anytime you recommend for my listeners? 33:46m
• What are the characteristics of the best boss role models or mentors/coach you ever had? What made that person great? 35:53m
• Are there any tools that you use on a daily basis to be a better you? 39:40m
• Is there any habit you are practicing which has made you successful in whatever you do? 41:15m
• Your advice to people who are new and want to accelerate their career? 48:02m

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Profit with Social Media
• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki
• Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Connect with Benita Bhatia Dua @

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram

Connect with Deepa Jayaraman @

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Instagram

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