Trending in Sri Lanka - #EpicSinhalaAdvertisementPickuplines

This was a day i truly felt proud to be working for the ad industry in Sri Lanka. When i read all the epic,old ad taglines that brought out lot of memories. Advertisements entertain us without just selling products and establishing brands. Below are some of the epic ad lines tweeted (And it between the suggestions and on bottom how it all started).

Hiranthika ‏@Hiru_Cullen

Ehema wenne ne, mama kirith ekka Samahan bonawane#EpicSinhalaAdvertisementPickuplines

Followed by Gayathri and 3 others

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7hHiranthika ‏@Hiru_Cullen

Wahane garage eken dala aliya peyawak bonna#EpicSinhalaAdvertisementPickuplines

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21hChariyaT ‏@ChariyaT

තෑගි දෙන සාස්තරේ #EpicSinhalaAdvertisementPickuplines

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21hChariyaT ‏@ChariyaT

ෆ්‍රිජ් එකේ දාන්න... #EpicSinhalaAdvertisementPickuplines

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7 JanLogan™ ‏@KawdaBoy

Ice cream diyawei kiyala.. =P @ElephantHouseLk karthacolomban ice cream #EpicSinhalaAdvertisementPickuplines

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7 JanBuddhika Krishantha ‏@BKrishantha

RT @nnulk: ගැණු කවද්ද හිතේ තියෙන දේ කිව්වේ#EpicSinhalaAdvertisementPickuplines

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Rise of LinkedIn in Sri Lanka

It's been couple of years for us in LinkedIn but i'd say it has started being used properly from only recently. The recruitment companies are now actively in it and the top management no longer need to hang out in bars & parties to exchange a quick word with a potential employee, now they can just message through LinkedIn.

Below is a tweet from our PahanS (of Kichibichiya fame - worlds first Sinhala twitter client)confirming the fact.

Welcome Sri Lankan(Sinhala) Meme Facebook Pages

I predicted this sometime back in a discussion with @RukshanR while discussing the future of Sri Lankan memes. I said that soon Sri Lankans will start using meme characters and creating purely Sri Lankan memes using local languages (Sinhala).

Sri Lankan online sphere is becoming localized rapidly in all areas. Sinhala news websites, Sinhala blogs are getting more traffic and there is more engagement in Sinhala Facebook communities if you closely examine. And the trend "memes" couldn't resist.

There are quite a few Sinhala memes pages started recently and now doing well. And then there are the large Sri Lankan Facebook pages converting from viral content to memes since memes are easier to develop.  Few examples are

ඩර්පිනයි ඩර්පයි (Derp & Derpina) 

අපි පිස්සෝ Api Pissoo

Another trendy Twitter Sri Lanka night #TweetLikeX

many people who start Twitter and do not continue complain that they really dont get Twitter sometimes. Its simple like public SMSing(Only what you want public to know). And the most fun is when everyone starts tweeting to one awesome topic - We call it a "hashtag". A hashtag collects all the tweets to a specific subject. For e.g. If it is Australia vs Sri Lanka match we all tweet using #AUSvSL so all Australians and all Sri Lankans & whoever is on the same page.

Following is a different type of a hashtag we had last Monday called TweetLikeX. What we had to do was to tweet the styles of the person "X". It all started with one @LyricistHeshan tweet - I RTed tagging Kawudaboy imagining all the U2-Bono-Tattoo tweets we can tweet about Heshan.

he.he.we can totally do a #TweetlikeHeshan @kawdaboy savvy? RT @lyricistheshan: we should make a new hashtag like #TweetLikeX:p
— Nadheera Udawatthe (@nnulk) December 17, 2012

I thought it will work for a specific tweep but soon the timeline was flooded with TweetLikeX tweets replacing different names in Sri Lankan twittersphere. Few good ones given below

Hootsuite launches conversation - Internal communications tool

Ive been a loyal Hootsuite user for a long time for managing Twitter and Facebook, both on PC and Mobile. Its pretty simple to use and faster. Not having a great look and feel but does the work.

I was delighted to check out their latest add-on "Hootsuite conversations". Being a heavy user of social media - I think this is a feature that can go a long way. Check out the feature from the video below



Primary need for this type of a feature is the need for internal communication in social media management(In a commercial level). Currently couple of social media management tools offer the same feature but charge a premium. Hope Hootsuite will be able to leverage on this need and add more commercial users. Ideal situation is if they can build on this concept and come up with a fully fledged social media tool.

What tool, Twitter client do you use? And please feel free to share your experience so that others will be able to find out the best twitter client on Mobile on PC.

Zotye Nomad price increase by Gov taxes - My first tailor made Meme

Lots of buzz around memes these days - But what i personally think is that memes are appealing to a very niche target group and is not recommended for mass appeal.  Request was made by Friend and scouting legend - Charitha Ayya by a tweet

I'm surprised that no one has yet done a meme mashing up Gotye & Zotye, maker of dinky little Chinese mini SUVs. @nnulkchallenge accepted?
— Charitha Ratwatte Jr (@Diya_Rakusa) August 27, 2012

For the first time i made a meme for a request. Here is it depicting the result of govt vehicle tax increase this year that jeopardized the vehicle market in Sri Lanka

Twitter Direct Message Spam Virus - "tapping you"

Twitter malware are rare but we have seen many such as "True Twit validation" but this one im going to blog about it is something new on the block. There was this spam that went viral in Sri Lankan tweeps account last few weeks. Basically what happens is you get a DM saying "Did you see them tapping you <link>". The line makes it very much likely to click. Few sample DMs i got given below

When you click on the link you are directed to a "Page not found" in FB -

Or is it running a script and spamming through my DM? IT experts tell me...