Content creation and Content Curation

What is Content creation and Content Curation?

Content is the secret of social media marketing!

Do you know CONTENT is the secret of the success of social media marketing?

Not only does content drive prospective customers to your website, it’s also an opportunity to establish your voice as an expert in your profession or industry.

Do you know there are 42 Lacs (4.2 Million) new WordPress blogs published every month. But, as more and more content is produced ‘curation’ is quickly becoming as significant as creation.

What to read and what to ignore? Content curation is the process of gathering information relevant to a particular topic or area of interest. 

As a marketer we are all on a mission to find and produce high-quality content to share with our fans (who have Liked our Page). A mix of content creation and curation is a winning combination for all marketing teams.

What is the difference between Creation and curation?

Creation

Creating new content should provide your followers with a fresh insight. While you can assure that what you produce is quality, it is very difficult to create content that breathes originality. The biggest challenge is making content stand out from the ''noise''.  Creating advertisement kind of post is necessary for publicity but do it sparingly. Create content that adds value. People will Like it.

There’s a lot of expectation that comes with content creation. Everyone wants to know that their work is valuable to their online community. You will not like your content to be lost in the clutter. But, while creating your own content comes with a unique set of challenges, it is also a way to establish authority within your online community. By sharing your expertise and showing a genuine interest in resolving key issues, you begin to solidify the brand image.

But this eagerness to create content, can often lead to businesses flooding the internet with more in order to be seen. Here is where curation comes in…

Curation

Curation is the act of discovery. Curation is the sorting through and presenting content that you’ve found. The process can be a long one and often includes a lot of filtering, reading, arranging and using tools to publish the content in a format that is easy for followers to digest.

You’re searching for those hidden treausre on the internet and presenting the ‘best of’ to your audience. Why is this valuable? Because, you’re doing the hard work for them. You search. They’re presented with amazing content that is relevant. News that they can use.

Curation isn’t necessarily easier than creation. Even though you already have something to work with, 800 words of dribble is no better than a blank page! You still have to be mindful and choose quality, well-researched content.

Give credit to other content creators and build a relationship with them. Now that we have established the difference between the two, here’s what you can gain from marrying creation and curation.

Reasons to Combine Curation & Creation

1. More time = more quality. Curation is your chance to supply your followers with a stream of content whilst you’re still in the process of producing your own. There is less pressure to constantly create your own content to fill a void. You eliminate the risk of hitting the publish button too soon and praying that people will find it valuable. More time just means more quality content.
2. Offer More Variety. Pictures and video and even event announcements, when there is variety you can constantly feed your followers with different forms of knowledge so that it does not become boring or repetitive.
3. Build Relationships with The Right People. By sharing other people’s content, you’re also building genuine and lasting relationships with them. This also allows you to expand your professional network by connecting with other professionals and industry leaders. This may even open the doors to numerous collaborations.
4. Strengthen Your Brands Authority. Creating your own content can be the beginning of your journey as a thought leader. Authority, rankings and traffic are all relative to the level of trust you’ve built with your audience. And, being considered as reliable is also crucial if you want to keep your current followers and gain new ones.

OK, so how to go about it? Why not publish your own Newspaper?

Curation requires just as much effort as Creation. So, here we propose to create a newspaper.

Paper.li is a wonderful digital platform to create a newspaper pertaining to any industry or any profession. It is possible turn socially generated content into well presented, and easy to navigate, newsletters. This takes away the task of manually searching for content and is delivered to your audience [Customers] daily or weekly.

There are thousands of online newspapers being published regularly.

Here are example of Newspapers

Newspaper focusing on Social media marketing http://JyotiSocial.com

Newspaper focusing on Diabetes reversal http://thediabetesnews.in/

Click now on tab Today's News to actually get the latest content 

This blog post is published by Jyotindra Zaveri

Social Media Marketing Outsource or manage in house

Why outsource social media marketing?

Digital marketing is not just the website and Google ad words, PPC, and so-called SEO.

Are you fed-up with SEO consultant promising first page in Google search engine?

Well, frankly traditional website has limitations.  Moreover, Google is changing the search engine algorithm very often. 

Social media is not just for socializing socially.

First, understand the importance.  Social media marketing is:

1. Networking with the targeted audience
2. Word-of-mouth marketing on the internet
3. PRO - Virtual Public Relations Officer
4. Marketing communications
5. Where insights or performance reports are available
6. Results-driven
7. Investment in the future of your business

• You want to interact (called engagement) with your customers, and prospects, and you know that social media is where you can do that.  However, you may not know how to go about reaching them there.  Sure, you are on LinkedIn or Facebook.  You comment on your friends’ vacation photos and funny posts.  You post the occasional family picture yourself.  You have many “friends” and you like to Like.
• My question is how all that is going to help in your business.  Do you really know how do you leverage these networking sites for business?  What about Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram, and all such digital platforms?  This is just the beginning of the revolution in digital marketing.

What is important is that you need to leverage these social media sites in order to market your products or services.  And, to do it professionally, you need to hire a proven, professional, experienced Social Media Marketing consultant Like Jyoti, who has a track record to show.  Let me explain:

You see, using social media for marketing is a whole lot different than using it for personal purposes, that is your ID and not your Company Page.  We use the Page and Group for marketing.  Do not confuse with these three different areas (algorithm) of social sites.

Teenagers use facebook but they use the ID part NOT the Page or Group.  Do not be under impression that because they are on facebook, they know how to manage Page and Group.  It is not recommended to hire young college students or someone just out of school without much business experience, to take on your social media marketing.

A solid understanding of business and marketing is essential.  Maturity and experience are important.  At end-of-the day you will realize that, it is your logo and reputation, which is on the internet, if you realize early, do not wait until end of the day :) 

Many more testimonials and references video playlist

Contact Jyotindra Zaveri who has six years of hands-on social media marketing experience - Click here to view list of twenty digital platforms with link that demonstrates complete digital marketing.

Social media marketing requires nurturing - Cyber Gardner

Social Media garden needs a Gardener

I am your Cyber-Gardner - Do not miss this related video 

"Main mali hoon. Main apka garden savvarne ke liye aaya hun."

Friends, I am your cyber Gardner. You have plants in your garden. Some plants grow slowly, some plants grow faster. But, in your garden, all plants require care. You have to give water regularly and fertilizer and insecticide - organic or inorganic fertilizer and so on. As a cyber-Gardner, I take care of your garden. I will take care of your plants. Here I am talking about Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  

All digital platforms needs nurturing. Nurturing means you need to regularly look at these websites, regularly do the proper settings. You have to regularly do the posts. If you want to use this social media marketing for your business to promote your brand, your product, your services, you need a professional gardener to nurture your ‪‎websites. 

Here is a complete list of links that demonstrates sixty plus digital platforms http://appearoo.com/Zaveri
After you are on the appearoo site click on the Groups /Pages tab to see list of Social media Groups and Pages that I am managing. 

On your behalf, I will manage your ‪‎Facebook page, Facebook group, your LinkedIn page or ‪LinkedIn group, Instagram, Pinterest, and twenty such digital platforms.

This blog post by Jyotindra Zaveri, Pune, India.

Social Media Marketing Services for STARTUPS

Facebook marketing

We will manage your Facebook Page and Facebook Group.  Minimum five to Six high quality posts per week.  Share your Page posts in other facebook groups.  All that at an affordable monthly charge.
Call +91 95529 46949.
• Proven track-record:  Five+ years’ experience.  Already managing facebook marketing for several organizations.  Click here to view testimonials.
• Click here to see examples of Facebook groups.  Click on the Groups tab.  Connect to experience it yourself.  You may unlike the page or leave a group anytime.

LinkedIn marketing

We will manage your LinkedIn Company Page and LinkedIn Group.  Minimum five to Six high quality posts per week.  Share relevant reputed website content for your audience.  All that at an affordable monthly charge.
Call +91 95529 46949.
• Proven track-record:  Five+ years’ experience.  Already managing LinkedIn marketing for several organizations.  Click here to view testimonials.
• Click here to see examples of LinkedIn groups.  Click on the Groups tab.  Connect to experience it yourself.  You may unlike the page or leave a group anytime.

Twitter marketing

We will manage your Twitter Page and LinkedIn Group.  Minimum five to Six high quality Tweets per day.  Share relevant reputed website content for your audience.  All that at an affordable monthly charge.
Call +91 95529 46949.

• Proven track-record:  Five+ years’ experience.  Already managing LinkedIn marketing for several organizations.  Click here to view testimonials.

• Follow http://twitter.com/JyotiSocial
• Follow http://twitter.com/followERP

Something innovative

Online daily newspaper

Two columns containing headlines that would interest your audience plus one column with your name as editor.   A discussion corner is integrated with facebook.  Your facebook page and Twitter page will be embedded. I will create and manage at a monthly affordable service charge.  Call +91 95529 46949.

See examples:

• Social Media Marketing newspaper  http://JyotiSocial.com 
• ERP and eCommerce newspaper  http://news.dnserp.com
• Orbis School newspaper  http://orbisschoolnews.in
• Freedom from Diabetes newspaper  http://thediabetesnews.in 
Subscribe window (with captcha) provided to get the latest news by email to your audience.  Subscribe now to get hands-on experience.  It is free.   You may choose to unsubscribe anytime.

Maere paas social media hai - use digital marketing - festive season coming

Based on popular Hindi movie dialogue from Deewar 

"..Yeh dekho yeh wohi main hoon aur yeh wohi tum.  Aaj main kahan pahuch gaya hoon aur tum kahan ho.  Aaj mere paas buildingey hai, gaadi hai, bank balance hai.

 Tumhare paas kya hai?  Kyaa hai tumhare paas.

" ................ Mere paas ... Maaa Hai"..

There is a subtle difference between a website and social media sites:  website DNA is 'I am the best'  the attitude is 'sale sale sale...'  where as in a post it is necessary to post that adds value,  share information that customer or prospect may find informative.  In short, content on website and on facebook page is somewhat different.  Posting daily is not a good idea.  People may Unlike if the content is always talking about own product or services.

• Are you going to give prominence to digital platforms in the festive season?  Leading companies such as Panasonic and LG are doing it.  The world has moved online, you must plan to reach your customers where they actually are.  I can help you upload your videos on YouTube and facebook, or even help you making a video.
• Click here to see list of 20+ digital platforms demo.
• In the business-to-business (B2B) world, generating qualified leads that turns into sales can be a tough proposition.  Many companies have trusted their social media campaigns to me with confidence.   Contact me for social media marketing.
• With the increased use of social media by business-to-consumers (B2C) marketers, many B2B businesses are looking at the feasibility of using social media to achieve their objectives. Friends I have five years’ experience in managing various digital platforms.
• Note I have used caption feature of YouTube to add subtitles, user can translate the same in any language! You may turn on / off using the button on right side bottom corner.  This video is on my YouTube channel and is embedded here in this Blog.

Click here to views testimonial videos [playlist] , listen to what people are talking about me!

Your digital publicity is my passion.

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Are you ready for content marketing in 2014?

Majority of marketers are now using social media.

Digital marketing tips about Do's and Don't with links to various social media marketing sites.

"I am the best"

Social media is not only about you, do not blow your own trumpet only in your posts.

People are tired of listening to 'I am the best' dialogue.   Instead engage them with useful information.   Recently one educational institute founder posted his achievement, and boasted about students placement and so on.   That is ok, but posting on several other Facebook group that is not relevant to the post, is not a good idea.  FB Groups are usually focused groups.  For example posting about car sale in a meditation group is a strict no no.  It is better to give advertisement and say so.

PIN IT

What is expected is to post relevant information that your audience would be interested in.  The secret is in posting higher-quality content consistently.

Posts on Pinterest is appreciated more because pictures are easy on eyes and does not require much brain processing.  Make focused boards and Pin regularly.  See Pinterest example.

It may be a good idea to start digital marketing in other languages.  It is possible to reach wider international market by adding translator to your English sites.  See this video explaining social media marketing in Hindi. 

Try to tell short stories that can have bigger impact because attention span of consumers is reducing.

Content is important to extend the brand beyond advertisements.   Once in a while add humor to your content.  Education plus entertainment is a good idea.  Here is example of 'Edutainment' board on the Pinterest.

Use 'Buffer' button on your sites.  This will allow viewer to share on Facebook and Twitter simultaneously. Use ShareThis buttons to let visitors share on their favorite social sites.  See on this Blog page.

YouTube Folder

YouTube allows you to upload videos.  I suggest you make YouTube Playlists to group your videos.  You can ask your webmaster to embed them in your blogs or websites.  I am in position to confidently tell you this because after I created Playlists on my video channels my video views shows marked increase.

Teamwork.  Social media posting is not a one-man team job.  Encourage your colleagues to Like and Share the posts from you site, Page, ReTweet, and so forth.

Picture Albums

Use Flickr to publish pictures and share on social media sites.  Create Sets instead of jumbling them all together.

Keep a separate budget for paid digital marketing services.  Amount need not be large to begin with.  All top social media sites gives professional analytics to let you know the return on investment - ROI. This is anytime better than spending money blindly on other media advertisements.  Except, that my experience with Google is not so good.

• Think of publishing a newspaper pertaining to your own profession that will engage your audience.  For instance this newspaper will give latest news everyday.  This is better as compared to legacy newsletter.
• If you an NGO you can use the DONATE NOW button on the Facebook Page.  19 non-profit launch partners have started displaying the 'Donate Now' button at the tops of their Facebook Pages.  Example of Facebook Page with Donate button. 
• Convert your legacy website to 'responsive' website.  Meaning your site should adapt to the mobile device. Same site should change as per the size of the device, be it iPhone or tablet or laptop.  Most of the Blogs are responsive.  For instance view this blog on your smartphone. 
• Here is a list of various digital platforms / social networking sites that I have used with corresponding figures to show successful blogging and microblogging.  Study examples of Groups and join them to stay connected. If you are doubt do not hesitate to ask an expert.
• Use SlideShare or Scribd to publish your presentations.  I have published 60 PPT on the 'Digital Vivekananda' site, and I am happy to note that it has 170K+ views.

Hope these tips will help you plan your social media marketing strategies in the New Year 2014.  You may share your tips / suggestions in the comment box provided below.

 

Report of the special Digital Marketing training

Report of the special weekend Digital Marketing training by Jyotindr Zaveri in Pune, India.  Held on weekends 17, 18 and 25 November 2012.  

Topics discussed:

1. Introduction to the new avatar of the Word Wide Web - Web 2.0.
2. The Good, Bad and Ugly of Internet marketing.
3. Analytic reports.
4. Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter marketing.
5. Search Engine Optimization.
6. Create a Blog.
7. Viral marketing.
8. Case Study - Use cases of small and large companies already doing marketing using social media.

Testimonial from the participants pertaining to the the course contents and the faculty Prof. Jyotindra Zaveri (Jyoti Sir):

• Course content very informative...I like the way you teach with related examples. - KKD.
• I have learnt digital marketing basics..difference between traditional and digital marketing, QR Code, about Zaveri Sir, he is very much interactive, kind and the way of teaching is awesome. Related examples and videos were marvellous - PVJ.
• Very good...Zaveri Sir is having great knowledge of Internet Technology... - CN.
• The speaker Zaveri Sir is an outstanding teacher.  - PSS.
• Great delivery - BP.
• Its not just the training over PPT but the interactive session with hands-on really made it more effective.  I am really glad to get training from him... - BK.
• (To Speaker - Zaveri) You have a skill to deliver lectures.  You are a combination of an excellent knowledge and knowledge imparting. -PB
• The contents taught to us are very relevant to youngsters like us.  All the basics were covered very systematically and in depth...Zaveri Sir, needless to say is an expert in social media marketing..His skills of explaining and making us understand the topics clearly are par excellence. - CS.
• Everything Zaveri Sir taught in all the 3 sessions was extremely informative, really learnt a lot about digital marketing.  Jyotindra Zaveri Sir is very well versed with this subject and very confident.  His lectures were planned and systematically presented.  I really enjoyed it! And learnt a lot!..Please continue imparting knowledge to others like you did to us...- MS.

The PowerPoint presentation that is used for the Digital Marketing training is given below: 

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Missed you - Social Media Marketing Training - Report

For those who missed the Social Media Marketing Course.  Here is a brief report, complete with video lecture of the proceedings, of this extraordinary training that was conducted by the specialist in the subject Prof. Jyotindra Zaveri (known as Jyoti), on 21^st and 22^nd April 2012 at Pune, India.  "We missed you !"

Scan the QR code to see this video instantly on your smartphone now!
     

• Participants were from various sectors of industries - Manufacturing Industry, Investment consultant, Software professionals, senior consultants, Construction business professionals, Marketing professionals, IT professionals, etc.
• Prof. Jyoti Sir introduced various digital platforms such as LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter, Google plus, Facebook, Blog, and so forth.  He explained how to leverage Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn for marketing and brand building.  He gave case studies of foreign as well as Indian companies that are using social media, and how it has increased their marketing effectiveness.
• He gave away printout of his 132 slides PowerPoint presentation, to harness the power of Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to get found by more potential customers, develop meaningful relationships with industry leaders, and position as an expert in your field.  The presentation, which was used for discussions, is also published;  subscribe to this blog and then email to get the complete PowerPoint slideshow free.   
• He gave guidelines on preparing BLOG RULES or Social Media Marketing Policy document.

• Some of the topic that were discussed:  Why social media is important for business.  Web Analytic - How to measure results from your social media marketing efforts, and so on.  He gave tips on ‘How to Use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn for Business’ .  Topics such as: “What if someone posts a negative comment on the blog”, “Total cost of ownership (TCO)”, “How much time the SMM initiative takes to start showing the results?”  etc., were explained.
• Prof. Jyoti sir emphasized on publishing proper profile with own foto.  He also narrated some example to say that SMM is good, bad and can become ugly too.
• He elaborated on the web analytics report and gave examples of insight, available from YouTube.  The graph, charts and real time reports informs the marketing executive about the status of the advertising campaign.  He gave many examples of companies that have already started social media marketing in a big way, such as Waghbakri tea, Pantaloon, Tata Nano, Gucci, etc.  He said, “Plan your time on social media sites, and do not be carried away”.  Limit your time depending on your goals.  Few movie clips and PowerPoint presentations were used to explain the basic concepts.
• Encouraging feedback were received from all participants.  Mr. Chandrakant Golcha, CEO, Educare, thanked participants, and Prof. Zaveri.  

Social Media Marketing in Germany

Guten Tag!
European companies need to increase traffic to their website, to build a strong brand in India, and drive more online sales.  You need to be noticed, to attract targeted visitors in India.

Let us look at how social media is used in Germany:

• Germany trails behind the US in adopting social media.  Blogs are not yet a part of mainstream media and have no significant influence on public opinion.
• Only 58% of German internet users are on social networking sites (compared to 77% in the US).
• The most popular social networking site in Germany is called StudiVZ, however Facebook is quickly gaining market share.
• Culturally, Germans tend to be very private and do not freely share personal information.  Many still feel that their data is not safe online.
• Germans place a high value on university degrees or professional certifications and do not trust unofficial sources.

(status as on May 2010)

Read more: http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/5948/3-Social-Media-Lessons-For-Global-Marketers.aspx#ixzz1sjZHUIWS

What is the status today?  Please leave your comments in the space provided below.

Site crosses One Lac mark - 100,000+ pageviews

dnserp.com e-Learning website crosses the magic figure of 100,000 mark 

 

        See right side bar to get real-time country wise details. Click the flags to view real-time reports.8
47,349 unique visitors from over 165 countries.  Plain old hit-counters are boring.  Collect flags and learn about your visitors.  Especially if you are doing international business, it will be a good idea to know if your visitors are from your targeted country.

This analytic gives automatic country wise break-up.  Every time someone from a new country visits your site, a flag will be added to your counter.  Not only will this make your website more interesting, but clicking on your Flag Counter will reveal amazing information and charts.

62.9% Visitors from India

These charts shows the power of the internet marketing and automatic reports which can help you to fine-tune your marketing strategies.  Country wise, or region wise, American state wise analysis should match with your target audience and other marketing game plan.

dnserp.com website contains over 300 web-pages full of information pertaining to topics such as ERP, social media marketing, Web 2.0,  e-Commerce, Supply Chain Management, MIS, and much more -  dnserp.com is like an encyclopedia of these subjects. It is cool.  No wonder it has crossed the One Lac visitors mark.    Please visit the site map to navigate this exhaustive website or select the topic from the alphabetical list.

Click here to view real-time report of unique visitors

• Based on IP address of the visitor the report shows state wise unique visitors numbers, of the USA.  
• Encouraging feedback received from peers from all over the world about this E-learning site - here is a link  http://www.dnserp.com/feedback.htm.
• This site is awesome academic collection of video lectures and PowerPoint presentations, that you can view from anywhere and anytime.

Point is unless you measure, you cannot improve.  What do you say? Your comment will be appreciated.

Holidays list for Social Media Marketing Strategies

Are you factoring festival mood in your marketing strategies?  There is always some special day in some country in the global village.

• For international business it is necessary for marketeers to know the list of holidays depending on the target country.
• Social Media Marketing strategies are based on target audience.  Here is a list of Holidays / Festival days / special days, on which you post on the social media networking sites, to engage the community. 

ASIA 2011 Holidays	EUROPE 2011 Holidays	MID-EAST / AFRICAN 2011 Holidays
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10   Cambodia - Water Festival   India - Guru Nanak Jayanti   Sri Lanka - Il Full Moon Poya Day    Thailand – Moon Festival FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11     Cambodia - Water Festival   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23          Japan - Labor and Thanksgiving Day             SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27   Indonesia - Moslem New Year   MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28   Malaysia - Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah) (Observed) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30          Philippines - Bonifacio Day   MONDAY, DECEMBER 5     Thailand - H.M. the King's Birthday            TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6    Bangladesh - Muharram (Subject to Lunar Sighting)          India - Moharum              MONDAY, DECEMBER 12   Cambodia - International Human Rights Day (Observed)       Thailand - Constitution Day (Observed)       FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16     Bangladesh - Victory Day     Kazakhstan - Independence Day          SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17    Kazakhstan - Independence Day          MONDAY, DECEMBER 19   Kazakhstan - Public Holiday          FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23     Japan - Emperor's Birthday          SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25    Bangladesh - Christmas Day    Indonesia - Christmas Day Malaysia - Christmas Day     Philippines - Christmas Day          MONDAY, DECEMBER 26   Australia - Christmas Day / Boxing Day       Fiji - Christmas Day (Observed)       Hong Kong - The first weekday after Christmas Day    Indonesia - National Leave New Zealand - Boxing Day   Singapore - Christmas Day Sri Lanka - Special Bank Holiday (Observed)          TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27 Australia - Boxing Day / Proclamation Day / Christmas Day Fiji - Boxing Day (Observed)         Hong Kong - The second weekday after Christmas Day    New Zealand - Christmas Day Holiday       FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30     Philippines - Rizal Day       South Korea - Stock Market (Kosdaq Market, Futures Market, Forex, Kse Bond Market)	FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11        Poland - Independence Day                THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17             Czech Republic - Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day                  Slovakia - Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day                FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18    Latvia - Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia                  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21      Bosnia and Herzegovina - Date when Dayton Peace Agreement was signed (Banja Luka Se)                THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24             Bosnia and Herzegovina - State Holiday (Sarajevo Stock Exchange)                    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1    Romania - Romanian National Day                 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6        Finland - Independence Day                THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8    Austria - Immaculate Conception          Macedonia - St.Kliment Ohridski               Malta - Feast of the Immaculate Conception             TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13      Malta - Republic Day                  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23    Ireland - In lieu of Christmas Eve             SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25       Belarus - Christmas Day               MONDAY, DECEMBER 26       Austria - St. Stephen's Day       Bosnia and Herzegovina - Religious Holiday (Sarajevo Stock Exchange)           Bulgaria - Second Christmas Day    Croatia - St. Stephen's Day       Cyprus - Boxing Day         Czech Republic - St. Stephen's Day    Denmark - Boxing Day    Estonia - Boxing Day        Finland - Boxing Day        France - Boxing Day         Germany - Christmas Day             Greece - Second Day of Christmas            Hungary - Christmas        Iceland - Boxing Day        Ireland - St. Stephen's Day       Latvia - Boxing Day          Lithuania - Boxing Day    Luxembourg - Boxing Day             Norway - Boxing Day        Poland - Christmas           Romania - The day after Christmas            Slovakia - St. Stephen's Day       Spain - Market Holiday    Sweden - Boxing Day       Switzerland - St Stephen's Day    United Kingdom - Christmas                     TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27      Ireland - Public Holiday in lieu of Christmas Day          United Kingdom - Boxing Day                FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30    Austria - Exchange Holiday                Ireland - In lieu of New Year's Eve            Macedonia - Non trading day	THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10     Jordan - Eid-Al-Adha (Subject to Lunar Sightings)     Kuwait - Eid Al Adha (Subject to Lunar Sightings)     Oman - Eid Al Adha (Subject to Lunar Sightings)                                   TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15        Ivory Coast - Fete de la Paix      Palestine - Independence Day                             FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18           Morocco - Day of Independence            Oman - National Day                             TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22        Lebanon - Independence Day                             SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26     Bahrain - Al Hijra New Year (Subject to Lunar Sighting)        Egypt - Muslim New Year (Hegria 1431) (Subject to Lunar       Sightings)                   Palestine - New  Hijri Year      Syria - Hijri New Year's Day (Subject to Lunar Sightings)     Tunisia - Hegire (Islamic New Year) (Subject to Lunar          Sightings)                   United Arab Emirates - Hijri Day (Islamic New Year) (Nasdaq   Dubai)                        SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27         Jordan - Hijra New Yea (Subject to Lunar Sightings)     Kuwait - Observance of Islamic New Year (Subject to Lunar Sightings)                   Oman - New Hijri Year                           FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2             Ghana - Farmers Day             United Arab Emirates - National Day (Nasdaq Dubai)                    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3        United Arab Emirates - National Day (Nasdaq Dubai)                    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4            Bahrain - Ashoora (Subject to Lunar Sighting)                      MONDAY, DECEMBER 5           Bahrain - Ashoora (Subject to Lunar Sighting)                      FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9             Tanzania - Independence Day                             FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16           Bahrain - National Day            South Africa - Day of Reconciliation                            SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17     Bahrain - National Day                           SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18          Qatar - National Day of Qatar                                   THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22     Zimbabwe - National Unity Day                             SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25          Ghana - Christmas Day          Lebanon - Christmas             Malawi - Christmas Day          Nigeria - Christmas Day (Subject to Confirmation)          Palestine - Christmas             South Africa - Christmas Day     Syria - Christmas Day             Tanzania - Christmas Day       Uruguay - Christmas Day       Zambia - Christmas Day                        MONDAY, DECEMBER 26         Botswana - Boxing Day          Ghana - Boxing day                Namibia - Family Day             Nigeria - Boxing Day               South Africa - Day of Goodwill      Tanzania - Boxing Day            Uganda - Boxing Day              Zambia - Boxing Day              Zimbabwe - Christmas Day (Observed)                                TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27        Botswana - Christmas Day (Observed)
ASIA 2011 Holidays	EUROPE 2011 Holidays	MID-EAST / AFRICAN 2011 Holidays

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