A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2019 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay #PhotoYatra

Hi Friends,

September starts with the birthday of my little one who is now going to become a teenager in 1-2 years and already have a love-hate relationship with me based on my responses of her asks. This is really difficult as now I need to focus on her to take care of her and don't waste my time on things that are not giving anything in return like press releases posts which are not bringing me any benefits. Let's focus on bringing the best in you by going back to school and relearning all the techniques to study and work on all the skills which can help me for the rest of my life. 

1. #TheLifesWayReviews - #Technology in #Shuffle Mode Play in MP3 Players - This remains one of the biggest pain points to date as the Shuffle keeps playing the same songs again and again. It can be in the car entertainment system, iPod, and even the music player in smartphones. Maybe the software developers in any of the audio players' sector will be working on the same currently or there must be some audio player which can help me in this feature. 

2. A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2018 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay #PhotoYatra #1800thPost - Last year it was my 1800th post but now I have reduced the same to just less than 1500 posts and more I will reduce in the days to come and only keep those written by me and none of the press releases anymore on my channel. It doesn't matter to me if the traffic is coming to my channels or not as I am enjoying all the content I can create in my limited time here on Planet Earth. This will be my 1455th blog post just as a reference to how much I will reduce them from here.

3. #TheLifesWayReviews - The Spy @NetflixSA Mini-TV Series #Thriller #TrueEvents #TheSpy - I really love watching Web series and this one was really great which was based on the true events of a Spy who really sacrificed himself for the love of his country and saved thousands of lives in the process. Netflix alone doesn't offer a range of series as most of the people completed all the favorite ones during this lockdown and started looking for other OTT platforms too and now a lot of companies in India are offering all the OTT platforms contents as a part of the packaged deal if you take their fiber network connection which is really good. 

In September 2020, I have finally reached the 2x speed to listen to audiobooks reducing the time to complete books in a faster format. What I observed is that you do need to keep listening to the particular sections of the book or may be referred to the paperback or kindle editions after listening to the same once. Maybe I can write a blog post or shoot a video explaining what I learned during the process of lockdown and achieving all my goals which I always wanted to do.

Cheers!!!

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A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2017 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends, 

September is the start of the Spring and the first thing that comes in my mind, is my daughter's birthday on 1 Sep and then other things like Jacaranda Trees and Spring Cleaning the ecosystem around myself. 

1. @rAgeExpo is All Set to Celebrate 15 Years of Awesome Gaming #EscapetoPlanetrAge 6-8 Oct2017 - https://www.thelifesway.com/2017/09/rageexpo-is-all-set-to-celebrate-15.html - rAge Expo has been an awesome event and last year it was special for me as I won stuff during and after the show. I got myself a Maxnomic Gaming Chair from ESL via Kwese Gamer in an online contest and also won 1TB portable HDD from ADATA Technologies. Also, the press pack included Astrum earphones too along with several T-shirts from various brands. 2017 has been my successful rAge Expo ever in terms of goodies received. 

2. A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2016 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay - https://www.thelifesway.com/2017/09/a-memoir-this-month-last-year-sep-2016.html - The story has been the same every year end when I stock take my efforts and the returns received. It's negative in most of the cases and where it's some positive, I am not able to devote time to those brands. This year I am ending this misery and no more Press Releases posts on my channel until it's paid for from 1 Jan 2019. Why be on the mercy of the brands when I can earn money and buy my own new stuff and tickets to shows I want to attend? 

3. New Motorola #Smartphone Models to Launch in SA #MotoZ2Play #MotoG5Splus @TelkomZA - https://www.thelifesway.com/2017/09/new-motorola-smartphone-models-to.html - Motorola launched their smartphones and soon after some months, it was being sold at more than 50% discount on Dionwired because of bad battery performance and no return on investment from customer's perspective. I didn't get a device to review but I asked some fellow bloggers about the device who reviewed the same. If you tell brands the truth, they boycott you which is self-explanatory in one sense but you need to take sugar with a pinch of salt sometimes. 

Aashish Rai @CanonRSA Instagram Meet in August 2018

4. DJ Tira Massacres #RedBullCultureClash 2017 Opponents @RedBullZA #Jozi - https://www.thelifesway.com/2017/09/dj-tira-massacres-redbullcultureclash.html - I loved DJ Tira at the media launch night in CBD, Johannesburg as I could not go to the actual event. But despite all the promotion on my channels, I didn't get any Red Bull cans etc from them for all the free promotion I did. But Red Bull is my favorite drink so I can let it all go without any guilt or so! 

5. @Discovery_SA @JacarandaFM #SpringWalk Welcomed Spring With A Beat #Pretoria - https://www.thelifesway.com/2017/09/discoverysa-jacarandafm-springwalk.html - Last year I was invited to the Jacaranda FM for the Spring Walk and I did 5kms with my family. This year I did 15 km walk with my friend and it was difficult but I really enjoyed finishing the same in around 2hrs 42min. This was my 2nd 15km in this year after MTN Walk the Talk 15kms. The body was much more relaxed and I was able to complete the race as compared to the first time.

This year I will finish 6 years of The Life's Way and I don't want to waste my time on brands which don't value me or my efforts. I will only do what inspires me to write and what pays me to write and promote on my social media platforms. I have plenty of other things to achieve in my life rather than wasting my time on stuff and brands which just want free promotion. 

Cheers!!!

Contact me at thelifesway@gmail.com to collaborate on your products, events, and services. #TheLifesWay #PhotoYatra!

A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2016 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys, 

September is the start of the spring season and also the launch events starting from iPhone to many others who wants to cash in on the festival season in India. This is the time when Hindu community starts their celebrations towards the festival of lights and in Johannesburg Spring Walks is the talk of the season which converts to Jacaranda takes the center stage in October. 

1. Escape to Planet rAge - The Awesome Gaming Expo 07 to 09 October 2016 @rAgeExpo @TicketProDome - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/09/escape-to-planet-rage-awesome-gaming.html - rAge has been one of my favourite events and this was my 3rd year at the show and this time I went with my family. The show was fully packed and there was no space to walk too. I really missed the CNA shop but there has been some new brands to showcase their latest gaming technology. Again this year rAge expo will celebrate it's 15th anniversary and it's going to be even bigger and better. I am looking forward to this year's event. 

2. Sometimes you do a lot of stuff for several brands but receive nothing in return, so is the case with Huawei. I have always tried to win their sponsorship to get one of the best product either Mate series or the P series smartphone but it never happened till now. The number of posts I have done for them is much more than their most of the sponsored media and celebrities also but still nothing in return. These are all the posts in a single month of September 2016 for the brands leading to hundreds of tweets, retweets and other social media sharings. 

@HuaweiZA and @Leica_Camera Establish New #Research and #Innovation Center 

New Service Stores in #Johannesburg and #CapeTown for @HuaweiZA Customers 

9 Reasons to Consider #HuaweiP9 #Smartphone @HuaweiZA @Leica_Camera

Making Heads Turn @HuaweiZA Red and Blue #HuaweiP9 #IFA2016 

@HuaweiZA #Nova Series #Smartphones Defies Expectations #IFA2016 

Celebrating Your Senses With @HuaweiZA #MediaPadM3 #Tablet #IFA2016

3. Acer Africa too launched several products this year as well as in IFA 2016 and send me various press releases to share on my channels. This year they launched their online shop and you can buy some of their products at some amazing deal prices at shopacer.co.za

@AcerAfrica Launch New Devices with @GertJohanCoetzee #SAFashionWeek #AW17

#SPIN Brings Life Full Swing with Extreme #Portability @AcerAfrica #nextAtAcer #IFA2016 

#SWIFT Is The New Series Of @AcerAfrica Notebooks #nextatacer #IFA2016

This brand also feels that my social media influence is not that much but never received the data from their end as to how much it is? Sometimes, it makes me think to close down The Life's Way social media channels but then I see a lot of unfinished tasks at my hands that I can't close this business in such adversaries.

  

4. Lenovo in all my engagements till now, I have only received one 4gb pendrive that too at one smartphone launch and nothing else. I don't know what to say about the same but here are some posts which I did for them in Sep 2016. 

Yoga Book @Lenovo_Africa 2-in-1 Tablet #LenovoLaunch #LenovoIFA 

@Lenovo_Africa Pushes #Portability Envelope #Yoga910 Laptop #Tab3Tablet #LenovoLaunch #LenovoIFA

5. A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2015 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay - http://www.thelifesway.com/2016/11/a-memoir-this-month-last-year-sep-2015.html - My favorite stories from last years September and connecting the dots during those times. 

Spring Cleaning can be applied to all parts of your life if I think about it, it can be used to clean all those brands and PR companies where you are getting nothing in kind or favour. As social media is all about give and take and If I am not getting benefits out of the brand, I won't invest my time and efforts into that brand. It can also be applied to all your old stuff which you haven't used in the last year. It's just that we are attached to so many things and always think that it might be handy sometime or someday but that time never comes and we are caught in that vicious circle all the time. 

Cheers!!!

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A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2015 www.thelifesway.com #TheLifesWay

Hi Guys, 

September is start of the Spring in Johannesburg and it's the best weather to go around and see the city with Jacaranda flowers blooming and making it all purple. I love Johannesburg more than London because of the weather and opportunity to drive around the country. September last year at The Life's Way was more of smartphones launches and other movie events which I was part of. 

1. Mate S: @HuaweiZA Luxurious Smartphone unveiled #IFA2015 - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/09/mate-s-huaweiza-luxurious-smartphone.html - Mate S was launched in between Mate 7 and Mate 8 model by Huawei. The price was too high for this smartphone that it became just a holding device to target someone looking for something other than iPhone 6Plus. I have created so much content for Huawei South Africa but got no smartphone to keep or any paid assignment that now I have to rethink about my love for them. Huawei also launched their smartwatch.

2. Spring Clean your #Android Smartphone #HTCOneLifeSA - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/09/spring-clean-your-android-smartphone.html - HTC has been my favourite device since the start and when HTC One M7 was launched, I chose to buy that leaving behind my love for the S-pen in Samsung Note 2. HTC gifted me M8 on my birthday 22 July in 2015 which was a review device but a gift is a gift and I am so grateful to the brand. 

3. Get Snap Happy #HTCOneLifeSA #Android Smartphone Apps - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/09/get-snap-happy-htconelifesa-android.html - Smartphone apps can help the mobile camera pictures you took look amazingly awesome. I have been using them a lot to share my content on my instagram.com/araijain channel and on my photography blog "Photo Yatra". 

Check out some more posts too -

5 Great #Android Apps for #Cycling Enthusiasts #HTCOneLifeSA 

Precautions to keep Data Safe in case of Stolen Mobile #HTCOneLifeSA

 

4. @CapitecBankSA brings even more colour to #CapitecColorRun in #Jozi - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/09/capitecbanksa-brings-even-more-colour.html - Fitness is the biggest business all over the world because all materialistic things stays here if your health is lost. Road running is one of the best things you can do in South Africa as every weekend there will be some new race events happening with a small fees requiring your running license. No matter who the sponsors are but every one is happy to be involved and get a medal at the end of the race with some goodies bags thrown in. 

5. The more you travel, more miles you earn @Citibank #PremierMilesCard #India - http://www.thelifesway.com/2015/09/the-more-you-travel-more-miles-you-earn.html - Generally we get press releases and post the same with little or no changes. I don't get any payment to post them as it's about relationship with the PR company but when you have to write the content, I want to get paid for the same. Indiblogger and Blogadda has been my start to earn some gift vouchers and buying stuff with those gift vouchers will give me extreme happiness. 

In life, no matter where you are, you can always stay positive and hopeful to bring you what you want and what you deserve. I sometime feel down or demotivated but then I feel grateful for "The Life's Way" as to what it has brought for me in my life. I have been to many places, done many things, received unlimited gift and goodies due to the same. I continue to attract more and more brands as they shower their love when they see the passion and returns I give them on social media content sharing. I still have some long wish list which I will get from The Life's Way for sure!!!

Cheers!!!

Contact me at thelifesway@gmail.com if you want me to attend your launch events, blog and share on all my #socialmedia channels #TheLifesWay or to be a #Brand_Ambassador for your products and services!

A Memoir - This Month Last Year - Sep 2013

Hi Guys,

September 2013 was the time when I was very happy with the way my blog was generating a lot of pageviews and I reached 150th blog posts in this month.

1. HP Print Art - Pogo MAD Art Workshop  - Sometimes, it all takes a dream to do what your heart wants to do and I really wanted my daughter to meet Rob considering her interest in his program on Pogo TV. It was converted to reality when HP Print Art gave me a chance to win their contest and send my wife and kid to the live workshop in Mumbai, all expenses covered. It was a great one day trip for them and I really loved the smile when they came back from the same. 

2. Toyota Etios Motor Racing - Buddh International Circuit, Noida - It was my time to follow my dreams too and Toyota Motors gave me an all access pass and a hot lap around the circuit in their racing cars. It was a great saturday with the team and I really loved the same. I won this contest on twitter. 

3. I am Explorer -The Road Less Travelled - Another Indiblogger contest with Tata Safari and I won Rs 1000 GV for the same. I really loved writing this one and matching it with the photographs I took on my trip from London to Scotland and Wales. Check it out! 

4. Product Launch - Nokia Lumia 1020 - 26 Sep 2013- I won an amazing entry to attend the launch event of Nokia Lumia 1020 in Delhi. I really loved the phone and as destiny awaits, I am having this phone for review in my hands here in Johannesburg this month only. Blogpost coming soon for Lumia 1020.This phone is worth the price and I would love to buy it whenever it's price gets dropped.

5. Live_InStyle - McDowell's Karaoke World Championshiop - Zonal Finals - It was a great invite from one of the PR to attend and cover this live music event. I really loved the singers and it was a great evening full of soulful music and some great performances. Check it out!

It's really great when you get great invites and is able to enjoy your life. I loved doing whatever I did with my blog that time and now also. Blogging has given me a meaning and I really love expressing myself and cover a lot of events. Looking forward to have some awesome moments in the future!!!

Cheers!!!

Contact me for your product's review on twitter @araijain or @thelifesway or email - thelifesway@gmail.com

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Twitter Goodies - Comic Con 2013 at Hyderabad

Hi Guys,

Comic Con is one the biggest festival for the lovers of Comics. It happens world wide and I was able to attend the one that happened in London way back in 2011. After than I enrolled for Delhi to be a volunteer but could not go to attend the interview and could make it to the event also. Felt really sad! This year it's happening in Hitex, Hyderabad where I have attended various events when I used to live in Hyderabad way back in 2005-2007. Do make the best of this opportunity as the event happens on 21 and 22  Sep 2013. Also there are a lot of free goodies on the offer along with an awesome bag which I won't be able to get for myself.

Here is something my family member won in one of their daily quiz contest -

 

 

Comics will always be able to attact all old and young alike with it's colors and script.

Cheers to those who will be able to attend the event. More info at www.comicconindia.com/‎

Thanks a lot!