Our latest overseas branch office in China, at Beijing has taken off. And boy, aren’t we happy about it?  After all it posts yet another milestone in our journey to becoming a leader as the Search Engine Marketing Company on the global level.

It takes two to tango. And when there are over ninety enthusiastic souls, who believe in the adage ‘work hard, party harder’, the workplace can only get lit up with smiling faces.

It all started with Joanita’s mail to all of us. The theme for this Diwali was ‘Go Desi’. We were motivated to dress up in our traditional outfits for the occasion and decorate our desks as well to win the best desk prize! The day – Wednesday, 7^th November, 2007.

Can anyone ever beat the spirit of Pinstormers! The celebrations started a day in advance. One of the teams actually stayed back overnight to decorate their desk areas. Another team unaware that it was not the first one to start the decorations came in early on the D(iwali)-Day. And then the decoration-virus affected one and all. Soon the entire office was bright with lights, flowers, rangoli colours and the vibrant outfits.

While each one of us was dressed in traditional attire (alright, almost each one of us), little did we know that there are some surprizes in store for us. In the evening, there was a surprise get-together. Prizes were given away for best lit up areas, ravishing Pinstorm girls and hot Pinstorm guys!

Diwali’s over and 2007 is reaching its end. But you walk into our Mumbai office and all the Diwali decorations are still intact welcoming you to the festive spirit called Pinstorm!
Diwali pics at gallery.pinstorm.com

On 9th August 2007, 90 Pinstormers got onto 2 buses and headed for Kamshet for our annual offsite. The 2005 Pinstorm annual offsite was also held in Kamshet but the difference was that we were 3 times the number of people this time around.

We decided to have a theme around which our organizers could plan activities. ‘Innovation and Creativity’ became the focus of our offsite. Our organizers ‘The Elementz’ decided that the most fun method would be the ‘Out-bound Management Development Methodology’ which is why we picked the venue to be YMCA Camp Lakeside, in Village Nilshi in Kamshet.

The location was beautiful with a picturesque lake and hills around. We had dorm like style of accommodation which was fun because it put 8 – 10 of us in one room.

The highlight of the whole trip though was the activities (all outdoors except when it rained too much) and of course the unofficial parties at night ;)

And obviously which offsite is complete without a few skits of the bosses and colleagues.

Needless to say after so much fun and learning, we all were saddened to get on the bus back to Mumbai, but the memories of the offsite will be with us forever because the experience was such that no one would forget the trip.
Offsite pics at gallery.pinstorm.com

In keeping with our quest for expansion, we at Pinstorm have founded Digital Marketing

Institute which offers India’s First Certificate course in Search Engine Marketing.

After completion of two successful batches in Mumbai & Delhi, we are gearing up for the third batch which is to commence soon. The course offers in-depth, hands-on experience in running real campaigns and is backed by Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of India (IAMAI), for both freshers and seasoned media professionals, interested in a career in this field.

For details, visit: www.digitalmarketing.in