Another student report from India
February 5th, 2008 by seth bindernagel
Another student team from India has posted their report to Spread Firefox. If you follow that link, you’ll see the team, an executive summary about the project, and a link to download the .PDF. Please take a look and participate in the forum there if you have questions or comments.
From the student team’s executive summary:
“India being a country of more than 1 billion people with significantly growing number of internet users presents itself as a prime target crucial for the success of internet browsers like Mozilla Firefox. This report provides guidelines for developing the marketing strategy for Mozilla Firefox. We conducted extensive market research among college students because they are the most heavy internet user segment. This research was administered through an online questionnaire widely circulated among college students. The proposed strategy stands on three prime pillars – Development of community leaders via viral marketing, content development for targeting the Indian consumer and addressing the cyber cafes – the primary centre for internet browsing by the Indian youth. To address the cyber cafes, a field visit was organized but our efforts suggest that success of this initiative requires active involvement by Mozilla senior management.
“The success of this strategy would need high level of commitment from Mozilla in conducting campus campaigns for developing community leaders, targeted content development for Indian masses addressing their usage requirements and exclusive agreements with large cyber café chains. We believe this marketing strategy would enable Firefox in achieving larger market share and in becoming the first internet browser of choice for the Indian customer.”
Hi,
I agree with this completely. As an Indian engineering student myself, Firefox has to be the top choice for browsers for Indian customers. We cannot let proprietary browsers to monopolize in the rising sub-continent. I would like to contribute in any means possible for this.
Roughly, around 9% of the Indian population is using Internet as of now. With IT/ ITES/ BPO boom, it is increasing rapidly. It’s the right time for Mozilla to concentrate on this market. I believe, focusing on tie-ups with ISPs such as Airtel, BSNL, Hathway to provide firefox with installation would be a great move.
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Nithin.
http://www.bluminut.com