The Awesome Network of Entrepreneurs - JK

"The Pot of Gold"

2006-08-23T17:47:00.000-07:00

The Best is Comming. The most awaited and the highly anticipated websitess for college students has begun. Go to Walamu.com

Rohail's Walamu and the Internet 'Community'

2006-07-27T19:41:00.000-07:00

Community is an Internet term for building a strong relationship with and among users of a web site or other online presence. An online Community is based around a group of consumers who share a common interest or goal. A web presence that is able to create a sense of community not only creates a stronger relationship with its customer, but has a better foundation from which to conduct business.
I mentioned the above description because one of my fellow entrepreneurs have launched a remarkable service. Being a smart guy, he has also employed the above technique of using 'Community' in his online works.
For ease of writing, this post will assume the creation of a web site. However, the rules apply to almost any Web presence being developed. The process of creating a community starts during the development process of an online presence. Every person and every business has a choice very early on. They can either create a presence of their own design, and hope their customers likes it when it is complete, or they can bring their customers into the design process and develop a presence the customer has already said they like. Both of these are being used by Rohail's Walamu.com .
There are numerous ways to get customer involved in your website and allow them some sense of ownership over the content. Three example that will allow you to do this include:
1. Holding informal focus groups =, you can have the consumer help design an interface the respond to.
2. Creating an email newsletter prior to the launch of you site that will allow you to generate interest and test ideas that most interests your customers.
3. Developing a promotional sweepstakes you can gather customer information and test basic site plans.

Rule number 1 - Relationship are the base of Marketing.

2006-07-13T20:02:00.000-07:00

My Eight Rules are going to change the way every person does business online. These points are a composite mixture of business tactics and ideas from different writers. I would like to thank all of them in pursuing me to write on these points.

Everyone is more comfortable buying from someone they know and trust. If a customer has a relationship with a salesperson, they are more likely to refer to them for information and most likely make a purchase from them. Why? Because, customers do not like a lot of surprises. They want to know a brand will deliver. If it fails to deliver, they want to know someone can help them with out a lot of double-talk. Almost any salesperson will tell you that creating a relationship with a customer is the most important part of selling.

This is no different for a product or a brand. If a person has used a particular product and trusts it, than they are more likely to buy it the second time. Again, customers want a product that delivers on its promise and therefore they will buy it again and again.

Like any relationship, this is the result of an ongoing conversation between the customers and the brand. Traditionally, this conversation begins with advertising. If the customers responds, they will proceed to purchase the product. If the salesperson can leverage this conversation into a relationship, they have a sale and customers satisfaction continues.
When successful companies talk about moving customers along the sales process, they are talking about maintaining an ongoing conversation with that customer and building that brand relationship. When successful, it will turn customers into brand loyalist and long term purchasers.

The goal of on and off line marketing is to build awareness, create consideration, induce trial, and affect the final purchase decision. This means creating a relationship between the customers and the brand that is maintained throughout the sales cycle.

"Adsense & others" in Effective online entrepreneurship

2006-07-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

To become an effective entrepreneur, a person must be able to money-tize and organize their time. Time is very important is these matters. Time basically equals = $ Money $. Yea, that's right. An example will provide a gist of my next point. My friends and I, had talked about doing something after school but it was not recently till we actually acted on it. This made us realize that if we had acted early, we could have been well under way by now.
Deciding is also a big step. Decision and timing creates some heavy aspects of entrepreneurship. We must combine them to create, well, ...Profit, for us. There are not all but eight rules of effective online setting, which I will explain later. But right now, I want to focus on some of very ways you can bring money to you websites.
One of the best ways to bring extra money is your pockets is to add an adsense to your sites. It is relatively easy and requires little work. A good website with medium traffic can make about 100 dollars every month. The adds from adsense are highly intelligent because they are targeted by thcontextct of the sites. Many people employ it for its no-hassle use and easy interface. However, thibenefitit has evolved into lengthierrm problem. So many people use it that it is seemed as a trouble by some (not me though :) ), But it has overall good standings.
There are many other ways to bring cash such as yahoo ads and some affiliate programs. A good affiliate program is offered by Amazon. It provides good percentage of sales and very easy interface.
But the big daddy of them all is of course selling you own product. This requires many guidelines starting with a brand name, just selling a computer work, selling a brand name computer works better. The brand needs an image To to conquer these guidelines, every entrepreneur should read The 8 rules of online business, which I will talk about shortly.

Exactly what is an entrepreneur?

2006-07-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

Many people have some idea of what an entrepreneur is but they know only as much as they read!
If you look in the dictionary, you'll see that an entrepreneur is a person who organizes and directs a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the sake of the profit.
Although that definition is true, it is not complete. There is more to being an entrepreneur than organizing, directing and assuming risk. Anyone who has ever started a business and think of them as promoter, organizer or musical and other acts. Entrepreneur can extremely wealthy or wonder if they will have enough money to pay their bills. An entrepreneur basically is a person who is with extraordinary energy, persistence and determination, who believe in himself or herself enough to follow through a dream or idea.

What is the motivation?
There are many reasons for pursuing i this field. Some common motivators are:
A desire for power
A desire for wealth
A need to fulfill an inner drive
A desire for notoriety
A desire to make work fun
A desire to prove they can be successful on their own

The final question lies in the decision to go for it. I was also very doubtful to start something or not, but after the online blogging I realized that i have much support. Therefore I ask everyone to go for their dreams and pursue them to their best.

Req: How to increase traffic to blogs?

2006-07-06T21:55:00.000-07:00

It has been just a few days since the launch of my blog but it seems that the 'word' on the internet cant be spread by just one entity. I am calling on all of the entrepreneur to post comments on how to improve traffic. I have tried to do as much as i could with no knowledge of html. Please help me, i need the opinion of my fellow YE.

Test: New Jersey under peril

2006-07-06T11:00:00.000-07:00

What is wrong with New Jersey?
Can anyone tell me how this head line is related to the bussiness world. This post will test you awereness of bussines knowledge. I will post the answer tommorow. Good Luck.

Invite: Vote on the recent Survey

2006-07-06T10:13:00.000-07:00

I have recently posted a survey to help a fellow YE out. This survey will determin the voters need to use other online resource to purchase text books. One if these resource is Walamu.com. Voting will continue through this week and results will posted shortly thereafter.

A blog for students...

2006-07-06T09:51:00.000-07:00

It seems as if the online blogging community, with some exception, has not focused so greatly on the plight of the college students. Therefore, i thought it would be nice and wise to launch a blog that will help expand the knowledge of all those students who come to the net to find more resources - College and Beyond is truly an exceptional phenomenon and I will be posting Reviews, Links and News on New services and scholarships that will help everyone, including me. There are many YE who are working on this dream with me and i want this blog to be a HUB for all of these YE and readers. Good luck and Enjoy!

Review: Walamu.com

2006-07-05T22:39:00.000-07:00

I was going over the mind petals network and stumbled upon a very impressive YE - Rohail Rizvi. Rohail has done a lot of great projects but his latest one is truly a remarkable feat. Walamu is a great way to save because it focus on a variety of great aspects. It orbits the main idea of better customer care and therefore promises to cut prices dramatically. It is recommended by me that every single students should sign up for this wonderful service, not only the students but those who love to read must also take advantage of this site. www.Walamu.com offers competitive prices because it cuts down the middle man, and from my experience, middleman always contribute in those high cost.

Walamu.com allows students from each college to sell their books to other students. The price is solely controlled by the students and therefore are impressively low. Walamu.com not only offers a trade in books but of anything a student might need, from a desk to a laptop computer. Walamu.com is for everyone who uses ebay or amazon to find their course books every semester. I believe that all of these people should switch to Walamu for the fall semester and try out this remarkable service. If you havent done so yet, sign up for the newsletter at the Pre-launch blog. Dont waste money on something you can get for less on Walamu, just think what you will do with all the money you will save...

My First Steps!

2006-07-05T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hello Everybody, and welcome to my blog. It is not just my blog, it is a blog of all those people who surf the net in search for a unique idea and for those who look for every resource that will assist their entreprenual endeavors. Once again, welcome to The Awesome Network of Entrepreneurs or TANE. TANE will also enable me learn more about the online entrepreunal community and possible extend my resources with some bright ideas. This blog will focus on all the online bussiness activities. Thanks for looking around and best of luck everyone!