Unwired Nation is a new service that lets your turn your web content into an audio recording for people to listen to on their cell phones.
Using its API, you can utilize the Unwired Nation service to create a podcast of sorts, which others can listen to with their mobile phones. If you have a blog that you’d like to offer in this manner, Unwired Nation will turn the text into a voice recording and read through your blog post titles. Similar to dialing into a movie theater for show times, users can push a number to indicate which blog post they’d like to listen to. The voice sounds kind of hokey, like a commercial voiceover, so it’s rather amusing to hear if you’ve got any silly or unconventional text that’s being converted. Users can “subscribe” to your content to be delivered as an audio recording by providing their phone number.
Unwired Nation makes money by incorporating your ads into the recording, as well as inserting its own ads, and splitting revenue with you. So Unwired Nation is also in the mobile marketing arena, and promotes several uses for its service other than having blog content read out loud. Some of these services include touch pad interaction for users that don’t have access to a computer with the Internet, to do things like bid for an eBay listing.
In this sense, Unwired Nation is looking to bring a highly integrated level of website interaction on the mobile phone, without using a mobile browser, or even SMS. The potential downfall of this sort of advertising model is the difference in audio “commercials” versus online marketing, which vary greatly, and leave listeners with no direct way to access the advertisers’ content.
More at:http://www.unwirednation.com/
Via-Mash
Thursday, August 2, 2007
CompanyLoop is a new site that lets businesses create groups for coworkers to connect online.
CompanyLoop is a new site that lets businesses create groups for coworkers to connect online. This operates somewhat like a white label version of LinkedIn, limiting functionality to only those included in the company.
In order to join CompanyLoop, you must find your company if it’s already included on the list, or create a group for your company. Any company that is created will be approved by CompanyLoop before becoming available on its site. If you do find your company, you can join by entering your company email address, which will then be verified by CompanyLoop. Once you’ve joined a company group, you can tag others in your company, or applaud them, as a sort of recommendation tool for peers. Find others that can help you with a work-related issue, and pose questions to coworkers. You can invite others from your company to join.
CompanyLoop is a very private way to connect with coworkers. There is no way to see the profiles of others in company groups outside of your own, and you cannot connect or befriend others outside your groups either. There are many ways in which business-oriented applications are looking to become more social, and this could be considered one way. While other services may have provided a license or a software download for the internal use within a company, CompanyLoop is providing a free, web-based tool with which to perform the same actions.
More at:http://www.companyloop.com/
Via-Mash
In order to join CompanyLoop, you must find your company if it’s already included on the list, or create a group for your company. Any company that is created will be approved by CompanyLoop before becoming available on its site. If you do find your company, you can join by entering your company email address, which will then be verified by CompanyLoop. Once you’ve joined a company group, you can tag others in your company, or applaud them, as a sort of recommendation tool for peers. Find others that can help you with a work-related issue, and pose questions to coworkers. You can invite others from your company to join.
CompanyLoop is a very private way to connect with coworkers. There is no way to see the profiles of others in company groups outside of your own, and you cannot connect or befriend others outside your groups either. There are many ways in which business-oriented applications are looking to become more social, and this could be considered one way. While other services may have provided a license or a software download for the internal use within a company, CompanyLoop is providing a free, web-based tool with which to perform the same actions.
More at:http://www.companyloop.com/
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How To Run Successful Startup
Company name: TreatHer
Website: www.TreatHer.com
Founder: Jignesh Ghaghada
Age: 29
Based: London
Staff Numbers: 5 plus contract staff
Date started: Company created in Nov 2005, site launched in July 2006
Turnover: £150k
Tell us what your business does:
Treat Her is a wonderful new gift service that specialises in delivering unusual and exciting gifts for women directly to her door. We have a wide range of gift ideas including everything from jewellery and homewares, to pampering days out and flying lessons.
Where did the idea come from?
I actually came up with the idea when I was working in the city. We typically worked long hours and didn’t get much time to pop out during the day. One day it suddenly struck me that I’d forgotten to buy something for my girlfriend, Serina, for the second anniversary of the day we’d met and I only had until that evening to get something. I ended up not being able to get a gift that day – and this planted the seed for the concept.
Have you always wanted to run your own business?
Ever since I left university I knew I would eventually run my own business. However, I also knew there was a lot I wanted to learn first and directed my career more towards gaining exactly the right skills I thought I would need, rather than worrying too much about climbing the career ladder.
The most appealing thing about working for yourself is knowing that every ounce of energy you put into your business will translate into something tangible - either growth of the business, or learning something new.
What planning did you do before starting up?
I researched the existing online gift market thoroughly and discovered that although there was a very competitive market already in place, there were good opportunities for niche players. I attended several trade shows and travelled to the Far East to meet gift manufacturers and exporters.
I also spoke to many people already involved in e-commerce to understand how they had started up – on reflection this was invaluable and probably saved me from a number of potential pitfalls, especially in setting up the infrastructure for the site.
What challenges have you faced how have you overcome them?
A major challenge when we started was time management. A month after launching TreatHer.com, I married Serina and bought a new house which meant we were suddenly juggling a huge number of tasks (and wedding guests!). I was even checking in every few hours whilst we were out on honeymoon! Fortunately she was very understanding and, in fact, found the business very exciting. When we got back to London, Serina left her career in fashion and joined TreatHer.com to take on responsibility for our buying and supplier relationships. She has quickly become a key figure in the business and her amazing eye for trends and detail has undoubtedly been a catalyst to our growth.
What has your growth been like?
Our growth has been phenomenal over the last 12 months. When we launched in July 2006, we were getting around 100 visitors a day for the first month. This has now increased to 25,000-30,000 visitors per month. Our initial business plan forecasted we would not be profitable until the latter part of Year2 – however, we now expect to be profitable by the end of this year.
Where do you want to be in five years’ time?
We want to branch out to cover a number of other niche markets and become a household name. Our next gift site TreatHim.com will be launching in 2 months and there are a few more already waiting in the pipeline!
More at:www.TreatHer.com
Via-http://startups.co.uk/TreatHer_com.YbWAM6ho3k4OPg.html
Website: www.TreatHer.com
Founder: Jignesh Ghaghada
Age: 29
Based: London
Staff Numbers: 5 plus contract staff
Date started: Company created in Nov 2005, site launched in July 2006
Turnover: £150k
Tell us what your business does:
Treat Her is a wonderful new gift service that specialises in delivering unusual and exciting gifts for women directly to her door. We have a wide range of gift ideas including everything from jewellery and homewares, to pampering days out and flying lessons.
Where did the idea come from?
I actually came up with the idea when I was working in the city. We typically worked long hours and didn’t get much time to pop out during the day. One day it suddenly struck me that I’d forgotten to buy something for my girlfriend, Serina, for the second anniversary of the day we’d met and I only had until that evening to get something. I ended up not being able to get a gift that day – and this planted the seed for the concept.
Have you always wanted to run your own business?
Ever since I left university I knew I would eventually run my own business. However, I also knew there was a lot I wanted to learn first and directed my career more towards gaining exactly the right skills I thought I would need, rather than worrying too much about climbing the career ladder.
The most appealing thing about working for yourself is knowing that every ounce of energy you put into your business will translate into something tangible - either growth of the business, or learning something new.
What planning did you do before starting up?
I researched the existing online gift market thoroughly and discovered that although there was a very competitive market already in place, there were good opportunities for niche players. I attended several trade shows and travelled to the Far East to meet gift manufacturers and exporters.
I also spoke to many people already involved in e-commerce to understand how they had started up – on reflection this was invaluable and probably saved me from a number of potential pitfalls, especially in setting up the infrastructure for the site.
What challenges have you faced how have you overcome them?
A major challenge when we started was time management. A month after launching TreatHer.com, I married Serina and bought a new house which meant we were suddenly juggling a huge number of tasks (and wedding guests!). I was even checking in every few hours whilst we were out on honeymoon! Fortunately she was very understanding and, in fact, found the business very exciting. When we got back to London, Serina left her career in fashion and joined TreatHer.com to take on responsibility for our buying and supplier relationships. She has quickly become a key figure in the business and her amazing eye for trends and detail has undoubtedly been a catalyst to our growth.
What has your growth been like?
Our growth has been phenomenal over the last 12 months. When we launched in July 2006, we were getting around 100 visitors a day for the first month. This has now increased to 25,000-30,000 visitors per month. Our initial business plan forecasted we would not be profitable until the latter part of Year2 – however, we now expect to be profitable by the end of this year.
Where do you want to be in five years’ time?
We want to branch out to cover a number of other niche markets and become a household name. Our next gift site TreatHim.com will be launching in 2 months and there are a few more already waiting in the pipeline!
More at:www.TreatHer.com
Via-http://startups.co.uk/TreatHer_com.YbWAM6ho3k4OPg.html
Job Finder
Hound.com is the website for free job search engine locates all of its jobs from employer’s career web pages. Hound.com does not post the usual mix of over-publicized and limited commercial job board and recruiter jobs. All that users have to do to find their job is, when they enter Hound.com's frontpage, fill in the two spaces provided by the website. The user must let the website know what job he is looking for, and in what area of the USA he can work. After that all the user has to do is choose the job that he likes.
Hound.com, quite simply, is the world's largest and best collection of jobs. With a worldwide staff of 600+ employees working around the clock to find virtually every job opening in existence, we employ proven, effective, and results-oriented methods to get you the job of your dreams. Hound.com and its partner companies have helped literally thousands of professionals like yourself find employment.
More at:http://www.hound.com/
Hound.com, quite simply, is the world's largest and best collection of jobs. With a worldwide staff of 600+ employees working around the clock to find virtually every job opening in existence, we employ proven, effective, and results-oriented methods to get you the job of your dreams. Hound.com and its partner companies have helped literally thousands of professionals like yourself find employment.
More at:http://www.hound.com/
Send Files Via Email
With JustUpIt.com all you need to do to use the site is to go to the site, plug in the file you wish to send and the email addresses of the people you want the file to be sent to. Thats it. No signing up for anything or passwords or sign ins at all. Go to the send and send the file, it couldn't be any easier. Send any type of file up to 100mb.
There is no registration and no fees. Basic use requires no registration and is free of charge. There is nothing to install and no special software required. All you need is the browser you are using right now. A file can be up to 100mb!! and no download restrictions! (unlimited downloads).
Since the service is free and this remedies an ongoing problem for people trying to send files via email, this site could get usership for many, and quickly.
More at:http://justupit.com/
There is no registration and no fees. Basic use requires no registration and is free of charge. There is nothing to install and no special software required. All you need is the browser you are using right now. A file can be up to 100mb!! and no download restrictions! (unlimited downloads).
Since the service is free and this remedies an ongoing problem for people trying to send files via email, this site could get usership for many, and quickly.
More at:http://justupit.com/
Video Resume For Media People
Cubetakes.com is the first video resume site that is geared toward those in film, radio, television, and multimedia. From hosting your demo reel to your portfolio - cubetakes.com has it all along with a job search function showcasing jobs from around the world. So Cubetakes.com is a very useful websites for employers to find a pool of possible employees and for potential employees to show their work. But that's just part of it, Cubetakes.com is a free internet website!!! That's right, post your videos so employers can see your work in action for free.
How many times do we send out a resume, whether by mail or email, only to receive the all-too-common HR form letter "We have your resume on file, should a position arise matching your capabilities, someone will contact you." Yeah, right! More likely, the letter should read, "we just threw your resume in the trash, or filed it in some neglected cabinet in our human resources department that never gets opened except for once a year cleaning. We'll contact you on a snowy day in summer." That reply is more truthful, from experience, because when that letter is received it nets an interview a whopping .01% of the time. Disheartening? Sure, if you follow the "masses approach" to job-hunting. What's that exactly? The old resume format - whether it is sent on paper, faxed, or electronically sent. Break the mold! Send a video resume to the employer to show off your skills and personality - don't be another "resume kept on file". You can achieve this by uploading your video resume to cubetakes.com today. If you have a video portfolio (i.e. animation works, films, broadcasts, web design, etc.) upload them to cubetakes.com as well! Cubetakes.com is 100% free and there is never a charge. Send your video link rather than an emailed resume - impress the employer and save yourself time from going to interviews in person. Visit http://www.cubetakes.com now to get started.
More at:http://www.cubetakes.com/
How many times do we send out a resume, whether by mail or email, only to receive the all-too-common HR form letter "We have your resume on file, should a position arise matching your capabilities, someone will contact you." Yeah, right! More likely, the letter should read, "we just threw your resume in the trash, or filed it in some neglected cabinet in our human resources department that never gets opened except for once a year cleaning. We'll contact you on a snowy day in summer." That reply is more truthful, from experience, because when that letter is received it nets an interview a whopping .01% of the time. Disheartening? Sure, if you follow the "masses approach" to job-hunting. What's that exactly? The old resume format - whether it is sent on paper, faxed, or electronically sent. Break the mold! Send a video resume to the employer to show off your skills and personality - don't be another "resume kept on file". You can achieve this by uploading your video resume to cubetakes.com today. If you have a video portfolio (i.e. animation works, films, broadcasts, web design, etc.) upload them to cubetakes.com as well! Cubetakes.com is 100% free and there is never a charge. Send your video link rather than an emailed resume - impress the employer and save yourself time from going to interviews in person. Visit http://www.cubetakes.com now to get started.
More at:http://www.cubetakes.com/
ePerks.com, the site is dedicated to finding people who will give you incentives to do business through them
ePerks.com, the site is dedicated to finding people who will give you incentives to do business through them, sometimes cash back, sometimes free gas, sometimes added extra services, it all depends on what exactly you are looking for. If you are searching for a REALTOR there are people offering to give back 15.5% of the transaction should they be chosen. If these people are willing to slash their own prices and advertise this, there is no doubt a ton of internet surfers and clients ready to use these discounted services.
This site could be a great help to bargain shoppers all over the country, with savings as high as 20% on a real estate transaction, that will keep customers searching for savings with the company. The company profits from the advertising of the service providers.
More at:http://eperks.com/
This site could be a great help to bargain shoppers all over the country, with savings as high as 20% on a real estate transaction, that will keep customers searching for savings with the company. The company profits from the advertising of the service providers.
More at:http://eperks.com/
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