Business Proposals- March 19, 2007

Web Based Contests

Thin Client Technology

Web Based Contests

• Start Small and Easy– Creative Writing

• Poetry, Short Stories, Photography

– Cash Prize Money– Scholarships– Vanity Publishing

Cash Prizes

• Low entry fee ($5, $10?)

• Viral Marketing– Need to find creative writers

• Schools– High Schools, Colleges

• Clubs• College Professors

• Fine Print– No prize awarded if entries do not exceed nn

Scholarships

• Folks more likely to participate?– Less concern that it’s not legitimate– Seems more noble

• Can pay out awards as an annuity– $X/month, semester, year…

• Pay college professors to judge– College professors need money– Adds legitimacy to contests

Vanity Publishing

• At end of year anyone who submits content can purchase a book with their submission and other submissions

• All submissions are our property

• Don’t have to publish anything until we have an order

• Desktop printing allows for low volume runs at low cost

Thin Client Technology

• History of terminals and networks

• Widely used in manufacturing

• Residential users– No updates, no software, no licenses, always

on, data is stored off-site– Hardware breaks, send it in and we’ll replace

it in 24 hours

Thin Client Technology

• Monthly subscriptions– Annuity fee structure

• Great for seniors– More seniors everyday

• We own the desktop