STARTUP UPDATE ……..
Yes! We did get the laptop..a top of the range”Toshiba”..with carrying case…This has now been handed over to M.Y. (my Pakistani business partner ) We will upload all the material needed for the Mian Channu computer center.. .more next blog…

News from China. …..our ” creative” David there is running a competition for entrepreneural students for ideas we can test on TMI… This will be the first stage ..then we will send information on progressing the ideas… We might offer a money prize for the best idea…..

In California we are hoping to involve some of the students from Berkley University in TMI…
..We have offered editing and writing work in the blog.. We hope to have this finished in March..
There is now the possibility of further country specific blogs…..we have” Startup-Singapore.com”

In the UK we are bringing our two translators together..Meeting them at the Bangawli restaurant i described in an earlier blog….I need to find out if the contact in Dakha will translate the free starter into Urdu . The girls ….Luxing and Jenny…we hope they will run our blog ” testmyidea.com.cn “. In Chinese of course !

Our webmaster to be B.J… is looking forward to his new job..we are building a website and this, with other material ,will be ready to roll when we present him with his new laptop..which we are getting tomorrow…toys for the boys ! ( see above )

We are thinking of finding a research assistant for the webmaster who we can engage in April..
let us know if you are interested in living in Mian Channu..and have a real interest in ecology and enterprise education..involving writing; editing; blogging; making dvd’s; cd’s; …

Do comment on the blog..any questions ? Take care
Humbird

The essentials for starting a successful business, irrespective of the type,include firstly getting the attention of your target market…In most cases this means words on some website …The big question then is what words ?
The only sure way is by testing “on the fly “.That is why”testmyidea.com ” is such a help as you can test ANY IDEA you have at nil cost..including WORDS ..used for titles ;headlines; label; split test ad words; surveys; names ..( I tried..” Sir Richard branson “recently) …celebs …..
;animal names. ….you may need to know which animal is most” keyed in “…endagered specie.?
When we used voroo.com as an experimental test bed we found over three years that the most
sought after creature was..wait for it ! “Poisonous snakes “!

Another site using my idea ! Is: http://trafficjam.com/ with this tool you can get great information on words plus its focussed on blogs…the highest traffic ones ..very useful because of the high traffic it receives and collation of blogs by topic…..

. ……. Thank you John Reese !
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If you live in USA we will be giving you your own startup blog soon…..starting with California…
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Our webmaster Basharatt is getting married in March and will be living in Mian Channu..new bride, new home, new job;new startup…….. Welcome to the team……
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We have contact with a college in Columbia who we hope to form an alliance with to pilot TMI
..this may center on eco education coral life….
Rachel will give us the latest images on her new site ……..
http://divingmaster.com She will be launching this in April 08…..

Have a great day or evening… .humbird

You may find it difficult to find good quality contacts and online tools to help you develope your
business idea ..the following i have found very useful … and most are free !
1………..
alexa.com …… this gives ranking and traffic details of websites. .plus other info. like overview..contact details page views; ..Its great if only to see who is number one..and how far
yours has to go !
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coolwhois.com………great for checking if a url is taken..and for trying out your url combination to match keywords..
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wordtracker.com..the best place for finding which are the top key words..and how many will be effective in your niche. .. overture.com is also one of the best to research keywords .
4 …….
marketing tips.com without doubt one of , if not the ,website for real quality free information
on internet marketing….one of the pioneer sites turning over $ millions and helping 1,000
become successful online…
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blogs are becoming an essential means of building relationships….a new man on the blog is giving out a series of blog traffic building reports < yaro@blogtrafficschool.com >
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nichereports.com for very good value niche reports and free business ideas try this site..
Maujhuri..India…..
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godaddy.com ….. i have always found this a good quality service at reasonable rates….especially for bulk buying domain names.
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getting answers to questions ..?..try google answers and elderswisdomcircle.com
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strategicprofits.com..for high quality free information eg ; “attention age docrine 2 “. plus advanced internet marketing strategies.
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income.com this site is run by John Reese..the “$million in one day man.”.excellent quality newsletter.
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For an up and coming resource try http://qassia.com/ ..this is in beta but is building original content and gives high quality backlinks as part of your inputting information.
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Let me know what you think…..any resource you would like to have give us your request..

humbird ………

Latest regards investors ..One stated he had tried the business model we are building but found it unsustainable , for economic reasons, .by this meaning if you have no traction (money ) And need to pay talented people to progress the business you are soon insolvent.. He further said: . .”If you can solve this you are a genius !”

Since he said that we may have thought of a strategy to solve the problem ..which is essentially . How to get talented people to work for little, or no money..over a few months whilst at beta stage .

See “creatives “link for a clue as to how it may be possible; we have yet to test this fully ;but it may work..The great thing is this: If we can build a team ..which is just about the most difficult thing there is to do ..a mastermind group with creative people who are immensly busy………..
The successful launch of Startup -asia in June is virtually certain…

Welcome to the creatives:

Hilary. ……….former headteacher of an international school in Pakistan..loves the country.

David……………………………….chairman of an entrepreneurs club in an international college
in China ..plus his friend who is running a clothing business .

Saalo.. Techie .writing up open software training manuals. UK..

Richard : a Silicon valley USA, investor who has a charitable interest in Asia.

…more information about our attempts to engage talented people, including our methods which you could use for your startup……

The set up in Pakistan is going well ,we now have our webmaster and the broadband connection sussed…. .more on this in April..

This morning we collected ten computers.these a gift from a library; upgrading it’s computer suite !

Rachel is well established in Koh Tao..her blog should be up and running next month..she wrote up many articles and images …then lost all because of a malfunction of her computer..
..had to start all over again then a virus destroyed the same material…..must be a lesson there ??….More about her business contacts and why she is in an excellent position to be successful in the next post……
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Do comment on the posts ..ask your questions : you may face the same startup problems we do
we would love to help you ……..have many contacts in various countries..we are not a registered charity but act as one to all who need our help..see the lesson in ..three letter word post !below!
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