LOBs on Classified Ad

The internet classified ad has the advantage over newspapaer classified

1. local
2. personal
3. free
4. index search

Our ad posting script can automate the posting of the (HTML) ad on craigslist and suppose to lead to customer to one of the following:

1. click through to the landing page then to the store's website
2. phone call to our 800 number or local voicemail
3. email to mailbox

The Click Through traffic
ad -> store.com/landing -> store.com

to post the ad, the pattern has to be read and entered in order to authenticate the posting.
we anticipate to have hundreds of thousands ad posted, per week.
we need someone, to continuously entering the letter/number based on the pattern.

To Answer the incoming calls
To Respond to the incoming emails

Lines of Business

Initially, we are to post the same ad on about 10 metros and 10 different lines of business.
There is no limit on the number of lines of biz that we can test in our mechanism. We are to test as many affiliates (reselling) as we can, regardless of their percentage of profit sharing.
Here are some of the affiliates that we are looking at:

• web design
• graphic design
• ISP http://www.aplus.net/affiliate_program.html
• newsletter http://www.netatlantic.com/
• http://www.marketingtips.com/assoc/
• ink & catridge
• affiliates from those honey for bees
• Gifts & Souvenirs
  
• Batteries
  

Formatting the Widget Pane

the widget pane
= simple table htm + (framed) image tag & background

Table HTML template
(taken from an existing page)
The table normally consist of images and styled text. It may layout image (array) on the right, left, top, or bottm. ref: http://allwebcodesign.com/setup/free-templates.htm
1. find the target page
2. Save a local copy using "Save Page As ..." (Webpage, complete) index.htm
3. open the index.htm in DWCS3
4. create an empty.html
5. crop the block portion and paste it onto the empty.htm
6. create a new_rule.css page, and link with the empty.htm
7. use the firebug to locate the appropriate CSS rule, and paste the rule on the new_rule.css

Layered (PSD) Image template
examples:
http://www.templatezone.com/index.php
http://www.aplus.net/
http://www.ipower.com/ipower/enewsletter/archive/19/
or go to http://www.hostrankings.com/, to check out each ISP's design style

Craigslist

1. local presence - phone, address, and website at all metro listed by craigslist DONE
2. lots of authenticated craigslist accounts to overcome 150 active message limit DONE
3. automate the ad posting
4. remote window for entering the password
5. script? algorithm? to search for hot items and right keyword to post
6. ad template
7. post merge (as in mail merge)
8. landing pages on our own biz websites with a "guided tour" to lead right to purchase
9. automate the sales and customer support

Simple automation: Jitbit

IPKall

http://phone.ipkall.com/ipphone/
http://www.freeworlddialup.com/
http://www.google.com/talk/

Simple service model

http://www.homebizbuzz.co.nz/ezi-build/

DID SIP Client

Eyebeam 1.5 come with 10 DID number built-in.

Long page campaign

http://www.ftmailers.com/keystovault/index.php?p=BYRR060408