Four Click Freedom

So my boss and his friend were not interested in investing with me.  What am I left to do, stay at this job and just grow my network?  I guess so.

My friend Zhang Kai has his own discount website, and it takes care of basically half of all the functions I need done.  He already has a phone number that texts back the discounts you find on his website.

He wants to take my idea, I can tell.  I sent him my PowerPoint presentation, which is available on this website on the Presentation page.  Again, as long as I talked to him, he can’t sell it.  It is a sale.  The only reason I can sell it is becuase I have complete confidence in this product.  Even if he destroys it and sells it to clients, I could still develop this on my own and sell it for what it is worth.

So why does he want to take it from me when he is going to widdle it down to nothing and leave me with a long road ahead of me? Just because?  We are the oldest friends here in China.  Do I need this from him, No.  Is he going to do it, probably not.  Does he need me, yes!  Will he take me, I don’t know.

With over half the process completed, and him not making any money with his discount website, there is only reason to believe that he could use me.  But hiring a foreigner, even the best of friends is a big deal.  I have very low expectations in salary, but I have very high expectations in my product.  Without me, even the most advanced copy cat in the whole of China will not be able to make this work.  Even if the product is under-minded by the worst of reproductions, I can still make it prevail.

I know there will be competition, and I know there will be people that copy me.  There is no way to protect myself.  Everything is so basic that patents cannot apply.  So the only way for success is success.  And that is what I can do.  Tell me the problems, discourage me, it is nothing that has not been said before or anything that does not apply to other businesses.  So why should it put a hamper on my business, there is none.  This is Web3.0  and there is nothing to stop it.

So here is my plan.  The customer when finished eating or shopping at a store will send a text message with the stores name to Clickboards.net phone number.  The website will then transmit data to the store computer and its personalized software that this user is waiting to connect via bluetooth along with the coupons available for that store that the user has acquired.  The website will also send back a passcode via text message back to the customer to connect to the store bluetooth device.  The computer will then send a bluetooth message to connect to the phone and acquire pass code  and then display the coupons that the customer has to choose from.  The customer will select the coupons and bluetooth back to the store computer their selection.  The store computer will then catalog the information for the store and the discount will be applied.

I need to do more research but sounds like a plan to go after.

Websites today are extremely limited.  The one and only factor used for navigation is the ‘click’.  However I want more.  A website should be multidimensional like my desktop.  There are actually many things to do on a website.  Sometime I get caught up in the middle of updating one page when I want to move onto the next and twiddle with that and come back to my update later.  Currently that is a long path of navigation only directed in one line of direction conducted with my mouse.  Even roll over websites are limited in this function.  I want my website to be my browser my desktop all in one.  I know larger websites may find this more appealing and I know you can just open the links in new tabs or windows, but that is still limiting my line of direction which is still limited to the single click.  I want multiple paths and multiple activities going on within one website.  This is my new task.  I guess this means segmenting your website into distinct layers and sections, each able to think independently from the rest without always redirecting me to a new window or page.  Most tools are simple enough to make appear within small frames, they should even be able to disappear when actions within those windows are completed.  And the completed actions should then update the other frames within my window.  Now that would be an interactive website.

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Alimama‘s unique business model is designed to meet the needs of China‘s fragmented market for online advertising, providing a system that is transparent to both web publishers and advertisers. To use the service, publishers register on Alimama.com to provide a description of the advertising inventory for sale, as well as the pricing models based on which the inventory can be sold, such as pricing based on impressions served, clicks or other actions by Internet users. Advertisers review the information posted by publishers, along with independent website traffic data. Once they’ve decided to buy the inventory, they simply click “Purchase” and follow the steps to upload their ad. Current advertisers include large companies such as Bank of China and small advertisers, such as restaurants and shops.

http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/alibaba/100087108-1-alibaba-group-launches-online-advertising.html

I am trying to do some research on this site but it is all in Chinese.  This platform seems almost lock and key to my service.  Using their platform advertisers both large and small could place Clickboards all across the Internet connecting them to my site.  I would like to see one day Alimama selling my Clickboards.  All the basic fees stay in place and I can actually give Alimama an added benefit of more information from the placement of their ads, giving publishers and advertisers more information about the effectiveness of their ads.  And remember, Alimama can sell Clickboards without me, however they could offer my services at Clickboards.net as a value added model for advertisers and their promotional offers.  Alimama is not a Social Utility, something I believe their local advertisers would find attractive.  Alimama, I want on board.