What I think about Facebook 'for sale', selling groups.

I came to learn about Facebook 'for sale', selling groups while I was on my regular Facebook page. I investigated this area further and then I decided that I would like to create my own selling group page through Facebook.

I created my group selling page on December 23rd 2015. I chose the name, SOTRI digital download products for sale. I was given the option to choose my own url for the group. I was going to choose the whole name: SOTRI digital download products for sale. However, I was typing the text in a dimly lit room at home. I ended up with a typo: SOTRI digital downloadprd. I will provide a link to the group later in this post.

I had to stick with the above url. Once a unique url has been chosen and typed in, it cannot be changed. I will be more careful next time. What I gather from these groups is that sellers can sell items to people in their city or town. I will be selling my educational digital download PDF products and my e-consulting services through my page. I am so glad that I was allowed to sell these types of intangible digital products and services via Facebook. Some other platforms would not allow these types of products and services to be sold. These other platforms would only allow physical products to be sold through their sites. Or, they would ask that sellers place their digital goods such as e-books, software, digital art etc, onto USB flash drives or digital data CD's or DVD's etc before selling the products on their web sites. 

My group selling page can cater to people in my own geographic area and it can also cater to people across the globe. This is because my products and services can be delivered online via the internet. The Facebook selling groups are very easy to set up. I hope that more people start selling their digital products such as software, music, digital art, e-books, PDF files, e-consulting, e-coaching, e-recruiting, online training etc through Facebook selling groups. I foresee more of these types of products and services listed for sale through Facebook selling groups over the course of time. It is free to set up a Facebook selling page. I am sure it will stay this way.

I am impressed with the Facebook selling group pages. These pages can help would be entrepreneurs who are strapped for cash, to get their ventures off the ground. I have had problems with my business web site recently. This site wasn't through Facebook. The great thing about Facebook pages is that they are very unlikely to have service problems, not be up and running etc. Here's a link to my page:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/sotridigitaldownloadprd

My Creative skills based CV

I came up with a new and highly creative CV last week. I was inspired to do this after I had attended an interesting and enlightening CV workshop the day before.

Here is a definition I had found for CV.

Curriculum vitae is a Latin expression which can be loosely translated as [the] course of [my] life.

I like the above definition. It puts things in perspective for me. After I had completed my creative CV, I took some time to read over what I had written. It made me realize that I have been working hard to attain my career goals. Maybe this was due to me putting what I had done and what I am continuing to do, down on paper.

I had placed the above jpg logo into my CV. I will place some of what I had written down below:

ATOCONSULTING.COM: FEBRUARY 2005 - to present.

I came up with a new and unique learning and development solution, the likes of which I have yet to see anywhere else, through atoconsulting.com

Entrepreneurial thinking employees can be an asset to any company. The Guardian states that 77% of recruiters had used search engines to find background data on candidates. The Huffington post reported that 80% of recruiters use Google when screening potential hires. Google is the top search engine in the world.

If you would like to find out more about me and about the work I am doing, I will save you some precious time by directing you to the most pertinent info. 

The learning and development solution in mention at the top of my CV is: School of The Remote Influencer.

Please Google the following:

I won't place the rest of the text from my CV. I had placed five bullet points with the corresponding info next to the points. The whole CV was done in bold. I made the font size quite big too so as to capture interest from recruiters.

My CV should show recruiters that I am a creative thinker and that I have research skills plus project management skills. These are sought after skills to have. I will be adding more work to the bullet point areas over the course of time. These bullet points can be like e-portfolios in some ways. I have added my web site and my social media business pages in these bullet points. My CV will encourage recruiters to use Google to look up School of The Remote Influencer and my other sites, pages etc.
When they look these things up, they will see that I am indeed an entrepreneurial thinker as I had stated in my CV.

The other good thing about this CV is the fact that I do not need to update it as my work with atoconsulting.com is ongoing. Here is a link to a blog post which explains why I chose to use the atoconsulting.com domain name:

http://ato-consulting.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/my-proposed-sole-trader-business-name.html

Copywriting. I am developing my skills in this area.

The above is a new ad I had created for my RI 22 Smart Pills product. I have not received formal education or training in copywriting. However, it is an area in which I believe I can excel. I like to write and I am a very creative thinker. Research is another passion of mine. I am somewhat of an analytical thinker too. In regard to research, I lean more towards qualitative research. I believe in the power of words. I draw power from words, descriptions of things, products and ideas etc. It is as though I can almost create a visual picture through analyzing words. 

When I came up with the above ad, I tried to cut down on writing too many words. It was not an easy task. I wanted the words I chose to capture what my product is about, and of course to create interest in the product at the same time. I highlighted the fact that RI 22 is an internet created product. I will be focusing on this aspect of RI 22. This will be the selling point for RI 22. If you noticed, I mentioned internet twice in the ad. I created the RI 22 product and I have been using it for several years now. This is what RI 22 has done for me:

I came up with the idea for this product via internet research. I have created a Facebook business page for RI 22. In this page, I have freely given info and some instructions on how people can make their own RI 22 smart pills from home. The word can spread about this product via the internet. Customers / clients can receive instruction on how to make these pills via the internet. Payments can also be done via the internet. I have just confirmed what my ad had said: RI 22 is an internet created smart pill.

I have written a book, an e-book, over 23 business articles, with more to come. I manage two Google blogs, a Google plus business page, I also manage 4 Facebook business pages. I own a business web site too. I came up with a unique learning and development solution in 2009. What I have described here is the 'increased productivity' and 'quality of work,' benefit I had written about in the above ad of mine. 

I hope you like the analysis of my ad. As mentioned above, I use RI 22 myself and I stand by the info in my ad. When I reflected upon my past experiences, I recall how I had created ads for special events I had created. I believe I was inclined towards copywriting from a long time back,

ATO consulting DOT COM - E-based, boutique HR learning and development firm.

I have to admit that I have had a creative block for a while now. I believe I have now removed this block. I will explain why this block is pertinent to this post. I had known several years ago that my consulting, coaching and training work would be in the areas of learning and development. However, I just recently discovered through my research that learning and development would fall under the human resources umbrella. Human resources covers quite a few areas. With my new found realization,  I can now have more of a focused view of what my work is geared towards.

Here is a definition of Human Resources.

The personnel of a business or organization, regarded as a significant asset in terms of skills and abilities. 

Source:

businessdictionary.com

Here is a definition of boutique consulting firms.

This type of consulting firm typically focuses on a particular niche or a small number of niches.

Source:

wisegeek.com

Words, definitions, descriptions etc, mean a lot to me and to the work I do. I draw energy from these things and I use this energy for the highest good. I have spotted a gap in the market for unique HR learning and development solutions. I am now filling this gap. I will elaborate down below:

I will be offering the following services as listed in the following bullet points.

• ATO consulting DOT COM will offer its services and solutions online via the internet
• I will include Remote Influencing, Self Directed Learning - SDL, Unschooling, DIY elements, the Distance Learning model, Self-Help, Life Long Learning, Informal Learning and other elements as deemed necessary ( I connect and reconnect these areas with each other )
• My digital download products and support services related to these products
• Consult with the client/s to help impart research, consulting, coaching, teaching and training skills unto them so as to facilitate them in becoming their own problem solvers

I can work with clients across the globe. My business model is geared toward this end. Clients will not need to drive to me and I will not need to drive to them. It saves on travelling expenses and time for both parties. 

In regard to human resources, I can also work with clients that are between jobs or who are unemployed. This way, I can help develop the client/s so that they can find work in an organization which is best suited for them, in order to attain the goal of becoming valuable assets to the companies they work for.

My learning and development solutions will help to develop powerful people of the future from today and it will do so cost-effectively and efficiently. The solutions I am offering are: School of The Remote Influencer - SOTRI, and The Remote Influencer Training Program/me - TRITP. Remote Influencing (RI) is a form of personal development, self-help. These disciplines cover vast areas. 

My Proposed Sole Trader Business name.

In the summer of 2014, I had spent some time trying to come up with a business name for my proposed sole trader e-consulting business. It was not an easy task I can tell you. I decided to use my web site domain name spelled out. I was told that I cannot use the full domain name as a business name. I have a few web sites and domain names. However, the above name is easier to remember, and it is not a long name to remember. I decided upon: ATO consulting DOT COM. I have reserved this name. When the time is right, I will start trading under that name.

Here are some facts about my atoconsulting.com domain name.

• I registered the domain name atoconsulting.com on October 18th 2004
• My web site with the above domain name went live shortly afterwards
• A web site with the domain name ato-consulting.com was registered by another company on March 2nd 2005
• The domain name atoconsultingllc.com was registered by a company on April 14th 2010

I was the first person in the world to have registered the domain name: atoconsulting.com. I am so glad that I had chosen this domain name before anyone else. Short, easy to remember .com domain names are not easy to come by. I am using my proposed sole trader name through my Facebook web site: facebook.com/atoconsultingdotcom

I will run my other proposed online business and school through ATO consulting DOT COM: 

schooloftheremoteinfluencer.com

E-consulting will grow exponentially in the next few years and beyond.

I will be touching upon on an important topic in this article: E-consulting. I envision e-consulting growing more and more popular in the next few years and into the distant future as well. E-consulting will keep evolving and improving over the course of time. 

Here is a definition of E-consulting.

E-consulting simply means all communication is handled electronically. It's essentially a mix of phone consultations, e-mail, information sharing (electronically sending data, images, documentation, and other information ) and analysis conducted at my office.

Source:

inventoryops.com

Remote consulting is another name for E-consulting. The key word here is 'remote'. Valuable work can be provided remotely. Gone are the days when a consultant, coach or trainer would only be given the option of working onsite for a client. A company called effectivedatabase.com offers remote consulting through a blend of phone and e-mail consultations. Effectivedatabase, if you notice, provides their services in the same way as inventoryops.com. 

One of the key advantages of E-consulting is the cost. This is what James River Technical Communications says about their remote consulting work:

James River Technical Communications saves you money by working for you from my site rather than yours. You don't have to provide me with:

• Office or cubicle space
• Telephone and e-mail
• Computer workstations
• Admin support

The internet is creating a new class of web-based, geographically-dispersed entrepreneurs. Digital communication allows work, capital, and knowledge to come together in a virtual world that can let go of the old necessities handshakes and paperwork.

Source:

huffingtonpost.com

For the past year, there has been an evident trend of people offering their coaching or consulting services directly online. 

Source:

insidermonkey.com


An example of E-consulting pro bono work from my web site.

I had implemented E consulting on a pro bono basis for a client through one of my web sites a few years ago. I cannot disclose the specifics of the consultation as it would be a breach of my consultant client confidentiality agreement to do so.

I can however, describe the tools and the methods used in the said consultation. I had provided my Remote Influencing (RI) consulting services for a client in southern California, USA. I used Yahoo messenger and my yahoo e-mail address for the consulting session. I chose to use my personal e-mail address as it was more convenient. I was able to use the e-mail plus the messenger service in tandem. The consultation would have taken longer if I were to have used my web site e-mail address.

I also used PDF files and web links during the session. The whole session was undertaken online in real time. Even though we were separated by vast geographic distances, along with the 8 hour time difference, I was able to consult with client as though we were in the same building. The e-mails arrived in the space of a few seconds or so.

My past work experience and an example of E-consulting elements used in one of my previous jobs.

I had once worked at a biomedical company in Mountain View, California, USA. I worked as an inside sales representative. I used the phone, the internet, fax machine, postal mail brochures in my work. These e-tools helped facilitate the closing of sales. In regard to the e-tools, I would not consider the postal mail brochures as e-tools per se. I would say that the internet, e-mail and the phone were the most effective selling tools in my work tool-kit at that time.  I had been implementing elements of E-consulting in this job.

E-consulting through my Facebook pages and my Google Plus page.

I have used elements of E-consulting through my Facebook School of The Remote Influencer page and through my Google plus School of the Remote Influencer page. I am very impressed with both of these online platforms. They are free to set up. They act as web sites in many ways. I had used the Facebook e-mail and the Facebook instant messaging tools during some of my online consultations. I like how Google plus pages can have positive comments shared. I see similarities here between the Facebook pages and the Google plus pages. These comments are similar in ways to testimonials.

The low costs involved in E-consulting.

If one has a good PC and broadband high speed internet service, they will have the tools necessary for E-consulting. A land line phone and/or a cell/mobile phone would be helpful too. A web site with your own domain name would be good to have as well. If I am sending single e-mails, I would use my domain name e-mail address as this is more professional than using a personal e-mail. However, as described earlier in my post, I have used Yahoo messenger in one of my past consultations.

If you cannot afford to get a web site done right away, I suggest buying the domain name for your proposed web site and the e-mail address for the web site. You can then send e-mails using your web site e-mail address.

When you think about it, the costs involved in using E-consulting are low. However, the powerful work that can be delivered through these tools is priceless.

E-detailing.

Elements of E-consulting are making their way into pharmaceutical sales at a rapid rate. Here is a definition of E-detailing:

E-detailing in the pharmaceutical industry is defined as a broad and continually evolving term describing the use of electronic, interactive media to facilitate sales presentations to physicians. Now, with e-detailing, pharma firms can establish brand awareness, increase familiarity, and facilitate sales, using remote marketing that does not always require a face-to-face meeting.

Source:

basecase.com

E-detailing allows for more presentations to be made and it does so cost effectively as well. I foresee E-consulting making its way into many fields in time. At present, I see E-consulting being used in Higher education, e-learning, recruitment, HR learning and development, training, pharmaceutical industry, PR and advertising, high-tech, financial services, business consulting, psychotherapy, life coaching, if I am leaving any fields out, please let me know.

Here are some of the factors which I believe influence people to start E-consulting businesses, and/or to implement E-consulting elements into their work.

You can start at home part-time, in the evenings, with your home computer, phone and internet connection and invest in the business as it grows.

Source:

mytopbusinessideas.com

With access to everyday technology like a computer and the internet, you can start a business in literally minutes.

Source:

smallbusinessbonfire.com


If you're consulting online and only corresponding with clients by e-mail, phone, fax, IM, etc, then a home-based business is fine.

Source:

consultingsuccess.com

I am also conscious that setting up a consultancy is one of the easiest and lowest risk way to starting a business there is. I have employees to worry about, no stock levels to manage, no investors to satisfy, and very few suppliers to pay.

Source:

researchconsulting.co.uk


Conclusion.

E-consulting will continue to grow and to evolve and improve over the next few years and into the future. Advances in technology and lower costs for these technologies, are making all of these things possible. People are already using elements of E-consulting without being consciously aware of it. It comes as second nature in many ways. E-consulting will blend into hybrid forms and offshoots. This is what I believe will manifest.

My ATO consulting DOT COM freelance, independent e-recruiting services.

I will be offering the above services on a pro bono basis at present. When the time is right, I will start to charge reasonable prices for my services in this area. I do not have recruitment experience. However, through self analysis and a personal inventory analysis, I believe I can excel in this arena. I have unique skills and experience which can help me in my recruitment endeavours.

My proposed business will be offered as a sole trader or sole proprietor as it is known in the USA. I wanted to have my sole trader business with the name atoconsulting.com. I was informed though that one cannot have complete domain names as sole trader names. Hence my decision to have the sole trader name as: ATO consulting DOT COM instead.

I will be targeting the sales, marketing, PR and IT areas initially. I will also be offering these services through School of The Remote Influencer - SOTRI.

How Facebook and Google had helped me with my DIY Online Survey.

Last week I completed an online survey I was creating for my School of The Remote Influencer - SOTRI web site. I usually write my work on regular paper first. Once I am satisfied that the written project I am working on is fine, I then create PDF or other types of electronic documents for these projects. I will work on using electronic formats for my written project drafts from now on moving forward.

This is one of the first surveys I have created. I would classify this as a DIY research project. The survey I had created contained eleven yes or no questions. It was not an easy task to come up with suitable questions. However, I know that I can and will get better at this endeavour over the course of time. I could have used an established company for the creation of my survey. I chose to do it myself. In the old days, I would had to have used a paper based solution for my survey. I like my online survey due to the fact that I do not need to use a physical paper survey for this project. I am saving trees and the environment through my survey method. I asked respondents to send me the completed survey data via e-mail.

I thank Facebook and Google for their help.

Did you like the e-recruiter logo by the way? I will be implementing a hybrid blend of e-recruiting as part of my work. I thank Facebook for their help with this project. I e-mailed a couple of my Facebook friends in order to invite them to participate with my survey. They kindly agreed. One of the friends in mention had sent me the completed survey data via my Facebook e-mail.

I thank Google for having created Blogger. I placed my survey plus the instructions on how to complete the survey into blog posts I had typed up. I sent these links to the survey participants. I have placed my blog post onto my Google plus page as well. I also thank Google blogger for the fact that my survey posts and my other posts can all show up through Google searches. This way, I can have a large number of people participating in my survey without me having to search them out.

Here's a link to the survey post.

http://theremoteinfluencer.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/school-of-remote-influencer-sotri-survey.html

I, Anand Sule, am available to work as an Independent Contractor - IC.

I am currently seeking work on a part time basis for 16 or more hours per week. My previous job, a part-time job, ended in March 2015. I have worked as an independent contractor for an e-learning and training company during my time in the silicon valley area of California, Sunnyvale. I had also worked in the same capacity (independent contractor), for a high-tech publishing company in Mountain View, California.

An independent contractor is a person or a company that performs a task for someone else on a contractual basis and not as an employee.

I have extensive experience in telemarketing, inside sales and lead generation. More recently, I have gained skills in qualitative research and secondary or desk research. I have some experience with primary research as well. I had to conduct research when I wrote my book, my e-book, my articles and blog posts, Google plus posts and Facebook page posts. While living in the silicon valley, I picked up on some of the creative and entrepreneurial energies in that area. I have brought these energies back with me here in the UK. 

I would be available to work in my local geographic area and I could also work as an e-consultant for companies based across the globe. ( This is why I placed my e-consulting logo into this post )

Commonly known as consultants, freelancers, and self-employed, independent contractors are individuals who are hired to do a particular job, receiving payment only for the work being done. Independent contractors are business owners, and are not their client's employees.

( Source: sba.gov )

One of the biggest advantages for employers hiring independent contractors is the fact they they will not need to pay the contractor any health benefits. In some jobs, the employer does not have to supply the contractor with equipment or tools either. 

Sole trader, Sole Proprietor businesses with a global customer base.

I was researching the topic of sole trader/sole proprietor businesses to see if such businesses could have global reach and a global customer base. I would say that they can. It depends, however on what type of business is being operated.

My proposed sole trader business deals with digital products and services, consulting, training and coaching services. I may also offer select physical tangible products for sale in the future. One of these products would be the RI 22 Smart Pills. My business model would primarily be e-based.

Here is some info on sole trader businesses.

Can cater to the needs of local people - a small business in  a local area can build up a following in the community due to trust.

As a sole proprietor you can operate any kind of business as long as you are the only owner. It can be full-time or part-time work. This can include:

A one person consulting firm

My business would fall under the above definition.

Here are a few definitions for community.

A community lets people who share a common interest communicate with one another.

Virtual communities are an example of a large and extended community.

Since the advent of the internet, the concept of community has less geographical limitation, as people can gather virtually in an online community and share common interests regardless of physical location.

I am offering my services via my facebook f-commerce site. Facebook is a social networking site and it is also somewhat of an online community. When reading the above definitions for the term community, you can see that the business community can have a massive global reach thanks to internet technology.