Location: Company Offices, Reading / Viewing Time: 10mins
Got a real treat for you guys today – this is one of three videos that I shot with good friend and fellow entrepreneur, Sanjay Maholtra, on my recent visit to San Francisco. For those of you who don’t know Sanjay, he is a angel investor and tech start-up MADMAN from the Bay Area, who amongst other things loves $5.00 pizzas (wait to the end of the video for an explanation on this!).
Although this video is a little longer than most here at Virtual Business Lifestyle, its a goodie. We go into how small companies, and even solopreneurs, can make themselves seem bigger, better, more professional and generally more capable when approaching new prospective clients (of all sizes), by using online apps and technology partners… plus much more!
The resources that Sanjay mentions in this post should definitely be checked out by every one and all of you who are wanting to ‘paint the picture’ of a slightly larger, older, more experienced company or entity to be able to bag clients either domestically or across the globe.Here are the links to the resources we mention in this clip:
- Prezi – http://www.prezi.com – Presentation Tool with some really cool tricks!
- Webex – http://www.webex.com – Online Meetings and Conferencing app.
- Elance – http://www.elance.com – The grand-daddy of project based outsourcing.
- UserVoice – http://www.uservoice.com – Online community builder app.
- Get Satisfaction – http://www.getsatisfaction.com – Customer powered, service related networking, community, etc.
There is another video coming (the final one) from myself and Sanjay next week, where we discuss the importance of being mobile, from right outside the Billy Mays Gate at the AT&T Baseball Park!!! We each give a few tips on how we both stay productive when working on the move, overseas or locally, and have a bit of fun, too – so make sure you sign up for the RSS feed if you haven’t already so you dont miss it!
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Chris – I am totally digging your blog, man.
This video is great. Does Sanjay also have a blog? If so, please port a link for us all.
The tips shared here are invaluable to the entrepreneur that wants to create a little more punching power in the marketing. Thank so much.
Hi Barry, thanks for the commenting… At the moment, I believe Sanjay is redesigning his blog, and will relaunch again soon – you can find him on Twitter… Just ‘friend me’, and he is on there as one of my contacts. Glad you liked the tips, and please do post again in the future if, and when, you start using any of them, and let us know of your experiences.
Definitely worthwhile points in here. Perceived capabilities are so strongly based on the overall presence you carry forward into the world, and using the right tools goes a long way to reinforce your legitimacy.
…and $5 pizza is never bad either.
And believe me, the pizza was phenomenal, I’m serious. That place is definitely on my map for lunch as soon as I get back to SF – whenever that may be next.
Tools are exactly what they are supposed to be – things to use to get a job done. Simple.
Good to have you over on the blog, David – I believe this was your first comment – first of many, I hope.
Hey that’s not a bad place to do an interview Chris! Very nice.
Loved this video. I’ve used Prezi a bit before with work and I can honesltly say it’s awesome.
Looking forward to the rest of this series.
Hey Ben! Prezi’s cool. I have actually got my PA scouting for some additional resources on this, following a few tweets and emails coming in – so hopefully I can add a few more tips, soon.
Thanks for dropping by – will get you that Guest Post I promised soon, promise!