Where things really get done.

My Fav TED Talk This week by Jason Fried.
If we ask someone Where do you go when things get done ?
The answer we hear is unbelievable, Its never a office. And its not about Managers.
Got the answer for my post Back in April 2010
If Commitment comes from Position

Enjoying Business Life

 

Finally I am enjoying life,Things are getting better, and well organized.
And  I have finally got few minutes for a Healthy life. just after 03 months. " Yes I did it "

Let's High Light into 2010 best blog-Posts I have Written..And you can judge on what I have archived until now.

In total I manged to have 51 Blog posts this year its a 11 more compare to last year.
This mean I have little bit improved my skills of blogging :P

I believe visitors of my blog have enjoyed the posts and information I have shared
But still there is a lot of space for improvement. And learn more about blogging. Hope i will be able to get more comments and ideas from visitors 2011 blog posts.

* ▼ December (1)
o Stop Violence Against Children
( Just wanted to contribute something for Children )

* ▼ October (1)
o It's a MacDonalds in Maldives

* ▼ September (2)
o Key to Express your Feelings
o Don't you wanna Work wih us ?

* ▼ August (3)
o Our Kind of Work Space in Maldives.
o What can we do NEXT ?
o Welcome back to Reinvent Maldives.

* ▼ July (4)
o We did not make you Lazy.
o Need Few Minutes
o Developing a IT industry in Maldives
o RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about wh...

* ▼ June (3)
o Help the World by Raising Your Kids to be Entrepr...
o Who's right and who's wrong?
o Running a Business is not easy.

* ▼ May (3)
o Can anyone explain that to me ?
o No looking Back
o Are we ready for South Africa WorldCup ?

* ▼ April (6)
o Your Phone Makes Coffee ?
o Do you Love to Fly ?
o Only U
o Catching a Masthoothu
o If commitment comes from Position
o Making your Invention more Popular

* ▼ March (8)
o Welcome to Revolution
o Customer Service from a Soletrader
o Flowers in the Window
o Why Dine More Submarines ?
o Time is Limited - Just let it go
o Funding Badhige itself
o The Magical Voice of Asia Back with Pyramid
o Meeting our Boss

* ▼ February (9)
o Some Secret Ideas are useless
o Passion of selling Online
o Can a Small business Survive in Maldives ?
o Introducing Lover's Pizza
o Unlocking the Mind
o Summer Time
o They won't let us do it
o Why Creative & Unique Content for SEO
o MacDonalds Challange Across the World and Russia

* ▼ January (11)
o Delivery Service in Style
o When will Asia Take over the World
o We think alike
o Grocery Sales Online to DOUBLE by 2014
o Food Packaging Solutions in Maldives
o eCommerce on Drupal for Higher Revenue
o We are far behind and its 2010 already
o Drupal Training Update
o The New World Order Systems ( Computers )
o Ready for a CMS
o Welcome to 2010

Stop Violence Against Children

It's a MacDonalds in Maldives

Finally the new Baby of Reinvent Maldives is OPEN

It was just a Soft Opening for World Food Day,
The grand opening is yet to be done within Next few weeks with the new revolutionary drive-thru concept n Maldives.

There are lot of Promotions and Other plans for Kaage yet to be done in order to make it a brand loved by our customer and build a brand image like Badhige.

Look forward to launch Kaage.net within this week with your favorite COMBO meals.

Yes it's a MacDonalds in Maldives :P
Enjoy

Key to Express your Feelings

Finally we have launched
" Flower Maldives"

And for sure there will be a Story behind every brand we Launch and Market.

Few months back, one of the most successful  Businessmen in Maldives, told me, Everyone have something to do in this world, and somewhere around a corner we will discover our profession. And that is really True.

I believe our team cannot survive going into Traditional Type of trade or running restaurants. We are mean to do Online Business and Concentrate more on e-commerce and logistics.

"And that is what we do best"

Just one reason why we refer Flower Maldives as the First Online Florist in Maldives.

We are First to Start a Exclusive and real-time Flower Delivery  service in Maldives.

Why ?
We offer personalized Customer service for any customer who inquires or send orders via our website also  we manage order personally, make sure all customers are satisfied. Plus we don't run physical type of Flower Shop. That makes us a Exclusive Online flower delivery service.

Don't you wanna Work wih us ?

We are still Small,  and its all about service we offer to our Customers.
And that's the main reason we moved to a New office.

I don't  even earn USD36,000 per year like Zappos CEO. But still We believe we can change the way we do business offering something different to our customers.

Wish if someone experienced from Zappos will volunteer to Help us develop and organize our Business.

Our Kind of Work Space in Maldives.

One of the biggest mistake most of us make is believing that people are fundamentally different depending on there culture and nationalities. This fact makes it very difficult to market your product or service widely.

I beg to disagree. For example, We all  are the same wherever we want. And we all look for only the very best online Products, hence Badhige.com. 

Same thing would go for the those who love to shop (MaaMall), simply to express your Feelings(Flower Maldives) and looking for Geek Shirts and Print there Custom Designs on T-shirts 

( Tshirt.com.mv)
Get ready work in a small #Google  #Facebook  Like environment in  Maldives.


We welcome your new creative ideas, lets make it happen.
WORK WITH US Simply send us a email to hr@reinventmaldives.com or Tweet is @reinventmv
and even you can post it on our Facebook Page. http://www.facebook.com/reinventmv

What can we do NEXT ?

I was in Colombo last week to attend the Social Media Marketing Workshop by E-business Academy and meet some great companies like eMarketingEye Specialized in Online Marketing for Hospitality and Travel Related Products and Services.

It was a excellent Office setup by eMarketing Eye, a Kind of office and work environment I really wanted to have since we got Inspired by Facebook and Google Office Setups.

In the mean time, We have lost one of the longest serving staff .So I had to ask myself Why?
Why did he leave the company?  And then the questions... why I didn't do this and that with him...

I felt like it was a loss for our Team.There is no way I can fix it , when the mistake was not ours. But we can learn from it and change the way we communicate with the staffs and address the issues.

That's one of the advantages of being in a small organization. You get to keep the ties, you get to keep the relationships. From now on I challenge myself to be closer than ever to our team. And To reinvent better products together.

Welcome back to Reinvent Maldives.

I used to change company names. :)

I'm a Business developer and very found of Website and especially the Domain name for every product we establish.  Every month I realize more and more how much I like (no... love!) being in development.  This is what excites me and this is what I do best.

We started with the name Reinvent Maldives. But due to some reason we lost control of our domain name and had to Re-brand our self until this very moment. There are some things I notice that I can't ignore.  For around a year We have been known under E-Commerce Maldives which is not what we exactly are, its just a part of our company.

The truth is, E-commerce was named after,  we decided to start a Web Entrepreneur Seminar in Maldives. And for the purpose we need Reinvent Back, to start and implement our core ideas.

Being patient, It took us just a year to get  "www.reinventmaldives.com " back to our controls. I didn't have to invent who we were, I just need to stop and look at who we already are.

 

Ecommerce will not vanish, We will still be using the brand as Exclusive IT related training and event  organizing brand. 

 

Why Reinvent Maldives ?

Simply , It's easy to remember and understand who we are. 

Are you Ready... Join the Future with us

We did not make you Lazy.

Accept it or not, Its the reality.

We all used to be very lazy at home and event at office, wishing our favorite restaurants delivery. We used to  bet and decide who would go pick up the food.
Just a year Back our new idea to Maldives emerged: And we opened a restaurant delivery business.

And made that hungry concept a satisfying reality by opening Badhige.com in 20th February  2008. Today, customers in Male' Island can have their favorite meals delivered to their door-step, even from restaurants that don't deliver.

At www.badhige.com, customers can browse menus from restaurants like Dine-More & Seahouse, Cup Cafe', Laban, Trip Adviser No.1 Sala Thai and more. Orders can be called in or placed online, where even customers click to choose sides and make special requests. And its more socially connected to the customers via, Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools.

Badhige charges MRF10.00 for delivery and still our customers do tip for the delivery officers. in addition to the price of the meal. Once the order is placed, the call center sends the order and a delivery staff to the restaurant. And they are usually there before the food comes out of the kitchen. They then drive directly to the customer. Another good news that that we will soon be using Heat Control Thermal Bags to Keep the Food Fresh.

Most orders take about 30 to 45 minutes from the time it's placed to the time it arrives at the customer's doorstep. The fastest delivery so far has been 10 minutes.
At first, business was slow. Badhige only managed to  partnerships with just four restaurants, but now we have more 12 and still ts growing.

Our  business is slow and steadily growing and Sales is up 40 percent compare to last year. Most are repeat customers who order several times a week. And there are some who order all there meals every day.

Today we make about 80 deliveries per day with the average order totaling MRF200. There are typically three Delivery Staffs on call at each shift.

At present Badhige.com is probably the only restaurant delivery service in Maldives. In the future, we hope to offer delivery to the Larger islands all over the country changing the traditional delivery system.

Need Few Minutes

I'm busy.  And I know it's going to get busier next weeks ahead.  As we reinvent creative ideas to the market with real difference to the existing brands and projects of  Reinvent Maldives.

 Last few days, Few weeks, months and Years I have been talking about starting my Exercise program to stay fit and healthy, Unfortunately I cant fulfill it due to laziness i get after busy hours at work.

 I need to think sharp, and in order to think Sharper and keep moving, we need some exercise, Let see if I can do it this time, since I am writing it down rather than talking about it.

 Lets see how much concerned, I myself is for health.

Developing a IT industry in Maldives

Last Few weeks was amazing, Met new Start-up IT guys with Great exciting new ideas.

I experiment a lot.  I do all sorts of things to find out what works and what doesn't work.  And due to that I always make different mistakes.At the end I just look at the Final Product and say, I have learned a lesson.

Today Reinvent Maldives is a growing company, I am faced with making tough calls & decisions. Meet New People. Apply New systems, find new way of doing things, standards and policies.  Not really to dictate everyone, But to make sure we follow the right direction.


Everything is not about money, I believe PR is very important for more socialized type of E-commerce business like us.

Here in Maldives,  most businesses consider everyone else to be  there competitors. But I don't think thats how it will works specially in the IT industry.Collaboration and sharing knowledge is very important for us to develop great products.

Since we don't have any way to get finance for a SMB Start-up.We cannot keep everything in our mind and think like Super Stars.

I think Super starts are those who share knowledge and corporate to help those valuable ideas that will come to reality, Rather than demanding for a Higher pay .
@reallynattu says ( Evaluating themself like NETGEO Photographers )

We do understand the Value of our work. But before Demanding we all need to learn and work together, to build a good portfolio and prove we deserve what we demand.

Let us all Work together and develop a Successful IT industry in Maldives. Forget about the Politics, and Stop blaming each other, let competition remain.

But we can still work together and share our ideas.

Cause we all can see it Happening at the end, We are the Future :)

RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

Help the World by Raising Your Kids to be Entrepreneurs

Love Money, Love Business and Teach Your Kids to be Entrepreneurs.

Unfortunatly School systems are Grooming this World to say " Hey lets be a Lawyer or let's be a Doctor ."

We are missing that Opportunity cause, no one ever says " Hey, be an entrepreneur."
Watch this TED Talk by Cameron Herold.

Who's right and who's wrong?

Seth Godin's latest book Linchpin is not about marketing. It is about work. Do you act as a cog in the machinery of business, or are you an artist that stand out and make things happen.

This book runs opposite to a lot of entrepreneurial startup books most notably E-Myth by Gerber, which instructs entrepreneurs to define jobs in a very detailed manner (thru job descriptions and systems) so as to be able to hire the lowest cost person for the position.

So who's right and who's wrong? I believe in both. Having beautiful (yes, beautiful is the word) systems in your organization keeps the chaos in focus relative the vision and objectives. It is the minimum, the starting point. What drives forward movements are starters, rebels, iconoclasts or in the words of Seth Godin, linchpins or artists.

If you want steady and normal growth, go ahead and create a machine and fill it with jobs. Make sure the rules are clear and go by the book.

If you want a crack at being Wildly Successful, hire the weirdos, the artists. People who see work as an opportunity to make a real difference. But do make sure there are systems and intentionally go beyond it.

Running a Business is not easy.

We started small, But it seems we are getting more popular. Recently there was a stage that we were unable to cater our customer with growing demand.

This means , we will get Complains, and Critism from few costomers as well competitors and Staffs who left us ( unhappy ) or Terminated for misbehaving.

Not a Problem at all, The Biggest and the strongest companies in the World does face the same problems every day over and over again. And Specially in the present day, with FREEDOM of Speech and the growing number of Social Media Channels , Customers are the Winners.
We learn new things everyday, and according to that we have to change our Policies. And improve how we deal with our customers and even our staffs.

Maybe our decisions are not right all the time, But we always Prioritize our customers, Value our Staffs and Vendors.

And We apply Some rules and policies to our Employees to improve our service. And it applies to everyone working for us . No matter he is a friend, related to directors or Sweet ones.
Thats, One main reason why, I keep my relatives away from the work we do, ( I don't want it  personal )

On the Next few days, We will try to figure out what are the internal problem, within our company. And how we can get full commitment from our staffs, and maybe introduce few systems which will value there hard work.

Can anyone explain that to me ?

Whats the Future of Social Media at This Stage ?
Do you mean 4.0 is going to Be in our Blood cells ?

No looking Back

Had a wonderful time with my best friends in Paradise Island Resort . As usual invited me for a night.

Spent most of the time with both of them on there Upgraded Haven Suite . It was more than the Paradise, When they name the new Water Villas of the island as HAVEN. I wonder why they name it HAVEN ( a place of safety or refuge : a haven for wildlife.• an inlet providing shelter for ships or boats; a harbor or small port. ) Check on Answers .


I am back to work and we have strong targets to complete our projects asap. trying to schedule everything on a way to run our operations smoothly gaining back more trust from our customers.


If we need to survive, We have to think positive, Be responsive and be responsible for what ever we do.

Are we ready for South Africa WorldCup ?

The Worldcup Finals are going to Kickoff in Few weeks time.

It's going to be the First World Cup season for Our ( Badhige.com ) team.

And We expect to get a huge order traffic this time.

Just trying to figure out how we will manage it, Also thinking of making some special Packages.


We want our customers to just Sit, Relax and Enjoy the matches with great snacks &  Fast food delivery from your favorite restaurants via Badhige.com

We might have to Request Pre-Ordering from our customers to avoid Late Deliveries.



Do you know? Badhige.com operations was started in 20th February 2009, With only 3 vendor Restaurants.

Your Phone Makes Coffee ?

 This is just One Function of this New Phone :D




One of the most Viral destination Marketing Campaign I have seen.

Can VisitMaldives.com reinvent something like this ?

Do you Love to Fly ?

Yes you will now :P Enjoy Lynx or Axe Jet.
What more can Unilever do ...
Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy

Imagine it was 2008, What More can we do in 2010 with the,  Growing Number of Social Media Users and networks with such a campaign ?

Only U

Been spending time with someone special, and made it official just few days back.

Can't describe much from words, All I know is that I feel comfortable, relaxed and excited, she is amazing.

I just believe in her.

Catching a Masthoothu

We call Masthoothu ( Mas -Thoo - Thu )  for Fish.

We find millions of Masthoothu in the Sea, there are different varieties and colors, some look very Beautiful, Some tastes great, and Some Taste Bitter and some are poisonous.

Normally, its hard to catch a valuable Masthoothu with bare hands, We always Run behind them, Jumping over the corals to catch them, or snorkel and dive.

They look at us, and when we look into their eyes, as if they are inviting us to catch.

I used to have different types of masthoothu, especially fresh water ones in a tank, but somehow I realized they need freedom and gave them freedom.

Do you think too much freedom, will let them take advantage of you and spoil everything?

I don’t think so, I believe they will give more productivity and make everything possible, if someone else does not catch it and put him on a tank or either eat him.

If commitment comes from Position

I have just copy pasted Definitions of our company directors, Since we have only two directors, the responsibilities will vary, The commitment and responsibilities are also different.

We do need  Managing Director, But our MD needs to do more than what mentioned below, Thinking of Creating one-more position for our MD, since he is also responsible for some of the maintenance of our websites, I think its common that one person have two Senior posts in a Company.

I just wanna see how much commitment we will get by doing this, If commitment is about the Position or is it by his own Will.

I am Responsible for.

In the field of commerce, the specialist area of business development comprises a number of techniques and responsibilities which aim at attracting new customers and at penetrating existing markets. Techniques used include:

* assessment of marketing opportunities and target markets
* intelligence gathering on customers and competitors
* generating leads for possible sales
* advising on, drafting and enforcing sales policies and processes
* follow-up sales activity
* formal proposal or presentation management and writing
* pitch and presentation rehearsals
* business model design

Business development involves evaluating a business and then realizing its full potential, using such tools as:

* marketing
* information management (sometimes conflated with knowledge management)
* customer service

A Managing Director 
A managing director or MD is a director of a company given special powers by its articles of association. In most companies, the managing director is the senior executive director, subordinate only to the chairman of the board.^[1]
The MD is usually the most senior manager of the company, heading the organisation, and so may have a title such as Chief Executive Officer or CEO. This person may be responsible for the routine operation of the company or this role may be delegated to a separate Chief Operating Officer, leaving the CEO free to plan and direct the company's strategy.^[2] In some Wall Street firms, such as Goldman Sachs, managing director is the second highest title after partner.^[3]
The managing director is a leadership role for an organisation and the MD may fulfill a motivational role for the workforce, in addition to an operational role in the running of the business. MDs motivate and mentor members of the management team and chair meetings. The MD leads the company and develops the corporate culture for the organisation.
As the title suggests, the managing director has responsibility for the overall management of a company, including the staff, the customers, the budget, the company's assets and all other company resources to make the best use of them and increase the company's profitability.
The MD reports to the Board of Directors on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual or every decade basis to keep them informed of how the company is doing. The board will offer suggestions and ideas about how to improve the company to the Managing Director. It is the MD's responsibility to implement, improve upon or ignore these ideas.

Making your Invention more Popular

I have been always talking about some new ideas, new invention and reinvented concepts.
I just found a attractive  service and a place to make it more popular.

A large amount of brilliant and intelligent people are present in the world and they are always trying to develop something new. They have many ideas and thoughts but due to lack of resources and no motivation, their invention is either not completed or even if completed then they are unable to introduced in the market. You can introduce your new invention or invented product in the market by the help of invention marketing.
Invention marketing is a kind of company that is providing thoughts to your invention. They are giving presentation to your invention. Most of the inventers are common people who don’t have any knowledge about patent and details related to patent. Invention Help Marketing will give you assistance in patent licensing.

Invention is a continuous process where an individual person or group of people tries to develop new ideas for a particular thing. To invent something lot of imagination, efforts and boldness is required. You should know the ways to market your product in front of the consumers and if you need any assistance in that then you can contact invention marketing

There should be consumers or target audience for your invention otherwise your invention is useless. To introduce your invented product in the market, you need invention marketing and one such type of well known company is the Invention Help Marketing.

Invention marketing companies offer you a full range of services such as market study, product achievability assessment, your invented product name and positioning, patent assistant, prototype development, engineered drawings, computer representation, material creation, networking, trade show representation, invention representation, licensing agreements, product distribution, channel development and online strategies. Invention Help Marketing is a popular invention marketing company and this company will support your invention in all phases like from starting to patent level. After all the success of a new invention lies unquestionably in the superb marketing strategies.

If you have invented something and due to the lack of marketing strategy you are unable to reach to the target audience then the efforts of creating that product is wasted. If you have such brilliant ideas and imagination then invention marketing companies can provide you the entire legal, financial and patent related information and market for your invention.

Invention marketing companies are focusing on providing consumer specific marketing strategies that are more liable and can guarantee the success of your invention. Motto of these invention companies is primarily to introduce your invention in the market so that the common people can enjoy your product. If your product becomes famous then you will receive money and name in the market. So, what are you looking for? Just contact Invention Help Marketing for marketing your invention and enjoy the pleasure of your invention.
Invention marketing is a kind of company that is providing thoughts to your invention.

Welcome to Revolution

This is a Old One, but still fresh to share with you, The Social Media still some webmasters and myself gotta long way to go learn the insights.


Internet Marketers, can u really ignore it ?

Customer Service from a Soletrader

There are so many sole traders shops around Maldives.
Cause its one of the  low cost investment to setup in Maldives.

With approx around MRF50 to 100 Thousand Rufiyya ( USD10.000 ) you can start a local grocery store and grow rapidly.

There business is mostly targeted on the population nearby the Store and few walk in customers  passing nearby.

The main challenge they face today are.
- Offering Huge Credit to Neighbors
- Competition due to growing number of small stores.
- Large Scale Retail Outlets originated or powered by Wholesalers
- Lack of Customer service
- Unable to identify the Right Products to the consumers.
- Careless Accounting.

 Personalised service and customer attention today is very important to survive in the growing socialized economy.
I tried to check it today. Just pretending i don't have one Rufiyya from a Local store i use to shop always.And I have never taken any credit from them.
The answer i got is ( don't know when u Will bring one rufiyya )

 I got really disappointed , I just canceled my order which is 45 and they loose a 44 sales from me and also my willingness to walk into that shop again.

Who in the world will like to loose a customer with a dispute of MRF1.
Wont a favor of MRF1give them Thousands of MRF sales ?

Flowers in the Window

"Flowers in the Window" is the third single from Travis' third studio album, The Invisible Band.
( wikipedia )


Imagine Flowers all around, Flowers in your room, at your wedding, corporate events and  even on your vacation in Maldives to your resort and  your bungalow or Villa doorstep.

Are you Flowery? Let's get it Done....



FlowerMaldives.com
( powered by Founders of Badhge.com )
Who have proved one year of  great customer service. A Trustworthy , Fast and Reputable Team.

Get ready to Open Flower Maldives Window on your  PCs, Laptops and Macs.

Its for Everyone...

Why Dine More Submarines ?

Do you know why DineMore got  so famous in Maldives. ?
It taste Great. They are Self marketed

There are just few reasons.
- Secret Submarine Recipie
- Line Marketing ( The Line near Dinemore for submarine take-away shows a great demand )
- Most open children events, religious speeches and political  protests are held at the artificial beach.
- Internet Marketing  ( And at last Badhige.com Delivers there Food Online...with Just click )

Freshness and Taste Quality Control makes it No1  Fast Food product in the Island.

Time is Limited - Just let it go

Time is always limited with all day routine I have, After all I can't satisfy everyone who comes around.

I just need to move on, and make changes to my work and personal life.

And just let it go. Leave it all behind.

Just remember the sweetest moments in the past and be happy, Give someone else a chance, there are many Choices and Specials Among all of them.

Let's see who read this post among those who really cares.

I am waiting with Open Arms. Lets Rock the World.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Steve Jobs  (Apple co-Founder, b.1955)

Funding Badhige itself

Aside from the funds to launch a business, most
businesses need additional money to finance their
growth.

Here is yet another way that Food Delivery is
different.

Our customers pay us when we  delivers their
food and then we pay the restaurant every week or two
depending on volume.

Since we are paying the restaurant after we have  been
paid, you don't have cash flow problems or need more
working capital to handle an increase in our business.

Because our delivery officers get paid from tips and the delivery
charges, they're getting paid after we have the money
from our customer too.

The only thing we  need fund now is  the distribution of menu
guides, flayers and think about how to do it inexpensively.

How many businesses do you know that can fund their
growth this way?

When we're comparing business opportunities keep this
and the other differentiators we're sharing with you
in mind.   The Badhige.com opportunity is unique
so it's important to take a good look at what separates
this business from others.

The Magical Voice of Asia Back with Pyramid

This girl have a Magical Voice.

I first saw her Couple of years Back when I was living in Philippines, She got attention from Europe , Hollywood , was featured in famous shows like Opera, Ellen Show,  and even many Hollywood events and concerts.

Here we see her into the Music Industry with her New Single Song ( feat. Iyaz )
And She looks more matured and improved
This is on top of my iTunes play list today.  Enjoy...


Pyramid BMF
Uploaded by BlakMusicFirst. - See the latest featured music videos.

Meeting our Boss

I was checking single customer analysis.

She used to check-out everyday next to some other customer. I thought she was alone, but looking around I saw her friends, colleges, husband and family following her.

She is used place a bunch of orders, some drinks, submarines, rice, desserts, drinks  and more. Her power to order, navigate and select the meals show her Expertise online.

She was a Badhige.com customer. She is just one of them who makes my work possible. The reason I get up early in the morning.


Customers are the Real Bosses of our work. Reason why a single customer is Worth a million..

Some Secret Ideas are useless

 ( A useful Blog , I would like to Share )

Jason Fried of 37signals talks about why you should give your best ideas away to your customers. Just like the great chefs of the world showing us how to make, step by step amazing Italian dishes, they don't fear competition opening up tomorrow next to their resto.

I've always believed that information needs to be shared to people in your organization to force movement to the next levels, but now there is an equally important reason.

All Great Ideas (even the ones you are keeping secret) are already out there on the web somewhere, and it is all boils down to execution. It's not anymore about Great Ideas... it's about having the ability as an individual or as an organization to make things happen.
by Dennis

Passion of selling Online

It feels so Good, to know our First establishment ( Badhige.com ) is celebrating one year of Service today. One year of survival is good enough compare to new experimental establishment in such a Small Market like Maldives.

We have announced Two New Products and Put the Mock up for both of them.

Which is MaaMall ( a Online Shopping Mall )  and Flower Maldives ( a Online Flower Store )
And we believe both of this products will become Pioneers of Online Shopping in Maldives.

Apart of Some Auction sites and Few online shops in Maldives, We work exclusively on building these projects while we have a team to take care of our customers personally.

Advantages and offers for our Customers will be more attractive.While we generate more publicity and profitable income to our Vendor Brands. Recently i been busy with these projects and did sit down with my proposal with few vendors, So far the response is very Positive.

Some may still believe its impossible, But we as a teams belief is nothing is impossible if we Think positive,  it will Happen. IA

See you all soon with more updates on these project.

We know our customers can't wait to experience the new services ( Please Hold on a While )

Your comments and ideas are well appreciated.

Can a Small business Survive in Maldives ?

Its almost a year  after we started Badhige.com delivery service.

Our low profile company is in operation with a huge support from our customers and Vendors.

We work with a very low Commission Rate plus a MRF10 ( Delivery charge )

The delivery charge is very low compare to the standard of service we offer. ( Multiple Restaurant Delivery Service )

We are just able to manage our Expenses, Staff Salaries and all overheads without much profit.

We used to have electric Bills of around MRF1500 Maximum,

But the Last Electric Bill is surprisingly MRF3500 + ( This is too much ) Which is almost 3 times higher to previous electric Bills.( its is said to be a bill generated with  the newly revised electric rates )

And in order to Survive and continue with our services, We are trying to find out a solution for this, in order to continue our service.

I wonder how a Small business like us can survive & Grow in a Economy like this. And what opportunities or offers we have ?

I just asked myself, Do they want us to be successful ? or They just don't want Us anymore ?

All I know is, we cannot just blame the government,
Huge companies can find solutions Maybe Like how Japanese CEO's Does.

But what about us ? How can we survive ?

Introducing Lover's Pizza

Marble Cafe' at Marble Hotel is one of the First Restaurant to Join Badhige.com

Marble Pizza brand ( Marblizza ) delivers Quality and well branded pizza's today, becoming one of the best selling pizza's in the island.

The quality of our products are controlled more  socially with the join effort  from Restaurants Management & Badhige.com customers reviews.

First time in Maldives, We are introducing a Heart Shaped Pizza with support from our Vendor Marble ( Marblizza ).

The Marble Lover's Pizza will only be available from 11th February until 18th February 2010 exclusively online for delivery.

We hope you will enjoy the Exclusive Lover's Bite's, this Valentines.

Unlocking the Mind

From last Year , I have been trying to find a way to Organize my Work and Ideas.

The biggest challenge  was remembering my ideas and keeping it on a Safe Place.

I tried to do it in different ways , Making  business plans for each idea, Note down the points on a organizer, used Task Mangers , Stickies and and even writing down on some of my blog posts and the worst thing, sharing it with intruders who are hungry looking for  fresh new invention.

Most of the time it get Used by someone else  or it just get spoiled by someone else start-up using half of the concept.

That's the main reason i tried to keep everything in my mind, and started feeling sick trying to organize myself.
Finally I found the best solution from my Trainer called Mind Mapping. ( Using FreeMind)
Within just one month i have been able to create a Mind Map for my Work and few more Mind-Maps for My Projects , which looks cool and more organized.

Now i don't have to Brainstorm like before, trying to remember it....
and my Mind is Free.

This will help me to organize my  ideas, Create Good Business,  Marketing Plans and Presentations.

Summer Time

The Title itself remind me of Summer Time - by Janis Joplin one of my favorite song introduced by a old good friend of me.

Its always Summer Time over here in Maldives so called the sunny side of life,  I am Not here to promote tourism, But its a industry which game me lot of experiences and made me learn what business is and how important loyalty and transparency should be when working.

I wished if my Summer Time and golden days never ended that way. All my hopes and dreams left even without a notice, with black clouds  flying all over my head.

There were few Birds, trying to Nest on my head, promising to build a healthy family under my protection ,  trying to say i am not alone, and trying to show some support, even most of those birds just landed to pass sometime on me. Or maybe just to play around.

What ever it is, and how many bird follow me , i don't really care much about giving a shot anymore.

But there is one Little Bird i really love these days...Called Twitter...which is my Life, This blog, My Work, My profiles are connected to her...she updates my life to the whole World, and i start believing this bird will bring back the  Summer Time.

I'll keep writing about my experiences with this Bird...

Just Keep Following me.

They won't let us do it

Do you know... How stupid we are
- There are many ( eco- friendly ) alternate energy solutions invented.
- There are Simple Gadget ideas revealed.
- There are  many eco-Friendly Vehicles revealed.
- There are 100s of energy efficient ideas..
and more

Thease are very simple and powerful ideas which can change the world to a better place, with balanced lifestyle and end the poverty.

But do you know they won't let it happen, They won't invest on it. And they won't even support it.

Yes they , they only Talk about it, They only put big Green Logos on ther websites, just to show off and earn the business from us. Because they know We are concerned and they want us to dance with them.

Do you know who they are...
Yes you guessed it right, The Politicians, Huge business companies ( Specially Oil companies and Oil rich Countries )

They really don't care about Us and Our future generations....GREEN is just a show -off

Why Creative & Unique Content for SEO

Do you know Search Engines dont like Duplicate content, even though it give Results over Duplicate Content.I would like to explain here why you need your content to get "Highlight" Status . NO matter what you sell Online.

We call it Duplicate Content if there is same Content in two different domains " Almost similar content ". And main reason we all sell almost same products, for Eg; Travel agents they sell same hotels, Electronic Product have same description and we are used to just copy and paste the content.

Lets see why its important try not have Duplicate content. Mostly Search Engine try to give Genuine Results, They work to get the best Available content and when they do it Search Engine Robots somehow identify duplicate content as spam and it might not appear on the search engine result, even if its useful.

We know that search engines Filter its results in three steps, Spidering or Crawling, indexing plus Quert processing. And that's how they Filter duplicate content before those pages are added to there index and results.

Do you know what we can do to rescue our sites being excluded from the Search engine results.And get the best ranks. Just try to revise your content and create some unique changes on your content.

MacDonalds Challange Across the World and Russia

How MacDonals does it, Can u believe
US itself got 14000 MacDonalds and 80% Franchised ( WOW )
Fact that they Added New menu items ,,,And whats the Goal...
Here is the interview from CNN website ( Richard Quest Blog )

Delivery Service in Style

Food Delivery service is not new to Maldives, as a matter of fact its been here for a long time. 

Delivering meals straight to the client’s doorstep is one great service that undoubtly increases the sales of any business.  But simple as it may sound, delivery services requires a lot of attention. You don’t just deliver the item, you have to make sure that the item arrives on time, in good condition - delivering the product as if you want it.

That is why we established this service called Badhige.com in 2009 ( Badhige means Kitchen in Dhivehi , our native language ).

Everyone will ask by now - Is this another ordinary Delivery Service? 
My quick answer is NO.

Badhige.com in itself is a service designed to help service businesses with delivery requirements.  What makes this service unique is it is a service in its own and it also provides service to other establishments.  In other words, the success of Badhige.com will depend on the success of its partner establishments.  A unique setup if you ask me. 

How does it work?  Badhige.com is a delivery service company that provides delivery service to any business that needs it.  For example, if you have a restaurant and you want to offer delivery service for take-out orders, you don’t need to setup your own - all you need to do is to become a vendor of Badhige Delivery service.  All it takes is a simple registration and you’re all set to offer your delivery service courtesy of eCommerce Maldives.  Outsourcing your delivery service has never been this easy.

Advantages:
Ease of Use
- NO more messy folders full of delivery Ads and flyers. Badhige.com organizes all your delivery menus in a single Website.
- ONLY one Domain and Hotline to remember for all the restaurants in our network!
- Exact delivery time is provided to you for your convenience.

Convenience
- Even after most delivery services stop offering delivery, Badhige.com still delivers. 9AM to 12MN  seven days a week!
- A HUGE list of Drinks , Fast-food, and Meals are also offered for delivery.

Affordability
- All check-out pricing is the same as you would spend at the restaurant. The menu price is the menu price and the delivery charge takes the place of your service charge.

So far, Badhige.com has the following partners - DineMore, Food Garden, Dine More Garden, Jalapeno, Marblizza, Harpo's Pizza, Blend, Wood Apple Pizza,  The Sea House and more..

Badhige.com not only provides delivery service, but it also offers backend services like call center to take orders and client feedback.

To add more value to its offering, Badhige.com also offer its own ordering service to all its partners so that it would be a one stop shop order-taking delivery service registered customers .  Customers only need to call 330-6939  and the items that you order will be right at your doorstep in no time. Main objective is to convince customers to view the menu and oder via online vising the website.

Considering the many clients of Badhige.com, how can they assure quality service and on time delivery?  Simple - proper coordination and proper allocation of delivery agents.

The formula of success for Badhige.com is simple - Satisfied customers means happpy business partners which will result to good business for Delivery Service.
This is one business where quality and commitment cannot be taken lightly.

When will Asia Take over the World

I just saw this from one of my friends blog and just thought i should share this with you,
This is a TED presentation Video, Worth Watching , How Amazingly they predict Asia will be taking over the World.

We think alike

Grocery Sales Online to DOUBLE by 2014

http://www.maamall.com/index.html

The online food and grocery market could be worth £7.2bn by 2014, nearly double the figure for 2009, according to new research by the IGD grocery industry think tank published today.

In 2009, 13% of adults have shopped online for groceries - an increase of 63% on 2006

Three out of five (61%) online grocery shoppers use more than one online store for their food shopping. Half (49%) would like to try other supermarket websites, but many are put off by the perceived effort involved.

Online Shopping 2009, just published by IGD, also found that:

• 30% of online grocery shoppers purchase less often than once a month

• 24% intend to try an alternative online supermarket in next three months, and 25% would like to, but are put off by the effort involved

• 34% expect to shop in a variety of outlets, including online, in the next five to 10 years (compared to 27% in 2007)

• A further 34% expect to only shop in a supermarket for everything, and 7% expect to shop just online for food and groceries

Joanne Denney-Finch, chief executive, IGD, said: "Our research shows there is a great opportunity for grocery retailers and manufacturers to encourage shoppers to try online food shopping.

"People are increasingly mixing the channels they use for their weekly or monthly shop. Many are choosing to visit their local store on a regular basis, while purchasing a number of bulk items, like tinned foods and toiletries, online less frequently.

"The future of grocery shopping is ‘multi-channel', with people shopping in different ways and using various outlets - whether convenience stores, online or hypermarkets."

According to the Office for National Statistics, 64% of people have shopped online at some point, but only 13% have bought food or groceries in the last year.

More than six in ten (61%) current and potential online shoppers also said that removing delivery charges would be a key trigger for increasing online grocery shopping.

Source: IGD

Food Packaging Solutions in Maldives

Remember about my post titles Busy Weeks Ahead .It was months back as early as April 2009

We have finally come into a Decision to Offer Packaging solutions for Restaurants and Cafe's in Maldives, within next few weeks you will see the solutions we are offering on our new website.

This is going to create more branded Restaurants in Maldives. Its the best opportunity for even Badhige Vendors , since we will be offering special discounts for them.

We got delayed, because of high rates and huge minimum order requirements. Now this have been revised for Maldives with better affordable Rates.

So look forward to see great branded and well packed ( Meals, Burgers, Drinks ) in Maldives this year.

eCommerce on Drupal for Higher Revenue

The potential for access to customers and high profitability are what drives ecommerce on the web. But with ecommerce comes a special set of needs and responsibilities. These can be managed quite effectively by utilizing the right Drupal ecommerce tools as you develop your Drupal design. In most cases, getting Drupal ecommerce right leans seeking the help of experts—Drupal experts.

Better Drupal Design With The Experts

One of the things that has a large bearing on the success of any ecommerce site—whether based in Drupal design or not—is the clarity and functionality of the website. In this aspect the success of any given ecommerce website relies heavily on the design of the website itself. A profitable business website needs to be

• Attractive and inviting, visually speaking

• Unique and cutting edge, offering the visitor something much better than average

• Utterly clear and simple in use, while still fulfilling the visitor’s needs for attractiveness, information, and functionality

• Friendly to search engines so that it also can be ranked and found

• Secure

Successful ecommerce sites give all the elements the visitor needs them to in order to convert hits to sales. But achieving all of these things and finding a way to package them nicely—and still maintain that high level of function that visitors need to complete the sale is an awful tall order. It takes a very talented and knowledgeable Drupal developer to cohesively design a profitable Drupal ecommerce site.

Your Drupal Designer—Your Key To Profitable Drupal Ecommerce

The core Drupal installation is not designed to fulfill the needs of Drupal ecommerce sites. For that, added functionality must be used. This means selecting and applying the right Drupal modules and customizing them to suit your site’s needs.

If you look at the available modules that can be used with the core Drupal application, you’ll see that there are more than 3300 modules available for use and website development. How, then, can you know what to choose and which applications are best suited for your particular flavor of ecommerce?

The only real way to be sure is to work with an expert Drupal designer who is familiar with the system, and capable of customizing the system by modifying the source application and its modules. And of course, it is imperative that that professional be able to do so without compromising the safety and security of your crucial information, or that of the visitors who are relying on you to protect them.

Drupal ecommerce adds a whole new dimension to Drupal design. As important as the safety, security, functionality and performance of Drupal ecommerce sites are, it is imperative to make sure that you work with Drupal experts who can deliver the product that will be all that you need it to be and more. Choosing Drupal designers carefully takes on a whole new level of importance when you enter into the realm of Drupal ecommerce. Do be sure that the designers and experts you choose have the knowledge, experience, and credentials behind them to deliver.

Original Author of this Article is S. Reeves Morris

We are far behind and its 2010 already

We are far behind the developing World.
Did you ever think about this ?  this was posted in You Tube June 2007 and now its 2010



Watch and you will understand what i mean.

Drupal Training Update

Here is a quick update about the Drupal Training Program.

So Far I am very happy with the trainer Kamal Wickramanayake who is a Enterprise/Software Architect & Trainer. He is unique Compare to most teachers and trainers i have met so far , explaining everything in detail giving in-dept knowledge of each and every topic and modules covered.

His clients includes world wide known software companies. He have also contributed to a O'Reilly Media book ( 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know : Collective Wisdom from the Experts )

Only Difficult part for me is the coding part ( i am not familiar with php and other codes )

But still i can manage and understand the basics of all this languages.
I have learned so many things, and i just need time and practice to be able to make the most of this.

I still got Few Topics to be completed. But already have started creating amazing new websites for our company.

I wish that My partner was here with me to attend the program, cause actually this is his main area.

The New World Order Systems ( Computers )

Personal computers are now commonplace in most homes throughout the world, and are relied on heavily by both individuals and businesses. The invention of the computer is relatively new, emerging into our lives relatively late in the 20th century. The technology to build such intricate and sophisticated systems was simply not available prior to this, though advancements in microelectronics made the vision of a computer a realistic one. The two innovations in electronics which allowed for this were the integrated circuit, which was manufactured in 1959, and the microprocessor, which appeared in 1971. The integrated circuit allowed the internal memory solutions to be shrunken down into manageable components, whereasthe microprocessor reduced the size of a central processing unit down to a single chip.

The microprocessor revolutionised electronics as we know it, a small silicon chip which can process thousands of simultaneous calculations, and replace the need for thousands of independent transistors. Developed by Ted Hoff, in California, part of the Intel Corporation,the microprocessor opened up new opportunities for machines, as the processor itself was capable of handling large flows of data, performing logical calculations and almost behaving with intelligence.

The first desktop computer system was manufactured for person use in 1974, courtesy of Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS). The computer was termed Altair, and retailed for as little as $400. The popularity of the Altair soared to unimaginable heights, everyone appearing keen to sample this new machine. This sparked a whole host of computers being developed by other companies, or by young ambitious entrepreneurs. The first well known and reputable company to produce their own computer was Tandy Corporation, which launched its own model in 1977. This model proved a hit, and became the most popular of the computers on the market at that time for two main reasons. It included a keyboard, to improve input, and also included a cathode ray tube to provide a CTR monitor. It also allowed information to be stored on cassette tapes, and was also programmable.

A couple of engineers, Stephen Wozniack and Steven Jobs, then began their own business venture which would become known as Apple Computers. The pair manufactured the Apple I, which was a homemade microprocessor, from Jobs' parents' garage of all places. The Apple I was then marketed to the public and was later sold to electronics enthusiasts and hobbyists. This led to the creation of Apple Computer, Inc., and in April, 1977, the Apple II was launched, the world's first personal computer system. The system was designed exclusively by the Apple team and included a keyboard and most notably colour graphics. The Apple II retailed at $1290.

Apple introduced brand new features to its computer system, expandable memory, disk-drive systems, improved data storage, and the aforementioned colour graphics. Apple Computers became the fastest growing business in American business history, with rival companies being set up as a result of Apple's huge success.

1981 saw IBM introduce their model of microcomputer, generically named the IBM PC. The 16-bit microprocessor prompted cravings for faster and more powerful processors. In the middle of the 1980's, a few more improvements were introduced tothe computer world. 32-bit computers were revealed, which allowed for enough power to prove beneficial in a small to medium business environment.

User friendliness was targeted as key for most computer users, and the development or a Graphical User Interface certainly epitomised this. The GUI, replaced the requirement of entering complex commands, and brought in a much simpler 'point and click' strategy. Douglas Engelbart created an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System": which effectively became the "mouse", which has obviously has remained a standard with modern day PC's. Voice recognition software now exists to rival mouse input, and computer technology continues to grow at earth shattering speeds, which opens up exciting ideas for the not so distant future of computers.

The invention of the computer was clearly one of the most revolutionary inventions ever to grace the business world.
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Source : Invention Reaction

Ready for a CMS

I am just a a normal guy, learning over the internet and friends ...basics just to manage websites.

I do need training to be more professional in what i do, Next week i will be attending a Advance Training programme of a Award winning CMS ( Drupal ) , and I look forward to get new ideas to create some productive Websites with great content over the internet.

I will be updating about this, and what i really have learned from this.

Welcome to 2010

Welcome to ***" 2010 "***
Its a Brand new year again.
We look forward for another 365 days
( 11 Months 31 Days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds. )
in action with great new ideas to Share with you , the readers.