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The hashtag to use is hashtag one in the morning ready on Hawaii to 5 4 channel Remember confolars across all our social media platform that is at why to 5 4 channel held onto our Facebook page we have a question for you and It's why to 5 4 channel why to 5 4 on our Facebook page So we are asking which business do you think is just a waste of time and will make losses or Zero profit anyway, which are some of the businesses that you feel or you actually try them out and you are You have seen total losses and zero profits that came your way Remember the hashtag to use is entrepreneurship Tuesday at Michelle as she raised where you can find me across all my social media platform And right now we want to have a conversation Pertaining businesses that are going to survive during this particular pandemic You know that most businesses are closed down during this lockdown and the only services being provided are essential So let's look at some of the business that you can take to online Business listing and this particular conversation. We are looking at a free space where you can actually do that and we have two gentlemen from Amma resolutions and we'll be looking at outline outline What is the name outline? business listing space platform Okay, so We can start we can introduce yourself from from you I'm a room from our Resolutions, and we're here to talk about our train and the position of outline Especially at this time of COVID-19 disruption Which is especially more on businesses and how our training is making it easy for business people to survive this COVID-19 Disruption, okay. Oh, you're here to hear more about that I'm just a I'm just a candidate. We're here to talk about outline You know as my colleague I said we are from Amma resolutions And we are going to expound more on how you can trade online You'll notice that the only business is that I'm actually doing business during this time and businesses that will be doing Their business online. Okay. We're here to talk about how you can be able to list to showcase your products Showcase your company what you do? on a free Platform that you've created. All right, so with no further ado. Let's just dive into it. Let's find out what outline Platform is all about and how does it work? Outline is a free platform at the moment Okay, that its mission is to showcase businesses to the world and it doesn't discriminate Doesn't matter whether you're starting You're into 10 years you've been into 20 years with the fact that the only businesses that may survive are only those Which are online? So outline gives the business opportunity the businesses opportunity to showcase themselves to the world and It's a more of a search engine more of a directory and more of a listing company and more of a commerce or embedded together All right, so that's a quite numerous numbers of industry well then so what are people who can actually Register their businesses. So what you're looking at here? We are looking at all kinds of businesses whether you're a startup whether you're a big company whether you operate online Whether you're a public company. We don't discriminate. Okay, so You realize that that a lot of businesses that are selling products Maybe let's talk about clothing. A lot of people are in I didn't consume in clothing So when you least when you least your product on our on our on our website We're able to be visible to the potential buyers. Then as my colleague has said How the platform is designed? It's a search engine. So when you look into to into the website, we're able to see Search engine. It's the first thing that you find there Then it it tells you it it it introduces you to how you can be able to such a product You can search a product by street. You can search a business by a street or a building. You assume you're talking about this building So when you're looking for The businesses that have in this building you'll only need to put the name of the building So when you put the name of the building all the businesses that are listed on our platform They appear for for you to maybe to choose the business you're looking for All right Sounds quite easy there So my question is uh, if uh, there's no subscription, right? For now, right? So, uh, how do you guys make Money out of this? Do you is there a commission whereby if i'm a client looking for a certain product or service? On this particular platform is there a commission that goes back to the company as outlined? Other moment as we said earlier Outline is Our first mission is to educate people And for us to educate them we must first offer it free so that they learn how to To utilize it and then from there we can handle the premium part of it Which will come Later on Okay, okay. It's educating right now. So let's look at now. I'm a client and uh, there's a There's a product that i'm looking uh Found an opportunity where I can fund it from the outliner. So i'm like Interacting directly or do I Do I have to contact uh, there's someone behind the engine which is from the outline? So what is happening? It The business that's listed is given an opportunity to manage their page on the platform So what happens when you're looking for a product you go direct to their their website? You know, uh, how we've designed the the platform These are a website for each and every company a separate when you list your business Uh, you you've given a free website a free website like platform So when you list your product when i'm searching for your products, uh, I'll be able to converse with you directly Yes so For any person or any person who owns the business wants to register, right? So how do you how does the company? Enhance visibility considering it's uh, it's it's a platform that has so many industries. We have Technology we have marketing. I've seen law. I've seen food. I've seen so many industries So how does the company ensure that the or how does uh outline company ensure that there's visibility for my business So we are giving we are giving companies a chance to be able to to link their pages See you're sharing your co your company information Your products you see on the same platform. Okay, so Well on our on our page when you when you look through the page You'll note down there. We have your social media pages All your social media pages. They are listed there then us as outline. We have our own Um Clientel we have our own followers. So when we when we advertise our our our Our company now outline you as a company. You're able to enjoy the services the free service that you're offering Now when you look at our facebook page, we have a very the big following Yeah So when because as we're creating awareness. It's like a marketing platform for you as a as a business Yes, okay. So, uh, I would like to find out right if I've been owning a physical more of a physical business Whether it's the location and everything and I want to shift to online What is what will be the advice for that particular person? Actually, the best advice we we are going on with the hashtag. I'll train your business because it's so simple It's a 10 minutes thing. You're done. Your business is live You don't need an IT expert And within 10 minutes, you're able to showcase to any customer one. Where is my business? Located at which room and you're able to list hundreds of all your products such that if I go to google And such a product we've made it so easy that Anyone if you don't know what you're finding out It will be able to grow you back to our train And someone just searching for any product chances of finding you are so easy For instance, you go to a street like kema the street and you pick a business Or you pick a building and you ask out trying I'm looking for a shoe And I'll try and we'll show you The business the nearest building to you The nearest shops that are offering that specific kind of a shoe And it's just that easy Okay Still on the on what is going on. It's a global pandemic Covid-19 Is it safe for for guys to order from Online considering that the virus has been mentioned by expert that can stay for three three hours to three days Depending on the material of the product that you're buying online So what you what you are stressing on as business people is When you're packaging your product make sure you you're able to follow the health of the minister of health Procedures make sure you sanitize your product. Make sure you sanitize the The the packaging and for our company what we've done We have a we have our own sanitizers. So when you buy from us, we sanitize We sanitize your your packaging and we make sure that any are safe your goods are safe and the products are safe Okay, so what are the some of the businesses that are being searched on right now because people are still at home right now most of people at home and Easy access on our phones. You know on our laptop. So right now behind the engine. So which are the most business Adventures that are being actually searched on right now Mostly funny enough. We are having people looking for vegetables Agriculture products groceries That has been an interesting disruption Because normally we've been having electronics electronics Hardwares, but right now people are actually even looking for services Actually, one of our customer told me somebody just called me and they said they picked my number from outrun And that's a lawyer. They needed a service So It's like with this disruption of covid 19 It has made people dig deeper and they are almost searching for anything But the interesting one agriculture There's a thing you realize most of these e-commerce platforms For example, we have Ali Baba. We have our own. We have Jumia from Africa What we realized these people haven't been capturing the service industry So what you're bringing on board is the service aspect of the of the of the industry Like now what he said people are looking for advocates People are looking for lawyers people are looking for construction professionals on our on our on our page So we're encouraging as many because the product is so broad You will realize what we've been realizing What what covid 19 will do to the economic the economic world worldwide It's going to distract everything. Yeah So if you do not Adjust yourself and Reorganize yourself and join the the ship. That's that's that's going to In here, you will have a very serious issue with your With your service you with offering your customers your your services and your products So we've made sure each and every person each and every business is able to to run there Many where they are their businesses online. So from professionals to To people who are in manufacturing to people selling a beauty products to people selling a agricultural products They are all on board. We've been able to cater for them. Yes. All right. I can see The website right here the platform Outline so probably we could just take us through. Yeah, just few process people back at home can actually get this Can I actually access this so in terms of registering? What are the if I'm Business owner, right? So what are the some of the things that I need to to to have kept in place? In terms of now coming to this platform and registering. So what what are the some of requirements? The only requirement you require Is one simple have a business As simple as that. Yes as long as you have a business Doesn't matter whether you are online or whether you operate online or you have a physical address It works for both. Yeah, it works both It gives you the chance for The customer to know am I dealing with person who operates online or who has a physical address? That's the first step and like you can see on the demo The first thing Outline gives you is the opportunity to showcase a slider Like an image of your business. It shows who am I it gives you An opportunity to give the first impression Then you talk to people about Who you are the services now the services and all these funny enough. You don't require an IT expert It's drag and drop. Yes you down. Yes. So simple. Yeah, it's so simple and like for for for these businesses Outline only displays what you post. Yes, like for these these are our demo With this one if this the service part of it if your business only offers service Funny enough, it gives you like if you you don't want to mention a price You can tell customer call for price You can put an actual price or you can put a price range very much optional Yes, very much optional. This is to make sure that you're flexible. You're not causing confusion to your customer So it gives you a very flexible way of telling the world Who you are and exactly what you do still on the flexibility and the level at which you've given people so much of Of free space of a platform Speaking on logo and branding. Yeah, that goes back to the client. I can come up with my own logo and everything It doesn't require anything here. Maybe we can close and go we can go back Let's see if we can go back on the same Which will realize you've given you an opportunity to to tell people who you are This what you offer that's why when you go and talk This is an about us Option you can be able to tell people what you offer and Much much much of what you are as a company All right, so I would like to find out are there any regulations per se to prevent Possibility of scams considering that it's a free space platform and everyone can come and claim to be what they're not Not everyone is genuine. So are there any regulations? What we've done. Yeah, we've given There's a review. There's a review page that in the in the in the platform So you as a client when you feel you're not satisfied with the product that you bought you're able to send us feedback Then when you send us feedback, we'll we'll review it and see if you can be able to if you can be able to talk to To the to the supplier or we can block them all the same from the system from accessing Super amazing. So guys back at home remember The hashtag to use is hashtag entrepreneurship Tuesday at michela shira is where you can find me across almost We show me the platform at y254 channel is where you can find us I remember we have a question down on facebook page had head on to there and tell us Your comments. So for now, I'd like to find out. Yes. What is the future of outline? platform That's amazing. Yes. I would like to find out. I'm so sure you guys have a have a plan lined up where there's a premium and So sure you guys have The vision on pertaining this platform At the future actually is very interesting It may sound more of a fiction, but some of these things we've been trying them In our research laboratories and actually are working And one of the most interesting part where we want to take people is where you can shop without trying And you shop from your phone without leaving where you are and now trying will take all your products to your home Where with the introduction of things like artificial intelligence We are moving to smart homes Where like your fridge will be able to communicate to your interior like my milk is expiring Those are actually real things and they are happening So we'll integrate outline with all these platforms such that you're able to shop right at the comfort of your seat and It will just do shopping for you. So easy So easy and make sure that you know the business you're dealing with And for business people that will be able to access business tools where they can get loans They can get all these amazing interesting. They can run their entire company on outrines Yeah, with all the erp System managing their company. So It's just the beginning. It's just the beginning. So speak about loans and everything else You guys are looking for investors or you just are just good For for now, for now, we are it's an it's an idea we are developing Okay, so for now, we want to keep everything to The the back at home. Yes Yes But as we as we develop the idea We know we we invite people to come on board. But right now we want to keep everything at home Okay So Joseph, I'll let you to use coming up for and tell anyone back at home Why they should actually reach out with this opportunity and run with it And then we can wind it up by giving us giving you guys Opportunity to share your social media handles. Yeah The future is online. I want to I want to assure you the covid-19 has brought by a very huge disruption Worldwide. So what will be happening? You won't be able to trade if your if your business isn't online You won't be able to To buy a product if you cannot use the internet You'll realize that a lot of people what is happening right now is Everything is about the internet everything everything you talk about everything you do is about the internet The future what I want to tell everybody is that we need to adjust in an era of convenience Technology has brought around a convenience. You're giving you the ability to trade at home We have been giving you the ability to shop at home from home And we're giving business the opportunity to be able to trade to trade globally Yes Well kept you're moving we're moving on on an online space. So maybe we can get a social media handle for the company and how people can reach out to you Our social media handles. We are all over Facebook out trying you just need to search out trying google out trying hashtag out trying your business We are all over Okay, so as simple as that you get your business online. So while you're still at home make sure that you Business as a numerous number of orders by getting yourself on an outline platform listing and it's actually free Why would you not do that? So it's definitely free and all you have to do is just list your business So this interview this conversation has to end. Sadly, we'll probably have you guys over When the future has actually come and more details pertaining this particular program So right now we are heading to a break a musical break would be right back with another interview You don't want to touch that. I'll remember at michela shira try to perfect channel So you can find us across our social media platform