Seminar Accomplished!

Last night I was still at lost as to how go about my presentation on "Money Making through the Internet". I tried downloading a copy of my previous presentation, one that I presented in another school under the same theme, but realized it wasn't of much help because most of the topics deal mostly on I.T. application. I have a different audience to face, college studs who are taking accountancy and commerce.

After hours of moving back and forth (it's a mannerism I inherited from my Dad!), I was finally able to get something running on my computer. I took a quick glanced at the clock.. what! it's already 2:30 in the middle of the night. After some more typing, I finally got it right, with a few more empty slides to fill in. I need to get some sleep, I thought.....

When I woke up, the clock says: 7:05am. Yeah right, my seminar time is 8:00am and I'm still trying to compose myself. Fast forward...............

I'm still sleepy when I got to the venue, my co-league was already doing the preliminary presentation. Good thing he was assigned to talk for some time, gave me enough time to prepare and to condition...........

That's strange, I didn't felt that nervous when I started my talk, must have already fade away from several minutes of waiting.

Talk, talk, talk, click, click, click... I keep staring at my cellphone time, don't want to go beyond the time. I started around past 9am, ended past 12nn. I didn't even notice the long hours I was presenting. The students seemed to be attentive (what a relief!), listening eagerly to what I'm saying. A day before, I requested that small pieces of paper be made available to students so that they can write down questions instead of having to stand up and speak out (students hate that!). Well, it proved to be the right thing to do: I got several papers with questions....

One asked about how to ensure that when they work online, they get paid and not cheated:
I explained to them the process of escrow, wherein the website who acts as mediator between workers and clients would ask clients to deposit the money which is intended for service rendered. These escrow would remain with the site until the worker would be able to finish the job, with the money in escrow released to them. So even if the client suddenly disappears, money still remains in escrow and would be awarded to the worker later on.

Another question, about sample sites that offer web templates so that they can easily create one with ease. I recommended webs.com, and told them they can search more using google.

Another question, how to advertise one's product on the web. I said it's better that they put up a virtual store to showcase their products. They can also place ads in sites that offer free posting of classified ads like sulit.com.ph

What else can I recall.... ah yes, someone ask about marketing products or inventions, and about being safe from being copied by others. I told them they should have it patented or copyrighted first before they market those products.

Another question was about which money transfer method is best (I explain to them about Western Union, Payoneer, and Paypal). I told them that paypal is best at present because it's most convenient and cheap.

One more question was about disadvantages of E-commerce. Well I told them that it all depends on how much awareness they have about policies on the net, rules and guidelines of online transaction, among others. The more informed and aware they are, the lesser it becomes for disadvantages to pop out.

What a day! Although we finished at past 12, it was like a whole day, or maybe it was because I was too tired (and starved!)

It was a great morning for me, sharing what's new on the Net, and specially giving students actual ideas on how they can start earning on the Net. The best part was the "after part": I got a big treat for lunch.

I'll try to talk about other key topics I discussed during the seminar. I have to go, still a lot of things to do.....