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Article #218Bill Gates Pitches Electronic Catalog!!!
From: Lindsay Moir B288-4624 H286-7377
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 08:17
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 08:17
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Hi, Bill Gates picked CatalogMaker as "achieving the essence of the Microsoft Solution Provider Program -- applying technology to deliver concrete business solutions that add value and a sharper competitive edge." So what you may ask? We are looking for resellers now! What Is In This Document 1. The Product - (A totally digital catalog creation facility) 2. The Opportunity - (What is in it for you and your company) 3. Who Should Be Interested - (Fit this profile and increase your sales) 4. Contact Information - (Who you gonna call) The Product Imagine a catalog on a buyers' computer network. Clients browse full color images and video clips of the products, have up-to-date pricing, do on line ordering and EDI transactions effortlessly. CatalogMaker is a fast and easy tool that's totally automated. CatalogMaker combines the benefits of a print catalog (text, prices and images) with advantages only the digital world can offer. A digital catalog means control - it allows instant updates of information with a flexibility that print cannot come close to providing. CatalogMaker has the tools to build and update any catalog. The Opportunity We offer a huge competitive edge in the market place. 98% of specifiers and buyers say they need manufacturers' catalogs in order to their work and the odds are 9 to 1 that a print catalog won't be available when its needed - whether it's because the material has been lost, misfiled or simply thrown away (Cahners Advertising Research). Companies that are adopting electronic catalogs are locking their competition out of the largest and most profitable accounts. We sell the software but we can't be everywhere. We believe the typical reseller will generate over $500,000/year in additional custom programming work and/or service bureau work thru CatalogMaker. CatalogMaker is user extensible Visual Basic software. The service bureau work comes from the data required to drive the electronic catalog. For example pictures, video clips, and textual information (e.g. index, product description). Who Should Be Interested We are looking for companies with the following characteristics. a) Have a current business relationship with the ultimate consumers of CatalogMaker. CatalogMaker is targeted at the business to business market. b) Are computer literate. c) Have a strong conviction that multi-media is a large business opportunity. d) See as their major business opportunity the ability to extend CatalogMaker to fit the unique requirements of the customer and/or the service bureau work that comes from creating the electronic catalog. The costs of CatalogMaker are insignificant when compared to the revenue opportunity of extending CatalogMaker and/or the Service Bureau work. Contact Information Lindsay Moir Vicom Ltd Suite 200 833 11th Avenue SW Calgary, AB, Canada T2R 0E5 Phone (403) 266-5133 Fax (403) 263-4079 email moirl@cuug.ab.ca
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