S-World Virtual Business Network (VBN)

All network companies will be assisted by the Media and Advertising departments to create virtual stores for displaying their wares in highly innovative and creative ways, creating a sophisticated virtual shopping network. Complimenting this, S-World VBN has many convenient organizational tools.

The graphic below shows a map-orientated day planner. This example is indicative of someone managing a continental USA business with dealings in Europe, however the map could as easily show a small suburban operation, or simply be a social planner/calendar.

In the left menu, one chooses the appointments to be displayed, the groups of four people indicating the time of video conference meetings, the individual icons in white shirts indicating staff requiring interaction, and the house graphics representing property agents available to virtually show properties as that option is on the user “Dene Steels’” agenda. However Mr. Steels could just as easily evaluate schools, hotels, theme parks, retail stores indeed any product or service needing either a visual stimulus and/or a human description.

The “Available Only” tab is also activated and other than ‘save meeting’ reminders, Mr. Steels only sees people who are available to converse at this time. As Mr. Steels moves his mouse over the icons a description and graphic of what the conversation addenda pertains to is displayed, for example in this case, a selection of properties.

Following this example let’s consider the workflow of the process of considering the purchase of a property, in this case the property desired as a holiday home investment. Mr. Steels is based in New York, and the first thing to be aware of is there is no pressure to talk to any of the agents at any particular time. Mr. Steels can initiate a meeting at the time of his choosing.

Prior to contact, Mr. Steels along with his family and advisors have already taken virtual walk-throughs of many villas and houses and narrowed the selection down. Now it’s time to speak to someone who knows all the pertinent details about the property. Mr. Steels initiates the viewing process by clicking a button.

1000 miles away the realtor “Julie Bride” is having coffee at a friend’s house, when her cell phone makes the much-welcome “ping” sound. She moves to another room, takes out her mini headphones and mic set and welcomes Mr. Steels.

Below we see the Billiard room-virtual representation of one of the properties Mr. Steels is interested in. It is portrayed in such detail it’s very difficult to tell the difference between the S-World view and an actual photograph.

Mr. Steels is looking at the representation via a computer screen and Julie through her phone, which since she knows the property well, is all she needs. It is, after all, only a reminder and a tool to let her know to which aspects of the property Mr. Steels questions relate. Mr. Steels navigates his way through the house using his mouse or direction buttons and asks Julie any questions he should care to ask. Once all his queries have been answered, they move to the other two houses on his list.

Vetting houses in this manner saves Julie time, she needs not worry about getting keys, she saves money in fuel costs, she saves travel time and of course she has no reason whatsoever to go into an office.

For Mr. Steels, viewing 9 separate houses and chatting to the realtors in Mexico, California, and Florida after having vetted the 9 from a hundred or so possibilities has saved weeks of time and thousands of dollars.

S-World VBN has given Julie the ability to do her job far more effectively, both in time and money, allowing her to do what she does best, which is network with the local community, past clients and new clients who have chosen her as their preferred agent via the many doorways into the S-World network. Julie would have been taught by the rendering teams at the University and operation center how to use the pen laser and rendering software, each time she renders a house, it’s open for agents across the globe to show to their clients, sharing commission.

As for as Mr. Steels and his family, the chances of their finding the property that suits them best have increased by a large percentage.

It’s worth noting that for each property a list of local amenities, including distance to schools and recreation areas is available at the touch of a button, and one can set filters in this regard. As important is the HPI (House Price Index) that advises of a property’s value in relation to its location factoring in its size and condition.

Take away the international aspect and consider a normal property purchase, nearly all people no matter how clever or successful they are, do not have the time to do the proper research in purchasing what in over 90% of cases is the most important purchase they will ever make.

If one is to buy a house one should look at every house available from every agent, 50 maybe 100, in VBN this can be accomplished in a matter of hours. Rarely is anyone expected to buy a properly via VBN, rather eliminate the properties that are unsuitable, and then have plenty of time to view diligently the top handful.

The exact same virtual views of properties and list of local amenities and attraction also works perfectly for choosing and booking accommodations for a vacation.

To the right we see how the same S-World functionality can be displayed in different “skins”, different looks and feel’s from the standard modern IBM style display, to a more classic design as displayed below incorporating the various S-World.Biz business software applications.

S-Web

In the same way one can change the look, feel and functionality of the S-World software, S-Web applies the same principal to the information and products displayed on the standard world wide web. Below we see an example, in the travel industry, specializing in Africa.

On the left and in the middle, note a company called Experience Africa, the information within the website is the same, it is however presented in two different ways. Experience Africa alongside all businesses will have the choice of tens of thousands of different designs. This is not particularly new in principle, there are many template driven websites available where small companies can add their information. However the principle here is not to make a basic presence, rather to create large informative websites, this requires human interaction and assistance from the Advertising and Media departments at the Universities and operation centers.

Alongside adapting and perfecting standard templates to suit each business, when required the Media and Advertising department will create the logo’s and company brand image. Alongside the company products, be they safaris or windows, will be professionally photographed and filmed websites offering at the least a 5-minute company film about themselves and their products. At the most, in the case of Experience Africa, over the years a 30-minute art film and standard presentation and a TV show of each of the hundreds of venues will be available, each one worthy of TV airing, which of course will happen via S-World TV, and in particular S-World TV on demand. (To be detailed later) Perhaps to be interpreted as a “practical” National Geographic-type showcasing hundreds of companies’ products (homes, businesses, construction-ready land) worldwide. Of course alongside the film footage and photographs will be an S-World VSBN (Virtual Social Business Network) 3D representation of each venue, where a client could navigate across an entire game reserve, clicking on movie icons to see actual footage from specific points.

Affiliate Marketing: The practice where one company either makes a product or makes a presentation of a product for others to sell, whereby both companies share in the profit. In the case of Experience Africa a good example would be to consider VIRGIN Holidays, a respected global travel company with interest in Africa but despite owning Ulusaba Game lodge VIRGIN is without a significant logistical or visual presence to really capitalize on the African Market. Given the companies would be happy to work together, VIRGIN supplying the Customers and Experience Africa the expertise and in general being located in Africa to welcome and assist their clients. The Experience Africa website information would simply be adapted to VIRGIN’s website, so attracting VIRGIN’s clients who wished to travel to Africa to make enquiries, then after once booked, both share in the profit.

If we look again at our graphic, on the right we see the same website but with Africa Concierge branding, in real life this was for Sotheby’s Realty Africa who realize benefits from offering their international clients a travel service, they make money from the travel, and as they have brought their clients to Africa the clients are more likely just to stay with Sotheby’s for their Real Estate needs.

Lastly, as an example we will go back to our “example” manufacturing company “The Window Factory:” their website will look great, with films and photos of their products. It will also contain films and photos of many other products from other network companies in the same field maybe a hundred, maybe a thousand, each time someone orders goods from them, they get paid. Alongside this their goods will be on thousands of other network company’s websites and in S-World VBN on line stores, increasing their exposure exponentially.

Search Engines: The “Per Human Results” Search Engine will not only keep the pressure on all network companies to perform continually, and it will be providing the most useful results. This aside without giving away too much, if one controls hundreds of millions of websites on different servers, incorporating existing upscale sites, blogs and news feeds, controlled by highly sophisticated web robots. Existing search engines can be manipulated to such a degree that only S-Web websites will show in standard search results for any search engine.

Business Software Workflow

Over the following pages we will see screenshots for the S-World.Biz software, specifically 4 modules: Business, Finance, Organization and the CRM (Consumer Relationship Management) module. We shall look at the basics of their integration and examine a few new concepts. With the exception of cash handling to achieve complete financial efficiency one needs to combine seamlessly, consumer ordering, client’s communications, administrative communications and financial recoding. A workflow example within a non-automated office environment may be: Client Enquiry > Sales Reply > Conclusion of Order > Administration Department Advised > Money Received > Sales Person Advised > Client Advised.

Initially comes the client INQUIRY, if the client is used to the S-World client content management system then all is well, a new item is added. However, if the inquiry is via telephone or email once the detail is collated, it is sent back to the client via an S-World “New Client” content management suite, to which the client can refer to at any time, recording all interactions, showing progress and allowing changes or amendments if possible.

After communications with the sales reps are concluded, the client is asked to sign off on his order. This is a vital part of the procedure, essential in some industries, travel for example. If the client is booking two weeks accommodation and the date is 17/8/2012 when it should have been 17/9/2012, it could be disastrous, hence the need for the client to sign off on his order. Once the booking is signed off, the information goes to the admin department. Indeed, the admin department in many cases is no longer necessary.

The usual job of the admin department would be to correlate the order information, update schedules, enact the dispatch of or book an item, input the data into a spread sheet or financial program then check the bank for the payment then update the financial program and inform the sales person and the client.

However, the S-World.biz system does all this, in such a way there can be no mistakes, no data capturing errors, no payments incorrectly assigned, no incorrect dates put into the schedule, no forgetting to tell the sales person. All tasks are automated and the client’s content management suite is updated at every stage.

Essential Patents

Creating all-encompassing business software requires various patents to be relaxed, workarounds can be made but are not always ideal, including patent holders as priority partners will circumvent this problem. Before even considering the new additions to business software one needs to consider that an all-in business software solution without cooperation of essential patent holders is impossible to perfect. Thus, due to the inclusion of patent holders within the network, on paper one should start at a point of technological superiority over all competitors.

S-World Business

A general note before starting, one of the critical parts of the S-World.Biz software is its customization to specific industry types and that it is an: “all in one package.” Attempting to customize out the box software to a specific industry that is not a typical retail or sales operation is not an easy task. Attempting to link that software further, for instance a financial package that communicates with a customer relations package that communicates with a sales reporting and inventory-holding package is beyond most competent computer people as the software is not designed that way.

The S-World.Biz software combines all possible business software into one seamless package tailored to thousands of different industries and sub industries in all languages, tax compliant with all countries. Added to this, it would be free!

Below we see the “Business Advisory Page” you can read the various options down the left vertical menu bar, from analyzing partner relationships to general advice lectures to SWOT analyses.

Highlighted is the “Latest ADVICE” pop-up screen which offers suggestions from the Operation Center’s. This advice has been processed from the results of other companies in similar fields, and is well considered, indeed in many cases priceless. This is a good example of the software interacting with the human logistics teams at the operation centers offering a service that is not available from software alone.

-World Finance

Below we see the Finance Modal assisting the owner or sales staff of a business in such a way as to make the idea of running a business without an administrative department perfectly plausible. In the “Workflow” we see payment advice, payments in, payments that need to be approved, and late payments. Underneath a seasonally adjusted bottom line profit account and a productivity sales staff report recommending a bonus.

The unique aspect to the financial reporting page is the way it calculates the bottom line.

1. Standard month end debits and credits
2. Overall profit or loss adjustment, taking into account all future transactions.
3. Overall profit and loss adjustment taking into account all future transactions and assets
4. Month end statement calculated via the network, not what one has spent and received rather what other companies have paid to and received.

The latter with the exception of cash handling making fraud all but impossible, the combination of all four methods run simultaneously offers near total financial security, or total financial security.

S-World Organizer

The Organizer incorporates a host of sub applications; it becomes an e-mail client, a task improved by setting keywords. Many companies do not have time to crawl through all the “info@” emails, and when sales staff moves on, over time many potential “buy” emails will be lost in the system sent to their redundant email addresses. By setting keywords such as a book, booking, order, purchase alongside various product names valuable communication will be saved from the cyber bin.

Client relationships are championed within the virtual calendar, making even the most unapproachable or simply shy company representative appear gracious, competent and thoughtful, this endeavor culminates in the sending of gifts. Indeed it was this concept, going above and beyond the competition in respect of “Keeping the Customer” that leads to the Facebook Gifts adaptation.

The “I See You” recruiting software contains among other useful staff relations applications various physiological tests, which can initial assist in screening new recruits before interviewing and further assist during an interview as the tests let you know what the candidate is really thinking.

The program also works within the workspace offering regular tests which let the boss or management assess the mood and teamwork, excellent for working out which motivating factor will get the most out of each employee, and indeed discovering negative traits.

S-World Commerce

The commerce section deals with buying and selling activities: Price adjustments, marketing campaigns, assessing the search engine rankings, inspecting and enhancing core partnerships.

Alongside the above, the S-Web functions are managed here, enabling users to expand upon, update or generate new websites, create new affiliate partnerships by adding a product made by another company to the website or asking another to add your product to their website, this task is largely automated and becomes as simple as a single click.

Profit Share, Bonuses and Dividend yields are managed here two, this is where owners, management and floor employees can see company performance in relation to profit share, and receive tips on how to increase their yield.

The commerce page also acts as a purchasing hub, reverse engendering the selling process, those that know how to sell via the Commerce page will be equally adept at purchasing, be it business supplies, investments or personal items. The specific tab open “Latest Offers” illustrates various Resort Network properties on sale below their “HPI” (House Price Index) value. The “Subsidized Items” tab shows items that the network has subsidized, for instance to promote electronic cars, the car below would cost $10,000 but is available for $6,000.