DO YOU KNOW THE ORIGIN OF FANBOX

 1982 : Stanford University ( SUN ) Microsystems Inc.,

         There were 4 University graduates in California who founded Sun  Microsystems Inc. in 1982 after graduating from college in 1980 :

         The 4 cofounders of Sun Microsystems :

 1. Mr. Vinod Khosla :

         He studied business at Stanford University and he is from India. He has  a masters degree in business there. He has many other degrees also. He is  a billionaire and is worth $ 1.4 billion.

         Vinod khosla was one of the founder of Sun Microsystems and he  invested a lot in businesses and later he also invested in Sun Microsystems.  He graduated from Stanford University in 1980. SUN Microsystems was co-  founded by him in 1982. Mr. Khosla was chairman and CEO of SUN  Microsystems from 1982-1984 when he left the company to become venture  capitalist.

                                      

                                    Mr. Vinod Khosla

 2. Scott Mcnealy :

          He graduated from Stanford University and he is from Indiana. He is an  American business executive. A Stanford University graduate in 1980 and  join SUN in 1982.

                                        

                                      Mr. Scott Mcnealy

 3. Andy Bechtolsheim :

          He is an electrical engineer - He is from The German state of Bavaria.  He is a Stanford University graduate in 1980 and joined SUN in 1982.

                                        

                                 Mr.  Andy Bechtolsheim

 4. Bill Joy :

          An American computer scientist. He is from Farmington Hills,Michigan.

 He is the one who did not graduated from Stanford but from the University of  California at Berkley. Bill Joy also joined the SUN. A UC Berkley graduate in  computer science in 1980 and he joined SUN in 1982.

                             

                                          Mr. Bill Joy

  All 4 of these University graduates were co-founders of a new company  called SUN Microsystems Inc. which in 2002 becameFanbox Inc.

  If you type www.sms.ac it will take you to www.fanbox.com

  SUN stands for Stanford University Network and sms stands forSUN    Microsystems.

  SUN Microsystem's official site is www. oracle.com 

  Stanford University is in Stanford,CA. ( USA )

         

                        More news on SMS.AC / Fanbox :

 SMS.AC Inc claims or claimed over 50 million registered users in 180  countries.

 The SMS.AC website's domain name used the .ac top level domain for  Ascension Island.

 In 2007 SMS.ac created a DBA called Fanbox, a social networking mobile  desktop site.

                 Fanbox' Johny cash about Fanbox' history:

                

                    The Fanbox Team in san Diego,CA

              Fanbox's Johny Cash about history of Fanbox

                                 

                            All about Fanbox here :

 - Fanbox is located in San Diego,CA

               The Top Management Officers of FanBox Inc.:

 Mr Michael C Pousti Jr. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 Mr. Andy Ballester Co-Founder andVice President of Software Architecture

 Mr. Tim Carter Co-Founder and Senior Vice-President

 Brianne Pedersen Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of Product Development

 Amanda Schaffer Co-Founder and Vice President of Software Development

 Note: This blog / ad was written in honor of the founders, the 4 men who founded SUN  Microsystems ( Mr. Vinod Khosla, Mr. Scott McNealy, Mr. Andy Bechtolsheim and Mr. Bill Joy. and  which in 2002 became FanBox even though the name FanBox didn't seem to be instituted until 2007  (see above). Thank you very much all four of you and you did a fine job by creating Sun  Microsystems which became the modern day FanBox of January 8th, 2013 and beyond!!

 

  I wish all the fanboxers like my post about Origin of Fanbox,If yes then i hope for your nice                   comment.

  Thank you.

Money Making Secrets!

Money Making Secrets!

Find out how I made it to the top ten worldwide leader board!

I have been trying to figure out for months how to earn on FanBox and I want to share all the

things I have learned. I did not earn that much money right away. This has been a slow climb and

not always upward. There were many times where I barely made anything....just pennies for weeks. I

never gave up. Persistence is important. These are all things I have done and continue to do. I

want to share, so everyone can learn to make money on here because it is very possible. So here

are my tips for success, so you make $$$$$.......


1. Make posts, read and comment on others posts!

If you are new to FanBox or are wondering what to do this is where you should start. Just start

posting. Create blogs that interest you and that you think might interest others. We all have

different taste, so more than likely your post will be interesting to someone. Make the

post...keep an eye on it and check to see if others comment. If you get comments always respond to

the comments. This helps because you will make friends and your post will go through the feed

again, so it has another opportunity to be seen. If you don't receive a comment make one, so your

post will be seen in the feed again.

2. You need fans!

You need fans because they are the ones who will see your posts, read them and make comments. The

more fans you have the better the chance someone will see your post and want to read it. Fan

people!!! Fan everyone!!! Fan someone when you read their post and whenever you see you are not a

fan of someone. If they comment on a post you have made see if you are their fan. As you look at

the news feed and read blogs fan those people too. It's only a matter of time before you have

hundreds of fans. Fanbox also gives you fans which is a great bonus!

3. Experiment with Ads!

I have made many ads so far and most of them didn't work so well for me in the beginning as far as

bringing me a lot of money. Make an ad for every post as you now have the opportunity for a

knowledge investor to fund it. As of now we can't track our ads performance, but we will have that

ability in the future, so it's a bit of a guessing game. My advice if you don't know what to fund

is fund one ad at a time to see which one you earn from and that will give you an idea of what ads

to fund. You You can also gain exposure to new fans. You can also run ads for other peoples posts

and set them for a knowledge investor to fund!

Make sure you have relevant tags for your ad. When you create an ad for the first time the system

doesn't know if that post is popular or not, so it will show your ad a lot. Once it learns if your

ad gets clicks or not it will determine if it should continue to show impressions or serve your

ad. So, if you aren't earning from your ads it's because they aren't getting clicks and then they

don't get shown...the more popular ads get shown first and the unpopular ones get buried. So you

have a chance in the beggining to make a good impression if you create good work!

4. Tags are important!

Always fill in all of your 6 tags/search terms. If you don't it's a MISSED opportunity. Tags are

important because they match your post to users with those interests. If you don't it's a missed

opportunity as your post will reach fewer users within the site. Make sure your tags relate to the

content of your post because now people can rate your post. If your tags do not relate to your

post you can be rated poorly and your post will be pushed down in a search.


5. Place the dollar sign correctly!

Place the dollar sign after the first few sentences of your post. The dollar sign is where the

Read More goes and you only make money after people click the read more to get to your post.

6. Be patient and consistent!

I have been on here for months and have only just started to gain some momentum. It does not

always happen overnight. I have also put time into this every day. I am on here every day either

making a post or reading and commenting. Be respectful of others and create a presence. You may

have days or weeks when you feel like you have not been earning, but don't give up!

7. Read everything FanBox!

Read every post you see about how people are making money on FanBox. Most people are very willing

to share what they have learned with you. Many of the people on the leader board have very

informative blogs about what they have done to make money.There are no tricks or secrets. It takes

hard work and some creativity.

8. Ad links to your posts!

Another way to earn money is by making sure you have a link in your post. You can link your post

to another post and continue to earn money while the reader is looking at the other post.

9. Rate & Categorize:

You can also rate and categorize other peoples posts to earn ad credits! This is a great way to

accumulate some funds to promote your own ads. You can also ad tags if the post has less than 6

tags. This activity increases your 'CAR' score the most. The system remembers you and how you

rate, so be objective to gradually increase your score. If you have no money this is a great way

to gain some then you can fund your own ads and make more money! Got it!! ;)

10. Investing

The investing feature has only been available to us for a couple of weeks. I have been investing

and diversifying my investments and seem to make a nice return. Sometimes I let Fanbox decide the

return and investment and sometimes I select a minimum return usually within the parameters they

give me and I select a variety of people, interests and charities to invest in. This is how I got

in the top 10 on the leader board worldwide! This has helped me make largest earnings I have ever

made on the site! If you are unsure what to do you can set FanBox to control your return and your

investment.


11. Comments

Always respond to people when they comment on your post. First, you want to respond to any

question they may have or just show them you appreciate them spending time on your post. After you

initially make a post it will go through the feed right away if you have no pictures, and it will

take longer if you do have photos. After you are sure it has gone through the feed once make a

comment on your post and it will go through the feed again. Check your posts and respond or make

your own comment because this will help your post be seen. Each time you comment or someone else

does it goes through the news feed again for everyone to see. Especially if you are just starting

out and you don't have much money to promote your posts through ads.

12. Building Community

The more you read and comment on other posts you will start to make friends. Fanbox is a community

of people that support each other and we want everyone to succeed. People are very helpful on this

site and are always willing to answer questions, so just ask!

13. Teacher

If you are new to the site you have two weeks to select a 'teacher' to help you navigate the site.

If someone invited you to the site go to their home page and on the bottom left side you can

select them as your teacher. You only have two weeks to after you create an account to do this.

Don't worry if you missed that opportunity.....

14. Success Coaching

Fanbox is so interested in seeing people succeed that they have created a program called 'Success

Coach.' When you create an ad you have a chance at getting a success coach. A coach can help you

navigate your way through the site and provide support and encouragement for. Your coach will

answer any questions you have about the site and give you suggestions to improve. Your coach is

there to help you be successful, so take advantage as this is a great opportunity! Interested in

becoming a coach? If you are in the top 25 on the leaderboard in any of the various areas for

earning you have the chance to be nominated to be a coach! Take a look at the full leader board

and on the right side above the board you can use the drop down menus to view the top 25 earners

in the various areas.

Important Tip:

The system remembers you, so the better you get at rating and categoring, earning from others

reading your posts, earning with ads etc you will actually notice your earnings will go up! This

is because of the algorithms. :)


These are all the things I have done and still do to maximize my profits from my posts. If you are

new on FanBox I hope you find this guide helpful and if you are not so new I hope you are doing

all of these things or will start to!

8 Content Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

8 Content Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Executive Summary

Only a handful of marketers can hit a home run every time they step
up to bat. Let’s face it, we’ve all had our share of flops. But failures
can be learning experiences; a mistake or misstep can provide
insight into what to avoid in the future. Heinz Marketing’s Matt Heinz
suggests that you not “overthink your content marketing strategy. It’s
more important to have a bias for action and get rolling.” In this online
discussion, Matt gets things rolling by sharing some content marketing
“gotchas” to avoid, and he’s in good company, with input from
Marketing Interactions’ Ardath Albee, Babcock & Jenkins’ Carmen
Hill, The Funnelholic’s Craig Rosenberg, and The Sales Lion’s Marcus
Sheridan. This list of “don’ts” can help you avoid some of the more
common content marketing mistakes these experts have seen (and
perhaps even made themselves!).
Checklist
1. Don’t neglect to do the groundwork.
2. Don’t focus on yourself—focus on the buyer instead.
3. Don’t pitch your product at every stage.
4. Don’t overlook calls to action.
5. Don’t forget that effective content marketing is a two-way
street.
6. Don’t produce content that lacks substance.
7. Don’t treat content marketing as an afterthought.
8. Don’t underestimate the power of various formats.
8 Content Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

1. Don’t neglect to do the groundwork. Before you start any
marketing activity (no matter how strategic or tactical), you
have to know why you’re doing it. What does success look
like? How does this activity translate to immediate or eventual
sales and revenue? (Heinz)
I think the biggest mistake is not doing the foundational, big-
picture work. You have to know whom you’re talking to, what
they need and want to know, and where their interests intersect
with yours. All the other mistakes we make emanate from that
void. (Hill)

2. Don’t focus on yourself—focus on the buyer instead.
I’d argue that marketers who do not build buyer insights
or develop personas will forever revert to content oriented
that’s around products, because that’s what they know best.
Focusing on buyers is a shift to skill sets that takes applied
effort. (Albee)
Think like the end user, not like a business owner. Too many
business owners and marketers are writing more for “their”
way of seeing the world. They talk too much about themselves;
I always like to say it’s a blog, not a brag. Great content
marketing is about education. It’s about teaching. And it’s
about good old-fashioned communication. To be great at
content marketing, the focus has to be about the reader, and
not the company/writer. (Sheridan)
Try as we might, we tend to see things through the lens of our
company, our product, our need to get a bunch of leads in the
pipeline by the end of the quarter, etc. Nobody else cares that
much about us. Our content needs a lot less “we” and a lot
more “you.” (Hill).

3. Don’t pitch your product at every stage. Content
marketers can be overly sales-y at inappropriate times.
Whitepapers and datasheets have their place at the right
point in the sales cycle. In the meantime, give the people
what they want: interesting content that makes their life
better. (Rosenberg)
Too many content programs focus on new features, chestbeating
on company milestones, and otherwise weaving
strong product tie-ins into every new piece of content
created. That content has its place, but your readers
(customers and prospects) will gravitate toward content that
independently provides value. What are your customer’s
issues? What do they need help with, right now? That’s the
content that will spread like wildfire for you. (Heinz)

4. Don’t overlook calls to action. Every content asset should
have a call to action. This does not mean “have a sales rep
call me” (unless this is late stage). It means providing access
to the next step. What would your prospect be interested in
given the content they have just viewed? Build pathways and
tell connected stories that help to build momentum through
the pipe. (Albee)

5. Don’t forget that effective content marketing is a twoway
street. Creating content isn’t enough. To really
accelerate your audience and impact, you must devote time
to responding, commenting, engaging questions and so
on. If you’re just a one-way communication channel, even
with good content, your prospects will go elsewhere for the
interaction they crave. (Heinz)

6. Don’t produce content that lacks substance. Too often,
we focus on platforms, channels and formats, rather than the
substance of the information and the story it supports. At this
year’s SXSW, Audrey Gray of American Express advised that we
put our energy into what we’re making rather than the platform:
“Create content that makes you feel smarter, celebrates human
artistry, or that has with real-world value.” (Hill)
They are afraid to produce gutsy content that actually gives an
opinion. We have too many boring blogs living in the world of
gray, with not enough black-and-white. (Sheridan)

7. Don’t treat content marketing as an afterthought. Content
marketing is not a bolt-on to other marketing efforts. Content
marketing is a practice that integrates all of your content-driven
initiative into a consistent and holistic experience for your
target markets. Or it should be. I see it implemented as an
also-ran with webinars, white paper efforts and social media
run separately. This creates a fragmented experience for your
audience. Content marketing is at its best when it’s used to
pull everything together so that an experience in one channel
makes sense or adds value when the audience switches to
another channel. This is one reason why editorial calendars are
so important. (Albee)
They aren’t relentless in their pursuit of producing great content.
In other words, it’s not a culture of the company, it’s a “If we have
time to write a blog post, let’s try to get it done...” (Sheridan)

8. Don’t underestimate the power of various formats.
Written content may be the core of your content strategy, but
don’t forget video. Or podcasts. Or short, embedded slide
presentations. Or whatever other formats your audience
naturally gravitates toward. (Heinz)
Content is an asset. Using it once and then relegating it to
a resource list page on the corporate website is a shame.
Marketers will benefit tremendously by embracing the Rule of
5. This means that for every piece of content developed, there
should be 5 uses, applications or reinvention options for a
content asset. Turn a webinar into a white paper. Then break
the white paper into a series of articles and blog posts and
connect them via hyperlinks. Take one topic and develop 5
different angles to approach it, creating 5 different formats of
content. (Albee)
In Closing
Good content marketing is an on-going
commitment, not a one-time investment. If
you focus on eliminating these “don’ts” from
your work, you can hit a home run with every
campaign. You will find that quality content
builds upon itself, delivering consistent longterm
engagement and creating brand loyalty
within your customer base.