1. Elisa Carreras Riera
Rocio Pardo de Donlebun y Ruesta
Alexis Revue
Pablo Alcala Galiano
Tatiane Teixeira Leal
Jean Létendart
CALIMATE CORPORATION
Californian Social Network
2. INTRODUCTION
What is our business ?
What are our objectives ?
How to reach the customers ?
How much does it cost ?
How efficient is it ? 2
Introduction
3. BUSINESS
Calimate organizes trips, parties, events and
activities for International Students in California.
We also provide information about places to visit,
customs and gastronomy.
Business Model
Subscription: $15
Commission:
Accommodation: 10%
Travels, Activities, Party: 20%
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Business (1/4) – Mission & Business Model
4. TARGET CUSTOMER - DEMOGRAPHICS
International Students
111,379 in California
Southern California (USC): 9,840
Los Angeles (UCLA) : 8,424
Berkeley (USB) : 5,632
San Diego (UCSD) : 4,32 1
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Business (2/4) – Target Customer
11. MARKETING PLAN INDEX
A. E-mail Marketing
B. Paid Search
Adwords
Youtube
C. Advertising
Facebook
Twitter
D. Word of Mouth
Twitter
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Marketing Plan Index
12. A – E-MAIL (1/2) – BUILD A LIST
List of Foreign Institutions (obj. 1,000 leads)
Business Schools: (45), (106), etc.
Email, Phone, Contact, Date, Nb., etc.
Email Campaign Solution
http://www.emailbrain.com
Cost: $29.95/m for 10,000 Credits
Frequency: 1/Month, 1/Week
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A – E-Mail Marketing (1/2) – Build a List
13. A – E-MAIL (2/2) - CONTENT
Information/News
General information about California.
Education
Space for University.
Activities
Places, suggestions what to do on weekends.
Gastronomy
Suggestions of places to eat.
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A – E-Mail Marketing (2/2) - Content
15. B1 – ADWORDS (2/3)
“Things to do in San Diego” keyword
Max CPC : $3.37
Clicks per day : 34.95
Impressions per day : 2,285
Cost per day : $82.50
Assuming 2 sign-ups per every 10 clicks 15
B1 – Paid Search – Adwords (2/3)
16. B1 – ADWORDS (3/3)
Using just “things to do in San Diego” (one key word)
1 Sign-ups per every 35 clicks = per day
$1,447 revenue per month - $2,490 cost per month = $1,043
monthly losses
Other proposals include:
things to do in Los Angeles, visiting San Diego, visiting Los Angeles,
sightseeing San Diego, sightseeing Los Angeles, housing San Diego, housing
Los Angeles, cars San Diego, cars Los Angeles, trips San Diego, trips Los
Angeles, etc.
Reach : 1048 Clicks/Month
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B1 – Paid Search – Adwords (3/3)
17. B2 – YOUTUBE (1/2)
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B2 – Paid Search – Youtube (1/2)
CaliMate
by CaliMate - 76242 views
All the services you need as an
International Student in California.
21. C – Display Advertising - Twitter
C3 - TWITTER
Options for twitter advertisement
Promoted accounts
Promoted tweets
Promoted trends
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Why choosing Twitter?
Easy, clear, fast and professional
Establish a relation with the consumer
No need to become a friend
What is Twitter?
Social network based on tweets (short messages)
#Hashtags, trends, favorite and retweet (#RT)
23. D1 - WORD OF MOUTH - TWITTER
Creating buzz on Twitter is easy:
Tweets are organic and become viral quickly
Fast social network
Used by TV and Radio
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D – Word of Mouth – Twitter
28. EQUITY FINANCING
6-month financing
$100,000
$50,000 from owners (6 people)
$50,000 out of 500 startups program
+ $2,000 from sponsors ($500 x 4 companies)
2 in SD – 2 in LA
http://www.diegopartybus.com/
http://www.ultimatelimosandsedans.com
http://platinumluxurylimo.com
http://www.lapartybuses.com
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29. FUNDRAISING – 500 START-UP
Get a mentor and network with the 500 family
Apply with an Angel list account
Fulfill the following requirements:
Awesome cross-functional founders
Fits w/ our core investment themes
Functional product that solves a problem for a specific
target customer
Distribution-focused (aka marketing)
Simple revenue model
Capital-efficient businesses
Companies that live well w/ the 500 culture
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Elisa. This company organizes trips, events and activities for International Students in San Francisco, Los Ángeles, Las Vegas and San Diego. Merchandising. The Log In and Sign In system don´t work.
Elisa. UCLA and UCSD have Events Calendar, but parties are not incluided. UCLA has a blog. Events of the university only.