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Internet’s future in 2020 debated

After that, I believe I’ll use the Internet just as I do now… only more often! First because I’ll have a job that’ll probably require me to do so… and also because I want to live abroad, so to keep in touch with my family and friends, I’ll need the Internet more often to talk to them on Skype or on MSN to reach them.

Other than that, I can’t think of any more… ^^

I don’t know if I have more things to add to this post.

I think Internet is very important once you get a job, and I mean that even when you’re not working, you can still connected to your professional email and take care of things while on vacations when there is an emergency.

I also think companies that are actually based on the Internet are very dependent on the Internet…

Main one: consult online offers

First you can consult the enterprise’s website and check out if they have any job openings. Or, you can go to websites such as Michael Page, or Kap’Stages for interships, where they list a lot of job or internship offers. The great thing about those is you can restrict your choice with the field of work you want, when you wish to begin, etc. It’s very helful, easier and faster than before (I can only assume though since I don’t know how it was before!).

Send resumes in a click

Also, the Internet is more than useful since you have can just send your resume really quickly on the Internet via e-mail! This was never easy before when you could only send your resume via real mail. It’s also faster and less costly (no stamps!). Though it implies that everybody will do the same, so it means more applicants and less ways to be original, except maybe the way your resume looks like… but that’s another story. Also, you get a really fast answer.

Nowadays, I am working in a 65-employee enterprise that commercializes softwares for children. It is located in the 15^th arrondissement of Paris, rue Maubertin.

It receives a subvention from the State in order to hire young interns, which is how I got my job as a salesman. At first, my job description was marketing manager, but I switched.

We sell a range of products under the Youngsoft brand, and we have many projects associated with marketing. Our billboards in the underground are one of the most expensive ones there. Our Public Relations department also have a very important budget, since we make our own commercials with our writing staff, and we do our own version of user textbooks.

Our quaterly results for this year have all been very positive, plus our market is very interesting right now, which is why we gain funds.

We want to sell our products in Tahiti because we think overseas customers there would be interested in buying the as well.

To sum it up, thanks to our positive professional ethics and interesting market niche, we have a bright future.

First: increase awareness

The great thing about the internet is that  the exposure to messages is a lot higher social networks. By promoting for example National World Hunger Day on Social Networks such as Facebook or MySpace through applications or groups, or by creating a webpage only for that showing the disasters of world hunger, or even by doing a wide broadcast buzz campaign on the Net. All this will help people to think about it more and more. When I write that, I think about a commercial that was on TV a couple of years ago: a man saw on TV a child dying from hunger in Africa, and all day long, the same ghost-like child will follow him and then disappear, the punchline being: You may forget, but they don’t. I couldn’t find this commercial on the Internet and I’m really sad I couldn’t because it was really good. It showed how we do not have to think about it all day long, but it doesn’t mean we can forget to give money to them. I think the Internet can have that role, make people remember to give so they don’t forget about it and remain conscious of the fact that yes, people are dying of hunger.

Second: organize forums, meetings

Once people have been warned enough, they might want to go to a dedicated website, such as Action contre la faim, or the PNUD. There, I think that they should not be attacked by “GIVE MONEY” signs, but they could be welcomed through a communication proposing more information, and forums with an ID, etc. People don’t just want to give, they need to know why they’re giving, and who they’re giving too. I think that is were the Internet can help. By creating an on-line community, you can relate to other people that are doing the same thing as you, you can talk to people that are actually in the LEDCs, so you know what’s happening, etc. The importance is to create a live community around a social cause that concerns all of them. This could lead to real-life meetings in Paris, or even a series of Q&A by a specialist on the question of world hunger on a chat space, etc.

Third: donations

Once all of this is done, donations can be gathered through the concern that has been galvanized through the Net. I understand that everyone does not want to be confronted with that every day, and people shouldn’t be if they don’t want to, but if they do,no one should stop them. I think a good way to improve donations is to personnalize the donation. Know who you’re giving to, and how, and what’s happening there, so, a sort of relationship of closeness can be felt, which entices people to give in a more comprehensive way than just giving for giving. This can be done through and only thanks to the Internet, which is a media of transparency and of closeness that any other media does not have. Through this media only can world hunger be eradicated… and yesssss we can do it!

See you next time for a more interesting post than this one… andhopefully a longer one too!

Le Monde’s website has lots of commercial for example, about mostly anything. Or, more effectively, women’s magazines, such as Marie Claire, or any other for that matter, do so as well.

This can bring you money for a website that is visited a lot, which makes the price of publicity increase, making even more money!

I’m mainly thinking about the communication agency Duke Interactive, which is not only on the Net, but also only does communication campaigns on the Net.

The full story can be found HERE… and if you don’t believe one could resist those rabbit eyes… ask Bernd!