WEEKLY REPORT

Li Pin

March 22-28,2003

 

WEEKLY GOALS

1. Finfish all the total 20 translation works.

2. Monitor google, 3f68 and xiti sales information and 3f68 support.

3. Continue the SPs checking and find the solution.

 

I MARKETING

MARKET NEWS

  1. China Government Reaffirms PHS Not Considered Mobile Phone Service

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China's telecommunications regulator has reaffirmed that the limited-mobility phone service of China Telecom Group and China Netcom Group is considered a fixed-line phone service and not a true mobile phone service.

           http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030327/2238001424_1.html

  1. China Unicom announces start their CDMA 1X service from March 28, 2003 in Beijing. The news said CDMA 1X is better than GPRS, and China Unicom did not find the Chinese SPs but direct signed a agreement with SK telecom to be its SP. And this time China Unicom named their CDMA 1X service as “U-MAX”. and now they pride 5 new service: Internet content, support email to any email box and support 5000 Chinese language characters, download software, palm broadband, and search service.

http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/t/2003-03-28/1034174311.shtml

http://tech.sina.com.cn/it/t/2003-03-28/0932174270.shtml

  1. NetEase.com Announces Change in Board Seat

 BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2003--NetEase.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTES - News), a leading Internet technology provider in China, today announced that one of its directors, John Lau, has resigned from the Board of Directors and that the Board has elected Joseph Tong to fill the vacancy. Mr. Tong was also appointed to NetEase's Audit Committee.

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030326/265258_1.html

  1. China Mobile Unlikely To Choose TD-SCDMA For 3G Standard


      
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030325/2314001433_1.html

  1. Beijing mobile phone users will reach 10 million in this month, and now there is 66.5% Beijing people have mobile phones, it is NO1 in China and Shanghai is NO 2, there are 56.6% Shanghai people have mobile phones.
  2. Qualcom and Samsung made the first two model Mobile phones. it means the Mobile phone support GSM and also CDMA. China Unicom thinks it is a good news for them, China Mobile testing it now, and they think soon they can offer this kind of mobile Phone to their CDMA subscribers, because for those subscibers they need not change SIM card any more, they can just use the GSM SIM card and enjoy the CDMA service.
  3. China Stops Fixed-Line Cos' CDMA-Based "Little Smart" Service

HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- China's fixed-line giants will be prohibited from offering a limited-range, wireless telecom service based on a low-cost version of the code division multiple access standard, the telecom regulator said Monday
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030324/0553000619_1.html

8.      China's Mobile Phone User Growth Slows To 3.96 Million In Feb

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Growth in the number of China's mobile phone users slowed in February, official statistics issued Friday show, with the country recording an increase of 3.96 million in the month compared to 5.82 million in January
http://biz.yahoo.com/djus/030321/0608000157_1.html

 

BANNER REPORT

Week 12 banner report URL:

http://www.geocities.com/pinanxa/training/banners/banner12.html

 

II SALES

Google(March 22-28)

Campaign 1 - 112 clicks /5304 impr = 2.1%;  (cost = USD 5.60)
Campaign 2 - 372 clicks/ 20771 impr = 1.7%;  (cost = USD 18.60)
Campaign 3 - 3 click  / 962 impr = 0.3%;  (cost = USD 0.15)
Campaign 4 - 4 click  / 671 impr = 0.5%;  (cost = USD 0.20)
Campaign 5 - 0 click  / 16 impr = 0%;  (cost = USD 0)

 

888tests.com (March 22-28)

Simplified:
IQ TESTS = 4
IQ TESTS finish = 3
IQ TESTs bought 6 YUAN= 0 (start march 12)
IQ TESTs with report bought 15 YUAN = 0(start march 12)
REPORTS IQ TESTs bought 12 YUAN = 0 (start march 12)
Total Sales: 0
Total Revenue: 0 YUAN


Traditional:
IQ TESTS = 10
IQ TESTS finish = 9
IQ TESTs bought 1,99 usd = 1 (start march 3)
IQ TESTs with report bought 3,99 usd=6  (start march 12)
REPORTS IQ TESTs bought 2,99 usd = 0 (start march 12)
Total Sales: 7
Total Revenue: 25.93 USD

XITI

Simplified: 593 visitors

Traditional: 2061 visitors

 

III PRODUCT

Translation

1.      This week I finished the left 8 translations works of total 20, so now I already finished all of that, and I already send them to Suzanne.

2.      Other translation that Suzanne need.

General Knowledge Test

This week I tried the general knowledge test, before I attend the test, I am so exciting because I am really confidence I know many things, but after the test, I am a little disappointed. Here are my comments.

1.      I did a bad test, the mainly reason is I should choose 14 parts I don’t want to test, but I thought it is choosing 14 parts that I am good in, so I choose wrong.

2.      This test content is really not fit Chinese.

3.      For now, we need input the answer, but even I know the answer, for example a artist, but I don’t know how to write his English name. And in the future, even translate into Chinese, it is also a problem how to check the answer is right or not.

4.      For most the content is related Europe, not many about China, so that will give most Chinese a problem, we also have been learning world history and other things, but not that deep.

5.      I think even some question, the answer is wrong, there are two questions related China, but I am sure the answer is wrong.

6.      For most Chinese, we think general knowledge means the knowledge we should know, and it is useful for us, but I find some questions some like IQ question, not useful for us. Example, how oils, silo, soil related to each other? How come this question is a general question?

7.      So if we need make a general knowledge for Chinese market, we need more change.

Badu

This week I have been send baidu email three times, and they replied me.
I register in baidu for our company, since if you want to have their service you have to register first before you pay.

I register ID: yiling
                     password: madrigal

And I also register 7 keywords in Chinese. For the information from BAIDU, now the NO 1 keyword related IQ is IQ test(in chinese).
  
But for now the problem is payment, because they told me since we are a company that no office in China, so have to pay through the international bank.
  
For US dollars, they only have one way to pay.
Their payment solution is we pay to a INTERMEDIARY BANK, then the INTERMEDIABANK send the money to their account.
Here is the information they gave me:

INTERMEDIARY BANK NAME:      WACHOVIA BANK:

                                                             NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                                             NEW YORK BRANCH

&SWIFT CODE:                   PNBP US3N NYC

ACCOUNT WITH BANK NAME:      CHINA MERCHANTS BANK

                                                              BEIJING BRANCH

& SWIFT CODE?                   CMBC CNBS 201

Accept company:  Baidu.com (beijing) Co. Ltd
Bank acct.              6180196910001

 
Since suznne asks if we have other ways like postal. But the answer form Baidu is this the only way, because postal is not available for abroad.

Checking SPs

This week I continue checking the SPs list, since I still have other tasks to do, so I can’t only do this, and also because the list only with the company name, no their website link, so I need seach their link, that is why this work is not that fast. Until now I already finish around 200, just some we can send email to ask.

For the SPs, there are three kinds, one is like SINA, SOHU, and they are big player. One is a company with the SMS number for their product, like Computer Company and some TV companies. And another is middle level player that provide SMS service, I think this is what we are looking for.

So Sir, please remember to check the letter. So I can do it in Chinese after your checking.

Other

1.      Check the support emails, and this week I send over 10 emails (include reply the oldest emails)

2.      Discuss with Suzanne about change the picture of Chinese version.

3.      Check the page of Suzanne finished, and give her my comments and with some corrected words.

4.      Find some problem in the payment of Chinese version, because some translation I never check and even some haven’t translate, so I will discuss it with Suzanne next week as soon as we can.

OTHER THINGS

1.      Prepare the sales report of this week.

2.      Attend weekly support meeting.

3.      Attend weekly marketing meeting.

 

 

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