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What is SearchMyCampus?
Simply put, SearchMyCampus is an online extension of your
campus noticeboard. Right now, everyone uses the noticeboard to put up
advertisements about events happening around college, about stuff they
want to sell, stuff they want to buy, services they offer, services they
need etc. We have put all of that and more, online on one website.
Why do we think it is useful?
We happen to think this is extremely beneficial to every
student. Listings on the campus noticeboard can only be seen by people
who have physical access to it, i.e. who can visit it to post their ads,
to browse through other ads etc. But what about outstation students, or
students who live away from campus, or students who simply can't be
bothered to walk all the way to the noticeboard? That's where we come
in. We have created this simple yet ingenious solution to all your
problems. Using a website to post and view ads is a LOT cheaper(free)
and less time consuming than advertising through the noticeboard or
newspapers. (Yup, that means a lot more money to spend on more important
things such as that bag you've been dying to buy, or the new John Mayer
cd.) Your advertisements can be a lot longer and more detailed than they
would on the noticeboard, and you don't have to worry about them getting
replaced or ripped off. If words aren't enough to describe the amazing
product you have to sell, you can even include a photo to show it off!
Disclaimer: No innocent trees were killed for the making
of this website
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What can you do with it?
This is your space. Use it to post advertisements about
anything you want to buy, anything you want to sell or an upcoming event
that you want to tell people about!
Looking for accommodation? Looking for a housemate?
Looking for a tutor?*
All you have to do is log on to the website and select
your university on the top, and then select a category from the left to
see all the advertisements in the area near you. Search by keyword and
filter the results by campus area or to find relevant postings in the
area near you.
Want to sell a book? Want to sell your old laptop? Need a
job? Need to start a car pool?*
You can also post advertisements specifying what you need
to buy or sell using the option on the right hand side of the site.
Simply fill in the basic details about your service or product, and
verify your e-mail address to have the advertisement posted on the site
within minutes.
Want to tell people about your upcoming play? Need to
publicize your college fest?*
Publicize events by selecting the 'post an event' option
on the right hand side of the screen. Fill in the details about your
event, add a description, add photographs or images and verify your
e-mail address to have it added to the events calendar on the right.
*This list is only indicative and the actual list of
categories is far more extensive. We could just go on and on and on and
on
Promote your Ad
Advertisements can be made more prominent by paying a
small fee (10 to 50
rupees)
to post them as featured ads. They appear with thumbnails in a reserved
column on the right hand side of the site on the relevant category page.
Latest featured ads are also displayed on the home page of the site.
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Who are we?
All of us at SearchMyCampus are young, passionate about
our work and extremely brilliant *modest smile*. Our mantra as a team
is 'Empower Youth'. We have recently retired from student-hood and would
give anything to return to those good ol' days. We have tried our best
to use our extensive experience about students and their needs when
creating this site. While our first version is almost ready, there are
many more versions still to be created and we need your help for that.
So check out the site and give us feedback about what you think. Or if
you think we just aren't up to the job, join the team and help us do the
things we need to do!
To find out more about the people behind this brilliant
idea read on...
Peyush Bansal
At 24, Peyush is a graduate from McGill University,
Canada. The idea was inspired by his experiences at college looking for
basic things like accomodation and books (funny what living on the
street for a couple of nights does to you). Peyush has had experience in
working with product development at his job in Microsoft in USA. He is
extremely passionate about his work, and has been involved in every part
of this product ranging from conceptualization to development and design
to marketing.
Neha Bansal
An all India 10th rank chartered accountant from the
Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Neha,26 keeps a tight control
on our finances and keeps us from going bankrupt. She is a B (Com.)
graduate from the University of Delhi and has had extensive experience
working with accounts and finance at InMacs, India. Neha has also been
involved in the conceptualization and definition of this product from
the very beginning, and plays an important role in managing the team
along with handling the finances.
Vidha Jain
Vidha, 21 is a recent graduate from the University of
Manchester, UK and a new recruit to the Enable India team. She has been
helping out with bringing this website and its benefits to the attention
of students in India. We give her all the work that no one else wants to
do (such as writing this) and we keep her on coz she isn't too bad at
it.
Vidhi Agrawal
An undergraduate in Mass Communication from Mumbai University, India, Vidhi, 21, heads Sales and Marketing at SearchMyCampus. Before joining SearchMyCampus, Vidhi worked as the Brand Manager for an India based mapping company.
Sumit Tayal
An expert in search engine optimization, search engine marketing and other forms of online promotion, Sumit heads the web promotion division of SearchMyCampus. Before joining SearchMyCampus, Sumit worked as an SEO lead at Ishir Infotech, Noida.
Not to sound like an Oscar winning speech or anything, but the SearchMyCampus team is also deeply indebted to Sourabh Das, Parit Gupta, Rahul Ganju and all the other students and ex-students who have played the very vital role of acting as critics and advisors to the team.
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Join Us
Check out the work we've done already, and the work that
is still in the pipeline and tell us what you think. Take part in our
online discussions to tell us what you want from this site, and what
isn't working for you. Visit our blogs and our discussion forums to air
your views. Help us to create a site that really meets your needs!
Think you can help us take this site to the next level?
Join our team and contribute to making SearchMyCampus
even better. You can join us both full time or part time
depending on your convenience.
Some areas we need help with are:
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Development
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Designing
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Marketing
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Sales
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Customer
Satisfaction/Support
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Information
Technology
Mail
us now at
searchmycampus@gmail.com
for further information or to sign up!
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