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At 3:33am on March 16, 2010, Franc Dexter said…: Hello Joao Coelho; Good idea you have there, however smoking in Africa in general is not an organized habit, so the idea might not do well like you said. If the Tobacco company in my country had not gone public, it would be on the ground by now, The habit of smoking is slowly dropping off due to campaigns about the effects,besides we have not exactly designated public smoking grounds yet. so i guess the idea of cigarBINS may not be a good one here, a better idea may be to place general mini-dustbins every 10 meters or so. That way the streets will look neater. Thinks of paid-ads on dustbin cans,the public would appreciate that and in return support the companies sponsoring the bins. Its a win-win. corporate companies here like to be associated with community/environmental welfare and I know a few that would buy the idea. Am still doing more research on this though, it looks like a potential earner for any serious investor.

At 6:45am on March 9, 2010, Joao Coelho said…: Hi Damir, thanks for the message. If you know spanish sooner or later you will know portuguese. Main diference are in the accent.

Our idea is based in two factors : first the equipment will protect environment from cigarette buts, leaving the streets cleaned. Second it has an advertising space for extra revenues. It is working good in Europe as almost countries have restricted laws for ban smoking. I don´t think it can work in Africa, as the demand to have clean streets is not an issue, and by the other there is no restrictions to smoke. In USA it could be a good fit, as the restrictions to smoke are huge.

My main business is advertising, but I am always looking to alternative medias. That´s why I have cigarBINS. The electronic model will be an advantage because we can setup a digital signage model, and it will be easier to deploy adverts to all equipments. In Europe, specially in Portugal, digital signage is not very used as in USA.

As you have friends in this business area, perhaps you can help me to find a partner to setup an advertising network with cigarBINS, not only with static models but with electronic model too. Let me know your email and then I can mail you some pictures.

It will be my pleasure to chat with you. My skype id is xtwebware.

Regards
Joao Coelho

At 12:49pm on March 8, 2010, damir perge said…: Hola Joao! Que pasa? Estoy aprendiendo Espanol. Despues, Portuguese.

I like your idea even though I don't like smoking. My Dad smoked all his life. This idea will work big time in Europe, Asia and Africa. :-)

Electronic version will be big for you. It will give you the opportunity to customize messages much better. I know a something about alternative media and alternative advertising and I have a few friends that are experts.

We should chat. My skype is entrepreneurdex.

All the Best,

Damir

At 6:57am on March 8, 2010, Jana Arnold said…: Welcome to entrepreneurdex, Joao. Very interesting concept you have in placing advertising on cigar machines.

At 12:10am on March 3, 2010, damir perge said…: Joao,
Welcome to entrepreneurdex. I checked out your advertising website. Nice idea. It certainly is important to target your audience more efficiently in this economy. I look forward to watching your venture grow.