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South Hills Media

We are a marketing company.

Philippines
Market: Entertainment
Stage of the project: Operating business

Date of last change: 05.05.2021
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Idea

My company is focused on providing marketing services that published authors need. It is estimated that around 1 Million books are being published each year. Around 45 - 65% of published books would need Marketing Services. They spend an average of $2,000 in marketing. If we receive the extra funding needed and can operate on a larger scale, we plan on getting at least 5-15% of the market. If we will base the spending on the $2,000 average, we are looking at a revenue of $15,000,000 to $50,000,000

Current Status

With a total of 6 agents, we continue to acquire
more and more customers every day. In our 6
months of operation, we had total revenue of
$60,890. The profit margin of this business is
fairly high even though we are offering cheaper
services than mainstream companies.

Market

Based on a study conducted by Unesco, more
than 1 Million books are being published each
year. It is estimated that around 45 to 55% of
those books require Marketing to reach the
right audience. That would be around 550,000.
On average, they spend around $2,000 in
marketing their books every 6 months. That
converts to an estimated total global revenue of
$1,100,000,000

Problem or Opportunity

The Marketing and Publishing sector is
dominated by only a few companies
I am pretty sure that you’ve heard about these
companies before. AuthorHouse, Xlibris, iUniverse,
Balboa Press and many others are under the
umbrella of AuthorSolutions. This only means that
they control how the market flows. They dictate the
rates that the customers would pay. Sadly, most
customers are forced to pay absurd amounts since
they don’t have any cheaper alternatives

Solution (product or service)

A new company that offers the same services
with top-quality at a cheaper rate. We are
confident that we will excel in this market
because if you compare our prices, it's cheaper
by 10 to 55%. We also have strong connections
in the Film Industry providing new opportunities
for our clients to turn their books into movies.

Competitors

https://www.authorsolutions.com/

Advantages or differentiators

We have partnered with more than 500 different production companies in the film industry giving our authors a chance to turn their books into a movie. Also, we are cheaper by 10 to 55% compared to other companies.

Finance

We mainly focus on Service and Subscription (For the Podcast)

Business model

B2B, B2C

Money will be spent on

Purchasing additional equipment
Hiring additional sales agent
Market Research
Customer Acquisition

Offer for investor

15 to 35% of our company (depending on the amount invested)

Team or Management

Risks

Conflicts and Problems that the Business may face
In reality, there are a lot of problems that may arise. We may be a target of false
advertising fr om our competitors by writing bad blogs. There might be instances
wh ere agents would provide information that is not factual. We already kept that in
mind and have implemented some plans to lessen, if not totally eliminate, those
problems. By having these plans in place, it increases our confidence to take over
the market.
Quality Assurance Check – I provide quality assurance checks for transactions
done by my agents. This is done through thorough review of call recordings, email
transcript review, and feedback consideration.
Post-Purchase Relations – We try to reach out to our previous clients after we
provided them with the services that they’ve purchased. This is to increase the trust
that our clients have in us. That trust not only benefits our company by having
repeat customers but can also bring us potential clients (friends, family, and
colleagues via recommendations)
Constant Product Research – We constantly strive to provide our clients with the
services that would fit their needs. This results in us researching new and cheaper
services to offer to our clients.

Incubation/Acceleration programs accomplishment

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Won the competition and other awards

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Advantages or differentiators
Finance
Invested in previous rounds, $
Business model
Money will be spent on
Offer for investor
Team or Management
Mentors & Advisors
Lead investor
Risks
Incubation/Acceleration programs accomplishment
Won the competition and other awards
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