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Anthill says AutoCarLog is one of the smartest innovations in Australia

AutoCarLog, the business, or by-product, of the start-up-in-seven-days series, has been nominated in Australian Anthill Magazine’s “smartest 100 companies of 2010″.

Video interview at Australian Anthill magazine

Australian Anthill magazine’s James Tuckerman interviews me over what has happened in the 133 days since AutoCarLog was first blogged.

The full article and video published at Anthill Magazine

Customer Service

A recent bad experience with customer service prompted me to think about why the big companies promote the importance of customer service yet fail to deliver, but smaller ones do well but keep quiet about it.

Startup in 7 Days – Day seven (Launch!)

One week ago I set myself a challenge to build a business in seven days and for less than $500. Today at 1.17pm, AutoCarLog, the product of that challenge, was launched.

AutoCarLog online

Today marks one week after I set myself the challenge of building a business in seven days and for less than $500.

Startup in 7 Days – Day six (SMS gateway)

AutoCarLog was quickly becoming a fully functional system to manage vehicle mileage logbooks online. Now I needed a way for my customers to update their log books using SMS, and for this I needed an SMS gateway.

Startup in 7 Days – Day five (Draw it)

When designing your website you need to plan ahead. How many pages? What is the aim or call to action for each page? What keywords are you going to target for SEO? Will I use Adobe Flash or HTML?

Startup in 7 Days – Day four (Build it)

Even without knowledge of how a website works, you can manage the construction of one. All you need is three key elements: your mood board, an understanding of the data and a user experience map.

Startup in 7 Days – Day three (Marketing)

I had limited time and very limited funds, so how was I going to market AutoCarLog? This question provoked quite a bit of discussion on the forums I was posting in. The answer? I couldn’t. So how did I do it?