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WebExam Experiencing The Network Effect |
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Saturday, 08 March 2008 |
A large percentage of visitors to The Rep Report recognize this site's relationship with www.WebExam.us and are aware that both sites are owned by Gulf Thunder Corporation and both edited by Terry Platt, President of Gulf Thunder Corporation.
If you will, take a few minutes to read our boasting about a small but significant accomplishment.
WebExam reached a small but significant milestone yesterday, March 7,
2008. The 100th student enrollment for online testing or certification.
It appears that WebExam is experiencing The Network Effect - a
characteristic that causes a service to have a value to a potential
customer which depends on the number of other customers who are
users of the service. One of the results of the network effect is that
the use of a service by one individual indirectly benefits others who
use the service. Wikipedia has a nice discussion of The Network Effect
here.
The first testing and certification class on WebExam has become the
most popular exam,  Property Preservation Certification. It appears
that as more students test for certification and present the results to
potential employers, the more the potential employers direct additional
applicants to WebExam.
We are now seeing a few employers requesting a peek "behind the scenes"
and offering their recommendations and requests. Their participation
is welcome and appreciated.
I would like to give credit for reaching this milestone to the students
that have taken the initiative to test for certification and put forth
an effort to market their services to an industry that has yet to agree
on standards for certification. It appears that the people in the
field, the preservation contractors, are seeing benefits from their own
promotion of testing and certification and their efforts towards
marketing their newly measured skills.
I look forward to your continued involvement in the Success of WebExam
and the adoption of certification standards for the industry.
Terry Platt
President, Gulf Thunder Corporation
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