notharvard.com is in the "educommerce" business to business to consumer
area. Check out
http://www.notharvard.com for details.
From their website:
notHarvard.com utilizes a powerful new sales and marketing weapon - we're
calling it eduCommerce. And it is changing the way clients look at
marketing to customers online. EduCommerce is the use of free online
education to create closer client relationships, build stronger brands and
increase revenues.
How? Understanding that knowledge transference is at the basis of all
commerce,
notHarvard.com has uniquely positioned itself as the category
leader in the emerging eduCommerce market (eLearning meets eCRM.)
Specifically,
notHarvard.com creates and designs turnkey, client-based,
online learning centers that feature free classes taught by experts.
The more customers learn, the better it gets. Compelling educational
content gives your customers the desire to visit often and stay on site
longer. You have the chance to build your brand and create a more intimate
relationship with your customers, while marketing good and services in a
permission-based environment. Sellers need to teach; buyers need to learn.
As Michael Moe, Director of Global Growth Research for Merrill Lynch, said
recently, eduCommerce is a "win for their (
notHarvard.com's) partners, and
it's a win for the partner's customers."
We already have results. In January of this year,
notHarvard.com launched
Metrowerks' (a subsidiary of Motorola) online university,
CodeWarriorU.com. To date, the site has over 25,000 registrants. In
addition to teaching CodeWarriorU students how to program in C++ and gain
other valuable skills, the university site is driving revenue by giving
users a context in which they can both learn about the product and make
purchases when appropriate.