In this video, Joe Hayashi covers mobile app product strategy and marketing from a business perspective. The video is a lecture given at Stanford University. Although the video is supposed to be about marketing and strategy as regards mobile applications, it has enough goodness to be generally applicable to any business. Many, many lessons in […]
[Continue reading…]Another Way to Withdraw Money From PayPal in Kenya
April 28, 2011 by 16 Comments
Following our recent article on how to withdraw cash from PayPal via Liberty Reserve, we found another much easier way. This is thanks to bonchisdecha. Update: PayMPESA Helps Withdraw Your PayPal Funds to MPESA Babawatoto.com BabaWatoto.com have an innovative service which they call “Tuma Pesa“. This is tailored for Kenyans in the diaspora who want […]
[Continue reading…]How to Withdraw Money From PayPal in Kenya
April 26, 2011 by 56 Comments
Update: PayMPESA Helps Withdraw Your PayPal Funds to MPESA Update 20 May 2011: It has been reported that www.exeauto.com is a scam. Proceed at your own risk. Some time last year PayPal did us a favour and made it possible to maintain a PayPal balance with a “Kenyan” PayPal account. This meant that we could […]
[Continue reading…]“How much can I get away with?”
April 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
There are two ways to look at that question. Seth Godin writes: The usual way is, “How little can I do and not get caught?” Variations include, “Can we do less service? Cut our costs? Put less cereal in the box? Charge more?” In short: “How little can I get away with?” The other way, […]
[Continue reading…]Interesting Kenyan Sites #23
April 17, 2011 by 5 Comments
Ni Kuhama – of course this site is by Airtel as a way to market themselves. The thing that really makes it interesting for me is the quickness of execution in purchasing a whole other domain (nikuhama.com) instead of using something like airtel.com/nikuhama. Kudos. mamamealsonwheels a website that lets you order meals from a number […]
[Continue reading…]The Gift That Keeps On Giving
April 14, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Have you ever given thought to the idea of giving free gifts to your customer? How can this help your business? We aren’t talking about just any other gift, but gifts that are of real value to your customer. For example, what if you give your customers a complimentary iPod? Let’s se how this will […]
[Continue reading…]The “Kenyan App” Market?
April 11, 2011 by 1 Comment
It seems that the Android operating system is getting to be really popular in Kenya. Reportedly, over 60,000 Huwaei IDEOS phones have been sold in Kenya in just a few months. The Huwaei IDEOS is the primary Android-powered device in Kenya. It is rumoured that Safaricom has ordered for 200,000 of these phones. Think about […]
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