Comments for KhalidsLife.com http://khalidslife.com the entrepreneurial persuits of Khalid Al-Khames Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:18:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 Comment on Upon My Return by vinnie http://khalidslife.com/projects/upon-my-return/#comment-1159 vinnie Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:08:26 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/projects/upon-my-return/#comment-1159 sounds interesting keep us posted! sounds interesting keep us posted!

]]> Comment on Upon My Return by David Lithman http://khalidslife.com/projects/upon-my-return/#comment-1155 David Lithman Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:06:37 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/projects/upon-my-return/#comment-1155 Have fun in Spain and good luck on your to do list when you return! Have fun in Spain and good luck on your to do list when you return!

]]> Comment on Marketing a New Site by Tal Gur http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1151 Tal Gur Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:03:33 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1151 Collect email addresses of bars & Offer them free stuff to buil their trust. Did it with all my sites and it worked each time. Keep the good work Collect email addresses of bars & Offer them free stuff to buil their trust.
Did it with all my sites and it worked each time.
Keep the good work

]]> Comment on Passport and Tickets Please by Nathan http://khalidslife.com/my-life/passport-and-tickets-please/#comment-1145 Nathan Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:12:03 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/my-life/passport-and-tickets-please/#comment-1145 Yeah Khalid, have an awesome holiday. Will definately be reading that post next week! Yeah Khalid, have an awesome holiday. Will definately be reading that post next week!

]]> Comment on Passport and Tickets Please by vinnie http://khalidslife.com/my-life/passport-and-tickets-please/#comment-1142 vinnie Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:08:15 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/my-life/passport-and-tickets-please/#comment-1142 have a great holiday! have a great holiday!

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]]> Comment on Marketing a New Site by Khalid http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1138 Khalid Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:11:38 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1138 Hi guys, thanks for the comments, really helpful and nice to hear from you both again. I realise this project will take some time, the catch 22 does apply but I have a few friends in the industry that I can use to post ads and will continue to do so even if they don't get any replies because they are helping me and I am cutting their expenditure. Keep the comments coming folks, Khalid. Hi guys, thanks for the comments, really helpful and nice to hear from you both again.

I realise this project will take some time, the catch 22 does apply but I have a few friends in the industry that I can use to post ads and will continue to do so even if they don’t get any replies because they are helping me and I am cutting their expenditure.

Keep the comments coming folks,

Khalid.

]]> Comment on Marketing a New Site by Nathan http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1137 Nathan Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:20:36 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1137 Hey Khalid. Great idea. I would suggest maybe advertising on your competitors sites (Gumtree, BarZone) about another site that allows visitors to post for free etc - If you think of it from a user's perspective, if they go to Gumtree or BarZone or anywhere and they're scrolling through all the vacancies and adverts, but they don't find anything else - where are they going to look?? Would it be a good idea to pay a one-off price during a busy employment time (lots of students will be looking for summer jobs now, or lots of people will be looking for jobs in September, when the students have left vacancies to go back to study), and try and reach out that way? And also as Marc said, it may take several years. It might be an idea to start posting flyers or handing business cards to areas of your city. Maybe handing directly to pubs and bars instead of just posting. At the end of the day, if you can get 1 user from your scheme, then that is one more than when you started, and these things have a snowball effect and just keep getting bigger! :) Good luck anyway. Hey Khalid. Great idea. I would suggest maybe advertising on your competitors sites (Gumtree, BarZone) about another site that allows visitors to post for free etc - If you think of it from a user’s perspective, if they go to Gumtree or BarZone or anywhere and they’re scrolling through all the vacancies and adverts, but they don’t find anything else - where are they going to look?? Would it be a good idea to pay a one-off price during a busy employment time (lots of students will be looking for summer jobs now, or lots of people will be looking for jobs in September, when the students have left vacancies to go back to study), and try and reach out that way?

And also as Marc said, it may take several years. It might be an idea to start posting flyers or handing business cards to areas of your city. Maybe handing directly to pubs and bars instead of just posting. At the end of the day, if you can get 1 user from your scheme, then that is one more than when you started, and these things have a snowball effect and just keep getting bigger! :) Good luck anyway.

]]> Comment on Marketing a New Site by Marc http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1136 Marc Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:53:11 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/projects/marketing-a-new-site/#comment-1136 Hi Khalid, Sorry for not commenting for so long. I just haven't had much time to devote to blog reading lately. I think BarVacancy is a good idea. Although, I should warn you that this is very tough nut to crack. You will realize this once you begin promoting it. The main problem will be sort of a catch 22. It's hard to gain readers when there are no ads. It's hard gain ads when there are no readers. Now I don't want to discourage you at all, but if you want a site like this to become successful then it may take a few years. I know this because I've had several years of experience with sites that require users to post ads. I've seen plenty of my competitors come and go after long struggles and a site like this is for the long term. Otherwise the alternative is pump it up with a short term burst of labor and intensive marketing then flip it. I think you have a good start by focusing on a particular niche in the jobs market. I've found this to be the best approach. If there is some way to make your listings stand out from competitors, I would do that as well. You may have to resort to posting your own ads on competing sites like craigslist for longer than you would like. I would just encourage you to offer more to your users as far as the size of ads and ease of use and other things like that. Try to make the site unique and stand out in a good way. I realize that's all boilerplate advice and probably not worth much so I'll bring it to an end. Just know that it takes an incredible amount of labor to make a site like this work. Hi Khalid,

Sorry for not commenting for so long. I just haven’t had much time to devote to blog reading lately. I think BarVacancy is a good idea. Although, I should warn you that this is very tough nut to crack. You will realize this once you begin promoting it. The main problem will be sort of a catch 22. It’s hard to gain readers when there are no ads. It’s hard gain ads when there are no readers. Now I don’t want to discourage you at all, but if you want a site like this to become successful then it may take a few years. I know this because I’ve had several years of experience with sites that require users to post ads. I’ve seen plenty of my competitors come and go after long struggles and a site like this is for the long term. Otherwise the alternative is pump it up with a short term burst of labor and intensive marketing then flip it.

I think you have a good start by focusing on a particular niche in the jobs market. I’ve found this to be the best approach. If there is some way to make your listings stand out from competitors, I would do that as well. You may have to resort to posting your own ads on competing sites like craigslist for longer than you would like. I would just encourage you to offer more to your users as far as the size of ads and ease of use and other things like that. Try to make the site unique and stand out in a good way. I realize that’s all boilerplate advice and probably not worth much so I’ll bring it to an end. Just know that it takes an incredible amount of labor to make a site like this work.

]]> Comment on May 2008 Earnings by vinnie http://khalidslife.com/projects/may-2008-earnings/#comment-1125 vinnie Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:20:09 +0000 http://khalidslife.com/projects/may-2008-earnings/#comment-1125 well done keep us posted your a inspiration! well done keep us posted your a inspiration!

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