IS4WE.com – A Dedicated Caribbean Search Engine launches
January 27, 2009
IS4WE.com “is a dedicated Caribbean search engine in every sense of the word.” Those were the emphatic words of Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah, the Ceo of this new Caribbean web startup. So I said ok, cool, explain that to me and in fact answer a few other questions for me too, I think my readers would love to know more. What follows is a question and answer between Ibrahim and myself. I’m always excited by companies such as these, as it’s these minds and the ideas they spawn that’s will continue to fuel the growth and success of the Global Caribbean Web. (more…)
Making Money Online with Zazzle.com
January 23, 2009
Online entrepreneurs are always looking for additional revenue streams and affiliate programs have always been a popular option but I feel that another source is seriously overlooked - sites like Zazzle.com (similar to CafePress but way better in my opinion).
Selling merchandise works for a number of different online ventures and for people seeking out new revenue streams. Zazzle features official merchandise from musicians such as Britney Spears, The Who and Maroon 5 yet basically nothing from Caribbean musicians. (more…)
Top 10 Facebook Marketing Resources for Caribbean brands
In September 2007 I could count on my right hand, the amount of Jamaican Facebook groups that existed. Fast forward to now, just over a year later and they are now numbering in the high hundreds and Caribbean people at home and abroad have been pouring online in tens of thousands, to make this an exciting development to watch.
It’s great to see that the Group makers and Fan Page launchers are pretty diverse. They range from the party promoters to political organisations, non-profits to beverage, food and event brands and also general website owners. And what are they doing? They are creating groups, launching fan pages, to a much lesser extent launching their own Facebook applications and spending money running Facebook ad campaigns. All have the same goals in mind: (more…)
21 Entrepreneurship Websites Worth Checking Out
January 19, 2009
The number of websites dedicated to helping entrepreneurs is incredible: there are always new sites, to the point that it can be hard to keep track of them. However, I have a few favorites. There are some tools I absolutely rely on for everything from marketing to billing, some blogs I read constantly and a few resource sites that I consult for all sorts of small business issues.
If you are an entrepreneur of any kind, it doesn’t particularly matter where you are in the process. Whether you’re just starting out freelancing in your spare time or you have a thriving business and you’re looking to expand, there are always new resources that can help you along in the entrepreneurial process. These sites are a great starting point: they’re all good resources and you may not have explored all of them. More
Why bother surf to Caribbean sites anyway?
January 16, 2009
I went to make a digital marketing campaign presentation at a Jamaican company the other day and one of the questions I asked the executives in the Q&A discussion was, to name me the top 5 Jamaican/Caribbean sites they go to regularly, meaning at least once a week. They were stunted and silenced. (more…)
Herrd.com in the dotcom deadpool? Caribdaily.com the new frontrunner
January 5, 2009
I first wrote about the Barbados-based company Herrd.com – (the Caribbean News Social Network where you can share, discover, bookmark, and promote Caribbean stuff that’s important to you) when they were weeks old. The fresh-faced Caribbean startup which launched in July 2007 was mapping the global online trend of news via social networking, gunning to be the number one in the region, like the America-based Digg.com is now globally. They were on a sweet growth path until recently. I reported in November last year that I got a suspected malware site warning every time I surfed on over there. Nowadays, that picture you see with this blog post is what I’ve been getting. Have they hit the dotcom dead pool or are they regrouping?
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