Emad Ibrahim

Startup: Next Steps

Yonkly has been out for a couple of months now and is doing very well.  We have 1000+ networks already created in every category imaginable from law to physical training to photography to religion – even an adult network. We have subscription plans and currently offering a discounted annual subscription* to celebrate the new year.  [...]

Marketing Your Services Using Affiliate Programs

I just launched a hosted microblogging platform (aka twitter clone) at www.yonklyapp.com and right now I am looking into different ways to market it. One approach to my marketing strategy is to use an affiliate program.  We have all seen affiliate programs for everything from selling t-shirts to selling domains.  The question I struggled with [...]

My Elevator Pitch

I found this cool site that has a free wizard which helps you build your elevator (15 second) pitch. Here are some of my pitches: Consultant My name is Emad Ibrahim and I am a consultant specializing in .net development. I architect, design and create software. I can do it faster and better than the [...]

Downsizing My Budget

It is unbelievable how much shit I have been subscribed to and paying for. Even worse, how much of it, I don’t really need. photo credit: Keith Bacongco I went through all my accounts and canceled all the non-essential stuff. Cable TV is gone – interestingly enough my media center croaked recently, it must have [...]

Laser-Sharp Focus

Now that I have no income and very soon I will start feeling the heat, I need to develop a laser-sharp focus super-power. photo credit: Stephen Jefferson Here are the steps I am taking to reduce distractions and stay focused and productive: I unsubscribed from 95% of the feeds – my Google reader is lean [...]