And while we are at dissing Standard Chartered, let me state for the record that their new Islamic Banking campaign, Sadiq, is incredibly absurd. While they are in the process of firing their call center team, they should also fire their agency and who ever approved the Sadiq campaign internally. When UBL launched Ameen, it…
Day: June 30, 2007
Why customers say no or How to turn your customers into repeat buyers?
(This is a continuation of my series for itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie, mom and pop tech shops in Pakistan) I am an individual. I appreciate sales calls that focus on my needs as an individual. Sales Call: Is this Jawwad Moa: Yes Scenario 1: Sales Call: I am calling from Standard Chartered Bank to inquire…
Strategy and tactics redux or Winning for itsy, bitsy, teeny, weenie, little Pakistani mom and pop tech shops.
Here are my hard earned qualifications that allow me to speak on strategy. I have never been rich or famous (infamy is separate classification) or successful. Of the last four of my ventures, three were dismal failures. I have been teaching since a crazy afternoon in 1995, when I was asked to substitute for a…
My loverly (not a typo) team or the secret behind the spike in my posting frequency
We shipped the first release of our ultra secret, classified, eyes only, touch this and die, product yesterday. The parallel run has been on for the last 10 days. Yesterday we finished configuring our client’s server, packed the box, delivered it to the client site and turned it on. Monday morning, July 2nd, we will…