Are you interested in starting a home business ? I started my home business when I was 18 years old while I was studying in my American University where I have been always busy with my homework , projects and reports. Nothing is impossible .. you can do it wether you're a student , a full job employee or even if you don't have anything to do other than starting a new business 😅

1. First things first .. choose the industry that you feel you will enjoy working in and search for an opportunity in that industry. After you decide on the business idea, grab a small business plan template and start thinking about your business while filling it out. Don't freak out because it will take days to figure out what you want to do and fill out this business plan.
2. After having plan that specify everything including your target market, your budget , your promoting techniques etc. , write all the tasks that you need to do before you start your business. For example, if you need to purchase an equipment, write this down and get it done.
3. Find motivation and support which means write down the reason why you want to start this business. Find the right people in your family that you can share your thoughts with and they can support you.
4. Make things professional and never neglect good customer service support such as having a good email address and prepare templates to contact customers. Have a business phone number. Work on a proper packaging because all those small things matter.
5. Share your story. I find that customers get attached to people behind any small business when they share their stories. Don't make them feel that you can't be reached and don't talk to them as robot. Build relationships that will help grow your business.

I know those steps are not a clear and simple actionable steps that you can do. Those are things that nobody told me before I started my business. I learned them and I swear by them because before four years I was in this spot where I wanted to start my own business so badly. I'm proud now that I own one of the leading Kuwaiti stationery and gifts corporations.

Thank you for reading.
See you soon 💕

So I was thinking how to make my space better to be more productive when it comes to working from home. I worked on my home business space for a year , trying to find the best things that will work for me and here what I have for you today.

Working from home can be really stressful and eventually you will mess up your space. Before I share with you some tips that I personally follow, I want to highlight the importance of separating your business space from your "relaxing" area which can be your bedroom , your coach , next to your TV etc.

If you don't have the ability to dedicate a room for your business, then just have a corner where you can mentally feel that this is your productive area. For me I spend most of my day in my office room which is not in the same floor where is my bedroom. 😉

1. Organized
Try to find out the best way where you can be organized in everything even in your computer files. That will help increase your productivity.

2. Keep it simple
You want your space to be breathable and not very complicated. Don't put a lot of things in this space. Keep the things that you really want.

3. Weekends check
Check your space at the end of the week and throw all the unnecessary papers and stuff to minimize the load

4. Motivation
Having a source of motivation like huge posters with positive qoutes will help you stay motivated.

5. Its yours
Last but not least, don't try to copy other's offices. If you don't need a big desk then don't go and buy one. Put your needs in front your eyes and make your business space to be yours. I personally need a smaller desk but a huge table for my three huge printers and machines. So it's all up to you.

Finally, if you are taking your home business seriously then consider investing on your business space on the long run once you have the chance to do that. It will reflect on your performance. See you in my next post 🙈💕

Well, I consider myself as one of the passionate small to medium business owners. So, let me tell you why it's great to be a small business owner and why I chose to start small.

1. Freedom
First things first. When you start small you have the freedom to chose how you want to work and operate your business.
 2. Customer experience 
Because you are small, you are able to build relationships with your current customers and let me tell you .. now I'm growing and the size of my customers that repeats their purchases are bigger but i still remember the first ones before three years because i had that ability to build relationships with the number of customers that i had that time.
3. No limits
You're not limited with certain visions or specific goals that you need to reach if you are a big company. When you are a big company, you are limited with your dreams because you have to save the current position that you have. As you are a small business, you can dream, try and make it happen. If you want to innovate, design, build relationships, etc. this the stage were you are free to explore and try.
4. Laws and taxes
Well, i know some countries now that offer licenses for home based businesses and my country is one of them and don't get me wrong, this is a very good step for every one in order to regulate those activities. What i mean is, if you're starting small and not sure whether you want to continue or not, you may explore that world as a small business without any taxes and employment laws because simply you are a small business.
5. Building knowledge and experience
I admit that in the four years that i have been working for my own business gave me a lot that i would never know if i just went for a regular job. When you start small you gain an incredible experience and knowledge of "how to grow" that will push you to be the best

So to end this post, if you are a small business or thinking to be one of them. Enjoy because you are one of a kind 👌🏻

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Ramadan is running and I was planning to post more but as you can see we all get busy during this month. Today I'm gonna put my thoughts shortly about three different ads of Ramadan 2017. Note that this is going to be my thoughts from marketing perspective. This is not an evaluation what so ever because If I would evaluate the ads I have to link it to their goals fro their campaigns. To make it short I'm gonna tell you some basic things that I noticed as a marketer while watching those Ads.

1. Zain


I believe that Zain is one of the leading companies when it comes to corporate social responsibilities campaigns. They choose a very sensitive yet a humanitarian and powerful message. To be honest, it means to me personally and I just cry every time I watch the begging of the Ad and then start smiling since it is positive. The content itself ( message and song lyrics ) is well planned and it feels that they put an effort to what the want to deliver. Since the Ad start with a story, it catches the audience's attention. Now moving to the target market for this Ad. I would say it's a peaceful message for everybody out there but I'm not sure what they thought about their target market as a specific thing that will make them measure their success later. Not forget to mention that they always stick to presenting their ( colors , symbols and commercial music or melody at the end ) which always a plus. To be honest this what makes it a Zain's ad because all of this mixture make you notice that this Zain's Ad.


2. DirectAid


I was searching for their previous ads and I think this is a very good step for them. I saw that they reached more than 1 million views which made me happy. Now the Ad I would say in the social side but it also directly present the company which spread the brand's awareness. I think this is a very good Ad in general and I hope that they keep on track. I strongly believe that this Ad will show great results in their donation's statistics.


3. NBK 

After I wrote the last post, I was thinking about the best way to create a corporate social responsibility campaign and for that I started reading some studies and fact about how people perceive those campaigns and I came across this survey fact sheet by Aflac. 

So basically, one of the main findings of this study is that millennials would rather support brands with strong corporate social responsibility initiatives than brands that are not. So if we want to follow this with an act, I think if your target market is Generation Y (millennials) then try to attract them by what they are interested in. That does not mean that any CSR campaign will work. You have to choose initiatives that they are concern about. Who are Millennials ?

I feel like I haven't been blogging for ages! I was working on different projects lately so I totally run out of time every time I put "blog post" in my schedule. Ramadan came and I also missed the pleasure to greet you guys (Ramadan Kareem).

So I will start putting my thoughts here in the blog in regarding of Ramadan ads. To be honest, I didn't have time to watch al of them but I saw quit few since most of them are shown on my monetized Youtube videos 🙈

Let's start with STC ad for Ramadan 2017. It's defiantly meant to be a corporate social responsibility campaign. I think it went for a good reason which is always a good thing for companies. I highly respect that they invested in a campaign that emphasize their brand image also. You can see that in the colors of objects that have been used in the ad. The color theme in the Ad makes it easy for people to recognize the brand identity. I feel this is the most thing that attracted me to the ad but as a Marketer of course because I always say if you want to make something good to your company, please invest on an corporate social responsibility campaign that emphasize your brand or don't do it at all.

Watch the Ad :




To be honest, I have been hearing some opinions about the song. Some people thought that repeating the same word over and over again was boring. It might be, but at the end of the day I think the words meant a lot. So that means they may improve on that side in their future ads.

That was my honest thoughts about that ad. I just wrote the things that I thought about when I saw it as a marketer and I didn't went deep with it. Hope you enjoyed =)

See you in my next post.

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When you launch a new product, you probably want the maxim time for your product to be alive. However, your product isn't going to sell forever! If you don't already know, products have a life cycle that we need to plan for in advance.