Name of your website?African Safaris
Your name?
Patrick
Your Location (city, etc)
Nairobi
Please give us a short summary of your website?
East Africa is one of the most popular destinations for safaris in the world! It is famous for its 'Out of Africa' scenic beauty, diverse cultures and abundant wildlife. The coastline and tropical beaches are equally inviting
What inspired you to launch your own website?
To help tourist get to Africa and their destinations in a professional manner
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
The year 2000. It was about travel and tours to Africa
How did you decide on a name for your website?
Hirola is a unique antelope animal found in East Africa and decided to name my website HIROLA
What makes your website different from other, similar offerings?
We offer tailor made services to guests and off best prices and services in East Africa.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
To offer best services and create awareness
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
It is a challenge but we are managing it well.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
To create and design it in a trend with modern technologies
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Ofcourse I will
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Logistical challenges like transportation breakdown, hotel, lodges tax increament.
What has been your biggest challenge?
To get visitors to our site and business turnover
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Online marketing
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
To link it to major search engines
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
For 8 years, I will continue to keeping it and redesign it to match the modern market
How shall we increase the volume of our business to our site?
Aggressive online marketing and offering good prices and services to our esteemed clients. Installing feature such as blog, skype, to increase customer inquries and services
What is your website address?
African Safaris