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Winnie Makena

How digital marketing can boost your sales

Caren spoke to Enterprise about some of the digital marketing solutions that can boost sales for firms. She heads HC Media Group’s Africa unit.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

How digital marketing can boost your sales

Mortgage tips for first-time home-buyers

Mortgage tips for first-time home-buyers

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Mortgage: Do’s and don'ts for first-time home buyers

Mortgage: Do’s and don'ts for first-time home buyers

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Who says you can’t retire at 40? How one couple did it

Who says you can’t retire at 40? How one couple did it

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

These simple strategies will kick-start your business, fast

Marketing consultant shares tips for turning around your small business without breaking the bank.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

These simple strategies will kick-start your business, fast

Risk takers cashing in on street food

NSK is part of the Simba hospitality portfolio that joins a series of other hotels including The Villa Rosa Kempinski (Nairobi).

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Risk takers cashing in on street food

Options when a business goes bust

The last five years have seen the exit of famous brands such as Deacons and Nakumatt.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Options when a business goes bust

Wabosha Maxine: How graduate turned free make up lessons into money-making video blog

What she started as fun and free make-up video blog for her friends and classmates after she cleared campus has turned into a well-paying career.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Wabosha Maxine: How graduate turned free make up lessons into money-making video blog

Three productivity hacks that don't work

Here are 3 productivity hacks that won't work

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Three productivity hacks that don't work

Ransomware: The new threat to Kenyan businesses

The criminals behind these schemes are more sophisticated than a one-man operation.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Ransomware: The new threat to Kenyan businesses

Financial health checklist for your business

The following is a checklist you can use to evaluate your financial health as a small-business owner.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Financial health checklist for your business

How to pick a stock: Best practices from industry experts

Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. Few people know exactly where the money is in stocks.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

How to pick a stock: Best practices from industry experts

Great business ideas to cast away corona blues

The business landscape has changed with the arrival of Covid-19. Here is where to put your money.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Great business ideas to cast away corona blues

What Africa's 2021 Billionaires have in common

The 18 billionaires from Africa in 2021 are worth $73.8 billion, an average of $4.1 billion each. Out of the 18, South Africa and Egypt have five each

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

What Africa's 2021 Billionaires have in common

A CFO on the biggest money mistakes that tank businesses

How well you lead determines how successful your business will become. Without a business strategy or plan, you get bogged down in day-to-day problems

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

A CFO on the biggest money mistakes that tank businesses

The 'Secret Weapon' for business success

The number of super-rich individuals in Kenya is one of the fastest-growing in the world. They have created remarkable successful businesses.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

The 'Secret Weapon' for business success

How to come up with innovative business ideas

Skip the formal business plan and start with a simple elevator pitch to jot down the basic components of your idea.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

How to come up with innovative business ideas

How they bounced back from the brink of collapse

Companies that teetered on the edge of disaster and somehow recovered.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

How they bounced back from the brink of collapse

Common legal issues that sink Kenyan enterprises

Another way to avoid litigation is by terminating a contract if you know the business cannot deliver on its part.

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Common legal issues that sink Kenyan enterprises

Horizontal diversification in action

Product diversification is a strategy employed by a company, at a business or corporate level, to increase profitability and achieve higher sales...

By Winnie Makena 2 years ago

Horizontal diversification in action

Why your brand needs to be instagram-ready

With the significant rise of micro-influencers, having visually appealing packaging has been as important as having a good product, if not more.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How to build a house in under six weeks

Prefabricated panels cut construction time and cost but the technology is yet to gain widespread use locally due to low market awareness.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How to build a house in under six weeks

How to get a head hunter to notice you

Finding a job is a job.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How to get a head hunter to notice you

7 tax-saving tips for small businesses

It is tax season and businesses are starting to file all 2020 income tax and information returns.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

7 tax-saving tips for small businesses

Smartest money moves you can make in a financial crisis

The country is under lockdown yet again, bringing with it some economic downturns.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

Smartest money moves you can make in a financial crisis

How your dominant intelligence dictates the right career for you

Howard Gardner’s Eight Intelligences each represent different ways of how a person best processes information

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How your dominant intelligence dictates the right career for you

So you want to get into matatu business?

The matatu business is not as clear-cut as it seems, but with proper guidance, one can successfully invest in the industry.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

So you want to get into matatu business?

What losing my job taught me…

I should have learnt to handle the politics more proactively particularly with senior level officers and not just focus on work.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

What losing my job taught me…

Have you set your business goals for 2021?

Your business is only as good as your team. They are the ones interacting with your clients

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

Have you set your business goals for 2021?

I gave my boss an ultimatum and became jobless

If you have identified your deal breakers or evaluated your decisions, do not second guess yourself

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

I gave my boss an ultimatum and became jobless

You want to groom your children into business leaders? Here is how

Some big businesses haven’t survived long after its founders were gone

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

You want to groom your children into business leaders? Here is how

On a job hunt? A career coach shares top tips

For CV writing, avoid strange fonts and formats or too many lines or boxes or templates downloaded from Pinterest

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

On a job hunt? A career coach shares top tips

Social media habits that can kill your business

When used and managed properly, social media can help boost brand awareness for your business and drive traffic to your website

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

Social media habits that can kill your business

Common money myths that are holding you back

The sooner one buys life insurance, the sooner they can start building that cash value, which can be utilised for both opportunities and emergencies

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

Common money myths that are holding you back

From barely surviving to an industry leader

When I ran out of cash to pay teachers, we started a feeding programme for our teachers and other staff members

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

From barely surviving to an industry leader

How we survived 2020

It is in these dire situations that some businesses survived, some even thrived, thanks to resilience, adaptation and a little luck.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How we survived 2020

How they got richer as billions got poorer

The companies are gauged by their market capitalisation, which is the total dollar market value of a company’s outstanding shares of stock

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How they got richer as billions got poorer

X-ray your finances before you get into 2021

Starting saving early helps because of the power of compounding interest.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

X-ray your finances before you get into 2021

Boda bodas inspired our business

We all did not get the opportunity to join the workforce and we want to give other people an opportunity to be their own bosses.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

Boda bodas inspired our business

How Tiktok took over social media and local entertainment

The short video-sharing app allows artistes to entertain the audience with made up characters, dress-ups and lip-syncs

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How Tiktok took over social media and local entertainment

HR managers and CEOs: What we expect when you walk into an interview

There are real secrets that can give you an edge and make you stand out in a sea of similar, if not better applicants.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

HR managers and CEOs: What we expect when you walk into an interview

Side hustles that turned into goldmines

Apple’s popularity and value have wavered over the years, hitting an especially low point in the late 1980s after Jobs was ousted.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

Side hustles that turned into goldmines

Theatre gloom kills holiday mood as local films bloom

The first major film to be most affected is No Time to Die

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

Theatre gloom kills holiday mood as local films bloom

How smart tech can control your home

From intelligent lights that change according to your mood to robot cleaners, running your house can be made easier – and at an affordable price.

By Winnie Makena 3 years ago

How smart tech can control your home

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