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10 Years of +961 and 10 Days of Giveaways!

By Rami on February 17, 2018 in Blog news

Today is a special day for +961 as it marks the 10th anniversary since I started it!

I can’t say I saw this day coming when I first registered the domain name… at first I just started the blog to share cool finds with Lebanese online community and see how much traffic I can drive to it, but I have to admit that later on I even started enjoying the attention that media and businesses was giving to me. And here it is now, part of my everyday life and celebrating its 10th year online.

A lot has changed since February 2008 and +961 definitely had a lot of ups and downs. I got heavily praised for some posts that received thousands of hits but also heavily criticized for inappropriate or silly stuff that I shared. At times I was posting on a daily basis but also got inactive for a relatively long duration more that once (blame it all on having babies but family comes first!). However, what changed the most is actually how blogging is in general done in Lebanon. Back in time most of the posts contained original content generated by the blogger himself/herself, but nowadays society and lifestyle blogs are more like news aggregators that feed on bits and pieces collected from various sources with a lot of sponsored content in between (a special thanks to the Lebanese subreddit for being a huge inspiration for us bloggers by the way! 😀 ), and as long as this appeals to the people then you just go with the flow! I’m being just plain honest here.

Right now I have no idea if the blog will stay around for another 10 years, but what I’m certain of is that I enjoyed the past 10 thanks to you guys being part of it, and will definitely keep posting for as long as I simply enjoy doing it.

Now on to the really big news!

To celebrate this 10th anniversary, I decided to host a series of 10 giveaways in collaboration with very well known businesses and brands in town. So get ready as of tomorrow for some really cool freebies! The giveaways range from restaurant vouchers, to movie tickets, clothing, toys and gadgets, and fine dining.

To qualify for the draws you will only be required to interact with the giveaways’ posts on Facebook, so just make sure to follow +961’s page.

photo via jerseybites.com

Review: All Best Ideas

By Rami on December 3, 2009 in Reviews

This blog post is sponsored by AllBestIdeas.com

What the owners say:

All Best Ideas is the official name of the corporation. As you can signify from its name, All Best Ideas, we have some of the best ideas and products to send your dear people in Lebanon. Our products are categorized as follows:

Gifts: On All Best Ideas, you can find gifts that suit every person and occasion.
Flowers: You can also find some magnificent flowers that perfectly reflect your feeling towards the receiver. Since the beauty and classification of these flowers are irresistible.
Plants
Cakes
Balloons
Hampers
Home Décor
Games and Toys

At All Best Ideas, we believe that creativity and the expression of individuality represent two great human treasures. We recognize that people are looking for ways to express their individuality and creativity when shopping for themselves and others, a major challenge in today’s chain store-dominated retail environment. We have set out to create a business that makes best goods accessible to everyone. We are committed to provide first-rate customer service, and guarantee complete customer satisfaction with every purchase.

Our service is simple. First, you visit our website, check out our products, follow up the purchasing procedure, and order the products. Of course, this procedure is online.

When we receive your order, the products are well treated for sending to the required location, with a specific fee concerning the delivery.

What Rami says:

What I liked:

Their friendly online customer service agent. I had a chat with them today pretending to be a customer and they were very helpful.
The links on the left that make it easy on you to reach what you need to order based on your budget, occasion, theme, or recipient.
They have an actual showroom unlike other Lebanese flowers & gifts websites.

What I disliked:

Their blog, the posts are not related at all to each other. One post for example is about artificial rain! It should be used to communicate more with the readers. Maybe update them on the upcoming products.
The overall design of the website. I am no design expert, but I think there’s room for improvement in the website layout.

Copying me already?

By Rami on March 16, 2008 in Blog news

Arghhh my blog is not yet popular and I have already came across a website with a similar name.

Today I received a spam email that landed right into my junk folder (thanks to Gmail), promoting a new Lebanese gifts website called 961gifts.com i.e. Lebanon gifts. Ok they’re not really copying me actually but they did copy the name, no?

I did a whois query to see when was it registered, and I got the following result:

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: 961GIFTS.COM
Created on: 19-Feb-08
Expires on: 19-Feb-10
Last Updated on: 23-Feb-08

Ok mine was registered on December 2007! 😉

By the way, if you’re looking for an online gifts store to get your mother a gift on Mother’s day, I recommend Zoohoor.com. I work in a sister company to them and the guys are pretty nice and friendly there.

Oh and talking about popularity, I see people are constantly checking on my blog through the RSS feed. Whoever you are I’m glad you’re interested in my content! I’ll try to post more often.

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