'Go To Kilimanjaro Trekking Interview'

Go To Kilimanjaro Trekking Interview

By Interviewer at 03/24/08 09:04

Name of your website?

Go To Kilimanjaro Trekking

Your name?

Evans

Your Location (city, etc)

Nairobi

Please give us a short summary of your website?

Go To Kilimanjaro is a private local company which organizes personalised treks to mt kilimanjaro and meru at affordable rates. It supports local guides and helpers in Tanzania all of whom reside around the mountains. If it's mediocre service, Sorry WE ARE NOT INVOLVED!

What inspired you to launch your own website?

To create employment for the local people by getting in more clients from around the world. This also gives them a chance learn and conserve the environment

When did you launch your first website, and what was it?

1999 and was also about mountaineering.

How did you decide on a name for your website?

EUREKA!

What makes it different from other, similar offerings?

It offers more personalised service and also engages the local expertise.

What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)

Keep it to expand employment opportunities.

How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?

favourably

If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?

By making it more interactive as well as expanding it to hold more content.

If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?

Definitely!

What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?

Search engines optimazation, cancellations, seasonal fluctuations.

What has been your biggest challenge?

Getting more clients

What method has been most successful for promoting your website?

Word of mounth!

How has running your website differed from your expectations?

Fairly

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?

I have run it for 9 years and there is no letting up!

How would you rather spend your holidays?

Trekking in Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya or a walk with the Lions at the world Famous Masai Mara Game Reserve.

What is your website address?

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