Author: Cheptiony Mutai

  • Get Hired Fast Online With These Tips

    In this blogpost, I will share my top tips to guiding newbie clients wanting to hire you online for the first time and are new to the skill they want to hire you for.

    This guide is ideal for both freelancers and entrepreneurs who own and run their businesses online. Here is what you need to understand when a prospect contacts you for the first time.

    Know You Are The Authority

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    By the time the prospect reaches out to you, they have done their own research and are in the process of evaluation. They believe you have the skills they need for their project. On the other hand, they are ready to give your services a try, hoping for the best. This means that you have all the power to make it happen.

    Act like the authority the prospect expects. Listen to what they want accomplished. Most clients are very clear on what they want by the time they reach out to you. Listening is very important. This way, you will be able to collect all the necessary information to help you guide them on how to go about it and achieve the desired results.

    Ask Them Relevant Questions

    If on listening to them you don’t clearly understand their needs, ask them relevant questions.

    Wrong question : I don’t understand you well. Please explain more..

    Right Question: What do you aim to achieve with this video project (if it was a video)? You can explain more and tell them why its important to align the end goal to their requirements. Mention this is important to you as a creator. E.g Say it will help me fine tune the script well for the video.

    While asking questions, be specific. Ask the things you don’t understand. If there is information you need them to provide in order for you to complete the project, mention it.

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    Give Them A List of What You will Need

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    Don’t assume the client knows what you will need. Before proceeding to discuss the budget, be clear on the requirements. List them down and have the prospect confirm what they will provide. In video production for example, script, voice over, sub tittles, video editing, video assets are the key requirements. The client might be ready to provide some of them. Prioritize this and let it come before budget so that everyone knows what they will be required to provide.

    Budget Matters

    Prospects differ. There are those who have a fixed budget for the project, and there are those who are dependent on you to give them a quote.

    In an occasion where the client is working on a fixed budget, match it with their requirements and see if their allocation is enough for the project. e.g If their budget is $500 and the cost of production is within the $500 budget, confirm to the that the allocation is enough. If the project costs is more than their budget, give them an alternative quotation with a breakdown to show them why it will cost them more.

    If they insist on you working within their budget, outline to them what they will lose in the process. e.g They will get the project completed in 15 days as opposed to 7 days.

    Let Them Willingly Commit

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    Having them to willingly commit and award you the contract is end goal of all this process. Play your part well and let them make that decision themselves without you pushing them to do so. If you are able to walk them well all through to the budget stage, you are good. They like you. Give them time to do their evaluation before they commit.

    Conclusion

    Walking a client through your workflow process is best way to market your business or skills. Be professional and do it well. Don’t underestimate a prospect. Most of those prospects you think they are not good enough may in turn be the best clients you ever met.

    I hope this blogpost was helpful to you.

    Do you think its worth guiding a new prospect on your workflow process? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

    If you need professional screencast video services, you can request a free quote here.

    And until next time, bye bye and take care.

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  • How To Pay For Services In Nairobi County Online- Nairobi eServices Portal Review

    Its accessible on www.nairobiservices.go.ke. Through this portal, you can make payments for any public service easily and quickly. If you live and operate your business within the Nairobi County- then you might be aware of Nairobi eServices Portal after having received an SMS from them.

    If you live and operate your business within the Nairobi County- then you might be aware of Nairobi eServices Portal after having received an SMS from them.

    Nairobi eServices Portal

    It is aims to serve tech savvy people time which they could have spent queuing and waiting to be served in the county offices within Nairobi area.

    In this blog post, I will be reviewing the Nairobi eServices Portal.

    Registration Process

    In order to start accessing the services via the Nairobi eServices Portal, you need to create an account. You can create an account as an individual or a business. The first step is choosing your Citizenship then entering your National ID serial number then clicking next.

    Signing up on Nairobi eServices Portal

    As an individual, you will be required to enter your mothers first name as per the ID. I guess this is aimed at locking out fraudulent users who may attempt using other people’s credentials to sign up. Next, enter your KRA PIN and click register.

    On the new screen, create a password and check on the small box to complete your sign up process. From here, you can proceed and choose the service you are looking for.

    In Demand Services

    In demand services are the services that you need in order to successfully carry out your day to day business activities. These includes Paying for parking within the CBD, obtaining permits for social events within the city, business licensing, public health management, payments for county properties and more.

    Services on Nairobi eServices Portal

    These are few among the many services that you can access on Nairobi eServices portal. This in my opinion is a good move by the county government to make paying for in demand services easy.

    Communication and Support

    You can get support easily incase you get stuck while signing up on the portal or proceeding to make payments for any of the listed services. You can write to them a message , send them an e-mail or give them a call using the contact information provided on the contacts page.

    Before you contact support, it’s always good you check on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page for answers.

    Parking Management

    Once you have signed in to the portal, you can choose a parking package. This includes daily, seasonal, off-street and reserved parking. For the service that you choose, you will be prompted to enter Vehicle Number plate and the Parking Zone. Then enter your MPESA number and an M-pesa payment request shall display on your phone. Enter your M-pesa PIN and click OK.

    There is USSD option where users can make payments by dialing *647#.

    You can view all these services and more by visiting their Website on www.nairobiservices.go.ke.

    If you get stuck in the process of signing up or trying to get a particular service on the portal, again, I recommend that you go to the FAQ page first.

    Its important to note that the Nairobi eService Portal is managed by the Kenya Revenue Authority(KRA).

    I hope this review was helpful to you.

    Have you tried accessing Nairobi Services via this portal? How was you experience like? You can share your feedback in the comments section below.

    And if you need help to create and produce professional screencast videos for your website or software, let me know here.

    Until next time, bye bye and take care.

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  • Ground Rules Before Accepting Hasty Contracts

    On several occasions, many clients resort to hire Freelancers when all other options they had at hand fails. Any seasoned freelancer will tell you that they have been offered hasty contracts and learnt their lessons out of the work.

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    In this blog post, I will highlight some of the ground rules you should have in place before accepting to be rushed to complete a project.

    Be In Control

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    The first rule is, take control of the situation. After the client has briefed you on their requirements for the contract, propose to them timelines to complete the contract. Don’t let them dictate to you timelines over the budget they have. Obviously, when they first reach out to you, they have a timeline they want the project delivered.

    Don’t risk delivering shady job because you want to please the client. If you can work on the project on overtime in order to deliver on their stipulated timeline, mention it during negotiation.

    Propose a Fee For Overtime

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    Your time is valuable. In this case, tell the client about the amount you will charge if you offer to do their work on overtime. Many clients will offer to pay you good money as long you guarantee them that you will deliver quality and meet their proposed timelines. My Point is, don’t work overtime on a rush project unless you are getting paid for it.

    Prioritize on Delivering Quality First

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    Before getting into the negotiating table, put quality service on top your priority list. Analyze the job you are being offered and see how long it will take to deliver the best. Consider all factors when proposing timelines. If the job cant be done within the timeline that the client is proposing, refuse to take the job.

    Let the client see how professional you are in your craft.

    Conclusion

    When you are in control, the probability of you winning the contract is very high. You earn respect and trust from the client. On top of that, you are in a position to ask for more money for extra time and effort.

    I hope this article was helpful to you.

    What ground rules do you have in place when negotiating for rush contracts? Let me know in the comments section below.

    And if you need professional screencast video production services, you can request a free quote on www.techtubestudio.com.

    And until next time, bye bye and take care.

    You can follow me on twitter @cheptiony.

  • Why Being Jack of a Trades Will Fail You In Freelancing

    Mindset is the key to success in freelancing. While we all learn from failures, there is a particular savage mindset that bars many freelancers who are talented in many fields from exploiting their full potential.

    When one is gifted with many skills, greed creeps in. Many new and established freelancers are gifted hence they think that by offering services for every skill they possess, they will make more money and hence become stinking rich. I mean who doesn’t want to be rich anyway?. It is a fact we all do.

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    Motivational gurus will tell you this ‘Challenge yourself and learn new skill every month.” This quote can only apply if you are not contented with your current skills and is looking for something you are passionate about. Otherwise, for what purpose should you learn the new skills anyway?”.

    In this blogpost, I will share with you how to unbecome Jack of trades.

    How Jack of All Trades Quote Apply in Freelancing

    I will use my skillset as an example to break this down for you. I am a Freelance Video Producer. This therefore means I fall in the video production category. On a freelance platform like Upwork, video production is broken down into many other subcategories as shown in the screenshot below. This is a good place start and experiment on various related skills.

    Jack of all Trades

    You can be a jack of all trades when starting up. I suggest you don’t do it for a long time. Narrow down to something that you find exciting to do This is the most important stage. The problem most of the time is freelancers inability to settle on one skill after many years. This thus takes me to the next point.

    The Greed That Comes Attached to Being a Jack of All Trades

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    I know of a guy in my village who offers basically every service. If someone needs veterinary service for their livestock – he is there, if you laptop crashes – he will fix it, if your toilet tap leak- he is the guy to call, if you need a surveyor to measure your land- he is the go to expert. I mean he does almost everything well. Such people are talented.

    Their potential for success is very high. But the reality on the ground is, they are not that much successful at all. They live reckless life’s. They tend to be careless spenders and poor at saving their earnings.

    This behavior is as a result of being greedy. When you are greedy to do every job, you will not have time to plan and invest your income. It’s common to think that you are achieving more by doing many things but in the real sense, you are loosing it. That is why I recommend narrowing down your ‘trades‘ to one skill that you love and it guarantees you constant income.

    In Short, Don’t Be A ‘Jack of All Trades’

    I applaud freelancers who are talented in many skills. Fact is, you cannot exhaust all the skills in this world. You will get tired, old and confused if are obsessed with learning everything without settling down on one thing.

    Be the ‘Jack‘ when you are starting up and grow into a master of one. Mastery is where freedom lies.

    Its Expensive to Master Everything

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    Most freelancing jobs require that you use a certain software to do the job. If you have to offer lets say 6 skills that uses 6 different software’s, you will then need to pay for each software annually. On average, software cost about $200 a year. This means you will spend about $1200 a year on software’s alone. Then, more time perfecting your skills to use the software’s.

    And don’t tell me about using cracked software’s because its professionally unacceptable.

    One downside of this is that you may find yourself using one of the software 2 to 3 times a year for jobs with value of less than $200. This makes it a poor investment.

    Conclusion

    Being a Jack of All Trades at the beginning of your freelancing career and a Master of one at the end is good. Once you have found a skill that you are passionate about, become a master and stick to it. There will be high and low tides on your way up. The power lies in your persistence.

    And that is it from me here. What freelancing skills have you mastered? I would like to know about it in the comments section below.

    And if you need help with screencast videos, request a free quote here.

    Until next time time, bye bye and take care.

    Follow me on twitter @cheptiony.

  • Shifting Gears From Working As a Freelancer to Hiring Fellow Freelancers

    The courage to shift gears from working as a freelancer to hiring other freelancers to collaborate with you on a project requires a proper set of mind.

    Robert Kiyosaki, the best selling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad classify wealth acquisition process in 4 categories that he calls ‘Cashflow Quadrant.’

    Video – Shifting gears from working as a freelancer to hiring other freelancers

    The first quadrant is Employee- who earns money by holding unto a job. His/her income is limited to monthly salary. The second quadrant is Self Employed- who works for himself or owns the job. He has control of what he does. Freelancers fall on this quadrant of self employed.

    Transitioning from Freelancing to business requires courage, faith and change of mindset.

    In this blogpost, I will point out different opportunities you should take advantage of as a freelancer and transition from Freelancing to business.

    When You win Mega Contract

    When you have a good reputation on any popular freelancing site, you will get hired for big projects. For example, I regularly get hired for high value contracts in video production. Since I am good at video editing, I prefer hire a script writer, voice over artist, 3D animator to help me where needed in the video production process.

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    Not everyone will do this. They would rather do the whole job and have all the money than hire a fellow freelancer. If you do this, you will limit yourself from growth. Also, you will find yourself always busy and not having time for yourself. Take advantage of such openings to start learning to hire and setting up your business or agency.

    Temptation to Learn a Skill For The Sake of Money

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    Lets say, I get a well paying 3D animation contract for the first time. My first thought will be to learn how to model and animate 3D characters because the pay looks good. That will require me to dedicate a lot of time on learning how to do it perfectly. On the other hand, if I have a business mindset, I will do my math and hire a freelance expert in 3D animation to do the job.

    At the end, I will worry less about doing the job and shift focus to commenting and criticizing on the completed work. At the end, we will both take credit for the job.
    I recommend freelancers to take this route so long as they are able to profit from the project and deliver quality service.

    When You Are Travelling

    I assume Freelancers plan and go for vacations at least once a year. With this said, if a long term client you have been working with sends you an e-mail on the day you are travelling and asks you to work on an urgent project, what will you do? Will you cancel your air ticket so as to attend to the client needs?
    Most freelancers will cancel their plans and get back to work.

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    But what if you could find someone with skills same as yours to step in for you and do the job at a lower fee? Wouldn’t that be great? That’s exactly what you should do, post the job for freelancers to apply and hire someone to do the job on your behalf. Once done, send the completed work to the client.
    Being able to reason this way alone might forever change your life.

    This are 3 among the many instances that I suggest you hire a fellow freelancer to work with you.
    Small actions like this will stimulate your growth. You will be free to do many other exciting things in life.

    And that’s it from me.

    In what instances do you hire freelancers to collaborate with you? How has it changed your life?
    Share your feedback in the comments section below.

    And if you need help to create and produce professional screencast videos, you can request a FREE quote here.

    Untill next time bye bye and take care.

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  • 5 Features I Love On Camtasia 2021

    In the past few months, I have found 5 new features I love on Camtasia 2021 software which I would like to share it with you today. This is based on my experience recording and editing screencast videos and my vlogs. At the end of this blog post, I will share my favorite feature that is available in all versions of Camtasia studio that I discovered 5 years ago.

    Get Started Screen

    The new get started screen is noticeable. It looks modern and sleek. The webinars, video tutorials and academy has been put together under one menu item called learning.
    Also, help link was not there in the earlier versions. While this is a good thing, I feel people will rarely use this link unless Camtasia program crashes😒 which rarely happens.

    Camtasia 2021 Get Started Screen

    Overall, I love the get started screen. It always reminds me that I am using the latest version of the software😁.

    Camtasia Recorder

    There are two things I love about the Camtasia 2021 recorder. The first one is the new interface. It looks different. All the important controls are now modified and larger than before. By sliding on the respective buttons on each feature, I can choose what to record and what not to. For instance, by sliding the system audio button to the right, I chose to record system audio. Sliding it to the left, I turn it off.

    Camtasia 2021 Screen Recorder

    The second thing I love about Camtasia 2021 recorder is not having to minimize the recorder while recording. This is unless its blocking the buttons I am suppose to click when recording the screens. Otherwise, by default, the recorder will not appear on your screen recordings like it used to in the previous versions. So you don’t have to worry about it. Its worth pointing out that you can enable and disable in under options menu.

    Software Stability When Editing

    With the latest windows update on August, I now experience more stability when editing video footage and screen recordings with motion graphics and video transitions combined. The software used to buffer a lot when loading motion graphics and previewing transitions.

    The second occasion was when editing mobile screen recordings. In the past, I had to export mobile screencast videos and re-imported them to the timeline in order to better match with the voice overs due to lagging.

    The new Camtasia 2021 looks like it has solved this. The loading now is seamless. But I don’t know how others editors find it. It will be interesting to know. Share your experience in the comments sections below.

    New Transitions

    This cannot go without saying. More than 100 transitions are now available for you to explore and use in Camtasia Studio 2021. I have found a couple of them I love and repeatedly use them across my vlogs.

    Camtasia 2021 Screen Recorder

    It was designed to fit to all occasions depending on the video that you are working on. That’s why it’s worth trying Camtasia 2021 today.

    New Feature I Find Not Useful

    At this point I still find emphasize audio feature not any useful to me at all. This makes it my less favorite feature among the new features. I prefer to adjust audio points manually than use this feature. This is because I barely notice it’s impact when I apply it to my audios while editing videos on my timeline.

    Camtasia 2021 Audio Effect

    I have watched videos of people applying it and I am still not convinced🤐.

    Do you find the Emphasize audio feature useful in your day to day edits? Let me know in the comments section below.

    Custom Library

    Finally my unto my favorite feature, custom library. This was there in the previous versions and with each update, it gets even better. It gives a sense of ownership.

    Custom Library in Camtasia 2021

    Each time I edit a video, I add one new template so that I don’t have to recreate motion graphic screens and transitions each time I produce a video. To do this, I group animated designs on my timeline and save it in the library under a name that I chose and a specific folder based on the project I am working on.

    Next time I want the template, I will only drag it and drop it on top of the video I am editing.

    This saves me a lot of time. You can modify a template as you go to suite your new requirements at hand and save it under a different name.

    Remember you can download the latest version of Camtasia 2021 using the link here. Its free to try.

    If you are a vlogger and is looking for a video editing software that is easiest to learn; then I recommend Camtasia 2021. It’s easy to learn using it.

    The interface is clean and most settings are straight forward when it comes to customization.

    Finally, if you need help to create and produce professional screencast video tutorials for your software, website or app, you can request a free quote here.

    Was this article helpful to you? Let me know in the comments below.

    Until next time, bye bye and take care.

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  • The Art of Hiring The Right Online Freelancer Fast As A First Timer

    Hiring the right freelancer as a first timer for your next project calls for experience in the online marketplace. Shockingly, most online marketers makes the process sound like its a walk in the park. Well, it may be so, if you have a combined background in human resource😐 and online marketplace.

    With this said, one must be ready to learn the new way as it is completely different from the traditional path.

    Moreover, the process changes all the time but once you are in the loop, maneuvering through the changes will be very easy.

    In this blog post, I will be covering the art of hiring a freelancer online faster.

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    Identify a Trusted Freelance Marketplace

    There are many online freelance marketplaces today. What differentiates is their business model. Also, some have all the skills in their databases while others specializes in a specific niche. E.g writing, transcriptions, video editing e.t.c

    When scouting for a freelancer marketplace, look at your present and future needs. Apart from the skill that you need to hire for right now, ask yourself, will I need other skills in the future as your business grows? This way, you will be able to narrow down your search.

    I recommend signing up on at least two freelance marketplaces with different business models. For instance, some freelancing platforms will require you to post a job and let freelancers send proposals. In others, you will just search for offers on a certain skill and pick a freelance based on their price and ratings from their past completed contracts.

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    Sign Up And Verify Your Payment Method As Needed

    Verification of your account is important for any new client signing up on any freelancing platform. Over the past few years, there has been a rise on malicious accounts being set up by scammers posing as clients only to end up disappearing with Freelancers completed work. Verifying your account will guarantee you protection. Also, when you post a job, it will be displayed to the right freelancers out there for them to send their proposals.

    Read Also 5 Reasons You Should Hire Freelancers For Long Term

    Be Brief and To The Point When You Post a Job-Use The Right Keywords

    Everyday, hundreds of jobs are posted by different clients online on popular freelancing platforms. To stand out and get more proposals from freelancers, it’s important to be brief and to the point. Reserve other details to later during the interview once you have shortlisted the right candidate.

    If you are searching for gigs or offers by different freelancers in a given platform, use the right keywords. For instance, video production has many other sub-categories. So if you are look for say Screencast video editor, use this exact keywords and you will only see freelancers offering screencast video services.

    Learn more on How to Sift Through Many Applications When Hiring a Freelancer

    Communication is Key

    Once you have shortlisted freelancers, prioritize Freelancers who communicate promptly over everything. This is going by the fact that Freelancers are based in different parts of the world. You can hire anyone so long they communicate promptly and addresses your needs in a clear manner.

    Ask them critical things that you value during the interview like their working hours, how they want milestones broken down, their proposed timelines over the timelines you propose to them e.t.c. This is key. Once, you find a freelancer who their response and communication satisfy you, hire them.

    Dare to Negotiate

    Negotiation should come last. Don’t be shy to ask if the freelancer you choose will be willing to give you a discount along the way if you work with them for a long term. Its ok if they refuse to give you a discount. Just go ahead and hire them.

    It’s important to note that freelancers appreciate when you assign them high value projects and work with them for long term. They will be more open and confident in working on your project besides giving you more value for your money along the way.

    Allow Them to Share Some of The Work They Complete On Their Social Media or Blog

    Freelancers will be happy to post your business on social media or blog after you have worked with them for a while and still guarantee them more work in future. This in a long term will result in great partnership and friendship.

    Conclusion

    The art of hiring freelancers online is evolutionary. Once you set your foot here, maneuvering through is be easy. The most important thing is to stay positive. At the initial stages, the process will be costly, but in a long run, you will recoup your losses so long as you are persistent. So, Stay focused always.

    Finally, I will like to know; have you hired freelancers online? Which is favorite freelancer marketplace? Share your response in the comments section below.

    And if you need help to create and produce professsional screencast video tutorials for your software, website or app, you can request a quote for free here.

    For feedback or recommendations regarding to this blogpost, you can contact me here.

    Until next time, bye bye and take care.

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  • National Land Information Management System Ardhisasa Review

    On April 27th 2021, the president of the Republic of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta launched National Land Information Management System Ardhisasa. Ardhisasa is an online platform that allows Citizens, stakeholders and interested parties to interact with land information held and processes undertaken by Government.

    Ardhisasa Website

    Whenever someone wants to buy a land in Kenya, the first step they are advised to take is to conduct a search with the ministry of lands and ascertain the real owner of the property in which they want to purchase. This step is critical and if a buyer skips it, they might end up buying a land that is already in dispute or not for sale.

    Ardhisasa platform aims at addressing this and other land questions in Kenya. Through the information that users will access on Ardhisasa, they are able to make an informed decision and avoid being defrauded by unscrupulous land cartels.

    In this blogpost, I will shed a light on land cases in Kenya as well as review National Land Information Management System- Ardhisasa.

    Land Cases in Kenya

    In the past years, more and more land cases has been recorded in the Kenyan courts. In a recent report by the standard newspaper, at least 70 per cent of land cases in the country are still pending in Nairobi.

    That’s based on a statement by Chief Justice Martha Koome . She says Environment and Lands Court (ELC) has 13,500 pending cases with Nairobi leading with 9,500. 

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    Furthermore, to illustrate how land is critical to Kenyans, she said at least 60 per cent of cases filed in courts are land-related. It’s for these and many other reasons that Ardhisasa was launched.

    Accessing Ardhisasa Portal

    To access National Land Information Management System Ardhisasa, open your browser and go to ardhisasa.lands.go.ke. You will get to the landing page. The site is pretty neat and straight forward.

    On top of the landing page, you can see the four main things you can do on the site. These are Search and Transfer property, order a plan and order a tittle. Below that you can read and understand what Ardhisasa does.

    Ardhisasa Features

    When you scroll down a little, you can see additional services you can access. The services are organized in seven different categories namely land registration, land administration, physical planning, survey and mapping, valuation, adjudication and settlement and national land commission.

    One has to click on the category they want in order to see what’s inside. For example, when you click on land registration, you will see the services included in there.

    Read also National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Online Portal Review

    Communication And Support

    In occasions where a user is stuck, they have several ways that one can find help. The first one which many website users rarely try is the visiting the FAQ’s page. You can access this page, using the menu link on top of the site or FAQ’s link on the site footer under quick links.

    FAQ’s

    The second and most convenient way is to call Ardhisasa support team using the phone contacts below the site. And lastly, you can chat live with the support by clicking on the bubble icon below. I have tried and it’s functioning.

    Signing in to Ardhisasa

    To access any of the services listed above, you are required to sign in. First time users will be required to sign up using their National ID number. The sign process is very secure. To keep users protected, the sign process will require you to key in your ID number, phone number and e-mail for 2 Factor authentication and lastly set a password.

    Sign Up Process

    The sign up steps falls among the best practices of securing users accounts and their private data. You will be logged in once you follow these steps of registration.

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    Ardhisasa User Dashboard

    This is how the dashboard looks like once you are logged in to the system. Services are placed in categories as seen earlier on the website landing page. To the left of your account are user menu items.

    Ardhisasa Dashboard

    These are services, properties, appointments, tickets, notifications and accounts. For a new user, the most useful menu item is the services. The other items will come in handy as needed as you continue interacting with the system.

    I will demonstrate to you one of the popular service feature of Property search, but before I do, I will want to shed a light on how land cases end up in court in kenya.

    How Land Cases Come Into Light

    This question is answered well on the Kenyan CID on website. In a nutshell, Land fraud cases are formally reported to the Public Complaints Office.

    The complainant is advised accordingly and if the complaint warrants investigations, the complainant is referred to the land fraud unit with a referral form. The Unit takes up the case appropriate cause of action.

    CID on Land Cases in Kenya

    You can learn more about the kind cases that they investigate on the CID website page here.

    Now lets get back to the Ardhisasa website and try to conduct a search.

    To do this, click on services and select search. You will see that you are required to complete your profile in order to start searching. As I mentioned earlier, land is a sensitive issue in Kenya, and before any information is shared with the users, they must first provide more details of themselves and prove of who they are.

    Additional Information required to conduct a search on Ardhisasa

    Additional information include uploading a passport size photo, adding security questions, adding signature and uploading copies of your National identification.

    Once you have supplied these information, you will be in a position to conduct a search on a property.

    I will not show how to do these, but am sure at this point you have a clue of the services that National Land Management System, Ardhisasa provides as well as how to navigate through the site. It’s not very complicated.

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    Conclusion

    If you are in the process of acquiring a land, I highly will recommend you to utilize this resource in conducting your search. This is the future of land management in Kenya.

    There is a lot you will learn by using the system.

    As I conclude, I will like to know your thoughts. Have you used the Ardhisasa portal to access any of the land services? How was your experience like?:😑

    Let me know in the comments section below.

    And if you have any any questions or suggestions regarding to any of my blogposts, you can let me know on e-mail at connect@cheptiony.com

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    Until next time, bye bye and take care.

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  • How Freelancing is Changing The Traditional Approach to Entrepreneurship

    For the past few years, Freelancing has gotten the attention it deserved. As a result, it has shaped the way people approach business and entrepreneurship. Take for instance business man Elon Musk. When you hear his name, the first things that comes to your mind is TESLA, SpaceX, DOGECOIN just to name a few.

    Businessman Elon Musk

    He is an entrepreneur who has built great brands around his name. People trust anything that is associated with this entrepreneur. That is the direction in which most gifted entrepreneurs take today. They first try different things in order to identify what they love doing. When they find their passion, they then build great brands around it.

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    In this blogpost, I will share ways in which Freelancing can help someone Find their passion and business idea they can run with.

    The Effect of Freelancing

    What freelancing does to someone’s mindset is it enable them to find their niche while making money in the process. In Kenya, most people start Freelance work as content writers. Once they understand how the online system works, they then slowly identify a niche that they love. e.g Video Editing.

    Like any other activity, its not easy to start a business around your passion online. Its therefore important to never stop taking jobs on the freelancing sites like Upwork and Fiverr at your early stages. The income from the small contracts will keep you going as you build traction around your idea.

    Once you have built a good client base around your idea, you can then stop taking small freelance contracts and commit to running your business full time.

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    Using Youtube As Marketing Avenue

    Generally, Google products are designed for productivity including YouTube. Many YouTubers with great content that viewers love to watch have built brands around their names. The first step they took was to build trust from the viewers in their specific niche.

    YouTube Market Place

    Once they had gained trust from thousands of viewers, they launched their brands around what they share. In a nutshell, a Youtuber is a creative Freelancer when they start. They have freedom to create what they want.

    It gets even better, the moment they launch their brands. Here, they transform into business owners.

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    Freelancing is Open to All

    This includes freelancing in websites like Upwork, Freelancer, Fiverr, PeoplePerHour, Guru just to name a few. These are good places to start from if you are new to online marketplace and don’t know exactly which niche will work well for you.

    If you are a video editor, you can choose a category on Creative Design and Animation. Within time, you will be able identify a niche for yourself besides understanding the terms of working with clients online. e.g payment methods to propose when working directly with the client e.t.c.

    That’s how I was able to identify and invest on Screencast Video production agency.

    When I identified this niche, the first thing I did was to register a business and a website domain. From then, we have been able to get clients who directly contact us from the site and gives us contracts on a regular basis.

    Among the services we offer include scripting, providing professional voice over and producing high quality easy to follow screencast videos. If you need help with screencast video production, you can request a free quote on our site at www.techtubestudio.com

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    Conclusion

    Online service market place stands independent today as we speak. You can get most of the services online instantly. There are many freelancers online ready to handle any type of service that you are looking for at an affordable price.

    If you want to establish a business that allows you to work anywhere offering services and the comfort of your laptop, then you can start that journey today as an online freelancer. Remember you have to put a lot of hours and investment to get this started.

    And that is it from me here.

    Do you think freelancing is shaping the path to entrepreneurship? Let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.

    If you need help to create and produce professional screencast videos, request a free quote here. If you have any other questions or concerns regarding to this blogpost, let me know via e-mail on connect@cheptiony.com

    Until next time, bye bye and take care.

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