Things I had to write down.
50 posts. Most were written between 2013 and 2025. The newer ones are slower and more honest. Use Cmd-F. The categories are: startups, marketing, public speaking, faith, mental health, family, and the sea.
2024
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Toyota Yaris: My New Adventure Companion
This is a sponsored post, but I’ll still take this opportunity to share about my startup journey so far. Since I’ve got
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Comparing Email Marketing Platforms: My Experience with SendGrid, MailChimp, MailGun, Drip, Mautic, and More
Hey everyone, Sameer here, CEO of Social Champ. You might know us for simplifying your social media scheduling, but did
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Whispers to a War Cries: How I Overcame My Fear of Public Speaking
I remember my first nerve-wracking experience giving a speech when I was a student in my second or third year of univers
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Revolutionizing Marketing With AI: My Journey With AI Marketing Tools
I’m a firm believer in AI—anything that makes our jobs easier is a win in my book. Now, don’t get me wrong, I would neve
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Slack Vs. Mattermost: My Honest Opinion
When it comes to communication platforms within the team, I’ve mostly relied on Slack and Mattermost. Don’t get me
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The Product Pricing Is Right…But Was It? Here’s Everything I Learned Pricing My Product
As an entrepreneur plunging into software as a service (SAAS), one of the most challenging decisions I faced was determi
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Think Different, Pitch Different: Tips to Stand Out from the Crowd
Have you ever been in a position where you had a lot to talk about but just can’t speak up? Well, that makes the t
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Whispers to a War Cries: How I Overcame My Fear of Public Speaking
I remember my first nerve-wracking experience giving a speech when I was a student in my second or third year of univers
Archive · dates not recovered
Older essays that lost their original publication dates during the WordPress migration. Roughly 2013 to 2020 by content, but precise dates aren't reliable, so we've left them undated rather than guess.
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Another Version of Our Lives - Beyond Social Media!
We are not just the images we create of ourselves on social media, but have a second version of our lives running in par
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BlueSky Social, a Twitter Rival and the Future of Social Media
BlueSky Social - a new kid in town is all set to reshape the social media world! Created by none other than the ex-Twit
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Can We Have the Same Heart When We Were 11 Years Old?
Why Can’t We Have the Same Heart When We Were 11 Years Old? I often play a game called PUBG Mobile where you land with
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COVID-19 Breakout – We Need to Stay Calm & Positive
Health or illnesses, life or death, happen from the Above. A falling leaf from a tree, or dancing drops from the sky, ev
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Difference of Opinions Were Once Productive, Not Anymore!
There was a time when debates were considered productive, a difference of opinion gave birth to new ideas not create hat
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Fairytale Life vs Reality, Chose Your Battles Wisely!
One who keeps chasing a life shown in the movies continues to live in a fairytale. Their happiness is fragile and depend
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FOMO - Feeling of Missing Out, can be your worst feeling on social media.
Just because everyone; laughs on divorces, rebels religious events, judges morality, becomes god, hates everything, want
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Founder Puzzles Book - Review
Had “Founder Puzzles” been launched 10 years back, a lot of my poor black hair would have been saved from turning silver
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How I Got Cured of Depression Through Quran and Hadith in Islam
We all go through tough times in life. Life can be a ruthless teacher. It could be the loss of someone very close, fame
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How to Stay Motivated?
To stay motivated the soul should always be hopeful and have faith in a day when everything will be great! If you have
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Inspired by the Beautiful Culture of Oman
If officially all men were to wear traditional white shalwar kameez and all women were to wear black Burqa in Pakistan,
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It Takes a Pandemic to Make Us Realize the Worth of Our Luxuries.
Everything is so irrelevant in these times. The latest cars, big houses, expensive brand clothes, watches, perfumes, etc
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Junaid Jamshed – Your Chosen Side?
If you aren’t from the group, GEO VS ARY; debating on Shaista Wahidi or Amir Liaquat and their past resemblance with th
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Lessons From Jehan Ara's Impact On Social Champ And Startups In Pakistan!
This story is about someone who has inspired and helped thousands of lives of young entrepreneurs and students. Her
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Let Your Pain Challenge You to Be Better!
Pain sometimes is inevitable. But if you embrace it, and channel its energy into positivity, you'll rise much stronger a
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Living or Documenting?
Where do I start this from? We have embraced technology too much, to an extent where the limits of humanity have all bee
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Meta is Preparing for Twitter’s Rival Next Month
With Mastodon and BlueSky Social already queued up as Twitter rivals, Meta recently joined the queue. So, there have bee
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Nokia Asha 503 Review
Nokia Pakistan sent me a new Nokia Asha 503 to try out. The experience with this low-end device was quite different &
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Obtain a NOC From PTA (For Smartphones and Devices...)
This is one troublesome job. But I managed to get through it "legally", however it took around a month for me and mainly
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OuzelSystems Nested!
It’s been a year at OuzelSystems, and now is the right time to experiment something different. There is much to happen a
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Pakistan Tour Closeup Shots (Nokia Lumia 920)
Last week I returned from Pakistan Tour visiting many Northern Areas here. I must say that Pakistan is blessed with many
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Pakistan Tour Images & Cinemagraph
Hello readers, Finally after sharing few Panorama Shots & Closeup Shots from Nokia Lumia 920, here are final picture
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Pakistan Tour Panorama Shots (Nokia Lumia 920)
Few days back I shared few Closeup shots here, incase you missed those here's the link "Pakistan Tour Closeup shots" I'
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Propaganda Against the Unity of Islamic Sects in Karachi Amidst Pandemic
I Write This With a Heavy Heart. The Government of Sindh or Media or someone in a greater power, is flaming the fire of
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ProQuest 2013 - UBIT (An I.T Event)
█ MashAllah! Finally ProQuest'13 comes to an end! I congratulate; all supportive teachers, the alumni, the event orga
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Shades of Red
The leaves were dancing with the wind And the kid swung the bottle around his neck Marching his way to school with a fri
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Social Champ Bags Another Victory at APICTA Awards
15th December 2021 - After bagging the winning position at the P@SHA awards, Social Champ gets another big feather in th
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Social Champ Wins at the P@SHA ICT Awards 2021
23rd October 2021 - Social Champ bags the award for the marketing solution of the year 2021 at P@SHA ICT Awards a
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Statement of Purpose (Sort-Of-Assignment)
While searching for a document, I found my very old "Statement of Purpose + 2 unique research ideas" assignment asked b
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Still Criticizing Shahzeb’s Parents?
The Shahzeb Issue? If you blame or criticize Shahzeb's parents for giving up or being sold to Shahrukh Jatoi, the murder
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Suckers Will Keep Sucking, Doers Will Do. Who Are You?
There are people who suck and their entire purpose in life is to keep sucking! You show them light, they'll say i
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The ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ Reveals the Importance of ‘Hope'
The 'Blue Whale Challenge' reveals the importance of seeding 'hope' into youngsters. Teach your children to have 'faith
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The Banning of Chinchi’s in Karachi!
If you're one who supports the banning of Chinchi's and now you can drive in much lesser traffic, I think you are ignora
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The Indus Hospital - Blood Center Inaugural
Our team was glad to be a part of this project, under extraordinary mentors striving their way against all the hurdles j
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The Indus Hospital - Pride of Pakistan!
Today I had an outstanding experience in a meeting at The Indus Hospital. I can't believe so much goodness still remain
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The TikTok Algorithm, the Ban and How Marketers Think
Let's learn #TikTok algorithm and how marketers think. The "algorithm" here means what type of videos TIKTOK automat
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Trend of Motivational Speakers
Every second you find a new 'Motivational Speaker'. You check their past and it's full of quotes and poems which again a
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True Champions Behind Team Pakistan at APICTA 2016!
APICTA 2016 polished my pitching skills and boosted my art of storytelling. It made me realize there is more to be done.
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Why I’ll Be Cheering for Shahid Afridi Even More
In reply to an article published on Dawn News and all those tweets concerning Shahid Afridi A writer viewed a video of
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Why Pride & Arrogance?
I sense something disturbing growing in students these days , and that's pride & arrogance. This arrogance will take
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Your Parents Are a Blessing You Have, for a Very Limited Time in Your Life!
Your parents are a blessing you have, for a very limited time in your life! They deserve your time more than your girlfr