The Maktaba Books Journey

2 days ago we had our first official team meeting. We had a total of 6 people coming down for it – the old team of Izza, Hadi, and me… Read More »Maktaba Books – First big team meeting

We were featured on Halaltrip’s podcast (see video below) and it gave us a slight boost in following but a huge boost in conversions. Somehow we saw an increased in… Read More »Maktaba Books – it’s alive and growing

We have a nice maintenance routine now to ensure that Maktaba Books runs smoothly. I spend 30 to 60 mins a day to check on the automations to see if… Read More »Maktaba Books – Good views but not much action

Things are running now and I’m torn between growing the userbase aggressively and polishing the product. It would be nice to get our name out and have more people use… Read More »Makataba Books – Maintaining, fixing errors and increasing engagement

In my previous update, I shared that we were doing some testing, onboarding book owners, and updating our content. Now we’re ready to launch the new setup and we have… Read More »Maktaba Books – Launch & Tech Dev Team Member

In my previous post, I shared that Maktaba Book’s Beta version was ready for testing. I was soo wrong about it. Only the borrowing automation was ready. I still needed… Read More »Maktaba Books – Testing update

The beta version of the tech setup is ready for testing. We also have a social media calendar all planned out. It’s moving forward well I am excited but kind… Read More »Maktaba Books – Testing

I’ve been progressing well with building the Maktaba Books using no-code tools. It’s at a stage where it is 90% done. I’m only left with connecting the database, processes, and… Read More »Maktaba Books – Tweaks and dilemmas

I figured out how to create a user database with a “log in” function using Google Forms & Google Sheets. I was just toying around to figure out how we… Read More »Maktaba Books – No code user database

As you know, our tech plans had some setbacks. So we decided to build our own tech to automate the borrowing process. Since none of the team members were techies… Read More »Maktaba Books – Making our own tech