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Hope all is well with you guys !
I thought I'd write this in English as I have a few key people to get this information to and those I have discussed my project with already are VERY pumped to say the least.
So, what’s the story? I am about…"
Hope all is well with you guys !
I thought I'd write this in English as I have a few key people to get this information to and those I have discussed my project with already are VERY pumped to say the least.
So, what’s the story? I am about…"
"Hi everyone. We're a family of 4 arriving on the 21st September in Boquete.
We're looking for a fully furnished 4bd / 2bath+ house for 12mths initially, preferably fenced or walled in...a house that would allow for a pet or two later on. Something…"
We're looking for a fully furnished 4bd / 2bath+ house for 12mths initially, preferably fenced or walled in...a house that would allow for a pet or two later on. Something…"
Hi all, good to be here....hope to learn more before we arrive on the 21st Sept.
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Hope all is well with you guys !
So, what’s the story? I am about to launch a Panama web portal over the next few weeks. There's NOTHING like it around, and finally there'll be a central hub for English speaking people , locals and visitors alike, to go to for any and ALL information about Panama. This will be all the how, what, when & where…crucial information for visitors, information for migrants, personal blogs and podcasts and webinars by attorneys, a blog by the Mayor of Boquete (waiting to hear from him) including all his social media, contributions by other selected key community leaders…we’re talking an events calendar as well, pertinent info about churches and schools, community outreach programs and initiatives, a comprehensive sections dedicated to the small businesses, tours and services in our Chiriquí community etc etc.
Our portal will initially be focussing on Boquete, but since our domain name includes Panama as a whole, we will be covering other regions and Panama City as a whole in time to come.
Certain sections on our portal will be reserved for selected community projects and businesses and will be sponsored. Places like DogCamp Boquete will be one of them, to name but one. Other businesses will be charged a small fee to have themselves and their products represented…and we’re not just talking about a big image of your menu, if you’re a restaurant. We’ll make it look nice and presentable…and good complimentary addition to perhaps your existing website, if you have one.
We’ll probably also have online shopping / ordering for selected businesses with online payment options and all of the rest…the possibilities are endless ! We’ll be working out the finer details for that as we go along.
This will be a GREAT place for SME’s and places like restaurants to be featured, especially for those who want a PROPER showcase stage to promote their local businesses across the country for that matter. Depending on your business, there’s no real need to limit your exposure to just Chiriqui for instance, if you get my meaning?
Look, we’ve seen a few local attempts at community portals…even app’s and what have you, and as an online professional with 20years design and coding experience myself, there’s not really much to choose from, we all know that. Moving here as a family, thinking myself pretty resourceful at the same time, it was quite a mission to just get correct and reliable, unbiased and un-opinionated advice and information about various aspects. Look, most folks really mean well…don’t get me wrong, but filtering through information getting to the real meat was quite an exercise to say the least.
I own a successful 15K Facebook Community group called the St Francis Bay Official Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/stfrancisbay/. We’ve lived there about 10years before leavings South Africa for Thailand and SE Asia and the group is the only one of it’s kind that matters in the region. I have a few key moderators, so it’s a very well-run project for many years now.
This new local project will very much be a hub that you can be proud to be on. We’ll have decent layout and design, good graphics…all the important stuff that makes something stand out from the rest out there…it’s just going to be great.
For this project, ideally, I’d like to meet and sit down with all interested parties personally and see if there is room for collaboration and to what extent. However, with this COVID-19 story we’re somewhat limited to what we can do, BUT it would be great for you guys to get back to me with an initial expression of interest and we can perhaps see how to best go from there? I’ve worked remotely for years, so the concept is not new to us.
I fully understand that we’re all facing challenges with this lockdowns around the world, money is in short supply, even in my own business I have candidates stuck in various countries who can get cracking with their jobs and assignments, so I fully understand.
So, business owners…attorneys, banks, immigration agents, real estate folks, restaurants and eateries, bakeries, youth groups, churches, schools, clubs, B & B’s, small hotels…anybody who wants in on the action, please let me know.