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Introduction
- Welcome to WIKINAM!
- This page provides an overview of WIKINAM's range of services and familiarises you with some of our service offerings.
- Due to rapid development and improvements, it is inevitable that this page will become outdated from time to time.
- It is important that our audience understand that WIKINAM's development is continuous, incremental and made possible through the generosity of subscribers. We would therefore like to encourage you to support them, as they have supported the development of this service.
- While free listing help attract visitors to WIKINAM's service, the true unsung heroes are our subscribers, whom we wish to promote by various means by helping them stand out.
- A single yellow page subscription costs N$200/year, but we encourage subscribers to look at the packages. A package for N$600/year entitles you to 5 advertisements with an actual value of N$1,000/year. This allows you to advertise far and wide. As a subscriber, you benefit from prioritised listings, thumbnails, descriptions, call-to-action buttons for social media and messenger services, and in the near future, also Google Maps. It is in every company's self-interest to make it as easy as possible for potential customers to reach you while keeping them informed about the operations and existence of your business.
More about WIKINAM
- WIKINAM is a Namibian owned and developed digital business directory that lists business information by category rather than alphabetically by company name and sells advertising space to fund ongoing development. Development of this service started in 2018.
- Our goal is to provide Namibians with an accurate online business directory. This vision is made possible by subscribers who support the development of WIKINAM through a subscription for which they receive marketing through enhanced yellow page listings, yellow page ads and landing pages. Landing pages serve as a summary of your business and tell our audience where they can find more information about you, how they can reach you and what your business is all about. While WIKINAM's landing pages look and feel like any other webpage, they are not sold as such. They are sold as enhanced advertising. One of our clients described them as a website on steroids, as they benefit exponentially from the audience WIKINAM Generates for them. DNS (Domain Name Services) allow them to operate like any other website. However, they are standardised, which makes it easier for us to develop them and equally easy for visitors to understand and use them. They are updated through constant development on WIKINAM's PHP servers. They are indexed on Google Search and Microsoft Bing, which covers between 80 and 90 % of the total search engine capacity of the Internet. No logins or registrations are required to view them. They are 100% in the public domain.
- WIKINAM takes a multi-level marketing approach. Google Analytics data shows that WIKINAM received more than 4.1 million views in 2022, and our goal is to continue to grow our audience and subscriber base year on year. Marketing through alternative means (e.g.):
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Marketing through alternative means (e.g.):
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Google Search Indexing
NB: NB: 35% to 75% of WIKINAM visitors reach WIKINAM via an organic (free) Google search, so this is our focus.
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Microsoft Bing Search Indexing
The importance of Microsoft Bing is slowly increasing as it has been implemented as the default search engine in Microsoft Edge (a Chromium based browser project led by Google).
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Why Subscribe
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WIKINAM offers the cheapest and most cost-effective marketing you can buy in Namibia. Your support through a subscription helps with the ongoing development of Namibia's leading digital directory, which in turn helps promote your own business.
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According to Google Anaytics and third-party meta-analyses on the effectiveness of competitors such as Facebook and Google Ads, you will find that WIKINAM outperforms competitor marketers by a factor of more than eight to one, based on landing page visits alone.
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In fact, these numbers are much higher. WIKINAM has yet to implement Google Tag Manager services, which allow us to track and count individual clicks in WIKINAM's Yellow Pages. The reason this has been posponed was due to the planned switch from Google Analytics Universal to Google Analytics 4 in July 2023. Google Analytics Universal is outdated and has therefore been taken out of circulation by Google. WIKINAM will implement the use of Google Tag Manager sometime in Q4 2023, but certainly before 2024. This will allow a much deeper analysis of WIKINAM's performance and CPC (Cost-per-Click) statistics.
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While a single Yellow Page listing for as little as N$200/year may be all you are looking for, a bundled Yellow Page subscription offers up to 5 Yellow Page listings for a fee of only N$600/year.Bundles offer a much wider scope to be discovered and visited by visitors.
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Compared to subscribed entries, free entries have little or no value as they only provide very basic company information. Their entry increases the value of WIKINAM as visitors receive basic information about the company. WIKINAM and its subscribers benefit from the additional visitors to the service, which prioritises advertising and subscribers' entries by helping them to stand out. A subscribed listing offers an exponentially higher click-through rate than a free listing. This is achieved through priority listing, thumbnails, descriptions, access to messenger and social media services and more. Google Maps for category listings will also be launched in Q4 2023.
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A business directory listing or advertisement can help you get noticed, but a landing page package for only N$2,000/year offers you more than triple the value of services, including business directory listings, advertising space and marketing. Combined with graphic design for just N$500/hour (i.e. As part of a bundle), WIKINAM can help your business stand out and attract attention. Packages can be changed annually. Existing subscriptions can be upgraded at any time, with fees prorated, or existing packages can be upgraded to a larger package by renewing and extension of contract period. The difference will be calculated based on the term of your existing service. WIKINAM's packages are highly scalable.
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We intend to introduce simpler registration methods. Due to financial setbacks from Covid, the war in Ukraine and the global recession, WIKINAM's development is two years behind schedule. The catch-up process started in 2022 and is expected to last until year-end 2023. Your contribution in the form of a subscription will help to accelerate WIKINAM's development, from which your own company will benefit through marketing.
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If you are interested, please send us an email and leave us a message via WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram or Facebook Messenger expressing your interest and letting us know how we can help and get in touch with you. We are rarely available by phone as our focus is on development and messenger services like WhatsApp. We will however be happy to call you back at a convenient time, whenever a missed call has been received. Multimedia files should be sent by email if they are to be used online, as messenger services downgrades the quality of multimedia files to save data and bandwidth for mobile devices. We therefore receive a degraded copy of such media.
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Graphic Design (Business Brochures)
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Phone
- WIKINAM Namibia
- in Windhoek, Namibia
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+264 (81) 3967766
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How To Subscribe
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Demonstration
While WIKINAM has done door-to-door demonstrations in the past, we have generally refrained from doing so in order to limit our environmental footprint and exposure to health risks such as Covid. Most of what WIKINAM does can be demonstrated through digital messenger services and telecommunications. While these services are not yet mature, they make it easier for us and our clients to work in the remotest corners of Namibia.
WIKINAM's success rate of over 100% annual growth combined with Google Anaytics data and meta-analysis conducted by non-polling parties on competing services should be enough to validate our claims. WIKINAM will be happy to provide references from existing clients and spokespeople should you require further corroboration. This page and the list of existing subscribers serve as an indication of WIKINAM's effectiveness.
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Quotation
Although an estimate is rarely required, such a document may be provided to those who deem it necessary. The estimate represents the basic agreement between WIKINAM and the client and is a mirror image of the final invoice.
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Payment
Payment at WIKINAM is exclusively by CBD (i.e. prepayment). The payment modalities can be found in the offer. WIKINAM offers are billed annually and must be renewed 1 month before expiry, especially those that are supplied with domain name services.
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Invoice
By making payment, subscribers seal the deal/contract as stated on the invoice. Any ambiguities or discrepancies should be noted in advance so that they can be corrected or explained in accordance with WIKINAM's general terms and conditions or the terms agreed with individual customers. The offer is converted into an invoice. Company details such as company name, location and postal address are updated.
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Development
Development usually begins as soon as payment is received. Yellow Pages entries can usually be completed within 24 to 48 hours. WIKINAM works according to the FIFO principle (First In First Out). We usually allow a period of up to one month for development to take place. If we do not meet this development time, the contract will be extended by another month.
NB:“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” ― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield.
Don't hesitate to subscribe! Things will almost never be perfect. Taking the first step is the most important step you can take to get started. Rome was not built in a day! Fortunately, the Romans didn't hesitate to get started. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Those who didn't sign up will have little to no success in terms of growing their business through WIKINAM.
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Contract Start
Contracts start after development is complete. WIKINAM allows new subscribers ample time to get their affairs in order (i.e. To get all their ducks in a row).
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Office Hours
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Monday - Friday
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Saturday, Sunday & Public Holidays
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Graphic Design
(Page Heading & Letterhead)Digital Marketing
- WIKINAM Namibia
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- In tough financial times, companies should focus on reducing emerging pop-ups, events and offline advertising.
- Since the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic, more people than ever are sitting in their homes and on their phones and computers - traveling less and meeting in person less often. Companies should therefore invest their marketing spend in digital strategies and online marketing. There is no denying that a WIKINAM subscription is increasingly becoming one of the best ways to market your business in Namibia.
- WIKINAM offers the best marketing money can buy by combining its Yellow Pages directory with online messenger services, social media, Google Maps and Google Search.
WIKINAM Yellow PagesEmail & Web
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Social Media
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WIKINAM Namibia (Free Business News, Media & Advertising)
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Postal Address
- WIKINAM Namibia
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- Box 31436
- Pionierspark
- Windhoek
- Namibia
Street Address
- WIKINAM Namibia
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- N/A & Simmentaler Street
- Northern Industrial Area
- Windhoek
- Namibia
Graphic Design (More than 3,000+ fonts available)Google Search
by Category
- WIKINAM Namibia
- in Windhoek, Namibia
WIKINAM's listings can be identified on Google search through their CL (i.e. Class) aberviation. This specifically identifies a certain type of business throughout Namibia.
This can be used to your advantage by specify this as part of a Google Search. The following example would focus on business categories concerned with "tow-in" in WIKINAM's Yellow Pages.
"site:wikinam.org cl tow-in" or "wikinam cl tow-in"NB:WIKINAM's page design follow the following logic:
- IDX: Index Pages
- CL : Business CLass or Category
- CTC: Contact Page
Graphic Design (Mock-up certificate)Google Search
by Business
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- in Windhoek, Namibia
All WIKINAM landing pages, including those of subscribers, are indexed by Google Search and Microsoft Bing through regular submission of the sitemap. SEO ensures that WIKINAM pages rank well within 30 to 60 days of indexing.
SEO ranking depends on various factors such as responsive design, page load performance, content, relevance, competition, multimedia, regularity of updates, etc. Subscribers benefit from WIKINAM''s already leading SEO rankings, which are continuously improving due to incremental updates and research. Google Search Console reported to us in February 2023 that more than 18% of our pages rank first. WIKINAM has about 1,000 pages online. That is quite an achievement.
WIKINAM developed abreviations can be used to your advantage by specifying this as part of a Google search. The following example would focus on business categories related to "Autoworx" in the WIKINAM's Business Directory in a Google Search
"site:wikinam.org ctc autoworx" or "wikinam ctc autoworx" or simply "ctc autoworx" in WIKINAMNB:WIKINAM's page design follow the following logic:
- IDX: Index Pages
- CL : Business CLass or Category
- CTC: Contact Page
Graphic Design (Mock-up certificate)
Graphic Design
100GB+ Top Nodge, copyrighted and licensed vector graphics can be used as a basis for WIKINAM graphic design.Social Media
- WIKINAM Namibia
- in Windhoek, Namibia
In 2019 WIKINAM incoprporated the services of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to spread awareness of the service and its subscribers. However, the decline in organic (i.e. free) reach of posts by more than 99% over the last few years has shown that such services are of little value without paid ads. Statistics from 2022 have proven WIKINAM advertisement to be at least 8 times more effective than paid marketing through social media.
Due to the decline in reach on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) WIKINAM has concluded that social media these days deliveres a very poor return on investment.
Subscribers can howeber still benefit from having a social media through WIKINAM's call-to-action buttons. The role of social media in terms of business is to keep visitors informed by presenting up-to-date information about your products, brands and services. Support for X (Formerly Twitter) has ceised when it became a right wing mothpeace for America's MAGA (Make America great Again) GOP (Grand Old Party) with their right wing white supremecy, facsist mindset. MAGA Republicans are considered fascist, racist and anti-democratic, and will therefore not be supported on WIKINAM. A good alternative is Telegram.
The data shows that a company's marketing budget is better invested in its business through WIKINAM and its position in the world's most popular search engine, Google Search. Therefore, WIKINAM leads by example.
Google Search Console revealed that more than 18% of WIKINAM's pages rank first on the Google search platform. WIKINAM's focus has therefore shifted proportionally towards SEO and brand awareness via the leading search. These are Google search with 83% market share and Microsoft Bing with 9% market share. According to Google Search Console, 35 % to 75 % of WIKINAM's engagement was generated via Google Search organic reach.
We believe that social media still has an important role to play in marketing. By directing visitors to a subscriber's social media and messenger services, WIKINAM is already in a unique position to spread awareness of your online social media presence. WIKINAM's doors swing both ways. Customers are encouraged to link their social media and messenger services to WIKINAM and vice versa. WIKINAM landing pages offer a special insight into your company's business, while social media and messenger services can help answer questions or promote individual products or services.
While Social media and messenger services can help keep visitors informed about current and upcoming events, WIKINAM advertising can be used to connect customers with such services.
Graphic Design (Business Cards)
Graphic Design (Appealing Menu Designs)Free Listings
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Pros & Cons- WIKINAM Namibia
- in Windhoek, Namibia
Free entries help attract visitors to WIKINAM, which in turn helps subscribers get noticed.
They have limited promotional value for your business, as visitors are encouraged to view the subscribed listings, which come with features, such as a descriptions, thumbnails and access to social media, messenger services and in the near future, Google Maps, that help them stand out.
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Free Listings Include
- Business Name
- Phone Numbers
- Mobile Numbers
- Fax Numbers
- Fax-to-Email Numbers
- Street Addresses
- Postal Addresses)
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Prioritized Listing
Free listings are inconspicuous NB: Free entries do not stand out and therefore do not attract the immediate attention of visitors.
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- Messenger Services
- Signal
- Telegram
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Graphic Design (Various Menus)Subscibed Listing
Pros & Cons- WIKINAM Namibia
- in Windhoek, Namibia
A subscription shows visitors that you care about your company's image and reputation, as you can flaunt and showcase it in Namibia's leading business directory.
Subscriptions offer prioritised listings, thumbnails, call-to-action buttons for social media and messenger services, Google Maps (coming soon), advertising, landing pages and much more. While a single listing costs only N$200/year, a package of 5 listings for N$600/year offers much more value in terms of discoverability.
By placing your business listings in appropriate business categories and in cities where you would like to do business, a Yellow Pages ad package has a much greater marketing value. However, Yellow Pages Ad Packages, which start at N$600/year, have their own unique benefits, such as spreading awareness of your business outside your business categories. A full subscription, presently charged at N$2,000/year with 5 Yellow Pages listings, 3 positions in the WIKINAM advertising queue and a landing page that summarises the essence of your business is an unbeatable combination.
Subscribed Listings
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- Descriptions
- Business Name
- Phone Numbers
- Mobile Numbers
- Fax Numbers
- Email Addresses
- Fax-to-Email Numbers
- Street Address(es)
- Postal Address(es)
- Web Pages
- Landing Pages
- Messenger Services
- Signal
- Telegram
- Social Media
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Graphic Design
A picture is worth a thousand words.
An appealing ad, thumbnail or landing page supports your marketing by making your business more attractive for a visit. Graphic design helps to make your listing more eye-catching.
- Marketing through advertising in WIKINAM's Yellow Pages
- Marketing through a Email Advertising Campaign
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Subscribed Listings
Example
Graphic Design (Appealing Menu Designs)Categories
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Page Heading by WIKINAM
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Page Heading by WIKINAMCategory Index
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Page Heading by WIKINAMPayment Terms
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Additional Information
- Vehicle Parking : Available
- Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Graphic Design
LOGO by WIKINAMAdvertising
- WIKINAM Namibia
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Advertising in WIKINAM helps your business get noticed.
A full subscription starting at N$2,000/year includes up to 3 advertisements that are marketed in all of our yellow pages during the contractual period.
The next step in the development of WIKINAM is the development of an ad portal where subscribers can upload their own ads. These will be moderated by WIKINAM to ensure that they are compatible with the our website guidelines (e.g. no pornography, obscenity, profanity, racism, etc.).
Advertisements may be displayed with or without transparancy, as is the case with all of WIKINAM's images sinze mid 2023.
Graphic Design (Thumbnail & Logo)Examples
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Business Landing Pages
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Mannie's Bike Mecca (Swakopmund)
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Hydraulic Repairs
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Rocla Pipes
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Hygiene Solutions
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Windhoek Tool Centre
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Windhoeker Buchhandlung
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Opperman Thiels Auto Body Repairs
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Mr.X-Haust Mr.Tyre
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Klein Windhoek Pharmacy
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Index Pages
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There exists an African proverb that dictates that the best way to eat an elephant standing in your path is to cut it into little pieces. At WIKINAM we do this on a daily by providing supporters the Swiss Army knife to cut off their own little piece of elephant.
Make a Difference Today
Be part of our team! WIKINAM is not asking for handouts! For less than the price of a loaf of bread WIKINAM users on average reach more than 10 users daily in 2020 through our different marketing channels.
NB: While WIKINAM can bring the horses to the water it is not our job to make them drink. It is our subscribers job to make lemonade from lemons.
Benefits through our yellow page contact page listings (i.e. Yellow Page Advertisements) that are displayed randomly on many of our pages. WIKINAM will be working on algorithms in 2020 to ensure that the clients that promote us the most receive the most attention. Additionally category pages are sorted based on the level of support (i.e. Categorized Priority), Google Search, Facebook and Instagram.
WIKINAM also offerc IT and ICT related services such as domain name services, to-levele domains, sub-domains and email. More products and services will be presented over time. There is no poin in cutting of more than we ca chew.
Our goal for 2020 is to offer a Trade Directory that is easy to find, use and understand and works well on all devices. If you therefore own a business in Namibia, please help us by putting bread on our table. Your business will certainly be better off for it. Please send us an Whatsapp, SMS or Email as can be found on our system menus. Alternativey call us. We will gladly return your call should this prove helpfull.
How to Get Started
A SERVICE Menu (Left Bottom) provides easy access to WIKINAM's System wide Contact Information, Categories and Important Services.
A PAGE Menu (Right Bottom) provides access to relevant information for that specific page.
Errors & Omision
Please report any recommendations, errors and omissions through SMS, Whatsapp, Facebook or email. Buttons have bee provided for email and Whatsapp to ease this process. Our contact details can be found under the Page Menu (i.e. Binoculars).
How to Find a Business
WIKINAM employs Google Custom Search to provide relevant iformation based on site content. This can be used to find businesses, brands, products, services and information. It would be difficult to match Google Search' complexities. Many have tried and failed. We therefore decided to work with Google rather than against them.
Most subscriber pages reach Google Search rankings on the first page in less than a month. Subscriber's are however warned that there are exceptions to every rule.
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WIKINAM Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia
WIKINAM Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia
A Yellow Page Business Directory that is developed by Namibians, for Namibians.
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WIKINAM ICT Services Cc
WIKINAM ICT Services Cc
