How To Build A Successful Digital Marketing Platform? Ft. Ali Khan Swati | 279 | TBT

International listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55... In tonight’s conversation with our special guest, Ali Khan Swati. What are his current businesses? Ali’s early life & education? How did his friends influence him? How did he get into the digital field? How was his experience at Outreach? How did he deal with his father’s loss? What was starting Awaami & Red Tale like? Getting married & starting a business with his wife? Knowing the e-commerce industry? What is Layesha cosmetics? What is the concept of brand marketing, influencer marketing & freelancing in Pakistan? Why getting a degree is important? What is the success rate of online courses? Is it better than getting a degree? Why are polishing skills important? Why is it important to share failures with the audience? Industry growth and scamming? What is the market demand? Earning easy money and the gap between demand, supply & talent? Where is talent? How does Ali see Pakistan in the year 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight's episode. #thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #digitalmarketing 00:00 Tonight’s guest: Ali Khan Swati 01:17 Ali’s businesses 03:24 His early life & education 07:01 How did his friends influence him? 09:55 Getting into the digital field 11:19 Working at Outreach 12:07 Dealing with father’s loss 13:18 Starting Awaami 15:20 Starting Red Tale 16:21 Getting married 18:09 Knowing the e-commerce industry 20:48 Layesha cosmetics 22:07 The concept of brand marketing 25:51 Influencer marketing & freelancing 29:52 Why getting a degree is essential? 34:08 Success rate & online courses 40:04 Sharing failures 42:00 Amazon 42:59 Market demand & easy money 45:48 Industry growth & scamming 50:33 Gap between demand, supply & talent 55:03 Self-learning pros & cons 55:56 Coursework & apprenticeship 59:51 Working hard & earning well 1:01:19 Where is the talent? 1:02:18 Attitude Vs. talent 1:03:17 Staying ahead of the curve 1:04:55 The value of learning 1:10:56 Polishing skills & taking courses 1:15:25 How does Ali see Pakistan in 2050? Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way Connect with us: •   / thoughtbehindthings   •   / muzamilhasan   Ali Khan Swati’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-khan-... Ali Khan Swati’s Instagram:   / aliswatiofficial   One8nine Media:    / @smhz-one8nine   Support our podcast: https://anchor.fm/syed-muzamil-hasan-... You can also audio stream our podcast on the following platforms: • Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3z1cE7F • Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2S84VEd • Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3cgIkfI