Best freelance digital marketer in Qatar
Hey!
I am Vivek Haridas.
A freelance digital marketer in Qatar with a background most marketers simply do not have.
7 years in sales. Three businesses. A lot of lessons. Now I use all of that to build marketing that actually works
My path was not straight. It was real.
I studied mechanical engineering across three colleges – not my calling, but I committed to finishing what I started. That stubbornness shaped everything I do in business.
My real ambition was always to be a businessman, like my father. He built something from nothing — he was my first role model. So when I finished my studies, I went straight into business. No job hunting.
And I failed. Twice.
First was my father’s vehicle garage in Qatar’s Industrial Area — an 18-year business that shut down within two years of me joining. My inexperience combined with the Qatar border blockade of 2017 hit us hard. Second was a mobile car detailing centre I launched during COVID-19. After one year of fighting an impossible market, I closed that too.
Two businesses. Two closures. Both painful. Neither wasted. That journey is what shaped me into the best freelance digital marketer in Qatar I am today — because I understand business failure, market pressure, and what it actually takes to survive and grow.
I decided to learn from the inside.
After two failed businesses, I made a clear decision: before I could run a business well, I needed to understand how successful businesses actually work from the inside. So I joined one.
Amex International in Qatar — a company supplying medical and general consumables — was completely outside my experience. I had worked in automobiles. I knew nothing about medical supplies, nothing about the industry, and nothing about how to sell in that space. I had no connections, no background, and no safety net.
I worked hard anyway. I pushed through the learning curve, I focused on understanding my customers deeply, and I hit my targets. In 2022, I was recognised as Best Employee of the Year — in a field I had entered with zero prior knowledge.
That experience confirmed something important about how I work: I do not need a perfect background to perform. I need to understand people — what they need, what they fear, and what will actually make them say yes. That is the core of sales. And it is the core of everything I do in marketing today.