March, 2014 - SD Nuggets™

Dig Your Sales and Marketing Well, Before You're Thirsty (For Income)!

March 19, 2014

On May 16, 2011... Prospect wrote: Hi Tayo, I requested a demo (ExcelVB software) download from your site and your condition was to add you as a (Facebook) friend first. Anyway hope to hear from you... Tayo Solagbade (Me): Hello P. Thanks for taking the pain. Can you let me know what demo you are […]

Entrepreneurship

How To Deal Effectively With Risks & Uncertainties To Ensure More Consistency In Your Farm's Performance

March 18, 2014

As a Performance Improvement Specialist, with a bias for Farm Research & Extension Advisory Services provision, I encourage farm CEOs to adopt what I call a BOPMS™ i.e. a Best Operating Process Management System™ for Profitable Farm Management. When implemented correctly, a BOPMS™ can - among other benefits - enable competent handling of the many RISKS […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 133: To Succeed, Find Correctly Motivated Buyers

March 17, 2014

Why do people who buy YOUR services do so? Do you know? In this article, I explain why knowing the answer to that question, is the key to your long term selling success, as a service provider. The insights I share can make you more effective in selling your services for the long term, IF […]

Entrepreneurship

Need Help to Raise Money for Your Farm Business?

March 15, 2014

On 2012-04-17 at 23:15:18, Obinna N., a Mechanical Engineer with a well known multinational oil company wrote me saying: “i have a plot of land and i have just raised 2 million naira to start cat fish farming please i need to succeed, i need your help in every way possible thanks” But I Never […]

Entrepreneurship

Update: Saturday 15th March 2014 Feed Formulation (& Compounding) Workshop

March 14, 2014

Around 12 noon today, Ekere A., a Farm CEO in Uyo called me on my mobile, here in Cotonou, to confirm that DHL just delivered the Feed Formulation learning package I sent to him. I'd had to constantly liaise with DHL (via their website tracking system and by phone) from Tuesday, when I sent the […]

My DN Travel News

A Society That Does Not Reward Competence Will Develop Poorly

March 14, 2014

Chimamanda Adichie left Nigeria for the USA at the age of 19. Today, she's in the news again for winning yet another award as a writer. Isn't it wonderful that a person from just about anywhere in the world, can go to the USA, and succeed on merit? Adichie and Lupita Nyong'o are two great […]

Entrepreneurship

Your Practical Feed Formulation (& Compounding) Home Study Video Series is Now Available!

March 13, 2014

It's taken a LOT OF HARD WORK, but I knew it would be worth it. This is because I get to offer many busy Farm CEOs who've contacted me" a viable alternative to traveling down to attend the forthcoming LIVE workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. And it's a better option compared to even holding a webinar […]

Excel-VB Solutions

Working As A Farm Hand Enabled Me Create My Self-Cleaning Aquariums

March 12, 2014

In 2002, I apprenticed on Muyiwa Adediran's Belewo specialised fish rearing farm for a period of about six (6) months. This was in line with my plan to acquire skills and knowledge to eventually startup my own Integrated Fish Farm later on. During this time I would come in on specified days (usually Sundays) to […]

Entrepreneurship

To Achieve Success, Protect Your Client Relationships

March 11, 2014

Yesterday I spent about 2 hours in the accounts section of a medium sized hospital client company (in Ikeja, Lagos), who have been using my Excel-VB Driven Payslip Generator since April 2007. They had called me while I was in Cotonou about 3 weeks ago The app, according to the department head, was giving negative […]

Career Development

No. 132: A Smarter Way to Learn (&/Or Teach) from Experience

March 10, 2014

Experience can be quite a good teacher. So one could argue that it pays to learn from her. However - as someone once observed her fees/charges can often be quite high. And not all her students survive 🙂 In this issue I explain why it pays to seek information, education, guidance and support to pursue […]