In this issue of the Farm CEO newspaper, I announce a 2-in-1 promotional service offer that may interest members of my Farm Business Ideas club. See PDF and image Mind Map attached to the email broadcast:
I actually sent a personalised version to one of 2 most recent Farm CEOs who purchased my farm business support products. The offer comes in 2 parts outlined below:
Dear All,
Our phone discussion regarding my farm business support products that you purchased refers.
I offer you the following 2-in-1 combination of specially discounted solutions to support you at this early startup phase of your farm business operation.
Get FREE Customization of your Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager for ONE YEAR (Save over N150k)
Over the course of ONE full year, I will modify your Farm’s Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager to meet any additional needs we identify and agree on for your farm business.
This includes accommodating the various aspects of daily best practice operational needs you have.
This will ensure you and your team members have ready access to required documents, farm record forms and reports that will be auto generated for use from custom interfaces in the app.
Get One year Basic Web Marketing Support to boost name/brand recognition and attract profitable paying bulk buyers for your Farm (Save Over N150k)
If you take up FREE customization above, (I,e offer 1), you will get items 1 to 4 of my Web Marketing System shown in the mind map image attached to this email (wms-pricing.jpg) – completely FREE for 1 full year (you purchase domain/hosting with me) – to boost your marketing reach and impact.
I consider it crucially important to quickly and unceremoniously get kids OVER the feeling of awe that tends to overtake many of them in our part of the world, when they gain initial access to what are now increasingly affordable and often fancy mobile devices and gadgets (e.g. smartphones, tablets, laptops and computers) abundant in marketplaces today.
Most photos and videos of the various skills they were taught were recorded using this phone of hers.
Sadly, about a week later, she dropped this device into the bowl of soap water in which she was washing clothes, and the touch screen stopped working. We never got it fixed.
Today, I got her a Lenovo smartphone as replacement, mainly because they will need it to record what they are taught in the new hairdressing training they are to start.
However, I’ve made it clear she must resume her daily online business tasks execution, and ensure she hits the required DAILY points, if she wants to keep the phone and have the Internet browsing data subscription renewed.
If she does this for long enough, she will earn commissions from the online business, effectively paying for herself to continue using it. That’s the same approach I use with the 2 older brothers who have been told similar thing. So they know there is no free ride in a fancy car for them!
[I began sending THIS promotional offer to clients last year (2016). This year, I’ve thrown in the bonus of a FREE 3 to 5 minute Business Marketing Trailer Video]
Would you like to build your own Digital Passive Income Generating Information Product in YOUR area of proven knowledge/competence/expertise, BUT worry that you may lack time/training to START, and FINISH it?
If you said YES to the Above, This Offer May Interest You
Here is an example of titles I proposed each client consider (based on what I’d seen of their individual brands and personalities):
Secrets for Successful Pig Farm Business Startup & Operation (True Story)
[NB: This offer expires MNT today 27th April 2017. ONLY 2 slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For payment details text (or call) me on +234-803-302-1263 or +229-66-122-136. Or email tayo at tksola dot com. Alternatively, click here to send me a message]
Let me do all the work for you as a Ghost-Writer (research, writing, recording, book cover design, book publishing, audio/video DVD Information Products creation etc) .
In other words, I will help you write, design and publish a PHYSICAL BOOK to MONETIZE your knowledge and expertise in your vocation or profession.
We can do it face to face or remotely. It won’t matter.
I will interview you (and record/transcribe what you say) on the topic, to get what you know in written form. Then I’ll use my wealth of experience to research the subject to add more to what you give me. I will then combine it all, creatively, to make a ready-to-sell Information Product in PDF format, with front and back book cover designs for a PRINT version – both will be put up for sale in an online store I will setup for you.
NB: You will be the author, and you will own the content and copyright. I would literally NOT exist …except to YOU.
What Do You Get When I’m Done?
NB: If you’re already a member of my Inner Circle, you ONLY need to pay 35% of the N50k promo offer fee (as per your lifetime 65% discount membership benefit).
1. A complete Information Product published in both DIGITAL and PRINT/PHYSICAL formats, with your name as Author, ready-for-sale to a global audience in Print-On-Demand Publishing Online Store (See an example of such a product that I created for a Cotonou based client at http://tayosolagbade.com/pod-letter.html)
My standard fee for ghost-writing/publishing a book as above is N150k. But for this offer, I will do it FREE for ALL 4 of those who take up this offer within the deadline.
Below: Photo of Cotonou based Dr. Arnold Nana Kouayep, holding a physical copy of his book (ghostwritten by me in 2015) – after 10 copies I ordered from his online store were delivered by UPS to hi office.
You can visit her online store to see the book on sale at www.lulu.com/spotlight/hopeagwulonu [She also has the MS Word manuscript and a read-for-use PDF version which she can email to buyers who pay directly to her bank.
2. One-on-One Coaching by me on how to:
a. take the product I develop for you, and promote it to attract potential buyers for it, both online and offline
b. create other DCFGAs by yourself – including detailed instructions of where to go to download FREE tools/resources for creating your own branded range of digital products, like I do.
My standard fee for One-on-One Coaching is N50k. But for this offer, I will do it FREE for ALL 4 of those who take up this offer within the deadline.
The above means that instead of paying N200k, I will do 1 and 2 for you, at ZERO COST!
All you have to do is join my Inner Circle by paying N50k (approx. $250 USD) – at N200 to $1 USD
Note that you DO NOT need to pay the full fee at once to take up this offer
Instead, you can TIE DOWN the offer by paying at least N10k BEFORE the deadline expires…at MNT today Thur 27th April 2017
Subsequently, you will pay at least N10k every month, until the full N50k fee is paid up.
[NB: If you pay N20k before Midnight today Thursday 27th April 2017, you WILL get a further N10k discount i.e. instead of paying a total of N30k balance, you ONLY pay N20k balance, meaning you’ll end up paying ONLY N40k in total, instead of N50k to take up this offer.]
On my part, as a gesture of goodwill, once you pay up to N30k, I will formally commence work with you as per the FREE offer in 1 and 2 above.
You also get your 65% lifetime discount to buy ALL my other products and services.
So, to summarize, here are the key features of this offer to you:
To get Your Own Digital Cash Flow Generating Asset (DCFGA) Built by Me….
1. Simply join my Inner Circle by paying N50k (approx $250 USD) instead of N100k (approx. $500 USD) – at N200 to $1 USD
2. You can pay the N50k offer fee at once, or tie down the offer by paying at least N10k BEFORE the deadline expires, then paying monthly instalments of at least N10k till the full N50k fee is paid up.
3. When your payments reach N30k, I’ll start working with you to write and publish your Information Product based on 1 and 2 above
4. When your payments are completed at N50k, I’ll send you ANY FREE product you want, and activate your 65% discount to purchase ANY of my other products and services, as a member of my Inner Circle.
5. This entire offer expires at Midnight today Thursday 27th April 2017 – and ONLY 2 slots are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Important Notes
a. If you pay N20k before Midnight today Thursday 27th April 2017, you WILL get a further N10k discount i.e. instead of paying a total of N30k balance, you ONLY pay N20k balance, meaning you’ll end up paying ONLY N40k in total, instead of N50k to take up this offer.
b. If you’re already a member of my Inner Cirle, you ONLY need to pay 35% of the N50k promo offer fee (as per your lifetime 65% discount membership benefit).
c. If you’ve attended my talk (and/or purchased my Audio DVD) on Passive Income generation, and you’re interested in this offer, email or send me an SMS and I’ll hold a slot for you to take up on or before the deadline..
6. For payment details text (or call) me on +234-803-302-1263 or +229-66-122-136. Or email me via tayo at tksola dot com. Alternatively, click here to send me a message
Bonus Offer: Get a Branded 3 to 5 Minute Trailer Video to Promote Your New Product On Youtube Once It’s Ready!
Pay the full N50k fee at once, for me to build your new information product, and I’ll create a branded Trailer Video (N50k value) to be published on your own branded Youtube channel, to promote the product online
Why Am I Making This Kind of Offer?
Simple.
I am on a mission to SHOW others that they can also achieve the kind of success I enjoy via Passive Income Streams generation using my branded Digital Cash Flow Generating Assets.
To achieve my purpose, I want to have 2 persons (who take up this offer) to serve as MODELS of what is possible…
If YOU begin earning passive income using the cash flow/passive income generating asset I build for you, others will BELIEVE it is possible.
Then they will be motivated to take PERSONAL ACTION to do what you’re doing, thereby empowering themselves to be financially independent.
When YOU, and others who are so impacted succeed, I WILL naturally succeed as well, because you would provide REAL LIFE testimonial case studies for me to point out to MORE potential clients!
For payment details text (or call) me on +234-803-302-1263 or +229-66-122-136. Or email me via tayo at tksola dot com. Alternatively, click here to send me a message
Do you ignore efforts to Identify and Stop Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM)? Let’s hope your silence (or indifference) does not cause your son, brother, uncle, dad or other male loved ones to suffer like those who tell their stories on batteredmen dot com featured below:
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“It(DVAM) doesn’t happen.” “It only happens to a few guys–puny, little guys.” “Women who batter only do it in self-defense.” “I wonder what he did, to make her do that?”
There are a lot of myths floating around.
In these pages, we present men’s stories, in their own words.
Story 1:
Another man, whose story is not here e-mailed me:
“I have a problem.
I feel that, if I report my wife, I will be the one that winds up in custody.
When I mentioned dialing 911 while my wife was hitting me with a skilet this morning, she told me to “Go ahead – I will just tell them that I was defending myself”.
Story 2:
“My wife—in one of her drunken rages—took our daughter’s baseball bat and used it to smash the locked door to my study, where I was trying desperately to meet a deadline. And since I’m over 6 feet tall and muscular, I wouldn’t get much sympathy posing as a “battered man!”: I had thought of calling the police that night. When I recalled this incident to my divorce lawyer some time later, his response was: “It’s a good thing you didn’t, because the police probably would have arrested you.”
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If you want to sell successfully, and for the long term, in a manner that is sustainable, you need to LEARN how to DEMONSTRATE to potential buyers, that solutions you offer are exactly what s/he needs. I offer ideas (and support) you can use below.
Since, most times, especially when using the web, it is unlikely that you will get a chance to speak to, and convince, a potential buyer via face to face interactions, the reality is that you will need to put in place a system that enables you to say ENOUGH of what you normally need to say, remotely, to win him/her over.
From 2005, when I decided to come online (via spontaneousdevelopment.com – now defunct), to begin offering my products and services via the web, the above stated goal (of winning total strangers over as buyers without face-to-face meeting) dominated my thinking.
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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PII 063: You Can Use Video Marketing to Attract Profitable Buyers For Your Products [Hint: Get Ideas & Support]
If you want to sell successfully, and for the long term, in a manner that is sustainable, you need to LEARN how to DEMONSTRATE to potential buyers, that solutions you offer are exactly what s/he needs. I offer ideas (and support) you can use below.
Since, most times, especially when using the web, it is unlikely that you will get a chance to speak to, and convince, a potential buyer via face to face interactions, the reality is that you will need to put in place a system that enables you to say ENOUGH of what you normally need to say, remotely, to win him/her over.
From 2005, when I decided to come online (via spontaneousdevelopment.com – now defunct), to begin offering my products and services via the web, the above stated goal (of winning total strangers over as buyers without face-to-face meeting) dominated my thinking.
You see, I’d gone though a lot of stress, inconvenience and hardship using conventional door to door salesman-style pavement pounding marketing methods to win clients.
And it was just not working well enough for the kinds of solutions I offered.
I was getting too few clients and they were paying just too little, compared to the time and effort I always had to invest in return for what they paid me.
One example: In 2008, I recall getting paid N40,000.0 for a job that took me all of 2 months to complete – and I mean every day of those 2 months, in which I would leave home as early as 6.00a.m to drive down to the home based small scale factory premises of the client, where I would then work, on site, from 7.30a.m till sometimes well past midnight – after which I would drive about 45 minutes to get back home, and repeat the same routine the next day.
Yep. I worked a lot like that back then, because it took so much hard work to find new client work, with people willing to pay anything worthwhile.
But I always knew there had to be a better way.
So I began to research alternative ways to make sales. As time went on, I came up with the idea of selling products I’d worked so hard to create for other clients. This option had the distinct advantage of getting me paid without my having to commit to the crazy on site work regimen of building new apps or website for clients.
In case you wonder why I had to work on site…
It was not all the time. But there were often times when the nature/scope of work made it smarter to offer clients the option to pay less, if they covered my electricity/fueling costs.
For instance, as recently as last week, I received payment from a Farm CEO, who has still NOT met face to face with me, for 5 of my products, which he purchased via a time limited promotional offer I emailed to him.
This gentleman had done a Google search that led him to watch Video Demonstrations of my products and he’d then submitted a web form enquiry to request details about how to buy them.
2. I replied using my generic template, asking him to call me, so I could ask him a few questions. The next day, he did that, and after I’d gotten satisfactory answers to the questions I asked him. I told him the prices for the products he’d asked about, and later sent him the email offer. That night, he sent full payment via bank transfer, and notified me via email.
3. Once I confirmed the payment, I prepared personalized copies of the products and emailed them to him.
The process I’ve just described above is the Sales Cycle that most of my buyers go through; based on the automated Web Marketing System I propagate using the web. Central to the operation and success of this system is an intelligent use of smart (not fancy!) Video based Marketing.
It is worth noting here that over 80% of my sales today come as a result of exposure of prospective buyers to my Video Marketing.
Not just that, I have clients in my network who have gotten referrals from me, through my system that led them to make money.
For instance, last month, a prospective pig farm business CEO who purchased my Feed Formulation Handbook and Software, asked me for help in locating a reliable Pig Farm Business Owner/Consultant that he could connect with for guidance, towards successful startup.
I wasted no time in referring him to a member of my Farm Business Ideas club who I knew owned a Pig Farm Business in a large Farm Settlement (Gberigbe) in Lagos. They have since met face to face – money has changed hands between both parties, and I understand they are looking to do more business together.
The irony of it all is that I STILL have NEVER met face to face with the prospective Pig Farm Business owner. What a great way to make a difference and an impact: I LOVE It!
But what makes it possible for me to work this way today, and NEVER again need to do all that manual labour I used to do, to find customers?
It’s my strategic use of Video Marketing, based on an elaborate Web Marketing System I conceived, to boost name/brand recognition and win credibility/trust in the mind of prospects
People want to be SURE that you can help them. Video Marketing is a particularly potent medium for SHOWING people what you can do, and how it can help them.
But there is no one-size-fits-all approach for use of this technique. Each person will have to think creatively about how to make it work for him/herself. The way I use it may not be the best way for you to use it.
That’s why I offer to help any business owners who are interested in creative smart TIMELESS marketing videos that NEVER expire, to promote their products and services.
I do it, and it wins me paying clients internationally, without my having to pay for any advertising. Examples of videos I use include the following:
Example: How to Correct Excess Energy Content in a Livestock Ration [Feed Formulation Home Study Video Series]
I use the video below THIS screenshot to show prospective buyers excerpts of what my Feed Formulation Handbook offers.
To get the results I do, all I do is to DILIGENTLY use the rest of my Web Marketing System to propagate the video marketing resources I create. Note that HOW I do it is however the reason I succeed in making REPEAT sales without needing to leave home!
What I do is something ANY business owner can successfully do for his/her brand, IF s/he knows how. I offer to do it for you, or coach you to do it yourself, if you are interested.
Over the past 14 years, I’ve developed custom Web Marketing Systems (WMS) for clients in a wide variety of industries e.g. real estate, audiology/hearing and speech improvement, medical consulting, real estate investing, leadership consulting, health and fitness, hospitality (hotels, restaurants, and bars), legal consulting and others.
My multidisciplinary aptitude equips me to work with clients in virtually any industry, handling ALL their Web Marketing needs remotely, anonymously, confidentially.
I can do the same for you!
Like I explain using the mind map I created, Video Marketing is one of the 9 key components of a WMS that can be used to take one’s business marketing to the next level. If THAT is what you want for your brand,
1. Click here to learn more about this app – watch demo videos etc
2.Click here to watch a 4 part video in which I demonstrate how to use this app to formulate rations using real life data sent to me by an Algerian PhD student.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Click here to download a detailed PDF user guide and watch 15 screen shot user guide tutorials of the Monthly Poultry Farm Manager that I now offer Farm CEOs.
Click here to contact me about purchasing this product.
Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.
In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.
His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).
In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.
In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.
Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).
When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.
Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.
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On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.
Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.
But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.
If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.
This week I formally announce the availability of the 2016 Excel-Visual Basic Automation Club Home Study Tutorial Archives DVD. As I hinted in a previous post, this product is a compilation of ALL the text and video based tutorials I’ve sent out over the past year, since the launch of my Excel Heaven Visual Basic Automation club.
The promise I made to members of the club was to share my expertise with them via the coaching tutorials I send out, not just with regard to Excel-VB coding, but also in the area of marketing one’s products and services as provider of custom Excel-VB Automation solutions.
Below is a screen shot from an email enquiry I received from a Farm CEO, who expressed interest in buying my 3 flagship products – the Feed Formulation Handbook, Poultry Farm Manager and Ration Formulator.
That gentleman has since gone on to make payment for all 3 products (in addition to 2 others I offered at a discounted bonus) – and I’ve since delivered them via email to him.
TIP: In tomorrow’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter, I’ll share insights from my use of Video Marketing to attract profitable paying customers for my products, for years.
As we approach 1st May 2017, to begin a new year in the life of the club, I want members and those aspiring, to know that there is a LOT to be learned.
You can also become competent in Excel-VB coding and the marketing of what you do, in a way that enables you make money like I do.
But it takes work – and a lot of dedication. You need to be willing to invest emotionally in this venture, if you want to succeed at it.
To make it easier for yourself to progress, you must embrace every opportunity to learn that comes your way. I recommend you start by purchasing a copy of this new DVD compilation. it offers you an opportunity to learn the basics I’ve presented via my Experiential Coaching based system.
Excerpts from this Wikipedia article offer insights into just how imbalanced the reporting and understanding of Domestic Violence Against Men (DVAM) really is….!
Violence by women against men is widespread and underreported. The official figure in the United Kingdom, for example, is about 50% of the number of acts of violence by men against women, but there are indications that only about 10% of male victims of female violence report the incidents to the authorities, mainly due to taboos and fears of misunderstanding created by a culture of masculine expectations.[9]
A report from Canada even found men to be more than 22% more likely to be victims of spousal violence than women.[9][10] Sexual violence by women against men is even more taboo and even less studied or recognized.[11]
Men who are victims of domestic violence are at times reluctant to report it or to seek help. There is also an established paradigm that only males perpetrate domestic violence and are never victims.[26] As with other forms of violence against men, intimate partner violence is generally less recognized in society when the victims are men.[27][28]
Violence of women against men in relationships is often ‘trivialized'[3][29][30] due to the supposed weaker physique of women; in such cases the use of dangerous objects and weapons is omitted.[3] Research since the 1990s has identified issues of perceived and actual bias when police are involved, with the male victim being negated even whilst injured.[31]
Writing for TIME, Cathy Young (http://time.com/3432838/emma-watson-feminism-men-women/) criticised the feminist movement for not doing enough to challenge double standards in the treatment of male victims of physical abuse and sexual assault.[22]
The title of this book alone (cover shown below) speaks wisdom. My March 2016 article (titled, in part “Parenting Is NOT A Democracy…” – previewed/linked further down) is similarly themed. Wise parents will take heed before it is too late.
I must warn you before you open the pages of this book; this will not be a “softball” or “appeasement” or “politically correct” book. The systematic strategy for dismantling and destroying the family unit and the God-given potential for greatness we each carry within us is no longer knocking at your door. We can no longer take the posture of back- seat drivers; reacting as if we are helpless kidnapped- passengers being dragged along for the ride by an oversized bully, incapable or unwilling to make the choices necessary to maintain the character and integrity of the home. Whether you are a two- parent home or a single- parent home, the choices we face are still the same. We can either choose to fold up our tents and raise the white flag of surrender or we can choose to stop complaining about everything that is wrong with the world and fight. If you want to win and you refuse to compromise the future of your child to a world bent on promoting the worst in your child instead of getting the best out of them, then keep reading. ‘My Home is Not A Democracy’ draws a line in the sand, offers sound strategies for effective parenting and challenges every reader to stand your ground and fight for the future of your families.
Photo below (taken in March 2016) shows my 10 year old girl smiling while holding one of our 3 “African Easter Pizzas” she had made. You would NOT believe she was the same person who had burst into tears while kneading the dough for the Pizza – after I scolded her for refusing her 12 year old brother’s help in doing it right
This issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter features a dissection of the sections in Farm Operations Record Keeping Form that comes ready-to-print in my popular Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager software.
To use it, the client simply prints out a copy using the command button provided in the app’s Menu (see top left of Form Section No. 1 below).
Then photocopies of the printed blank form are produced, with a copy being filled in daily, by the farm hands or other assigned personnel, using records from the shop floor or as the activities to be documented happen.
NB: This PI Squared newsletter will be published weekly, on Mondays, in place of the Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS newsletter, starting from today – 15th February 2016. I’m reinventing my Monday newsletter content and theme, to accommodate my vision of serving the growing audience of serious minded individuals and organizations reaching out to me, with information, education. news and research findings designed to help them do what they do better.
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PII 062: Anatomy of Farm Operation Record Form Used to Collect data for Tayo Solagbade’s Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager
This issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter features a dissection of the sections in Farm Operations Record Keeping Form that comes ready-to-print in my popular Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager software.
To use it, the client simply prints out a copy using the command button provided in the app’s Menu (see top left of Form Section No. 1 below).
Then photocopies of the printed blank form are produced, with a copy being filled in daily, by the farm hands or other assigned personnel, using records from the shop floor or as the activities to be documented happen.
Ideally, what should happen next is that at the end of each day’s work, the farm hand that filled in the form would sign in the space provided, and hand it over to the supervisor/manager or owner – depending on the management structure in place.
The latter would then retire to a preferably quiet location, free from distractions, to review each completed form, and once certain that the filled details are valid, s/he would proceed to post them into the relevant interfaces in the software.
Form Section No. 1: Laying Pens
The operative will start by filling in the name of the farm in front of “Farm:” and s/he will also fill in the date in front of “Date:”
Note that the app automatically applies the name of the farm at the very top of the page, just immediately above “Production Record Chart”
This section caters for the flock of laying birds on the farm. Data entered here gets posted into the Layers table in the app. Note the different table fields, which identify layers in different states or conditions, for the purpose of reconciling opening and closing flock sizes.
The form provides for entry of data for up to 3 pens, with each pen having 3 cage lines. In the original version of the app, it has 6 cage lines per pen.
If diligently used, this form section forces the operative to physically check the number of birds and also account for dead, missing, culled, or tranferred ones.
S/he would be kept on his/her toes knowing that when his/her form in filed in the records folder, it could be referred to at a later date for use in tracing any inconsistencies that could arise in the future.
To the right, after the flock record, comes the Feeding Record column. The user posts the total amount (kg) of feed fed to the birds in each cage line. The app instantly generates the grammes consumed by each bird in that cage line. Best practice range is 100 to 110 grammes per bird.
Next comes the egg laying record, The user has to post relevant numbers of eggs collected from each cage line, per pen.
And this has to be done according to the number of times collection is done. From working with multiple farms to customize this software, I found it was safe to settle for collections done twice daily. The specific times the collections are done vary from farm to farm – the software allows the users post as/when the data becomes available.
Another KPI computed by the app is the Hen Day Percentage (HDP).
It uses the egg laying data posted to generate the corresponding HDP. Best practice range for the HDP is from 65% up to about 85%. It is unlikely that most small to medium sized farms can record anything higher with any degree of consistency in terms of farm overall average HDP.
NB: Anything outside best practice range, for any of the measured parameters, should raise some cause for concern, and action should be taken to find out why it is so. The app’s charted display of the KPIs offers good opportunity to better determine if any unhealthy trend is occurring.
Form Section No. 2: Rearing Pens
The younger birds – pullets to be specific – will come from rearing pens into the cages. So this section naturally does NOT have provision for eggs collection, since this group of birds will not yet have reach Point Of Lay (POL)
As a result, the record required to be kept for them only has to do with flock size and names of farm personnel who handled each Pen.
Below is a preview of an article I wrote about 10 years ago, in which I explain the different Key Performance Indicators in terms of what they measure, why they are useful for farm management decision making, and how to calculate them (which is also how my Excel-VB Poultry Farm Manager does it!)
Practical Poultry Farm Business Performance Calculations
Introduction
In this article, I share VERY practical, real world relevant tips about performance measures you can compute daily, weekly, monthly and at the end of year to accurately determine at every stage whether your poultry farm business is operating optimally.
These performance indices are NOT aggregate measures. In other words, they are NOT measured in monetary terms. Instead they have NO units, being ratios, usage rates and percentages that help to (a) establish a normal trend of your farms’ behaviour (b) quickly identify/detect departures from that trend, so that you can take timely/corrective action.
Note that these measures are tried and tested, and are actually built into a custom spreadsheet software application I built for a client who runs a Twelve thousand (12,000) layer poultry farm business.
Form Section No. 3: Eggs Transportation & Operators Checklist
Most of the farms I’ve sold this app to, do not have elaborate egg sizing classes. In many cases small and big were the 2 classes used, for sale. Cracked eggs featured on all farms.
Now, the table below the eggs transportation records table contains a Daily Operator Checklist designed to force each operative assigned to fill this farm record form, to stay alert to his/her duties in a way that would ensure best practice conformity at the end of the day.
So, on the form you see tasks specifications for each pen e.g remove litter daily into pit, and so on.
Notice that at the bottom of the form, provision is made for the supervisor or any responsible staff, to sign that s/he has seen the completed form, and that s/he has checked/confirmed that what she filled in was accurate and true representation of the situation on the farm.
It goes without saying that no serious minded supervisor or manager wants to be found wanting when checks are carried out on the signed forms against the reality on the farm grounds.
So, quite often this document section forces the staff or manager in charge to go out of his/her way to check and ascertain/ensure that all is done right.
In the process, best practice conformity is achieved!
Proper use of this farm record form, or an adapted version of it, can dramatically boost the accuracy and reliability of record keeping on any farm. It only requires diligent enforcement by the farm management.
Excel-VB Driven Ration Formulator
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Specialist and Multipreneur (i.e. a highly versatile/multi-skilled entrepreneur), with a bias for delivering Best Practice solutions to Farm Businesses and others.
Since 2002, he has earned multiple streams of income providing individuals and organizations with personal development training and coaching, custom MS Excel-VB solutions, web marketing systems/web hosting, freelance writing services, and best practice extension support services (for farm business owners).
He has delivered talks/papers to audiences in various groups and organizations, including the Centre for Management Development, University of Lagos, Christ Baptist Church, Volunteer Corps, Tantalisers Fast Foods and others.
In May 2012 he was the Guest Speaker at the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development’s Annual Semester Entrepreneurial Lecture at Yaba College of Technology in Lagos.
On 1st April 2013, Tayo (who reads, write and speaks the French language) relocated to Cotonou, Benin Republic to begin slowly traveling across the West African region.
His key purpose is to deliver talks, seminars and workshops on his key areas of focus and interest to interested audiences (Email tayo at tksola dot com for details).
In a previous life, before leaving to become self-employed, Tayo served for seven years (October 1994 to December 2001) as a high performing manager in Guinness Nigeria. He rose from Shift Brewer to Training & Technical Development Manager, and later acted in senior roles as Production Manager and Technical Manager.
In addition to constantly challenging the status quo and influencing positive work changes, he built a reputation for using self-taught spreadsheet programming skills (starting with Lotus 1-2-3, and later moving to Excel Visual Basic) – in his spare time – to develop Automated Spreadsheet Applications to computerize manual report generation processes in the departments he worked. Over four(4) of his applications were adopted for brewery level reporting.
Tayo holds a B.Sc degree in Agricultural Extension Services from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, having graduated top of his class – with Second Class Upper Division honors – in 1992. He is an Associate Member of the UK Institute & Guild of Brewing, a 1997 National Finalist of the Nigerian Institute of Management’s(NIM) Young Managers’ competition, a Certified Psychometric Test Administrator for Psytech UK, innovator of Spontaneous Coaching for Self-Development™ (SCfS-D™), and Founder of the Self-Development Academy (SDAc).
When he’s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his Daily Self-Development Nuggets blog – on which he also publishes The Farm CEO Weekly Newspaper (sent via email to paid subscribers) and his Weekly Performance Improvement IDEAS newsletter.
Visit Tayo Solagbade Dot Com, to download over over 10 performance improvement resources to boost your personal and work related productivity.
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On 4th May 2014, Tayo’s 9 year old domain (Spontaneousdevelopment dot com), which hosted his website, was taken over by Aplus.net.
Within a few days however, Tayo used his advanced self-taught web development skills to build a SUPERIOR “reincarnation” of it the website http://www.tayosolagbade.com.
But updates are still ongoing to URLs bearing the old domain name in most of the over 1,000 web pages, and blog posts he’s published.
If you experience any difficulties finding a page or document, email Tayo at tksola dot com.
…a multi-disciplinary blog for people passionate about reaching their goals!
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