Career Development
No. 194: How A NEW Client Paid For My Website! [Why "Bartering" Can Help You Sell More - True Story]
May 25, 2015









To succeed as an expert-who-speaks, you need a website. Actually, a Web Marketing System (WMS) will serve you better. I share the true story of how a new client paid for my website's hosting renewal via a barter exchange - after a standby payment arrangement that had been in place for 4 years, failed to […]







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Career Development
[Video 3 of 9] MS Excel Heaven Visual Basic Competition: To compete, you must be a member of SDAc's Excel-VB club
May 23, 2015









[MS Excel Heaven™ Club & Competition Offer: Part 3 of 9] : To compete, you must be a member of SDAc's Excel-VB club. This is part 3 of 9 of the video narrated version of the 9 page Slideshow about the Excel Heaven Visual Basic Club & Competition. I explain why intending competitors must join […]







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Career Development
Video: Spreadsheet Automation Can Boost Your Success [What MANY African Professionals Are Missing]
May 22, 2015









The Justification for Adopting Custom ExcelVB Spreadsheet Automation - Many Africans still don't get it. Sometimes Off-The-Shelf Applications will NOT meet your needs well enough! There is an industry that is MISSING on the continent, that can help reduce unemployment: It's the Excel-VB Solutions Development Industry! Watch the videos below, to hear me explain in […]







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Career Development
Is YOUR Employee Screaming For Help Without Being Heard?
May 21, 2015









This is not a lengthy piece (at 470 words) but I think the message it carries is quite weighty. Many times in large (and even small) organisations, "office politics" if allowed to get out of hand can lead to some VERY talented and creative members of the team getting frustrated to the point that they […]







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Career Development
SDAc's Microsoft Excel Heaven™ Visual Basic Club & COMPETITION [For Business Users & School Kids] - Download 9 Page Offer Slideshow
May 19, 2015









(a). The Microsoft Excel Heaven™ Visual Basic club offers serious minded business users a platform to learn useful spreadsheet automation skills using MS Excel-Visual Basic. (b). The competition provides such business users with a REAL WORLD relevant challenge that they can use to test their new skills, thereby building the confidence to deliver greater value […]







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Career Development
No. 193: (a) Beautiful Genius Is Often Created from Crude Beginnings (b) To Achieve Sustainable Success, Closely Monitor News About Current Affairs and Politics! - [MP3]!
May 18, 2015









 Abraham Lincoln was renowned for his public speaking prowess. But how many of us know that as a child, lacking access to formal schooling, Lincoln walked miles to borrow books he read, from the library? That disciplined self-studying habit was the key to his eventual success! It’s the same way few people know that JAY […]







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Career Development
What You Need is NOT Size, But "Fight" to Outsmart Bigger Competition!
May 16, 2015









"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the dog." - Dwight Eisenhower The Yoruba's have a proverb that expresses a similar sentiment. It goes thus: "Kekere ni abere nkere. Ki nse gbi gbe mi fun adiye." Translation: "Don't be fooled by the […]







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Career Development
How Not To Get To The Top - Advice From The World's Greatest Salesperson
May 15, 2015









Preview: I once read a piece Joe Girard wrote about the importance of following the right route to achieve success. In my language (Yoruba), we have a saying that "Ona kan o gba oja". Literal translation: "There are different routes that can be taken to get to the market". For people going to the market, […]







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Career Development
To Succeed, Treat People Right!
May 14, 2015









"The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people" - Thomas J. Peters I have major difficulty doing the OGA or BIG MAN thing. In paid employment it was so. As an entrepreneur, this "affliction" of mine has gotten worse. Owning things (which some use to […]







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Career Development
Microsoft Excel-VB Programming Coaching for Business Users (On Demand 4-Day Practical Workshop)
May 13, 2015









In this 4 day coaching workshop, I share practical tips on boosting your productivity using MS ExcelVB programming. If you use MS Excel for your work, what you learn will help you get MORE done, FASTER and with LESS effort. I use my commercial apps (e.g Ration Formulator, Poultry Farm Manager, Payslip Generator, Automated Cash […]







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