Entrepreneurship - SD Nuggets™

Earning Income Working From Anywhere (True Story)

April 1, 2014

Yesterday, I was in a Cotonou taxi headed for the Benin Republic-Nigeria border, when Alhaji Usman S., CEO of a pelleted livestock feed manufacturing company in Nigeria’s Kano State, called, and we spoke like old friends…even though we have NEVER met. I've been having such conversations weekly, with increasing frequency since last year... If truth […]

Career Development

No. 135: Succeed by Speaking Part-time With a Full Time Job!

March 31, 2014

Some experts in paid employment are doing great things others can learn from. You may be one of them. Do you know you can earn extra income by sharing what you know with others as a part-time speaker? I offer ideas you can use in this issue of my Speaking Ideas newsletter. Some Self-Employed Experts […]

Entrepreneurship

Achieve Increased Marketing Success Using This System

March 29, 2014

I've used it for years, at zero cost, to repeatedly attract prequalified prospects, who periodically buy from me, and/or refer others to do so. It's difficult to imagine ANY website owner being averse to such benefits. I explain how YOU can have such a system. FACT: If Google Sends People to Websites Unrelated to Their […]

Career Development

Teach Your Child How to Recognize Authentic Success

March 28, 2014

A recent discussion started by a friend - Chima Ejiofor - on Facebook reminded me I wanted to write about two kinds of success: Authentic and Non-Authentic (or to put the latter bluntly…Phony!). If you desire positive, long term progress, pursue achievement of "Authentic Success". I offer ideas you (and any child in your life) […]

Entrepreneurship

How Many Farm Records Do You Need to Succeed?

March 25, 2014

As a Farm CEO, how do you decide what data to record and analyze, towards achieving cost-effective and proactive planning/decision making for profits? And how many would be too many? This article offers ideas that can help you. This evening I sent an email response to a consultant representing a Farm Business Owner in Kenya, […]

Career Development

Extracting Useful Lessons From Travel Experiences (True Stories & Tips)

March 22, 2014

Have you ever interacted with an unschooled, but widely traveled person? Stop for a moment and think about any such person you know. They often come across as knowledgeable, and self-confident don’t they? Now, consider an unschooled person whose soccer skills earned him a high paying pro career, in clubs around the world for years. […]

Career Development

To Succeed, Extract Useful Lessons from Your Travel Experiences

March 21, 2014

You arrive in a new country at night, and check into a hotel. Then at 10a.m you meet your business associate, for a meal. You talk business, and then fly out. Get this: You have NOT really "been to" that country! If your schedule makes doing the above necessary, I do not quarrel with that. […]

Career Development

Best Practices Boost Farm Employees' Productivity (3 Tips)

March 20, 2014

To run your farm business, you’ll engage employees, who will also document records e.g. feed used, eggs produced, stock counts etc. But a farm hand – or even the farm manager! – could (deliberately…or accidentally) make a potentially costly documentation error. S/he could, for instance, forget to replenish the stock of vaccines to be used […]

Entrepreneurship

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 […]