Entrepreneurship

No. 104: Your Audience Needs Truth - Not Flattery

August 26, 2013

When a public speaker tells an audience of struggling business owners that "evil spirits", and "enemies from the village" are the reasons they fail, s/he sets them up for longer spells of avoidable hardship! (NB: This issue of my newsletter features a priest, who - for 3 decades now - has provided world class Agri-business […]

Entrepreneurship

3 Reasons to NOT Pay for Facebook "Likes"

August 20, 2013

I'm intrigued by people - some big name bloggers too - who recommend "seeding" comments on blogs. That is getting friends etc to routinely post comments, using aliases, on your posts to entice visitors to comment. What value is there in doing that? Would it not be better to challenge yourself to write better, so as […]

Career Development

Error-Free People Rarely Achieve Authentic Success

August 17, 2013

"Success tends not to go to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk averse. Rather, it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal tasks.” – Donald Rumsfeld I […]

Entrepreneurship

I Have NO FARM (Yet), BUT Farm Biz Owners BADLY NEED My Help - Here's Why!

August 13, 2013

Preview: This write-up was first published - on April 21, 2012 - as a NOTE on my Facebook profile at https://www.facebook.com/notes/tayo-solagbade/i-have-no-farm-yet-but-farm-biz-owners-badly-need-my-help-heres-why/369364946438303. I've now moved it here, on my SD Nuggets blog, but it also auto-publishes via RSS Feed to my Cost-Saving Best Practice Farm Business Ideas website. Any smart Farm Biz owner who does NOT […]

Entrepreneurship

Breakthrough to Purpose - Andy Brine Interviews Efe Ohwofasa (Verbatim Text Transcript Created by Tayo K. Solagbade)

August 7, 2013

Preamble: Why I Manually Transcribe Video and Audio Presentations (Especially Interviews) – By Tayo K. Solagbade The thumbnail image below links to a verbatim PDF text transcript of a 23 minute long video interview conducted by Andy Brine (of Become Authentic on Video) with Efe Ohwofasa (Nigerian born, UK based business coach) This is not […]

Entrepreneurship

Can You Market and Advertise When You Lack Money?

August 6, 2013

Marketing and Advertising When You Have No Money If you have limited funds and need to market and advertise, this article may interest you. Is it really possible to market and advertise successfully, when you have no (or little) money? I argue that it does. I say this from personal experience gained doing it, as […]

Entrepreneurship

Is It Smart to Partner With a New Acquaintance?

July 30, 2013

Without trust, little progress will be achieved in activities requiring cooperation or collaboration with others. But how do you know who to trust - in business or life in general – especially online? This article suggests steps you can take, at least at the preliminary stage, to decide whether or not to accept a partnership […]

Entrepreneurship

Passion Will Not Save You, If You Lack Mastery!

July 27, 2013

“Reading without thinking gives a disorderly mind, and thinking without reading makes one unbalanced” - Confucius All the obsession and exercise in the world will not make you write better if you do not know enough about your chosen topic or subject. It may appear like I’m stating the obvious, but I’ve read some blog […]

Career Development

Can I Generate Payslips At One Go, for 3,500 Staff - Using MS Excel-Visual Basic? (Real-Life Conversation with a Payroll Manager)

July 25, 2013

This article is based on a real-life Facebook chat session I recently had with a prospect. It will benefit YOU: (a). If your work involves managing salaries/payroll - because it answers questions about using Excel automation to make your work easier and less time consuming. (b) If as a website owner you want an insider […]

Entrepreneurship

Property Buyers Don't Use Facebook (?)

July 23, 2013

NB: This article is based on a true story. A 25 year veteran real estate expert actually made the above statement to me few years back. Details below. What do you sell? Is it physical or digital...or a mix of both? Is it a product, or a service? The answers to those questions determine how […]