Entrepreneurship

3 Things an Entrepreneur Must Not Do to Succeed

May 21, 2013

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot, and deny yourself useful progress in your business. As much as possible, avoid doing any of the 3 things discussed in this article. 1. Don’t Wait For Connections to Make Progress: Get Out & Make Things Happen Instead! Sometimes who you know matters more than what you know. But […]

Career Development

FYI: Orchestrated Sabotage Campaign Against This Website

May 17, 2013

The email (in the screenshot below) is a 419 - that is scam - message being circulated disguised as if it's from my website email (tayo at spontaneousdevelopment.com). Believe it or not, this one came right into my inbox yesternight - got me wondering why I would send myself an email, till I read the […]

Entrepreneurship

Frugality & Prudence Can Help You Do More with Less Money

May 14, 2013

Overheads like rent, mortgage, salaries, are often fixed. However, most other things you spend money on depend mainly on how much you use. To cut down on your electricity bill, a simple way is to check for points of waste in your insulation, and also your energy usage habits. When a room (in your office, […]

Entrepreneurship

What Do You Do When People Are Scared To Trust You?

May 7, 2013

Sometimes it happens with women who’ve had bad experiences with men. The men want to take the relationship to the next level, but they keep holding out. In business, this problem of damaged trust from past relationships between people can create major obstacles to successful selling. I’ve tried hard to keep quiet about it since […]

Entrepreneurship

Getting Potential Buyers to Do What You Want (5 Powerful Insights from my Study of Online Scam Artists Who Get Total Strangers to Send Them Big Money!)

April 30, 2013

In this article, I narrate a true story of an encounter I had with an online scam artist in a Lagos cyber cafe. I then offer – for the benefit of online entrepreneurs - my insider's perspective of strategies they employ to convince total strangers to part with their money. That is, after all, what […]

Career Development

3 Ways Speaking a Foreign Language Can Make You Succeed More Often

April 23, 2013

Speaking a foreign language can help you in paid employment as well as in business. I have had the unique priviledge of experiencing the amazing benefits derivable from being able to speak a foreign language, on both sides of the fence. Below I outline 3 powerful rewards you can expect to reap repeatedly, from being […]

Career Development

Why I've Told LinkedIn to Delete My Profile (Talk About Trying to Give a Dog a Bad Name to Hang It)

April 19, 2013

UPDATE: Isn't it just amazing? I sent the request for linkedIn.com support to delete my tayo@spontaneousdevelopment.com profile at 13.05pm on 19th April 2013, and after failing to reply my previous email sent more than 24 hours earlier, I get a response confirming my request has been carried out at 13.11pm on the SAME day. Wow! […]

Career Development

Educational Commercials Will Boost Your Marketing

April 18, 2013

If you are a business owner, or someone responsible for sales and/or marketing in the company you work, the information provided here can help you. This article is based on a suggestion I recently sent as an email message to a solo entrepreneur. I ended up making it so long and detailed that I've decided […]

Entrepreneurship

They Want to Learn English from Me & I Want to Improve my French! (PLUS Video of an angry Beninese Grasscutter, Photo of Rabbits, & a Photo of a 13 Year Old Burt Dubin Classified Ad!)

April 17, 2013

This is not the main update on my adventures in Benin Republic. It’s just a preview - especially because of an exciting development that’s occurred. Apart from the news, and stories, I’ve included (1) a photo of a Burt Dubin Classified Advert from 13 Years Ago! (2) few pictures of me with people out here […]

Entrepreneurship

Use Excel-VB Automation To Boost Your Profits

April 16, 2013

This article explans - with practical examples - how developing in-house expertise in automation of Microsoft Excel.can dramatically boost productivity - and profits - in your company.. Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for analyzing and presenting information. Too frequently however, many users – individuals and organizations – fail to realize the extensive range of […]

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