Career Development
Are Businesses Faking Online Results?
September 21, 2013









Yes they are. Apart from my experience-based opinion, this article features real life evidence in form of a Channel 4 TV Dispatches investigative video report exposing how businesses manipulate social media statistics. It’s a sad reality. But I doubt that any conscious adult would really be surprised to learn this is happening. It’s however the […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 107: Two Ways to Make Extra Money at Zero Cost
September 16, 2013









You already make money from your business. What if you could make extra money using your expert knowledge and skills – without needing to spend more? Unless it is illegal or dishonest, a low/zero cost opportunity to gain additional (sometimes passive) income – or marketing exposure - should never be passed up. Forget what others […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 106: Are You Ready to Be Helped?
September 9, 2013









A person who needs help may not always be ready (or willing) to make effective use of it when it comes. Strange, but true. Not many people realise this. Yet it is often what keeps some from succeeding, despite getting lots of help from various quarters! I know it’s debatable. And like everything else in life, […]







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Career Development
Why Won't LinkedIn Stop Sending Me Email Invitations, Months After They Agreed To?
September 3, 2013









When - on August 16, 2013 - Alison Doyle, About.com Guide wrote her article titled “Don’t Waste Your Time On LinkedIn”, she got more than she bargained for: her readers’ summarily bashed LinkedIn in the comments section! About 21 of the 32 comments on her article described LinkedIn using expressions like “a complete and utter […]







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Entrepreneurship
No. 105: Chasing Clients Will Cost You Profits (A True Story)
September 2, 2013









I returned from Nigeria, where the events described in this write-up took place, 14 hours ago. Sales leads “follow up” - when "over done" - can sometimes erode one's "credibility". Potential buyers start thinking you need them more than they need you. Then insisting on your best fees/prices becomes difficult! That's why it's wiser to […]







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Career Development
Mutual Benefit Proposition for Sponsorship (Low Cost Microbrewery Drinks Production from Peels of Pineapple & Other Fruits)
August 28, 2013









[mpoverlay]By Tayo K. Solagbade – www.tayosolagbade.com | www.tksola.com | COTONOU, 22ND AUGUST 2013 @10:00a.m Your organisation needs to market/sell your products, while building brand loyalty and long term repeat customers. What I propose below can positively influence your target customers, while also advancing your marketing objectives. NB: See download link to a FULL PDF version […]







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My DN Travel News
Many Great People Were Laughed At Before Succeeding
August 27, 2013









If you’ve ever been laughed at in public, you know it can hurt badly. When I was much younger, I readily took offence if people laughed at me, or my ideas. Today, I'm completely immune to laughter or mockery directed at me . How? Because I've found it can never stop me achieving my intended […]







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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 […]







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My DN Travel News
No. 103: On Being a Master (A PDF Gift from Burt Dubin!)
August 19, 2013









Download Chapter 1 of Burt Dubin's Forthcoming Book - FREE...below!  On Monday 12th August 2013 at 16.32, Burt Dubin emailed me the PDF version of the first chapter of his forthcoming book - titled "On Being a Master" - with permission to re-publish it with attribution if I so wished. After reading it, I decided […]







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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 […]







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