Career Development
To Ensure Others Easily View Your Pictures, Optimise Them BEFORE You E-mail Them (Here's How!)
August 28, 2014









Before you excitedly email those pictures to your contacts, do them the favour of reducing the image file sizes (via web optimisation) in a graphics software. Owners or employees in fields like real estate and entertainment, often have to send digital camera, or scanned images (e.g of contracts) to contacts via email. But doing so […]







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Career Development
Protect Your Debit Card from Online Fraudsters...or This Could Happen to You (True Story) [Lost & Re-Published Post]
August 27, 2014









This article was first published on this blog 3 months ago, on Friday 23rd May 2014 (see browser history screenshot below). Today, when I tried linking to it, to post a comment on Facebook, I got a "Page Not Found" error on my blog. A MySQL database check soon revealed it was GONE: "Yepa!"! But […]







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Career Development
Why I Convert Video/Audio Interviews & “Informal Narratives” by Other Experts Into Downloadable PDF/Slideshow Versions for EVERYONE – Tayo K. Solagbade
August 27, 2014









This new personal philosophy paper offers download access to four (4) useful PDF documents I recently created using videos, audios or informal "writing" originated by competent experts I reckon with. They are Efe Ohwofasa (UK), Patrick Meninga (USA), Richie Parker (USA) and Charles Ayo Dada (Nigeria). The first 3 can be downloaded from www.tayosolagbade.com. A. Breakthrough to […]







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Entrepreneurship
Selling Skills Development in Tayo Solagbade’s Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids (PACK)™ Project [Hint: Finding Buyers for Cakes Made Without Oven]
August 26, 2014









Tomorrow - Wednesday 27th August 2014 will be a BIG day for my 3 boys (9, 13, and 15 respectively). As part of my Personal Achievement Coaching for Kids (PACK)™ project, during their holidays, they now embark on "sales calls" to develop their selling skills, and learn to deal with rejection. My kids have been making and […]







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Career Development
No. 156: To Succeed, Always Count Your Blessings During Adversity (Hint: Would You Work At Your Best If Power Supply Was Erratic?)
August 25, 2014









I am not sure how many of you on my mailing list know what it feels like to endure YEARS of VERY erratic power supply on a daily basis from your country's power company. That's what Nigerians in Nigeria endure daily. During my visits to Ghana (in 2005) and Cameroon (in 1999 and 2001) most […]







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Entrepreneurship
Use Prospective Buyer Requests to Beef Up Your Marketing Portfolio (Hint: Features All In One User Guide for Tayo Solagbade's Excel VB Ration Formulator)
August 23, 2014









At about 8pm this past Wednesday(20/08/14), I had a 10 minute phone conversation with Hakim, an Algerian Phd Student who'd contacted me (from Algeria) via my website about my Ration Formulator. By the end of the call, I sent him a 3 day time limited demo of the app, for him to test run. However, […]







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Career Development
To Succeed, Study and Persist in Creatively Emulating Authentic Achievers!
August 22, 2014









"There are no quick wins in business. It takes years to become an overnight success." - Richard Branson. Since 2002, when I began offering unconventional Excel-VB (& other solutions) in Nigeria's difficult socio-economic enviroment, I've grown my success by creatively applying ideas advocated by Richard Branson, and other authentic achievers. Especially useful has been his […]







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Career Development
Speaking & Acting With Self-Confidence Does NOT Make You Arrogant!
August 21, 2014









I've been accused of being arrogant several times - especially during my startup years. Some "critics" actually said MY arrogance was why I struggled in business back then. They told me to "humble" myself, so I could be "elevated". I laughed at such suggestions back then. And I still do today. Here's why... As a […]







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Entrepreneurship
Proven Strategy for Making Your Business Idea Investor Friendly
August 19, 2014









I recently read an appeal posted as a comment by a young MBA student on a millionaire’s Facebook page, asking the latter to consider investing in a business idea he had. My heart went out to young man, because I knew he needed to be told a (potentially) painful truth. The harsh truth: It will […]







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