Writing/Blogging - SD Nuggets™

[RECOMMENDED] My Lord, Tell Me Where To Keep Your Bribe? - By Niyi Osundare (Renowned Nigerian poet)

April 1, 2017

The good Professor Niyi Osundare wrote the poem below quite a while back about Nigeria's Judiciary and Legal Profession. Sadly, his words remain ever so relevant today. This is one of many reasons I argue that most conventional "schools" offer limited real world relevant preparation - especially in a society like Nigeria. We are supposed […]

Career Development

PII 059: Read This And Understand Why Your Internet Access Is Sometimes Slow

March 27, 2017

Do you know what happens when you type a web address or URL (like www.tayosolagbade.com) into your Internet Explorer browser's URL entry bar, and click "GO" or press "Enter"? Read this article to learn what happens, and how/why this process sometimes can become slow to the point that it frustrates users like yourself! (TIP: This […]

Entrepreneurship

PII 058: Do You Want a Marketing Manager That Never Sleeps?

March 20, 2017

You run a business and have a website for it, as well as a Facebook/Twitter etc pages with fans/followers. The problem is however that you cannot boast of getting sales inquiries talk less closing sales through leads from those channels You can change that situation for the better by developing and implementing a custom Web […]

Career Development

[Coming Soon] New Version of my CB Solutions Mobile phone app for Android, Apple, Black Berry and Windows Operating Systems!

March 14, 2017

I've just published a new version of my CB Solutions Mobile phone app using a platform that makes the app work for ANY operating systems such as Android, Apple, Black Berry and Windows. In a few days, it will go LIVE. For now, use the link below to check out the interactive features. http://www.appsbar.com/WebApp/Facebook/app.php?AppID=1059085&HostSite=&Device=Embed

Career Development

[FREE] POWERFUL TRUTHS ABOUT REAL BLACK HISTORY, NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS, BUT WHICH YOU (AND YOUR KIDS) NEED TO KNOW

March 9, 2017

Why do black people – and their nations – often lag behind others? I have argued for years that the reason is NOT genetic. Instead it is the mental attitude of majority of us. No one can under develop us. We have the power to develop and advance ourselves. I am doing that for myself […]

Entrepreneurship

[Recommended] The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion

March 4, 2017

[Tayo Solagbade's comment: If you're not doing Shameless Self-Promotion (I call it "SSP" for short), you are short-changing yourself BIG TIME in your business marketing. This excellent Copyblogger article explains why SSP works, and how to do it] Here are some excerpts:The Art of Shameless Self-Promotion"So self-adulation is something I try to stay away from. […]

Entrepreneurship

PII 053: If Achievement of Authentic Non-Corner-Cutting Web Marketing Success Was Easy, Everyone Would Be Doing It! [Hint: What You Need to KNOW - and DO]

February 13, 2017

Forget the hype you encounter so often online. Achieving tangible, authentic and reproducible web marketing success does NOT come easy – at all. I know this, because I’ve passed through the – long and sometimes difficult - phases required to get there. And I’ve found that there are various levels of success. What's more, experience […]

Excel-VB Solutions

[Recommended] Why Nigerians Hate Igbo - by Chinua Achebe

February 4, 2017

When I saw the thought provoking Facebook post/query (shown below) by Joe Ibekwe, I instantly recalled the words of Chinua Achebe in the last book he gifted us before passing on. However, a quick check in my travel bag soon revealed, to my dismay, that I'd left my well read Copy of Achebe's "There Was a […]

Career Development

PII 050: You Cannot Achieve Your Goals All Alone (Hint: How to Get Others to Gladly Support You to Succeed)

January 23, 2017

2 weeks ago, in issue “PII 048” of this Performance Improvement Ideas (PII) newsletter, I explained why “You Need to Habitually Study Successful People", if you wish “To Make Success a Habit. In that piece I also explained why you need to analyze your failures (and they will be MANY) also in order to learn […]

Career Development

Fear Can Be Very Costly!

January 20, 2017

This is a true story. Names, dates and locations have been changed. ---- It was a quiet afternoon in March 1995. She was visiting me as usual in the Training Centre, during break time. Annogu looked at me and said “Tayo, I hope you’re not going to get so busy as you often do, and […]