Writing/Blogging - SD Nuggets™

Coming on 13th & 14th April 2015: (1) The NEW Speaking/Web Marketing IDEAS Newsletter & (2) The Cost-Saving Farm Business Best Practice Ideas Newsletter

April 7, 2015

Yesterday (Mon 6th April 2015), I DELIBERATELY did NOT publish what would have been Issue No. 188 of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter (view last week's issue here) …because I decided to RE-INVENT myself in celebration of 2 years since I relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013. As a Performance Improvement Specialist, I believe […]

Career Development

What If Google Is Saying "Bad" Things About YOU? (True Story)

March 31, 2015

When was the last time you "Googled" your name? Yes, "Google" became a verb a long time ago. It means typing your name in Google.com and clicking SEARCH to see what results are returned. My apologies, if you knew this already, but my experiences have taught me that so many people still do not. If […]

Entrepreneurship

You Really Do NOT Need a Website: What You Need Instead is a Web Marketing System (WMS)

March 21, 2015

I'm sure that title GRABBED your attention. That's why I used it - and I AM serious: You really do NOT need a website. What you need instead is a Web Marketing System(WMS). You see, a WMS can help you establish a timeless marketing Effective Online Presence (EOP) that will do the following for YOU: […]

Entrepreneurship

You Cannot Beat Competitors If You Keep Doing The SAME Things They Do!

March 19, 2015

Business marketing is more competitive today than ever before! Except you are a monopoly or you enjoy exclusive distribution/sales rights, you WILL have to compete DAILY with others who do what you do for every NAIRA (or DOLLAR) the customer wishes to spend. A question I believe every business owner should ask him/herself is: Would […]

Entrepreneurship

A Massive Blind Spot That's Making Some Facebook Biz Page Owners Miss Getting NEW Fans

March 18, 2015

For anyone to SEARCH for and find your Facebook fan page, or indeed your personal profile on Facebook s/he MUST be logged into Facebook. This implies that s/he would ALREADY have a Facebook account. And that's the BLIND SPOT - not everyone has a Facebook account - yet, especially in Nigeria. Compared to our adoption […]

Entrepreneurship

Does Your Website JUSTIFY the Money You Spend?

March 17, 2015

[NB: This article was first published online on June 25, 2009] I have decided to focus more attention on helping business owners develop and implement low cost web marketing systems and strategies that will increase their marketing mileage, while lowering their expenses. But in doing this, I have noticed the following trend amongst many Nigerian […]

Entrepreneurship

No. 185: You Can Succeed Smarter by Earning Income Even Without Clients

March 16, 2015

What if you could earn 80% of the income you need without needing to have clients? Wouldn’t that make your life as an expert so much more fulfilling? Well I can tell you it’s a wonderful way to be in business – because that’s how I earn my income. In this article, I offer tips […]

Career Development

To Succeed, Understand That Suffering Can Be Good for You!

March 14, 2015

Viewing adversity in a positive light(be it in business or everyday life) can sometimes amount to asking too much of some of us. As soon as a problem/difficulty appears to go on for longer than we feel we can tolerate. Or if it happens once too often for us to rationalize, we begin looking for […]

Entrepreneurship

Never Judge A Website's CONTENT QUALITY By Its Design!

March 12, 2015

Maybe in the earlier days, it was okay to do that i.e. judge a website by its design. But today, with the massive proliferation of websites and the need for discerning visitors to save time, effort and money in finding what they want, MORE people are realising this TRUTH: The design of a website does […]

Career Development

Lincoln Self-Studied Public Speaking, and So Can You! (3 Tips)

March 7, 2015

Preamble: Don't Waste Time Waiting To Find a Speaking School! Many people I have spoken with out here about learning public speaking have demonstrated this bias. Whenever I explained to them that there are many self-study learning resources they can adopt to learn public speaking, they expressed reservations about adopting a similar method. I am […]