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Using Your Blog To Make Money - Little Used Strategies You Can Exploit - No. 4 of 4

October 27, 2012

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This is the fourth and final post in the series I began on the 6th October 2012. The first post argued that you need to determine if your blog needs comments to succeed - instead of worrying about what others […]

Parenting

Teacher Says Tom and Jerry Cartoons Make Kids Act Retarded ...AMAZING!

October 26, 2012

In this post I mention the case of a teacher who told her pupils to stop watching Tom and Jerry cartoons for the above mentioned reason. If you're surprised that a teacher could make such a misleading assertion, know that you are not alone. And it is because such things can happen that I believe […]

Career Development

I Flopped Badly At The National Finals! (A True Story About How NOT To Prepare For/Deliver An Important Presentation)

October 26, 2012

The lessons I share in this article are based mainly on a true-life experience I had, in 1997, at the age of 27. I was delivering a management research paper at the National Finals of the (now repackaged) Young Managers Competition, organized by the Nigerian Institute of Management(NIM). I provide graphic details of how my […]

Career Development

What If Your Boss Asks You To Do Wrong?

October 25, 2012

Are you in paid employment, and eager to advance up the position ladder or corporate hierarchy? If yes, there’s a good chance you’ll have to confront the above challenge at least once in your career. Most people would agree that going against laid down operational guidelines (especially those affecting product or service quality/delivery) is wrong. […]

Entrepreneurship

Six Smart Steps To Market Your (Farm) Products Online

October 23, 2012

The use of the word "smart" is deliberate. It's meant to represent anything you do to boost your business’ marketing performance which does NOT make running your business more cumbersome or expensive. In this write-up I discuss six steps you can take, to create an online presence that can attract high profile bulk buyers for […]

General

Can Competitors Trick Google Into Penalizing Your Website Wrongfully?

October 23, 2012

Can a competitor (e.g. the “friendly” chap next door, who just launched a similar outfit to yours) harm your website or blog rankings using the rules set by Google and other engines? If you said NO, you’re in danger of getting a rude shock one of these days, because it could just happen to you. […]

Public Speaking

Should You Market Something You Won't Deliver?

October 22, 2012

Preview: I want to tell you a story. A real-life experience that I had very, very recently. At the end, I simply ask YOU to be the judge as to what really happened. It was a Friday morning. I had gone out with my 3 year old daughter to make a few purchases at the […]

Writing/Blogging

Six Potentially Useful Measures of Your Blog's Performance (Hint: Comments Vs. Five Others) - No. 3 of 4

October 20, 2012

This is the third post in the series I began on the 6th October 2012. The first post argued that you need to determine if your blog needs comments to succeed - instead of worrying about what others say. Note that I refer specifically to blogging for business purposes, with emphasis on earning income via […]

Parenting

Your Kids Need Teacher-Educators, NOT Teacher-Dictators (10 Distinguishing Traits)

October 19, 2012

This write-up discusses distinguishing attributes of a "Teacher-Dictator" (aka Traditional "Old School" Style Teacher) - as compared to those of a "Teacher-Educator". I also explain why (among other things) a person involved in teaching in today's world needs to be challenged, to exhibit more "Teacher-Educator" traits. This latter style empower learners to apply what they […]

Career Development

How To Turn A Major Blunder At Work Into A Career Advancement Opportunity

October 18, 2012

Quick Take Away Have you ever made a mistake that cost your employer, and/or co-workers loss of valuable time, effort or even money? How did you get over it? If it has never happened to you, have you considered what could happen if it did? How you would feel? Would you be able to muster […]

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