The maiden issue of my first ever newsletter – called the Self-Development Digest – was published on Mon 5th Jun 2006 and it was titled Bad/Embarrassing Experiences CAN Help You Succeed!
Today makes it 8 years since that issue was published. But the newsletter has since evolved into this blog (Daily Multidisciplinary Self-Development Nuggets).
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The maiden issue of my first ever newsletter – called the Self-Development Digest – was published on Mon 5th Jun 2006 and it was titled Bad/Embarrassing Experiences CAN Help You Succeed!
Today makes it 8 years since that issue was published. But the newsletter has since evolved into this blog (Daily Multidisciplinary Self-Development Nuggets).
It takes having undiluted passion to keep going, month after month, after month (as happened 8 years ago), and day after day (as happens now), doing something of this sort in a place like Nigeria.
Many who start content publishing (online or off the web) often fail to keep it going this long.
I mean here in Nigeria/Africa. Visit many Nigerian/African owned websites, and you will see what I mean.
Many times, the newsletter issue available for viewing is rarely a current one – and if there is a blog, it will often have irregular or outdated posts. I’ve seen this happen MANY times!
Why is this so?
I believe it’s due to the mental attitude of our people.
We are too focused on getting the benefits FIRST. We want the results we desire to come quickly, and if they don’t we begin to discontinue any tasks or activities we feel cost us too much time, effort or money compared to whatever benefits they bring us.
What those who quit in this manner fail to realize is that most times a little persistence, and diligent refining of our methods and strategies will lead to the results we want.
I am living proof that this is so.
My newsletter subscriber base keeps growing, and I keep getting surprised by the "increasing profiles" of those who choose to join. More and more Nigerian/African professionals, corporate executives and CEOs now subscribe to my mailing list.
In the past, I had mainly people from South Africa, America, Ghana, Cameroon, Singapore, China etc.
But that’s not all – Nigerians/Africans now get back to me – and refer my work to others. As a result, I have discovered websites and discussion forums from that part of the world referring to my websites, and seen traffic coming my way as a result.
Most importantly, people now readily make payments for different products and services I promote via my website.
It’s so great to see people willing to take such huge leaps of faith – sending money into my account, and then WAITING for 24 to 72 hours to get emails carrying my spreadsheet software, PDF user guides etc that they paid for.
Bello H,. became a subscriber to my mailing list in 2011 and paid N13,000.00 into my bank account from a bank branch in Abuja for my Feed Formulation Handbook and the Automated Ration Formulation Spreadsheet software. 24 hours later, I emailed a zipped folder containing the software and a detailed PDF user guide, with PDF invoice to him. So many other buyers from across Nigeria and some parts of Africa and North America have also followed, and it continues.
There must be something I know – that others who say it does not work DON’T!
Do you need to get word out about yourself/what you do to others?
I urge you to start your own web based newsletter – and also a blog – today.
Make sure you have a professional mailing list management software (I use a FREE one – Mailchimp.com, that is extremely powerful) to send it out to subscribers.
It costs almost nothing when compared to printing of flyers. Yet it can get you more tangible results. If you need help, click here to let me know.
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