{"id":15276,"date":"2020-12-11T11:20:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=15276"},"modified":"2020-12-11T12:14:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T12:14:11","slug":"true-story-how-i-went-from-struggling-to-feed-sleeping-on-streets-in-benin-republic-to-a-winning-a-nigerian-diplomat-as-client-who-gave-me-a-room-and-a-driver-to-take-me-to-his-farm-in-nigeria-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/true-story-how-i-went-from-struggling-to-feed-sleeping-on-streets-in-benin-republic-to-a-winning-a-nigerian-diplomat-as-client-who-gave-me-a-room-and-a-driver-to-take-me-to-his-farm-in-nigeria-a\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUE STORY: How I Went from Struggling to Feed & Sleeping on Streets in Benin Republic to (a) winning a Nigerian diplomat as client who gave me a room, and a driver to take me to his Farm in Nigeria and (b) getting paid 2,500 Euros by a European Union Funded NGO based in Holland [HINT: The Power of Blind Faith & Refusal to Recognize Failure]"},"content":{"rendered":"

From sleeping on the streets of Cotonou and Porto-Novo in Benin Republic for about 2 of my first 4 weeks in Cotonou (after relocating on 1st April 2013<\/a>), I went on several months later to:<\/p>\n

A. Win a diplomat in the Nigerian Embassy as a client who:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Engaged me to build a website for his farm business based in Iludun, Ekiti state, in Southwest Nigeria.<\/p>\n

2. Provided me accomodation in his official residence - for 3 solid weeks.<\/p>\n

3. Arranged for his driver to take me down to his Farm in Southwest Nigeria (3 different times) - click photo below to view actual Facebook post from September 2013<\/a><\/strong> - to install my Excel-VB poultry Farm Manager software<\/a> on his farm, and coach his Farm Manager (and young relative of his - a graduate of agriculture in her early 30s) on how to use it.<\/p>\n

B. Get contacted by a European Union Funded NGO:<\/strong> who went on to pay me 2,500 Euros for writing (at their request) a Case Study paper about my Excel-VB Ration Formulator and how it was being purchased and used by Farm CEOs in and out of Africa.<\/p>\n

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\nUsing funds I'd earned from him and other payments I had begun receiving for my digital products and services (even locally), I moved out of the diplomat's residence after 3 weeks and rented a face-me-I-face-you single room apartment in Cotonou.<\/p>\n

Then I continued my relentlessly focused online marketing to generate more search engine based sales leads...<\/p>\n

By January 2014, I'd gotten paid 2,500 Euros by CTA.int for the international Case Study paper<\/a> they commissioned me to write about how my Excel-VB Ration Formulator was being purchased and used by Farm CEOs in and out of Africa.<\/p>\n

They contacted me in September 2013 [Read: No. 119: How to Achieve Success in Any Field (True Story)]<\/a><\/p>\n

By mid-2014, I was able to spend about N287k (money from payments recived from buyers of my Excel-VB Ration Formulator Software<\/a>, Feed Formulation Handbook <\/a>and Poultry Farm Manager Software<\/a>) to rent a lovely 2 bedroom \"sanitaire\" apartment in \"Aibaten\" (Click here<\/a> or image below to view article showing photos of it) - and moved in with a few furniture items.<\/h3>\n

\"cotonou-apartment\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My plan to return to Nigeria and move my family to join me there (which I actually announced on my blog<\/a> and Facebook!) however failed when my spouse did an about face, having previously agreed that I should go pay for the place.<\/h3>\n

After waiting in Nigeria for over 2 months pleading for her to change her mind, I was forced to return to Cotonou to inform my Landlady I no longer needed such a big space to live in.<\/p>\n

I lost over 60% of the money (to cover the rental period I'd been the occupant, and also utilities bills), but true to her real estate agent's word, the balance I had left was refunded to me in full.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This totally unexpected development really set me back considerably, as I had to return to spending on hotel accommodation. But I survived and my growing earnings helped me keep going.<\/p>\n

Today, the online marketing based income earning generation system I was able to establish using 24\/7 access to electricity in Benin continues to serve me well, enabling me to live my dream working as a Location Independent Multipreneur\/Digital Nomad.<\/p>\n

Now that I have almost sorted out\u00a0 - via permanent separation - the negative impact of periodic domestic abuse on the home front, after my return to Lagos, which kept causing me problems delivering some client projects, I am achieving sustainable progress in my work. <\/em><\/p>\n

My earnings are proof of it. (FYI: <\/strong>You can watch my 1st November 2020 IG LIVE Interview<\/strong> with Coordinator, Lagos State Domestic & Sexual Violence Response Team - DSVRT - Coordinator here<\/a> - and\/or get the video to text PDF transcript here<\/a>).
\n<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Soon, I will resume traveling again and commence video interviews to promote my brand even further via my YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

QUESTION: But how did I go from struggling to feed, and sleeping on the streets in Benin Republic, to (a) winning a Nigerian diplomat as client who gave me a room, and a driver to take me to his Farm in Nigeria (b) getting paid 2,500 Euros by a European Union Funded NGO based in Holland to write a 4,000 word Case Study Paper about my Excel-VB Ration Formulator software\u00a0 ???<\/h3>\n

The full story of the actions I took, and especially the mental attitude I maintained - which continues to help me defeat adversity in various shapes and forms today - will be told in an Audio Podcast True Story Narration I will be posting in my YouTube channel<\/a> soon.<\/p>\n

To get notified when it goes LIVE, send your email address and WhatsApp number to me via +234-803-302-1263 with the phrase \"Send me the 'Streets-to-Success' Podcast\". Alternatively, fill\/submit this web marketing form<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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