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Advert Spend Is Never A Reckless Spend

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So last Saturday, this client called me from the US and we were on phone for over an hour. I had earlier sent her a proposal detailing the structured marketing plan my team and I have put together to help promote her business in Nigeria and boost her sales.  The content of that marketing plan is so rich and detailed that no business owner would ever see it and won't desire to hire us instantly. If that sounds like boasting, I boast in the Lord. Long story short, the call was premised upon a negotiation around the figures we quoted in the document. Of course, that's not unusual with every client out there. However, I didn't hesitate to share few things with her, which I feel to share in the write-up as well. 1. In every business relationship, go beyond merely analysing the cost, ensure to have the benefit in mind too. It's called cost-benefit analysis. That it appears expensive should not scare you as asking what benefits do I get for spending this much. For example, a 5...
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My Coding Journey 3

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Hello guys, Now I'm here again to update you about my coding journey so far. Could you all believe I am now 41% done with my course on HTML and CSS - just like yesterday. I'm super glad at the frontend developer I'm gradually becoming. So far, I've learned about HTML lists, HTML tags, HTML images as well as HTML links. My project is centered on creating  a simple website about my favorite book ensuring to include some common HTML tags along the way. Kindly find the code below. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>   <meta charset="utf-8">   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">   <title>JS Bin</title> </head> <body> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head>   <meta charset="utf-8">   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">   <title>JS Bin</title> </head> <body> ...
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10 COMMANDMENTS FOR BUSINESS STARTERS IN NIGERIA

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Dear Business Starter, 10 COMMANDMENTS FOR BUSINESS STARTERS. 1. Thou Shall Not start a business without having a feasible business plan in place and some basic consultations no matter how small. 2. Except typically necessary, Thou Shall Not rent a shop/office, if it will bite into more than 50% of your startup capital. Negligence to this is a fast way to failure before you start. 3. Thou Shall Not hire staff you do not have at least 6months financial plan to cater for. 4. As much as possible, Thou Shall Not start a long term business with a short term loan. You will only put yourself under undue pressure and eventually shoot yourself on the foot. 5. Thou Shall Not start a business basing all your patronage expectations on family and friends. Most times they don't patronize jack! 6. Thou Shall Not divert your business capital into frivolities. Remember, when you spend money on what you don't really need, you end up lacking what you would really...
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7 MUST HAVE QUALITIES OF OUTSTANDING CONSULTANTS, FREELANCERS, AND COACHES

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While sharing with a group of Consultants we trained of recent, we made known to them the 7 irrefutable qualities expected of every successful Consultant, and we will share them here with us. Please note that the word ‘Consultant’ in this post is implied to stand for all things Consulting, Freelancers (a newly evolved form of consulting) as well as Coaches (an aspect of consulting known as Personal Consulting). Examples of Personal Consultants include Fitness Trainers, Caregivers, Beauty Specialists, Self-practicing Lawyers, and many more. Consultants get hired mostly when there is a critical problem to solve by an individual, a brand or an organization, which requires some specialized levels of expertise. So, I will get straight to it. What are the fundamental skills expected of a solid Consultants. 1. NICE TREATS A Consultant is to his Client, what a Doctor is to his Patient. Have you ever been in situations where you always prefer a particular Doctor attending to you whenever you vi...
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The Uncashed Bank Deposit

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Amidst intermittent sobs, Eunice (in her late thirties) gently fixed her old and rusty 6-year-old, pair of eyeglasses firmly on her face. It was her duty to tidy up her late father's room, and she's been on this task all day when her eyes caught an old greeting card. Her father has always fondly talked about a particular "thank you" greeting card but she had never paid any attention to it. "This must be the card father has always spoken of", she said to herself. Observing her very closely, one could tell that she hasn't fully recovered from the grief of her father's loss just three days ago. She knows so well she can never recover from it in a long time. To her, Mr. Francis Edet, her late father, was the most wonderful man to ever walk this earth. In fact, she almost can't find any adjective suitable enough to describe how precious he was, and what he meant to her. But now, what could have prompted the need for her pair of eyeglasses? Well...
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My Coding Journey

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Hello guys, So today, I'll love to gist you about my new experience coding with HTML. Before I unravel the coolness and fun of my coding lessons, I'll love to tell you a tiny little secret. But first, you have to promise me you'll keep it a secret - lol. Okay, just kidding though. What I'm about to share is not a secret perse but a life long dream. Well, for over a decade now, I've had this strong desire to learn to code and run not only the basic computer programs but also do the most advanced programming computer gurus do. Sadly though,  I've not really had the guts to pursue this life long dream until recently. I just had this wrong perception that computer programming and coding is for the most brilliant guys whose brain is framed in some aliens planet or thereabout. Don't mind me please, now I know better. Coding and programming is not as difficult as we've been made to believe or wrongly perceived it to be. I am now set to explore the worl...
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WHAT THE WEALTHY UNDERSTAND ABOUT INCOME THAT THE POOR DON'T - PT2 ...By Oluwatosin Samuels In the preceding episode, I started to share on what the wealthy understand about income that the poor don't and we shall continue in that line of thought this week. Remember as I've said that being wealthy or poor in this context is not a function of what you currently possess materially but how responsive your mind is to creating advantage out of limited or unavailable resources. If you need any of the previous articles in the series, kindly visit www.reallioninvestments.blogspot.com I'll ask two questions at this point: 1. If you lose all you currently have (in assets and reserve fund) today, how would you approach things and how soon can you get back up? 2. For those who do not have as much assets or financial resources at the moment: if you are given a target to deliberately build your financial or social wealth for a particular time frame, how would you go abo...
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