How do you deal with information overload? I have more than three e-mail accounts. Each have suddenly become a terror and time stealer! Each day, there are several mails from opt-ins and newsletters that I have subscribed to at one website or the other. Some webmasters are inconsiderate; they send as much as two e-mails per week to me. Those e-mails cannot be called spam, because I requested for them, however, they are not helping me because they are too many and the information they provide does not justify the time I spend reading them. Why is this so? (more…)
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How To Deal With Information Overload
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Stop Looking For Job, Create A Business!
Thursday, June 5th, 2008How long have you been looking for a job? Probably months or even over a year! How long will it take before you get your dream job? Have you ever thought of starting a small business instead of spending all your time and resources looking for job in a market where supply is more than demand?
It is a painful thing to be un-employed (as it translates into no-income or living on charity). It grieves my heart when I see able bodied young men and women in Nigeria going from one company to another looking for job. Often they are made to queue for hours under hot sun before they take a job-test or are interviewed. The job market is so saturated that it is common to see 100 applicants queuing for a vacancy for 2!
Rich Schefren Offer’s Free Package Worth Over $5,000
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008It is quite funny that while some small newbie online entrepreneurs are asking for two digit US dollars to part with re-cycled information, the guru-of-gurus Rich Schefren is giving away another free package worth over $5,000. Yes, you heard me right. He is a teacher to the gurus (those guys making six digit income), some of his teachings cost over $5,000 per head.
This is not some digital product, ebook or ezine that will not cost him anything to send straight into your mailbox. The materials are hard-copy manuals that will incur shipping charges. Do not get frightened, you will not pay for the shipping charges, he is picking the shipping charges bill. If this package is not mouth watering, then I wonder what is. (more…)
How to Generate Free Traffic From Forums
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008One of the best place to generate free quality traffic is Online Forums. The great thing about forum is that you can target a particular group that fits the niche market you are interested in as an online entrepreneur. Forums provide a wonderful opportunity for you to build your reputation and trust online because you have the rare advantage of having a prior information about the people you are dealing with (you have access to their profiles and past posts).
Here are some tips to help you make the best use of the opportunity:
- Register with the forum using a name that is distinct (more…)
The Nigerian Entrepreneur Seeking to Make Money Online!
Monday, March 10th, 2008I’m a Nigerian Entrepreneur
I’m not ashame to say that I am a Nigerian Entrepreneur. I am proudly Nigerian and I don’t attempt to hide it despite the bad reputation that some black sheep among us have earned for the entire country.
I set out to make money online after reading several articles on how to Make Money Online. Some of the articles were read on blogs and websites that I visited voluntarily. Some were read from spam emails that caught my attention. Of course some information were gotten from websites that were phishing.
Coming from a country whose image abroad has been bastardize by some greedy and unscrupulous citizens, it is my desire to demonstrate that a honest Nigerian Entrepreneur can earn money online without indulging in fraudulent activities.
The original copy of this post was first published on my blog naijaecash.blogspot.com. It was the very first step of the journey. Now, naijaecash.blogspot.com has metamorphosed into https://www.naijaecash.com However, my goal still remain the same.
Nigerian Entrepreneur’s goal
My main goal for starting this blog is to achieve the following:
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Make Money by rendering services online.
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Get famous in the blogosphere while retaining my Nigerian Identity.
To achieve this, my targeted audience will be
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Newbie bloggers (like myself),
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Newbie entrepreneurs online and
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Nigerian Entrepreneurs in the blogosphere.
Nigerian Entrepreneur’s Plan
My plan is to start a business blog (titled Nigerian Entrepreneur) with zero dollar. I will be investing the following resources.
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Time
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Skills learnt online
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Other peoples experience
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Friends and Readers Contribution
After raising income online (it will be entirely raised online), I will move the blog to a paid hosting package. (This has been achieved. I earned some Entrecard Credit and loaned some from a friend to purchase the domain name and the hosting package. No physical cash was introduced into the online business).
Just like any offline business I have my goals well written out, I have set targets, and I am drawing out comprehensive plans on how to achieve them. Most importantly, I am determined to work relentlessly until I have achieved my goals stated above. (That I am now on a paid hosting using my own domain name is a sign that I am making progress).
Since the success of any business online can be zeroed down to a single phrase “quality traffic = profit” (that is the understanding I have for now), I will be focusing most of my resources on getting good content on my blog , Nigerian Entrepreneur and then using various social networks media to draw visitors to the blog. (You can bet that Entrecard is one of my very first point of call).
How will I measure Nigerian Entrepreneur success?
I will measure the success of my blog using the following parameters:
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Numbers of Visitors.
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Number of Comments
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RSS Feed Subscriptions
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Contact Forms
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Newsletter Sign-ups
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Business Directly Generated
That is it. Thanks for visiting and reading this article. If you like my post, encourage me by dropping a comment. Subscribing to my Nigerian Entrepreneur RSS feed will surely be much appreciated and of course I am looking forward to your return visit. Enjoy!
N.B – My focus is now on this blog. I may scarcely give attention to Naijaecash.blogspot.com. That blog has served its purpose. The focus now is on Nigerian Entreperneur. Enjoy!