if only Network marketers could spend the amount of time they spend promoting other products to promote their own businesses and services.
Then perhaps Network Marketing organizations would go broke, and New ideas, businesses or even start-ups would thrive and flourish.
Is self Motivation, Loyalty and Discipline dead? Or are we just naturally insecure and gullible to promises of a likelihood fortune through promises and assurances from third parties?
If I walk up to my friends, family and even strangers, and tell them about my products, services and its benefits. Imagine the potential …

This might sound very unorthodox of me, but localizing your web start-up is the way to go in some countries in Africa. Don’t get me wrong, It is not a myth that the internet creates a global frontier for your web based business, nevertheless global sales requires certain tools and experience to guarantee patronage not to talk about even a success.
It would be myopic  to underestimate the potential of your local nationwide market, with an effort to target a global market from inception. Targeting a global market from inception …

The bad news is, our business in Nigeria, is facing a lot of challenges,  in the battle of the US Dollar vs the Nigeria Naira. The US Dollar appreciation against the Naira, has caused our business tremendous pain and agony. Our business in Nigeria has lost about 50% of its revenue to the currency market this year alone. Its disheartening. At 180 Naira to a dollar from 120, our bills cost us 0.50 USD cents more for every dollar we spend paying the same bills we paid last year.
We rely …

This post was inspired by an entry on “Ubigen” titled “In business, are you a Chef or a Cook?“. His post was more directed towards answering
What should a business be? A cook? Or a Chef?
I am going to deviate a little with my own perspective of business itself.
So My question would be, Does your business develop products and services that taste like chicken or beef? If either, how does your business cater for “vegetarians”. Or does it cater for meat lovers only, because it is niche oriented? Or perhaps …

Yes she is..The time magazine (March issue) had an interesting coverage on Investing in Africa with a case of a bank in Togo “Ecobank”. Ecobank employs 11,000 people and has 620 branches in 26 countries with an excellent balance sheet of $8 billion dollars, and not only that, it actually makes money in the current world economical crisis; it made a whooping 32% profit in 2007 amounting to $104 million dollars and its up 47% this year.
Why is Africa the perfect destination for investment today?
1. Africa’s average annual growth from …

In my previous entry, I covered Internet shops in Nigeria and how disappointed I was at the fact that there aren’t many to cover.
To Run a successful Online Shop in Nigeria, requires an in-depth understanding of the Market and its Consumers. I learnt this the hard way in the past 5 years or so. The Nigerian consumer behaviour and the market dynamics is very different from what you would experience in the USA or even in the UK.
Havent said the later, Are Nigerians really ready to Buy things online?
The good …

Can you purchase any product you want, from a local online shop in Nigeria?
This question popped into my head yesterday, and I decided to “Google” out of boredom on things a Nigerian in Nigeria can actually buy on the internet from a local internet shop  and get it delivered at their doorstep the following day or even days later. The revelation was very disappointing. I came across only one, and the old ones I featured in my post titled “E-commerce key player’s in Nigeria. are all dead.
I “Googled” for Electronics, …

I become very excited when I come across success stories of businesses in Africa. Blue Skies a Ghanian Fruit packager, that pre-packes fruit salads and juices for export to Europe was featured in BBC yesterday. In a coverage titled “Ghana’s juicy economic lesson“, Blue Skies was said to employ about 2,000 workers  made a whooping $20m (£15m) last year.
Such a success story not only re-assures African businesses their potential in Agricultural type of businesses, but inspires them on how they can create employment opportunities in the continent.
An Interesting …

How would you like to operate the perfect business? This means..

You are your own boss!
You don’t need any customers!
You don’t need employees!
You can operate from home, work, vacation or anywhere else in the world as long as you have an Internet connection.
You never have to worry about job security, harassment or any other employment-related anxiety.
You never need to worry about employer payroll, strikes, theft, rent increases, health inspectors, lease problems, being sued, etc…
You don’t need to do any cold calling.
You decide which days you wish to work.
You make the decision …

According to PC WORK AT HOME, most people interested in working from home seem to be looking for Data entry jobs. He futher reveals that no genuine data entry job will require you have to make upfront payment. He finally informs us that the hourly rate for data entry is very low, and there is a lot of competition for the few jobs available.
Here is a list of some companies that you might want to check out, if you are looking for a data entry …