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Here’s The Reason Why People Wouldn’t Patronize Your Business

I cried for years when starting out in business, not knowing that I was doing something wrong.
It was late before I finally discovered this secret. It hurt me, and I don’t want you to get hurt too.
I’m about to share with you a secret that changed the way I approach business.
Are you ready for this?
Imagine having tons of people coming to beg for what you sell.
Imagine yourself waking up on the bed every morning and don’t have to worry about money any longer.
Can you sense that coming?
Is that possible?
Certainly, this won’t happen when you don’t have a product or service you are selling.
Yeah! Damn so.
But if you have one, then you are lucky.
Most people doing business, don’t know how to sell, except for a few.
This is evident when you see someone who is into business:
- Having only 800 friends or less on Facebook.
- Not having a professional profile on Facebook
- Having only one social media platform
- Not being active on groups or forums related to their niche.
I Wish I Had Known This Years Ago, I’d Have Become A Millionaire
I wonder if they have any other person they sell to. Or probably they sell to animals or nonliving entities.
If you really do want to sell to people in this world, then, you must learn to understand and surround yourself with people, not only people, people you know will be interested in what you sell.
My boss, Emmanuel Akpe knows this rule and once related that he has over 700 people viewing his Whatsapp status alone.
Enough of trying to lure people to buy what you sell.
Must you force someone to buy? That’s why copywriters use persuasion instead of coercion.
Oh! Copywriters are people you need to learn from. A good copywriter is a master of sales.
They make you beg them for what you sell…
So what am I saying?
So what do you need to start doing?
You need to build a target audience…
How would you do this?
1. Have Many Friends on Facebook
Get down to your Facebook, send friend requests as many as possible.
Make sure you reach 4,999 friends and keep building relationships with your friends with content and values.
And like most ladies having friend requests waiting for them, please do accept them.
Go to Facebook groups relevant to what you sell and display your expertise or products.
And don’t just try to spam everywhere with your products or Facebook will block you.
Offer relevant, quality, and informative content that displays how skilled you are.
2. Be Active In Your Industry
Make yourself relevant in the industry you belong to.
Whatever you are offering or selling, I’m pretty sure there’s a set of professionals discussing about it.
So go ahead and locate where it’s being discussed.
Ask questions.
Offer solutions.
When you do this, you are building your brands relevance and authority.
Go to Forums and places like:
- Quora
- Nairaland (for Nigerians) and many more
3. Have Many Contacts On Whatsapp
You are in many groups on WhatsApp, yet, you don’t have each member of those groups on your contact list. You must be joking.
I want to show you a cheat I used to get many people to view my status
As a business-oriented person, you want to send a message like:
Hi!
My name is _______
I’m a member with you in the _____ group
I’d love to connect with great minds like you.
We might as well have to do business together in the future.
Tell me your name and your location, and I will save your name on my contact list.
Please save mine too, so we can learn from each others status.
Do this and you will get almost 50% reply to you with positive answers and you can always sell to them on your WhatsApp status.
4. Post On Blogs
Find blogs with many visitors, like the Linda Ikeji blog (if you can afford her prices), Ogbonge blog, and many more and advertise your products.
Don’t limit yourself to Whatsapp alone and you will find people rushing your products like…..
You can also make your advertisement on this blog, we have over 20,000 weekly visitors.
Imagine if only 20% of them bought your products or order for your service weekly.
That means you are on your way to becoming a millionaire.
It’s at a very affordable rate. If you are interested chat me up, I’m always available.
5. Use Other Social Media Platforms
Don’t limit yourself to WhatsApp alone.
You can always try out many others including Instagram, Twitter, linkedIn, Pinterest and others…
Final Note
In short, drive massive traffic what you sell and make it visible to many, not just your friend.
Stop spamming all around ….
Go on social media platforms and market yourself. Learn the basics of marketing. If you need books about marketing, come to it.
Post relevant content.
Offer great value. Make it 80% value and 20% selling.
See you in the next post.
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What is NIN number in Nigeria?

According to Wikipedia, a national identification number, national identity number, or national insurance number is used by the governments of many countries as a means of tracking their citizens, permanent residents, permanent residents, and temporary residents for the purposes of work, taxation, government benefits, health care, and other governmentally-related functions. The number appears on identity documents issued by several countries.
Below are 7 things you need to know about the NIN in Nigeria
- The NIN is your assured digital identity
- The NIN is a set of 11 numbers assigned to an individual at the completion of enrolment into the national identity database
- The NIN is cannot be transferred from one person to another
- The NIN is used to verify your identity as a citizen
- Your NIN is what identifies you and can suffice for ID purposes
- The NIN is for life, it does not expire
- The NIN is a must – have for all citizens
Visit http://nimc.gov.ng/ for more details
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Nigeria @ 60: 10 Reasons why Nigerians must celebrate by Olumide Toyinbo

Nigeria gained Independence from the Great Britain on 1st October, 1960. Ever since then, October 1 has been set aside to celebrate the nation for its freedom from the shackles of colonialism. 2020 is the 60th time Nigeria will be marking the day.
A majority of Nigerians are not happy about the state of the country and suggest that no one should celebrate Nigeria at sixty years of age. Corruption in governance, unemployment, inadequate social amenities, kidnapping and many other breaches of sanity steal the atmosphere of the nation.
Amidst all, these ten reasons posit why Nigerians must celebrate and merry on this day, 1st October, 2020.
They include:
- There is hope for Nigeria
Hope is not finished for Nigeria. Nigerians can still have progressive dream for their dear country, whether such dream translates to reality in due time is another thing. Nigerians contesting political positions can come with promises of change and development every four years. There can be better days ahead if conscious and right efforts are made. Nigeria can be better.
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- Nigeria is sovereign
If Nigeria were still dependent literally on another country, Nigerians would definitely be under external control too. Colonialism is not a thing to wish for. The fact that Nigeria is independent is worth celebrating. Nigeria has the free political will which she guard jealously and being held in high esteemed by other countries.
- Nigerians are doing well
Nigerians are doing well and making the nation proud within and outside the country. Nigerians are hustling in an innovative manner and engaging in legitimate ventures they find worth doing, be it business, research, production, governance, diplomacy amongst other things. Many distinguished persons are making Nigeria proud even though few some still put her in bad light. Recently, a Nigerian, Kaycee Madu was made first Black Canadian Justice Minister, this is a pointer to how well Nigerians are doing in disapora.
- Nigeria is not in wartime
War is not fun. Those who witnessed the civil war of 1967 to 1970 will always have unpleasant tales to tell about the war which was characterised by colossal loss of lives and valuable properties. Nigeria at 60, we are in the peacetime, the rule of law is obtainable and right to life is not outrightly threatened, for this Nigeria must celebrate, notwithstanding the fact that Nigeria can do more in this regard.
- Abundance of Resource abound
Despite mismanagement and underutilisation of resources Nigeria is blessed with by caretakers, those rich natural resources have not vanished the land. Oil still flows, limestone, iron ore and marbles have not been used up, plants still grow generally in the country, many other resources abound. Nigerians must celebrate her national pride.
- Diplomatic ties are not severed
The sixty year old nation enjoys good relationship with countries around the world. Conflicts with any nation are well resolved before escalation. Worthy of mention is the recent issue of flight ban between Nigeria and UAE which was settled in due course. The wonderful relationship with other nations has led to great development in the nation via financial aid, infrastructures, medical facilities supplication, scholarships and lot more other benefits.
- Nigeria remains the Giant of Africa
Nigeria remains the Giant of Africa against all odds. Nigeria has got the number being the most populous Black nation in the world. She has one of the largest economy in the developing world. For her diversity, heterogeneity and abundance of resources, Nigeria remains the giant of Africa. This has forever remain an identity that won’t fade, Nigerians need to celebrate for that. Many other nations want to be called Giant.
- Nigeria’s beautiful Culture persists
Awesome culture is an interesting part of being Nigerian. Every tribe has its fantastic way of life. Culture is beautifully diverse. Nigeria has numerous clothing manners, sense of fashion, building styles, delicacies amongst other things. Despite sixty years of independence, those culture of awesomeness tarry. Nigerians must celebrate this.
- Nigeria is a country with funny and happy people
So many hilarious persons domicile in the Giant of Africa. Nigerians love to make one another happy. A good number has turned it to a venture making huge amount for them. This lay emphasis on Nigerians’ innovative prowess. A scroll through any social media platform is enough to confirm that. Nigerians are deliberately happy people despite all what they face.
- Independence day is once in a year
1st October comes only once in a year. Celebrate Nigeria on this day and hope for better days ahead while doing your part diligently.
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15 Types Of People You’d Meet In Nigerian Banks

When it comes to temperament, there are basically four kinds of people on earth, but when behaviours are in play, you can be sure there is a plethora of them. If you bank regularly, you will easily relate to the things on this list. You must have encountered one or more of this kind of people in a bank, they are everywhere and can really get on one’s nerves. Check them out.
1. The Pen Borrowers
It won’t hurt if every Nigerian will spend N20 to acquire a pen rather than borrowing one in a bank which they usually fail to return. Once you lend out your pen to these borrowers, you have to close mark them else your pen is gone for good. It’s either you won’t recognize the person again or he will tell you “sorry I gave it to the woman over there” when you finally fish him out. Pen borrowers would not bring a pen to the bank but would go home with more than one, this is why most banks attach a rope to their pens. To think that these banks do not trust customers with a common pen, while the customers trust them with their life savings, is alarming.
2. The People Who Always Forget to Drop The Duplicate Slip
It’s either they are in a hurry or are a novice to the banking procedure. These set of people after their transactions will just march out of the banking hall, pink slip in hand. Then later rush back to drop it or complain about an unsuccessful credit transaction which is most often their fault. They raise their voices in their ignorance and succeed in attracting the attention of virtually everyone in the hall.
3. The Ghost Queue Members
Also known as “I’m behind you” people, these types are really annoying. The first thing they do when they enter a bank is to pick a spot in the queue before going to get deposit/withdrawal slip. Just when other faithful queue members are about to get to the front, their ghost colleagues show up to claim reserved spots. It gets funny at times when about ten people would tell one person “I’m at your back,” only to come back to see other ghost members claiming the same spot. At the end of the day, this causes confusion and if the bank officials do not intervene it may result in a serious fracas.
4. The Queue Jumpers
These ones are worse than the former, they don’t believe in the Nigerian phrase – first come, first serve. They walk into the banking hall and head straight to the counter as though the people in the queue permanently live there. The rich and influential do this a lot, but it will only be courteous for them to seek permission from the people behind them before jumping the queue. Even President Obama once jumped a queue apologetically at a barbecue joint in Texas, he even went ahead to buy lunch for the family whose spot he took. Some other people jump queues systematically by giving the person in front their money to help them pay in.
5. The Bank Door Rejectees
Sometimes it’s the people at fault and other times the stubborn door that would not let them in. These people will always have a problem with bank doors, and before you know it they will start stripping off their belts, keys, mobile phones, umbrella, pieces of jewellery and of course, weapons if they have any.
6. The Wealthy Customers
These people can take forever in a bank with huge amounts of money, making other customers with little money wait for hours before doing their transactions. It also happens during ATM withdrawals, this kind of customer will keep withdrawing until the person behind him who probably has just N5,000 in his account would plead with him not to bankrupt the machine. Nigerians are good at bad mouthing though, ‘Oga you wan finish the money?”
7. The Slip Wasters
It’s amazing how people can make silly mistakes on slips as though they were writing JAMB. This kind of people can waste slip, they keep cancelling, tearing, squeezing and taking another one. The most difficult part is writing the amount in words, they just keep rewriting the word version of N8735 to get the most accurate spelling.
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8. The Trouble Makers
The best thing is to avoid these type because any slightest comment or contribution will aggravate their anger. They come to the bank to fight the manager and any other person that crosses their path. They are the ones who right from the entrance start lamenting about how the ATM debited them without paying, and how the bank must revert their money else they would close down the account.
9. The Waiting Thief
If you are sensitive you will notice that not everyone that comes to the bank is a customer. Some are there to monitor customers who leave with big money and then follow them outside to steal from them. You will see them hanging around without doing any transaction, just looking around and passing information with their mobile phones to their colleagues outside even though they know it is not allowed to use your mobile phone in the banking hall.
10. The Exile Men
These set of people probably just woke up from 1999, and usually do not remember the date. They will ask you for today’s date and even after you tell them the correct date, they will ask someone else to confirm.
11. The Rest Room Users
The only reason they come to the bank is to use the restroom not to deposit, withdraw or inquire. They would walk in majestically, pick a slip from the counter and then pretend to be filling it while trying to locate the restroom with their eyes. Once their bowels have been emptied, they squeeze the slip and head out of the bank feeling relieved and happy with themselves for a successful mission.
12. The Idle Bankers
This applies mostly to ladies that have no business in the bank and they are not thieves either. It’s either they accompanied someone to the bank, or they just came in to pass time and enjoy the chilling atmosphere. Some very idle people go to the extent of spending an hour in a bank doing the following; queue up to withdraw money from their account, join another queue after withdrawing to deposit the same money into the same account. How pathetic can they be?
13. The Meticulous Counters
This group of people do not want to hear that their hard earned money was short of a note after they leave the bank, so they would take hours still on the queue, counting and confirming every single note.
14. The Questionnaires
You would find mostly teenagers and older people as human questionnaires in a bank. They would ask you about everything in the bank and where to fill in their details. The only thing left is for them to ask you to help spell their name.
15. The Perverts
These are the rarest but most irritating people you would find in a bank. They are mostly guys and would always want to queue behind or in front of a lady (a well endowed one). Basically, their aim is to feed their eyes with boobs/butt. If possible, they would occasionally brush their hands over it and then say “sorry, it was a mistake.” How are we sure it wasn’t a mistake? It keeps happening!
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