The Business Man

Introduction Over the weekend, I was searching for an open space with a friend where we could do some driving practise. After driving around for some hours, I realized something. Lagos does not have open spaces! We went as far as Ikoyi from the mainland, and then we headed towards Mile 2 through Oshodi. It was so striking that the only place we saw was along Oshodi - Apapa expressway, close to Mile 2. It was a space of about 8 plots joined together. We got there only to find out(from some rough looking boys) that we had to pay about NGN500 to practice there. Can you imagine that? They even offered to teach us if we didn’t have a car and then they gave us a little driving manual. This is a good idea if you have such a plot of land lying somewhere. What you need of course you need a manager (who knows how to drive)and an assistant who should also know how to drive. If you have an old car (Manual transmission preferably), it would be great but if not don't worry. People will still ...

As a business person, it is very important to attend trainings and conferences on business and business related issues to help you keep abreast with current trends, technologies and most importantly identify new business opportunities.It also prepares you to start a business and get better at it. Fate foundation is organizing a Training on "Developing and Applying Negotiation Skills in Your Everyday Business: How to Win People and Businesses” . Fee: N3000, Date: 19th May 2010, Venue: Fate Foundation, 1st Floor, Water House, Ijora Lagos., Time:1pm – 5pm For more information on registration and other upcoming trainings, visit their website here: http://www.fatefoundation.com/onlineSchedule.htm.

Introduction Isn’t it a good idea to just go on vacation and still have money going into your bank account? This is the dream of all aspiring business men and exactly what most of the successful business people have in common. The good news is that it can be achieved in almost any business. Most people start a business so as to take control of their life so they can have more time and more money. 80% achieve the second goal but the rest end up making their own business another job. Exactly what they were running a way from! What you stand to gain The advantages of a system like this are countless. • You get to spend more time with people you love, • You share tasks in your business making it easier for all • Other people do the hard work for you • You can then channel your time to other things • You can successfully run up to 5 businesses this way Requirements To successfully implement this concept in your business, you need to be very careful. Doing this incorrectly has ruined a lot o...

Introduction This just as the name suggests, selling information!. This can really be a very profitable business. Well it costs a little money to start but the rewards are very encouraging. What its all about Lets dream a little(Literarily) , what if you find a way of solving a problem for a lot of people? then you put it in a book and advertise it. How many responses do you think you would get? That is the foundation of this type of business - you give people information of exactly what they want. That was the easy part. How do you know what people want? This is the hard part. This part actually accounts for 80% of your success in this business. I have written an article on this subject. It will help you brainstorm. Click here to read it. Similarly, people also search for what they want on the internet. There are a few tools available to help you. Try the Google Adwords keyword tool or Wordtracker for free or Keyword Elite for a little fee. The Paid tool makes it extremely easy fo...

Introduction This is another business that doesn’t require much to start. It’s like this, get a customer (maybe your neighbor), go to his house at the weekend and wash his clothes using his own water, clothes rail and soap! I must say t requires a lot of strength- it is manual labour. The other down side of it is that you can’t charge as much as the drycleaner-you are using the man’s materials!. Getting Customers The process required to get customers in this business is similar to that in the Private Home tutor Business. Please review it here What you need. Just fill up your stomach and try to very humble. I’m guessing you know how to wash clothes. Just like in all business, always make sure you have the right personality. Click here Well that’s about it. From here, you need to decide where you want to go. You may not make a lot of money doing this but if you employ more people, you could make more. From here, you could then go for a full scale drycleaning business. This business may ...

Bulk SMS business is all about sending large number sms messages at very reduced prices. Making money from it depends on which part of the business you want to enter into. If you decide to go for the reseller option(cheaper option), your success will depend on ur market. My brief survey of the providers show a trend; its cheaper to buy my sms units. Check out the pages of some of the dealers http://www.aratext.com/pricing http://www.signonsms.com/price_list.asp http://www.smslive247.com/ http://www.50kobo.com/ http://www.etextmail.com/ http://www.bbnsms.com/ http://www.signonsms.com/price_list.asp The setup is simple, get a website and integrate your site with the sms services from some of the websites or just create an account on any of the sites above and send your sms from their website, this way you don't have to get a website. You then concentrate on getting customers. What is your strategy? how do you get customers to use ur service?...this is the crux of the matter. With the...

This is one of the small businesses you can start with very little or no cash capital. In Nigeria today, one of the most pressing issues is that of securing admission into higher institution. Nigerian publics schools are not doing greatly in this area and the private schools are so costly that they are not for the majority of the population. This means that there will always be a demand for private tutorials. Requirements A Sharp Brain Well, to tell you the truth, you need to be good academically, for this. This will show in the quality of Results your students turn out and ensure people trust you and your business with more students. You don’t even need to know every topic, you could teach just one subject. Business Card / Flyer This shouldn’t be too fanciful or costly-you could do the flyers for now. You could just type your information on your computer and print on A4 sheets of paper. Your aim is to make sure the information circulates as widely as possible not on the quality of the...