Being successful today in Nigeria as an application developer doesn't come just like that.Ours is a peculiar environment where mediocrity is often times celebrated.As a developer (and also an entrepreneur)you have a bigger challenge.

Philip Kotler-the father of marketing opined that "authentic marketing is not the art of selling what you make but knowing what to make.It is the art of identifying and understanding customer needs and creating solutions that deliver satisfaction to the customers",

To be successful as a developer you have to understand what the times are,i mean the trends,and the web helps you identify it quickly.The web trend is a microcosm of the entire process.

What is a Web Trend?

A web trend is simply the various ways the internet is used as a business solution. It is the pattern of doing business on the web at any given period. Web trend can also be regarded as the current era of the web, what is in vogue online. This is determined by what the Internet users want and how they want it. Right now web users are yawning for high personalization online. They need particular and specialized services as the day goes on.

If you can determine what millions of people using the web and offline too want, and you give it to them the way they want it at a good price regularly, you will be successful online. This is the secret of online wealth creation.

With the web trends you can build a new business to serve the need or adapt your already existing business to suit the trend.

The Current Era of the Web and its Business Potentials

Presently, the Web is mostly accessed via a computer. The Internet has gradually changed from not only being an information center to being a business center.
The current era of the Web for business purposes is known as the Web 2.0 era. This is a term used to describe the trend in the use of the Internet these days which enhances creativity and information sharing for business and personal purposes.

According to Tim O’Reilly (an Internet technology expert): ”Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.”

Web 2.0 is not a technical update in internet technology rather it is the change that has occurred in the way businesses are fashioned on the Internet to suit the end-user and solve problems better.
Some of the characteristics of this era, include; rich user interface and experience, High level of user participation, dynamic contents, scalability (ability to grow within a short period), openness, freedom, collective intelligence.

One of the great trends now in Nigeria is no doubt mobile banking applications and keying into this is maximising your potentials.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPERS

An opportunity exists for developers who have ideas and stuffs they have done and needs financing for it,a DFID assited project will open untold doors for such persons.

if you are interested and want to participate please dont hesitate contact me for further details on my email :kenneth@gsmusersforum.com or call 08052207809.Note this opportunity is open till Friday May 1st 2009