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Acidosis:
Christians don't believe in reincarnation, however, there are tangible explanations for this sort of events

Teerach:
Reincarnation is real. The reincarnated can remember his or her past life at age 1 to approximately 5years after which they forget. Spirit reincarnate. But because major religion of now days believe in heaven and hell, they tend to ignore the obvious.
With reincarnation. You should tell that heaven and hell is only a state of the mind.

Acidosis:
I found this creepy thread online There's a lot science don't understand.

AkinPhysicist:
By Kate Vinton
Forbes.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/12/31/nigerian-telecom-tycoon-mike-adenuga-is-africas-biggest-billionaire-gainer-in-2016/#38b425714e9a

Esseite:
Nigerian leaders a curse, bad govt policy killed my Calabar condom, syringe factories – 95-year-old industrialist, Olopade



https://punchng.com/nigerian-leaders-a-curse-bad-govt-policy-killed-my-calabar-condom-syringe-factories-95-year-old-industrialist-olopade/?amp

TMSMedia:
Map of Nigeria appeared in the cloud of Jos, Plateau State, yesterday, IgbereTV reports.

Sharing the photos on his Facebook page, Azzaman Azzaman wrote;


https://www.facebook.com/100054126652820/posts/329456582201894/?app=fbl

itsmolep:
Bug bounty programs involve organizations sending out recognition and financial rewards, that are offered to those who can identify and report bugs in their software. Bug bounty programs help curb cyberattacks since bugs/vulnerabilities are identified and reported earlier with less risk of being exploited in the wild. For the third time in a row, the United States Air Force has invited members of the public to join its bug bounty program.

The Defense Digital Service began the HtAF program back in 2016. At that time, it was the first bug bounty program launched by the US government. The program saw incredible success that year, with nearly 1400 registered hackers and about 200 submitted reports within the first six hours after launching. That year, $75,000 in bounties was issued.

The year 2017 saw the launch of the HtAF Force 2.0 bug bounty program. A big payout of $10,650 was made to a pair of security experts for finding a flaw in the AF’s website which permitted unauthorized access into the Department of Defense’s internal networks.
In collaboration with HackerOne, the Air Force has launched the “Hack the Air Force 3.0” bug bounty program. Participants of 191 countries can take part. The program is very inclusive, but for a few US-sanctioned countries like: China, Russia, Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The name “Hack the Air Force” originates from the Department of Defense’s “Hack the Pentagon,” and allows researchers to find any vulnerabilities and bugs in Air Force websites. This will aid in the strengthening of the Air Force’s cyber posture. The program began on October 19, and will run till November 22. This year, the main focus is Department of Defense applications which had been earlier moved to Air Force-owned cloud environment.
“Hack the AF 3.0 demonstrates the Air Forces willingness to fix vulnerabilities that present critical risks to the network,” these are the words of Wanda Jones-Heath, the Air Force’s chief information security officer.
Just like in other competitive bug bounty programs, rewards are offered according the severity of the vulnerability. A vulnerability tagged as severe will get no less than $5000.
https://molesbite..com/2018/11/hack-us-air-force-and-get-paid-v30-bug.html?m=1

Etizz:
Hahahaha.....actually platform support bro

Sagamaje:
Before I proposed to my wife now then, I went to see her parents and told them that I will be proposing to their daughter. They Concord. it was after 2month or so we did the Yoruba family introduction and after 5month we had the main registry and main marriage. I feel its best seeking the parents permission before kneeling down and proposing, but you must be sure she desire you too as a future husband.

priceaction:
Congrats to the recent sellers.
Quiet a long time visiting here. Hustling get levels o. What ever works for you, please stick to it. Just concentrate mostly on what can be giving you $$$$$$ constantly. It has gotten to that level now, dollar exchange in Nigeria is not that cheap and it will be getting worse, not a curse, but face the reality.
Now be the person that make that dollars legally.
If its domaining do it well, if its freelance, blogging, being apps developer, ui, ux, or whatever is there are many opportunities here and there.
I was not that happy recently when I was browsing through some fiverr and upwork niches and saw it was Pakistani and Indians dominating some many niches. Even on YouTube illustrations, they are there. Very few Nigerians doing well or active consistently.
I may be wrong but that's what I observed. Call them crook, but the are making lots of thousands monthly.
These are skills that were learned off school.
Formal education is good, but trust me skills and personal developments are bae that can connect you to the world faster.
Some fellow here are full time domainers and even work for agencies, if they don't want to say it, at least I know 2 or more. They started somewhere and keep going. We can do same in any online niches.

Well, I am launching my agency soon comprises backend freelancers fully from America. That's how some of these so called Indians and Pakistan run their front end companies. I have many of them as friends and lots of things I learnt from them.
Imagine running a company, paying for SAAS software for 199/monthly, working well for you, yet you still go to fiverr to offer same software to help some others, making up to $1k monthly in revenues, making stream of income in many ways you can do, on many different freelance sites and yet your company still run elsewhere. That's what many of them do.
The sky is the limit, just increase your learning tempos and time dedication to it.
I have said it several times, though it my be illegal, but if you don't have money for any udemy or skillshare courses, there are many ways to get them free of charge, including top rated courses even in domaining. If your mind no carry it, at least cheapest way to get them is group buy. And you won't even spend up to 20 box monthly.

Naija is getting harder for those that are there, but some people don't even send whatever the hardship people are facing because they are getting inflow of $$$$ monthly.
Dig deep, you will find answers. It's closer to you than expected. It may be stressful at some stages but consistently done bring results faster.
God no go shame us. Enough said with my long, boring, episodes.
My oga beckplanet hope you are good.. too much silence these days, hope all is well?

Etizz:
Nigeria waters oh, boundary between Nigeria and Guinea....

Etizz:
Hi guys, as a sailor we have time for work and rest, but they say all works and no play makes jack a dull boy, so I decided to do fishing on my free time and I usually catches small mackerel and other types of fish, but fortunately, my hook was heavy today with this big mackerel.......God bless Nigeria

Earthstorms:
I wanted to get clarity on what you sell and if I should patronise you.

Thanks for the explanation.

Few points I want to make are these
1. Do not sell mix sex tilapia fish, female tilapia is not profitable for rearing

2. Focus on sex change therapy for the fingerlings, that way you can change all of them to male

I will be checking on you when I get to Warri or Ajah, wishing you the best

Alphafarms:
It laughable when people begin to ask if tilapia can be farmed or cultured domestically, when we give them a big YES for an answer they doubt if we are saying the truth or just internet farmers.

We have received calls about the possibility of one culturing or rearing tilapia as an alternative to catfish, and we are glad and happy to put people through in the area of tilapia Farming.

We are happy to be part of your success story on Tilapia Farming, in the area of preparing a business plan, establishment of tilapia farms, management, training, and marketing.

Benefits of Farming Tilapia
1. Cheap to produce and maintain
2. Storage ability
3. Exportable in frozen/dried form
4. Retailed ready market
5. Can be farmed in concrete/trapouline/earthen/plastic ponds
6. Low cannibalism
7. Exploring other areas of Aquaculture

@ALPHA FISHERIES & AGRO SERVICES, LAGOS, we produced high quality, disease resistant & Fast growing Tilapia seedlings, for your success story in Tilapia Farming.

Our parents brood stock was gotten from Thailand, so be sure of an improved seedlings when you order from us.

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Tilapia Farming, The Future Of Aquaculture

YourLeader:
Data Analysis and Business Intelligent is actually the way forward, as there is already too much data existing in Nigeria (let alone the world). R programming and Python remains the leading High Level Languages for Big Data Analysis (Not to forgive the Boss Hadoop Ecosystem). Funny how Nigerian Businesses and Company are yet to embrace this field, because there is so much insight in that data laying down just there in your database.

Really no single data is a waste.. Who believed something like "Association Rule" aka "Market Basket Analysis", "Cluster" can be carried out on all shoppers list in a say Spar to determine Associations between what different shoppers are picking in Spar or Shoprite. Now the Business will know what Brand people really love to buy and there focus on that Brand.

Equally "Time Serials Analysis" can be done on this same data to get insights on what time of the Year the Business needs to focus on having a particular kinda of product and when to reduce investment on such products.

In the world of Business Intelligent, one must have to equip one's self with Tableau and Microsoft PowerBI as this two have proven to hold their own in the market share of Business Intelligent.

A lot is going on in the world of Big Data Analysis and is high time Nigerians key into it.

Cheers

Ohyinyeah:
Fintech are giving banks a good run for their money, margin has reduced for banks hence they only way they can do it, is get a court injunction to freeze those Fintech account. Infact most of the founders of the mentioned app didn't even get any notice they read it from the internet.

" CBN alleged that they operated without license and crippled the exchange rate" I will like to see the data presented by CBN to support this allegation. If a couple of fintechs that mainly millennials use could have this effect on a whole country's exchange rate then Nigeria's situation is worse than we all think.


It started from rice ,then milk and corn at some point they blamed fuel subsidy and smuggling then they blamed corruption. Moved to BDC .

They kept looking for blamr now fintech. Soon they will say dom accounts are responsible for "dollarization" of the economy

PeaceIlya:
Weather up or down people are making money, I ma grateful to binance. In few months time I would resign.

I bought my first car with crypto

Am on the verge of completing my second house with crypto

I have 3 businesses with crypto money.
A. Foodstuff business
B. POS Business
C. Barbing salon

Newbies I didn't start 3 yrs or 4 yrs ago, I started in 2010

If you like believe, if you don't.

OpenHeaven2019:
Who has looked closely at the 2017 charts. I think history is repeating itself.

We didn’t go down straight to 3k from 20k

There were a lot of bounces.

One time after the initial 50% fall from 20k to 10k we bounced to 17k, we even bounced from 4K to 12k - lots of major bounces.


Do not let short term bulls make u lose money.

As long as bitcoins is still below 65k we are still in correction zone.

I won’t be surprised to see us at 50k again self but till go over 65k, we are not bullish!

PeaceIlya:
2. The forex market, crypto and stock market are all instruments of the financial market. One advantage I had is I learnt how the institutions approach the market, hence, if I want to trade any instrument (crypto, forex, stock), it's the same way.

For me, playing in crypto space is very important for everyone who is less than 60yrs old because in the next 5-30yrs Cryptocurrency & Blockchain will take almost everything in the finance space ( the CBN Nigeria is alred talking about Digital Money). You need to understand that every 1000yrs money changes it forms, from trade by barter, cowries to the current fiat and of course you now the NEXT big thing. When people say they are skeptical about Cryptocurrency, is because they haven't studied the history of money.


For me, Cryptocurrency is the future. I feel everyone should be playing in it, but does that mean they should every asset or coin? NO!!! You need to understand that there are something that make the cryptocurrency work. For example, sometime in March 2020, I told everyone in our community, social media platforms & those who listen to my free trainings on YouTube to go buy BTC at about $4000. How did I know it will get t the level? It's simply because I'm an institutional trader, I understand technical & fundamental analysis and I understand where the institutions put their money and from $4000 it shot up to $65,000 that's over 1000% return on investment, for tis the future.

For instance, BTC 5 years ago was about $558.72
Ethereum $12.74
Litecoin $4.48 and many others. You can check the prices if the mentioned coins above and do your maths. I don't want my children bro ask me questions, 'Daddy, were you not aware of Bitcoin, ethereum and others"?

PeaceIlya:
1. I became aware of fx market while I was working as a database manager with one of Nigerian banks in Nigeria. I was amazed at the how much the bank made on a daily basis and this got my attention because I discovered the financial market brought a lot of volume into the bank. So I said to myself " Peace if the banks are successful in playing in the forex market, the need to learn and do research on this thing called the financial market". In 2009, I started learning and trading. I remember in 2009/2010. I funded my first live account and started trading after learning from videos on YouTube.

My experience was that I didn't have mentor, I was only, trading with the knowledge I got online, YouTube especially for the first 3-4yrs, it was hard for me because I'd make money and lose money because I had no mentor or anyone to guide me through the process.

I always tell people you need a mentor, you need to find someone that is succeeding who can help make the journey simpler. This is 2021, apparently I have been in this space for over 10yrs. Crypto is NOT a "Ponzi, MMM, get rich quick scheme". You MUST spend QUALITY time with someone who will show you things you should do and shouldn't do.

PeaceIlya:
Following my story on the crypto thread https://www.nairaland.com/6318352/crypto-currency-investors-thread/1072#104126924 many DMed with many questions, here is a summary of the questions
1. How long have I been into crypto space and my trading experience??

2. What inspired me to invest in crypto space at a time when many people in Nigeria were skeptical about the activities therein?

3. As trader & coach with over 10yrs experience playing in the financial market, what are the major challenge and opportunities in crypto?

4. What has been the effects of the FG ban on cryptocurrency activities in Nigeria?

5. What are some of the success stories you have experience in the crypto space?

6. We hear the knowledge of Cryptocurrency is growing globally, could you tell if it's the same for Nigeria?

13Ebiscoo:
A teenager is finally getting medical help after living her entire life with two extra arms and fingers dangling from her chest.

Veronica Cominguez, 14, was born with the limbs and an oblong-shaped torso growing from her chest in Iligan City, Philippines. The extra parts – belonging to a parasitic twin which did not develop properly – have continued to grow with her. She even cleans her living ”twin” and cuts their finger nails for them.

But Veronica is now finally set to live a normal life after locals raised money and officials organised for her to fly to neighbouring Thailand for an operation.

Veronica said: ”When I was little, I thought it was just a foot. But as I grew up, it became bigger

”It’s heavy, it limits my movement. It keeps swinging. My dress often gets wet.”

Veronica’s mother, Flora Cominguez, said their family has a history of twins. She was not able to properly see a doctor during her pregnancy but said that she knew that it was twins. She even had a name for both of them

Unfortunately, the other baby did not fully develop.

Flora said that Veronica’s navel would always get wet because of the liquid that comes out of it. Sometimes, the discharge has blood on it.
She added: ”The liquid that comes out of the opening smells bad, like human excretion.”

According to Veronica’s doctor, the extra limbs can be removed through a simple operation.

Dr. Beda Espineda, a pediatric surgeon at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center who also handles the medical case of Veronica, said: ”Most of these cases can be removed. Because, usually, the body structures involved are not vital. Most of them are just attached to the skin or bones. For surgeons, it is easy to remove.”

Veronica is now waiting to have her ”twin” who has become a parasite, removed as soon as possible.
The local government office in her village, which has her under its welfare care system, said she is due to fly to Thailand in the coming weeks for the procedure.

A spokesman from the Barangay council of Kabacsanan said last Friday (27/07): ”It has been arranged for Veronica to have an operation. and we hope that she will live a normal, healthy life after this.

”Life has not been easy for her but she’s a very sensible, clever and mature girl. She’s a wonderful pupil. Everyone is very pleased for her that she can soon have an operation.”

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/719879/parasitic-twin-foetus-four-arms-fingers-rare-medical-condition-operation-philippines-news

seyisanya:
Always avoid an IPO when it's first listed regardless of the fundamentals. Only buy, if fundamental is sound, after the IPO hype/frenzy!

kmaster007:
1.) Americans are searching for "doggy style" like whoa.

According to a study from AskMen, America Googled doggy-style more than any other sex position. It could be because it’s incredibly popular, or maybe just because some people find it logistically challenging and need help. Not our place to judge.

2.) It’s the second most dangerous position.

Woman-on-top edges it out, but doggy-style is responsible for over a quarter of penile fractures. According to a study done at the University of Campinas in Brazil, 28 percent of men admitted to the ER with a penile fracture got it from doggy-style (for what it’s worth, woman-on-top took credit for 50 percent). But don’t worry, the odds of “breaking” a
penis during sex are still incredibly low, so don’t let this scare you off.

3.) It's part of a bigger family of "rear entry" sex positions.

Doggy style isn't the only way to have sex from behind; doggy style is part of the "rear entry" group of sex positions that range from downward dog (yes, like the yoga position) and froggy to reverse cowgirl.

4.) It's really, really old.

You think Snoop Dogg was the first person to reference the sex position in 1992? No way. Ancient Greeks and Romans have artwork and literature referencing the sex position; Roman philosopher Lucretius even recommended it for couples trying to conceive (please note that this has no actual scientific basis).

5.) Lots of songs reference the sex position. Lots.

According to Genius, there are over 1,600 songs that address the topic, at least in passing. "P.I.M.P." by 50 cent, "The Bad Touch" by The Bloodhound Gang, and "Back That Thing Up" by Justin Moore (which is a country song about doggy-style sex in a barn, and it's just as good as it sounds).

6.) if your partner finds doggy style sex to be painful, you have options .

Because this position allows for super-deep penetration, some women may find that you're hitting up against their cervix. Try slowing down the rate of penetration, and have your partner play with the angle of her hips. She can try going down on her forearms or up on her palms to see if the depth makes a difference in her comfort level..

7.) It's called "doggy style," but plenty of other animals mate that way...

Including horses, camels, giraffes, and elephants.

8.) Meanwhile, tons of animals don't.

Whales, dolphins, and spiders forsake the position. and primates like chimpanzees don't use it exclusively.

9.) It's not just for vaginal sex.

If you and your partner are both into it, you can engage in anal sex and cunnilingus while you're back there. "Doggy style" can refer to any of those things, not just sex from behind.

10.) It's a favorite for a lot of guys.

According to a Women's Health poll, men list it as their favorite sex position, trumping old standbys like missionary.
This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated.

LegitPlug:
Hello there, sport trading is just like stock trading but instead of buying and selling shares of company, we trade/bet on sporting events on either phone or PC.

Some people see it as the practice of placing two bets against each-other, on the same selection, in order to profit but that's pure gambling to me.
A sport trader only put his/her money on possible outcome and maximun 2 games and the beauty of sports trading is that we don’t care who wins or loses the event.

The average I got on my domain depends on how important it is and how much damage it could cause to the organization.

einsteine:
Insurance is not free. It's a cost. Part of the reason the margin on car importation is high is because many don't buy insurance. Another way to increase the margin is to cut corners on customs.

SatoshiPips:
1) WHAT ARE GOOGLE MY BUSINESS INSIGHTS?

2) HOW CAN THEY HELP MY BUSINESS?

3) HOW DO I ACCESS AND USE INSIGHTS FROM MY GOOGLE MY BUSINESS LISTING?

Insights might include what your customers’ motivations are, why they give you business over your competitors, what they’re interested in, where they’re from, and more.

By analyzing these insights, you can improve your business and marketing so they work harder for your potential and current customers – like helping them find you, answering their questions, refining your offerings, etc.

Fortunately, Google My Business listings come with a helpful tool called Insights. It shows you how people found your listing, where they discovered it, and what actions they took once they saw your listing.

LISTEN UP

If you don’t have a Google My Business listing yet, you can set one up at google.com/business.

Once you have a listing up and verified, access Insights by clicking “View Insights.” (If you have multiple listings, first choose which one you want to learn about.)

You will see several sections, including: WHERE CUSTOMERS FIND YOU ON GOOGLE, HOW CUSTOMERS FIND YOUR LISTING, CUSTOMER ACTIONS, DRIVING DIRECTIONS, PHOTOS, AND PHONE CALLS.

These sections can help you understand how people are interacting with your listing, which can lead to ideas on ways you can improve your website, ad campaigns, social media channels, email marketing, SEO, and so forth.

The HOW CUSTOMERS FIND YOUR LISTING sections give you insights into how people find your listing.

Where Customers Find You on Google tells you whether people found you on Google Search or Google Maps, and also tracks the number of times people viewed your business information on these platforms.

In HOW CUSTOMERS FIND YOUR LISTING, you can see how many people found you via “direct” searches (using your exact business name or address to find you) or “discovery” searches (looking for your category or type of product/service).

This can help your marketing strategy. If your percentage of “direct” searches is low, you might work on marketing your brand. If the percentage of “discovery” searches is low, you might promote your products and services.

The Customer Actions section tracks how many times people took certain actions when they viewed your listing.

Actions can include visiting your website, requesting directions to your business, calling you, and viewing your business photos.

You can even see how many people took a certain action on a particular day (going back up to 90 days). So, if you’re a florist, for example, you could check how many people visited your website a week before Valentine’s Day.

You can get a deeper dive into certain actions in the Photos and Phone Calls sections.

In Photos, you can see how often your business listing’s photos are viewed compared to photos from stores similar to yours. This can help you refine and improve the type of photos you post.

Phone Calls can tell you how often people called your business directly from your listing, and when they did it. You can see which days these calls were made, and what time of day people are most likely to call you.

Lastly, the Driving Directions section can give you more information about the people who ask for directions to your business.

Once Google has enough data from your business listing, you can click the “Request directions” box under Customer Actions. This feature tracks the number of clicks on driving directions in Google Search, Maps, and Maps for Mobile.

Even better, you’ll get a map of the areas that people are coming to your business from. This will help you assess whether your online marketing is reaching your target audience or if you might be missing important geographic areas.

This can spark ideas on what you could improve, like adding more information about your location on your website, trying targeted ads via AdWords Express, or updating your Google My Business delivery or service area.

For example, let’s say you notice certain areas generate a lot of driving directions requests. You might create targeted ads for these neighborhoods, using custom calls to action (CTAs): “East Side residents get 10% off.”

Next, you might experiment with running ads that target neighborhoods that don’t seem to be generating a lot of driving direction requests so you can drum up more business in those areas.

SatoshiPips:
HOW TO GET FOUND ON GOOGLE SEARCH AND MAPS

A) WHY SHOULD I GET MY BUSINESS ONLINE AND KEEP MY INFORMATION UP TO DATE?

B) WHAT IS GOOGLE MY BUSINESS?

C) HOW DO I GET STARTED WITH GOOGLE MY BUSINESS?

Imagine you’re running errands in town and have a sudden ice cream craving. You pull out your mobile phone and search for nearby ice cream shop, nothing appears in your search results. So, you walk around until you see an ice cream shop which is suppose to be open for business at that time– but the place is actually closed. You get frustrated, you give up and leave.

Now imagine you own that ice cream shop. You just lost a potential customer. That’s why it’s smart for businesses to be online and post the right information, especially considering how much potential customers are relying on search engines to find local businesses.

LET’S LOOK AT SOME STATS

In a Google survey, 80% of people said they use a search engine to find local business information.
50% of customers who do a local search on their smartphones visit a business within a day.
And people are also 38% more likely to visit a business if the online information is up to date and correct.

With stats like that, it’s clear that having your business online with up-to-date information is important. That’s where Google My Business comes in.

Google My Business is a no charge (free) service that lets you claim a business listing on Google. It’s designed for brick-and-mortar stores (versus e-commerce companies) and other businesses that meet with local customers in person.

With a Google My Business listing, important information about your business will appear to searchers in both Google Search and in Google Maps.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: Let’s say someone searches for lmmaculate's Ice Cream Shop, which has a Google My Business listing.

The person will get a search result showing the shop’s location and address on Google Maps. They can see how far Immaculate's shop is from them, and also get directions.

The person will also see the phone number of Immaculate's Ice Cream Shop. And, since they’re using their phone to do the search, they can easily call the shop just by clicking on the number.

The searcher will also get critical information like Immaculate's hours of operation, including any special holiday hours, and the website URL.

Immaculate's Google My Business listing can also feature photos and reviews, which encourages searchers to become customers.

Photos help people visualize a business and get comfortable with it. They can see what the inside of the shop looks like, for example, and can recognize the storefront when they arrive at its location.

Note, listings with photos get 42% more map direction requests and 35% more clickthroughs to the business website than listings without photos.

The reviews on Immaculate's listing can also be a great business move. 88% of customers say they trust online reviews as much as they trust a friend’s recommendations.

Google My Business also lets Immaculate respond to all the people writing reviews, so she can keep engaging with his customers even after they’ve left his shop.

LISTEN UP

What if a person searches “places to get ice cream” instead of “Immaculate’s Ice Cream Shop”? Well, that’s okay. If a local searcher looks for a topic related to a Google My Business listing, that business and its info could still appear in the search results.

Now let’s talk about the steps you should take to set up a Google My Business listing. First, you’d visit google.com/business and click “Start Now.”

A form will appear. Enter your legal business name (no nicknames or slogans). If your business has multiple locations, don’t add extra info like cross streets. Also don’t use ALL CAPS unless that’s part of your official business name.

After you add other basic information (like your address and main business number), you’ll need to select a business category. To do this, first think of how you’d describe your business, like “Ice Cream Shop” or “Dentist.”

Then, start typing in your description and see if it matches an existing category. It’s not a big deal if you can’t find the perfect category. If you can’t find one, use a generic category like “Store” or “Restaurant.”

TIP

If you’re a service-based company without a storefront (like a plumber who serves a certain neighborhood), you can click “I deliver goods and services to customers at their location” to have your service area appear on the map instead of your actual physical location.

With these steps, you’ve set up Google My Business. Before you celebrate, remember to verify your listing.

Usually, verifying your business listing involves requesting that Google My Business send a postcard to your business address. Once you get the card, enter its verification code into your Google My Business account to complete verification.

This verification process is hugely important because it improves the chances of your business listing appearing in Google search results. Also, any changes you make to your listing will only go live after it’s been verified.

Once the verification process is complete, you can respond to customer reviews and see “Insights” reports that show you how people find your info on Google.

I hope this information helps you gain more customers.

Next post is going to be about HOW TO GAIN INSIGHTS FROM YOUR GOOGLE MY BUSINESS LISTING.

VOfficialR:
This is about a 24 years old Nigerian who moved to Germany at 19, who says he's cracked the code to the sharing economy, where big dogs like Airbnb($26B), Uber($66B) currently boss.
He said he has very well crafted plans and strategies to get his company (issmeet) to Unicorn within 5 years.
As a proof, he has designed his company to this stage http://www.issmeet.com (worth over €25, 000 in team, development, sales and marketing) without spending more than €300. He doesn't have any investor on board and he still owns 100% share of his company. He's not a 419, he's just smart! He's a self proclaimed experience designer, strategist, filmmaker and writer.
He has spent over 3000 hours studying the sharing economy and he's pioneering the Experience Sharing Economy with issmeet, a platform connecting people through food, drinks and music. A two sided community marketplace targeting Millennial travellers.
His mission is to reduce the distance between countries and cultures to plates of delicious dinners across dining table all over the world.
He's currently looking for investors, because being (arguably) the only black CEO in Berlin and among the youngest foreign Founder/CEOs in the country (Germany) is not an easy task.
If you're an investor or has an uncle or aunt who is, please do connect.
http://www.issmeet.com
Here's a short teaser he also wrote and directed himself.

olumide3367:
Hello Nairalander
My name is Olatunji Olumide Joseph. I am 22 years old Associate degree graduate of mechanical engineering. I set up a company (Hollyway Global Investment Int'l Ltd). What brought about the company? Two things. First, I hate the notion of working for people. And secondly, I look around me and discover that the rate of fraud from Nigeria and Africa is scaring away people from Europe, Asia, America from dealing with us but they seriously need what we have. Like what? They want to buy our charcoal, cashew nut, bag of onion but anytime they make such demands, scammers are always the first to answer them and at the end dupe them. So my company Hollyway Global is a Nigerian Agricultural Firm which into Foodstuff sales and supplies, export and general merchandise. Our foods stuff includes :melon seed(including Ground egusi), ogbono, palm oil, stockfish, dry fish, garlic, bitter kola, dried vegetable leaves, rice, beans, garlic, soybeans, cocoa seeds or powder, wheat, sesame seeds, cassava products (starch, tuber and flour), honey, shea butter, kola nut, charcoal etc. It was incorporated on September 4th 2019. I set it to breach that gap.I have gotten all necessary tools to work and ready for business. I Opened a dormicillary(dollar) account as well as current account with sterling bank. I Apply for export license and open a website for the company(I won't drop the website name here sorry). Lastly, I did premium registration with a b2b website(go4world.com) to get customers.Etc. But my hands are tied as I don't have capital to work. The buyers are coming to my website and I do get demands through my email every single day for products I can easily source here in Nigeria and export to them and make money in US dollars. They are serious and ready to buy but demands for prove that i have the product ready. What they demand is this. I wan buy from u. You get am ready in bag? If no, no deal then. If I get capital, I buy it and package it in company brand packaging. I don't just know how to get capital. I just dey frustrated and afraid that the company will go down the drain as a dream. I met bank but them no gree give me loan because I have no collateral and my company na start up.

Please how can I get loan for start up? How can I get a serious investor to finance my company and keep my dream alive?

P.S insert is some of the demands to my email daily.

Candycrushy:
Does age really matter in a relationship? I've been getting different answers to this question as some will probably say age is just a number. This man in question is everything a lady can ever ask for, caring, supportive, prayerful, and kind. My fear is just his age, he's 12 years older than I am, I'm still in my early 20s. I'm scared of taking the relationship too far and giving him false hopes of marriage because that's exactly what he wants..secondly, my family might not accept him because his looks already shows off his matured age.. I like him very much tho...
I need suggestions.

BelieverDE:
Zikoko, thanks for your educative interviews you always have with amazing people.

Few things I learnt from this interview that brings money:
* Pushing of Commodities
* Equities, Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes and Treasury bonds
* Real Estate (either investment or commission for looking for a buyer of properties)
* Importation of cars (although risky if not insured)

Congrats to that 23 year old champ!