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4. Read exchange/return policy before you buy

When you are buying a product online, e.g. clothes, you may come across post-purchase issues such as size, colour, fabric quality etc. which are unlikely to happen when you buy in retail store. Even the most renowned and reliable web portals have failed to maintain the consistent service at times. So better check exchange policy before closing the deal to avoid stories that touch

5. Save the invoice

Most of us are so excited after fetching the coolest deals on online sale that we forget to save order copy. But what if the site doesn’t support your order once you have done the payment? How will you track your order then? Hence, it’s always better to save a copy of order the moment it pops on the screen.

6. Keep an eye on your bank statements

Are your bank statements lying in the unread section of your mailbox? It’s time to open them on frequent basis. A quick look might give you an idea if your account is charged with any penalties.

Source: https://www.myuniverse.co.in/moneymoves/personal-finance/7-tips-for-safe-online-shopping

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The idea of being able to buy goods while on your couch from the internet without stress is an excellent one. However, some people still prefer to travel the distance to buy products they could easily get online simply because they don't feel safe enough.

Here are 7 Tips for safe online shopping:

1. Don’t fall for spams

Online shopping portals have their ways with promotional mails. The luring offers are so well bent with graphics that you almost click on the ‘shop now’ button. But get hold of yourself. Even if you find it relevant, don’t click on the mail offer. It’s advised to go directly on the retailer’s website. Even a reliable website can be hacked and send out a spam mail to get one’s bank account information.

2. When on phone, use the app not website

There are various advantages of using shopping app instead of phone’s web browser while e-shopping. During travel, shopping on app is easier than shopping on website. Moreover, mobile apps provide an additional layer of security to ensure your financial data is safe with the retailer. Websites can be easily hacked and are easy to track than smart phone applications.

3. Stay away from free Wi-Fi

Free Wi-Fi is a sweet pot for hackers and there are hundreds of them. So next time you are surfing in mall or super market, avoid using public Wi-Fi for your online shopping.

Networking is a key activity that is not only fun, but critical to your personal growth and business development.

Startups are all about networking, building relationships and taking action.

Building a successful business takes a lot of time and drive, so it’s good to have a network of friends and associates to draw energy from and keep you going. By surrounding yourself with people who share a similar drive and ambition, you are more likely to move forward.

But that’s not the only benefit of networking. In fact that’s only the beginning, here are five benefits of networking:

1. Shared Knowledge

Networking is great for sharing ideas and knowledge. Whether it’s asking for feedback or discussing your point of view, it will help you expand your knowledge and allow you to see things from another perspective.

It is also likely that within a group there will be those who have already been where you are today. This provides you with an opportunity to learn from someone else mistake and avoid some common pitfalls they experienced.

2. Opportunities

It’s natural that networking will result in opportunities. The thing you will not know is when or how they will materialise. Whether it’s a referral, offer partnership or request for your service or product, it is important to be ready to seize opportunities when they come along.

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3. Connections

Remember you are not just gaining exposure to the people in the room, you are building connections with their network too. If someone they know has a need that matches your business, if you have made an impression, you will likely get a referral.

And remember it’s not just a one-way street. If someone in your network matches a business you encounter at an event, don’t hesitate to share their details. It will only strengthen your relationship.

4. Increased confidence

By regularly networking, and pushing yourself to talk to people you don’t know, it will help increase your confidence. This is an important attribute as a business owner, because your business growth is dependent on talking to people and making connections.

5. Raising your profile

Being visible and getting noticed is a big benefit of networking. By regularly attending business and social events, people will begin to recognise you. This can help to build your reputation as a knowledgeable, reliable and supportive brand by offering useful information or tips to people who need it. You are also more likely to get more leads and referrals as you will be the one that pops into their head when they need what you offer.

Source: http://smallbusinessbc.ca/article/five-benefits-networking/

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4. Keep it simple

If you’re like many entrepreneurs, you have a business idea and you’re ready to run with it. Be careful not to let your concept snowball into something over-complicated. You could end up with an expensive, elaborate end-product that nobody wants to buy.

As a new business owner, try to start small and narrow your focus. Learn how to test your business idea. Create a simple, quality good or service. A successful business idea should fulfill promises to customers and exceed expectations.

5. Count the costs

Once you start to develop your business idea, add up how much it will cost. You will need to factor in every business expense necessary to launch and operate. Some costs to keep in mind include your location, rent, supplies, marketing, and more.

Come up with the most educated number you possibly can. Then, take whatever you think that amount is and quadruple it. Seriously, quadruple it. You’ll experience unexpected costs of running a business around every corner. It’s better to be over prepared than short on funds when bills start to roll in.

When you're thinking of the cost to start a business, don’t forget about your personal budget. Look at how much money you need to live, including rent, food, gas, healthcare, etc. Lay these expenses out in order of which ones you must pay (e.g., rent) to ones that can be put aside if the money runs out (e.g., entertainment).

Once you have a grasp on all your expenses, start to create a business budget. At first, you might need to get some outside capital to make ends meet, like a small business loan. Go over all of your options before putting your money into the startup.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikekappel/2017/07/12/10-tips-for-starting-a-small-business-that-you-havent-heard-a-thousand-times-already/#611c3c0f6e19

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Opening your own business is often a learn-as-you-go process. But, the more smart decisions you make early on, the better chance your company has for success. If you have an entrepreneurial idea, try these five tips.

1. Address excuses

Countless people dream of becoming entrepreneurs, but they never do. They’re burdened with excuses and fears of failing. From money to time to responsibilities, you can make a million cases for not starting a business.

Let’s face it, being your own boss is scary. In most cases, new business owners have a lot to lose with little insight into their chances of success. Worrying about the risks of business ownership is normal.

But, excuses only slow you down from reaching your goals. If you really want to start a business, you need to address the reasons you think you can’t start a business and get rid of them. Find a solution to the issue rather than let it hold you back.

2. Absorb everything

Listen to what others have to say—friends, family, experts, even yourself. When it comes to things that have to do with your entrepreneurial goals, be a sponge. As you learn, start to work out the idea in your head. Write things down. Keep notes from all the resources you come across to develop a detailed plan.

When you tell people about your startup, read their body language. Do they like the idea? Or, are they just being nice and really think you’re going in the wrong direction? Encourage your listeners to be honest with you. The collective opinion you get from peers could be a reflection of how consumers will react.

Don’t ignore the power of advice from experts and veteran business owners. These folks know first-hand what does and doesn’t work. Smart entrepreneurs learn from the mistakes other business owners have made.

3. Be a solution
Rather than starting your idea with what to sell, think about what it will solve. It’s a lot easier to gain a solid customer base when your business is fixing a problem. Your startup should fill a hole in a certain market or niche.

Home in on why you are opening your own business. Understanding your motives will help you create a brand and market your company. Know what problems your target customers face and how you can solve them.

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We really need good advice regarding our digital campaign to avoid "stories that touch." We are a new startup planning to launch our website next month, and we would like to advertise this site on 2-3 websites. We want our advertisement to last for about 1 month. Our target audience is only Nigerians. As you can see from the title of this post, our budget is very limited: N200, 000. But we believe that nothing is impossible. Besides, when there is a will, there is always a way. So, we would like to hear everyone's suggestion regarding which websites (2-3 websites) in Nigeria will help us drive traffic with this amount.

Or let's rephrase it this way: If you have 200k to market a website in Nigeria, how would you go about it. Your suggestions and insights will go a long way in helping our startup. Please tell us how we can do it. We've employed a digital marketing strategist for this, but the guy ran away with our money. We would like to do this ourselves this time. Thank you all. We look forward to receiving your replies.

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mynaija123:
Hello Nairalanders.

I am currently out of a job and i need help starting a business and i have no idea of what to do. Maybe its the shock of being out of a job.

Someone came to my aid by agreeing to borrow me N3 million to start a business and should be able to return his money in six months and continue the biz with the profit.

Please i would like help on what to do and also like to know if its feasible.

I am ready to move around.

Thanks

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nelsonddon:
Considering the high cost of doing business in Nigeria today. Have been thinking the sort of business to start with 500k. Please i need reasonable suggestions fellow nairalanders.

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I like this, a thread for people to connect and buy/sell domains and websites Kudos to everyone that has contributed one way or the other. OP! Thumbs up

After getting a website though for whatever reason, be it for a brand or to sell a product, you'll need to create awareness and market your brand.

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A jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him, then gave him a test: clean the floor. The man passed the test with flying colors.

"You are hired," HR manager informed the applicant, "give me your e-mail address, and I'll send you the application for employment, as well as the date you should report for work. The man replied " I don't have a computer, or an email!"
"I'm sorry," said the HR manager. "If you don't have an email, that means you do not exist. And we cannot hire persons who do not exist."

The man was very disappointed. He didn't know what to do. He only had $10 with him. Once that is spent, he won't have any money to buy any food. He went to the supermarket and bought a crate of tomatoes with his $10. He went from door to door and sold the tomatoes in less than two hours. He doubled his money. He repeated the operation three times, and returned home with $60. He realized that he can survive
this way. He started to go everyday earlier, and return late. He doubled or tripled his money every day. Soon, he bought a cart, then a truck. In a very short time, he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.

Five years later, the man became one of the biggest food retailers in the U. S. He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance. He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.

At the end of the conversation, the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied: ' I don't have an email.' The broker was dumbfounded.

"You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?," he exclaimed.

The man thought for a while, and replied, "an office boy at Microsoft

Source: http://www.bloomsearch.co.uk/blog/a-jobless-man-applied-for-the-position-of-office-boy-at-microsoft.html

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How quick do you respond to your customers, whether it be a complaint or an inquiry? or even a compliment

Is it quick enough? How responsive are you? Having good customer services is very key to the growth of a business.

Keep your customers happy and see your business grow.

Businesses struggle to decide whether content creation or curation (sharing content of similar brands on your platform) should be the best option for their activities – usually preferring one over the other. Some believe that curating content is lazy and unoriginal, or that content creation is a drain on already stretched resources. The reality is that both practices serve very different purposes – content creation is self-promoting, while content curation is cross-promoting. If you limit yourself to just one, you’re missing out on valuable opportunities from the other.

To clarify, ‘created’ content is original – solely produced and owned by you. Every piece of content you create represents your company’s unique expertise, products, services, insights, and opinions. ‘Curated’ content is generated from external sources outside of your company that you share with your audience. It should be relevant and useful to your target audience and demonstrate that you recognise the value that other companies bring to your industry, or areas of relevant interest.

Both types of content have their advantages and tend to work better in certain situations. Attainting the optimum balance between generating both created and curated content campaigns will depend on what you’re hoping to achieve – be it greater brand awareness, higher search rankings, optimal social engagement, or more conversions. Knowing the differences and usefulness of each type of content will help you make the right decision when developing your next content strategy – so here’s what you can achieve with each approach.

Content creation

Gain a thought leadership position

By creating original, educative and objective, content – via images, infographics and posts, you boost credibility and cultivate deeper relationships with your audience. This activity also helps position your brand as aspirational, highly desirable – and one that others may choose to follow. It’s not easy to become a thought leader but it starts with generating your own content and fresh ideas.

Generate leads

If you are creating content such as a white paper, ebook or webcast – to lure traffic to your landing page, then it needs to be original. You can then insert branded images, logos, links and most importantly – call to action buttons.

Drive web traffic

Google still loves original content, especially if it’s useful and SEO-friendly. In an ideal world, to keep your site ranking high, aim to write a fresh blog post each week.

Content curation

Build new relationships

Content curation breaks the ice, makes the introduction and can develop online associations with industry influencers. If done right, you can use content curation to get your social channel in front of a broader audience, by adding the social account of the author or source of your curated content. Content curation can also allow you to build thought leadership capability and credibility quickly, especially when you can add your opinions to breaking news and insight.

Get time efficient

If you’re a busy content manager with multiple social media channels to populate, a brochure to write and blogs to prepare, etc – and don’t have the time or resources – then curating content can help. Content curation doesn’t only help to fill your social channels, it can also provide you with new content ideas. If you’re really time constrained, just curate content on channels like Twitter – and save the original stuff for your blog.

Present alternative views and resources

Your brand can’t be a sector expert on everything, but with content curation it can appear to possess a wider knowledge – just select information from reputable sources. If you’re really lucky, your brand may inadvertently take the credit – especially if social users who share a headline, image and link – don’t open the link to read the content, or see the original source.

Best practice

There can be a fine line between curation and copying. Never amend or alter curated content for your own purposes, always attribute (credit) the original sources very clearly – and provide a clear link back to the original source of the article. Some businesses may put disclaimers to ensure that their customers understand that the content they are consuming is third party. Finally, if there is any issue with content that you have curated and published, ensure that it can be removed quickly if it’s inappropriate or flagged up by a customer or the original author.

Source: http://www.fourthsource.com/content-marketing/balancing-content-creation-curation-22008

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People buy followers but you could just churn out more quality content, this might take longer but it's always worth it in the long run

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How can I get more followers on Twitter?

It depends on who you contact for your content. At Chromite Group, we offer rich content (both written and graphical) for as low as 25,000 Naira per month

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How much will it take to get consistent good contents in Nigeria for my business?

Every business wants to succeed on social media, but what's the secret?

Unfortunately, there's no magic formula to social media success but in this post, we'll look specifically at organic content and why your business should invest more time and budget towards it.

What is organic content?

In the early days of social media, businesses only posted content organically. Instead of having to pay for ads, brand content would naturally be shown in people’s feeds, and because of this, there was a heavy emphasis on creating good quality content that customers actually liked and would be interested in.

However, over the years, as social networks have grown and developed, brands have lost their trust in organic content. One reason for this change is the increase in competition, which can sometimes make it feel like everyone is struggling to be heard through all the chatter, making organic content less effective. But one of the key reasons why people believe organic content is dead is because of social algorithm changes.

In particular, Facebook has introduced and evolved their News Feed algorithm, boosting the reach of personal posts are reducing the reach of brand content. Such changes are a positive for users, enabling them to only see the very best and most relevant content in their News Feed. But for brands, the changes have been challenging - visibility of their content has decreased significantly, making it even harder to get heard amidst all the noise.

To combat this, many businesses have turned to paid social advertising to try and get their content in front of their target audience. As such, brands are also increasingly shifting their budgets away from other activities, such as content creation.
Why should your business invest more in organic content?

If you're simply pumping out poor quality content, people won’t stop to look at it, click-through, or call. But more importantly is that if you boost that same poor content with 100’s or even 1,000’s of dollars, customers still won’t be interested. Hence, sometimes going back to basics and focusing on creating really good quality content, which will perform well organically, can be the key to your social media success.

While there are most definitely benefits of amplifying content with paid social advertising, before you get carried away and spend 100% of your social media budget on it, take some to consider your content.

Make sure you put enough budget aside to create good quality content in a variety of formats.

Your content should be interesting, unique and engaging. If done right, customers will stop and look at your organic content, or better still, share it, without the need for advertising.

This can also lead to a more effective use of your advertising money - by putting money behind content that first performs well organically, you're making a more informed decision on such spend.

Source: http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/why-key-social-media-success-organic-content

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As a web developer with a family of four, I would really like to spend time with my family this weekend but i still have some scripts to debug and upload, mails to send before the new week's work pileup.

If you were in my shoes or a similar predicament, will you take work home this weekend or just push it up to the new week so as to spend the weekend with family?

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Frankly, I think it depends on our personalities, people around us like family, work ethic to handle the pressure of the coming week's task and any urgency that lies within the work at hand - how soon is it needed?

How often do you usually have time to spend with family? Is it ever enough, will they understand that you have to be busy over the weekend and how often will it occur?

Will your work ethic be sufficient enough to handle having to do your uncompleted tasks at the start of a new week while attending to newer tasks at the same time? No one knows you better than you so you should know what you're capable of.

Also the urgency of the task at hand should be considered, you wouldn't want to miss a deadline.

At the end of the day, it all depends on our personalities with whichever one we decide to go with.

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Sending emails and text messages directly to people that need your product or services is much better than wasting resources on advertisements that might not get to as many of your target audience.


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