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I'm Daniel by name, I'm a web designer, social media marketer and Business researcher.
Over my 5years of researching experience I would love to share some tips on how you can grow a small business to a top level.
As we all know there are lot of advantage having your personal business, most especially in Nigeria where jobs are hard to get with low salary.
I won't go into details on advantage having your personal business so let get started.
There are a lot of business out there to start small and grow big, some required good amount of start up capital while some small start capital and even none start up capital. At this point I believe you have chosen your business.

Know how to grow your business, practise below ideas

1) Price
Price is the most important part to look at, in a new business. You have to understand that the clients/customers you are looking for has already own people they buy from, and it won't be that easy to convert them, so first make your price affordable, for example you and your competitor buy product at N460 and your competitor is offering he's for N500 why not give out yours for N480 and make N20 profit only out of it instead of selling it at the same rate with you competitor who has customers already, believe me here in nigeria no body like wasting even N5 for nothing, people will because of that N20 to come to you and even refer others to you, imagine 2,000 people order from you in a month, that is 20 x 2,000 =40,000 you see you can still make good profit with your low price.

(EXAMPLE 2 of low price)

Now imagine you barber your hair for N350 at a local salon, and now I open a new barber salon around your area, my new salon has air conditional (AC), well design and good looking shape, any time you came to barb I welcome you with a bottle of cold Malta Guinness drink for free to step down before barbering begins, that is to appreciate your coming to my salon, and I'm charging just N300 for barbering, now tell me when next you want to barb where will you go? The empty N350 salon or mine of N300? You see, so now let's do my profit calculation.
Let say I bought 10 litter of fuel for N1000 and barb 30 persons hair per day at rate of N300 each, now N300 x 30 = N9,000, I also bought them malta guinness drink at rate of N90 at wholesale, that will be N90 x 30 = N2700. Now all my expensis are N3700, now remove the expensis from the total amount N3700 - N9,000 = N5300 you see I made N5300 and I will be growing day after day as more clients come.
The problem with many small business is their price, it doesn't mater how much you invest in your business at the begin it called a small new business because it just started.
Don't look at the amount you spent in your business to increase you service/product price, or at the end you will end up blaming devil.

2) Manners
As a business researcher i came to understand that with just one customer thousands of customer can come, and with still just 1 customers thousands of existing customers can also go away from you, don't blame it on any one when this happen, your manners to your customers matters a lot, it doesn't matter how much product that customer is ordering.
There is a saying that your customers are always right, yes it true they are.
Always treat them like prince and princess and they will love your business like no others.
Just recently I walk into a shop and ask for a padlock key, the lady there ask me how much key I wanted to buy? And I told her N100 key to luck a bag, the next thing I heard was I can't stand up just because of N100 key oh bros.

Hmm, this is not funny, because at that point she make me to know new person who is also selling keys, who treated and respect me as a customer, if next I wanted to buy huge amount of keys or companies is looking for where to buy keys where did you think I will refer them?
Now you know lack of manners to your customers can ruin you business.


Thank you for reading, every thing in this thread was type by me from my experience, In my next post I will show you how to gain customers/clients to your new business.
Keep following this thread I will also share with you guys how to start a business without a kobo and make up 50k a month

happy sunday all

Daniel2032:
Get a dynamic e-commerce website for just 25k.

Those looking to have online store to sell stuff like jumia, konga, e-book store etc, i will build a wordpress Ecommerce site for just 25k.

You will hav Easy interface so you can add new products any time.

You will have three option's to choose from in payment method, Either pay on delivery, pay to bank or pay online with credit cards.

You wil have a custom email address e.g support @ omozar . com

You wil receive email notification when ever someone place order with the buyer info, such as the buyer name, address, phone number, email address, the products been ordered for and quantity.

The buyer will also receive a notification mail comfirming hes/her order.

You will have access to choose if want to give a coupon code, this wil draw down price of product if buyer enters coupon code, u can set amount, it's good to use on promo, u can cancel it when ever u wish to.

U wil also be able to sell downloadable stuff.

With many more feature's

It include facebook page and twitter account free.

[quote author=f4flakes post=33853741][/quote]Thanks for the reply, but Sorry i won't just share my client's links without permition, but i'm currently working on a sample, it will be available soon.

I will share it here.

conquistadores:
@OP, are u not affected by d current xchange rate? It's wat discouraged me earlier wen i wanted 2 import. Wit d current xchange rate, if u calculate cost of product, shippin to naija, moving goods 2 PH where i stay, d profits drops a lot and d total cost per piece almost becomes similar to its price locally

OP please answer this question.

Get a dynamic e-commerce website for just 25k.

Those looking to have online store to sell stuff like jumia, konga, e-book store etc, i will build a wordpress Ecommerce site for just 25k.

You will hav Easy interface so you can add new products any time.

You will have three option's to choose from in payment method, Either pay on delivery, pay to bank or pay online with credit cards.

You wil have a custom email address e.g support @ omozar . com

You wil receive email notification when ever someone place order with the buyer info, such as the buyer name, address, phone number, email address, the products been ordered for and quantity.

The buyer will also receive a notification mail comfirming hes/her order.

You will have access to choose if want to give a coupon code, this wil draw down price of product if buyer enters coupon code, u can set amount, it's good to use on promo, u can cancel it when ever u wish to.

U wil also be able to sell downloadable stuff.

With many more feature's

Yes OMOZAR.COM is now the largest football news website, I also read foootball news there on Omozar and I notice they have many Journalist in Uk, i love the way they present their news, anyway I'm happy hazard won it, he deserve it, I'm not a chelsea fan but I'm happy with he's success, Congrat Chelsea

seromezy:
Thanks a lot, I'm greatful, you did a great jobfor me, I'm really please with it. I would love to see u when ever I am in lagos.

You are welcome sir, your happiness is my proud when I work for you, any issue u want me to solve on it don't hesitate to call me immediately.

Just want to inform you guys that the offer of 12k will end april end, after april it will return to normal price 28k.

Indeed you are wonderful, I don't have that kind of amount, but I would like to call you if I could be helpful to you in any way, I'm good in planning, and making research, as been said two head is better down one, I could be helpful in one way, I have a nice working laptop and. Pls can I call you bro?

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teezpee:
Please give us a sample of your work. Let's explore.

Sorry for late reply, I was on project which keep me away from nairaland, but I'm back now.
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And www.autusbridge.com

shayo401:
I got this news on a football news website Omozar.com that Theo Walcott wants a pay rise if he is to sign a new deal at Arsenal. The England international currently earns £90,000-a- week but wants in excess of £100,000-a- week to stay with the Gunners.

I also read that liverpool want Walcott as Sterling replacement could this be the reason for Walcott high deman to remain in Arsenal?

Walcott deserve that amount. £100m

Interesting, walcott deserve the £100m...

Faith please where do u read ur football news from? I'm tired of buying papers and reading past scap news. I need a regular football news website or blog that offer football news 24/7

Shayo pls where do you read your football news? I'm tired of buying papers and reading past news, I need a website or blog that offer steady sport news 24/7

Hello all

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Monday is one of the special day among all weekly day's, it a foundation day, how u lay it determine how the rest day's is going to be.

Take ur time to Plan well.
happy new week.

Happy sunday.

Good evening,

debbydee:
send me pm

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debbydee:
can you do for me an e commerce website? What are the cost implications

give me your email let me email u the cost.

I wonder why you have chosen to embrace poverty unless you are churning out useless Cms websites.

I don't know how i have offended u now, i don't know why u decide to say i'm embrasing poverty, any way u have freedom of speach and this is what u decide doing with it, i make a thread of what i offer, and i have every right to offer it for what so ever amount i choose to even if i don't gain much, i design wordpress premium business website, maybe u are a web designer also and jealus of my price who knows? but i have the right to charge what ever amount i wish, we are not in a union.