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A lone car bomber approached the church gate hoping to quietly drive into the church before exploding the bomb but the security men at the gate refused him entry.

The bomber then reversed his car and rammed it forcefully against the gate of the church, the gate caved in as the bomb exploded injuring several churchgoers...

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In generating sound business ideas, the ideas need not be exceptionally brilliant, what you need watch out for are as follow -

(a) What do people want that has not been given to them?

(b) What has been given but poorly served. The way to start making money is to offer people better product or services than they have now.

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In generating sound business ideas, the ideas need not be exceptionally brilliant, what you need watch out for are as follow -

(a) What do people want that has not been given to them?

(b) What has been given but poorly served. The way to start making money is to offer people better product or services than they have now.

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This is the fourth day on the series of how to become a businessman…please Endeavour to read past articles by clicking on the business ideas category @ www..com

A business idea can be define as a concept which can be used for commercial purposes.

In generating sound business ideas, the ideas need not be exceptionally brilliant, what you need watch out for are as follow -

(a) What do people want that has not been given to them?

(b) What has been given but poorly served. The way to start making money is to offer people better product or services than they have now.

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Two years ago Bieber and Lady Gaga were unlikely foes in the race to become the first person to 1 billion YouTube views.

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LEARN TO TAKE ON YOUR LAZINESS AND DOUBT

If you really desire to start and build a successful business, you need to take on your laziness and self-doubt. You must believe in yourself and your good given business idea. To succeed in any meaningful endeavor, the biggest challenge is that, you have to challenge your own self-doubt and your laziness.

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This Is Day 3 Of This Mind Blowing Article On How To Become A Businessman. If You Have Missed Any One,Why Not Click On The Business Ideas Category And Read It UP...www..com

The following Are SOME OF THE MOTIVES OF STARTING A BUSINESS

(a) The desire to make money is only one of the motives for embarking on entrepreneurship. It is not the duty of your boss to make YOU rich, but it is your own duty to make yourself very rich.

(b) A desire to be independent that is, be one’s own boss.
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Justin Bieber broke a record last week with his new song, Beauty and the Beat, by getting over 10 million hits in 24 hours. Now Bieber lays claim to an even more impressive YouTube record: He is the first person to accumulate 3 billion YouTube hits,

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In what ever we are doing, our mind is our most powerful tool of leverage. What ever we think is real becomes reality. Napoleon Hill said, in one of his books, “whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can be achieved”. The mind has the power to see whatever it thinks is real and blind itself to any other reality.

Our school system for example, trains people to be employees rather than to be business owners and that is why most people including you are not prepared to run their own business.

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The Governor of Taraba State, Mr. Danbaba Suntai, survived a plane crash in neighbouring Adamawa State on Thursday, but his condition is said to be critical. Five other passengers, including the governor’s security detail for the journey, survived the crash.

While initial report said the governor died in the crash, the aviation ministry and the Taraba and Adamawa state governments said that he survived.

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Dambaba Suntai the Governor of Taraba State was today killed in an aircrash at the Yola airport in Adamawa state.

The governor died in a small plane piloted by him. His remains remains at the crash site as at the time of breaking this news.

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The richest self-made people in the world today are entrepreneurs. They are far richer than movie stars, sports stars, and highly paid professionals. The reason the richest people in the world are from the business sector is because it is the hardest sector to be successful in, that is why majority of the people would rather stick to job security. But if you are successful as an entrepreneur, the floodgates of abundance will open up and wealth will showers down upon you. According to Robert Kiyosaki, he said “If you can build a successful business, you are playing in the richest game in the world.

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The richest self-made people in the world today are entrepreneurs. They are far richer than movie stars, sports stars, and highly paid professionals. The reason the richest people in the world are from the business sector is because it is the hardest sector to be successful in, that is why majority of the people would rather stick to job security. But if you are successful as an entrepreneur, the floodgates of abundance will open up and wealth will showers down upon you. According to Robert Kiyosaki, he said “If you can build a successful business, you are playing in the richest game in the world.

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The richest self-made people in the world today are entrepreneurs. They are far richer than movie stars, sports stars, and highly paid professionals. The reason the richest people in the world are from the business sector is because it is the hardest sector to be successful in, that is why majority of the people would rather stick to job security. But if you are successful as an entrepreneur, the floodgates of abundance will open up and wealth will showers down upon you. According to Robert Kiyosaki, he said “If you can build a successful business, you are playing in the richest game in the world.

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This article is going to be in series, just follow me as I take you on a journey to play in the richest game in the world for the next few days…

The richest self-made people in the world today are entrepreneurs. They are far richer than movie stars, sports stars, and highly paid professionals. The reason the richest people in the world are from the business sector is because it is the hardest sector to be successful in, that is why majority of the people would rather stick to job security. But if you are successful as an entrepreneur, the floodgates of abundance will open up and wealth will showers down upon you. According to Robert Kiyosaki, he said “If you can build a successful business, you are playing in the richest game in the world.

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Sponsorship has proven to be a continuous source of broadening the competitive edge and improvement of a company’s image, prestige and credibility. In recent years corporate sponsorship has become one of the fastest growing types of marketing in the United States. Even the Nigeria government mandated profit making organizations to commit a certain percentage of profit-after-tax to corporate social responsibility. It is against this background that many of these Organizations promote events, projects etc. to fulfill that compulsory demands.

How can you as a small business owner take advantage of this Sponsorship for your events and projects and also make some money out of it? Read on to discover how to tap into the Sponsorship arena.

The reason most of these large and medium organizations involve in sponsoring your events or projects is because they want to enhance their public profile in a cheaper way. Note that not only Large corporations are holding sway here, even medium sized businesses are jumping in the sponsorship bandwagon and are leveraging on sponsoring everything including local or community sports, health shows, enlightenment campaigns, cultural festivals just to name a few.

Actually there is no event or project that cannot be sponsored. But events or projects that often attract sponsorship are the ones that add value to the community and indirectly increase the brand image and profits of the organization’s products and/or services. Events or projects that bother on health, education, charity, entertainment, art, empowerment, children and gender issues are real examples of what can attract sponsorships.

You can also note that events like Gulder Ultimate Search, Star Quest, Lagos Half Marathon, Argungu Fishing Festival among others have been lucky to attract annual sponsorships.
What are the types of sponsorships that I can take advantage of?

They are two types of sponsorships you can take advantage of:

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SEMINAR IS MONEY MAKERS

Today, as people increasingly seek information that will lead to personal growth promotion, specialization and better expertise, seminar/workshop business is receiving high demand from individuals, organizations associations, small business, multi-nationals and giant corporations. This highly lucrative money maker is fairly new in Nigeria. Many young job seekers and other folks with passion for information dissemination can take advantage of this gold mine and kill poverty by employing themselves and provide job for others.





WONDERFUL IDEA

Every year, hundred of thousands of people pay to attend seminars, workshops and training programs nationally and internationally where professional presenters encourage, empower, enlighten and enliven attendees. some of these attendees are sponsored by their companies to learn new skills while others attend on their own, seeking personal growth for how to live a better family life how to produce something, how to invest for the future to just any topic you can think of, still others sign up for seminars and workshops as a way of enhancing their professional or social status. I am sure you can imagine the number of people who pay to attend the popular night of a thousand laugh, while the organizers and the comedians laugh to their banks.



OPERATING MODES

As a seminar professional you can choose from among three different operating modes you can:

(1) Profit as a speaker, trainer or presenter, working directly with your audiences and booking your programs on your own or through a speaker’s bureau.

(2) Profit as a promotion seminar company or training firm, setting up programs and engaging other people to do the speaking training or presenting. You will need to set up a speaker’s bureau, which is sort of like a talent agency which I hope at the end of this write up on seminar production, you will be encouraged to launch.

(3) Profit in both, setting up programmes at which you present and at which you also bring others on board to share the speaking or training chores with you.

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Most people get into internet marketing in Nigeria because it sounds good, looks good and seems like an easy way to get online money fast. But what these people don’t realize is that initial sales are only a small piece of the pie. Don’t be like those people and miss out on the hidden treasures of internet marketing.

As you read this article, I want you to focus on these hidden treasures and look at your job or most traditional businesses. If you compare what you know to what I’m going to share with you, it will be obvious that your job or traditional business can’t offer the steel of a deal you can get with being an internet marketer. And I’m not mentioning obvious benefits like not wasting time and gas money on commuting to work.

Now these are the 13 hidden treasures of Internet Marketing in Nigeria


Little Investment:
Yes and terrific tax breaks too. When you operate a home based business you can write off the costs for: The area in your home you use for the business, office supplies (including your computer), related tools (web hosting fees, journals, magazines, cable TV), job expenses, travel expenses, meals and entertainment, advertising, legal and professional services, training and much more. Talk to an accountant to get you a list of all tax breaks you may qualify for. In most cases this is not at all necessary.

Low start-up costs:
There are many online businesses that will cost at least N10, 000 to get started and many more you can start below N10, 000. That’s the very low end. You can actually start making money on the internet by joining an affiliate program for free and marketing with free ads. Even if you are getting your own site up, it can be one for only a few thousand nairas.
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Fidel Castro has reportedly suffered an embolic stroke … and his health is so bad, the 86-year-old former leader of Cuba can barely eat, speak or recognize people.

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Fear can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

Procrastination is a major problem that most of us face. We are all guilty of procrastinating… at some point or another. It is important to understand that our actions (or in this case inaction) stem from our feelings. Procrastination stems from fear. Understanding some of the fears that hold us back is the first step to fighting this success killer.

Fear of Failure
This is one of the most common fears. We have been conditioned by society to think that failure is a bad thing. Is failure really that bad? Well, that depends on your definition of failure…
If you see failure as falling down, then you are likely to beat yourself up before you even attempt anything. However, if you view failure as not getting up after a fall, now that’s an entirely different thing all together isn’t it?

“Failure is not falling down. Failure is not getting back up”
- Chinese Proverb
Besides, if you are so afraid of failure, then it only means that you should take action!
Why?
Because you fail in everything you do not do. Think about it… Are Olympics athletes who come in last place failures? No… as long as they complete the race, they are winners. As long as you do it and give the best of yourself, you are never a failure.

Fear of Success
Are you surprised? Don’t be. Fear of Success is a legitimate fear.

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15. Do not wait for business opportunities, create them. Entrepreneurs look at an empty lot and see possibility and a method for them to get rich. Those with a poor mindset simply see an empty lot. The rich look at garbage and see a garbage hauling business, a rust-cleaning service, a recycling center. Those with a poor mindset see only the discarded tires, the dirt and the weeds.

16. Do something that you love, because you will never feel like it is work. Money always follows passion and the upside is, you will never feel like you worked a day in your life. Ask yourself what you love to do, what you are good at and how important it is to you. Once you know what it is, you will know what venture to begin.

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Today the news media is focusing on a growing unemployment crisis. More and more people find themselves out of a job every day. Attempts to resolve this situation in the conventional manner seem overwhelming.

When I got over the initial shock of being urged to “seek alternative employment”, I found that I was just another one of the pack following the same traditional job-hunting procedures as everyone else. It seemed as though everyone is LOOKING FOR A JOB.

To be successful amid all this competition would be tantamount to winning the lottery! It sure looked like the odds were stacked against me; especially after enduring the long non-event waiting periods that never ended. I got the same frustrating non-results and suffered the same heartaches, delays and disappointments as did most all the others who were looking for employment.

Then I realized that if I wanted to break away from this seemingly dead end system I had to make some changes. I had to break the pattern of sameness that plagued everyone else.

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13. Explore the new. Opportunities grow with the growth of the Internet and the advent of technology. The exponential growth of business and the changing face of technology creates more and more investment opportunities for the modern investor, as well as the modern entrepreneur. Recently, Warren Buffet have been “spotted” to be investing in technology-based companies.

14. Invest your money as early as you can. The true friend of money is always time and the passage of it. The longer money sits and the more interest it collects, the higher the chances that you will reap thousands of dollars in returns.
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Nigeria is one of the top ten producers of cashew in the world. Cashew is a smallholder crop and supplements the incomes of many thousands of farmers across 18 states of the federation. Nigeria’s production of cashew amounts to 60, 660 tonnes out of which 30, 510 tonnes are exported at a value of US$22.27 million. With the present emphasis by the Nigerian Government on non-oil export programmes, the cashew industry is experiencing a major turn around.

There are three main cashew products traded in the International market; raw nuts, cashew kernels and cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL). A fourth product, the cashew apple is generally processed and consumed locally. Market openings exist for cashew kernels in the world market, especially for low cost suppliers. Nigerians, with low labor cost and producer of raw cashew nuts, should cash in on these opportunities. By far, the U.S is the largest buyer of cashew kernels followed by the Netherlands.

Cashew nuts are dried in the sun for two reasons:

To reduce the moisture content of the nut
To mature the seed in the infrared and ultra violet rays of the sun.

The full article contains...
storage;
processing;
where to find buyer;
how to locate productions center;
sources of cashew nuts;
prices.

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11. Separate your accounts to keep track of your money. Keep a savings account, an investment account (could be your education account as well) and an earnings account.

12. Remember that you can grow rich now on money that you are throwing away. To be truly wealthy, you have to know that a simple dollar is an investment goldmine.

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This article will show you how to set up a mini kerosene depot business and start raking in big cash on a regular basis.

Dual purpose kerosene (DPK) probably has the highest market demand per liter profit of the three commonly used petroleum products; PMS, AGO and DPK. It is used in cooking and in other household domestic purposes.

Kerosene storage and sales business is one of the easiest and cheapest oil and gas business you can invest in. Kerosene business is a very lucrative business but it is as well volatile. You have to constantly watch the market. Profit can be from N30 to N40 per liter, sometimes you get it from the depot at N130, but on retail it would be about N150 to N250.In a normal situation where there is no scarcity, you can make between N10 to N35 per liter on kerosene. Kerosene business is therefore highly lucrative if done properly.

Starting a Mini-Kerosene Sales business

If you are starting with below 10, 000 liters of kerosene, the law excludes you from obligation to obtain a license to venture into the kerosene storage and sales business because it is regarded as a small scale business. Basically to start a kerosene business, some people decide to build storage tanks but it isnt necessary. Depending on the size of the tank, it could be between N150, 000 to N200, 000 liters. But to reduce your capital, you could get drums of 200 liters. They cost about N3, 000 to N3, 500 depending on where you are buying them from. Starting with 1, 000 liters, you need just five drums. In this case you only need to get buckets and measuring cans.

Also, you need to know someone or a petrol station that has constant supply of kerosene. A trader in oil and gas that can supply you regularly and you are in business. You can store up to 10, 000 liters in your residential house.

Kerosene: N140 per liter x 1, 000 = N140, 000

Transportation: N5 per liter x 1, 000 liters = N5, 000

Drums: N3, 500 x 5 = N17, 500

Funnels, Jerry-cans, hoses etc = N5, 000.

So, roughly with N200, 000, you can start kerosene business on a small scale.

Profitability

You would have observed that the selling price of kerosene varies from time to time and place to place. The forces of demand and supply determine the price of kerosene and the profit potential. The profit potential is usually estimated per liter. Today, kerosene profits range from N10 to N35 per liter or even more depending on availability. You can make between N10 to N35 per liter. If you get it at N140 per liter for example, you simply add an extra charge of N5 per litter to get it to your location. Let’s assume you bought 1, 000 at N140 per liter (price is subject to change reflecting the oil prices at the current time); N140 x 1, 000 liters = N140, 000 plus N5 per liter transport cost on 1, 000 liters which is N5, 000 making a total of N145, 000.You can add N20 on each liter, though depending on the area you are situated. In all, you would have made a profit of N20, 000. Depending on your location, you can sell 1, 000 liters in a day.

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The platform of this business is the selling of hot information products to the whole world through GSM Numbers, and E-MAIL addresses. In other words, it is a GSM,E-MAIL ORDER business.

It involves the selling of some hot cake Information products to the general public without leaving the comfort of your homes or offices! You do not have to move from store to store or from company to company canvasing for sales. No! You can do this business either part time or full time. You can do it alone without employing anybody. And which ever way you decide for yourself, you will make over a million naira every month!

This System involve the selling of these Information products by sending advertisements and sales letters to people through their handsets and e-mail addresses. You start the process by texting short advertisement in the form of SMS to people’s handsets; they reply by texting you back and providing you with their e-mail addresses; you respond again by sending a comprehensive sales letter to them through the provided e-mail addresses; and if they are convinced, payments will be made.And after confirmation of payment, you deliver your products.

This System is one of the easiest and quickest ways of making money with little start-up capital. To start up, you need the following items –

(a) Handset with active network. This will enable you to make and receive calls, and text and receive SMS.
(b) Must have active e-mail address. This is to enable you to send and receive e-mails such as sales letters, and delivery of your Information products.
(c) Bank account. This should be a current account. But if you do not have a current account or no sufficient money to open one, no problem. Just go to any branch of United Bank of Africa and ask for UBA Xchange Card. It is an ATM Card that requires activation. Ask the staff of the bank and you will be directed accordingly. No guarantor needed.You can pay in any amount.
(d) Personal Computer with Internet access. This is important. But if you do not have any, no problem. You can always go to the nearest business center or cafe and do your job quickly and neatly. As soon as you have gathered sufficient fund, you can always buy one. This is important for the sake of privacy.
(e) Little start-up capital. If you are already having Handset and a Personal Computer, you only need small amount of money for some basic operations like airtime, logistics, etc.
(f) Information products. The Information product that you will sell is one of the basic requirements that will instantly make you a millionaire. So, let us go over to the Information products in details.

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7. Be realistic. Growth and wealth do not appear overnight, unless you are lucky enough to win the lottery or find long lost treasure. Investments need time to mature and savings need time to accumulate. This include business – for a business to prosper, it needs time to grow. Patience will be well rewarded. The wealthy know that scrimping now will lead to better results in the future.

8. Create a sense of urgency in your life. Do not wait for things to happen to you. You may think that you are playing safe by waiting around or looking for the next big deal. This is the financial equivalent sitting around. Take risks, invest, start the business now. Seize opportunities the moment they happen. The first to get there often wins, leaving the losers in the dust.

9. Write down your expenses. Do not lie to yourself. There is nothing like seeing it in black and white (or red). Keep track of your expenses on a spreadsheet or if you prefer, in a notebook. It gives you a concrete idea of where you are spending too much and where you are spending too little.

10. Understand how interest affects your debt. The wealthy understand how interest works for investments, for loans and how it compounds over time. Those who are not wealthy do not. Compound interest is interest that is added to the principle at certain intervals on the debt. This means that the loan/balance of a certain loan gets higher over time and you end up paying more interest.

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Being smart with money and becoming wealthy is not rocket science, but for many it looks and feels like hard work. The funny thing is it, the fact of its very simplicity means that more and more people should know and be doing this, but they are not. I like to share with you 21 common sense “secrets” of becoming wealthy…

1. Be clear of what wealth means for you. Being “rich” simply is a term for many people. Technically, wealth or being wealthy is defined as having an abundance of resources or possessions, in a sense, having a gigantic mortgage for a beautiful home or a huge car payment does not equal wealth.

Does wealth for you mean that ability not to worry about bills or how much is left in your checking account at the end of the month? Does it mean providing comfortably for your family or being free from financial worry? Does wealth mean something totally different to you? Your definition of wealth goes a long way towards setting your goals.

2. Manifest your financial destiny by setting your subconscious towards specific goals. Create dream charts by cutting out pictures of your dream status or words that empower to help fuel your subconscious and get you to wear you want to go. Never underestimate the power of your will and mind. Wealthy people never say they cannot do it, they think of ways so that they can. Write it down. Seeing what you want, and getting what you want involve seeing it in black and white.

3. The truly wealthy consider themselves as the foremost asset. Accordingly, they pay themselves first. They also tend to invest in themselves first, especially when it comes to education. Take classes and groom yourself to be the millionaire, entrepreneur and success you want to be.

4. Keep in mind that the average millionaire is not who you think he is. You’ll need to know how to manage your lifestyle with your wealth. If you do not believe this, think of all those high flying celebrities who end up with their homes in foreclosure.

5. Create forms of passive income, the type of income that you receive with little to no effort. Examples of this include: rent from property you own, licensing patents or dividends and returns from investments. Start getting your money to work for you, regardless of how little it is.

6. Learn to hold off gratification. A wealthy person knows how to delay gratification and sacrifice the now for later. This often comes with a positive attitude towards work and wealth, such as: “If I invest now, I will make 10% more later.” The wealthy do not think of now, they think of the future. The present is merely an opportunity.

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The perennial power problem in Nigeria has created income opportunities for those who have what it takes to provide alternative power supply, such as generators, torchlight, candles, lanterns and so on.

The truth is that you have over 130 million Nigerians waiting to put cash into your hand for as long as these products are available and are solving light problems.

For the purpose of this write-up, we shall be looking at the candles business.

Candle Business

Candle production business is no doubt a huge market in this part of the world where electricity is in short supply. From the rural to the urban populace, there’s nowhere candle is not useful as a source of light.

China has become a major source of importing candle into Nigeria – giving local producers a good run for their money.

However, it must be noted that China is yet to cover the massive candle market in Nigeria. This leaves room for smart Nigerians – whether as individuals or groups – who wish to invest in this multi-billion naira market to do so.

Raw Materials

Candle is made up of just two raw materials: wax and wick or wool. The wax can either be petroleum wax or bee wax.

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