eworker:
Good thinking. You see I think online bulk SMS business is a better choice especially, considering the fact that its a digital product - which is easy to disseminate. I am into bulksms business already, and I can say its a long lasting legitimate business. Though, it requires patience and passistence including creative thinking before you start seeing the dividend.

eworker:
Good thinking. You see I think online bulk SMS business is a better choice especially, considering the fact that its a digital product - which is easy to disseminate. I am into bulksms business already, and I can say its a long lasting legitimate business. Though, it requires patience and passistence including creative thinking before you start seeing the dividend.

Pacifi:
Lol.
You only ended up defining the meaning of Affiliate and Mobile money for us.
Can you kindly tell us what kind of Affiliate program does GLO run?

Glo affiliate program is an opportunity for Glo subscribers to make money from the network.
With Glo affiliate program, you can make a lot of money by just carrying out simple operations on your smartphone.
Do you know what affiliate marketing is? I’m going to show you in this post and how you can make money from it.

What is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing is just a form of earning money by promoting other people’s products. Here’s how it works:
You sign up with an affiliate program
Get a product to promote
Promote promote promote via link or banner
When someone buys through your link or banner, you earn some cash depending on.the commission set.
That’s how affiliate marketing works.

What is mobile money agent?
Mobile money agent is a shop that has been registered under a mobile money operator to offer mobile money services, mainly registration, cash-in, cash-out, airtime vending and bill payments.
Mobile Money Agent is the location where customer can go and get information and assistance on mobile money services. Statistics have shown that 53.0% of adults in Nigeria are excluded from financial services and therefore, this is a potential market for mobile money business.

By becoming a mobile money agent, the agent stands to benefit from increased customer traffic flow into their shops, extra income earned from mobile money transactions commissions and global recognized brand association benefits. – from the Official Glo Website.

Requirements to join GLO affiliate program
To join the official GLO affiliate program, you don’t need all the big things of this world. All you need is right around you. It is a perfect explanation of the phrase: “use what you have to get what you want”. Here’s all you need for the glop affiliate program:
Smartphone
Working GLO sim
Good social media account (for promotion)
Forum account (for promotion)

How to sign up for GLO affiliate program
Signing up to become a GLO affiliate is as easy as A B C. First, you click here[ http://www.gloworld.com/ng/mobile-money/become-an-agent/] . You will be asked to fill in some details about you. Make sure you put in your correct details. Here are some of the things you will be asked to fill:
• Surname
• First name
• Your GLO phone number
• local government you reside in
• State of residence
That’s all. It is very easy. Sign up for GLO affiliate program and start making money.

To many people, online business is another method of scam and they don’t want to take the risk of wasting their time and money on what will never work for them. There are many people who have earned a decent living from online businesses along. You can also start yours and make as much as 60k monthly.

Many Nigerian youths these days enjoy using their smart phones and laptops but very few are actually making a decent, legal income from it. When I talk about online businesses, I don’t mean internet fraud or selling hard drugs online. I mean legit businesses like blogging, freelancing and many more.

Nigerian youths have proven to be smart and ready to work. However, when they see their peers engaging in illegal schemes, they quickly dive in because they are making money.
There’s a popular saying: “God’s time is the best”. Yes, God time is the best but what if that time is now and you are not using it. Those who do illegal businesses online will always face the wrath of karma sooner or later. The saddest part is that many of them may not know the cause.

Well, enough chits chat and let’s dive into our main discussion. In this post, I am going to show you some requirements, various online businesses and why you should start to invest in them.
The best thing about online businesses is that they require little or no startup capital to begin with and you can easily setup yours from the comfort of your home.

Why you should invest in an online business
There are many reasons why you should invest your time and money in an online business but I am going to pick out the most important ones.
1. Cheap and easy to start up: Online businesses are the easiest to start up. You have all the requirements around you. With at least 5k or No K, you can start up an online business from the comfort of your home. For example, Lindaikejisblog started with no naira at all. She didn’t pay for anything when she started her blog.
The only thing she had to pay for was subscriptions which we all do already. While she was on a free platform and domain name, she made more than 100k monthly until she finally bought a domain and moved to a paid platform. Other examples of people that started for free are: Jide Ogunsanya (ogbongeblog), Bella naija, mazinoweb, infoguideafrica and many more.

2. Economic state: Perhaps the only possible way to cure this economic epidemic in Nigeria is to start an online business. There are many complaints of “no money in the country”. Why can’t you bring the money to the country from other countries? The only way to do so is to start an online business. On social media, you can contact thousands of Indians, Americans and many more. Sell your product or services and gain money right into Nigeria through check, wire transfer, paypal or payoneer.

3. Be self made: Yes, I said it before and I can say it again. You can start a career around online businesses. You can become an investor and be your own boss. When a professor dies, his whole certificate becomes useless but when an investor dies, his child or family member can take over. You will become a self made boss through an online business. If you are lucky, you can come in contact with a high profile individual that can help take you higher.

4. Confidence: For those who have lost their confidence or never had it, online business can give you just the spark you need. With online business, you are in potential reach of thousands of people. IF you have a blog, there is a possibility that someone from Brazil, Pakistan, USA, Uk, Peru or India is reading what you are typing. That can boost your confidence by 150%. Especially when they comment on it.

5. You gain more knowledge: With the vast amount of information on the internet, an online business can give you just the knowledge you need and more than you need. You learn different things about almost everything and can even start a platform yourself.

6. It beats education : Don’t quote me wrong. Education is very important for you. What I mean is that when you take a look at some of the biggest men in the world today: Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and many more, they are richer and powerful than those doctors who spent 7 years reading hell.

Why? Because they followed their passion and package themselves.
You need to go to school to learn and acquire more knowledge. Also’ the certificate is equally important in case of any opportunity in future. But to be more successful, try combining your certificate with your talent and see.

Requirements to start an online business
Like I said, the requirements are not so much. Below is a simple list of some of the things you need to start an online business.
• Smartphone/PC
• Information (search engines)
• Social media
• Forums
• Branding
• Little capital (in some cases)

Types of online businesses you can start
1. Blogging: This seems to be the most abundant and lucrative online business in Nigeria. However, many people often give up after they don’t make as much as they expected. Rome was not built in a day.
It takes months and Months of practice and consistency to start earn an above-average salary from blogging. With features like Google adsense, bloggers are now enjoying a lot of benefits from blogging.
You can start a blog for free on blogger or pay anywhere between N1500 – N7000 to start on wordpress. To enjoy blogging, you need to be consistent, unique and original.

2. Freelancing: This is another mode of earning online. I love this because it is suitable for every youth. You simply get paid for what you do. For example: if you are graphic designer, a foreigner may contact you from a freelance platform and pay for your service.
The least you can earn from one task is $5. Now imagine you multiply by 3 clients daily.That’s $15 per day and not all will be $5, some may be $15 per task and some may be as high as $100 per task. Make your research on freelancing and joina platform to start earning money.

3. Affiliate marketing : Many people Know about affiliate marketing but few really make money because they don’t follow the right steps. Affiliate marketing is when you get paid to promote a product or service. If someone buys that product from your affiliate link, you earn a commission. Currently NNU is the best affiliate program in Nigeria.
You can also join Jumia, konga, udemy and many others. You earn a particular commission on any product or service you promote.

4. Youtubing: This is another legit method of making money. Billions of people use YouTube any content can go viral on YouTube so far you just give it a catching title an d target the right audience. Those that post YouTube videos earn a good income from the ads that display from the videos.
You can also start a YouTube channel from your phone and post your own videos so far it is not copyright. When you match the requirement to make money on YouTube, you will start earning amazing income.

5. App development: App development is an amazing way to make money online. I really love this method because of the huge amount of people that download apps daily. Google shows adsense on your app and you earn per view or click. Many bloggers also turn their blogs to apps and earn double income from it.
Other legit ways are:
• Sell ebooks (see mine)
• Sell on amazon
• Sell on ebay
• Writing for blogs and businesses
• SEO services
• Email marketing
• Bulk sms
• Drop shipping
• Domain flipping

Chelsea, PSG and a few other clubs have been linked with Rodrigo Moreno, who reportedly has no intention to leave La Liga outfit Valencia.
Spanish publication Don Balon are speculating that Rodrigo Moreno is attracting a lot of interest from the top brass of European football. The likes of Chelsea, PSG and Atletico Madrid have been named to be keen to lure the Spanish international away from Valencia in the summer.
According to the report though, Rodrigo Moreno is unwilling to part ways with Valencia and is keen to continue leading the attack at the Mestalla. The Spanish international is prepared to reject all overtures from the likes of Chelsea, PSG and Atletico Madrid in order to continue his tryst with Valencia.
Rodrigo Moreno was once a part of Real Madrid’s Castilla setup. And the player returned to La Liga, with Valencia snapping the player up from Benfica in a relatively big-money deal in the summer of 2015. Over the course of three seasons, Rodrigo has established himself as an able attacker.
Rodrigo has led the Valencia attack admirably in the 2017-18 campaign.
But, the 2017-18 season was where he really came into his own as added responsibility fell on his shoulders following the departure of Paco Alcacer in the summer of 2016.
16 goals and 7 assists in the league alone, Rodrigo led Valencia’s attack with aplomb as the club returned to the top echelons finishing fourth and securing European football for the upcoming season.
Rodrigo’s form has seen him being preferred by Julen Lopetegui for the World Cup, with the player beating Alvaro Morata en route to being included in the 23-man squad. His form has also brought forth interest from several top clubs, with Bayern Munich, Chelsea, PSG and Atletico Madrid all linked with the 27-year-old.

In the history of football, only 43 players have won the Ballon d’Or, only eight different countries have won the FIFA World Cup and only 22 teams have won the UEFA Champions League or the European Cup as it was previously known.

It would be the dream of most professional footballers to win either one of those trophies but the chances are that unless you have won the World Cup or the Champions League, you won’t win the Ballon d’Or. Nevertheless, only eight different players have had the opportunity to win the holy trinity of football.

If Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi win the World Cup in Russia, then one of them can join this exclusive list. However, this could be the last opportunity for either one of them as Ronaldo is 33 years old and Messi turns 31 during the tournament.

If Neymar can win the World Cup with Brazil and then go on to claim the Ballon d’Or, then he could join the list which has eluded even Ronaldo and Messi. As things stand, these are the only eight players to have won the Ballon d’Or, FIFA World Cup and the European Cup/Champions League.

#1 Bobby Charlton

Manchester United great, Bobby Charlton, was the first player ever to win the Ballon d’Or, FIFA World Cup and European Cup.

Charlton spent almost his entire professional career playing for Manchester United. He scored 249 goals for the club in 758 games and is one of the survivors of the Munich disaster.

He was an important member of the England team that won the country’s only FIFA World Cup in 1966. He scored three goals during the tournament, including both the goals in a 2-1 semifinal victory over Eusebio’s Portugal.

His World Cup triumph helped him win the Ballon d’Or in 1966 and thus became the second English player to win the honour after Stanley Matthews in 1956.

Charlton won his only European Cup in 1968 as Manchester United overcame Benfica 4-1 with Charlton scoring a brace and like in the semifinal of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, Eusebio was on the losing side.

#2 Paolo Rossi


Five Italians have won the Ballon d’Or and Italy have won the FIFA World Cup four times and yet the only Italian to win all three prestigious trophies is Paolo Rossi.

Before divulging into Rossi’s World Cup exploits, we need to discuss what happened before the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

He played for Lanerossi Vicenza between 1976 and 1979 and it was with them that he rose to fame. During this period, he was named in the Italy squad for the 1978 FIFA World Cup where he won the Silver Ball for the tournament’s second best player, having scored three goals and four assists as Italy finished fourth.

He was jointly owned by Juventus and Vicenza and after the 1978 World Cup, the two clubs were asked to settle the property and it ended with Vicenza signing him for a then World record fee!

The following season was marred with injuries and Vicenza were relegated to the Serie B despite Rossi scoring 15 goals. He was loaned out to Perugia for the 1979/80 season and during his spell there, he was infamously involved in the betting scandal known as Totonero.

Rossi claimed he was innocent but he was suspended for three years which was later reduced to two. As a result, he missed the 1980 Euro which was played in Italy.

He joined Juventus in 1981 and returned to action after completing his suspension towards the end of 1981/82 season. He was named in the squad for the World Cup despite claims from the media and fans alike that he was in poor shape.

The view gained more popularity when Italy drew all three games in the group stage and progressed to the next round only because they had scored one goal more than Cameroon.

In the next round, Italy were placed with the South American powerhouses Brazil and Argentina. Italy beat Argentina 2-1 in the first game with a brilliant defensive display but it was Rossi’s magnificent hat-trick against a Brazil side consisting of Sócrates, Zico, and Falcão that helped the Italians win 3-2 and progress to the semifinal.

In the semifinal, Rossi scored both goals as Italy won 2-0 against Poland and set up a final with West Germany. In the final, Rossi scored the first goal of the game as his side won 3-1 to lift their third World Cup and their first since 1938.

He won the tournament’s golden boot and golden ball for best player. The biggest individual award was also bestowed upon him in the same year as he won the Ballon d’Or.

Three years later, he was part of the Juventus team that defeated defending Champions Liverpool in the final of the European Cup.

#3 Gerd Muller

Gerd Muller was a goal scoring machine during his playing days having scored 564 goals in 605 games for Bayern Munich. In total, he scored 721 professional goals in 769 games!

There were several highlights during his playing career including scoring 10 goals in the 1970 FIFA World Cup although Germany failed to win the coveted trophy. However, Muller won the Ballon d’Or that year for his exploits.

Four years later, he scored four more goals at the World Cup as Germany went on to beat the Netherlands in the final and win the tournament.

The year 1974 was a good one for the German players playing for Bayern Munich as the club had gone on to win its first European Cup. However, their good times were only beginning.

Bayern would go on to make it a hat-trick of European Cups and Muller was an important player for the Bavarians throughout.

There was another German from that squad who won the Ballon d’Or, FIFA World Cup and European Cup and that is...

#4 Franz Beckenbauer

Beckenbauer was Muller’s teammate and captain at both club and national level during the glory years of Bayern Munich and Germany.

He was named the German captain in 1971 and the following year he captained the team that won the European Championship. His excellent year was rewarded with his first Ballon d’Or.

Two years later, he would captain the Germany team to a FIFA World Cup triumph shortly after winning the European Cup with Bayern Munich. In 1976, Bayern Munich completed their hat-trick of European Cups and Beckenbauer won the Ballon d’Or for the second time in his career.

During his playing career, he won numerous team and individual honours including a Bundesliga title with Hamburger in 1982!

He is considered to have pioneered the role of the sweeper and is easily among the greatest players to have played the game both in terms of talent and success.

Oh! He is also one of only two people to have won the World Cup as both player and coach. What a man!

#5 Zinedine Zidane

When Zinedine Zidane took over as manager of Real Madrid halfway through the 2015/16 season, many feared it would ultimately tarnish his legacy as a player because it is one of the toughest jobs in football. However, he has only enhanced his reputation after winning 9 trophies including a hat-trick of UEFA Champions League trophies.

That being said, Zidane as a player was no less and is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.

The Ballon d’Or was an award initially given only to European players and Zidane is the last European player or to be more accurate, the last non-Brazilian player to win the FIFA World Cup, Ballon d’Or and Champions League.

The Frenchman won the FIFA World Cup with France in 1998 and scored two goals in the final against the defending champions, Brazil. Before the World Cup, he won the Scudetto with Juventus and as a result of an excellent year for both club and country, he won the Ballon d’Or in 1998.

During his time with Juventus, the club reached two Champions League finals and lost them both. It was ultimately with Real Madrid in 2002 that he finally won the Champions League. In the final against Bayern Leverkusen, he scored one of the greatest goals of all time!

chumaster:
someone should help me review my site, Though I haven't applied for adsense on this site below www.chumaster.com.ng

Nyerhovwo101:
can u help me set up a blog?

Hi, i. am Dada Eniola, I run techpanda.com.ng. A new tech blog which is fast growing because i am an SEO writer and i work mainly on traffic but i want to give tips on getting fast adsense approval cos I want youths like me to be earning cash from their blog too instead of giving up. Google AdSense is one of the best (if not the best) ad network in the world. They have over 1 million publishers and boast of the highest CPC in the world.

However, they can be really strict with approval and their policy. To apply for google adsense, you have to meet their policy and standards. Some bloggers get frustrated when they can’t get AdSense approval because of the time they spent designing and formatting their whole blog just for AdSense alone. Yet, no approval.

Why do bloggers use google AdSense?
Google AdSense is the best ad network. They have a higher CPC and display relevant ads on your site. They don’t display ads that no one will click. That’s why they are the best.
There are bloggers who earn a full income from google AdSense alone. Therefore, adsense should be our best choice among other ad networks.
Also, google AdSense payment is always on time. They are the most trusted ad network in the world. They have vast payment methods. You can get paid via any of the following:
• Payoneer
• Direct transfer
• Check
• Paypal
• Payza
• Webmoney and many more.
Using google AdSense is one of the best methods of making money online. With one google AdSense account, you can display ads on different blogs (more than 100) and track your earnings on that AdSense account.

They have good paying rates and that’s the reason why they are the highest ad network in the world. For this reason, they have made their approval very atrick. Any little mistake, you get disapproved immediately.
Common reasons for google AdSense disapproval
Here are some of the reasons why google adsense may disapprove your application. Keep them in mind because they are very important:

1. Insufficient content: This is the most popular reason for AdSense disapproval. It means your website doesn’t have enough contents on the pages or the texts are not just enough.
If the content is poorly formatted or has some grammatical mistakes, your application will be rejected in a blink Of an eye.
Your contents should be sufficient enough to pass out full information of what you are actually talking about. It doesn’t necessarily mean the content is insufficient, your blog content also have to be unique and produce a solution to an problem or add values to the readers, if not, the whole content is trash.
The saying “ content is king “ doesn’t just apply to SEO. It applies to blogging in General.

2. Blog design: This is another unnecessarily popular reason for AdSense disapproval. The design of your blog pages matters a lot because they also add value to readers. Google cares a lot for their advertisers and hope to display ads on only sites that matter.
What would you do if you visited a site with a purple background and blue texts? You opt out immediately right? This is why blog design is very important.
Blogs with bad design and are hard to understand can not be approved by adsense. You must make your blog comfortable for your readers because your blog will be reviewed manually by an AdSense staff.
You want to give them the best experience when you apply for google AdSense account.

3. No official pages: You know what I call official pages? About us, contact us, privacy policy and disclaimer pages. These are what I refer to as official pages. Official pages Make your blog look…well, official.
It you want to be accepted by google AdSense, these pages give impression that you are a professional and you can carry on with displaying relevant ads on your site. They also show AdSense that you are working according to their policies and not just applying ignorantly.
Also note that privacy policy page is one of the requirements of google AdSense.

4.Blog doesn’t comply with adsense policies: Adsense policies are very important to take note of before submitting your application. Any blog with no valuable content, copyright contents, no organic traffic, little or no original content or bad navigation for users.
Also, take note of your source of traffic. If you have an illegal source of traffic or use keyword stuffing, your application is likely to be rejected.

13 things to do before applying for google AdSense
1. Write quality unique contents: Don’t be lazy, write Long contents that add value to users. Your content should be long enough and well detailed for users to read and understand. Avoid bad grammar and spelling errors.
Google AdSense approves blogs with high quality contents and their visitors are enjoying it. Keep in mind that your application will be reviewed by humans and not robots so it’s better to give them the best quality content you’ve got up your sleeves.

What is high quality content ?
A high quality contents has the following features:
Long enough
Has bullets and headings
Has informative values
Unique and original

2. Create privacy policy page: A privacy policy page shows professionalism in your blog. Manh people out there will tell you categorically that having a privacy policy page on your blog makes no sense. Well, I can assure you that they are very wrong. On fact, a privacy policy page is one of google AdSense requirements for approval.

Why is privacy policy very important?
It is important because it shows that you are not a scam and gives your users and AdSense a sense of a serious business person.
A privacy policy page describes what your users can get on your blog, how you get information and data from them and what they should and should not do. So why is it a bad idea to include a privacy policy page on your blog?
However, this page usually has a long content and can be tedious to write alone. Simply head over to privacypolicies.com to get your own privacy policy page.

3. About us page: Another page that shows professionalism. About us page also instils the sense of a serious business.
About us page has a major role in adsense approval. Without this page, there are zero chances of getting approved. It shows information about you and your blog. It builds readers trust and can help take your blog a long way.

4. Contact us page: Add a contact us page on your blog. How else do you expect your readers to contact you when you font have a contact us page.
By creating this page, you are showing to google that you care and think about your customers. It will also show the google adsense staff that is reviewing your blog that you are not just about their money. You also care for your customers.
A contact us page should include your email, phone numbers and any other social media acooint details.
One important point to note: Your contact us, about us and privacy policy page must have a good navigationthat your users can easily visit them comfortably.

5. Use your real name and email: When applying for AdSense, always use your real name and email or the name and email on your contact us or about us page. Thus will show google AdSense that you are authentic and you are not just a spam bot. It will also speed up the whole application process.

6. Have good amount of posts: We don’t know the actual adequate amount of posts you must have before applying for AdSense but based on experience, I can the you that to be on the safer side, you should have at least 20 high quality posts. Although I hoy approved on a blog with just 14 posts but each posts have high quality.
I have seen blogs with more than 100 posts and they got disapproved by google AdSense. There is actually no appropriate amount of posts you must have. What you Need is unique and original contents.
Each post length should be at least 700+ words and must contain bullets, headers and no copyright images.
In fact, you can decide not to use images at all in your posts. Google AdSense team don’t care about your images, all they want is your text and value you add to your users.

7. Use default blogger template: If you are running your blog on the platform, make sure you use any if the default template provided for you.
Since AdSense is a product of google and blogger is also a product of google, they give more attention to people who use their products. You can select the emporio or contempo blogger template while you are applying for google AdSense.
Make sure your navigation is clear and no spammy nonsense on your blog.

8. You must be 18: Perhaps, this is the least of all your worries. Your google profile must be 18 years before you apply for AdSense.
Google AdSense is also one of the 18+ programs in this world and if you don’t attain that age (in your profile) you won’t be approved.
Many people who have set up their blog and done a lot for AdSense approval only realise this problem after a lot of disapprovals. Use the appropriate age when applying for AdSense before you get disapproved again.

9. Setup your blog design : Your blog design is equally very important in adsense application. A blog with bad design will get rejected immediately. Make sure your blog is appealing to users setup your navigation, use appropriate colour combination, don’t use too many light colours and don’t use too many dark colours.

10. Check your niche : Google revealed in one of their forum posts that they stopped approving saturated niches. Examples are making money online, SEO and blogging tutorials, and marketing.
They said: “and then the fact that the blog was created in December and already has 8 articles with quality unique contents, it covers just same topic that has been in existence for years”.
Don’t write about already saturated niches, you can lower your niche into a micro niche. In fact, micro niches pay more with adsense nowadays than any other niche.
With micro niches you can be earning three figure income daily from your adsense account.
If you already use this niche. You have two options: get rid of them or forget about adsense. It’s your choice.

MUST READ: 110 BEST MICRO NICHES WITH THE HIGHEST CPC[visit techpanda.com.ng]

11. Get a domain name : To get google AdSense approval quickly, you must have your own domain name.and stop using the blogger subdomain. A .com domain costs anything from $6 or namesilo. Or you can save your money and buy a .com.ng domain at just N1000 on qservers.
Another thing you must do is get a domain that is easy to remember and related to your niche. Also, google has placed some restrictions on domain names less than 6 months in Asia. They don’t approve any domain less.than 6 months so if your are from there, you might want to consider buying a flipped domain or waiting six months before you apply for AdSense.
12. Remove any other ad network : If you use any other ad network on your blog, it’s best to remove them before applying.
Although google allows you to use other ad networs with theirs, it’s better to drop them before applying and make sure you don’t put them back until you have gotten reply from google AdSense. This reply may take anything from few days to few weeks so be patient.
13. Your traffic source: Google adsense never accepts sites that are getting paid traffic and they often penalise them. You can drive traffic from social media, forums or search engines or any other way you want but if you want to get an approval from AdSense, paid traffic is not the right way.
Also, google hates sites that get their traffic from illegal sources or illegal blogs like pornography sites, drug sites and others. So you best focus on driving legal traffic from legal source. You can also guest post to get traffic.
If you follow this post well, you will be able to get your AdSense approval and start earning with adsense.

Crocky23:
His badluck will not rub off on our dear Eagles IJN. Amen

President Muhammadu Buhari was seen taking pictures with the Super eagles squad which just jetted out to Russia for the World cup preparations.

He showered some praise on them and wished them well in the tournament. However, a twitter user has bashed the President and the whole 25 man squad in general.