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LifeSolutionsTV:
Have you ran any online and offline Marketing Campaigns to your book ?

What are the selling strategies you have utilized?

You can explain your responses on here so that every other persons in your shoes learn.




Best Regards.

over the years, I've relied more on family and friends to buy/promote my book(s) which I believe is one of the major reasons I didn't succeed.

I've also pushed traffic to the book through my social media handles and by writing guest posts on a couple of blogs but my only benefit has been congratulatory messages from readers who always end up not purchasing the book.

legacystore:


It's not easy like that

U need to write n publish at least 20 books first before thinking of hitting it big.

Don't be in a hurry to make money, think long term

20 books? I for don old by that time ooooo...

Kaiser20:
OP, writing a single book will never make you a millionaire. Success is a process, it's not achieved at once.

Yes sir, I understand. Though this is not my first book- it's the fourth one.
https://m.okadabooks.com/book/about/how_to_lie/32754
that's the link to the book as well as my other book

NwaNimo1:
The title is all wrong......the book needs to market itself

Please can you explain further?

InfernoNig:
Change strategy. Go back to you drawing board, understand the market needs, what people read, and deliver incredible content with catchy book cover.

Thank you for the insight

Dear Nairalanders, please I need your advice/suggestions on this.

I'm an unsuccessful writer who has authored a couple of books so far but with nothing to show for it. So, last year (2020), I decided to write on this controversial topic, LIE! with the hope that it will become a hit.

But since after releasing the book on major ebook platforms like okadabooks and Amazon Kindle, just a single copy has been downloaded almost a year after releasing the book.

Please fellow Nairalanders, how can I make this book a hit on Okadabooks and or Amazon Kindle? Abeg, me too wan blow!

Please help a hungry author. Your suggestions, advice and constructive criticisms will go a long way in pushing me up.

Why is no one making any useful comment on this thread?

Na 1k follow me enter the new year oooo... and plenty stupid customers wey still dey owe me money. But until the money enters my account, I won't count it as mine yet because anybody can die anytime. *winks..

jswitch:
Please someone should do me a favour by sending me the guarantor's form.

WatsApp 08064645620

email: justiceagan6@gmail.com

Thank you in advance.

I have received it. God bless the person (Nairalander) that sent the form to me. Thank you so much.

Please someone should do me a favour by sending me the guarantor's form.
WatsApp 08064645620
email: justiceagan6@gmail.com
Thank you in advance.

I'm a native (Tiv) speaker but can't translate from English to Tiv (not good with spelling Tiv words); I can only translate from Tiv to English.

NarnieAceTech:
Mine is Immigration service

Thanks for the reply. I've seen mine- University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State.

ademolayem:
i checked just now but its bringing someone else location and name for me

Pls, where and how did you check yours?

NarnieAceTech:
I still have the copy of my registration mail containing my ID, and I have confirmed my location.

Please, what are the necessary documents needed for the test? because I'm going to owerri from lagos and I don't want any sad story. Please reply ASAP

Is it immigration or NSCDC because I'm yet to know my test centre for NSCDC.

Rabz4real:
Pls, has anybody been able to check his/her Civil Defence Exam details??

I'm also expecting a reply. Please anybody with useful info should do us a favour.

....and the blame game continues till 2023 while innocent Nigerians continue to die helplessly.

thesicilian:
They should calm down on this #EndSARS issue for now.

Calm down when government has demonstrated over and over again that it is not sincere with its promise for positive reforms?

Those to be calming down here are the government.

typicalspeaks:
Ondo Camp is nice.

But try as much as possible to avoid Agagu Hostel.......e get why.

Ask me....

please increase the volume... that Agagu hostel na den of 'hoodlums'. Soldiers will most likely bring everybody in that hostel out at night for punishment.

it happened during my set 18B- and I heard it's a reoccurring phenomenon.

We had a set of trouble makers in that hostel that were known all over the camp. Those dudes won't let anyone sleep at night except the soldiers are called in to intervene.

there was always a shouting match between PH boys( led by Kelvin) and Yoruba guys (led by Awe) in that hostel.

I can go on and on. But it was fun though.

GOATandYAMtheory:
mumu pipo

Na teargas sure pass.

From the beginning, the fools didn't choose their protest wisely. everybody was just shouting endSARs. Now that SARS has been ended, they now realize SARS is not the major problem.

Dumb yoots

'Wise Adult', you failed to tell us the step(s) you've taken differently.

yanabasee:
OP, you're probably a rich kid where you receive looted funds as daily upkeep......




Go out and you'll see that this country is a mistake....



You don't know that for 60yrs, Nigeria, with abundance of natural wealths, we could carve out a planet for ourselves.....


Nigeria would've been a planet on earth.....



If you know what is going on.... You'll know that we're mistake together....

Rich kid? Sir, I'm as poor as a church rat ooooooo. I dey even look for giveaway.

We are all angry with the way things are in Nigeria; however, we should try to be objective and direct our anger towards the our real enemies- our leaders (both past and present).

YoonSung:
hmmm OP wake up

lol...I'm not asleep sir/ma!

I understand that we are all angry and frustrated with the way things are in this country- especially people like me and you that are on the lower side of the ladder. We are guilty because it's as a result of our lukeworm attitude as citizens that our leaders have continued to take us on a ride.

It is only leaders who have failed or those who are planning to fail that will be head bent on selling or preaching to us the gospel that preaches that the amalgamation of Nigeria is the sole course of our current woes. Other nations were created through wars, conflicts, conquest, and fiats, yet they rose to join the league of the most powerful nations in the world. Take the U.S.A for example, the natives of Hawail, Texas, Loiusina, Califonia, Alaska etc were not even consulted before their territories were annexed. The united states decided to annex these territories for selfish reasons, yet, that is now history as we now know how well that nation is today. We’ve failed to drag our attentions away from the intent of the colonial masters in creating this country. Whilst our attention should have been on the leaders that emerged after the colonial masters had gone. What have they been doing in the past 60 years?
Take a stroll back to history, make a 'facts check' on the economic, political, and social conditions of the Asian Tigers from the eve of Nigeria’s independence then return to the harsh realities of today in comparison between Nigeria and them [the Asian tigers]. My pen is filled with tears even as I write this sentence to send us on a journey of lamentations.
Britain left us with the political culture of master and servants which our nationalists joyfully inherited and nurtured into a social norm and standard of behaviour where walls have been built between the government reserved areas [GRA1] and the government rejected areas [GRA2] and the only hope for the common man has been his ability to climb the wall to the other side of the divide; either by hook or by crook. If indeed we blame the British colonial administration for haven prepared and served us a cold and tasteless dish of social segregation, why have we decided to institutionalize the culture of the masses worshiping those in power? Little wonder we have failed to produce leaders; only rulers.
We have continued to toll the wrong path created by the colonialists and the Christian missionaries by placing too much emphasis on school certification and public administration as the only means of organizing a prosperous society therefore trying to mould Nigeria in form of a congress and not as a country.
Our diversity is not the problem but our inability to accept it. From time immemorial, the inability of a people to live together has always been their ignorant refusal to accept each others opinion. Today, countries like India who have more population, religious, and ethnic diversity than Nigeria are doing exceedingly great as a nation. If we say our diversity is the problem, what then do we say of a nation like Somalia which has been termed “One Big Family” due to the fact that everyone there is of the same ethnic group, religion, and religious sect [The sunni Muslims], yet has soaked itself in conflicts for many years even as poverty and hunger continue to explode in that African nation. Another African nation, Sudan which has less ethnic groups and tribes than Nigeria swam in a bitter civil war for years, and arrived at the decision to separate between the North and South in 2011. And even after the separation, the new born country, South Sudan remains in the moldy waters of war within itself. We have clipped our interest and frustration so much on the past that we have continued to live in the Nigeria of yesterday that our fathers had built according to their taste; eminently denying ourselves the opportunity of creating a Nigeria of ours for today and the future.


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May the will of the people prevail.

my only wish for this election is that......make I just wait first.

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Despite largely prosperous diplomatic and trade relations over the last few decades, relations between Nigeria and Ghana have soured in recent months. Unless cooler heads prevail, the wide-ranging dispute may threaten growth and democracy in West Africa’s two most powerful nations.

Considering the political and economic repercussions of previous feuds, especially against the backdrop of the pandemic, it’s surprising that the Ghanaian government under incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari have failed to quell public anger.

While the Akufo-Addo government in Ghana pleads ignorance of any wrongdoing, Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) officials have been locking Nigerian-owned storefronts, seizing warehoused goods, and demolishing trading centres. So far, GUTA officials have forcibly closed 600 Nigerian shops in 2019 and 250 Nigerian shops in 2020. According to Nigerian business owners, recent government regulations have made it near-impossible for foreign nationals to receive approval for a retail trading permit.

Despite widespread condemnation from Ghana’s own Trade Ministry, Akufo-Addo — in what is likely an attempt to curry political favour with Ghana’s industrialists — has obstructed any attempt to find a civilized solution. Akufo-Addo’s government has also been implicated in the seizure and demolishing of a building in the Nigerian High Commission compound in Accra. Under international law, this unscheduled destruction of a diplomatic compound is in contravention of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. Aside from international legal questions, the Akufo-Addo government has also been accused of illegal deportation of Nigerian citizens.

In a strongly-worded official statement, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information & Culture denounced Akufo-Addo for his incendiary rhetoric and tepid engagement with Nigerian representatives. In the same statement, the Federal Ministry of Information & Culture formally accused Ghanaian authorities of unlawful persecution of Nigerian-born foreign nationals and repeated breaches of the Vienna Convention.

With tensions between Nigeria and Ghana threatening to boil over, representatives of the Nigerian government have been diplomatically obstructed and stonewalled. Akufo-Addo’s impulsive treatment of Nigerian representatives is a microcosm of a broader trend of his government’s inattention and neglect amid an election year – a trend that has now turned a minor trade dispute into a major political crisis.

Ironically, by prioritizing his own reelection campaign, Akufo-Addo has allowed a diplomatic row with Nigeria to escalate to the point where it now threatens to undermine crucial bilateral economic relations. After a COVID-19 induced economic contraction sent Ghana’s growth forecasts to a 37-year low, mounting tensions with Nigeria threaten to hurt Ghanaians jobs and incomes as the country rely heavily on Nigerian imports and trade.

Over one million Nigerians work in Ghana, an important part of the labour force in the West African nation. Ghana’s $165 million worth of exports to Nigeria could also suffer from the tensions, weighing heavily on Ghana’s jobs and incomes. Ghana’s crucial imports from Nigeria are also predicted to decline if a diplomatic solution is not reached. Last year, 17% of Ghana’s total imports came from Nigeria, including food and beverages, minerals, and even boats to support Ghana’s fishing and maritime industries. A breakdown in trade relations between Ghana and Nigeria would likely leave Ghana reeling – a weakened budget, expensive food, and labour shortages.

Mindful of the looming public relations nightmare, Akufo-Addo has turned to the media to shore up crumbling public opinion. Even as diplomatic channels are left unattended, the Akufo-Addo government has had no problem leveraging its influence over state-run broadcasters and friendly radio channels to snipe at Nigerian policymakers and attack the Nigerian business community in Ghana. This is especially concerning due to the Nigerian accusation of a “Media war against Nigerians in Ghana.”

Akufo-Addo’s National Patriotic Party’s brazen appropriation of public communications is especially disheartening considering that Ghana was once regarded as a regional bastion of democracy and press freedom. In the last three years, Ghana has seen the closing of radio stations tied to opposition groups, and broadcast contracts awarded to the close friends of influential NPP members like Kennedy Agyapong and Gabby Asare Otchere Darko.

If conditions on the ground in Ghana continue to deteriorate at their current pace, what started as a modest diplomatic row regarding foreign-owned small businesses could quickly escalate to a serious regression in bilateral relations between Nigeria and Ghana. The dramatic downturn in bilateral relations between the countries could isolate Ghana’s economy, increase prices, and crush the local job market. As Akufo-Addo nears the end of a divisive re-election campaign, he needs to understand that Ghana does not need an economic feud with Nigeria.



Source: Vanguard Newspaper

NIGERIA, THE UNFORTUNATE SICK MAN

On that fateful day of January 1 1914, the British colonial disciple, Sir Lord Lugard acted out a script with a hidden agenda of exploitation by hurriedly amalgamating the Northern and Southern protectorates into a single country (Nigeria) without the consent of the people concerned (Nigerians). They shaved our heir in our absence. With this, they succeeded in creating a nation with ethnic and religious bias through the ink of their pen. This gave birth to nationalist movements and political struggles for self government. In the course of fighting for Nigeria’s independence, there was power struggle and personality clash between these nationalists; an event which gave birth to political emperors, regional blocks, ethnic sectionalism, and religious brotherhood.
Britain prepared and gave to us a nation that is clearly demarcated by ethnic and religious boundaries; from the Sahara north to the Atlantic south. We became a country only on paper. So Nigeria gained independence in 1960, becoming a nation without citizens (but rather ethnic nationals).
After independence, our founding fathers failed to restructure Nigeria in our own way; instead, they continued with this indefinable federal structure that Britain handed over to us. They failed to unit the nation with their actions, inactions, words and utterances; instead, they formed political parties based on ethnic/religious background to muscle their way to power. For example, The Action Group (A.G) for the Yorubas in the South West, the National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) for Igbos in the South East, the Northern Peoples Congress (NPC) for the Hausas in the North. These divisions prevented Nigeria from having true leaders who are not Igbo leaders, not Hausa leaders, not Yoruba leaders; but Nigerian leaders. The power struggle and personality clash between these leaders culminated into ethnic crises and then later the Nigerian civil war that cracked all the knots of unity that were holding us together.
Again, like other crises in the past, Nigeria managed to remain together after the civil war. Though it was not yet uhuru for the nation as crises upon crises continued to shake the already cracked Nigeria’s unity. Once again, our leaders failed to unit this nation through their actions, inactions, policies, words and utterances. The ethnic and religious dust these leaders raised prevented the breath of peace and stability in the polity. The result was military coup upon military coup, election crises upon election crises, census crises upon census crises, ethnic/religious killings upon ethnic and religious killings.
As Nigeria grows in age, its problems have continued to multiply in numbers. Patriotism among Nigerians is at the lowest level with the fear of the unknown ever visible. However, Nigeria has defied all these myriad of crises to remain indivisible as a sovereign nation to the great surprise of the outside world. You could recall that a U.S think thank had predicted that Nigeria would disintegrate after the 2015 general elections; we proved them wrong! Though we have remained together as a nation with a million crises, we have failed to swallow the bitter pill of truth and purge ourselves of divisive tendencies. Nigeria has remained as an unfortunate sick man whose illness is not responding to treatment and yet he has refused to die. He has been bedridden by an illness but instead of looking for a permanent cure, he has continued to take pain relief drugs to only suppress the illness hence the deteriorating state of health of this unfortunate sick man called Nigeria. Britain prepared and gave to us a sick nation, but since 1960 we have refused to die (Disintegrate) yet we are not responding to treatment. We have continued to receive wrong prescriptions (Advice) from the west (IMF, World Bank, UN, USA, U.K Etc) and take wrong medications (bad leaders) under the guise of experience hence we have remained sick and paralyzed (Disunited and underdeveloped). Until we search and get the real cure to our sickness as a nation (Restructuring, true federalism, unity in our diversity, equity and justice, good leadership, and patriotism), we’ll remain incarcerated just like the unfortunate sick man.
God Bless Nigeria!

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DennisEche:
LAW DON CAST SINCE NA, GO POLICE STATIONS YOU GO SEE LAWYERS DE BEG CONSTABLE FOR CASE

No one is completely free.

Almond solicitors, a law firm, is seeking to recruit a lawyer who will be paid N25,000 monthly salary.
This pay is below the N30,000 minimum wage signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 18, 2020.
It is also lower when compared to the N33,000 monthly allowance received by members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
The company, which described itself as “an excellence driven firm with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry” placed the advert on its Linkedin account , on Monday.
It said the ideal candidate should reside in either Ogudu, Ojota, Gbagada or Ikeja areas of the state — places where accommodation is expensive and cost of transportation is high.
“We are looking to recruit a lawyer with 1-3 years experience. Being a modest firm, The salary will be NGN25,000 for a start. This will be upgraded as clientelle base expands,” the post read.
“The ideal candidate should be should be living in Ogudu/Ojota/ Gbagada/lkeja axis and will be tasked with attending client meetings, research and organizing training programs.
“The Candidate will also be working remotely from home. There is room for growth and exposure and the role is rewarding in the medium to long term. Interested candidates should send cvs to
almondsolicitors@gmail.com on or before June 12, 2020.”
In reaction, some LinkedIn users expressed shock over the amount to be paid as salary.
The users described it as demeaning for a member of the legal profession and for a graduate who spent five years at the university and another one year at the Nigeria Law School.
“This is just disgraceful and despicable to the hallowed profession,” Oluwatosin Ayinde, a user, wrote.
Chukwudi Ekene Charles, a lawyer, also wrote “You are not even ashamed to advertise this kind of job?”
Eugene Okundaye, another LinkedIn user, compared the salary to what is received by house helps and gate men.
“Haha, 25k… even house helps and gatemen earned more than that… I seriously think it’s a typo error,” he wrote.
Ifeanyi Ugwanyi, an associate at Perchatone & Graeys, displayed sarcasm saying the firm is probably seeking to recruit an undergraduate intern and not a lawyer.
“There’s a typo somewhere. Either in the figures or they are in search of an undergraduate intern. Can’t be a lawyer!” he wrote.
Joseph Nembe, who described himself as a dispute resolution attorney, said: “25k? And the ideal candidate should be living in Ikeja? What a suck joke!”
“NGN25,000 That’s like $60 a month And you’re shamelessly advertising this on LinkedIn? I’m embarrassed for your “law firm” and for your Bar,” Gideon Christian, another user said.
Khadija Yusuf, a LinkedIn user, said “the firm should be reported to the federal government for offering a salary below the minimum wage”.

Source: TheCable.ng

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