you have a point Holyrule, they dont accept nigerians, which one is websurfer card again, is it diff. from mastercard? abeg educate me.

Is Networking working in Nigeria? why? how? when?, i got thinking and thought of sharing this.

The ABCs of Networking:You Can’t Excel Without Them!

It is said that Bill Gates’ rise to the top may have resulted from an act of networking. Apparently his mother sat on the same Board of Directors as an IBM president, and that contact led to IBM purchasing the MS DOS operating system from Bill. Think about that! As timeworn as the word networking is, it is through this process that approximately 65% to 80% of available jobs or opportunities are discovered. Networking opens the doors to the hidden job market, and if you’ve not learned this art, many opportunities may be passing you by. Here is my ABC list of networking tips that I have put together to help you move your career forward.

Attend as many networking events as often as you can. It’s a number’s game. The more events you attend, the more people you’ll meet.

Business Cards. Have adequate supply on hand and give them out to new contacts before you end your conversation with them.

Contact or follow-up all leads. You never know which one will produce results.

Dress appropriately for the event. If you are unsure about the dress code that’s in effect, call ahead to find out.

Explain who you are and what you do in 30 seconds or less. Give people enough interesting and relevant information that they will want to contact you for details.

Find opportunities. Always be on the lookout for new opportunities. They have a way of springing up when you least expect.

Go for it! Determine beforehand how many people you would like to meet at the event and just go for it!

Help others. Networking is a two-way street, and it’s in helping others that you’ll be helped.

Identify a person you would like to meet and have someone you know and who knows the person make the introduction. Remember the Bill Gates’ connection.

Join other networks or associations that meet your personal and professional needs.

Keep focused. Concentrate on the person who is speaking. It’s in poor taste for your eyes to be searching the room while you are in discussion with someone.

Learn to listen. You need sharp listening skills to interpret and analyze what’s being said.

Mingle. That’s the whole purpose for being there. Many of us tend to latch on to the people we already know and lose out on many networking opportunities.

Never use someone’s business card as a notepad (especially in front of them). If you have to, wait until the person leaves, or ask for permission.

Objectives. To motivate you to action, develop a set of networking objectives or goals that tell you what direction to take.

Prepare to give. Some people think only of what they can get, but giving can be equally rewarding
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Quickly end the conversation and walk away if you encounter a rude or abusive person. You are in search of positive and uplifting experiences.

Relax. Almost everyone in the room is as nervous as you are. Take a deep breath, go over to someone and introduce yourself.

Share any information that you think will benefit your network, without asking "What’s in it for me?"

Treat everyone you meet with respect. The decision-maker is not always the CEO.

Understand and appreciate peoples’ differences. You will have taken the first step towards breaking down barriers.

Volunteer your services. It provides an opportunity to showcase your skills. Many people have obtained jobs or business opportunities through volunteering.

Work hard at networking. If you replace the ‘E’ in networking with an ‘O’ it spells ‘Notworking’.

X-ray. Develop your x-ray vision. This is a networking technique where you target several companies you’d like to work for, find someone who currently works for the company then begin to cultivate a relationship with that individual. If an opportunity exists in the organization, you’ll be the first to know.

You have the skills and abilities to develop effective networking strategies. Believe in yourself!

Zealously nurture your network. Keep in touch with those who have helped you find success and remember those you’ve left behind.

Now you know your ABCs, you’re one step closer to moving your career forward.
Enjoy!
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Hi, i just came across this.
Alternative to PayPal: XCoin
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Comment: Looks easy to use and a good
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Check it out and let me know your view.
Enjoy!

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Comment: Looks easy to use and a good
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What's the Value of Your (or any) Website?
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Comment: To be fair, it tries but I'm sure
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We Aren't Watches, So We Shouldn't Be Timing Things
Many economists are finally starting to use the "recession" word to describe the Nigerian stock market. Almost daily, someone is calling the bottom of the market. And many investors are sitting on the sidelines with their money until this magical moment is actually reached.
Just one problem: We won't know when the bottom of the market happens until it has already happened. By then, prices will be on the upswing, and the opportunities to buy at fire sale prices will be gone. Kind of like what's happening with the housing market. Many buyers out there are saying that they are waiting to purchase until prices come down more. What if they have already come down as far as they are going to go? We won't know for certain where the bottom is until it is months behind us.
If, right now, you have the opportunity to buy a great company at a ridiculously low price, you should be taking advantage of it. Trying to save that extra few naira a share by trying to perfectly time the bottom doesn't make sense in the long run.
Take UBA, for example. It is currently around N28/share. If you buy now and sell at N40/share when the market rebounds, you will have a return of approximately 43 percent. If you wait for it to drop to N26/share and sell at N40/share, your return would be 53 percent instead of 43 percent. Great! That is a 10 percent increase in your rate of return. But what if UBA never gets cheaper than N28/share? What if that is the cheapest it will trade for during this "recession"? Then you will have to buy it at N30/share. Or maybe N32/ share. And then your returns will be only 33 percent or 25 percent
Instead of trying to time the bottom, you should be buying the stocks of great companies now. Opportunities to buy them at current prices don't come along very often. Take advantage of it.
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@arogbowei

Striking a healthy balance between saving for rainy days and investing is a challenge to all, but one can still come off living a healthy life, while investing. How? You could spread your entire income, and use percentage to divide. One of my financial advisers said dedicate 60%, of your income for upkeep and other sundry expenses. Then 10% for long time investing, 10% for charity, then 20% for medium term investing.

With that one would not appear to be mean to ones friends, relations and oneself.

I quite agree with arogbowei, but most people may know this formulars but the bone of contention here is with the implimentation of it, i think this is were discipline comes in, and a little practice of delay gratification without meaness to friends and family members, although sometimes too many friends make u waste too many precious time and resources, and u might need to stick to your budget if u have one

@ cj2008
My fellow nairalanders, ALL EYES SEEM TO BE ON THE BANKING SECTOR ,oceanic bank seem 2 hv caused a scare in the market.
i appeal to evry one of us to be careful in placing their buy mandates,in order nt 2 be cheated,my favourite theory is to buy a stock when its nt moving,those holding oceanic in their portfolio caused a scare yesterday when d UNFILLED BIDS GT TO 5.SMTIN MILLION UNITS.PLACE A GD PRICE LIMIT.


I quite agree with u not after readin this, read the attachment

I read a quote from Brain Tracy that it is better to prepare ahead for the future than to look back with regret.

How true, hence every one of us is trying to find away to make one form of investment or the other, or get into

any income producing project, but i don't know if this applies to all, trying to find a balance between savings,

investments and still meeting your day to day financial obligations, it's not so rosy, but sure there is a way

around it, some one on this forum has an answer, please donate your 2cents, it might be useful to some one.

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Just thinking aloud

Hi, did this catch your attention?, last weekend i was in a meeting when some one raise the issue of private placement as it regards Lotus Capital, some other person objected that since it has  Islamic concept they wont invest , this got me thinking, money is neutral and investment should be, the concept is to make some profit. Come to think of it, they have a better profit sharing system than the conventional banks or financial institutions, hey!no sentiments here am a Christian but will go with a firm that projects equity and fairness, a win-win offer, whats your take on this.