Google has finally launched the long-awaited “Pages” for Google+ today, it will let you connect with people, places and things.

Although this feature already on facebook but with Direct Connect feature, it could be more beneficial to businesses and brands than Facebook pages.

Here’s Google official Statement about the launch:

In life we connect with all kinds of people, places and things. There’s friends and family, of course, but there’s also the sports teams we root for, the coffee shops we’re loyal to, and the TV shows we can’t stop watching (to name a few).

So far Google+ has focused on connecting people with other people. But we want to make sure you can build relationships with all the things you care about—from local businesses to global brands—so today we’re rolling out Google+ Pages worldwide,

See sample Google page for brands like Toyota, Barcelona etc below

http://nairabrains.com/2011/11/google-launches-pages-you-can-create-a-page-for-your-business-brand/

One of the first principle of business every enterpreneur is taught about setting up a business is finding a good location. But aside other factors/principles, good location is not enough to make your business succeed. You also need the right environment (Environment here I mean your external environment, your community or your surrounding).

You can have a good location, good human resources, best of ideas, good finance, best strategies, wonderful business plan etc in the wrong environment. The effect is your business remain flat with no promising future.

What is a wrong environment? I will explain with an illustration. Assuming you have a block moulding industry where people’s tradition make them prefer building with bricks. Another example is having a mobile/web development company where people don’t value/know the potential or have the need for web or mobile apps.

If you are in any environment and more than 50% of your customers comes,

http://nairabrains.com/2011/11/how-your-environment-is-killing-your-business/

Check out this article. I believe it will be helpful to you

http://nairabrains.com/2011/09/seminar-promotion-strategies-how-to-get-a-full-house-for-your-next-seminar/

I'll advise the poster to turn to other things. Google Trader has launched in Nigeria, http://nairabrains.com/2011/11/google-launches-a-free-classifieds-site-in-nigeria-google-trader/. There is no way to get in the classifieds market and win with Dealfish, Tradestable and now Google trader all involved.

Free classifieds is certainly not a pretty business to go into now especially with the arrival of Google Trader

The vast human capital cannot be ignored and Nigeria is arguably the largest economy in Africa.

Still doing business in Nigeria can be tough and frustrating especially to anyone who had not taken the time to study the country’s peculiar business terrain with its unique challenges.

If you are a Nigerian living abroad and intending to come back home to set up a business or are living in the country with the aim to tap into Africa’s largest economy here are some bits of advice that you will find useful and save you from unnecessary hassles and difficulties.

The Power Challenge:
One of the greatest single problems businesses face in Africa’s most country is steady electricity supply. To do business you will have to factor in sizeable expenses on alternative source of power. This will invariably affect your ability to price your goods and services effectively. The unsteady nature of electricity in the country is the single most important factor that affects prices of goods and services.

Have a plan in mind to overcome the power challenge before you venture into committing money to any business. You’ll be better off if the business is such that it requires low energy consumption. Otherwise you may need reliable power generators or (if you can afford it) solar energy source to run your business hitch free.

Though the government has made steady power supply one of its main target, according to the country’s Minister for Power and Energy it may take up to 2014 for Nigeria to realize enough megawatts of power to serve its need and non-interrupted supply. Before then you will survive the way most businesses have been surviving and that is by having your own alternative power source.

Multiple Taxation:
As is always the problem with developing countries many times taxes are not streamlined and depending on how big your business is you may end up paying multiple taxes to various government agencies at both federal and state levels,

http://nairabrains.com/2011/11/four-major-obstacles-to-watch-out-for-while-starting-a-business-in-nigeria/

@deoyel25 It's funny and at the same time disheartening how poor the thinking of many Nigerians are, each trying to force their warped thinking and beliefs on the others.

You can get your business incorporated with about 45,000 naira only if you intend to have not more than 100,000 naira share capital. The actual price for incorporation varies based on the amount fo share capital you wish to register. You can email me thru info[a]nairabrains.com for help.

Watch out for a feature article on Ways to Reap Profits from the Entertainment Industry at http://nairabrains.com

Let's know who you admire most (MD/CEO) in Nigeria's entertainment industry. If possible mention his/her company or organisation.

Before you go on to set a cyber cafe business be sure to check the article below. It'll make you make more careful decisions.

http://nairabrains.com/2011/09/three-3-dangers-of-starting-a-cyber-cafe-business-why-you-should-consider-other-business-options/

You certainly have a lot of useful books. Here's some information that might be useful for your situation

http://nairabrains.com/2011/10/how-to-start-and-become-financially-successful-as-a-self-published-authorwriter/

Note that this report is not complete in its entirety as we will still continue our research and effect any changes we discover along the way.

Please note that we do not compile in an order of importance or most searched,. We just let you have the list and do whatever you wish with it.

1. Job Vacancies/Opportunities: the relative success of many job sites in Nigeria attest to the fact that thousands of Nigerians go online everyday seeking information on available job openings. They type in several phrases depending on the job they want. You see phrases like, ‘engineering jobs in Lagos, accounting jobs in Nigeria’ etc.

Also, many search for web address of known recruiting firms, oil companies’ banks and telecom companies. When government agencies like the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) advertise for recruitment thousands of people go online to search for details and application process.

Job vacancies is one thing Nigerians will continue to search for online for sometime to come given that unemployment has continued to be a huge challenge to the country.

2. How to Make Money/Income Online: this is a particularly popular search term for Nigerians. As the internet opens more and more in Nigeria, thousands dream for a life where they work on their computer for a couple of hours per day and get the dollar cum naira rain to live the life of their dreams. For many however they soon realize how difficult it is to make money online in Nigeria. Nigerians search to discover best ways to make money online without much stress.

3. News: depending on the latest occurrences in the Nation’s political or sporting sector (these two are the most eventful parts of Nigerian’s lives) Nigerians go online to search for more information. News sites like 234next.com, Vanguard and sports sites like goal.com are very popular in Nigeria for this purpose.

4. How to Get Overseas Scholarship: the craze to go abroad by Nigerians did not start today. And it is not about to end. Undergraduates and graduates all seek multiple ways to escape the country and study abroad to presumably have access to better life with the degrees they’ll acquire abroad.
The search for overseas scholarship and educational opportunities include a wide varieties of country; Canada, Malaysia, US among the most common searches.

5. Where and How to Get Laptops, Phone Accessories and Other IT Gadgets: do we need to say more on this? As the latest gadgets and tools appear many Nigerians search online for information on these gadgets and tools and how to get them,

continued , http://nairabrains.com/2011/10/ten-things-nigerians-search-for-most-online/

YouWIN short for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria is a N50 billion Federal Government job creation initiative headed by Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance. It is a collaboration between the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communication Technology (CT), and the Ministry of Youth Development.

YouWIN is an annual business plan competition for aspiring young entrepreneurs in Nigeria intended to help such youths with good business plans to set out on business for themselves. It is part of the Nigerian Government’s plan to create more jobs for the country’s teeming population.

Specific Objectives of the Programme include to:

Attract ideas and innovations from young entrepreneurial aspirants from Universities, Polytechnics, Technical colleges, and other post-Secondary institutions in Nigeria;

Provide a one time Equity grant for 1,200 selected aspiring entrepreneurs to start or expand their business concepts and mitigate start up risks;

http://nairabrains.com/2011/10/youwin-initiative-n5-billion-business-funding-opportunity-for-nigerian-youths/

@poster, good post. This is what we have been advocating for sometime now. Nigeria's graduates rarely take their time in school to build themselves and bond with like minds with a view to starting a business concept together. The selfish 'all man for himself' mentality is the reason why over 95% of graduates are seeking for jobs when they have it in them to start something big.

Still we continue to provide useful info we hope will spur a few to start something. At nairabrains.com, it Think it, Learn it, Do it

where is he?

@naijacutee lol. You have to learn about something valuable in your field. Anyways you don't need to write unless you wish to become an authority