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EntMirror:
Wow.. I thought I wrote this lol.. This resonates so much with me when I set out to blog. Take a look at www.entmirror.com and tell me what you think. I don't mind connecting with you. At least, to help In any way I can. Including guiding you into blogging. Blogging entails lots of things, not just having the ability to write.

Wishing you good luck

I'd definitely love to connect with you coz I'm actually a fan of what you do on your blog

ITbomb:
if you are on telegram, add me @ictunit

I charge only for design n SEO, you will choose your domain name and if on WP, handle your hosting wahala with your provider

Ait bro imma be in touch

ITbomb:
It all depends on the niche you finally choose

1. How many articles should be produced daily?
Gen/Ent = min of 10 daily, Tech = min of 1 daily, Specialized eg health, fitness, legal etc = min of 1 in 3 days

2. What is the best length of article for SEO? Best length for human readers?
SEO requires at least 400 words with keyword density of 1% avg but for Gen/Ent you dont really need SEO, just a line with good images can get you good traffic from social media

3. When to expect the earliest revenue if production is at a high level?
Gen/Ent with active FB group/page = 1 month, Others = 6 months because most of traffic will be from search engines and you have to build your Domain Authority/SEO be able to rank well

4. Possible monetization schemes
Adsense, Adquet, affiliate marketing, sponsored posts (when you rank well in Alexa and have good traffic)

5. Full estimate of startup costs.
DomainKing and Whogohost hosting/domain = less than 10k
Foreign host like siteground = $50
In case of Gen/Ent, FB group or page is a must. Get a ready one for about 20k - 30k (>50k members/likes)
Design = na there we go chop your money

6. What can i do to beat the usually long period of time it takes to start making profits?
Nothing
Your main aim should be to satisfy your audience, once you do that, the profits come in
if you want to do like others, you will end up hung and dried and we will be seeing your next nairaland topic like "Fully design blog for sale with adsense"

BTW, Gen/Ent means General and Entertainment news blog

Thanks bruv... this is an extremely helpful response.

Are you a developer? How much do you usually charge for blogs?

Things i would really appreciate some input on are:

1. How many articles should be produced daily?
2. What is the best length of article for SEO? Best length for human readers?
3. When to expect the earliest revenue if production is at a high level?
4. Possible monetization schemes
5. Full estimate of startup costs.
6. What can i do to beat the usually long period of time it takes to start making profits?

Thanks again.

excanny:
I can't disclose price details here, but there 3 price ranges I charge for blogs, depending on page speed, level of customization, provisions for monetization.

Since you are starting up, you may compromise on customization and personal ads, but never on page speed(no one is interested in wasting time opening your articles, this will put you in my mid-range charge).

Thanks for your contribution. When i am shopping for designers i will keep you in mind.

opportunihub:
Can you take a look at this blog: TechMatas.com?? Does it look professional to you? Creating a professional blog nowadays is not as expensive as it used to be unless if you want to go for some premium contents. It will cost you between N8000 to N15000 for a good webhosting service.

I encourage you to set up just one blog for now and make sure you grow it to a certain height before going into another. I can help you get it done exactly or more better than mine....but first search and read this article ....How I built a Successful Blog With little Capital

Thanks. Reading the article at the moment...

excanny:
You can plan to set up 2 blogs, one for business and other on fitness.

Once you can write good stuffs, within 6 months, you will dedicated readers and get back your investment.

I am a professional web designer I can help you set up these 2 blogs with customized looks to your taste, and help you out with good SEO techniques to rake in traffic. Call/whatsapp me on 07030595988, lets talk further.

Seen.

I may give you a call. But before that, if you don't mind, can you give myself and other interested readers an idea of what a good budget is for a very professional looking blog?

Both in terms of sunk costs and overheads.

Hello gents and ladies. I would appreciate some advice from the experienced hands in the house.

I would like to start up a blog but i understand from experience that it is easy to waste time and money in this business. So i want to get it right this time.

Now lets assume:

1. Money is no object. I have the money to spend on making a decent blog. I have the writing skills, and i'm willing to hire writers and editors when the time for that comes.

2. Time is no object (to some extent). I'm willing to wait 6 months to break even.

3. I have a background in business and fitness.

To those who have experience, what would you say is the smartest niche to go into at this time, and what steps do i need to take to run a professional blog?

Your advice will be greatly appreciated, and i'm sure some others can learn from whatever you guys will have to say.

skyhighweb:
yeah u right, 40k plus hosting

Fair enough. When I'm ready to make my final offer ill reach out to you on the phone.

Thanks.

skyhighweb:
lol bros goodluck with that read tru n see what is actually charging plus how does one count aa blog page again lol.
my number 09075252828 buzz when u want one make an actual offer

I've made my first offer. Make yours... this is a negotiation.

5k.

Your competitor here https://www.nairaland.com/3521845/pay-after-service-website-blog
is offering to do something similar at 5 k.

How much does this cost?

It was too soon for a book...

In my opinion she should have waited till she became genuine star in her own right.

As is i'm just wondering why she thinks any regular person is that interested in knowing how she lost her virginity.

queenfav:
I woke up this morning with a lot on my mind. So much that I didn't know when tears started rolling down my cheeks.

I am getting frustrated. To think I did everything right in school to ensure I left with with a 2:1 grade. I ask myself ,where did I go wrong? To make matters worse, my family members think all is well since I am a "barrister".

I am slowly beginning to regret my decision to be a lawyer. Though I am still serving as a batch C corps member,I get scared. So scared that I may have to take up work in a firm that pays 15000 naira. God knows I have tried. I have sent out more than 200 applications, yet nothing!

Which job recuitment site have I not signed up with? This was not what I envisaged for my career when I was being called to bar. Even in the midst of the mass failure of my set, I bagged a 2.2 from law school; still nothing to show for it. I know people from my university that graduated with 3rd class now working with top law firms.

Well, I have been told to stop wasting my time by applying for associate jobs on the websites of law firms. The reason being that they rarely employ lawyers anonymously. It is mostly through recommendation or connection. God knows I really want to practice law, but the job is not forthcoming. I have my rent to pay, bills to take care of and cannot survive on 15k a month after 6 years of going to school. I am open to suggestions anyways.

Someone even adviced I start a business or learn a trade! Yes, that's how sad it is. Many may feel am overreacting. All fingers are not equal. Family members and friends I thought would be able to help out are now giving me the cold shoulder. I have cause to be worried since I am solely responsible for myself now. I can't even bear the thought of going back home to depend on my parents. If I had known it was going to be this way, I wouldn't have wasted my time and resources becoming a lawyer. What's the point? I am still looking and bringing myself to apply to firms.

After december, I may have to think of something else to do.

Hey...

You studied law, does not mean your path through law must begin with law. I am sure others in the thread may have said something similar but i'll add to it because i am a law student, soon to face the reality of the profession like you.

I have a job already, that pays my bills, and although it is not in the area of my passion or interest, it does put decent amounts of money in my pocket. So i have the luxury of deciding whether or not i will pursue the study of law as a career or just do it for the fun of it while i make a living from what i have doing that is already working for me.

So my advice, learn another skill. Try other employment opportunities. but never stop trying to get back into law at a level where you can live the life you want.

Remember, there is always more than one way to skin any given cat. I wish you all the best!

Just seeing the date on this!

Lagosfinder:
The economist don't know what they are saying

Lagos thats abroad to many people, home to the largest concentrations of blacks

It might be worst to foreigners but certainly best to us residents

Its a joke. Monrovia and Freetown are better places to live than Lagos? How can Lagos be on a par with cities in warzones such as Damascus? OR even a city like Karachi?

These people seem like they would want us to buy their attempt to demarket prominent african cities.

kingkom247:
Don't know what is wrong with blacks world over. recall Mike Tyson, Tiger Woods, Evander Holyfield, Raghib Ismael, Deuce McAllister etc and our African/Nigerian athletes

Has nothing to do with being black.

White athletes are equally prone to misusing their wealth. And for your info, there are as many examples of back athletes who used there money well, as there are of those who didn't.

E.g, JJ Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Abedi Pele, etc.

taiyesoul:
What has this guy done for charity?. What has he given back to the public?.

When will you proletariat individuals stop this demanding attitude?

You can also enter the gym and start to box, can't you?

Why don't you also go and make a living for trading punches then you can come back and tell us how much you gave back to the public that gave you nothing.

lailo:
from what u put up there,they are same thing.

Nigerians are generally fond of delving into things they do not particularly understand, without doing the proper research. C.V is just a term more common in Europe, and Resume is more common in the US.

Now in Europe typically you are expected to submit a more detailed document but that does not mean there is a real difference between a C.V and a Resume.

This is a false dichotomy.

Teacherng:
4 (five) or 5 (four). They can't even get the number right.


Confusion reigns supreme

What a rank embarrassment... you'd get fired in the corporate world for this kind of incompetence.

Shocking stuff.

quiverfull:
Is this Lalastic Mod a male or female? What's the fascination with snakes?

Clearly nairalanders, like most people, have some form of fascination with snakes. Mods are only meeting demand with supply.

realtem:
hmmm... So, is there any chance God revealed that in the bible?

As far as I know, no.

realtem:
Why did God create man?(from a christian POV)

I don't know. Why does an artist create an artwork? Why does and inventor create an invention? Do we look to the artwork or to the invention for answers about the artist or inventor?

Why then so you look to man for answers about God?

Luckygurl:
Lol!
Just saw this from another angle now.

And hey!! It'was nice holding this discuss with you

Likewise

johnydon22:
At a point here on nairaland i had a signature on which states; If a perfect God with the ability to create a perfect world exists and wants you to be in a perfect world, you would have been in a perfect world, there wouldn't be a need for such bizarre cruel test results determined by virtue of all knowledge

I would like you to mull over this and my proceeding points in this write-up, i aim to invoke deep thoughts about our beliefs and hopes.

In very many religions of the world there are concepts of paradise, heaven, valhalla. A supposedly perfect world of eternal bliss, sinless and without any atom of corruption where you may end up to live an infinite life of joy, happiness and plenty.


But there is a bizarre twist to this idea, this is where it gets strange.

"You must live and die first before it can be determined if you are qualified to gain this eternal bliss"

If we run our thoughts backwards in time, try to picture the state we were before birth then one can be exposed the bizarreness and cruelty of such unnecessary tests.

We didn't exist -

There were two choices before God, create these beings into a perfect world or create them into an imperfect world to test them over nothing.

If there is a perfect God with the ability to make a perfect world and this perfect God wants you to be in a perfect world, he would have pulled you directly from in-existence into this perfect world.

You didn't exist, so what exactly was the need for the test when you could be created exactly where God wills?

So if heaven is perfect at last, and everyone in heaven will turn out perfect then this means God is fully capable of creating a perfect world with perfect beings in it, which now begs the question "Why didn't God create that perfect world in the first place?"

Some persons that i know and talked about this issue with gave the answer that God initially created this world to be perfect but man's action ruined God's perfect plan.

It is amazing how the perfect plan of an all knowing and all powerful being can be thwarted by tiny man.

This answer calls into question the very purity of heaven, if man could ruin God's perfect world, what would change when man is now in heaven?

won't man also be able to ruin that too?

If you say that man cannot ruin heaven, the next question becomes - Why was man able to ruin this world but will be unable to ruin the next?

Take again as a second instance the story of Lucifer in Christian mythology, he was once an angel of God, one of Gods sons and was the bringer of light, a high ranked angel but became corrupt of his own essence, envied God's position and rebelled against God thus culminating to heavenly civil war that led to him being cast out of heaven alongside his followers.

Even heavenly beings in as this story goes are not immune to corruption, they are just as man still vulnerable to impurity and sin.

What will God do differently in paradise to avoid the whole saga repeating itself all over again and thus it keeps going?

cc. hahn, uyildredi, coolusername, plaetton, frank317

You've made a few wrong assumptions. I speak from the Christian point of view.

1. That life is a test. Life is not a test that determines ones qualifications to enter heaven. Not in Christianity. In Christianity, man belongs on earth, and going to heaven is only temporal until God creates a new earth that is perfectly pure and will remain that way forever. My point here is that you have it wrong right from the start.

2. What if God has His plans but allows man to exercise free will? God made man and He reserves the right to grant unto His creation freewill.

3. Consider this: what if you are so powerful that you can determine where you will end up, either in heaven or hell? Would it stil e God's responsibility to make sure you go to heaven?

Luckygurl:
And that scientific definition stems on the fact that when penetrative sex occurs, some thin flesh would be broken leading to blood spill, right?
Still they would claim some percentage ain't born with the hymen. A lot more others have their's so light, no form of blood spill is experienced on their first night.
All I'm saying is there's no general acceptable definition of a virgin, what someone else sees it as is obviously not the same way you see it.

And yes!! Virginity is never the right yardstick to determine one's sexual purity

According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary--using the strictest scientific terms:

1. Virgin:

'a person who has not had sexual intercourse'

2. C.oitus (scientific term for sex):

'physical union of male and female Instruments accompanied by rhythmic movements'

3. Instruments:

'the organs of the reproductive system; especially : the external genital organs'

I understand where you are coming from but there is actually a universal definition of virginity. Based on the previous definitions i quoted, a virgin is a person (a woman in this case), who has not engaged in the physical union of male and female genitals (penis and vagina).

Therefor, a woman who has not had penetrative vaginal sex is a virgin. With or without her hymen. As much as some may not like it, a woman who has had anal sex but not vaginal sex is a virgin. A woman who has gotten naked and had a dick rubbed on her pussy lips but not penetrated is a virgin. A woman who had a finger stuck inside her vagina, is a virgin.

Is she sexually pure? No!

Nbote:
Ayam not understanding.. If she was sexually abused as a child how com she claims to still b a virgin?

Sexual abuse can take so many different forms that do not necessarily imply loss of virginity. That's patently obvious so why asking such a childish question??

Luckygurl:
I feel people's definition of virginity varies.Whether someone is a virgin or not depends on what definition of virginity you want to use.
She was violated as a kid, that means she never gave her consent and obviously didn't enjoy it. That could be her basis off claiming a virgin.
Someone else who has gone neck deep into romance, dry humping, heavy petting, MouthAction can come out comfortably and claim a virgin just cos no form of penetration has occurred.
So you see, opinion differs and you won't crucify them cos they all have their reasons.


Virgin or no virgin!! Sexual decency matters

Opinions aside, there is a scientific and conventional definition of virgin. I.e A woman who has never had penetrative vaginal intercourse.

Virginity does not mean sexual purity.

you might have a parasite such as tapeworm

OP the only evidence you have presented in this thread is extremely weak and this whole thing reeks of a personal vendetta.

The proper thing to do is, if you have a genuine complaint:

1. Narrate what happened, who did what, how it happened, where it happened, and when.

2. Provide evidence that your narration is the truth or is at least reasonable.

3. Allow the accused to respond to specific claims.

As is, you are merely bullying the accused into responding to your claims by tormenting him/her. It is not done and frankly its not nice to see.

Once you upload your photo you are literally not going faceless anymore. Why does this need a thread?

obikirinoni:
I rather chose half clever chap than a hypocrite

Who cares what you chose?

eph12:
Every serious companies does background checks on their employees either before employing or after he/she might have started work. Your boss needs to be sure of some things. Some may want to be sure you're not a pervert, bully, liar or thief. They do it in case you don't know.

Mind you I don't need to come checking your page or invasion follow you for me to see your updates on social media. We may have a mutual friend that shared your compromising post. I don't think that is invasion or snooping. Your boss need to be sure you not in the type that will be trying to get into the skirt of every female staff or client.

You can't claim to be responsible and your online character is not. The way I see it, your online character is the main character while your offline is full of pretence and hypocrisy. So if I want to know more about you I believe the best place to look is your social media.

When you have your own company, you can decide to employ all the perverts on social media.

Oh...the same Nigerian companies where the bosses are the ones harassing female staff and female applicants? These are the ones screening out perverts? Wonderment.

Background checks are done by checking:

1. Criminal records
2. Past work experience
3. Academic referrals


Its so funny. So if I don't post anything on my facebook does that mean I am not a pervert??

And even if I'm a hopeless womanizer, so long as I keep it to myself at work how is it the business of the company? Or does being a lover of women mean one has no self control? Are you able to infer my level of self control from one facebook post f less that 30 words?

Nigerians and the amazing way you guys dwell on petty things. Amazing.