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You mean recharging airtime online?

nicho450:
I deal with virtual top up.

That is, I own a portal for such business

You're probably wondering

Who's this guy and what does he know about sales?

Well, let me address the elephant in the room.

I'm not a sales expert. But I know a lot on sales and have been using the internet for the sole purpose of adding value and creating an audience for years now.

I see dumb mistakes most business owners make and always wished I could use my knowledge to help them. Dumb mistakes like:

Selling a product/service using foreign models when you can use African models in designs

Selling features instead of selling benefits

Aggressively promoting their stuff without gathering and nurturing leads.

Starting a business without proper branding

The list is endless.

But I've realised most small business owners are arrogant and stubborn. They believe what they're doing is correct and that is why they lose money to bigger brands doing things the right way.

If you're not arrogant, comment what your business is and we'd start brainstorming right away.

You have nothing to lose. Except the fact that you'd have someone by your side working endlessly to see you get more sales online for no cost.

I will be picking just one person.

What's the advice?

Never invest in any thing if you don't understand how the return on investment (ROI) works

As simple as that is, people keep ignoring.

The result?

Thousands and millions of naira lost to Ponzi schemes and any kind of fraud under the sun.

So you don't make mistakes all over again, go and educate yourself on assets and how investments work.

Some assets are as old as time and will always be good investments if you know what you're doing. Real estate is a good example.

If you don't understand what you'd be dumping your money into, it will almost always end in tears.

Wise up. Because scammers are getting wiser.

Unfortunately, you'd learn this outside school most of the time.

viyon02:
Entrepreneurship and and any useful skill of your choice.

You're absolutely right.

Nowadays, people can without a degree live a very comfortable life if they know what they're doing.

Time spent in school is time you cannot get back unfortunately. Don't think the school system will change. It is the job of every student to adjust.

Col0gne:
1. Common Sense
2. Financial Independence after school.

Not exams! exams! exams.....!!!
At the end, most graduates end up becoming a liability to themselves and those close to them.

Please start learning how to figure out life on your own while in school. The world outside your school fence is getting more difficult/very competitive as days goes by.

Interesting

Kriss216:
Doggy style.

Schools are great. Chasing a degree is great, don't get me wrong.

But let's address the elephant in the room.

There's a bunch of stuff in the real world that schools won't teach. Primary. Secondary. Tertiary.

Things like:
How to make money
How to network for success
How to start a business and scale

There's so much emphasis on passing exams and little on the bigger picture, life. This is why a lot of people graduate and still don't feel fulfilled. Let's not even talk about the unemployment rate.

So.

What do you think schools should teach, that is never talked about?

Cool. I'd advise you stick to one.

Content writing tends to focus more on value based write-ups. Usually for brands and industries that run a website or blog that they'd love their audience to visit more frequently.

Creative writing is more in line with literature - short stories, poems, novels etc.

Tony4988:
Content and creative writing

If you're here, you definitely know about Canva.

But you've had to deal with the problem of not using the design platform like the big boys do.

You want to use a template and bam! You realise it's limited to PRO accounts. You can't even use some elements or pictures. The worst part? The best features on Canva are only on the PRO version.

Genius marketing from their end, right?

Some weeks ago, I could only use Canva on the free version. Until recently.

I've been able to access all of its amazing features for about the price of a Shawarma, without having to spend all those dollars you'd see if you look up the price for Canva PRO

The train is moving and there are thousands who were smart enough to listen and have paid chump change for lifetime access to Canva PRO. A very big steal in my opinion.

I'm sharing this because I know someone will need it. If that's you, comment on this post

I won't. I'm not the typical Nairalander that desperately tries to push a point.

Cladez180:
Corel Draw to Canva?

That's a downgrade.

I know you'd push for an argument, I await you.

What aspect of writing

Content writing? Copywriting? Creative writing?

Tony4988:
Freelance writing









Kindly check my signature

Both

Ahmback:
Wow.
is it an android app or for pc?

Canva isn't a paid software

Ahmback:
Man is not stable to be paying for softwares

This should do. But you can do better with zero technical skills on Canva

Ahmback:
So I was made to design this..... to be printed as flex..

Your contributions and criticism - constructive only - is welcome

100% CorelDraw X7

How'd you land this client?

Ahmback:
So I was made to design this..... to be printed as flex..

Your contributions and criticism - constructive only - is welcome

100% CorelDraw X7

Here's a hyperlink that'd take you to a post I made on the categories of skills that are hot and heavily sought for by newbies and clients.

https://www.nairaland.com/7086364/what-skill-currently-learning-fetch

In 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown, I wasted a huge bunch of that time at home doing nothing.

Since then, I told myself the only thing I'd be doing whenever I get a long break as a student will be to learn on-demand skills.

Imagine a 19-year old can master a skill and out-earn your lecturer without having a degree or going to a tertiary institution. How? Skills.

Skills gave massive value and they never get old.

If you're affected by the current ASUU Strike, what skill do you see yourself learning?

If you're a student currently affected by the ASUU strike, you owe it to yourself to learn a skill.

The Nigerian government is not going to save you. The university you school in will not teach you how to make good legit money early.

Instead? Your lecturers will tell you how they suffered to build a house or buy a car.

And why you should relax and not chase money because you're still young. The same people that grew up in a time where the Nigerian economy was a lot better.

So.

What skills are out there that can fetch 50k monthly minimum?

Several.

Based on the wonders I've seen young smart responsible people do. I'd give you 3 hot industries you can tap into

Sales & Marketing
Tech
Design



Sales & Marketing
This is obvious and the skills are endless. There's:

Copywriting
Affiliate Marketing
Sales Funneling
E-mail Marketing
Leads Generation
E-Commerce etc.


Tech
The new oil. There's bastard money in this industry that a 19-year old can become a double digit millionaire just by taking it seriously. There are several skills in this industry. They are:

Data Science
Data Analysis
Programming
Software Engineering
Machine Learning etc


Design
Graphics Design alone in the past year was worth billions of dollars in revenue. The skills here include:

Graphics Design
Website Design
UI/UX Design etc.


Why isn't everybody rich then?

People are lazy. They also don't want to pay to learn. The people who do the opposite - combining hard work and using every resource they have to learn get results.



Dear student,
What skill are you learning?

Not my specialty.

Ebubu3:
I didn’t want to mention the airtime part cos it’s insultive. It’s just what that I have 100 in my account and wanted to appreciate you. But the task is just to replace the image in my ID card with another image of me since the former image in the ID card is dim/no sunlight.

I don't use Photoshop but I'm good with Canva. 100 naira airtime for a Photoshop design is sheer wickedness.

Ebubu:
can u do a simple photoshop for me pls, i dnt really have money to pay but i can send u 100 naira airtime plz

If you've always wanted to create compelling graphics designs that would leave people drooling on their screens

And

You're not a techie like me, there's a simple way to get started - CANVA

CANVA is a platform where, by just moving things on your phone or laptop, you can create designs that'd make people think you're a PRO in minutes.

I have created a short e-book on the same platform and spent years mastering this new method of fast action designing.

If you'd love to get started, I can send you my free report titled:

Why You Should Take Canva Seriously + Sample Designs Made on Canva + A Support Group That'd Get You Started The Right Way.

What you can do to claim all that? Send me a message or comment.