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Meanwhile, here in Nigeria, some people are still trying to invent a potent voodoo that will fly them invisibly to countries like UAE, US, UK, Canada, etc.

The available versions of that voodoo can only fly you into a nearby bush or dunghill and back to your home. So, ideas are welcome for the international version.

Like Puidgemont, like Kanu!

Cost per click isn't fixed. It varies depending on target country and niche. Some keywords related to web hosting and insurance cost as much as $70 per click.

Nnaabros:
Has it been credited into your dorm account and which bank. ? My own has not been credited in my zenith dorm AC yet.

Yes, since yesterday.

Bapy:
thank U bro. Please how can I contact U maybe on WhatsApp so that U can guide me on which niche to use.

Truth is, I'm always very busy, and I might not be able to reply Whatsapp chats. But if you call me, I'll answer (Oh-eight-oh-six-two-three-five-7604).

As regards choosing the right niche, this post will guide you: http://webincomeplus.com/start-blog-nigeria/

Bapy:
boss you mentioned that you are a final year medical student, how do u cope with studying and blogging at the same time.? I want to learn from you. What's the secrete. Am scared of starting a blog because It might distract me in school. Waiting patiently for your response.

My brother, it's all about time management. For a start, you should have a fixed fraction of your day (say 2-3 hours) dedicated to blogging. Then what matters most after that is consistency. Spending just 1.5 hours every day and being consistent with that is better than spending 10 hours on 2-3 random days of the week.

If you plan your time well, you won't be distracted. After all, you don't spend all of your time reading. After all, despite being a student, you still find time for social media and nairaland, social outings, chats with friends, etc. So, you can cut down on the time you spend on those stuffs and put them into blogging. Then blog correctly by choosing the right niche and approach. I can't go into details of that here and now.

AnkaraStyles:
Hi, is there any one here who has received their adsense payment for this month and though which means and please what country adsense.

Thanks In Advance

Mine has been sent. Nigerian adsense.

Looooool

greenhealthng:
nice,,worth commendable,,but your attitude offline is nauseating,,u hardly pick your calls or reply emails,,you just come online to show off or ill rather say intimidate people with your earnings,, teach someone how to fish and not to eat fish,,kapish

I'm not under any obligation to teach anyone anything. First, get that clearly. But even at that, I run a blog solely for the purpose of teaching others how to make money online. That's more like a humanitarian thing because that particular blog earns me crumbs every month. I can't allow the passion to help others distract me from the businesses that really make me money. You might not understand, but if you're in my shoes, you'd dig. And you people tend to forget that apart from online business there are other things to worry about. I have a family and I'm a final year medical student. If all those don't send a signal to you, well, it's your choice.

Your statement that I come online to intimidate people isn't based on wisdom. You can see that the OP mentioned me in the thread, asking me to answer the question honestly. And that's what I did. And I do share such information just to prove to others that making money online is real, not to brag. If I wanted to brag, I'd create a thread for that and show my bank statement as well as assets I've acquired with the proceeds from online business.

If you think this effort of yours can tarnish my image, you can try harder. I mean, you can throw bigger tantrums. Whatever opinion you decide to have about me is your choice.

CocoBee:
Just for fun,

Webmasters, can you say blogging (or any online business you're into) has made you live the kind of life you always dreamed of? Like being able to pay bills without worrying? Being able to make people around you proud? Because it seems bloggers are the only persons who do not get affected by exchange rates (earning wise - I may be wrong though). But let's hear your views.

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Seun
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Mynd44
Webincomeplus
Viviangist
LadyF
Tosyne2much
AutoJosh

I earn over $1500 monthly from Adsense and Amazon affiliate. Convert to naira and answer the questions on my behalf.

There's nothing wrong in using anti-Adblock since the essence of floating ads on your blog is to have them displayed.

To me, the idea of adblocks doesn't really make sense. Why would anyone visit my site to get free information that I work hard to generate, and still decide to block the ads that fetch me revenue?

I understand that ads are obtrusive, but if you're not fine with them, just leave my site and find your free information elsewhere. If you must enjoy my blog's content for free, then you must be willing to bear with my ads. Life is all about give and take. I'm blogging to make money, and running a blog comes with hosting and other expenses.

supersystemsnig:
ARE YOU AN ADWORDS EXPERT?

I NEED A QUICK PROJECT DONE, IF YOU'RE AN AD WORDS EXPERT, KINDLY CONTACT ME...

I'm a seasoned Internet Marketer and SEO Pro. I'll help you strategize and launch campaigns that get desired results. You can reach me on 08.06.23.5.7604

No, I won't.

Ibenny:
Hey, which bank do you think is the best for this dollar bank account between First Bank and GTB?

In terms of prompt crediting of funds to your account, GTB rocks. As for First bank, you have to mail them sometimes before they credit your account.

A consultant in the Gastroenterology unit of LUTH told me sometimes last year that Hepatitis C now has a cure, and they've started administering it to patients.

So, I'd advise you to tell your sister to visit LUTH for the appropriate medical advice and prescriptions.

Compliant:

You can open a Dom account without stress bro

Take that your voters slip to Gtbank and open a savings account, deposit just 1k in the account if you like, then after 1 week go back to Gtbank and tell them you want to upgrade your savings account to Dom account and viola your Dom account will be ready within 24 hours without you paying a dime

TRY IT AND THANK ME LATER

I don't know for other banks. But for GTB or Access bank, you can't upgrade from savings to domiciliary. You'll still have to provide two references. For GTB, you can upgrade with a current account without bringing references because you already did that while opening the current account.

Heffalump:
Remember bank charges apply where necessary

Yes, but they are quite fair and somewhat insignificant. GTB charges me 0.5% transaction charge after every withdrawal. That's $0.5 for every $100. That's fair enough to me.

This is what happens when maggots finally gain access into the skull and start feeding on the part of the brain that controls sense and thinking.

AnodaIT:
For every single successful tech startup you see, there are 50 others that have failed

Even 50 is an understatement. Hundreds!

xheyi:
Ok, thanks. I will try to achieve that or find a way to open mine.

All the same, try to open yours if you want absolute peace of mind. Get an int'l passport and open your own domiciliary account. You'll need both the passport and dom account for other purposes later on (the passport has an expiry period of 5 years, and if you have any cause to travel out of the country, you won't have to run around then for one).

Since you can't continue to depend on someone else's account forever, it's better to open yours now and move on!

xheyi:
Is it possible I use another person's dorm account? Won't it implicate me?

It won't. Adsense already understands that there may be times when the payee is not the person in whose name the account was opened. That's why they allow you to add "Payee name" instead of assuming it's the same as the account owner's name.

xheyi:
Hello bloggers, am on the verge of cashing out my first ads earning. I contacted my bank, access bank, to know the rate exchange. The attendant told me #305 as at yesterday and a dollar now is #365. Pls what shd I do? I have national id but the slip for now but I learnt I can't open a dorm account with it. Pls, biko, dnt let this people cheat me.

Nobody is cheating you here. Banks operate with the official rate of N305/$. So, if you must have your dollars converted by them, that's the going rate to be adopted. There's NO way you'll get your money converted at black market rates by the bank. And there's no way the bank will hand you dollar notes in cash, since you submitted a local bank account to Adsense.

There's only one way to have your money converted at black market rates. And that's through a domiciliary account. With that, you'd be able to withdraw your dollars in cash and convert at black market rates with any BDC operator.

The only way out now is for you to instruct your bank to decline the transaction from Adsense. The money will reflect back in your Adsense account, and Adsense will attempt to pay it again after one week, before which you should have opened a domiciliary account and submitted its details to your Adsense account. But I doubt if your bank will agree to decline that transaction.

If I were you, I'll accept my loss for now and work hard to get my domiciliary account before the next payment date. No bank will accept that national ID slip from you. When I needed my domiciliary account back then, I had to invest in getting an international passport, which cost me N27,000. That's the only widely accepted ID that you can get in one day here in Nigeria. And it has served many other purposes for me since then.

Better yet, if you have a trusted friend or relative who has a domiciliary account, you can submit their account details to your Adsense account and have your earnings sent there. But bear in mind that your access to your own money would hinge on the person's readiness to help you go to the bank for the withdrawal and, more importantly, the person's trustworthiness. So, your best bet is to get your own account ASAP.

madridguy:
The man must be suffering from grade A mental problem.

There is no mental problem anywhere. Don't let them fool you. If the perpetrator is a Muslim, he's a terrorist. And if he's not, he has mental problem. Mental problem that wasn't obvious when he lodged in hotel, smartly smuggled multiple guns through hotel security, and carefully shot at people from a strategic location. Is that one a mental problem? The US can tell any lie just to protect their reputation and pretend to the world that everything is perfect in their country. Shootings like this happen every week in the US(check Google for statistics on shooting in US), but this one attracted global attention because it led to too many casualties.

Women killing men without blows or weapons since time immemorial.

Your statement that Facebook ads no longer convert like before is false. The reality is that Nigerians have become smarter. People have had enough of shitty ebooks that contain useless information. So, genuine ebooks are ignored these days.

To really make it as an information marketer, you need to start by creating a platform for establishing your expertise and authority on your chosen topic. After you've built a loyal audience, you'll sell consistently.

But to throw ads on Facebook and expect sales is a bad move these days.

rodeo0070:
Giving back to the society. Good one

And Nigeria Immigration is "the society"?

Qarich:
please can some help me out, actually i'm a new blogger, i use free blogging service. I'm intending to upgrade to premium plan and i have read a lot of negative reviews about Nigeria web hosting companies. I want to get an international web hosting service like Bluehost, Godaddy but i don't have the means of payment.

If your bank allows international transactions on their local cards, then your ATM card will work. I'm sure of GTB and Access ATM cards. If you've been using PayPal, you can pay with that also.

Here are some probable causes:

The site got hit by a Google update.

The site got toppled by competitors who recently upped their game.

The blog has been banking on short-form, low-quality content.

The blog hasn't been updated in a while.

The owner engaged in black-hat SEO practices that backfired.

The blog's niche has lost all its buzz.

User experience on the blog has worsened.

And so on.

I can write pages on each of the items listed, so let's just keep things short.

But most importantly, your friend needs to give us more details such as niche, average content length, date he first noticed the decline in traffic, his content sources, and any "tactics" he tried around the time his traffic started plummeting.

NnaaMenn:
I hear they give fake currency some times. Is that true?

Well, anything fraudulent is possible in Nigeria. But I've never experienced such.

xheyi:
Nice thread,
Pls I have the national id card but slip for now. Can I use it to open gtb dom account. Also, regarding the referees, is it only their account details I need?

Thanks.

The bank won't accept the slip. As for the refrees, you will be given two referral forms at the bank, one for each of them to fill.