11 Things Investors Look For in Startups
11 Things Investors Look for in Startups Investors simply are looking for investment opportunities that will help them diversify their portfolio. Find below 11 things investors look for in startups before deciding to commit their funds. 1. The Founding Team The founder and his mastermind alliance play a major role in determining whether the proposed idea or startup gets funded. As a matter of fact, this is the very first thing investors look for in startups. Great investors invest first in people, not just ideas. Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists are looking for credible visionary leaders that can be trusted and vetted. The founder must also be an astute and practical leader who is passionate about his venture. The founder will do well also to have a star studded team or an all-star master mind alliance, if possible, with relevant skill set. Investors need to know the following: Who the founders are and also the major team members What relevant industry knowledge or domain experience the team has What strategic additions to the team would be needed in the short run Why the team is exceptionally gifted to implement the company’s business plan? Number of employees What drives the founder? […]
Business Funding Organizations | 7 ‘Wallet-out’ Angel Investor Organizations in Nigeria (Infographics)
Business Funding Organizations | 7 ‘Wallet-out’ Angel Investor Organizations in Nigeria (Infographics) Your brilliant and highly innovative business idea may never come into fruition or see the light of the day without business funding. I know a lot of startups who pride themselves in the fact that they are self-funded. Nothing is wrong with that actually, if you have it why not. A school of thought believes in starting small and taking all the time you require to grow your business while another projects leveraging on Other People’s Money in order to reach more meaningful milestones ontime. Here is what I believe you should do – start from where you are with what you have. As your startup business grows, you will get to a stage where you absolutely would need to leverage on other people’s time, expertise, money and resources. We have identified 7 Business Funding Organizations who are ready to partner with you in terms of capital, capacity training and other forms of support. Find below the infographics. We will go into a little more details on each afterwards. Embed This Code On Your Site </p><br /><br /><br /><br /> <p><strong>Please include attribution to TagNaija.com with this graphic.</strong></p><br /><br /><br […]
Small Business Opportunities in Nigeria – How to Prepare For The Big Contracts
Small Business Opportunities in Nigeria – How to Prepare Legally & Financially for the Big Contracts. Every now and then, opportunities will spring up for you to bid for government contracts as well as contracts from well versed multinationals. It could even be preparation for an angel investor to look favourably on your business. You may need to register as a vendor, a supplier, a contractor or a service provider depending on the nature of your business and the small business opportunities available. The following will be required from you at one level or the other, so you will do well now to start sorting them out if you haven’t – whether you are looking for business contracts or an investment. You don’t have to do all at once, but by all means, get them all done.In this discuss, you will earn how you can practically position your business legally and financially to be able to take bigger and better opportunities that will be life changing. #1. Change Status – Go ‘Ltd.’ Don’t get me wrong, it’s not as if you cannot do business with sole proprietorship registrations, you sure can, but mehn…there are some levels you will never get […]
Organizational Structure For Small Businesses
Organizational Structure For Small Businesses Nothing distracts more than disorder. Disorderliness is an enemy to growth. Have you ever walked into an office where everything looks out of place? The opened waste basket is close to the water dispenser, or there are files and papers flying all around the desk and on the floor – no order whatsoever. Organizational structure produces order and far much more. Have you walked into an organization and you could tell where the company is headed? I remember entering an organization some time ago and the owner of the company was the one reading application letters, conducting interviews, and stepping out at intervals to receive phone calls and a rather awkward one. When the power supply seized, he and one of his employees stood up at the same time to power the generator! What were the job specifications of the employees? Were they just figure heads or there was something lacking? I thought to myself. The employees did not seem busy! I can only describe how I felt in one word. Horrified! Yes, that is how one feels when things are disorganized. Why am I stating all these? No business will survive without an organizational structure. […]
How to Organize Your Business Finances
How to Organize Your Business Finances | 7 Things to Note If you do not know how to organize your business finances, any other business knowledge you have wont guaranty success. Forget it, if you don’t get it right here your business will never do well. You will just be having highs and lows like roller skates. Financial flow is the lifeline of any business. No matter how promising your business idea is, it is very crucial you do your homework here well. Organizing your business finances will be required to start, run, grow, multiply and exit your business when the time comes. The coordination of these 12 aspects will help you create your desired financial system. #1. Separate Your Business Finances from Your Personal Finances. Don’t ever mix the two. You and your company or business are separate legal entities. Have a separate checking account for your business. Don’t use your business income to pay your bills at home. You need to keep your records straight, no prospective financier or business investor will take you serious if you haven’t drawn the line between your personal and business finances. It’s a trap you should avoid like a plague. […]
Affiliate Marketing | How it Works in Nigeria
Affiliate Marketing | How it Works in Nigeria: I thought to let you know that this is a sequel to What is Affiliate Marketing . So if you have not read it or if you need to take a cursory look at it and the affiliate marketing lingua, please feel free to do so before you proceed with this. I will be waiting for you with this article, I promise . hahaahaha #1. Sign up with an affiliate program or network. To find the affiliate program for a particular website, just enter the name of the site e.g ‘Bluehost’ followed by the word ‘Affiliate’ on Google search engine. In other words search for ‘program + affiliate’ which is ‘Bluehost Affiliate’ to check if they have any affiliate program. If they do, it will come up in Google. You can click on the first entry to get started with signing up with Bluehost Affiliate. Note that some affiliate programs will require your Photo Identity and a bill showing your Address Verification. #2. Log-in to your account. You will find your unique affiliate link which is usually under the ‘my account’ section, depending on the affiliate provider. #3. Use the corresponding […]
What is Affiliate Marketing | Understand the Basics
What is Affiliate Marketing What is Affiliate Marketing ? Affiliate marketing is a referral based marketing program that pays commission only when the advertiser’s item is purchased as a result of the marketing efforts of the affiliate publisher. Publishers accept to promote products or services knowing full well that when a sale is made, they get to partake of the profit in a proportion and measure pre-determined. Affiliate Marketing Glossary Above The Fold This is the first section you see in a web page before you see the main content of a site. Above the fold is usually below the header of the site and above the main content. It’s a choice section to promote affiliate banners. Advertiser This is the one that provides the products or services an affiliate marketer promotes. The Advertiser is the one who rewards the Affiliate partner or marketer with commissions for helping to drive sales or leads. The Advertiser is also called the merchant. Affiliate An Affiliate is a marketer or promoter who promotes an advertiser’s products or services in exchange for commissions and/or other benefits. Affiliate Agreement This is the legal and mutually beneficial relationship terms between the Merchant/Advertiser and the Affiliate. Affiliate […]
How to Start a Blog in Nigeria | 2017 Comprehensive Master Guide
How to Start a Blog in Nigeria | 2017 Comprehensive Master Guide. I know you have probably read tons of articles on how to start a blog in Nigeria. May I warn you at this point that this isn’t just another blog post on the subject matter. This one is it! If you haven’t read this, you haven’t started yet. If you are already a blogger, and you believe you can do far better than you are currently, please read on. I am ready to take you through 7 phases of how to start a blog in Nigeria. Recline on your leather sofa, lower the temperature of your AC to 22 Degrees Celsius. Oh you ain’t got one? How about a fan? It ain’t blowing well? Just open the windows. Hahahaha. Now to the 7 Phases. Phase 1: Ideas and Strategy Phase What is Blogging? Why You Should Blog? Decide on a Blogging Niche Types of Niches How to Choose a Profitable Niche Regional or Global? Decide on a Blogging Platform Phase 2: Business Planning Phase Blog’s Mission, Vision, Objectives and Goals Blog’s Business Model Canvass Blog’s Success Metrics Blog’s Structure Blog’s Exit Strategy Phase 3: Branding Phase Blog Name […]
Google Adsense Approval in Nigeria | Top 14 Reasons For Rejection
Google Adsense Approval in Nigeria | Top 14 Reasons For Rejection No doubt Adsense is one of the best Cost Per Action advertising programs. Getting your Google Adsense Approval is a dream come true for so many bloggers out there. Adsense provides you a stream of recurring income when Google displays Ads on your site from third party advertisers who are registered with them. Google only approves those who follow their policies and guidelines. Find below top 14 reasons for Google Adsense Application rejection and the recommended fixes. #1. Poor Website Designs You are not likely going to get the Google Adsense Approval if you have a website that looks like a content junkyard. Your site should be easily navigable and provide a good user experience. You could buy a clean, gorgeous and functional blog theme from themeforest or templatemonster . We got our own blog theme from themeforest, although we have made some heavy customizations on it. Also, make sure you have a mobile friendly site. #2. Inadequate Content Content is by far the most important to Google. If your blog has 5 – 10 written posts, with articles less than 500 words, I bet you don’t stand a chance. Take […]
FOREX Brokers | Top 10 You Can Trade FOREX With in Nigeria
FOREX Brokers | Top 10 You Can Trade FOREX With in Nigeria Forex Trading in Nigeria has taken a surge due to some of its major features. Forex Brokers offer online forex trading platforms that include all aspects of buying, selling and exchanging currencies at current or determined prices with the goal of making a profit . You can buy and sell financial products through an online platform at your own convenient time provided you meet the legal requirements. Most Top Forex Brokers platforms offer a variety of financial products which includes commodities, Forex, shares, and Indices. Online Forex Trading market is established to enable the purchase of currencies which are sold against each other. Pairing currencies facilitate this when priced during the trade. The Online Forex Trading market is vast which has a daily volume of a whopping $5 trillion. What? Yes you heard me right, lol. Most of the people involved in this trade are young, educated Nigerians and other natonals between the ages of 18-45. Forex Trading in Nigeria has been promoted greatly by the improvement in the technology and advancement in the telecommunication industry with an improved internet connection. When trading, it is imperative to have a […]
Top 10 WordPress Blog Themes for Your Stylish and Functional Personal Blog
Top 10 WordPress Blog Themes for Your Stylish and Functional Personal Blog [Sponsored Post] You will be amazed how fast you can move up your career with any of the top wordpress blog themes presented in this article. Needless to say, for today personal blog is one of the most popular things that people use in order to show any kind of information all around the world! Thus, with its’ help you are not only able to share your thoughts, pictures, paintings and memories with friends and relatives, but also make a colorful and informative advertisement to present your own deal and transform it into a great and perspective eCommerce business! Seeing that, we are going to tell you about incredible website themes, powered by WordPress, as they are both helpful and easy in use. To begin with, would you like to be your own boss and create a modern a truly powerful personal blog, which will definitely be worthy of your visitors’ attention? In this case, leave all the sad thoughts behind and don’t hesitate to learn more info about our thematic templates, WordPress platform and the proposing service at all! I am so eager to present to you […]
How to Start a Poultry Farm in Nigeria (Comprehensive Guide)
How to Start a Poultry Farm in Nigeria: Why should you find out about how to start a poultry farm in Nigeria? Who does not love eating chicken or turkey? Maybe not the ones we personally cook at home but the ones from eateries where they are grilled and baked…..yummy right? Some folks do not. I have a friend who dislikes them with a passion because of the odor but eats fish instead. Personally, I think she is weird. She is probably one of the 10% of the Nigerian population that does not consume poultry products. If you are one of the remaining 90%, who loves them, then I love you, not just because you love consuming them but because you could turn what you love into what you do. You wanna know how to start a poultry farm in Nigeria? Be my guest! Poultry farming is simply the raising of domesticated birds; chickens, turkeys and ducks, for commercial purposes. I have to say at this point that if you are actually considering this as a business you could venture into, you are in the right place. Sit, brace up and get ready to take off! Poultry farming is undoubtedly […]
53 Blogging Mistakes Bloggers Make in Nigeria
53 Blogging Mistakes Bloggers Make In Nigeria | Comprehensive Master Guide You can be sure that this is the most comprehensive and exhaustive list of blogging mistakes bloggers make in Nigeria and in any other part of the world. Having seen, heard, read and experienced these things first hand and also from renowned bloggers at home and abroad, I am better positioned to reveal to you the blogging mistakes bloggers make. This is very important because blogging is turning out to be one of the biggest ventures most internet lovers engage in today. In Nigeria, and in other parts of the world, it has become one of the fastest growing online businesses anyone could easily get started with. Interestingly, blogging isn’t for everyone, though a lot of people delve into it for different reasons. Some want to be heard, others want to get a good business or brand exposure and many more obviously want to make some really really cool cash with it. That’s fine! Just avoid the blogging mistakes. Hundreds, if not thousands of blogs are created monthly; they go live and active but never make it to the “Success list”. The authors become frustrated and then quit. Starting […]
Grammar Check Online | 7 Reasons Why You Should Use Grammarly Software
Grammar Check Online | 7 Reasons Why You Should Use Grammarly Software [Sponsored Post] I am so excited to present to you 7 reasons why you should use Grammarly software. If you are a writer or a blogger you will appreciate this more. I know a good number of writers who hardly want to stop writing midstream, especially when they are flowing, in order to sort out semantics, sentence structures, spellings, punctuations and what have you. Grammarly is an online software tool that can help you attain the highest possible standards in writing. Let’s face it; High-quality writing is not easy for just about everyone, especially not for all those with different professional fields. Writing in the correct manner is essential when it comes to succeeding in any professional field. This is because no matter what field your expertise lies in, you’ll eventually have to communicate through writing and depend on it. If you’re not too skilled or talented in the writing department, you’ll be pleased to know that the Grammarly software will be your number one writing assistant. You can use several of the free or premium essential proofreading tasks offered by the Grammarly software that includes grammar check, spelling check, […]
How to Start a Travel Agency in Nigeria (Complete Guide)
HOW TO START A TRAVEL AGENCY IN NIGERIA I love travelling. I love fun and I am certain you do too! If a survey is carried out on what people would want to do before they pass on, I am pretty sure a whooping percentage of the population would want to travel. Why wouldn’t you want to know how to start a travel agency in Nigeria? People at home and abroad want to see other parts of the world. While some would travel for the purpose of tourism, fun or pleasure, others might be for business, education and so on. Personally, I would love to see every part of the world. Volatile countries excluded (no offence), except if there is an unarguable reason. The point is this is a very vital thing on our to-do list but how can it be possible if there are no specialized agents or bodies responsible for this? The travel industry is a gigantic industry that generates billions of dollars annually because folks troop in and out of the country every day. Business owners/ Entrepreneurs do not just start any business but one in which the demand is high. Can I also state that they have […]
Conversion Rate Optimization | 12 Do’s and Don’ts
Conversion Rate Optimization | 12 Do’s and Don’ts Okay, so about conversion rate optimization….Have you ever come across a website with lots of visitors and yet, the revenue come in creeping so low? Yes, something is definitely wrong, not necessarily with their digital marketing strategy, but with their online conversion/transmission funnel and strategy. What is conversion rate optimization? Conversion rate optimization simply means exploiting or making the best out of the traffic your blog or website gets over time. Conversion optimization is making your visitors do what you want them to do; it could be placing an order, or downloading a file, eBook or app somewhere, or signing up for your email newsletter delivery. Oh, don’t you know that every web page of yours must have a definite call-to-action? Conversion rate optimization isn’t search engine optimization. SEO is meant to draw in the traffic while CRO (Conversion Rate Optimization) seeks to utilize the already present traffic to meet your objectives for the traffic you generate. Here are 12 do’s and don’ts of CRO to put in mind if you must yield favourable results: The 12 Do’s Of Conversion Rate Optimization: #1: Use The Most Reliable Tools Making use of the […]
Best SEO Tools | 17 Search Engine Optimization Tools you need in 2017
Best SEO Tools | 17 Search Engine Optimization Tools you need in 2017 Now, there are tons of search engine optimization tools all over the web and it’s strictly up to you to pick up and utilize creatively, your desired SEO tool. We will however be showing you the best seo tools (not in any particular order) Think about it, what if you had a tool that could show you all your competitors have been doing; where they go to get links; how they manage to always outrank you (annoyingly) in the search results pages and how they’ve managed to create so much awareness online? Search engine optimization takes weeks, or even months before your website begins to naturally rank high for your preferred or competitive keywords. As a result, experts in the field have created some tools to make these things easy enough for everyone and anyone. So, if you’ve been dreaming of reaching the top of the search engine result pages for your target keywords, here are 17 of the very best search engine optimization tools you could easily exploit to boost your site or blog traffic and create relevant, keyword-optimized pages: #1: Keyword.io This tool happens to […]
Successful People – 7 Things They Do Every Day
SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE | 7 THINGS THEY DO EVERY DAY It’s not rocket science! If you do what successful people do, you will get the same result they get – success! Success and failure are both predictable outcomes. Success is who you are. It is also the quality of person you must become to move beyond mediocrity and achieve well beyond the average. Success is your birthright. In you lies the seed or potentials for greatness. This is the truth but it will remain an illusion until you begin to practice those things successful people do. Success is not a gift. If it were, everyone will probably be successful today. Yes, you may have a grace, gifting, or what have you but nothing will work if you refuse to do anything about it. Behind everything that is working is a worker. To succeed is a firm decision you have to make. It’s a resolution. In other words, success is a choice! When the term “success” is heard, people get overwhelmed because they think successful people take gigantic steps, calculated risks and make a series of . While this may be true, an overwhelming part of what makes successful people successful is […]
12 Nigerian Fashion Designers Who Are Entrepreneurs
12 Nigerian Fashion Designers Who Are Entrepreneurs I love the fact that I can express my moods, feelings, beliefs, class, finesse, style, culture without saying a word. How? Fashion of course! Nigerian fashion designers draw their inspirations from the colorful culture of the country. The vitality of the culture is represented in the clothing items. Think about it, before you could ever identify and differentiate colors, fashion designing has always existed. It existed way before the coinage of the phrase “fashion designing”. It means fashion designing is not just a 21st century initiative because it only involves the aptitude in selecting fabrics and concepts. When we are long gone, it will still be there – although evolving rapidly. Fashion design has and is taking a new turn in the world of fashion every single day. I am glad to inform you that Nigerian fashion designers are not left out. We have Nigerian fashion designers sprouting out everywhere with different head-turning, eye-messing, neck-breaking, smashing and gorgeous styles. You know some of us just have this ‘fashion sense’. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it! Don’t try to fake it. Hahahahah. You wear lemon shirt on maroon brown trousers with […]
SEO | 10 Things You Must Know About Search Engine Optimization
SEO | 10 Things You Must Know About Search Engine Optimization With over 30 million websites on the internet today, it becomes even more difficult to rank and dominate the search engines for specific keyword phrases, hence, the need for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO involves a variety of activities done to boost the potentials and authority of a blog or a site for better natural or organic search rankings. Check what search engine optimization is . Now, without any further stories, here are 10 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT SEO: 1) SEO Changes Frequently Search Engine Optimization isn’t static, the rules and games change frequently and webmasters will have to frequently tailor their marketing strategies to be on the better side. For example, Keywords were the real deal back then in 2012 and some tricky webmasters began stuffing their content with just keywords, Google noticed this act and upgraded their algorithm the track down keyword questionable pages. Now, keywords are definitely one of the factors to consider when optimizing a website, but it’s no more as valued and important as it once was. 2) Links are Page Boosters In Search Optimization, there are two major types of links […]