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Bob Parson, founder of Godaddy.com, the world foremost domain name registration company posted list of rules anybody anticipating success, in any endeavour must live by every day.

What did this ‘list of 16’ have to do with Internet Marketing?

You want to know?

Ok.

Read the list and note my comments.

Bob Parsons’ 16 Rules to Live By

1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone. I believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say, “But I’m concerned about security.” My response to that is simple: “Security is for cadavers.”
2. Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it’s attempted. Just because what you’re doing does not seem to be working doesn’t mean it won’t work. It just means that it might not work the way you’re doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity.
3. When you’re ready to quit, you’re closer than you think. There’s an old Chinese saying that I just love, and I believe it is so true. It goes like this: “The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.”
4. With regard to whatever worries you, not only accept the worst thing that could happen, but make it a point to quantify what the worst thing could be. Very seldom will the worst consequence be anywhere near as bad as a cloud of “undefined consequences.” My father would tell me early on, when I was struggling and losing my shirt trying to get Parsons Technology going, “Well, Robert, if it doesn’t work, they can’t eat you.”
5. Focus on what you want to have happen. Remember that old saying, “As you think, so shall you be.”
6. Take things a day at a time. No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.
7. Always be moving forward. Never stop investing. Never stop improving. Never stop doing something new. The moment you stop improving your organization, it starts to die. Make it your goal to be better each and every day, in some small way. Remember the Japanese concept of Kaizen. Small daily improvements eventually result in huge advantages.
8. Be quick to decide. Remember what General George S. Patton said: “A good plan violently executed today is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”
9. Measure everything of significance. I swear this is true. Anything that is measured and watched improves.
10. Anything that is not managed will deteriorate. If you want to uncover problems you don’t know about, take a few moments and look closely at the areas you haven’t examined for a while. I guarantee you problems will be there.
11. Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing. When you look at your competitors, remember that everything looks perfect at a distance. Even the planet Earth, if you get far enough into space, looks like a peaceful place.
12. Never let anybody push you around. In our society, with our laws and even playing field, you have just as much right to what you’re doing as anyone else, provided that what you’re doing is legal.
13. Never expect life to be fair. Life isn’t fair. You make your own breaks. You’ll be doing good if the only meaning fair has to you is something that you pay when you get on a bus (i.e., fare).
14. Solve your own problems. You’ll find that by coming up with your own solutions, you’ll develop a competitive edge. Masura Ibuka, the cofounder of Sony, said it best: “You never succeed in technology, business, or anything by following the others.” There’s also an old Asian saying that I remind myself of frequently. It goes like this: “A wise man keeps his own counsel.”
15. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Lighten up. Often, at least half of what we accomplish is due to luck. None of us are in control as much as we like to think we are.
16. There’s always a reason to smile. Find it. After all, you’re really lucky just to be alive. Life is short. More and more, I agree with my little brother. He always reminds me: “We’re not here for a long time; we’re here for a good time.”

Rich Kid’s Comment: When I join the internet marketing race, I had money and was comfortable. I failed to do what is important to achieve result because I was comfortable. It took me long time to discover that if you must achieve you may have to burn your bridge.

Rich Kid’s Comment – After trying every opportunity without success the only option I had then was to quit. Of course that was what 2 of my friends we started together did. Today I thank God I didn’t quit and they regret they quit. Most of our people gave up when they are almost there.

Rich Kid’s Comment – There are a lot of challenges. At time things will not work the way you expect. PHCN, high price of fuel, poor internet access etc. You are not alone. Almost every other person experience same thing. So they are not enough excuse not to do right thing.

Rich Kid’s Comment – Remember the pareto’s 80/20 rule. 20% of what you do brings 80 per cent of your result. Concentrate on most important task… one that brings result. God has make one thing equal – TIME. We all have only 24hrs a day. How did you SPEND or INVEST yourself.

I hope this help.

Leave your comment here.

One of us by the name Oluwatoyin suggested alertpay.com as alternative to paypal for receiving payment by nigerian internet marketer selling product on internet. It sounds interesting. So I decided update my knowledge of their service.

I first read about alertpay.com few years ago but because their service then wasn’t really encouraging compare to what I got from 2checkout I didn’t care to try them. When I visited the website early today it is obvious that they have improve their service alot.

It will be a bit difficult for me to just jump into conclusion now on whether you should use alert pay or not. Give me time to test their service or get more information from their clients. But meanwhile you can visit their website to read more about their service.

Check alertpay here - www.alertpay.com

Their is a link to new article on cnn website on alternative payment option to paypal. The news is quite interesting. The author of the article Emily Maltby suggested 5 companies namely;

Digital River
2Checkout
Alertpay
TrialPay
e-junkie

Of all 5 suggested alternative service to paypal only 2checkout and alertpay.com looks promising to me.

You can read the full article here:

5 paypal alternatives

Feel free to comment here………

I made a post few months ago on cheap and discount laptop offers in nigeria and its still generating interest. Last week I promised to compile list of few stores where you can get affordable, cheap, discount, new or fairly used laptops in nigeria. This post you are reading now is fulfilling that promise.

TopNas offer series of p3 notebooks of different brands from prize ranging from N22,000 to 46,500. If all you need is just a mobile machine and you don’t have much you can check their stores bellow:

TopNas Company Nig. Ltd
11/13 Akinyemi Crescent
Off Fatai Atere Way
Matori Mushin
01-8538564

15A Oremeji St
Off Medical Road
Computer Village Ikeja
01-4774633

Onward merchandise integrated ltd of 18, kodesoh street, ikeja are offering Brand New Hp 530 for N88,000.

More specification:

Core duo, 120GB/1GB/1.86GHZ, DVD/RW; WINDOWS VISTA, 15.4 inch screen, 2USB ports.

You can call them on 08023450508

Rio Axis Investment of 121 isolo road mushin lagos offers laptop p3 and p4 IBM, DELL, COMPAQ, TOSHIBA for prise as low as N35,000. You can call Rio Axis on 08058122830 or 01-8730020

Other companies with cheap and discount laptops both new and fairly used one are:

HANS PCTEL LTD 5, Akinremi str, off obafemi awolowo way, ikeja lagos
tell - 01-3451845,08025764448, 07027952405

Americadirect.biz
26, kogberegbe street isolo lagos
08055156757

Kabiyesi business ventures
12 otigba street, off awolowo way
opp the polisce post, computer village ikeja
tell- 01-2212219,08035233313

Dominion Technology
1st floor, 4 oriyomi street, off kodesoh ikeja
01-4323736, 08032790290

CE BROKER NIG. LTD
plot 5. block M. Abimbola street. Isolo Industrial Estate. Isolo Lagos
01- 2790404

Source: The Guadian Newspaper - Wednesday 5th of march.

Note: Please do your due dilligence before dealing with any of the companies mentioned in this post. IMN is not connected with any of them in any way. We just provide this as information for those that didn’t get the copy of the newspaper. Thank You.

Hello Guys,

I need your help. I decided make it public so that others can benefit from your response.  As you have read already. My birthday is this week saturday. I have plan to bless myself with 101 marketing and advertising books.  I need your help in locating best bookshop in lagos state where I can possibly get almost everything I have on my list.

If you know other book store in lagos other than SADC book store and numetro kindly tell me here.

Well … well … well!

You will live to fulfill your days.

Guess what the Spirit of God is saying to
me as I’m typing these words?

He is saying to me: “Soon, the rest of the world will
turn their gaze on you [Nigerians] and wonder whether
the same people that they have malign online unfairly
are those making waves on the same Internet.”

I know His voice. And I see you fulfilling that
prophecy.

We need to be focused. We need to eschew any
act that will tarnish our image. Above all, we need
to understand that the Internet is a TOOL that
can be used to bring ideas that will solve peoples’
problems and make their lives easy.

Once we realize that, we will begin to create
online products and services that our people can
use - just like the Americans, Europeans and
the Asians are doing already.

When we get to that point, when we create
our own Ebays, our Googles and Yahoos, our ClickBank,
our PayPal etc., for Nigerians, and we are doing well,
then the world will pay attention.

Let me give you an example of what I’m saying
so that you’ll catch the vision.

Take newspaper publishing. Nigerians are
not relying on newspapers published abroad to satisfy
their need for news.

Rather, you have Nigerians who use the same type
of machines as newspaper publishers abroad to serve
Nigerians news.

And those who are running their newspaper business well
in the country are making good profit from it.

Just imagine if that were not the case. And that Nigerians
had to rely on The Sun of London for their news. One day, we
could be told that we have been black-listed and we could no
longer get our newspaper supply from them.

Which was what ClickBank did. It was possible for a Nigerian
to open a ClickBank account back in 2000 with no questions
asked. Then, one day, I woke up to discover that had become
history.

If someone here creates a system where Nigerians
can be buying and selling digital products — that’s what the
ClickBank model is all about — would we need to break our
necks to have ClickBank account?

That is the vision. That is the way to our future dignity
online. Listen to this: if we have a successful website like
that; that has reputation of being well managed, you will
be surprised that many of the info merchants online who are
always looking for avenue to sell their products will soon
start to offer them through the Nigerian site.

Once again, happy New Year!
Source: This is edited copy of Dr Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase’s post on sdlc forum

PODCAST: A TOOL FOR THE NEXT LEVEL

Are you ready to take your business to the next level?. There are two prerequisites to fulfil before taking your business to the next level.

The first prerequisite is you will have go back to archive to read my first two posts on podcasting and the second prerequisite is that you have to stay glued to this podcasting series in order to transform your business.

The following are some ways:-

1) LECTURES / BUSINESS TUTORIALS

Podcast can be used for sell your expertise to the world based on your knowledge of your discipline and acquired skills. For example, I met a guy online that specializes in real estate that uses this medium to get to his subscribers across the globe charging $30 per series. Can you feel that?.

2) INTERVIEW

Podcast can be used to interview experts in your field or discipline and you package it for your paid subscriber as explain above. Using this tool, you are not restricted to territorial boundaries i.e you can be in Nigeria and be interviewing someone in UK.

Recently an Internet Business adviser just released a book that is rocking marketing world and he used podcast to interview a big time internet business maven from different locations.

3) TALK SHOWS

Podcast can be used for talk shows series, I know a guy online; Clay Nelson that uses this platform for his motivational talk show weekly. Like you used to have on radio programme that you can be anchor person coordinating your programme using this tool.

To be continued

Akeem Gbadamosi

http://www.akeemgbadamosi.com

In my previous article titled Dial up - broadband wirelsss connection: Internet access in nigeria can get better!, I review few broadband wireless access like www.iwirelessng.net  and www.mynetcomng.com in comparison with well know dial up services like starcomms nigerian and multilinks nigeria.

Today I want to share another broadband access provider called iwayafrica with you. This company provides broadbank, dedicated and corporate network internet access.

You can find out more about their service from their website - http://www.iwayafrica.com

If you have used this service or know somebody or group that uses it kindly share the performance with us.

Lateef Olajide

My post earlier about laptop offer in nigeria got lots of feedback which shows that there are alot of our subscribers that are in need of such information.

Today I have decided to post few sources for discount, cheap and even used laptop /desktop computer sources that I got from yesterday’s guardian newspaper. This information will surely benefit those that don’t have copy of that newspaper.

You can get cheap laptops, used laptops, discount laptops and desktop computers from following sources.

Before I give you list of few shops I will like to tell you that I am not in anyway a partner to any of the mentioned shops. You have to do your due dilligence.

Solgait Nigeria Ltd

Complete computer  - cpu + monitor + keyboard + mouse.
Price - start from N15,000

SOLGAIT NIG LTD
10 ODUYEMI STREET
OFF OBAFEMI AWOLOW WAY
ANIFOWOSE
IKEJA
08050962652
07028001379
Woodmaster Trading & Investment Ltd.

Cheap Laptops for sale.
Price range - N40,000 to N70,000

Woodmaster Trading & Inv. Ltd
plot 4 billingsway road
opposite Neimeth Pharmaceuticals
Oregun Alausa
Ikeja
01-8752070
08023045521
Quest Ventures

Fairly Used and new Laptops
Price range - N68,000 - N90,000

Quest Ventures
1 Otigba Street
1st floor, Opp Binitie Hotel
Ikeja
De King Kommunications

Used and new laptops
Price range - N40,000 - N175,000

12 Otigba Street
off Obafemi Awolow Way
Ikeja
01-724402
08080225060

Ce Broker Nig. Ltd

New Discount Cheap laptops and computers
Price range - N29,500 - N54,500

CE Broker Nig Ltd
plot 5, Block M
Abimbola street
Isolo Industria Estate
01-2790407
08035560600

www.cebroker.ch

Ce Broker offers nationwide delivery.

You can also check out www.buyright.biz.
 

Things are getting better every day. Most of the things that were not availble or hard to find few years ago are now available. What a blessing to nigerians and new internet marketers.

I decided to browse through todays Guardian Newspaper to get few resources for those of us that are just thinking of buy laptop or Desktop computer and what it cheap.

Allow me to start with the most interesting of them all. I will post list of others in subsequent articles.

It’s about collaboration of HP, UBA, and Ok Computers. They have plan that makes it easy for you to get any of their 3 brands of HP notebooks with as litle as N4,400.11 down-payment while you pay the rest monthly.

As you can guess, there are conditions attached to this plan. I called OK computers to see if I can get more information but the person I speak to requested I visit so that they can explain better. With what I have at hand now I may not be able to visit Ok computers now because their office is on island at 6 balarabe musa crescent. Ok computers is very close to ipnx remember the iwireless company I wrote about in my article on Internet Access in Nigeria.

They give option of getting form and information from UBA bank. But you must have account with UBA before you can get it from them.

If you are reading this report and your office is close to OK Computer you can help us get more information. Alternatively, if you have account with UBA you can just walk in to any branch and get more information.

You can also call following numbers I copied from the advert -

Helen - 08025013078
Bidemi - 08037863888

Don’t forget to post your findings here. Or email it to me.

I will keep you all posted.

Yours Trully

Lateef Olajide

(Rich Kid)

Nigeria’s Internet Marketing PaceSetter.