You cannot survive without sales. It’s the life blood of every business. That’s why marketing is an activity that must happen continually, and in an effective manner, no matter how well (or badly) your business is doing. But making it happen in the way that yields the sales you need is not something everyone is […]
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I am a keen student of human nature, and that makes me go to great lengths to study people, when interacting directly with them or observing from a distance. My passion for “studying people” derives from a desire I have to be SURE of what to expect from those I interact with. And my desire to […]
One sure sign of a great achiever is the ability to own up to one’s failures, foibles/weaknesses and shortcomings in general. A successful person who never shares stories of when s/he was not fully clued up about things, and was still struggling to get things to work right is likely to be hiding something. Nobody […]
In 2002, I quit paid employment to launch my own business providing commercial Excel-VB software development solutions. The market for this solution was non-existent at the time – in my country, Nigeria. People simply did NOT see what I saw. I got laughed at for YEARS for thinking and daring to SAY I believed I […]
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” – Calvin Coolidge In 2004 (then my third […]
I’ve written a few articles (see linked below) on Emotional Intelligence, based on my studies of the works of pioneering experts like Daniel Goleman, as well as my experiences making conscious use of what I learned in the real world. This article (published on LinkedIn Pulse) offers VERY useful insights into the dangers you may […]
One of wisest tips on business I ever came across was contained in the quote below: “Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two – and only these two – basic functions: Marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results, all the rest are ‘costs’.” – Peter Drucker, described as […]
This week’s non-password protected issue of the Farm CEO newspaper features articles on theme of farm accounts automation and reconciliation. ending with a preview of a new app I’ll be launching in tomorrow’s issue of my Performance Improvement Ideas newsletter. 1. Importance of bank reconciliations for your farm business No other accounting procedure will do […]
On the 31st day of this month (December 2016), it will be exactly 14 years since I quit my high paying job as Technical Training and Development Manager with Guinness Nigeria, to (among other goals), pursue my dream of developing custom automated spreadsheet software for a living. I’ve since made MAJOR progress, establishing my own […]
“But Tayo, somebody did this same thing for me last year for ten thousand naira: why is what you call a promo offer so much higher priced? In this period of recession, all I want to hear are low prices”. Prospects and clients have said stuff like the above to me in the past, with […]
