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5 Reasons Why You Should Start a Business as a Student

Are you among those who think that running a business is the game of experienced graduates and professionals? I am going to show you five reason why that believe is wrong. If you are a student reading this or you are a fresh graduate and you have never thought of More »

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How You can Buy or Sell on Google Trader through SMS

You can now search, buy, post or sell your products/services on Google’s classified ads site Google Trader. It is very simple, you only have to send a message to a short code via SMS. To start using the SMS service Text START to 6007. Posting on Google Trader is free! More »

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Wikipedia to Go Free on Mobiles in Africa and Middle East This Year

The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation that operates Wikipedia and Orange, a mobile network provider have concluded a deal that will allow millions of people from Africa and Midddle East to gain free unlimited access to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia from the mobile phones. The project is targeted at the More »

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Google+ integrates with Google Trader: Personalize your Listings

Google announced today that it has integrated Google+ (its social network) with Google Trader (it classified ads site). This means users on google trader can personalize their listings. According to press release on Google Africa blog: We wanted to make Google Trader a little bit more personal. So today, for More »

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Top Ten Most Visited and Popular Nigerian Websites in January, 2012

In continuation of our monthly review of Top Ten Most Visited Nigerian Websites and Blogs which we started in November of 2011 we bring to you the list of most visited Nigerian sites in January, 2012. 1. Vanguardngr.com: The online version of the well read newspaper has retained its top More »

Got an Idea to Sell? How to Approach Companies and Sell Your Ideas to Them

November 09, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

If you’ve got a wonderful idea, you think will seriously improve operations in a particular niche and you wish to sell your idea to a big company and make your bucks here’s some little advice for you. Is the Idea Going to Improve Their Bottom Line or Business Processes? Before you get all excited about

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The Referral Engine: Creating a Business That Markets Itself

November 09, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

What do you set out to accomplish in business? The day you opened shop did you plan to create an evolving or a stagnate business entity? Most businesses keep the owners working extremely hard to get new customers. That should be for the first few years of startup. Your ultimate goal should be to build

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How Your Environment is Killing Your Business

November 09, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

One of the first principle of business every enterpreneur is taught about setting up a business is finding a good location. But aside other factors/principles, good location is not enough to make your business succeed. You also need the right environment (Environment here I mean your external environment, your community or your surrounding). You can

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How Google Direct Connect can Improve your Business Visibility Online

November 08, 2011   Andy Chuks   No comments

Google’s new feature Direct Connect makes it simple for users to find and follow Companies/Brands on Google+ via Google Search. If you type in “+” followed by the brand or business name eg “+Toyota” in google search box brings up a direct link to the Toyota Google+ Page that appears directly under the search box.

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Google+ Launches Pages – You can Create a Page For Your Business/ Brand

November 08, 2011   Andy Chuks   1 Comment

Google has finally launched the long-awaited “Pages” for Google+ today, it will let you connect with people, places and things. Although this feature already on facebook but with Direct Connect feature, it could be more beneficial to businesses and brands than Facebook pages. Here’s Google official Statement about the launch: In life we connect with

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1, 2, 3… Marketing!!!: Three Basic Rules to an Effective Marketing Strategy for SMB Executives

November 08, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

Monica Paul, Managing Director in Marcomtec Group & Emerging Markets Advisor at Guidepoint Global Advisors and Avalon, la Red de Expertos contributed this article. To guestpost on NairaBrains send mail to info[a]nairabrains.com In my almost 20 years working with big IT corporations, I have seen many small and medium companies, mostly IT integrators, trying to

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Report: Mobile Phone Users in Africa to Hit 1 Biillion by 2016

November 07, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

Africa has become the second most connected region in the world in terms of mobile subscribers, overtaking Western Europe and the Americas, according to new research by Informa Telecoms & Media. As at September 2011, there were over 616 million mobile subscriptions in Africa, which means that the mobile market on the continent is second

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New Professional Networking and Casting Platform for Nollywood

November 07, 2011   NairaBrains   No comments

A new talent resource network called NollywoodCasting for Nigeria’s movie industry (aka Nollywood) has launched. The site is Nollywood’s first online professional self-management and casting resource for performers and casting professionals. NollywoodCasting assists casting directors, producers and filmmakers to efficiently source, locate and cast performers across Africa, Europe and America. It also helps performers such

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Facebook Users in Nigeria Pass Four Million Mark

November 07, 2011   NairaBrains   2 Comments

According to latest statistics from SocialBakers Facebook users in Nigeria have crossed the four million mark, With a Facebook population of 4, 076, 160 as at October 2011, Nigeria added 189, 900 users to the popular social network within the past month, with a growth rate of 4.89%. This latest Facebook population grew by more

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Three Internet Business Niches/Models You Should Not Get Into Now in Nigeria

November 07, 2011   NairaBrains   7 Comments

Web based business is becoming very strong in Nigeria thanks to slightly improving internet access and exposure. As the dotcom opportunities expand many internet startups launch into the Nigerian space each hoping to capture a reasonable share of business and grow immensely profitable. Just as there are genuine opportunities online for entrepreneurs to start a

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