2016 Countdown; My 10 Biggest Lessons From 2015

In a few hours, we would say goodbye to 2015 and welcome to 2016....Thanking God for life..

I have 10 Lessons I learnt in the Year 2015


1. No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always delay judgement.

2. Give others the privilege to explain themselves.

3. What you see may not be the reality. Never conclude for others.

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4. Which is why we should never only focus on the surface and judge others without understanding them first.

5. Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded but because they value friendship above money.

6. Those who take the initiative at work, do so not because they are stupid but because they understand the concept of responsibility.

7. Those who apologizes first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.

8. Those who are willing to help you, do so not because they owe you any thing but because they see you as a true friend.

9. Those who often text you, do so not because they have nothing better to do but because you are in their heart.

10. Those who take out time to chat with you, does not mean they are jobless or less busy, but they know the importance of keeping in touch.

One day, all of us will get separated from each other; we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing; the dreams that we had.

Share yours with me............

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The right to complain.

    Take a close look at the picture above. Is it me or does the whole write up have a way of making you look at people who complain about what they don't have regardless of already having a little or a whole lot, with a distasteful look? It also happens to you right? It's like there is this little guy in our head that takes control the moment these kind of write ups surface on any social media we belong to. It takes control of our brains and helps us spot out people to lay the judgement it already programmed in our heads for us. To an extent that voice in our head is actually right. I mean a person that has all those things that are listed above has no right to complain about what so ever it is he/she is going through right? such a person should instead keep quiet and settle for what he/she has right?.....well this is where I disagree. I think people who have roofs over their head have a right to complain and ask for a light bulb to go with it. Why? well let me break it down a little more for you...




You see, from where I stand, I believe with everything in me that gratitude for what you have is the foundation of success. I really do honestly and totally believe in that concept but at the same time I do not believe that we shouldn't complain....wait, sorry, let me rephrase that...I do not believe that people who have a couple of good things going on for them should be relaxed and satisfied with having/managing just that which they have, simply because someone somewhere isn't opportuned to have the same luxury. I frown against complaining but I frown more against settling for the least. In your head right now you are like, "who said they should settle for the least?, the message only said they should be grateful". Well yeah but as humans we find a way to interpret messages into what we want them to be.

You see as humans, we are naturally lazy. I have experienced this first hand from a couple of people. Maybe it's in our genes or our biological makeup dating back to the prehistorical era but it's definitely in us. That is why we keep researching technology that will help us do things to achieve more while putting very little effort. That is the reason why most of us settle for the less that we can be.That is the reason we search for excuses in every aspect of our life from spoken words to written advice to justify our desire to be more and more inactive with each passing day. We know how to give ourselves excuses so that we don't get to exert ourselves more that we would wish to. Some of these excuses come as upfront verbal excuses and some of them come to us in the manner of these write ups like the one above. Worst part is, the person who wrote this most likely wrote it to encourage gratitude but somewhere in our heads we manage to twist it to look like what we want it to look like, an excuse to not put in more effort and achieve more. What I find funny is that we then take that advice we have given ourselves, we relax more, refuse to put in more effort and at the end expect someone else to come pull us out of the miserable life we have created for ourselves. When we find out that there is no one to pull us out we turn to blaming every and anyone around us. Well,  if you do that then you should know that you are blaming everybody that isn't to blame. If you are looking for where to point your fingers then you should purchase a mirror if you don't have one.

Now I know some of you might be frowning right now and getting ready to attack me but let me ask you all a question. If no one ever works harder than they need to, if we all decide to appreciate and settle for the things we have already then who gets to cater for those who do not have anything at all? Is it from the little that you "settle" for that you are going to take out of and give to the homeless? Are you really going to starve yourself to feed those who do not have any to eat? Before you answer yes to that, think within yourself how many times you have actually done that....let me guess? Your answer was still "yes" but the truthful voice in your mind is screaming a loud resounding "No"...yeah I guessed as much!

Trust me, giving yourself the excuse of "gratitude" simply so you don't get to put in work and grow isn't going to help you and sure as hell wouldn't help those who have nothing out of the situation they are in. I know that I sound like I am judging you right now but the truth is that I used to think this same way but along the line I had to change my view of things. It wasn't something that happened overnight, it was something that grew with time. I remember that music as usual was one of my inspiration. You see I learnt something from a line in the lyrics of one of the greatest rappers of all time. In the song "Died in your arms tonight". It was in his second verse where he (Jay-Z) said...

  " And I cant help the poor if I'm one of them, So I got rich and gave back, to me that's the win win".

I had heard this line a lot of times from listening to that song repetitively. On the day I made sense of it, I was actually paying attention to the lyrics and trying to relate them to real life situations and it struck me like a lightning bolt.  You see all those people out there who you are already richer than? That 75% of the world? Well it is up to the 25% to help them out. However how are you going to help someone out of the gutter if you are in the gutter or if any attempt to help them out is going to get you into the gutter yourself? That makes no sense and helps no one. That was the day I made up my mind, to stop giving excuses and start working hard in order to help people (who are willing to be helped) out of their situations.

So do you see it now? Settling for the least just as that picture above suggest or should I say just as your mind reads that picture isn't about to help anybody. It is that sort of mind state that got half of that 25% into the situation they are in today. If you do not change that mentality,you are going to end up just like them. By all means, be grateful for what you have but do not settle for it. Always motivate yourself to keep moving ahead, keep trying to grow in all aspects of your life. When you make it to the top, remain grateful then turn around and show those people what it takes and what they have to do to come out of their situation.

If you have the simple comforts of life, by all means, please be grateful that you have all that you have but do not for one second allow pictures and write ups like the one above to limit you. You deserve a whole lot more, you just have to get up and work for it!

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useful Tips for Dressing for Success in the Workplace

Are you frustrated with the way that your clients, supervisors, or coworkers view you at work? If are, you may be interested in making a few changes. If you are looking to improve your professionalism at work, you may want to take steps to dress for success.

When it comes to dressing for success in the workplace, your first thought may be to go right out and start shopping. Of course, this is your decision to make, but, before doing so, there are a number of points that you may want to take into consideration. A few of those points are outlined below for your convenience.

Before you start shopping for professional dress clothes, namely those ideal for the workplace, you will want to take time to review your company’s dress code policy. In today’s society, many companies have starting imposing rules and restrictions, concerning what employees can and cannot wear to work. To save yourself time, money, and embarrassment, it advised that you examine your company’s dress code before you deicide to go on a shopping spree.

You may also want to examine what is currently being worn in your workplace. Examining your coworkers and bosses is a great way to get an ideal of what is fashionable in the workplace, as well as what is not. If you are interested in dressing for success to make yourself stand apart from everyone else, you may want to go one step higher. With that in mind, it is advised that you display caution when doing so, as you do not want to unintentionally “ruffle,” any feathers.

Using your best judgment, when shopping for dress for success clothes for work, is another important point to remember. You should know your office, your coworkers, and your supervisors quite well. Although you should not necessarily worry about what others think of you and your appearance, especially just your coworkers, it is common for us to be concerned with talk and gossip. That is just something that you will want to take into consideration, when dressing for success in the workplace.

Should you decide that you would like to dress for success in the workplace, it is important to remember that you have a number of different options. In addition to buying new clothes, you can also buy used clothes. Many do not realize that some individuals only wear elegant or formal clothes once or twice before selling them to consignment shops or donating them to local thrift stores. If you are carefully with where you shop and what you buy, you may be surprised with what you are able to find for sale locally, in terms of used clothing.

In addition to shopping for work clothes locally, you may also want to do so online. Online shopping is nice, as it much easier to find deals and discounts than it is to do so locally. You may also find retailers that offer you discounts for making multiple purchases. These multiple purchase discounts are great if you are looking to buy matching accessories to go along with your new dress for success clothes.

The above mentioned points are just a few of the points that you will want to take into consideration, when looking to dress for success in the workplace. As a reminder, it is best if you use your best judgment, as it is a good guide when determining what you should or should wear to work to make a good, professional impression.

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MASTERING DIGITAL MARKETING TRAINING

Here is another wonderful opportunity for you to get trained on how to implement an overall efficient & effective Online Marketing Strategy for your business for better placement in the global market, to give you an edge over your competitors in the business realm.

The Digital Marketing Training program is essential for all marketing professionals and business people, it’s designed to provide you with a comprehensive examination of tactics and strategies across social media, mobile marketing, online analytic and search engine marketing aimed at fully leveraging the Internet for achieving business goals such as acquiring, converting, and retaining online customers.

What you will learn

Overview of internet marketing
Trend – Past, Presence and Future
+ Social Networking marketing
Facebook marketing; Twitter marketing; Linked In marketing; Google plus
+ Content marketing
Video marketing with YouTube; Photo marketing with flickr, picasa
+ Public Relation marketing
Article marketing; Viral marketing; Forum marketing; Blogging marketing; Link building;
+ Pay Per Click Marketing
+ Mobile Marketing
+ Affiliate marketing
+ Email marketing
+ Online advertising
SEM, Google Adwords; Facebook Ads; Classified adverts
+ Search Engine Optimization
On-page SEO; Off-page SEO
+ Google Advertising Fundamentals
+ Web Analytics

Who needed the training?
▪ Business owners and entrepreneurs
▪ Business Developers
▪ Marketing Executives
▪ Individuals seeking “Work From Home” Opportunity
▪ Online Marketing Professionals
▪ Advisers of small, medium and fast growing enterprises (SMFEs)
▪ Graduate /students in Marketing & Strategy

We also do Web-development 

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All you Need to Know About Email Marketing

We create tailored marketing campaigns for each segment of your audience to help advertise products and services in efforts to efficiently and effectively engage new customers.

Email marketing provides an effective connection with your targeted audience and gives you the best return on investment. Reach out to your current and potential customers and keep them updated on your company’s latest deals and news.

Marketers agree that email is a key to business, especially for ROI and developing long-lasting profitable relationships. A personalized, segmented and targeted email marketing campaign is important for brand awareness and drive conversions.
Our experts use tools, strategy, implementation and result tracking in order to achieve the best possible brand engagement.

We can take care of your complete email marketing strategy from template design to tracking and reporting.

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Our team will develop the best strategy to attract the defined target audiences and establish their information needs.

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Our team is ready to design, build and supply an email template for communication with your audience as well manage your email marketing campaign to lead to dramatic shifts in your sales and profitability.

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Our innovative designs and solutions are compliant and improve email deliverability. Our professional designers bring your message to life and increase your target audience engagement with your brand.

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Receive granular reporting on the key aspects of your campaign such as who clicked through your email to your site, where they clicked and who converted.

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Mistakes you should never make in Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing gives you the opportunity to make money online automatically, once you have setup your website successfully. It is considered to be a very simple and a very easy way to earn a good income with affiliate marketing. But it is not as easy as it is thought. Not all persons entering in this field become successful affiliate marketers. Those who are lucky enough to get real success in this business are few.

Here we will discuss the three major mistakes of affiliate marketers that usually make their business collapse. This will help you in earning a steady income. If you will avoid these mistakes then you can sit back and enjoy your steady and monthly “free” income.

In affiliate marketing, you get your commissions for promoting products and services of a merchant. It is the Merchant who is bound to pay you the sales commission. The duty of the affiliate marketer is to promote the products of the merchant. The merchant is the investor, who pays commissions to the affiliate marketers, when any of his products are sold.

Now take a look at these fatal mistakes of affiliate marketers:

1. Don’t send your prospects directly to an affiliate website

Don’t send your prospect directly to the website without offering any free benefit to the visitor because there is a possibility that the consumer will not like the product and close the website without even buying a single product. Now you have lost this consumer forever because it is obvious that the next time he will choose to visit another site.

If you want your visitors to visit the website again and again, offer them some kind of free benefit like free gifts, software or e-books. You can send them a free newsletter or weekly horoscope at their email address. If you are successful in grabbing their email address, then you can send them advertisements on their email address on a regular basis too.

2. Don’t Create a Website Full of affiliate links, flashy banners and Ads

If your website is full of affiliate links, lots of flashy banners and other advertisements then your visitor may become confused and he may simply leave your website. People like to see the clear and easy to understand websites. Just put an honest product review to get the visitor’s attention.

Try to put text ads instead of flashy and graphical ads. Researches have proved that text links are more successful than flashy banners. People like to see what they want and not the fancy graphics. Also the load time of simple websites is much faster in comparison to full graphics, loaded websites. People like to visit the sites that opens in seconds. So be simple and be focused.

3. Commission theft

Commission theft is one of the biggest drawbacks in this field. Although, it is not possible to eliminate it completely, you can use some tricks to minimize it. Cloaking and redirecting of affiliate links are the options for you in this situation.

Usually the affiliate links contain the affiliate id of affiliates at the end of merchant website’s URL. An example is:

http://www.website.com?aff_id=your_affiliate_id

This is not a good style. Any person can easily drop your “aff_id” part from the above link and can visit the merchant website to make sales. In this case the sales are made but you are not credited. The solution of this problem is “cloaking”. After cloaking your affiliate link will be like:

http://www.website.com/affiliate_site

Conclusion

In conclusion, an affiliate marketer should try to avoid the common fatal mistakes to become successful in this field. Always try to collect the email addresses of your website visitors by offering them some free gifts like newsletters etc. Then use their email addresses to start your advertisement campaigns.

Try to design your website really simple and easy to understand for the visitors. People don’t like the fancy graphics when they are searching for something to buy. And don’t forget to cloak your affiliate links to get the maximum benefit. By avoiding these main mistakes you can start earning sooner.

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Top up Your Skills Through Online Computer Training

Information Technology (IT) professionals require training to stay proficient in their occupational field. More often than not, not only training is required, but constant refreshing with up-to-date materials is essential. With the ever-expanding world of computers this can not be over-stated or over-emphasized. Just as other professionals in other fields run into a dilemma with time constraints, so do IT professionals.

More and more there IT pro’s look online for their computer training; whether it be for an upgraded skill or a new one. The manner of obtaining this new or upgraded skill online is a relatively simple process. A Google search for online computer training in the desired field will return numerous results. Computer training institutions have long recognized the need for online training. At first online computer training was a niche market filled by few institutions, but as the demand grew so did the number of these service providers.

Before registering for an online computer training course, due diligence on the part of the prospective student should be accomplished. A quick check of the credentials of one of these institutions is relatively easy. A Google search for accredited online computer training schools will provide a good and viable starting point. While this may seem to be a common sense move, there are those who have failed to diligently research this area. These persons have been duped, or even completely scammed out of their education dollars by less than reputable ‘learning’ institutions. Fortunately, nowadays there are checks and balances in place for reducing the possibilities of fraud. In some cases, financial institutions and government lenders require proof of accreditation before releasing funds to any learning institution. Even more firm requirements are placed on online ‘learning’ institution

Some of these online computer training schools purport to teach in two weeks what normally requires a month to accomplish. They promise twenty-four hour support through 800 numbers an email. In this manner they provide computer training mentorship with a trained IT professional. As in many other endeavors, the worth of this has a direct correlation to what you put into it.

Whether you are looking to for a new certification or to upgrade, it is a relatively simple task to accomplish through online computer training. These online courses are often structured to provide the student the opportunity for self-paced instruction. The self-paced portion of instruction has more than helped in the growth in popularity of such online computer training pursuits. Generally, through self-paced instruction require a minimal time for completion as opposed to a maximum. What this means is that to obtain 14 hours training in a requisite skill, the student is prevented from completing it in anything less than 14 hours, thereby maintaining the integrity of the certification. Another aspect of this type of training is in progress tracking. The student’s progress is saved along with other pertinent data. In that manner, the student may stop at any given point and pick-up where they left off from later on.

All tolled, whether sharpening a skill or obtaining a new skill through online computer training is a viable and relatively simple process.

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