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Business Growth Monday: Metrics, Metrics on the Wall, Who’s The Vainest of Them All?

More data is always a good thing right? More data means more information and more accurate decisions. More data means we’ll be able to build our businesses faster. But while all business owners now know that they must measure their

Business Growth Tip: How To Develop a Quality Control System That Works

What is a quality control system? A Quality Control System is a formal procedure deployed by businesses to help them improve the quality of their products and organizational processes. It’s basically product and process management developed and executed to achieve

Brands We Love: Megalectrics

If you’re a radio junkie living in Lagos, there’s a good chance that you’ve treated yourself to a mid-afternoon ride through feel good music from decades ago on Classic FM. If you’re big on sports and reside in Port Harcourt,

Did You Know…? The Bank of Industry Has A ₦1 Billion Fund For Fashion Businesses

If you’re a fashion products producer and you’re looking to expand your business, the Bank of Industry could help you with the funds you need. It has a loan facility for businesses operating in the fashion industry; you could benefit

Why Co-working Spaces Are The Future for Small Businesses

If you’re an observer of Nigeria’s startup and emerging business scene, you’re probably already aware of the co-working frenzy that’s gripping Lagos. Every year, a dozen or so co-working spaces spring up across the city, bringing with them the promise

Brands We Love: PayPorte

The internet is playing an increasingly prominent role in our lives, as we strive for greater comfort and convenience. One aspect of our everyday routines which is increasingly being experienced online is shopping. E-commerce, which refers to buying and selling

Tip Of The Day: How Brand Storytelling Can Grow Your Business

Old style advertisements were a mashup of product descriptions, lists of advantages derivable from product use, and a plea (veiled or obvious) to the advert’s recipient – viewer or listener – to purchase the product. Pretty straightforward. If you’re still

Are You Ready To Start A Small Business?

Starting a small business is not a walk in the park, especially in Nigeria; a chat with any Nigerian entrepreneur will quickly reveal this. In spite of the many challenges, small businesses continue to spring up daily, and Connect Nigeria

How To Find the Right Vendors For Your Business

When you’re out hunting for the ideal supplier for your business, you’ll certainly be looking for a vendor that’s able to get you the products and services you need in quality, quantity, and at a price you can afford. You

How To Start A Restaurant In Nigeria

Restaurants are for the times of tired (or lazy) bodies, constrained routines, and hungry mouths. Because many of us will identify as these quite often, there’s always a market for food serving havens. For restaurant owners, this potentially translates to

Instagram Business of the Month: Imoh Books

Imoh Books might be as close to being a totally digital business as one can get. As an online bookshop, it has its display shelf on Instagram (and markets its merchandise there too), takes and delivers orders via Whatsapp, and

How to Retain Customers: Managing Customer Retention For Business

Customer service is the provision of professional and quality service to customers before, during and after a purchase. An excellent customer service experience creates customer happiness which translates to customer retention. While customer acquisition is important to a business, research

Forget Time Management; Here’s The Best Way To Be More Productive At Work

To-do lists are fine, and setting time limits for tasks at work is a good idea. But what if you’ve been approaching the whole productivity boost business the wrong way? Never mind time management. How about energy management? This isn’t

Picking a spectacular name for your business      

Are you about to start the business of your dreams and feeling adventurous? Do you already have capital and have a well laid-out plan for your business? If so, you are on the right path and you are hopefully on

The Unspoken Rules Of Business Growth: Clarity, Capital and Connection

I have been studying the interconnection of The Three C’s in business and I would like to share a few observations: Capital Every time I am interviewed about small businesses in Nigeria, I am asked how business owners or aspiring

Four Lessons From the Snapchat vs Kylie Jenner Billion Dollar Tweet Fallout

We’ve just witnessed one of the highlights of the year in global business, and it’s an unusual (if costly) sort of event: a TV entertainment celebrity’s nineteen-word tweet wiped $1 billion off a global company’s market value. Snap Inc, the

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