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How To Judge a Book By Its Cover

By Oyin Braithwaite The other day, I was talking to someone; gently explaining why their book cover was not achieving its most obvious objective – drawing in the potential reader. His response to my eloquent yet non-critical feedback was a

Nigerian Dessert: Kunnu Aya Pudding with Strawberries & Sesame Crunch

By Ozoz Sokoh This post began life as: Kunnu Panna cotta with Guava Jam and Sesame Crunch, before I gave up the gelatine/setting agent in the Panna Cotta and before an epic fail with my guava jam caused its transformation

4 Quick Ideas to Help you Change Your Cash Flow Habits As a Coach, Consultant or Trainer

    By Victor Bassey In my experience the most challenging thing about starting on the path to highly paid expert status, is managing the feast and famine periods, you know what I mean? Today you snag the big client

Confused About Publishing? 3 Tips on Publishing Your Book

Books!!! We are surrounded by them from the time we open our eyes and they’re the fundamentals of all of our learning. Its quite amazing that someone sat down and made observations about a given topic and then decided to

Cook Naija: How to Make Plantain Salad Imoyo

By Ozoz Sokoh National pride. Patriotism. What you might call it. There was a certain feeling of absolute ownership and total knowledge I had about my country, Nigeria – its people, its culture, its habitat…and especially its food. Surprise, surprise..for

Poetry: Form or Freedom?

By Oyin Braithwaite Poetry is an art. Some of my friends have asked what the point or value of poetry is, which is interesting as these are the same people who are moved by certain songs; but for some reason,

5 Ways You Can Deal With Your Work Being Criticized as a Writer

Not everyone will like your writing. Heck, there are times you hate it yourself. As a writer, when you start putting yourself out there by showing your work, you are bound to find a stranger, fellow writer, or friend

5 Reasons Why You Should Blog

  Over the weekend I attended Connectnigeria.com’s 1st Writers’ Conference and I must say it was like finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Sometimes as writers we tend to hate structure and lack writing discipline.

4 Tips on How to Write a Business Plan

  Many of us have great ideas on how to make money but sadly few of us have enough momentum to take it from the fairytale in our minds to something tangible such as a business plan. In this day

7 Fun Steps to Overcoming Writer’s Block

Ever had the fear that your creative juices would say good bye to you one day? Most of us have. But there is that temporary “goodbye” by our creative juices which most writers’ sometimes experience called the writer’s block.

4 Powerful Lessons for Writers From the Tweet Chat with Jimi Tewe

Writing is a high paying profession. That fact sank into my head, when I attended ConnectNigeria’s first Writers’ Conference, themed ‘’The Business of Writing’’. You may be of the opinion that writing does not pay, and can only be a

Nigerian Fruits in Season: How to Make Herby Mango Salad

  By Ozoz Sokoh I never think of mangoes and think sweet recipes or bakes. Rarely do I even think of cooking with them. My bad, perhaps. It’s that the few times I’ve tried to….have been ‘just-there’ experiences. No earth-shattering

What Do You Do When People Can’t Afford To Pay Your Fees?

By Victor Bassey Sometime ago, an amazing and intelligent business lady booked a discovery session with me to learn more about positioning, packaging, promoting and profiting from her expertise. She’s a new comer in the business coaching world and was

What’s in a Color and How Can it Affect You?

According to statistics, the visual sense except where impaired, is the strongest developed sense in humans – more developed than our hearing, smell, taste and touch – and a very high percentage of visual assessment is affected by colour. Psychological

5 Tips to Keep Your Money Safe Online

  So, I got this email from a reputable bank in Nigeria asking me to click on a link in order to complete and verify my “internet banking account” when in the first place, I have never opened a bank

Tell If You Are a Giver or Taker With 10 Questions

There are several reasons why relationships fail and most times, the reason it fails is related to issues of intolerance and imbalance. Concerning imbalance in relationships, it often happens when in a loving relationship that you have two types

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