Federal University Ndufu-Alike ikwo Ebonyi State(FUNAI) has released its long awaited admission list.
Students who applied for admission into FUNAI and wrote the Post UTME examinations can now check their Post UTME results and admission status.
A message from the management urged all admitted students to follow instructions as given to them in the admission status print out. Such candidates can also obtain their original JAMB admission letter as a proof of their admission into the university this 2011/2012 session.
Click here to check the FUNAI admission list
Thursday 12 January 2012
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Admission List 2011/2012 Out
Olabisi Onabanjo University has released its 2011/2012 admission list.
Students who applied for admission into Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) and wrote their Post UTME examinations can now check their admission status in the University campus or you can check you admission status online.
The admission list is available in the school administration/admission office in the school campus. Candidates are invited to check their names in the school.
You can also check the list via Jamb’s website:
Click here to check your OOU Admission status.
Students who applied for admission into Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) and wrote their Post UTME examinations can now check their admission status in the University campus or you can check you admission status online.
The admission list is available in the school administration/admission office in the school campus. Candidates are invited to check their names in the school.
You can also check the list via Jamb’s website:
Click here to check your OOU Admission status.
JAMB UTME 2012 Registration Details
Registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, JAMB UTME 2012, organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria for 2012/2013 has begun
Prospective candidates who are writing this exam should register as soon as possible as the expected closing date is on the 2nd of February which is barely a month from now. We strongly advise candidates to register before the end of January.Steps To Take To Register For JAMB UTME 2012 Examination
-Purchase the JAMB scratch cards only at JAMB authorized UTME registration scratch card selling points for N4600-After purchasing your scratch card, proceed to a JAMB authorized registration center in your area for your UTME registration. Click on this link to get redirected to the list of authorized centers in your state of registration.
-Note that these registration centers should not charge you more than N700 for your registration and printing of two copies of your photocard. If in any case your are charges more than the aforementioned amount, please send your registration number and the amount charged to “UTME2012.info@jamb.gov.ng”
Below is a sample of the form you’ll be required to fill at the registration center.
Fuel Subsidy: 3 Killed In Lagos, 2 Killed In Kano During Protests
A total of five peaceful protesters were killed today across the country. 3 protesters were killed in Lagos, while 2 were killed in Kano.The extra-judicial killings were unwarranted because the protesters were peaceful and unarmed. Three peaceful protesters at the Pen Cinema area of Agege, Lagos, allegedly by one CSP Segun Fabunmi and Victor Okafor, the DPO of Pen Cinema police station driving a vehicle with registration number RS 101 LA. The police shot and killed after brutally torturing him on the street.
Pictures of the brutality meted out on Ademola Aderinlo have been widely circulated, the other two protesters killed in Lagos were shot when the policemen tried to disperse protesters.
In Kano, the police also killed two other peaceful protesters today at the protest rallies there. Many injuries have also been reported.
Helicopters gunships were seen hovering over the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, where over 150,000 gathered at the venue of the Save Nigeria Rally. All the protest rallies organised by the NLC and TUC terminated at the Gani Fawehinmi Park.
ASUU Demands N160 Billion From Government as Allowances
As Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) were trying to iron out issues yesterday at a meeting convened by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim, revelations that the union was demanding N106 billion from government as end allowances came out at the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The House of Representatives Chairman, Committee on Education Farouk Lawal and his members were on an oversight function to the NUC but the discussion soon moved from the university system to the current problem on the minds of many – the ASUU strike.
Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Julius Okojie said ASUU was demanding N106 billion as end allowances which cover assessments by professors for projects of PHD students and professorship. This amount is nearly 10 times what universities get as capital grant yearly, which is about N11 billion.
Professor Okojie said government was made to believe that the governing councils of universities who had hired the academic staff would foot the bill but rather government was been made to pay.
His words: “The issue of end allowances government said the councils are employers of the university staff, you can’t go and budget for end allowances, it is job that is done that you pay for. Government said let us even see what it amounts to. It took them two years to bring the data. When it finally came, only 11 universities submitted and only four of them were useful and they are asking for N106 billion when capital grant for federal universities in a year is N11 billion. The issue of consolidated salary was to reduce the issue of many allowances and we are going back to the same old process.
“As a professor, I have gone to many universities to assess final year students’ projects for PHD and people on professorship. I have never collected money; they are now prescribing what should be paid for assessing professorship. The understanding then was that council should be able to address those issues but we now know that councils which are supposed to be employers of the universities do not have that authority the way they are going because they hire and fire. They can even dismiss the vice-chancellor but when it comes to issue of paying end allowances they go to government.”
He argued that contrary to accusations by ASUU that government had reneged on the 2009 agreement, it had met some of their demands to an extent.
“To a large extent, government has met most of the requirements. They said let us just sign, if there are matters arising we would just sit down with the implementation committee and get it resolved. Nobody is saying that now. They keep saying that government has reneged. As soon as the agreement was signed government, paid all the arrears then initiated the issue of the 70 years retirement age. The issue of improved funding has gone on, through the intervention agencies, even government subventions have also improved.
“We implemented salaries up to 52 and half per cent; yearly subvention from government has improved, ETF has been injecting a lot of money in respect of book fund, research fund and zonal laboratories. Two of the first generation universities have received over N3 billion each to upgrade their facilities and infrastructure. This is more than 10 times what they have been receiving in the last 10 years.”
But Lawal who was part of the last agreement signed two months ago by ASUU and the Federal Government said government went to sleep after that and did not do much to avert the current strike. He explained how the National Assembly was trying to meet the legislative demands of the union especially the 70 years retirement age for professors.
“In the sixth assembly, we introduced a bill that was meant to address that issue. It was passed; unfortunately when it got to the president for assent it was discovered that the bill did not reflect what ASUU wanted and so two months ago, when government and ASUU signed an agreement to try to see that most of the issues were implemented before an indefinite strike action was embarked on by ASUU, we took it upon ourselves believing that the legislative requirement would also address some of the demands, we pressed on the executive to submit an executive bill. When we realized it was not forthcoming, the committee sponsored private member bills – one is an amendment to the universities miscellaneous act that would upgrade the retirement age and the other is a bill that would ensure that for academic staff of tertiary institutions it is raised to 65 years. We have taken first and second reading, we would work on it latest by next week and that bill would be passed by the House of Representatives and I believe once that is done the Senate would concur with us,” he said.
He also agreed that the university system was in dire need of improved funding but that even that was been addressed by government.
Farouk said: “On the issue of funding, even though we could not address a significant improvement in the funding, I know we were able to amend ETF Act to now change it to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund so that more funds would go into funding our tertiary institutions and universities. When there was the warning strike two months ago, there was a meeting with the executive, particularly the Minister of Labour, Minister of Education and leadership of ASUU, and we were in attendance as observers and an agreement was signed by two sides hoping that within two months a lot of the remaining issues would be addressed. It is in that respect that government did not do much. The momentum by the executive was lost.”
He, however, cautioned that such funding must be put to proper use.
“I agree with ASUU, we need to fund the universities better. But while we are doing that we also need better transparency and accountability in the management of the funds and we also need greater efficiency. They need an efficient system of implementing the budget. We need to improve on the prioritizing of the funds that go to the universities because sometimes they use the funds for something that is not a key aspect of what a university is supposed to stand for,” he further said.
The committee chairman expressed disapproval that NUC was yet to present before the National Assembly a proposal for the amendment of its act so it can be empowered to criminalize establishment of illegal degree awarding institutions.
He said: “Like I always say, the danger of these institutions is that when they award these certificates, it erodes the integrity of the actual certificates of those who are termed legal institutions. They are a serious menace and sabotage on educational standards. We need to criminalise the existence of these institutions; we need to capitalize punishment because this is creating more havoc than financial crimes.”
Professor Okojie, however explained that a proposal for amendment had been approved by the Federal Executive Council and would soon be sent to the National Assembly.
Source: Dailytrust
The House of Representatives Chairman, Committee on Education Farouk Lawal and his members were on an oversight function to the NUC but the discussion soon moved from the university system to the current problem on the minds of many – the ASUU strike.
Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Julius Okojie said ASUU was demanding N106 billion as end allowances which cover assessments by professors for projects of PHD students and professorship. This amount is nearly 10 times what universities get as capital grant yearly, which is about N11 billion.
Professor Okojie said government was made to believe that the governing councils of universities who had hired the academic staff would foot the bill but rather government was been made to pay.
His words: “The issue of end allowances government said the councils are employers of the university staff, you can’t go and budget for end allowances, it is job that is done that you pay for. Government said let us even see what it amounts to. It took them two years to bring the data. When it finally came, only 11 universities submitted and only four of them were useful and they are asking for N106 billion when capital grant for federal universities in a year is N11 billion. The issue of consolidated salary was to reduce the issue of many allowances and we are going back to the same old process.
The indefinite, total strike declared by Academic Staff Union of Universities, has cripped academic activities at several institutions.
He argued that contrary to accusations by ASUU that government had reneged on the 2009 agreement, it had met some of their demands to an extent.
“To a large extent, government has met most of the requirements. They said let us just sign, if there are matters arising we would just sit down with the implementation committee and get it resolved. Nobody is saying that now. They keep saying that government has reneged. As soon as the agreement was signed government, paid all the arrears then initiated the issue of the 70 years retirement age. The issue of improved funding has gone on, through the intervention agencies, even government subventions have also improved.
“We implemented salaries up to 52 and half per cent; yearly subvention from government has improved, ETF has been injecting a lot of money in respect of book fund, research fund and zonal laboratories. Two of the first generation universities have received over N3 billion each to upgrade their facilities and infrastructure. This is more than 10 times what they have been receiving in the last 10 years.”
But Lawal who was part of the last agreement signed two months ago by ASUU and the Federal Government said government went to sleep after that and did not do much to avert the current strike. He explained how the National Assembly was trying to meet the legislative demands of the union especially the 70 years retirement age for professors.
“In the sixth assembly, we introduced a bill that was meant to address that issue. It was passed; unfortunately when it got to the president for assent it was discovered that the bill did not reflect what ASUU wanted and so two months ago, when government and ASUU signed an agreement to try to see that most of the issues were implemented before an indefinite strike action was embarked on by ASUU, we took it upon ourselves believing that the legislative requirement would also address some of the demands, we pressed on the executive to submit an executive bill. When we realized it was not forthcoming, the committee sponsored private member bills – one is an amendment to the universities miscellaneous act that would upgrade the retirement age and the other is a bill that would ensure that for academic staff of tertiary institutions it is raised to 65 years. We have taken first and second reading, we would work on it latest by next week and that bill would be passed by the House of Representatives and I believe once that is done the Senate would concur with us,” he said.
He also agreed that the university system was in dire need of improved funding but that even that was been addressed by government.
Farouk said: “On the issue of funding, even though we could not address a significant improvement in the funding, I know we were able to amend ETF Act to now change it to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund so that more funds would go into funding our tertiary institutions and universities. When there was the warning strike two months ago, there was a meeting with the executive, particularly the Minister of Labour, Minister of Education and leadership of ASUU, and we were in attendance as observers and an agreement was signed by two sides hoping that within two months a lot of the remaining issues would be addressed. It is in that respect that government did not do much. The momentum by the executive was lost.”
He, however, cautioned that such funding must be put to proper use.
“I agree with ASUU, we need to fund the universities better. But while we are doing that we also need better transparency and accountability in the management of the funds and we also need greater efficiency. They need an efficient system of implementing the budget. We need to improve on the prioritizing of the funds that go to the universities because sometimes they use the funds for something that is not a key aspect of what a university is supposed to stand for,” he further said.
The committee chairman expressed disapproval that NUC was yet to present before the National Assembly a proposal for the amendment of its act so it can be empowered to criminalize establishment of illegal degree awarding institutions.
He said: “Like I always say, the danger of these institutions is that when they award these certificates, it erodes the integrity of the actual certificates of those who are termed legal institutions. They are a serious menace and sabotage on educational standards. We need to criminalise the existence of these institutions; we need to capitalize punishment because this is creating more havoc than financial crimes.”
Professor Okojie, however explained that a proposal for amendment had been approved by the Federal Executive Council and would soon be sent to the National Assembly.
Source: Dailytrust
ASUU Strike - Diary of a Final Year Student
Kano — Final year students are the most affected by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. At least I can appreciate what I am going through right now. If we were to go by the ideal schedule, I am supposed to be preparing for youth service now but here I am trying to force myself to read for my final examinations.
I do not even know when I would be taking these examinations. I am at the mercy of government and ASUU, whenever they choose to resolve the crisis. As uninspiring as these sounds, I still have to read. God, forbid I spill over.
But do you know what the bigger question is? Even much bigger than when would ASUU call off strike? It is what happens to me after I graduate? God bless Professor Umar Pate, the Head of Department Mass Communication University of Maiduguri who is a visiting lecturer to BUK. His valedictory lecture on bracing up for life after graduation still resonates in my head. The fact that unemployment is a reality in Nigeria was the core of his message.
During this strike, I have been asking myself: "Am I ready to be a graduate?" Remember, being a graduate is not simply spending four or five years in a university and coming out with a grade. Still, it is not assuming that your first class or second class honors would guarantee you automatic employment. The reality is, am I armed and prepared to make a difference in the labour market? So my fellow final year students please use this strike to reflect on how your life would be spent after graduation. After this academic turbulence, I definitely do not want to go through another hassle after graduation.
When I started school, I was made to believe that the minimum of second class honours will get me a good job. Although I aimed higher as the competition for employment got tougher, it became obvious a lower grade holder has no space in the labour market. Right now, a first class holder has to work his socks off to get a manageable employment.
Now the bar has been raised high. It is graduates with masters or PHDs that have an upper hand in the employment market. Prof Pate says he is yet to see a masters degree holder without good employment.
I do not even want to talk about lack of conducive environment for learning, water scarcity and financial difficulties. Considering all these hassles, can you imagine how heartbreaking and frustrating it would be to graduate without a befitting employment? We cannot begin to count the number of graduates involved in armed robbery, prostitution, 'yahoo yahoo' and so on.
All hope is not lost; I want my fellow colleagues to understand that government is not the only provider of employment. The major issue with our graduates is that they always wait to get employed by one organization or the other. We never think of employing ourselves. There is the need to do a soul searching to find that unique talent which can stand you out. A friend of mine would always say, "your brain is your money." There is always something meaningful to make out of your life. I want to leave you with these inspiring words from Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world. He said: "I am not the best student in college, the best student works with Microsoft, I own Microsoft."
I do not even know when I would be taking these examinations. I am at the mercy of government and ASUU, whenever they choose to resolve the crisis. As uninspiring as these sounds, I still have to read. God, forbid I spill over.
But do you know what the bigger question is? Even much bigger than when would ASUU call off strike? It is what happens to me after I graduate? God bless Professor Umar Pate, the Head of Department Mass Communication University of Maiduguri who is a visiting lecturer to BUK. His valedictory lecture on bracing up for life after graduation still resonates in my head. The fact that unemployment is a reality in Nigeria was the core of his message.
During this strike, I have been asking myself: "Am I ready to be a graduate?" Remember, being a graduate is not simply spending four or five years in a university and coming out with a grade. Still, it is not assuming that your first class or second class honors would guarantee you automatic employment. The reality is, am I armed and prepared to make a difference in the labour market? So my fellow final year students please use this strike to reflect on how your life would be spent after graduation. After this academic turbulence, I definitely do not want to go through another hassle after graduation.
When I started school, I was made to believe that the minimum of second class honours will get me a good job. Although I aimed higher as the competition for employment got tougher, it became obvious a lower grade holder has no space in the labour market. Right now, a first class holder has to work his socks off to get a manageable employment.
Now the bar has been raised high. It is graduates with masters or PHDs that have an upper hand in the employment market. Prof Pate says he is yet to see a masters degree holder without good employment.
Reminiscing about my time in the university, my first year was somewhat difficult been a fresher. The zillion lectures and assignments were very grueling. But my third academic year was very scary, I felt like throwing in the towel. This is when theoretical and practical work intensifies. The climax was my birthday. Mark you, I did not celebrate or anything. That day I went out to continue the process of getting our mandatory newspaper published. I was on a motorcycle when heavy rain started to fall. In the twinkle of an eye I was drenched. I felt so frustrated that day. But I had a good ironic laugh much later when I got a text wishing me a happy birthday and saying hope I enjoyed my day and had fun.
All hope is not lost; I want my fellow colleagues to understand that government is not the only provider of employment. The major issue with our graduates is that they always wait to get employed by one organization or the other. We never think of employing ourselves. There is the need to do a soul searching to find that unique talent which can stand you out. A friend of mine would always say, "your brain is your money." There is always something meaningful to make out of your life. I want to leave you with these inspiring words from Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world. He said: "I am not the best student in college, the best student works with Microsoft, I own Microsoft."
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FUEL SUBSIDY CRISIS:STAR ACTOR DESMOND ELLIOT EXPRESSES HIS ANGER.
Star actor Desmond Elliot has also lent his voice against fuel subsidy removal just like other concerned Nigerians have done since the government took the decision. According to the talented actor,the action is only meant to inflict untold hardship on the innocent masses.
He took to his Twitter page to say;We have lost everything we met on the land. Cocoa, palm oil, groundnuts, cotton, cashew and rubber have been forgotten and are better produced by nations who came to learn from us. We have lost our moral compass, our society is fractured, our statehood is threatened. Our citizens are in all prisons around the world. Some of them prefer foreign prisons to coming back to Nigeria. Our passport is treated with disdain everywhere you present it. Why should our government be this big with special advisers on cassava and beans affairs? Do we need 36 ministers? Why would our president spend close to a billion on food while close to eighty percent live on less than a dollar a day? Why should he budget a billion for generators and diesel when he is urging us to believe in his power sector reform? Why does our President need 6 private jets? Why should our politicians keep their salaries when Obama slashed his? Why should we continue to be wasteful when the handwriting on the wall says “danger”? Why should we believe the government when it says the subsidy gain will be properly reinvested. . Bad leadership and coruption must stop.
In my personal opinion,the voice of the people is the voice of God. I think President Goodluck Jonathan needs to retrace his steps on the subsidy removal before things get out of hand!!!
President Jonathan earns N14 million annually with practically everything at his beck and call,including three new Presidential jets(which set Nigeria back by N21 billion).
In the 2012 budget,almost N1 billion is allocated to food for the President and Vice.That is N900,000 per meal(breakfast,lunch and dinner,and snacks in between),at a total of N2.7 million per day.
In the 2012 budget,the Presidency will be spending all of N90 million on pots and pans,plates and cutlery ! N90 million !!
The Vice President’s official residence is being constructed for about N90 million.
And providing power for Aso Rock Villa,Abuja(the office and abode of the President) will cost Nigeria an arm and a leg.The federal government is fueling generators with N1.3 billion in 2012 budget!
Lampooned and snickered at across the globe as the most expensive democracy known to mankind,recurrent expenditure is 72 per cent of the N4.749 trillion budget of 2012.
Not ready to sacrifice any of these perks,allowances and salary(except a laughable 25 percent of basic salary),the masses are upset,angry and enraged that punishing them with unbearable increment in cost of petrol(from N65 per litre to over N138) is unjusticiable.
Oga Goodluck should start the sacrifice he fervently enjoins Nigerians to endure…by taking a huge salary cut,shunning the extravagance and profligacy that engulf his office,and in addition demand that members of his cabinet,National Assembly and government’s top brass should follow his footsteps.
Below is history of petroleum prices in Nigeria
PRICE YEAR HOS
N0.09 —— 1979
N0.15 —— 1979 —— Obasanjo
N0.39 —– 1986 —— Babangida
N0.51 —— 1990 ——- Babangida
N3.25 —— 1993 —– Babangida
N11 —– 1994 —– Abacha
N20 —– 1997 —– Abacha
N22 —– 2000 —– Obasanjo
N26 —– 2003 —– Obasanjo
N34 —– 2003 —– Obasanjo
N42 —– 2004 —– Obansanjo
N50 —– 2005 —– Obasanjo
N65 —– 2007 —– Obasanjo
N 75 —– 2007 —– Obasanjo
N65 —– 2007 —– Yar’Adua
N138 —– 2012 —– Goodluck
There has been gradual fuel increment over the years but yet the basic necessities of life are not available. There are no pipe borne water, no electricity, no good roads, no functional healthcare facilities, no good schools etc.
Enough is Enough.
Ways To Promote Your Online Store Online
There are so many ways you can promote and advertise your online shops. It is crazy to follow them all. Select those that you are comfortable with and start your internet marketing now. I will be adding on to the list whenever I come across new ways to promote your store.
- Submit your stores/websites to search engines. Example: Dmoz, Google, MSN and many more.
- Put your websites/blogs/stores/lenses links in your email signature. Make sure that your friends/family members/employees email signatures have your links too.
- Forward interesting information, news, photos, videos, jokes, sad stories and all kinds of junk mails to your friends. Your friends will forward these mails to their friends. Make sure that you forward these mails to friends that like to receive them, not those that hate junk mails.
- Put your websites/blogs/stores/lenses links in your forum signature.
- Join and participate in niche forums related to your products.
- Use a funny/attention seeking user name whenever you register for a social networking site/forum/Squidoo and more.
- Create lenses with Squidoo. Make one lens for your store and make different lenses for your different products. Link all related lenses together.
- Make useful comments on other people lenses. Your user name will links back to your "My Squidoo" page which links to all your lenses. Do not spam.
- Submit your new lenses to Squoogle, tagfoot, Reddit, Digg, The Isle of Squid, Squidpedia, Stumpedia Lensroll.com, Squiddit and more.
- Use Lensroll at your side bar of your lens to lensroll related lenses to your lenses.
- Join and participate in Friendster, MySpace, Multiply, Xanga, Facebook, and more
- Build a fan page in Facebook.
- Make your own video about your products or stores. Remember to put your links in your video.
- Use keywords, descriptions, in your video file name and submission.
- Submit your videos to Metacafe, YouTube, MySpace, Digg Videos, blip.tv, AOL Video, Google Video, GoFish, Vimeo, Yahoo Video and more.
- Create a video sitemap on your store/websites when you have a few videos. Make a lens about your videos.
- Add your video to your stores, websites and blogs.
- Create and blog about your products and stores. Example: Blogger, MySpace, Wordpress and more.
- Feed and ping your store blogs. Icerocket, BlogExplosion, Technorati, Weblogalot, Pingomatic, Pingoat, and more.
- Offer different RSS/social bookmarking option on your blog. Example: del.icio.us, StumbleUpon and more.
- Use good keywords in your blog titles.
- Submit your store blogs to blog directory. Example: BlogExplosion, Weblog Directory, We Blog A Lot, Kmax, and many many more.
- Post useful, honest, comments on other niche blogs related to your products or stores. Do not spam.
- Make sure that your posting on your blog is fresh. Keep updating.
- Create a podcast about your products and store.
- Submit your podcast to iTunes, Odeo, Podcast Alley, PodOmatic, Podscope and more.
- Create newsletters for your store. You may want to host with MailChimp or YourMailingListProvider. I am using MailChimp and I am loving it. You can see some of my newsletters here.
- Offer freebies or special sales to newsletter subscribers when they sign up.
- Include discount coupons, sale and promotion, new products, feature products, holidays and events products in your newsletters. Remember to include your store address.
- Keep an archive of your old newsletters in your store.
- Promise your newsletter subscribers that you will not sell, share their email with outside parties and you will not spam them before they sign up.
- Let your subscribers know how often you will send them your newsletters before they sign up.
- Put your newsletters opt-in form on your store/blog/lenses/websites.
- Submit your products and stores to classifieds. Put your advertisement on areas where most of your customers came from. Example: Kijiji, Ablewise, Craigslist and more.
- Look for niche classifieds for your products. Submit to them.
- Submit your product feed to Google Base.
- Upload your products photos to Flickr, BubbleShare, Fotolog and more.
- Tag your photos at Flickr.
- Join and participate in Kaboodle. Add in as much products in Kaboodle as possible.
- Bookmark all your stores, websites, blogs, lenses at del.icio.us, tagfoot and more.
- StumbleUpon your stores, websites, blogs, lenses and more.
- Give positive and useful reviews in StumbleUpon, tagfoot and more. Do not spam.
- Exchange links with your competitors.
- Write and submit press releases/articles.
- Give good and useful comments in other people guestbooks. Do not spam.
- Hold an online contest on your stores, websites lenses or blogs. Give away your products with your links as presents.
- Get other bloggers to write about your products. Example: PayPerPost.
- If you are willing to pay for advertisement, use Adwords, Kontera and more.
- Create niche websites/lenses for your mega store.
- Join affiliate programs and get affiliates to sell your products for you. Example: ShareASale, Commission Junction, LinkShare and more.
- Design standard banners with all kinds of sizes. Give your affiliates plenty of choices. Check Standard Banner Sizes for your reference.
- Email your affiliates about your latest promotions and discount coupons so that your affiliates will know what to do with them.
- Add a poll to your websites, stores, lenses and blogs. You can get free polls at Pollhost or Vizu.
- Create a page and archive all your old polls in your website, store and blog.
- Join and participate Twitter.
- Add Twitter to all your blogs, websites, stores, lenses and more.
- Include Twitter application in your Facebook, lenses, blogs, websites, stores and more.
- Join and participate in discussion groups. Example, MySpace, Yahoo Groups, Microsoft Groups, Google Groups, Facebook, Kaboodle, and many many more.
- Start an internet war related to your products/stores. Do not offend anybody/company/brand/products. Be creative.
- Announce your internet war via discussion groups, blogs, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Monkey Brain, popular forums and anywhere you can think of.
- Be a contributor on Yahoo Answers, Answers.com, AllExperts, Wiki Answers, MyLot, and many more.
- Get your friends and family members to include your websites/blogs/stores/lenses URL in their blogs. Get them to talk about your products for free. Treat them to lunch for doing that.
- Create some useful software that advertise your stores/websites/blogs/lenses and distribute for free on your website.
- Create interesting and fun application that advertise your websites/stores/blogs/lenses. Distribute these application for free. Example: ticker, avatars, banners, etc.
- Run an online forum/bulletin board.
- Offer freebies with purchases. Make sure your freebies have your stores/blogs/websites/lenses URL on them.
- Offer special discount coupons for their next purchase.
- If you have created an interesting website/article/lens/or anything that you think it deserve more attention, submit them to Ma.gnolia, BuzzFeed, Plaxo, Tumblr and more.
- Exchange links with yourself. Example: Your own blogs, websites, lenses, stores and more. Exchange only related links.
- If you have design your websites/blogs/stores yourself and you think that your design is fantastic, submit your websites/blogs/stores to website design competitions.
- Write an ebook related to your products and advertise your websites/blogs/stores/lenses in your book. Distribute your ebook for free or allow reseller right.
Guide To Write and Create Your Own Ebook
An ebook is an electronic book or electronic version of a printed book. You can download the ebook and read it on any computer screen. The ebook also known as electronic product, digital product, intangible product or downloadable product. Selling downloadable ebooks or ebooks is much easier to control and the best products you can sell on the internet. If you are selling ebook online, you don't need physical storage space for your products and you also don’t need to pack and ship the products to your customers like selling physical products online. Your customers can download your products immediately after they make payment. Use PayPal or Google Checkout to accept payments on your website. It is the fastest and the safest way to accept credit cards or debit cards payments online.
Just solve one of their problems by gather all the information from internet or offline and transform it into ebook and sell it to millions people out there...
By publishing and selling the books in electronic format, you are able to give your readers tons more quality information at a much lower cost. You just need to make sure the ebook you sell online use formats that are widely used by the internet users. For an example, your ebooks should be written in PDF or EXE format that are widely use on the internet. Use WinZip to compress and reduce the file size for easy download before sell them on the internet.
If you decide to buy a computer or laptop, get any computer that has at least 10/100 mbps PCI Ethernet card for high-speed internet connection or look for motherboard has built-in LAN (Local Area Network) it will reduce your buying cost. I believe, most of the computers in the market are equipped with Ethernet card for high speed internet connection.
Get at least 512 kbps internet connection speed from your local internet service provider nearer to you. If you would like your computer be connected directly to your home telephone line, you can use computer provided with modem. But this type of internet connection is too slow but still can be used.
Ebook Topic
To get high demand ebook you should do some market research to cater to the demand, meaning that you need to choose the topic that people like most not the topic that you like most, then your audiences are willing to pay for the information you provide in your ebook. It is good if you can find any topic that you are really knowledgeable with and the most important thing is people are willing to pay for it because they like it much. This is a must to get passive income from your ebooks.
Here are some of the hot topics online that most people are willing to pay you for providing them with this kind of information.
• Car
• Forex
• Blogging
• Dating
• Friendship
• Child Care
• Computer
• Repair a Car
• Web hosting
• House Wiring
• Web designing
• Pets
• Advertising
• Sport
• Finance
• Fishing
• Domain name
• Stock Market
• Home Business
• Internet Marketing
• Photography
• Graphics
• etc
Do Some Research About Your Ebook Topic
Do some market research on any topics that people like most by analyzing any keywords, phrases or common keywords been search on the internet. Analyze any keywords based on searches have been done per day on the internet or based on the searches have been done in the previous month.
Digitalpoint - to analyze any keywords or phrases based on searches have been done per day in the previous month.
7Search.com - to analyze any keywords or common keywords been search in the previous month.
Google Trends - to analyze any keywords or phrases more details and more specific base on geographic locations, countries and cities then you can determine which regions you are going to sell your ebooks.
eBook Title
To choose your ebook title, you need to go deeper on the target market research. Lets say, you did some research on the keyword computer and you found that computer is one of the highest keyword has been search on the internet in the previous month. Obviously, computer is one of very interesting topic for your ebook but do not simply put computer as your ebook title. You need to go more deeper on your research, look for any possible keywords that related to computer such as repair computer, spare parts, motherboard, cpu, RAM, sound card, graphic card, build computer, install computer components, install software and etc. Then, it is much more easier to choose the suitable title for your ebook.
Whatever topic you choose, try to write any topic that people like most not the topic that you like most. The demand must come first then followed by the ebook title and then, the ebook creation respectively. You need a quality ebook not the quantity of the ebooks. Try to use some photos, images or pictures to describe the steps in your ebook because a picture can describe a thousand of words than a full page of letters.
eBook Cover
You need to start your first page with ebook cover. Your ebook needs a cover. People are really exciting to SEE what they are going to buy. The ebook cover will attract more people to buy your ebook. I believe a lot of ebook sellers will start with ebook cover. Your ebook cover or ebook image should be in JPG, GIF or PNG format.
Try the online 3D box graphic generator to create your ebook cover at http://3d-pack.com/. Just choose a cover, a side and top cover from any image or picture on your computer and press the Creat 3d box button. The image you choose should be in JPG, GIF or PNG format.
The Photoshop tryout version is free to download and good to use to design your ebook cover at Adobe Photoshop
Software to Write and Create your Own eBook
Microsoft Office software is one of the best software you can use to write and create your own ebook. Use Microsoft Office software to write your ebook in document format and HTML format. If you don’t have the Microsoft Office Software then download the Open Office software and install it on your computer, it is free. In fact, Open Office software is compatible with Microsoft Office software and you can convert your document file into PDF files automatically. You can also use this software to convert your document file into HTML file.
Convert ebook into PDF format
Use Open Office to convert your ebook into PDF format, if your write your ebook using Microsoft Office Software such as Microsoft Word, it is OK, just open it up using Open Office and convert it to PDF format. In fact you can edit them using Open Office and save it as Microsoft Office documents.
Convert ebook into EXE format
Download and install free ebook compiler software at http://www.spadixbd.com/wsz/ (WebSiteZip Packer – WSZ Packer from Spadix software), this free software will convert any HTML files into EXE format.
PDF Reader
Download the free Foxit Reader Installer .exe to read the ebook in PDF format at:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm
or http://www.filehippo.com/download_foxit/
or
Download free PDF file reader at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html or
http://www.adobe.com/go/gntray_dl_get_reader
Compress or Zip Your Ebook
You need to compress your ebook before sell them online. Use WinZip to zip your ebook to reduce the file size and less download time
Download the Try First WinZip at: http://www.winzip.com/ or http://www.winzip.com/downse.htm
or
Download Freebyte Zip file known as fbzpack.exe, the free ZIP program created by Freebyte to zip and unzip files. The Freebyte Zip is freeware program with full Windows user-interface.
Why Ebook?
There are millions people out there looking for the information from innovative thinkers like you who can figure out how to solve their problems in the easy way What are their problems? Their problems can be anything like financial problems, drug problems, children problems, computer problems, pet problems, how to upload website into web hosting server, relationship problems and etc. Ebook is the most powerful tool for original thinkers with fresh ideas to disseminate any information or selling the information itself to the millions of people out there who are struggling to figure out and try to solve their own problems.Just solve one of their problems by gather all the information from internet or offline and transform it into ebook and sell it to millions people out there...
By publishing and selling the books in electronic format, you are able to give your readers tons more quality information at a much lower cost. You just need to make sure the ebook you sell online use formats that are widely used by the internet users. For an example, your ebooks should be written in PDF or EXE format that are widely use on the internet. Use WinZip to compress and reduce the file size for easy download before sell them on the internet.
How To Write and Create Ebook
Computer and Internet Connection To write and create your own ebook, you need a computer provided with internet connection and this is an essential. Computer is a basic equipment to write, create and save all your files and documents that related to your ebook. You need an internet connection to gather all the information from the internet and to do the market research on any topic related to your ebook especially to get some ideas on how to write and create the high demand ebook. In fact, if you don’t have a computer, simply go to the nearest Net Café and use their facilities.If you decide to buy a computer or laptop, get any computer that has at least 10/100 mbps PCI Ethernet card for high-speed internet connection or look for motherboard has built-in LAN (Local Area Network) it will reduce your buying cost. I believe, most of the computers in the market are equipped with Ethernet card for high speed internet connection.
Get at least 512 kbps internet connection speed from your local internet service provider nearer to you. If you would like your computer be connected directly to your home telephone line, you can use computer provided with modem. But this type of internet connection is too slow but still can be used.
Ebook Topic
To get high demand ebook you should do some market research to cater to the demand, meaning that you need to choose the topic that people like most not the topic that you like most, then your audiences are willing to pay for the information you provide in your ebook. It is good if you can find any topic that you are really knowledgeable with and the most important thing is people are willing to pay for it because they like it much. This is a must to get passive income from your ebooks.
Here are some of the hot topics online that most people are willing to pay you for providing them with this kind of information.
• Car
• Forex
• Blogging
• Dating
• Friendship
• Child Care
• Computer
• Repair a Car
• Web hosting
• House Wiring
• Web designing
• Pets
• Advertising
• Sport
• Finance
• Fishing
• Domain name
• Stock Market
• Home Business
• Internet Marketing
• Photography
• Graphics
• etc
Do Some Research About Your Ebook Topic
Do some market research on any topics that people like most by analyzing any keywords, phrases or common keywords been search on the internet. Analyze any keywords based on searches have been done per day on the internet or based on the searches have been done in the previous month.
Digitalpoint - to analyze any keywords or phrases based on searches have been done per day in the previous month.
7Search.com - to analyze any keywords or common keywords been search in the previous month.
Google Trends - to analyze any keywords or phrases more details and more specific base on geographic locations, countries and cities then you can determine which regions you are going to sell your ebooks.
eBook Title
To choose your ebook title, you need to go deeper on the target market research. Lets say, you did some research on the keyword computer and you found that computer is one of the highest keyword has been search on the internet in the previous month. Obviously, computer is one of very interesting topic for your ebook but do not simply put computer as your ebook title. You need to go more deeper on your research, look for any possible keywords that related to computer such as repair computer, spare parts, motherboard, cpu, RAM, sound card, graphic card, build computer, install computer components, install software and etc. Then, it is much more easier to choose the suitable title for your ebook.
Whatever topic you choose, try to write any topic that people like most not the topic that you like most. The demand must come first then followed by the ebook title and then, the ebook creation respectively. You need a quality ebook not the quantity of the ebooks. Try to use some photos, images or pictures to describe the steps in your ebook because a picture can describe a thousand of words than a full page of letters.
eBook Cover
You need to start your first page with ebook cover. Your ebook needs a cover. People are really exciting to SEE what they are going to buy. The ebook cover will attract more people to buy your ebook. I believe a lot of ebook sellers will start with ebook cover. Your ebook cover or ebook image should be in JPG, GIF or PNG format.
Try the online 3D box graphic generator to create your ebook cover at http://3d-pack.com/. Just choose a cover, a side and top cover from any image or picture on your computer and press the Creat 3d box button. The image you choose should be in JPG, GIF or PNG format.
The Photoshop tryout version is free to download and good to use to design your ebook cover at Adobe Photoshop
Software to Write and Create your Own eBook
Microsoft Office software is one of the best software you can use to write and create your own ebook. Use Microsoft Office software to write your ebook in document format and HTML format. If you don’t have the Microsoft Office Software then download the Open Office software and install it on your computer, it is free. In fact, Open Office software is compatible with Microsoft Office software and you can convert your document file into PDF files automatically. You can also use this software to convert your document file into HTML file.
Convert ebook into PDF format
Use Open Office to convert your ebook into PDF format, if your write your ebook using Microsoft Office Software such as Microsoft Word, it is OK, just open it up using Open Office and convert it to PDF format. In fact you can edit them using Open Office and save it as Microsoft Office documents.
Convert ebook into EXE format
Download and install free ebook compiler software at http://www.spadixbd.com/wsz/ (WebSiteZip Packer – WSZ Packer from Spadix software), this free software will convert any HTML files into EXE format.
PDF Reader
Download the free Foxit Reader Installer .exe to read the ebook in PDF format at:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm
or http://www.filehippo.com/download_foxit/
or
Download free PDF file reader at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html or
http://www.adobe.com/go/gntray_dl_get_reader
Compress or Zip Your Ebook
You need to compress your ebook before sell them online. Use WinZip to zip your ebook to reduce the file size and less download time
Download the Try First WinZip at: http://www.winzip.com/ or http://www.winzip.com/downse.htm
or
Download Freebyte Zip file known as fbzpack.exe, the free ZIP program created by Freebyte to zip and unzip files. The Freebyte Zip is freeware program with full Windows user-interface.
The 5 Steps Guidelines to Establish Online Internet Business and Sell Your Products Online
Step 1: Computer and Internet Connection
A computer provided with internet connection is an essential. Selling any products on the internet you need to have a computer or laptop and internet connection. Without these facilities, it is hard to sell products online unless you are willing to pay few dollars to surf the internet in the cyber cafe or internet cafe nearer to you.
Step 2: Credit Card or Debit Card or Paypal Account
Credit card or debit card is another stuff you need most when selling products online. You need whether credit card or debit card to buy or to pay any products or service that related to your business on the internet.
You can contact me for more information on getting or opening a verified pay-pal or online account for your e business.
Step 3: Email Account
E-mail is much cheaper than most other forms of communication and much faster than a letter. Deal with online internet business, sell any product online and make money on the internet, email accounts are important as your opt-in email marketing tools. Email lets you deliver your message to your customers or visitors. In fact, when you are establishing online internet business, sell products online and make money on the internet, you need to have several email accounts. You can get free email accounts from Yahoo.com, Rediffmail.com, Google.com or Hotmail.com.
Step 4: What Product to Sell Online?
What product to sell online? How to sell online and make money on the internet without a product? The simple fact is, when you go into online internet business and try to sell products online for yourself and you want to make real money on the internet, you need to sell something online whether products or services. You can sell downloadable products or sell physical products. For the beginning you should have at least one product to sell online. Ebook is the best products to sell online. Sell online is easy! If you don't have a product to sell online, you can sell other people products online . Picking up the right product is important for your visitors to ensure they get what they want.
Step 5: Merchant Accounts & Credit Cards Processor
How do I accept credit cards payments on the Internet when someone buy my product...? Definitely, to sell products on the internet you need to register with Merchant Account or Credit Cards Processor. Once you registered with them, you can place a simple Merchant Account link or Credit Card Processor link on your web site, then you can start your online internet business and sell products online immediately. Merchant Account or Credit Cards Processor is one of the ecommerce services that allows sellers to conduct business and accept payments on the internet from local and international buyers. Most Credit Cards Processors are free but to get the Merchant accounts service you need to pay them on a monthly basis or yearly basis. For those just starting their online internet business and sell products online, you are recommended to choose Credit Cards Processor to accept credit cards payment on the internet such as PayPal and PayDotCom for the Merchant Account. PayPal or PayDotCom will take the orders for you and then send your money directly to your bank account. You simply can't compete if you don't accept credit cards on your web site.
A computer provided with internet connection is an essential. Selling any products on the internet you need to have a computer or laptop and internet connection. Without these facilities, it is hard to sell products online unless you are willing to pay few dollars to surf the internet in the cyber cafe or internet cafe nearer to you.
Step 2: Credit Card or Debit Card or Paypal Account
Credit card or debit card is another stuff you need most when selling products online. You need whether credit card or debit card to buy or to pay any products or service that related to your business on the internet.
You can contact me for more information on getting or opening a verified pay-pal or online account for your e business.
Step 3: Email Account
E-mail is much cheaper than most other forms of communication and much faster than a letter. Deal with online internet business, sell any product online and make money on the internet, email accounts are important as your opt-in email marketing tools. Email lets you deliver your message to your customers or visitors. In fact, when you are establishing online internet business, sell products online and make money on the internet, you need to have several email accounts. You can get free email accounts from Yahoo.com, Rediffmail.com, Google.com or Hotmail.com.
Step 4: What Product to Sell Online?
What product to sell online? How to sell online and make money on the internet without a product? The simple fact is, when you go into online internet business and try to sell products online for yourself and you want to make real money on the internet, you need to sell something online whether products or services. You can sell downloadable products or sell physical products. For the beginning you should have at least one product to sell online. Ebook is the best products to sell online. Sell online is easy! If you don't have a product to sell online, you can sell other people products online . Picking up the right product is important for your visitors to ensure they get what they want.
Step 5: Merchant Accounts & Credit Cards Processor
How do I accept credit cards payments on the Internet when someone buy my product...? Definitely, to sell products on the internet you need to register with Merchant Account or Credit Cards Processor. Once you registered with them, you can place a simple Merchant Account link or Credit Card Processor link on your web site, then you can start your online internet business and sell products online immediately. Merchant Account or Credit Cards Processor is one of the ecommerce services that allows sellers to conduct business and accept payments on the internet from local and international buyers. Most Credit Cards Processors are free but to get the Merchant accounts service you need to pay them on a monthly basis or yearly basis. For those just starting their online internet business and sell products online, you are recommended to choose Credit Cards Processor to accept credit cards payment on the internet such as PayPal and PayDotCom for the Merchant Account. PayPal or PayDotCom will take the orders for you and then send your money directly to your bank account. You simply can't compete if you don't accept credit cards on your web site.
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