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STRENGTHENING THE POOR 39

Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn went from door to door delivering goods, and now DHL has become an international air express industry. Never feel too big to go from door to door marketing your goods and advertising your services. Do you think there weren't houses that rejected the services of those three men? Did you think they didn't have friend that made jest of their work then? Where are those friends today? Who knows those people who had rejected their services then? Never because of what people would say shy away from taking your products to people and introducing your services everywhere your legs can take you. The African child should be taught that there is nothing wrong with hawking, going from door to door introducing people to your products and advertising your services and using your social media account to sell what you do. Never allow pride and the fear of what people might say hinder you  from going from door to door selling and advertising y

STRENGTHENING THE POOR 41

We've been trying in vain to convince him to buy from us until my mum spoke Hausa to him, he paused, conversed a little more with my mum in Hausa and then bought from us and from that day, he buys from us. when you speak to a man in the language he understands, you speak to his intellects but when you speak in his language, you speak to his heart. Nothing wins someone over more than appealing to his heart. When a man is endeared to you in his heart, he'll patronize your goods and services without much ado. To train the African child to be successful in his business, he must learn the art of conversing in the language of his would-be clients. If you are going to trade amongst lawyers, do some work and use diction familiar with lawyers likewise every other professions and, if you are going to trade amongst men of certain language, take formal or informal class on how to at least communicate in their language. You stand a better chance of selling your business and goods wh

STRENGTHENING THE POOR 40

STRENGTHENING THE POOR 40 A woman noticed by 2 am, people gather to wait for a bus that travels daily across to another city on a particular spot. She decided to set up a shop to serve these people. 1am till 4 am became her working hours. She started with a shop, then brought lots of seats, and then she brought generator and TV sets.  Soon, luxurious buses started stopping over there with traveling passengers for a brief rest, this increased sales and opened up the place for more businesses. To train the African child to be more effective in his business, he must learn the time of his target audience and be faithful with such timing to be available to serve. Being faithful to time is a very important factor in setting up a multimillion businesses. When you've identified the time when the customers would need your services or products, discipline yourself to be available and when you can't be, have someone else standing   for you that's why you should set up your busin