The easiest yet deadliest mistakes in online business: Green snakes under the green grass.

It is very easy to get stuck when you start doing business, especially online. Everyone can relate to such challenges. The founders of create and go, the go-to place for anyone wanting to start a blog faced it. Now they make over $25789 each month. Everyone has a story to tell about their struggles, but a few things are common, and will never change.
These mistakes have stopped others, might be stopping you and will continue to stop others from succeeding. It is usually just one or two, but on close examination, they have the most tremendous effect on the failure or success of your business.
Good news, you can now identify them and prevent others from making them.

1. You’re not putting in the work or you are putting in the wrong work.
2. You need to give it time to work. There’s no other alternative. Most online businesses do not start producing results until 6 months later.
3. To sell product or service you need to get people who need it, prove to them they need it and convince them to part with their money.
If you are running it part-time, that’s more time, baby.
4. There’s no passion deep down there. Passion leads to dedication and and focus which are necessary to grow. If youve never honestly felt so excited to work on your business to the point you sleep late at night or wake up early, you need to do a rain check.
5. You do not have the necessary skills. Just as a plumber needs to learn how to fix pipes and a surgeon people, you need to learn the RIGHT skills for your trade. Blogging without knowledge of SEO is akin to serving food in a dark hall. No one will see it unless they stumble upon it by mistake.
For each type of business, learn what is necessary.
6. You will need to spend money, whether you have it or not, like it or not. Everyone that has been successful doing business online will tell you they had to pay for one thing or another. It can be a tool, or knowledge, or outsourcing a part of business they could not do themselves or had no time to do.
7. Mentors. The faster you can get one, the more mistakes you can avoid. The faster you will see growth in your business. They serve as guides, friend and pillars of support when you want to just quit.
8. Put God first. Not second or last. When you are receiving help from One is above all, you are guaranteed success.
9. People don’t need what you are giving them. If it doesn’t solve a problem they have, especially on a level that really affects their lives, you are gonna have a hard time getting them to even listen to you. Or you are placing your service or product in front of the wrong people.
10. You are not standing out. If you’ve been online for a while, you understand how harder it is to stand out, get your customers attention and actually keep it. There’s just too much noise out there. Unless you can be heard above it all and can prove you are a good kind of different, you will see no money.

So many mistakes that can be avoided from scratch and as you go on.
Which mistake have you made, and how did you solve it?

5 ways to test your Nigerian home business idea: Will it work in Naija?

Hey there Naijaland-er!
Do you already have the next best idea about the type of job or business you want to do from home to make you money and give you the financial freedom you’ve always wanted?

Imagine getting daily alerts.......just flowing into your account!
Or you’re still searching and scrolling and jotting down “21 great work from home ideas” and you just saw this?
Well, hold on first. And ask this question.

“Will this idea really work from home in Nigeria AND give me the type of money I want to make?”

So, while you are brainstorming and planning and researching ( even possibly consulting all our ancestors for the right answer) do try to also put that perfect idea through the N-HBIT (Naija home business idea test) to see if it will really work out here in the land of our ancestors.

The thing is that Naija is full of opportunities for you as an entrepreneur, but also has so many challenges and problems too in store.
This article will help you to know a lot about one of the worst problems most Nigerians who want to make money from home face, and how to answer this tough question.

And here we go..... how to know if your business idea will work out in Nigeria.

Talent test
Personally, why are you good at? Like this type of things that come to you naturally? It may be singing, designing, writing or even communicating with other people.

Can you explain things well to others, or you can spend your days around kids?
Your talents are things you are just good at and are not learnt. They come naturally. You can use it to see if you can turn it into a home based business, or to see if the business you choose will work here in Nigeria at home.

If you feel you can't figure it out, ask others around you for help.

Skills test
Skills are things you learnt to do well later in life. It can be an improvement on a talent you have, or something you just learn to do deliberately or even without planning to.

You can easily identify these than your talents, but those talents usually play a role in how well you do a particular skill.
A good example of a skill is cooking. You can learn how to be an excellent cook. Having a natural interest in making good food will probably help you do it better than someone who is not really interested in it.

Feasibility test
Can you imagine what will happen if you decide to put your hard earned money, time and resources into a business that was never even going to start off in the first place?

This is one test you MUST do, and helps you know
a) If your idea will work well as a business
b) If it will work well as a business in Nigeria
c) If it will work well as a home business idea for you as an individual, depending on your circumstances.

A business that a student can do, will not necessarily be possible for someone working 8-4, a stay at home mum, or someone who wants to run a traditional business.
Some special requirements for some businesses include a quiet place, focus, and constant electric supply, while another one might need a well populated place where alot of people come and go.
Some ideas will just simply work in Nigeria, or in the place you plan to start it, while some will demand capital, time, skills, or even personality and attitudes you do not have.

Personality Test
If you are an introvert, and you just love hanging out in front of your TV every day, just think of what will happen if you decide to try being a sales rep. It might work, but it will be a painful and long journey.

Does your personality fit with that type of business or job? In fact, do you possess the personality and attitude required to run a successful home business?
According to the balancesmb, common traits amongst successful business owners include
• Motivation
• Self-reliance
• Perseverance
• Initiative
• Ability to deal with uncertainty
If you need someone to drive you before you work, or you can procrastinate a lot, you might need to reconsider choosing a home business idea.

Environmental and cultural test
Imagine selling henna and incense (turaren wuta) in a place like Akwa Ibom.
Or selling wine and beer in Kano.
You get the gist now. Doing the wrong type of business in the wrong place is a recipe for disaster.
Locations, culture of the people you are trying to reach, beliefs, religion are all important.
If you have no customers, then you have no business which means, no money!
No matter how unique and special your idea is, make sure you are taking to the right people and the right place.

So there you have it.
Did you get something you can use here today? Let me know in the comments.

Do you know of any other way to test if a home business idea will fit in the Naija environment? Comment below so it can benefit us all.

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