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Author: Abdul-Qadir

  • Your Rights as an eBay Buyer.

    Your Rights as an eBay Buyer.

    When you buy things on eBay, you pay the seller before they send you anything. This means that you, as a buyer, are vulnerable to all sorts of problems. You might not get the items you have paid for, or they might be damaged or faulty. Luckily, you have two very important rights when you buy on eBay.

    The Right to Receive Your Item.

    Maybe the seller never sent the item, or maybe it got lost in the post. Whatever happened, you paid for the item. If it doesn't arrive in the post as described, you have the right to a replacement or a refund, whether it's the seller's fault or not.

    The fact that you bought something on eBay doesn't mean that you don't have the exact same rights that you would have if you bought it in a shop (these rights are pretty much the same all over the world). Plus, under eBay's rules, the seller isn't allowed to change their mind about selling you the item: once the auction ends, it becomes a contract – you must buy and they must sell, or face eBay's penalties.

    The Right for Your Item to Be as Described in the Auction.

    Sometimes sellers don't wrap items properly, and so they get broken. Occasionally they write descriptions that are misleading or just plain wrong to begin with, leaving out vital details that would have caused you to change your mind about buying. If this happens to you, you again have the right to a replacement or a refund.

    So How Do I Use My Rights?

    First, you should take it up with the seller – most will be responsive, as do not want to have their reputation damaged when an upset buyer leaves negative feedback for all their future buyers to see. If that doesn't work, report them to eBay.

    While eBay don't have many people handling complaints, they do have a relatively effective set of automatic process to handle common problems buyers and sellers have with one another.

    Finally, if that doesn't work, then you should seek advice from consumer groups in your country, and as a last resort from the police. You should never have to get this far, though: problems on eBay that can't be resolved easily are extremely rare.

    Don't Be Too Quick.

    Remember not to get too annoyed and be unfair to the seller: nice sellers have agreed to give me refunds for undelivered items, only for me to find out a few weeks later that they were being held for me at the post office! Always try your best to communicate and think of everything that might have gone wrong: eBay works best when buyers and sellers sort out their problems together, instead of reporting each other to the authorities straight away.

    More often that not receiving what they paid for, buyers have an altogether different problem: they knew what they were paying for, but didn't realise that what they were paying for was overpriced, low quality or a scam. The next email will give you a list of tips on how to avoid being ripped off on eBay.

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  • Don’t pay electricity bills if you’re not metered – FG

    Acting President Yemi Osinbajo through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has ordered electricity consumers that are yet to be provided with prepaid meters as from March 1, to stop paying electricity bills presented by Distribution Companies, DISCOs, on the basis of estimated billing methodology.

    The commission also assured the consumers of continued power supply, as they also ordered the DISCOs not to disconnect any such customer that refuses to pay the bill.

    They in turn, advised such customers to report to the commission if disconnected.

    NERC in​ a statement on its website​ at the weekend​​, said​ in line with its mandate of protecting the rights of customers, NERC had in June 2016 after consultation with the operators, directed DISCOs to conclude metering of all customers before November 30, 2016.

    NERC added that the sanction was sequel to the expiration of the initial directives by NERC and the moratorium period given to DISCOs to meter consumers.

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    The statement reads in part:​ ​“A directive was issued to distribution companies by the Commission in June 2016 for all MD customers to be metered by 30 November 2016.

    “The Commission received appeals on compliance deadline from distribution companies prior to the expiration of the 30 November 2016 deadline. The deadline was extended to 1 March 2017 after consideration of appeals received from distribution companies.

    “Upon due consideration of facts above and the expiration of the compliance deadline granted to distribution companies on the metering of MD customers; the Commission hereby directs as follows;

    “1. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 shall not pay any electricity bill presented by a distribution company on the basis of estimated billing methodology and these customers are advised to report this to the Commission.[xyz-ihs snippet=”adsense-468b60″]

    “2. No distribution company shall disconnect any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 on the basis of the customer’s refusal to pay a bill issued after the compliance deadline on the basis of estimated billing methodology.

    “3. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 should notify the Commission directly on:

    Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission
    Adamawa Plaza
    Plot 1099 First Avenue
    Off Shehu Shagari Way
    Central Business District​, ​Abuja, the statement concluded.

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  • Making The Most Of Autoresponders

    If you’ve created a website and started adding your content to it, chances are you’ve also built some links and submitted some articles to the major search engines.  After you have done all of the above, the next logical step, which many happen to overlook, is to take your business to the next level with an autoresponder.  These tools are great to have, although many simply overlook them.

    Often times, someone will visit your website through a link or search engine.  In many cases, a potential buyer will look around your site and find exactly what he has been looking for.  Sometimes, the buyer will get distracted with other things, and leave the site before he makes a purchase.  There are many reasons as to why a potential buyer might leave your site on accident before making a purchase, although you can capitalize and make the most of this opportunity with the use of an autoresponder.

    By capturing the visitor’s email address, an autoresponder will give you the chance to contact the potential buyer in the future and capitalize on the sale that you missed out on before.  Although autoresponders are mostly known for their abilities to automatically answer email, they are also more flexible, allowing you to do so much more.  If you use your autoresponder creatively and productively, you’ll gain more leads and customers than you ever imagined.

    The best autoresponders out there will manage your customer list and continue to follow up with customers who have signed up on your list.  You can also keep your autoresponder list updated with new products and services as well.  These programs will grow with you, allowing you to build a reputation in your area of business and become an expert over time.

    Through the use of an autoresponder and an affiliate program you can contact your affiliates quickly and easily to let them know about new offers you have or offer them new material that they can use to help them sell your products to increase your sales and their commissions.  You can also send out broadcast emails to your affiliates as well, providing them with tips and helpful advice that will assist them with selling your products.

    Autoresponders are also a great way to provide advertising as well.  If someone is interested in advertising on your website, you can use the autoresponder to automatically send out an email detailing the cost of advertising and how the individual can find out more about it as well.  This is a great asset, especially if you make a lot of income with advertising on your website.

    Another way you can make the most of your autoresponder is by allowing your visitors a taste of what you have to offer and the quality of your products or services.  If you plan to send out samples, you should avoid making it appear to be a sales letter.  If you do, you’ll normally end up losing more business than you gain.  Most buyers don’t like receiving sales letters, and will avoid doing business with you if they receive a sales letter.

    Even if you’ve never used an autoresponder before, you can find many different uses for it.  Autoresponders are great for many different purposes, other than answering emails.  There are several types to choose from as well, which gives you plenty of opportunities for your business.  All you need to do is select the type that works best for you – then discover more and more creative ways to use it to your advantage.

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  • Google Adsense Alternatives 2

    Google Adsense Alternatives 2

    Bidvertiser (http://www.bidvertiser.com/)

    Like AdSense, Bidvertiser displays text ads in your page. But the difference lies in the fact that advertisers bid over your advertising space, ensuring you earn as much revenue as you possibly can. This also means that bids will increase over time, earning you even more cash. You also get a great way to customize your ads with a very easy to use tool and detailed reports on your site's status.

    Quigo AdSonar (http://www.quigo.com/adsonarpublishers.htm)

    Quigo AdSonar achieves relevancy by placing a filter according to your site's categories. It also offers you on-line reports of your site's status and the possibility to add your own custom ads replacing ads that don't gain you any revenue. The setup is very simple, in a similar fashion to AdSense's and quite customizable as well.

    Vibrant Media IntelliTXT (http://www.intellitxt.com/site/web_01a.html)

    Vibrant Media IntelliTXT offers user-activated ads, highlighting certain words within the content of the page and presenting relevant ads when a user hovers his mouse over them. It uses a pay-for-performance pricing scheme and can easily be used along with other advertising methods, because it is unobtrusive. It places you in full control, allowing you to easily integrate it within your site with some simple JavaScript.

    Nixie (http://www.nixxie.com/display.php?section=Partners)

    Nixie claims to hold a technology that can read and understand your site, enabling it to display the most relevant content to your site. Besides text ads, Nixie also features price comparison listings as well as live auction advertising. It's very easy to implement and has a good payment policy as well.

    MIVA AdRevenue Xpress (http://www.miva.com/us/content/partners/arx.asp)

    MIVA AdRevenue Xpress is targeted towards small and mid-sized publishers. It implements Search Box functionality and also features things like a Category Directory as well as the handling of 404 error pages. It can be integrated with your page using a simple on-line wizard.

    Fastclick (http://www.fastclick.com/publish.html)

    Fastclick offers you an impressive 65 percent of what it makes from a click on your website. Payments are done monthly, via PayPal or through checks. The ads can be formatted as you wish, and Fastclick even offers a free support serice for its members and no fees are required to register with the service.

    contextWeb ContextAd (http://www.contextweb.com/Corporate/publisher/publisher.shtml)

    ContextAd offers the possibility of contextual ads for dynamic pages, meaning ads will change as soon as your page does. It's very easy to use and free to sing up for and offers a transparent payment policy. The ads are fully customizable and real-time reports are available 24/7.

    AdBrite (http://www.adbrite.com/)

    AdBrite offers publishers the possibility of integrating text ads in their pages. These are done on your own rates, with the websites you approve by hand so it bares some similarities with a classic advertising scheme. You also have the option of adding a "Your Add Here" button that buyers can immediately click to ad space on your page. It can also be used in conjunction with Google AdSense, maximizing your CTR and offering advertisers the possibility of showing their links in your Google AdSense space. You have full control over the look and feel of your adds and finally, you get an incredible 75% of what the advertiser pays for on every click.

    So, as you can see there are many offers for this kind of advertising, and many hybrids based on AdSense like advertising. Also, a lot of services can work together with AdSense to earn you an even greater amount of revenue for your ad space.

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  • A Frugal Lifestyle

    A Frugal Lifestyle

    The word “frugality” has left a more negative connotation for most people than simply being a saver, a cheapskate or tightwad. There is a thin line difference to saving and too much frugality to the point of being awkward and ridiculous. This is where the negative connotation comes from.

    But if you are guided with the right principles and reasons in deciding to live a frugal life, you would never go wrong.

    If you have decided to live frugally, no need to be worried of insults. Keep your head up high.  And keep your focus through these tips.

    1.    Eating Out – Having gimmicks with friends on a Friday night is fine if you do it once in a while. But this can be expensive if you add them up at the end of the month.

    2.    Clothing – Naturally, if you are the kind of person who adores signature and designer clothes, do not expect that there will be something left of your take home pay. Instead of being trendy, wear clothes that can easily be matched with your other clothes.

    3.    Own Home – If you are planning to move out and find a place to settle, do not be overwhelmed by the excitement, instead be practical. As a start, buy a smaller house or try other ways like rent-to-own, do-it-yourself arrangements, and owner financing.

    4.    Buying Your Own Car – Shy away from sports cars or SUVs. Just stick to your purpose of buying a car which is to transport you anywhere you need to go. Check out also program cars like a new car warranty. Maybe this is not just the best time to replace your car with a new one.

    5.    Shopping for Groceries – As much as possible do not go with items that are branded. Choose non-brands and try looking for items on the highest or lowest shelves for best prices. Grab the opportunity and shop during sales or use coupons.

    6.    Family Out – There are inexpensive ways to bond with your family and be entertained like going to libraries, local parks, malling, picnics, visit friends and local church.

    7.    Buying School Supplies – Stock school supplies at home and do not buy anything fancy.

    8.    Be contented with what you have and try to live within what you earn.

    9.    Plan your Child’s College Education – Teach them the ways to be independent and self-supporting by encouraging them to apply for scholarships and “on campus jobs”.

    10.    Be Aware of your Financial Limitations

    11.    Anticipate your Failures by Planning – Have always a budget plan so you would avoid impulsive buying.

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  • TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR FINANCES: TIPS ON BUDGETING

    TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR FINANCES: TIPS ON BUDGETING  

    With prices of commodities increasing day by day it is proper to make your very own strategic plan on maximizing your financial resources and making sure that every penny earned is well spent.

    Make your move on coordinating your finances and list of expenditures that may affect the way you use your income and empower you on your economic stability as a working individual.

    Your source of income, lifestyle, spending habits, current job and house location, cost of living, payables and loans determines your level of budgeting needs. Starting to take charge of your finances is one sure way of becoming successful in a field of self-fulfillment and success.

    The following tips and recommendations will provide you details on how you can help yourself manage your finances and assume a new outlook to become responsible in your spending.

    ط    Treat Math As Your Lifetime Partner – Do the entire math in your purchasing needs. Try to compare prices across your current location for the price of a range of grocery and household items you need in a day-to-day basis.

    Save as much as you can in an item you are trying to buy. Chinese businessmen exercise effective buying techniques. They save as much as they can and usually purchase in bulk to increase their revenue index on the item they plan on selling as well.

    ط    Gambling – Gambling tops the chart in making your life as chaotic as it could get. Gambling strips you off your finances and keeps you vulnerable from the threats of bankruptcy.

    ط    Know Your Wants and Needs – Limit your spending on something which you are not in dire need of. According to a recent study, luxuries are second to gambling in terms of the degree of money-stripping capability.

    ط    “Do Not Spend More Than you Earn” – Rags-To-Riches stories do not fail to mention this famous cliché. There is always truth to this phrase for you cannot live in a world where you consume more than what you can produce.

    ط    Keeping A List – Making your own budget list is vital to your success to becoming prudent. A wise buyer needs to consider the amount of a certain commodity and how will it impact his life as an individual.

    An unconscientious consumer would not care about what is being purchased as long as he or she has money to buy for them. Unless you are someone who has a considerable amount of wealth and income resources, you can not afford to disregard this recommendation and go ahead with your practice.

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  • When Do I Get Paid Using Google Adsense?

    Google Adsense: When Do I Get Paid Using Google Adsense?

    Google Adsense pays you approximately 30 days after the end of the month in which you become eligible to receive payment. You become eligible for payment only when your Adsense account reaches at least $100.00.  Suppose, for example, you started in January and at the end of the month you had not yet accumulated $100.00 in your Google Adsense account.  You would then need to wait and see if your January and February earnings combined equal $100.00.  If they do, you would be paid approximately 30 days after the end of the month of February, that is, you could expect payment near the end of March.

    Another good reason to also use Adsense for Search is that you get to combine the earnings to reach the $100.00 payout minimum.  So if your earnings for Adsense for Content do not reach $100.00 in time for the current payout, but when combined with your Adsense for Search earnings they do meet the payout minimum, you will be paid accordingly.

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  • Google Adsense: How Much Money You Can Make and URL Channels Explanation

    Google Adsense: How Much Money You Can Make and URL Channels Explanation

    How Much Money Can I Make With Google Adsense?

    How much do you want to make?  How hard do you want to work?  And how much time do you want to spend working the Google Adsense program?

    These are the questions you must ask yourself in order to answer that question.

    Look at it this way: how many business opportunities come your way where the only requirement is hard work and the time it takes to work hard?  Not many.  Almost any business venture requires some kind of start-up money.

    If  your total earnings is showing 0.00 after a week, not to worry.  Keep reading and learning and working.  If however, you’re still showing 0.00 after a month, it may be time to implement some of those optimization tips you’ll find on the Google Adsense Support Site.  Play around with the placement of the ads on your site.  Consider changing the colors.  Look again at the content. Is it interesting?  

    As with any other business, with the Google Adsense program, the sky is the limit. Work hard. Work smart. Have fun.  After all, you’re the boss.

    What Are URL Channels and How to Organize Them in Google Adsense

    URL Channels allow you to view detailed information about the performance of your  Adsense for Content pages.  

    Suppose you have a blog at writingup.com and you also have a blog at bloggerparty.com. It might be interesting and profitable to track which one is getting more clicks.  Log in to your Adsense account and click on Adsense for Content.  Scroll down until you see Channels and click on manage channels.  You may need to scroll up when the next page loads.  Under Manage URL Channels you would type writingup.com and click on Create New Channel.  You will immediately see writingup.com in the Active URL Channels dialogue box  Now type in bloggerparty.com in the same channel text box and again click on Create New Channel.  You now have two channels and you will be able to track your progress on each channel.  You can view channel reports from the Advanced Report page under the Reports tab.  Choose Adsense for Content, choose the date range and then select the Channels Data radio button. Choose any number of active channels by holding down the CTRL key. Next click on Display Report.  It’s as easy as that.

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  • The Magic Of Autoresponders

    A majority of those who visit a new website have no intention of purchasing anything.  Most of the time, those who visit new sites are surfing the Internet for information, and happen to stumble across your website.  There are a few impulse buyers out there though, buyers that will buy from your site on the first visit.  Although most visitors will leave without buying anything, you’ll find yourself wondering why your visitor counter keeps increasing and your sales aren’t improving.

    In most cases, it takes several exposures to new products or services before someone will decide to buy it.  To get the most from your sales and capitalize on visitors who happen to visit your site without making a purchase, you’ll need a way to follow up with your visitors several times.  An email list is one way to do it, as you can show your product to the same market as many times as you like.

    To successfully manage an email subscriber list, you’ll need something known as an autoresponder.  An autoresponder is a great asset to your website, as it can handle virtually any email you receive.  You can think of these tools as salesmen who never get sick and are always there to answer emails 24 hours a day – 7 days a week.  They will also follow up with your clients when you instruct them to do so, continuing to add information to your database as well.

    Autoresponders are very helpful tools that people can subscribe to.  It can also capture and manage email databases that it collects from your website traffic as well.  Once you have signed into your autoresponder account, you can use a sign up form and capture both the name and email address for any of your website visitors.  Once you have the information, you can add it to your customer list so that you can get back to the customer with information about your services and products.

    There are many other uses for autoresponders as well.  Along with sending out personalized emails to your clients, you can also send them free examples of your products, snippets of useful information, or special offers towards your products.  You can add virtually anything you want to an autoresponder, and send it out when you wish.  You can also send out a broadcast message to everyone on your customer list at the same time, which will get your information out there and save you a lot of time.

    You can get an autoresponder program for your website in several types and several locations.  You can get scripts to add to your website, although they aren’t normally recommended.  Many prefer to go with third party services, which will operate the autoresponder for you.  This type of autoresponder is known as remote hosted, and proves to be very beneficial for those who don’t want to operate the autoresponder themselves.

    If you want to run the autoresponder yourself, you can always go with locally hosted autoresponder programs.  These programs will allow you to run the responder yourself, giving you complete and total control.  To do it this way, you’ll need to buy an autoresponder program then set it up either on your computer or through your website.

    To get started in the right direction, all you need to do is find yourself an autoresponder.  To find one, all you need to do is run a search with a search engine such as Google.  You’ll receive hundreds of different results, including free programs.  You should always avoid free autoresponders though – as programs that you pay for will give you a lot more in return.

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  • Banquet Entertainment

    Banquet Entertainment

    Banquets have been a venue for entertainment since ancient times, continuing until the 21st century, when they are still being used for many of their original purposes – to impress visitors, especially important ones; to show hospitality; as an occasion to showcase supporting entertainments such as music or dancing, or both. They were an integral part of court entertainments and helped entertainers develop their skills. They are also important components of celebrations such as coronations, weddings, birthdays civic or political achievements, military engagements or victories as well as religious obligations. In modern times, banquets are commercially available, for example, in restaurants and combined with a performance in dinner theatres. Cooking by professional chefs has also become a form of entertainment as part of global competitions such as the Bocuse d'Or.

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