Monday, 14 February 2022

How to get 1 billion hits on a youtube video



Viral videos have one thing in common. Great hooks, extraordinary campaigns. What is your concept, how will you hook your audience in? What niche are you catering to? Are you doing fun? Comedic or captivating? Whatever it is, use lots of light in the video, lots of colour, catchy and memorable wordplay and sentences. Use sharp images and high pixel content, memorable images, potentially a celebrity, if not a celebrity something the audience can remember have fun with and replicate. What's happening on tik tok? Lots of viral videos, why ?


 They are creating simple, polished yet well pixelated dance craze videos that audiences can replicate and this has become a new trend taking the internet by storm. Wether it's being fashion forward, an influencer ace, utilise your audience to share , share , share and get your message out there.Make the message simple,memorable and digestible. Know your candidate, know your demographic, if your key target audience were in the local shopping mall which aisle would they go to? 


What item would they buy? Why would they pick it up? What makes them tick in the area of finance? What holds their attention? What language holds their attention.

Be willing to go the extra mile. Do data capture forms with surveys to get info on exactly what your target audience are looking for so you can market not just according to niche, but according to need and demand in the market.

Be willing to ask key insightful questions, questions like what sort of campaigns do they remember linked to their interest to the product of interest in the niche. Why do they remember this type of advertising, what made them pick this product? Why do they buy certain items as they shop over their competitors. Reward them for their info with vouchers and coupons, even go as far as inviting them for focus groups or workshops. The more data you acquire from them, the more you will be able to cater your product to suit your audiences needs, monetise through a targeted well presented ,well received advertising and marketing campaign, bring in some revenue, and at a later date, if required bring in investors.


Utilise Links on social media. Post links everywhere thats relevant to and links back to your campaign

Promote your campaign through advertising


Do a big email push and marketing push, sending your content and video campaign to all media, networks and contacts.


Send out a Newsletter

 Post links to your campaign in Magazines, 

Post links to your Campaign in Podcast 

Post links in  facebook groups,

 linkedin groups, question and answer forum with business mentors, 

 online events

webinars, forums, panel discussions, debates

zoom room chats

 interviews, The youtube channels backstage pass, 

Facebook watch parties, 

In online content Article sites like Squidoo, Zine, and on your social media articles.

Make sure you utilise key words and use SEO to aid you

And make sure you prompt your network to share the content.



Sunday, 13 February 2022

How to be a pinterest influencer

 



Pinterest is one of my favourite platforms. With a 1 million audience, now you know why. Yet how does one grow their audience on Pinterest become an influencer and even sell on the Pinterest platform?

From the use of Shoppable pins to the oh so awesome tailwind, used for tribe building, connecting and communicating with followers or potential clients.

Let's see how do we start on this adventure. Graphic, delightful and buoyant content. Content needs to be colourful and pleasing to the eye, clear pixels, sharp, language needs to hook audiences in quickly. With Shoppable pins you are selling the products of your choice with the pin promoting that these pins can be bought, it is a choice to use Shoppable or customisable pins, you can request them. Yet a lot of people have a Shopify platform where they sell their products, have a drop shipping platform , and post the links to the products on the Pinterest platform. 


Pinterest although initially promoted as a vision board site, is actually also now identified as the next biggest online global shipping search engine. If your not on Pinterest, your missing money, contacts, and your missing a trick. It's a great platform to go viral on and build an audience.



People often focus on YouTube and Instagram, yet these two platforms can become over saturated, it can be hard to get awareness for your content or brand, yet with Pinterest you have a space or a marketplace, to build on your brand, gain some recognition, and sell.


Yet this all works successfully if you take the time to build your online networks,

Your online following, and communicate and build relationships with potential clients , through engagement.


Provide them information and resources that they would like to hear.

Insights, interviews, courses,

Ways to Monetise on passive income online.

Post minimum 7 times a day on Pinterest to build viewership and to be recognised by the algorithm. This is what top influencers are doing, many are starting with 5.

Share content  with your followers and share on other social media sites and other platforms as well

Advertise on  pinterest,boost your post

Use tailwind to message, engage and interact with your niche.

Use the right hashtags that are appropriate,

Utilise SEO, search engine optimization

Learn the different algorithms 

Learn how to rank high on the different platforms

Use catchy keywords

Visualise your audience, what would they be typing into the search bar.






How to make £15000 with a podcast

 


Who doesn't love a great podcast. Wether it's audio, or visual. Podcasts provide great enterprise, resources, information, and sometimes great relaxation as well. Podcast can be very inspiring, especially when we listen to leadership interviews or development podcasts about great visionaries and their strategy and business models to grow their brands, create insight and develop impactful communities.



So how do you make podcasts that sell. Build your viewership to get a consistent audience.

First of all know your niche and know your market. Who is the audience your trying to engage what are they looking for? What resources can you deliver to them through your content, what insights, what information, what can they get from you that they can't get from no one else? Is it a different perspective, is it an analysis on how to access different markets, is it ideas on how to move their business forward with brands, with marketing, is it collaboration ideas and joint venture strategies.what is your appeal, your unique selling point.

First of all create content, a rough outline,then detailed, first mock, then trial the content. Record it , now listen to it, view it and analyse it as a consumer, then review it with a sales perspective . Where is the buy in? What are its strengths , why should people tune in, why should they opt in to your podcast? Why should they subscribe, want to be members.

First of all make your podcast a freemium membership. That means it starts off free so they don't feel threatened, yet you still request that they provide their bank details.


Provide incredible content and be consistent.

Have a trial period. Now build on your following, send them perks, create a real sense of community once they go past the trial period, message them with info, call it info bytes, mini bits of information or resources that could be useful to them in their niche. Something key like grants information,funding bodies, investors, projects, things that will make them spread the word and want to get other people to subscribe.

Build up your following with your social media

Create content with buzz and links to your podcast

Share your podcast on comments section on posts

Create e brochures and flyers

Create links through a newsletter

Create links in a guest blogger posts

Create links in a magazine

Create links in a forum

Create links on a job board

Create links on a video

Tag people to posts on articles promoting your podcast

Invite speakers to speak on your podcast and get them to share it with their networks.

Have a small budget and boost your post about your podcast.


Just enjoy the process of sharing and promoting your info and resources.

Speak at Speakers events

Offer Consultations providing links to your consultants

Speak at conferences

Masterminds with a link to your podcast

Sell an ebook with a link to your podcast

YouTube channel with a link to your podcast

Newsletter with a link to your podcast

Magazine column with a link to your podcast









Viral in 60 seconds :Top 15 ways to make your first viral campaign

 


Lately on social media the hot topic is going viral. Everybody wants to promote their brands, products,services and campaigns.So what is going Viral and how on Earth do you do it? 

Ever heard of those marketing campaigns that get a million impressions, a million clicks or so, lots and  lots of comments? Maybe it's videos?


 Maybe it's articles, maybe it's graphics linked to extremely creative content, either way the internet is buzzing, and if that individual is smart their using AdSense, affiliate marketing, or selling some products off the back of their products to champion it. So how do you go viral? Kerchiing!!


Know your niche,create digestible content, content that is accessible to your audience, tag people into it, ask them to engage, post comments, ask them to share. 


Share the content on social media.

Share a link to the content on messaging boards, connect or invite people to connect asking them for their opinions on the content.


Share the content in group forums, in group chats.

Have a potential marketing budget to blow up the marketing content .

Share the content on webinars

Share the content with a link on podcasts

Be a speaker on E forums and live speaking events with a link to your content

Create a forum where people discuss and debate the content

Hold panel discussions themed around the content

Offer mentoring and coaching to develop the content.

Guest post on other sites and magazine columns sharing the content

Create marketing campaigns with buzzwords linked to the content

Use effective hashtags

Use SEO and keyword optimisation

Know what links and resources your audiences are looking for make sure they find them in the content.

Be consistent with your promotion of the content 

If you do a video, make sure it's smart, catchy, colourful,and memorable.

Know key strengths your content has and sell. Make sure you are selling your content.





Top 15 ways to make money selling blog skins and Templates





The versatility of the chameleonesque blog skin.who doesn't want a tune up from the old now and again. Something Wicked,modern,new age, spicy. If you have a passion for design, and a skill for creating blog Skins and templates. Well , whats taking you so long. Showcase your strength Amigo.

Wether it's buoyant and beautiful colours, dark and delightful, sensuous and scenic, or you've nurtured an eye for intricate patterns and intimately woven design, why not sell your delights with those who desire a website or a blog tune up.

First of all create a portfolio site,.with how to content. How to content is very popular,because you.are extending your knowledge and sharing growth and opportunities with others. Talk them through design and development with simple delivery. Add a portfolio of your products, which will be your blog skins and templates. Build content around it, utilise key search engine optimization, traffic,traffic,traffic is the key. The more traffic you create with your site, the more sales and referrals you'll get.


Have a portfolio, and build traffic to any portfolio or marketing site.

advertise your services  on social media as a website designer or a brand design consultant.

message your contacts with examples of your work to those in your newsletter


Send examples of your work in an e greeting card


Showcase your work on a YouTube Channel


On a forum


On a membership site


Advertise your website in group social media sites.









Saturday, 12 February 2022

Top Fun ways to sell an ebook

The magic is in the pen, after all, what is mightier, the sword? Let's see now , after all that delicious scribbling you've been doing I'm not surprised your eager to share what has become the itching and scratching of the page has piled into a collection, a delightful portfolio of musings. So here's to you and your new endeavour, yet how do you sell it. How do you market it, pitch it to your audience? Turn it into a hot ticket item, and have masses with greedy fingers on the buy now button? Good question! It starts with identifying it as a product, a book is a very personal experience, and we often hold it too close. List the strengths of your book as a product, what book is it similar too, what reader will it attract, why would it be hot in the market now? Let the characters sizzle of the page? What makes it so interested? What makes it so dynamic? 


What makes it so engrossing? Why would this be such a hot read! Why would it be great for their Kindle or their bookshelf? Why should they invest their money in this book rather than in other items. Utilise book clubs,Go to book bloggers, ask them to review your book and get them to refer it Have a subscription list of people in your newsletter,promote your book through it. Sell your book on your social media and your blog Advertise your book Advertise your book in a magazine column Use articles to promote your book Utilise podcasts to promote your book

Promote your book in webinars, at events,during courses, Facebook watch parties, forums, networking online,Zooms.

Be consistent, follow up when people email you for some info

Send promotional messages

Send out marketing

Send eCards with a snapshot or preview of the book

Utilise email marketing

Top 10 ways to improve your selling skills





 Sales are the future. From abundant living to negotiating a flexible versatile lifestyle, they are the present, and consistently create access for those who are eager to upgrade their finances. We are all in sales in one way or another, we just dont know it. Everytime you present yourself in some way, thats kind of a sale. Making friends, a sale, your requesting people to buy in, in some way. A new job, requesting they buy into your portfolio of skills, relationships, requesting people celebrate your strengths. When we put ourselves out there we are often promoting, we organise our presentation, packaging, branding, tell people who we would like them to identify us as...Marketing. Hoping they buy in and spread the word. 

Now lets not talk about sales in a broad scale, lets talk about a very key area of sales. Negotiating and building relationships.

First of all what is a sale? A sale is the exchange of goods or service for finance or capital. It can be short and sweet, or often be through extensive negotiations. Sales is also a game of Positioning, and the ability to build trust in a relationship in a very short amount of time. The buyer invest their finances because they trust the product, the brand, the service, or the individual. 

Selling is often about the sellers ability to communicate, and engage with the buyer, having excellent conversational skills, making sure the narrative is open, and dialogue flows, answering key questions, and building that key trust. 

First of all know your product or service. What are the strengths and the pro's of the service your selling? Where can it solve the buyers problem? How are you saving them Money? Could you be saving them money they could be investing elsewhere? List the problems you are solving for them, dont be pushy but direct, open the conversation enough so they can challenge you

Provide sales figures, and a sales report, and data analytics, show how well the product or service is doing in the market, which area is it selling the most, why are others buying it, Why and how is it beating its competitors, what is its unique selling point? Does it save time utilising this product or service? Does it open the floor up to more opportunities , more access? 

Does this product have the potential to give you cashback, is it half price, will there be a discount on the next item, a buy one get one free offer. 

Also when you talk about this product comment loosely about other things they might end up wasting their money on, things that wont bring a return, emphasize a lack of time, time restraint, the special offer coming to a close, also indicate that they are being given a special client treatment as a key candidate, therefore you should actually deliver, an extra surplus service. Maybe have a supervisor, or an advisor sit in on a call to answer more of their questions.Give them time. Show them they are valued.

Have a great opening pitch, be warm and friendly in the introduction, if you get their secretary or pa, also treat that individual with warmth and respect also.

Be a good advisor

Be a good listener and be present in the conversation.

Also See gaps in the conversation. The opportunities are in the conversations, thats where most opportunities hide.

Be good at following up

Build on excellent communication skills

Try and sound Relaxed without sounding uncaring or arrogant

Be Consistent with the follow up.

Dont take the first no for an answer yet dont be overly aggressive and too pushy. You want them to refer you and also do some of the work for you.

Have great knowledge of the product

Understand the weaknesses and strengths of your competitors and know your market

Know the Potential of the product

Be a good problem solver

Know when its time to laugh, and when its time to cry. Some people get this all wrong.

Have fun with the client. Its not about you showing off your degree, your expertise, its really just simply about how well this client will like this product, and how it could change things for them. Say " Its not about me, its about you."

Know that selling is not about aggression, and know the difference between thirst and determination, Desperate and forward.

Its alright to spice it up with a bit of nice. " Add a bit of charm, just dont be greasy"

Know how to step off the charm accelerator, and then show the knowledge.

Let the customer feel as though their well positioned for this opportunity.

Put your ego aside for the sale

In negotiations its alright to step back



Top 12 ways to earn your first million through a blog





 Do you need a hotsell for blogging? 

Its fun, its creative, its challenging, exciting, highly engaging, and even better, it can give you an income. There is a whole army of us that are going down the passive income stream eager to access potential funds, and have a more flexible day to day, with better and more mobile time management. Who doesnt get tired of the 9 to 5 , Office politics, the dictator or head honcho, the bully in the office convincing the other colleagues its a playground dynamic rather than a time to get your head down and focus on developing your skills to bring in that income that could improve your lifestyle.

Let me phrase it differently do you need a hotsell for six figure passive income, or what i call, crunch time millionaire blogs. We've all heard of them Pro blogger, The tech blogs, Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income, Marie Forleo from Marie Forleo, Kimra Luna From Freedom Hackers , Jeremy Schoemaker from Shoe Money, Blog geeks that end up retiring early buying an Island and renting a private jet, does this stuff even still exist?

 If you talk to your immediate network, all the workaholics, the 9 to 5ers they'll tell you its a dream, that its only special aliens who have fairy dust sprinkled on them from birth accomplish things like this. They tell you their being realistic.

Yet heres my argument to challenge some of the realists out there, what if it so happened that these Millionaire bloggers, or Mighty millionaire moguls in anything, were just flesh human beings like you and me, had 24 hours in a day like you and me, were not bionic? Were not artificial, intelligence, but were humans, managing time differently, managing thought processes differently, researching differently, asking all the right questions, investing differently, and therefore manifesting differently.  These guys arent exactly Xmen are they. Yet whats the difference between the Millionaire bloggers, or the millionaire anything? 

They start. And most of us are still talking, doubting, trying to be validated by our circles. So lets start. Lets start with some ideas. Ideas that could have some potential and lead us to some insight.

First of all? How do you make money from a blog? You build up demand for its content. You Build up your following. Create engagement, get your audience excited, create buzz and deliver with consistency.

Utilise your Seo. Make sure your using search terms that audiences are searching for?Or entering into the search bar. Hot searches are often things like How do i bring in passive income in a particular niche, how do i get more sales? How do i monetise? Where can i buy at certain products at a discount? Cheap Markets, Funding for businesses in a particular niche.

Make sure your blog ranks high on google

Sell products on your blog, or link your blog to shopify or an ecommerce store

Do Affiliate marketing, and sell products through your blog

Create a membership blog

Promote Sponsored content, where brands pay you to write content about their products on your blog.

Utilise Banner ads

Work with a professional  agency, they will help you with budget advertising, marketing campaigns, and viral campaigns and advertising.

Do guest post on other blogs

Do a tutorial series and charge premium for your audience to access extra content.

Post monetizable links

Use paid advertising, where you recieved payment each time a link is clicked on, or through google adsense and other third party ads.

newsjack (respond to news stories on your blog)

Sell advertising space on your blogs newsletter

Run premium competitions and charge an entry fee.

Run Business raffles and charge an entry fee.

Get employers to pay a fee to advertise on your job board

Create a lucrative introducer network through your blog.

sell books 

sell membership to your blog

Sell webinars

events

podcasts

tutorials

magazine subscriptions

Guest blog on other sites

Use influencers

Utilise Social media,

Produce viral content with a link to your blog

Use click bait

Use Hooks

Create listicles

Create top 10 lists and list your blog as one of the top 10 in the list

courses, 

training, 

inside networking,

 chatrooms,

 facebook groups, 

linkedin groups, 

question and answer forum with business mentors, 

access to online events, webinars, 

forums, 

panel discussions, 

debates,

zoom room chats, 

interviews, 

The youtube channels backstage pass,

 the live streaming, 

Facebook watch parties, 

But whatever you do dont stay in the shadows doubting yourself....just start. Start with a concept, build with research, investigate a niche, and grow. Everything is failing and learning. Life is learning how to walk. You become what you practice with consistency. What you master you become.

Thursday, 10 February 2022

Top 15 ways to make your first million with an app

 


There are a number of ways to monetise that killer new app concept you've just come up with. Great idea yet little to no profile. Great concept, little to no advertising budget, and yet you also want to believe your pocket has the potential to smile. Do you have creative potential, entrepreneurial insight? And the vision to meet a new demand for a niche in the market? Well lets see now, how do you Monetise an app?

There are a number of creative ways to do so. Follow our hot list below and enjoy adding value to your new community of buzzing customers.

Subscription

Have an affordable subscription fee that members pay to join your app community.

Email marketing

Use Email marketing to promote your app to your database of contacts use prompts to encourage them to share it with their networks and their links.

Sharing content on Social media

Share your content on Social media at least five times a day minimum, especially on the pinterest and instagram platforms. Pinterest and Insta are great platforms for Visuals and graphic promotion outside of youtube, and great for inventive ideas to go viral on.

Advertising

Utilise advertising for free on guest sites or using a small budget on social media sites.

Influencer Shoutouts

Contact influencers to give shoutouts about your app and promote it on their social media.

Brand Shoutouts

Get brands to shout it out.

Guest Posts

Do Guestposts on magazine sites and columns.


Videos promoting your app

Do videos on Vimeo and Youtube and include other platforms promoting your brand and app.

Reviews

Get reviews for your app. 

Recommendations about your app

Get reccommendations about your app.

App referrals

Customer reviews and testimonials

Capitalise on a Newsletter

Use the right seo so your app is high on the search engines

Offer trials of your app

Have a link to app promotion through Viral Content

Utilise Click bait with links to your app marketing video promo's

Utilise Sponsored posts

 Provide resourceful content

Tag followers and contacts to promotional and marketing content

Use Marketing videos, and request that close contacts share with 5 to 15 people or more

Use hooks to headline posts that include Marketing videos

Sell Merchandise within your app

Offering a freemium membership

In app purchases

Transaction Fees

Sponsorship

Advertising for brands and Businesses

Offer incredible incentives for those who do subscribe. 

Ebooks

Magazines

 Podcast access

 tutorials

courses

training

inside networking

 chatrooms

facebook groups

linkedin groups

question and answer forum with business mentors access to online events

 webinars, forums

panel discussions

debates

zoom room chats

interviews

The youtube channels backstage pass

the live streaming, 

Facebook watch parties, 

In app messaging.

Top 10 ways to sell 5000 subscriptions with an online community

 






Subscription Sites are constantly a hot ticket item on the internet, big name brands with thewir large communities engaging eager audiences to interact and share their insights and buy some of their hottest products. Yet what if your not a big name item? How do you navigate these shark infested waters, how do you make sure your brand and your platform is seen and heard. Here are some great ideas to build your community, and keep those active voices, helping you disrupt and engage.


Have affordable prices, and engaging content


Utilise pop up forms and data capture form


Offer incredible incentives for those who do subscribe. 

Ebooks, 

Magazines

Podcast access

 tutorials

 courses

training

inside networking

chatrooms

facebook groups

 linkedin groups

 Question and answer forum with business mentors, 

access to online events

 Webinars, 

forums

Panel discussions 

Debates,

Zoom room chats

Interviews

The youtube channels backstage pass

The live streaming

Facebook watch parties 


Create interesting content that makes them want to click on the link


make the call to action easy and simple to understand


Make your content shareable


Give them Previews of whats to come as members of the site


"Run tell dat!"

Promote, promote. If you dont tell them about you, how will they know about you. Share on all your social media platforms minimum 3 to 4 times a day, your newsletter, and utilise an email marketing campaign.

Get influencers to shout about your membership platform. Put it on blast


Get Youtube Videos done on it


Do Guest Posts about your Platform


Do a magazine column article about your column


Get bloggers to review your column


Create buzz and promote the benefits of accessing the amazing content


What are the strengths of your product


How does it add value

How does it solve a problem?

How will it match its competitors

Why is it so unique?

Whose talking about it?

Why should they pay the extra fee, and not waste funds on other items?

Why is membership to your community an investment?

Where are the bonuses?

Where is the opportunity to bring in more revenue?

How is the community a resource?

What engagement will they get?

Who can they talk to, or network with?

What events can they attend?

What societies will they get access too?

What communities, grants or resources could they be informed about?

What speakers could they hear speak?

How To make £100,000 a year online

 




Making any income is a challenge, yet an online income, takes mastery, creativity, and quite a bit of insight. Nobody is asking you to become a genius over night, yet be well researched about your niche, the products you are selling, your brand of engagement, and focus on building relationships with potential customers. Build your audience with content that adds value, the more traffic you have to your site, the more content you put out there, the more no's will bring you closer to the yeses.


 Its really about adding value, building the conversation, extending the conversation, building the relationship with your customers and making them feel valued, listened to, heard. Make sure you have high engagement on social media, your branding and marketing packs are of high calibre, Your sales tools are not so much about gimmicks but cater to the question the individual may have. Know your candidate. You are providing a service. That service is solving a problem. 





Have a strong outline and understanding of who you are selling to? Why would they come to you over your competition, what makes you stand out? Time is money. Just remember when it comes to the internet, everything is about how quickly they can access the information, the resources, and the insight. Make sure language is easy to interpret.

Images are bold, clear, high quality pixels, phrases are catchy , snappy. Use distinctive hooks, Click bait often works to draw their attention, but now you want to hold their attention. You want them to go through a series of processes, from entering data, to participating in the funnel system.


Share your content 


Make the purchase steps easy and the site easy to navigate.


Make the template and theme attractive 

When producing content, and using such things as a newsletter, an ebook an e magazine make sure content is up to date, utilise hashtag,key into content about trends.

When entering the search tags pay attention to optimising your site well, what search terms will your audience be entering into the search bars. What will they be looking for? What answers? 


Think about what sites your customers are usually visiting, social media, news, shopping and e commerce, entertainment, how can you utilise the information on these sites to appeal to your audience.


What trigger words can you use to hook them in? Now you have to think with both hats on ,as the consumer and as the producer, what are their trigger words, not just buzz words like Sale, or buy now, but words that make them feel as though this is where you are solving the problem and meeting their demands. 


Always have a product or a campaign that aims to solve a problem, wether it's a resource, wether it's a product, people go to different sources because they want their needs met in some way. Here is your chance to meet their needs.





















Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Sun Gal (Poetry by Otatade Okojie)

 


Sun gal (For Otatade)


I am the sun; 
I am the Earth 
I have been rain 
I have been dirt 
I'm a shadow in corners, 
A celebrity in sight 
I am contagious, 
But I'm not always right. 
Were learning, 
We are; 
Two dolphins in the ocean 
Knowledge is backwards 
Sometimes in slow motion 
I am the king, 
Amongst a tribe of his men 
I am the villagers who hover 
And then 
I am the janitor 
Striving for keep 
Toiling over time 
And under time in his sleep; 
I am the wisdom 
I am the glory 
I am the meaning 
In an old prophets story 
I am your patience, 
I am your mind, 
I am the challenge 
Beelzebul Want's to find 
Started from everything 
From ten down to one 
I am still the ocean 
I still the sun. 
Goliath may be growing 
David keeps on 
Going, 
The strength in me 
Will rise hundred fold 
For Behold, 
I AM THE SUN 
I am god's gold

 


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The cat near the hot tin roof ( Otatade Okojie Poetry)

  


The cat near the hot tin roof, 

Was careful where it stepped, 
It didn't want to burn it's toes 
Or accidentally break it's neck, 
It didn't want to scrape over, 
And blaze it's fur, 
So it kept it's distance, 
Not going Near, 
But cat, 
The roof has cooled now, 
But still it purrs , 
When will you climb 
And brace your wall, 
So you can hold your head up tall, 
Night turns to day, 
Day turns to night, 
This tired cat , 
Has wall in Sight, 
This creature, 
So regal, 
So bold, 
And so brave, 
Meditates on how to behave, 

Which way do I climb, 
Without getting burnt, 
But cat things have turned 
And you should have learnt, 
You can't go this way, that way or that, 
You should be ready to face your spat. 
Day turns to night and night turns to day, 
Disapointedly the cat meows away.





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The Man who walked for Miles (Otatade Okojie Poetry)

  



The man who walked for miles, 
Just doesn't exist, 
I commend the ideal 
That one should persist 
But hey; 
This man had to rest, 
And stop and catch his breath, 
Otherwise he would fall and catch his death. 
He even looked back into the past, 
That didn't stop him from moving fast, 
No. 
Sometimes, this brave tired old man as he, 
Had to go back in time and see, 
What was on his mind, 
What he'd left behind, 
And turn then walk away. 
This is the story of the man that walked for miles, 
Who had his burden slung on his shoulder, 
Who travelled on, 
Who kept strong, 
Till he was older, 
Much older, 
For time never stops, 
Doesn't just start and never finish, 
Time and change, 
Does not diminish. 
This man now rests, 
Legs stretched to unfold, 
Without this journey, 
His quest would never be told.


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Monday, 7 February 2022

Storm Clouds in Fiction

 




Storm cloud

Once we were fiction
Caught in the rough
Distilled in a poem
Broken enough
These words 
They would chide 
Us
Our season so dim
Hack us to pieces 
Making us thin
I stand on an Island
Caught in a  war
Reaching out to your 
Fiction
Thats bleeding me raw

Now we are fiction

Soon we are smoke

What was this love?

I cannot cope



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By Otatade Okojie


 


No Sweeping Sundays

                                              




                                                                                  

 


 No sweeping Sunday

A rest from pain

A chattering Mind

My dulling brain

Gladiator rises

With Trojan steps

Each walk i take

The ground has cleft

For whewn i fell 

I so was bruised

Battered 

Small 

Flame 

Diffused

And now i march 

To lions Gate

Just so Goliath

Can see my 

Fate




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Go fund me post 4


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The start of our Budget like a Badass Journey

 




Budgeting can be tough, so much temptation out there, so many distractions. Everytime you step out into the great outdoors, the shops are calling, and all those delicious aisles of stuff. Stuff to cater to your mood, this hunger, or thirst you have to either splurge or validate this feeling ypour experiencing. Wether its a breakup, a bad day at work, an argument at home, a snack at lunchtime, or just to feel delightful, you know exactly what you wanna do. You tap that smiling pocket, or pull the wallet out of the handbag, here comes the friendly credit card, debit card, your just a beep away from that feeling of gratification....Oh oh....this path doesnt lead to the smiling pocket, the more trips you make, the more purchases you get , or things you consume for that thing of absence, the more you realise, something physically isnt presence....Your finances. The bank account is running on empty. 

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Start a savings journal or a wealth journal 

Understand your accounts and where your weaknesses are when it comes to spending and when it comes to saving and budgeting.

Learn from the error of those with a leaking pocket.


No matter your income if you have a hole in your pocket , the money you bring in will be dust, and you will always have a negative account at thde end of the month. 

I am learning to try and teach myself restraint.

Breaking old habbits, replacing old habbits with new consistent positive habbit. 

You need to replace those negative habbits with a positive action, and psychology.

What can you do instead of spending that money?

I spend when im bored.






Distracted

Spend whenever a new project opens up 

The spending makes me feel as though im executing, like im doing something.

What are your spending habbits?

What do you spend on?

What is your pocket Cryptonite?

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Mine is going to the local shop to feel like im stretching my limbs, getting small treats, nick nacks, or going into town and randomly buying clothes that i dont need. My wardrobe has thrown up some really bad outfits of late. 

The downside of all of this is negative self talk, doubting your ability to manage your finances, not having funds in place to invest in key assets. Start with your wealth journal, manage your accounts, check your financial statements, and create a weekly budget. It can be from £50 a week, but something realistic that is flexible. Which allows you to manage and pay attention to your finances so you can have some seed money, for maybe a down payment on a house, a holiday, or an investment.


Counter the pocket Cryptonite habbit. Validate yourself with positive self talk, list and journal things to do that dont involve spending money, look at wether or not you really need the item of consumption. If a week later you dont hunger for the item on your list, then it may not be a necessity.

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Have a want list and have a need list. Decide what is necessary. Put funds into your savings account and pay yourself first. Set up a monthly direct debit, putting funds into your account.




Go fund me post 3

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Friday, 4 February 2022

Trendy ideas to titilate your pocket

 


There are so many trends out there they can drive you to distraction, yet these hot trends can and create ideas, will inspire, engage and excite. So i looked at some of the trending topics out there and i created my own list of trends that would be great for commerce.

Online e commerce shops item to sell

 

World cup trend

 

 

World cup t shirts, with a celebrity on the side, and a quote said by footballer and celebrity

World cup glow in the dark flags

Football hats Customisable hats

Shirts with quote 

 what we look like in first place

 



Taylor Swift ( Taylors treats)

A taylor swift game , seeing how much fans know about Taylor Swift

Celebrity Wordpuzzle

Celebrity WordSearch

Celebrity Scrabble

Celebrity Monopoly ( The buildings and items are all land and items owned by different celebrities)

 

Kim Kardashian ( Body shapers)

Kim Kardashian ( Body Sculpt )

Back it up like Kim

 

American Football

Football Shirts with motivational quotes and numbers on them

Go forth and have fun producing

Hot Trends Cool Ideas





 Trends are shapeshifting society. We are evolving constantly becoming more dynamic, creative, explosive, adventurous, and tapping into new markets. From the magic of the buoyant fashion influencer, to the capital markets, and ecommerce trends in global investment markets, the celebrity profiles that impact design, brands that form street dialogue. 

They become part of the flow, part of the dialogue, and add to the body of our daily 3 dimensional personas. 

What trends are you into? What does it say about us? About what were trying to express, who were trying to become? Here at the Hotbox Headquarters we've been having quite impassioned debates about Monetising trends, trends are great to talk about, yet why are all these big bigbrands, creating the buzz, making the money from all the trends and all the hype. What about people like You and me, when were even struggling to find work. 

Heres a nugget for you. First rule of thumb.

What niche do you know about, what trends are you hot on the heels about? What markets sell products linked to that trend? Is it trainers, sportswear, music? Books? Where is the gap that you can slide into? Where is the problem, where you can be the solution

Lets say in certain areas in London there is a new trend of customising graffitti print on trainers and selling them in Local community markets, maybe using glow in the dark ink to give it that stand out distinct print.


Maybe theres been talks online on one of the social media forums your active on about a story thats exploded on the news about a Fridge magnet company making a fortune, why not consider creating your own customised quiky meme fridge magnets 

Theres so many things we can have fun with from fun trends to social media fun on the internet.

I.E a celebrity has been caught in the most compromising position once again. You create your own customizable game of celebrity who dunnit. 

In 1990 which celebrity said this,Which celebrity did this? Which celebrity was quoted as saying this? 

There is so much fun to be had with all the trends out there, join us on the Hotbox Platform for the hottest trends the hottest insights.

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