Modernization and National Development are two terms that are often used interchangeably by many scholars but the fact remains that though they are closely tied together, they are still two phenomena that are very distinguishable.
Modernization theory tends to describe and explain the process of transformation from traditional or underdeveloped societies to modern societies. In other words, it is seen as the process of change towards those types of factors; social, economic and political that have developed the entire human society through the ancient days.
National Development in its analysis implies economic growth, but not necessarily through transformation from the predominance of primary production to manufacturing, and not necessarily as characterized by modernization theory. The major relationship that exists between the two phenomena is that both are concerned with the growth of the economy, the removal of the shackles of pre-modernity and underdevelopment of the ancient societies of the world.
Modernization and National Development provide the basic instrument for the study of each other. Modernization theorists study the social, political and cultural consequences of National Development and the conditions that are necessary for industrialization and National Development to occur. Modernization specifies the particular content and processes of societal changes in the course of National Development.
Modernization theory has been one of the major perspectives in the sociology of National Development in the recent years. Primary attention has been shifted to the ways in which past and the present pre-modern societies become modern through processes of National Development and change in social, political and cultural structures. In general, modernization theorists are concerned with National Development within societies as indicated by measures of gross national product. Mechanization or industrialization are the ingredients in the process of National Development. Modernization is narrower as it tends to be more specific in scope but development is more general. For instance, modernization theorists see National Development mainly as the economic output per capita but other theorists see it as the development of autonomous productive capacity, equitable distributions of wealth or meeting the basic human needs. Both modernization and National Development pay particular attention to the determinants of modern structures within social, political, economic and give greater importance to structures or institutions within their realm for explaining other development in society.
Sociological modernization theory lays major implicit or explicit tenets that are also undergone in National Development; (1) societies develop through a series of evolutionary stages (2) these stages are based on different degrees and patterns of social differentiation and re-integration of structural and cultural components that are functionally compatible for the maintenance of society; (3) contemporary developing societies are at a pre-modern stage of evolution and they eventually will achieve National Development and will take on the social, political and economic features of the developed societies which have progressed to the highest stage in social evolutionary development; (4) this modernization which result as complex western technology is imported and traditionally structured and cultural features incompatible with such development are overcome.
Modernization theory at its core suggests that advanced industrial technology produces not only National Development in developing societies but also other structures and cultural changes. The common characteristics that societies tend to develop as they become modern may differ, but in general, all assume that institutional structures and individual activities become more highly specialized, differentiated and integrated into social, political and economic forms characteristics of advanced western societies.
For example, in the social sphere, modern societies are characterized by high levels of urbanization, literacy, research, health care, secularization, bureaucracy, mass media and transportation facilities. Kinship ties are weaker, and nuclear conjugal family systems prevail. Birth rate and death rates are lower, and life expectancy is relatively longer. In the political sphere, the society becomes more participatory in decision-making processes and typical institutions include universal suffrage, political parties, a civil service bureaucracy, and parliaments. Traditional sources of authority are weaker as bureaucracy institutions assume responsibility and power.
In economic sphere, there is more industrialization, technical upgrading of production, replacement of exchange economies with extensive money market, increased division of labour, growth of infrastructure and commercial facilities and the development of large-scale markets.
Associated with these structural changes are cultural changes in relations and personality varieties. Social relations are more bureaucratic, social mobility increases, and status relations are based on such ascriptive as age, gender or ethnicity and more on meritocratic criteria. There is a shift from relations based on tradition and loyalty to those based on rational exchange, competence, and other universally applied criteria.
People are more receptive to change; more interested in the future, more achievement-oriented, more concerned with the rights of individual, and less fatalistic. Underlying the description of social features and changes that are thought to characterize modern urban industrial societies are theoretical assumptions and mechanisms to explain the shift from traditional to modern societal types. These explanatory systems draw upon the dominant theoretical perspective in the 1950s and 1960s, growing out of classical evolutionary, diffusion and structural functionalist theories.
The evolutionary perspective, stemming from the nineteenth-century theorists, contributed the motion that societies evolve from lower to higher forms and progress from simple and undifferentiated to more complex types. Western industrial society is seen as superior to pre-industrial society to the extent that it has progressed through specialization to more effective ways of performing societal functions. Diffusionists added the idea that cultural patterns associated with modern society could be transferred through social interaction such as war, trade, travellers, media, etc., and that there may be several paths to development rather than linear evolution. Structural functionalists (Parsons 1951; Hoselitz 1960 etc) emphasized the idea that societies are integrated wholes composed of functionally compatible institutions and roles and that societies progress from one increasingly complex and efficient social system to another. This contributed to the motion that internal social and cultural factors are important determinants or obstacles of economic change.
Research by Smelser (1969) draws on all three traditions in describing modernization of society through processes of social differentiation, disturbances and reintegration. In a manner similar to other conceptions of modernization, Smelser emphasizes four major changes: from simple to complex technology, from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture, from rural to urban population, and, most importantly, from animal and human power to inanimate power and industrialization. Parson’s later theoretical work (1964) also combines these perspectives in a neo-evolutionist modernization theory that treats societies as self regulated structural functional wholes in which the main processes of change are social differentiation and the discovery of certain “evolutionary” universals such as bureaucratic organisation and money markets. These, in turn, increase the adaptive capacity of the society by providing more efficient social arrangements and often lead to a system of universalistic norms, which, more than the industrial revolution itself, ushered in the modern era of social evolution.
Lerner’s (1958) empirical studies in several Middle Eastern societies identified empathy, the capacity to take the perspective of others, as a product of media, literacy, and urbanization and as a vital ingredient in producing rational individual behaviour conducive to societal development. McClelland (1961) felt that prevalence of individual with the psychological trait of high “need for achievement” was the key to entrepreneurial activity and modernization of society. In a similar vein, Inkeles and Smith (1974) used interview data from six societies to generate a set personality traits by which they defined “modern man”. They felt that the prevalence of individual modernity in society was determined by such factors as education and factory experience and that individual modernity contributed to the modernization of society.
Finally, Rostow’s (1960) well-known theory of the stages of National Development, which he derived from studying Western economic development, emphasized the importance of new values and ideas favouring economic progress along with education, entrepreneurship, and certain other institutions as conditions for societies to “take off” into self-sustained National Development. All these versions of modernization theory depict a gradual and more or less natural transition from “traditional” societal structures to “modern” social structures characteristics of Western European and North American societies. More specifically, these theories tend to share to one degree or another the views that: (1) modern people, values, institutions, and societies are similar to those found in the industrialized West, that is, the direction of change tends to replicate that which had already occurred in Western industrial societies (2) tradition is opposite to and incompatible with modernity (3) the causes of delayed economic and social development (I.e. underdevelopment) are to be found within the traditional society (4) the mechanisms of National Development also come primarily from within societies rather than from factors outside of the society and (5) these internal factors (in addition to industrial development) tend to involve social structures, cultural institutions or personality types.
In keeping with this orientation, empirical studies of sociological modernization tend to deal with the internal effects of industrialization or other economic developments on traditional social institutions or with the social, political, and cultural conditions that facilitate or impede economic growth within traditional or less-developed societies. Examples might include research on the impact of factory production and employment or traditional family relations or the effects of an indigenous land tenure system on the introduction of cash crop farming in society.
Attention to modernization theory in sociology has declined as a result of the theoretical and empirical weakness raised especially during the 1970s. Nevertheless, it is still the dominant perspective among government officials and international agencies concerned with third world development. Hoogvelt has noted its influence on development policies as follows: Because modernization theories have viewed the total transformation, that is westernization, of developing countries to be an inescapable outcome of successful diffusion of the western economic/technological complex, by methodological reversal, it is argued that a reorganization of existing social and cultural as well as political patterns in anticipation of their compatibility with the diffused western economic/technological complex may in fact facilitate the very process of this diffusion itself. This monumental theoretical error-which to be faire was not always committed by the theorists themselves-has in fact been made and continues to be made by modernization policy-makers such as those employed by western government, U.N organisations, the World Bank, and so forth. Thus, various indicators of social, political and cultural development (such as degree of urbanization, high literacy rates, political democracy, free enterprise, secularization, birth control, etc.) have frequently been promoted as “conditions” for National Development. Interestingly, as modern structures and institutions have spread around the world and created economic, political, social and cultural linkages, awareness of global interdependence and of the ecological consequences of industrial development and modern lifestyles has grown. It is now clear that finite natural resources and the nature of the global ecosystem could not sustain worldwide modern conditions and practices of European and North American societies even if modernization theory assumptions of evolutionary National Development were correct. Thus, new visions and interpretations of national and global development have already begun to replace classical modernization theory.
In conclusion, it is obvious that both concepts (Modernization and National Development) provide the basic ingredients for measuring each other. The theories laid down by modernization theorists provide the yardstick for studying and determining the rate of national development in any society. They are both related, in that no one can be studied in isolation and both share a common characteristic of urban life.
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Monday 11 July 2011
Airtel seeks to break communication barriers with TVC Nigeria
Airtel Africa has launched a thematic television ad that transcends physical and emotional barriers, focusing instead on breaking down communication barriers.
The television commercial – aptly named ‘Breaking Barriers’ – digs deeper into the need and use of communications across various cultures in the world. To signal the brand’s diversity and boldness, Airtel has used the antics of two young boys as symbols of minds free of prejudice, with their innocence depicted in stark contrast to the desolate landscape around them. The boys live across from each other, but are separated by a barbed wire fence – likely the border of a neighbouring country.
When one boy spots a football on his side of the fence, he initially hesitates to pass it back to the child – symbolising a potential ‘enemy’ – who is awaiting the football on the other side. After a few words exchanged between the children – each speaking their own language – their innocence prevails when they decide to ignore the fence between them and come together to kick the football around.
Breaking Barriers is more than just a television ad, it is a statement,” explains Andre Beyers, chief marketing officer, Airtel Africa. “The ad is a visual message that speaks to the innate disposition and longing to communicate without any hang ups that society places on us while showing the profound effects that communication can have on societies at large.”
He adds: “The use of children from different communities demonstrates that communication can be universal. It does not need to be restricted by age, gender, language, race or ethnicity. These are nothing but barriers; barriers that can be broken, when people communicate”.
The TVC, comes seven months after the launch of Airtel’s global identity that unifies its 16 African operations and covers over 220 million subscribers in Africa and Asia. It reinforces Airtel’s commitment to extending its network and bridge the digital divide.
The television commercial – aptly named ‘Breaking Barriers’ – digs deeper into the need and use of communications across various cultures in the world. To signal the brand’s diversity and boldness, Airtel has used the antics of two young boys as symbols of minds free of prejudice, with their innocence depicted in stark contrast to the desolate landscape around them. The boys live across from each other, but are separated by a barbed wire fence – likely the border of a neighbouring country.
When one boy spots a football on his side of the fence, he initially hesitates to pass it back to the child – symbolising a potential ‘enemy’ – who is awaiting the football on the other side. After a few words exchanged between the children – each speaking their own language – their innocence prevails when they decide to ignore the fence between them and come together to kick the football around.
Breaking Barriers is more than just a television ad, it is a statement,” explains Andre Beyers, chief marketing officer, Airtel Africa. “The ad is a visual message that speaks to the innate disposition and longing to communicate without any hang ups that society places on us while showing the profound effects that communication can have on societies at large.”
He adds: “The use of children from different communities demonstrates that communication can be universal. It does not need to be restricted by age, gender, language, race or ethnicity. These are nothing but barriers; barriers that can be broken, when people communicate”.
The TVC, comes seven months after the launch of Airtel’s global identity that unifies its 16 African operations and covers over 220 million subscribers in Africa and Asia. It reinforces Airtel’s commitment to extending its network and bridge the digital divide.
Nigerian Stock Exchange Lagos Nigeria - Free Stock Market information
Nigerian stock exchange Lagos Nigeria - Nigeria stock exchange is among the most active stock market in the world. Millions of dollars are made daily from the stock market. And there are millions more waiting to be made. Where are you in all of this? Grab your share!
Honestly,the Nigeria stock market has confounded many market watchers in Nigeria and the world. Most people do not understand how someone who is near broke today can become a millionaire in just a few months. How does this happen? Is the Nigerian stock market a magical haven?
It's great to ask those questions about the Nigerian stock exchange because it demonstrates that you really want to know.
First, let me assure that there is nothing magical about the Nigerian stock exchange. It's a buying and selling market like any other market. And yes, you can make over a hundred percent return on investment in six months to one year if you pitch your tenth with the right stock and the right company.
I have seen live examples, real people, in Nigeria who have made over a hundred percent return on their stock market investment within eight months.
Over a hundred percent! Incredible about stock exchange in Nigeria!
Yes, it is incredible. In fact, it is almost unbelievable. But it is true.
There are very very few stock exchanges in the world where this can happen. But it's happening in Nigeria! This is the real deal!
A word of caution about stock exchange in Nigeria
Yes, a good number of people have made return on investment of hundred percent and even above in some instances in the Nigeria stock market. But that is not the norm.
Unfortunately, when many Nigerians heard that some of their country men have made a killing from the stock market, they jumped into the market in droves. Some even went to their banks to take huge loans to fund huge investment in stocks. They invested and sat back to reap the expected mind-blowing return on their investment.
Sadly, many folks ran into a huge loss instead. What accounted for this?
There are a number of reasons for loss in stock exchange in Nigeria
# Some invested in a hurry in the wrong stocks
# Some were ill-advised by laymen-turned-experts because they blindly bought stocks that happily gave them good return over the short time they invested
# Some were ill-advised by over-enthusiastic stock brokers who were over-excited by the sudden boom of the Nigerian stock market and
# Some invested without consultation with experienced stock market analysts due to over-optimism and the euphoria of seeing their friends make big money with little work done
The end resul of stock exchange in Nigeriat
Flood of tears as Nigerians and other foreigners who invested in the stock exchange saw their stock crash almost irreversibly.
Bottom line on stock exchange in Nigeria
Many folks ended up in debt because of over-optimism about the potentials of the Nigerian stock market to deliver instant riches. Unfortunately, the huge losses incurred by many, especially short-term investors, has once again slowed down activities in the Nigeria stock market.
But as always, the market will bounce back again when people finish licking their wounds.
The lesson on stock exchange in Nigeria
Don't invest blindly. Talk to experienced investors and experienced Nigerian stock exchange brokers before deciding where to invest. If you invest right, you will reap long-term benefits.
On the bright side of the stock exchange in Nigeria
Many Nigerians have abandoned the Nigerian stock exchange because of the current uncertainties.
Guess what,they have all shifted to investing in Nigeria real estate enmass once again. This is good news for Nigeria real estate agents. Right now, business is good because Nigerians are justling to acquire more properties as their cash flow improve. With each sale comes more commission for the Nigeria real estate agent.
Another lesson.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Spread your investment. Broaden the scope of your investment portfolio. When you do, you spread your risk.
Honestly,the Nigeria stock market has confounded many market watchers in Nigeria and the world. Most people do not understand how someone who is near broke today can become a millionaire in just a few months. How does this happen? Is the Nigerian stock market a magical haven?
It's great to ask those questions about the Nigerian stock exchange because it demonstrates that you really want to know.
First, let me assure that there is nothing magical about the Nigerian stock exchange. It's a buying and selling market like any other market. And yes, you can make over a hundred percent return on investment in six months to one year if you pitch your tenth with the right stock and the right company.
I have seen live examples, real people, in Nigeria who have made over a hundred percent return on their stock market investment within eight months.
Over a hundred percent! Incredible about stock exchange in Nigeria!
Yes, it is incredible. In fact, it is almost unbelievable. But it is true.
There are very very few stock exchanges in the world where this can happen. But it's happening in Nigeria! This is the real deal!
A word of caution about stock exchange in Nigeria
Yes, a good number of people have made return on investment of hundred percent and even above in some instances in the Nigeria stock market. But that is not the norm.
Unfortunately, when many Nigerians heard that some of their country men have made a killing from the stock market, they jumped into the market in droves. Some even went to their banks to take huge loans to fund huge investment in stocks. They invested and sat back to reap the expected mind-blowing return on their investment.
Sadly, many folks ran into a huge loss instead. What accounted for this?
There are a number of reasons for loss in stock exchange in Nigeria
# Some invested in a hurry in the wrong stocks
# Some were ill-advised by laymen-turned-experts because they blindly bought stocks that happily gave them good return over the short time they invested
# Some were ill-advised by over-enthusiastic stock brokers who were over-excited by the sudden boom of the Nigerian stock market and
# Some invested without consultation with experienced stock market analysts due to over-optimism and the euphoria of seeing their friends make big money with little work done
The end resul of stock exchange in Nigeriat
Flood of tears as Nigerians and other foreigners who invested in the stock exchange saw their stock crash almost irreversibly.
Bottom line on stock exchange in Nigeria
Many folks ended up in debt because of over-optimism about the potentials of the Nigerian stock market to deliver instant riches. Unfortunately, the huge losses incurred by many, especially short-term investors, has once again slowed down activities in the Nigeria stock market.
But as always, the market will bounce back again when people finish licking their wounds.
The lesson on stock exchange in Nigeria
Don't invest blindly. Talk to experienced investors and experienced Nigerian stock exchange brokers before deciding where to invest. If you invest right, you will reap long-term benefits.
On the bright side of the stock exchange in Nigeria
Many Nigerians have abandoned the Nigerian stock exchange because of the current uncertainties.
Guess what,they have all shifted to investing in Nigeria real estate enmass once again. This is good news for Nigeria real estate agents. Right now, business is good because Nigerians are justling to acquire more properties as their cash flow improve. With each sale comes more commission for the Nigeria real estate agent.
Another lesson.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Spread your investment. Broaden the scope of your investment portfolio. When you do, you spread your risk.
Friday 8 July 2011
iPhoto editing tips,iPhoto applications usuage
iPhoto:if you are overwhelmed by the sprawling features of Photoshop or another high-powered editing application, iPhoto offers simple yet effective editing tools for amateur photographers. In fact, performing edits in iPhoto can be as simple as pressing a single button. Don't be afraid to get in there and experiment; iPhoto editing is nondestructive, meaning that you can always return a photo to its original, unedited state of iPhoto.
1: Wave the magic wand of iPhoto
The quickest way to fix a photo is to hit the Enhance button. Simply highlight a photo you'd like to edit and click the Edit button in the lower-right corner of iPhoto. It will call up the edit panel to the right of the photo. At the top of the edit panel you'll see three tabs: Quick Fix, Effects, and Adjust. Among the Quick Fix tools for rotating, straightening, cropping, and retouching your photo is the magic Enhance button. Click it and your photo will likely improve on iPhoto.
To get started, highlight a photo and click Edit in the lower-right corner.
If you click on the Adjust tab of iPhoto,you can see which sliders moved. By default, they are set at 0, with the exception of the Saturation slider, which is set at 50. In most cases, I find that Exposure and Saturation get bumped up, along with Shadows occasionally. By taking a look to see how the Enhance tool changes your photos, you can begin to understand the effects of the various sliders and can start manually editing your photos for finer editing control. You can also adjust the sliders after using the Enhance tool to make minor tweaks on iPhoto.
The Enhance button provides one-click editing and does a good job of improving photos. Also, it's just as easy to undo the effects of the Enhance button of iPhoto.
2: Shift to see original
If you aren't sure if the edits you've made to an image have improved it, hold down the shift key to see the original. It allows you to quickly toggle between the original image and the edited version, helping you determine which version looks better. If you don't like the way your edits are going, simple hit the Revert to Original button at the bottom of the edit pane. It's visible from any of the three edit tabs. Next to it is an Undo button, which lets you erase the last edit you performed, keeping any previous tweaks you might have made on iPhoto.
3: Edit in full screen, with multiple photos side by side
The full-screen command isn't just useful when viewing photos; you can also edit in full-screen mode. To view in full screen, click on the Full Screen button in the lower-left corner of iPhoto, or use the keyboard shortcut Command-Option-F. To exit, hit the Full Screen button again or press the Esc key.
You can edit multiple images side by side. Using full-screen mode, pictured here, to do so gives you a larger view of your images in the iPhoto editor environment.
If you have a batch of photos to edit before, say, printing or uploading to an online album, you can edit multiple photos side by side. Highlight two or more photos and then click Edit. All of the photos will be placed side by side in edit mode. I haven't found a way to highlight all of them to perform the same edit simultaneously on a batch of photos, such as the Enhance function, for instance. You can cycle through photos from your library in each spot, however, by pressing the arrow keys.
4:Zoom for greater control
Some edits, such as fixing red eye or retouching blemishes, require greater control. To zoom in on an image, press the 1 key to magnify by 100 percent or the 2 key to magnify by 200 percent. It will zoom in on the part of the image where the cursor is located, and a small navigation window also pops up, letting you easily move to the section of the photo you'd like to touch up.
If you choose to fix red-eye or retouch an image, you'll see a circle that you can move over the trouble spot. You can resize this edit circle with the slider in the edit pane or by using the bracket keys.
5: Protect your skin in iPhoto editor environment
As you gain confidence in making edits in iPhoto, you might find you are using the Enhance button less and using the various sliders on the Adjust tab more. The Saturation slider is a powerful tool; it can really make images pop as you saturate colors. Fans of super-saturated images from iPhoto apps Hipstamatic and Instragram will likely gravitate toward this tool. If you use the Saturation slider, be sure to check the box underneath it, labeled Avoid saturating skin tones. This will keep skin tones more natural looking as you over-saturate a photo, which can help create some unique shots without the person in them appearing radioactive.
Check the Avoid saturating skin tones box to keep skin tones natural while adjusting the saturation of an image.
There you have it, a handful of iPhoto editing tips that should help get you on your way. If you have any iPhoto editing tips or tricks, please let us know in the comments below.
1: Wave the magic wand of iPhoto
The quickest way to fix a photo is to hit the Enhance button. Simply highlight a photo you'd like to edit and click the Edit button in the lower-right corner of iPhoto. It will call up the edit panel to the right of the photo. At the top of the edit panel you'll see three tabs: Quick Fix, Effects, and Adjust. Among the Quick Fix tools for rotating, straightening, cropping, and retouching your photo is the magic Enhance button. Click it and your photo will likely improve on iPhoto.
To get started, highlight a photo and click Edit in the lower-right corner.
If you click on the Adjust tab of iPhoto,you can see which sliders moved. By default, they are set at 0, with the exception of the Saturation slider, which is set at 50. In most cases, I find that Exposure and Saturation get bumped up, along with Shadows occasionally. By taking a look to see how the Enhance tool changes your photos, you can begin to understand the effects of the various sliders and can start manually editing your photos for finer editing control. You can also adjust the sliders after using the Enhance tool to make minor tweaks on iPhoto.
The Enhance button provides one-click editing and does a good job of improving photos. Also, it's just as easy to undo the effects of the Enhance button of iPhoto.
2: Shift to see original
If you aren't sure if the edits you've made to an image have improved it, hold down the shift key to see the original. It allows you to quickly toggle between the original image and the edited version, helping you determine which version looks better. If you don't like the way your edits are going, simple hit the Revert to Original button at the bottom of the edit pane. It's visible from any of the three edit tabs. Next to it is an Undo button, which lets you erase the last edit you performed, keeping any previous tweaks you might have made on iPhoto.
3: Edit in full screen, with multiple photos side by side
The full-screen command isn't just useful when viewing photos; you can also edit in full-screen mode. To view in full screen, click on the Full Screen button in the lower-left corner of iPhoto, or use the keyboard shortcut Command-Option-F. To exit, hit the Full Screen button again or press the Esc key.
You can edit multiple images side by side. Using full-screen mode, pictured here, to do so gives you a larger view of your images in the iPhoto editor environment.
If you have a batch of photos to edit before, say, printing or uploading to an online album, you can edit multiple photos side by side. Highlight two or more photos and then click Edit. All of the photos will be placed side by side in edit mode. I haven't found a way to highlight all of them to perform the same edit simultaneously on a batch of photos, such as the Enhance function, for instance. You can cycle through photos from your library in each spot, however, by pressing the arrow keys.
4:Zoom for greater control
Some edits, such as fixing red eye or retouching blemishes, require greater control. To zoom in on an image, press the 1 key to magnify by 100 percent or the 2 key to magnify by 200 percent. It will zoom in on the part of the image where the cursor is located, and a small navigation window also pops up, letting you easily move to the section of the photo you'd like to touch up.
If you choose to fix red-eye or retouch an image, you'll see a circle that you can move over the trouble spot. You can resize this edit circle with the slider in the edit pane or by using the bracket keys.
5: Protect your skin in iPhoto editor environment
As you gain confidence in making edits in iPhoto, you might find you are using the Enhance button less and using the various sliders on the Adjust tab more. The Saturation slider is a powerful tool; it can really make images pop as you saturate colors. Fans of super-saturated images from iPhoto apps Hipstamatic and Instragram will likely gravitate toward this tool. If you use the Saturation slider, be sure to check the box underneath it, labeled Avoid saturating skin tones. This will keep skin tones more natural looking as you over-saturate a photo, which can help create some unique shots without the person in them appearing radioactive.
Check the Avoid saturating skin tones box to keep skin tones natural while adjusting the saturation of an image.
There you have it, a handful of iPhoto editing tips that should help get you on your way. If you have any iPhoto editing tips or tricks, please let us know in the comments below.
Facebook Offers Video Chat in Arrangement With Skype Applications
Facebook Offers Video Chat in Arrangement With Skype Applications:The new feature allows users a way to connect with friends other than just posting messages,It’s so easy, so minimal to use,the video chat skype.
Last week, Google introduced Google+, its latest and most serious challenge yet in social networking, which includes video chatting for up to 10 people in an area of the site called Hangouts. So far, Google has limited the number of people who can sign up for the networking service.
Facebook is playing catch-up — an unfamiliar position for a company that has grown to 750 million users worldwide,Facebook past its rivals — it had 500 million users a year ago — but now faces questions about why he is following their lead has become rampartin facebook.
The new Facebook service does not allow for group video chats, for example. It is also not available on mobile phones, unlike Skype’s smartphone apps.
Facebook’s new service at least lets the company counter Google’s move with its video chat.video chatting has been widely available for years in a variety of ways, like through instant messaging services, Skype and Apple’s FaceTime.
I didn’t get the impression that people were finding it difficult to find one-to-one video chatting if they wanted to,This potentially makes it easier for more people to get going, but I don’t see it as that hard to begin with.”
To start a video chat on Facebook, users click a button on their Facebook chat list or on a friend’s profile page. A box will then appear on the computer screen of that friend to either accept or decline the call.
Conversations take place inside a window that pops up within the browser. Downloading a plug-in is required to make and receive calls.
Video chatting will be available to all Facebook’s users in the coming weeks. For now, however, users can access it at facebook.com/videocalling.
For Skype, the partnership with Facebook provides a chance to have more visibility beyond its 170 million users. The service is free on Facebook, but Tony Bates, Skype’s chief executive, raised the possibility of eventually making paid calls available to Facebook users.
Making calls from computer to computer through Skype is free. But people who use Skype to call a landline or a mobile phone must pay. Facebook’s alliance with Skype expands an existing partnership between the two companies. Their cooperation started last year when Skype let its users connect with their Facebook friends from Skype and to get news feeds.
Last month, the Skype added a Facebook contacts tab and let Skype users send instant messages to their Facebook friends and comment on their friends’ status — all without leaving the Skype window.
But making Skype available on Facebook is risky and may, in the short term, undermine its business, said Greg Sterling, an analyst at Opus Research.
Facebook’s users will most likely flock to the new video chatting service, he said, while avoiding visiting Skype’s branded service directly.
“Obviously this is a great feature for Facebook — it’s really simple and a lot of people will use it.it’s going to have an adverse impact on Skype.”
Microsoft is closing in on its acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion. The purchase, announced two months ago, would give Microsoft a bigger footprint in online communications for consumers and corporate customers.
Microsoft, through its Skype acquisition, would also strengthen its ties to Facebook. Microsoft bought a small stake in Facebook in 2007, and it continues to provide search results within Facebook.
During the news conference on Wednesday, Mr. Zuckerberg signaled that the Skype integration was the first of several deals that would add services to Facebook with the help of other companies.
Independent entrepreneurs, or entrepreneurs that focus on one thing, will always do better than a company that tries to focus on a million things,in a comment that could be interpreted either as an acknowledgment of Facebook’s limits, or as a dig at Google for its broad ambitions.
Last week, Google introduced Google+, its latest and most serious challenge yet in social networking, which includes video chatting for up to 10 people in an area of the site called Hangouts. So far, Google has limited the number of people who can sign up for the networking service.
Facebook is playing catch-up — an unfamiliar position for a company that has grown to 750 million users worldwide,Facebook past its rivals — it had 500 million users a year ago — but now faces questions about why he is following their lead has become rampartin facebook.
The new Facebook service does not allow for group video chats, for example. It is also not available on mobile phones, unlike Skype’s smartphone apps.
Facebook’s new service at least lets the company counter Google’s move with its video chat.video chatting has been widely available for years in a variety of ways, like through instant messaging services, Skype and Apple’s FaceTime.
I didn’t get the impression that people were finding it difficult to find one-to-one video chatting if they wanted to,This potentially makes it easier for more people to get going, but I don’t see it as that hard to begin with.”
To start a video chat on Facebook, users click a button on their Facebook chat list or on a friend’s profile page. A box will then appear on the computer screen of that friend to either accept or decline the call.
Conversations take place inside a window that pops up within the browser. Downloading a plug-in is required to make and receive calls.
Video chatting will be available to all Facebook’s users in the coming weeks. For now, however, users can access it at facebook.com/videocalling.
For Skype, the partnership with Facebook provides a chance to have more visibility beyond its 170 million users. The service is free on Facebook, but Tony Bates, Skype’s chief executive, raised the possibility of eventually making paid calls available to Facebook users.
Making calls from computer to computer through Skype is free. But people who use Skype to call a landline or a mobile phone must pay. Facebook’s alliance with Skype expands an existing partnership between the two companies. Their cooperation started last year when Skype let its users connect with their Facebook friends from Skype and to get news feeds.
Last month, the Skype added a Facebook contacts tab and let Skype users send instant messages to their Facebook friends and comment on their friends’ status — all without leaving the Skype window.
But making Skype available on Facebook is risky and may, in the short term, undermine its business, said Greg Sterling, an analyst at Opus Research.
Facebook’s users will most likely flock to the new video chatting service, he said, while avoiding visiting Skype’s branded service directly.
“Obviously this is a great feature for Facebook — it’s really simple and a lot of people will use it.it’s going to have an adverse impact on Skype.”
Microsoft is closing in on its acquisition of Skype for $8.5 billion. The purchase, announced two months ago, would give Microsoft a bigger footprint in online communications for consumers and corporate customers.
Microsoft, through its Skype acquisition, would also strengthen its ties to Facebook. Microsoft bought a small stake in Facebook in 2007, and it continues to provide search results within Facebook.
During the news conference on Wednesday, Mr. Zuckerberg signaled that the Skype integration was the first of several deals that would add services to Facebook with the help of other companies.
Independent entrepreneurs, or entrepreneurs that focus on one thing, will always do better than a company that tries to focus on a million things,in a comment that could be interpreted either as an acknowledgment of Facebook’s limits, or as a dig at Google for its broad ambitions.
How to import, invite Facebook friends to Google+
Google+:5While you're settling into Google+, you might notice that it's a little lonely without your friends.
Since most of your friends are currently on Facebook (and might not even know about Google+), you'll need to help them make the switch.
Here's how:
Step 1: Log into your Yahoo Mail account. If you don't have one yet, create one. Then, head to the "Contacts" tab in the mail dashboard. Click "Import contacts" and then select the Facebook icon in the next screen. You'll be asked to authorize the connection.
Yahoo will import all your Facebook friends' names and e-mails into your contacts list.
Step 2: Go to Google+, log in, and click "View and edit" in the sidebar on the right (below "in your circles"). In the next window, click "Find and invite." Click "Yahoo," agree to the terms, and watch as Google imports your Yahoo contacts (from Facebook) into Google+.
Step 3: Add all the Facebook friends you want on Google+ into your custom Circles. Then go to the Google+ dashboard, compose a post, and share it with those circles. Make sure to check "Also e-mail * people not yet using Google+".
Upon publishing your post, your friends will be indirectly invited to Google+, a trick we previously mentioned.
Because Facebook doesn't allow third parties to grab users' e-mail addresses, the company will likely continue to shut down apps and extensions like that attempt to do so.
are attempting to bypass Facebook restrictions, but this Yahoo Mail workaround is the only legitimate way to get your Facebook friends onto Google+ (for now).
Since most of your friends are currently on Facebook (and might not even know about Google+), you'll need to help them make the switch.
Here's how:
Step 1: Log into your Yahoo Mail account. If you don't have one yet, create one. Then, head to the "Contacts" tab in the mail dashboard. Click "Import contacts" and then select the Facebook icon in the next screen. You'll be asked to authorize the connection.
Yahoo will import all your Facebook friends' names and e-mails into your contacts list.
Step 2: Go to Google+, log in, and click "View and edit" in the sidebar on the right (below "in your circles"). In the next window, click "Find and invite." Click "Yahoo," agree to the terms, and watch as Google imports your Yahoo contacts (from Facebook) into Google+.
Step 3: Add all the Facebook friends you want on Google+ into your custom Circles. Then go to the Google+ dashboard, compose a post, and share it with those circles. Make sure to check "Also e-mail * people not yet using Google+".
Upon publishing your post, your friends will be indirectly invited to Google+, a trick we previously mentioned.
Because Facebook doesn't allow third parties to grab users' e-mail addresses, the company will likely continue to shut down apps and extensions like that attempt to do so.
are attempting to bypass Facebook restrictions, but this Yahoo Mail workaround is the only legitimate way to get your Facebook friends onto Google+ (for now).
Wednesday 6 July 2011
DSTV Mobile Phone Internet Plans,
Digital TV / DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcast Technology) or DSTV mobile; they are the same technology for users to receive mobile TV signals by watching TV on mobile device such as laptop, mobile phones. Mobile TV makes sure you can be satisfied with basic entertainment by watching your favorite TV programs anytime you can
Today, cell phone is also impressive, from making calls, taking photos to watching TV, everything happens in one small device. If you are looking for something to watch DSTV on your cell phone, make sure you have the right mobile phones with you. While Digital TV / DVB-H or DSTV mobile is not fancy technology in American, European and Asian countries. DSTV mobile phone is actually very easy to find, just to check you mobile phone if it is DVB-H compatible.
Here are certain mobile phones you might want to receive DVB-H signal in order to watch DSTV on your mobile:
Digital TV Mobile Phone / DTV cell phone
A lot of mobile phones are called as digital TV mobile phones, because they can be used to watch digital TV. That is just regular way to name a cell phone. Such mobile phones are definitely DVB-H compatible. Either digital TV or DTV, they came from the same meaning: the transmission of audio and video by digital signals.
TV Mobile Phone / T-Mobile
TV Mobile Phone / T-Mobile is expertise in TV on mobile. Most of T-mobile phones are designed to be compatible with digital TV and analog TV. T-Mobile phones are excellent TV cell phones watching both free TV programs and paid TV programs like DSTV. Today most T-Mobile phones are built with TV recording, replaying or downloading features. It allows the users to view their favorite TV programs anytime by preset recording or anywhere by downloading the pre-record onto their video player device such MP3, iPod etc.
Unlike Nokia, iPhone, T-Mobile is the most affordable DSTV mobile phone. They are very popular among college students and sport fans. Luckily DSTV is currently in trail stage, there are 6 channels on air for free until the end of March 2011. Watching TV on TV mobile phone is free now. From the beginning of April, if you plan to totally enjoy yourself with paid DSTV mobile package. T-mobile phones are your perfect “television” to do all the recording, replaying and downloading for storage, more than a fancy decoder can do.
On the other hand, America has plenty of free analog TV channels which T-mobile phones are totally compatible. Asia and Europe are opening more and more free digital TV programs. If you are young and loving travelling, T-mobile is a must to have TV mobile phone.
DSTV claimed that Digital TV is well programmed technology whose quality does not comprise to the actual TV viewing. Now, they are supporting Wi-Fi and mobile decoder which may compromise the actual viewing result. Plasma TV keeps drawing your attention, if feel keen on the convenience, DSTV mobile phone is a tasteful choice.
Today, cell phone is also impressive, from making calls, taking photos to watching TV, everything happens in one small device. If you are looking for something to watch DSTV on your cell phone, make sure you have the right mobile phones with you. While Digital TV / DVB-H or DSTV mobile is not fancy technology in American, European and Asian countries. DSTV mobile phone is actually very easy to find, just to check you mobile phone if it is DVB-H compatible.
Here are certain mobile phones you might want to receive DVB-H signal in order to watch DSTV on your mobile:
Digital TV Mobile Phone / DTV cell phone
A lot of mobile phones are called as digital TV mobile phones, because they can be used to watch digital TV. That is just regular way to name a cell phone. Such mobile phones are definitely DVB-H compatible. Either digital TV or DTV, they came from the same meaning: the transmission of audio and video by digital signals.
TV Mobile Phone / T-Mobile
TV Mobile Phone / T-Mobile is expertise in TV on mobile. Most of T-mobile phones are designed to be compatible with digital TV and analog TV. T-Mobile phones are excellent TV cell phones watching both free TV programs and paid TV programs like DSTV. Today most T-Mobile phones are built with TV recording, replaying or downloading features. It allows the users to view their favorite TV programs anytime by preset recording or anywhere by downloading the pre-record onto their video player device such MP3, iPod etc.
Unlike Nokia, iPhone, T-Mobile is the most affordable DSTV mobile phone. They are very popular among college students and sport fans. Luckily DSTV is currently in trail stage, there are 6 channels on air for free until the end of March 2011. Watching TV on TV mobile phone is free now. From the beginning of April, if you plan to totally enjoy yourself with paid DSTV mobile package. T-mobile phones are your perfect “television” to do all the recording, replaying and downloading for storage, more than a fancy decoder can do.
On the other hand, America has plenty of free analog TV channels which T-mobile phones are totally compatible. Asia and Europe are opening more and more free digital TV programs. If you are young and loving travelling, T-mobile is a must to have TV mobile phone.
DSTV claimed that Digital TV is well programmed technology whose quality does not comprise to the actual TV viewing. Now, they are supporting Wi-Fi and mobile decoder which may compromise the actual viewing result. Plasma TV keeps drawing your attention, if feel keen on the convenience, DSTV mobile phone is a tasteful choice.
How To Join Facebook,Facebook Tips
Facebook is one of the most well known and most used social networking sites on the web. It has millions of users in different corners of the world. You can stay in touch with people from different corners of the world through this social networking platform. The site helps you to make and connect with friends, business associates and activity partners. You can also put you notes and share your favorite photographs with your friends on Facebook. However, in order to use this online platform you need to register yourself with the site. Once you register yourself with the site and you need to create a profile with all the necessary details about you. Once you register yourself with the social networking site and create a nice profile, you are free to use all the functions in this site. Learn how to register and join Facebook in this free educational video clip.
Million peoples was joined this social network community and found them old friends there.
Now, its time for you to join Facebook!
This is my simple tutorial about How To Join Facebook, please enjoy
Step 1
Visit the Facebook website (http://www.facebook.com), and then klik Sign Up button
Step 2
Fill in your full name, a valid email address and birthday date. Dont forge to add your high school/college/work status in the “I am” section.
For another status, you can select “None of the above”
Step 3
Choose your password. Enter an easy password to remember. Its needs at least six characters.
Step 4
Complete the image verification check. Identify the words or numbers displayed and type them in.
Step 5
Dont forget for read the “Terms of Use” and “Privacy Policy.” Check the box to mark your agreement with the terms of both.
Step 6
Click on the “Sign Up Now!” button at the bottom of the page and wait for redirection to a thank you page.
Step 7
Check your email inbox and click on the confirmation page from Facebook.
They will send link confirmation for your registration.
Step 8
Welcome to Facebook Networks =)
1. Home
2. » Internet
3. » Facebook Information
4. » Facebook Friends
5. » How to Add Friends on Facebook
In order to add friends to a Facebook account, select the "Friends" category on a Facebook page, choose the "Add Friends" option and enter the e-mail address of the friend to be added; Facebook will then send a message to that friend letting them know about the request to be added to the page. Find out how to expand the number of friends on a Facebook page by searching for old classmates in this free video on Web site social networking from an Internet professional.
Million peoples was joined this social network community and found them old friends there.
Now, its time for you to join Facebook!
This is my simple tutorial about How To Join Facebook, please enjoy
Step 1
Visit the Facebook website (http://www.facebook.com), and then klik Sign Up button
Step 2
Fill in your full name, a valid email address and birthday date. Dont forge to add your high school/college/work status in the “I am” section.
For another status, you can select “None of the above”
Step 3
Choose your password. Enter an easy password to remember. Its needs at least six characters.
Step 4
Complete the image verification check. Identify the words or numbers displayed and type them in.
Step 5
Dont forget for read the “Terms of Use” and “Privacy Policy.” Check the box to mark your agreement with the terms of both.
Step 6
Click on the “Sign Up Now!” button at the bottom of the page and wait for redirection to a thank you page.
Step 7
Check your email inbox and click on the confirmation page from Facebook.
They will send link confirmation for your registration.
Step 8
Welcome to Facebook Networks =)
1. Home
2. » Internet
3. » Facebook Information
4. » Facebook Friends
5. » How to Add Friends on Facebook
In order to add friends to a Facebook account, select the "Friends" category on a Facebook page, choose the "Add Friends" option and enter the e-mail address of the friend to be added; Facebook will then send a message to that friend letting them know about the request to be added to the page. Find out how to expand the number of friends on a Facebook page by searching for old classmates in this free video on Web site social networking from an Internet professional.
Blackberry Nigeria BB Phones Prices Internet Enterprise Solutions BIS BES Overview .
BlackBerry devices are smartphones that offer secure wireless connections anywhere any time. Designed by Research In Motion USA Inc, BlackBerry was originally for accessing emails while on the move, but has since become a reliable integrated wireless communications platform. Telecommunications networks in Nigeria like MTN, Glo, Etisalat, and Airtel (former Zain) currently carry BlackBerry phones on their networks.
The BlackBerry platform offers two communications solutions. The first is BlackBerry Internet Solution (BIS), which is designed for single individuals who want to access internet tools like email, social media, and web while on the move. The other is BlackBerry Enterprise Solution (BES), which allows mobile workers to access enterprise information while on the move keeping them well informed at any time.
BlackBerry phones are proprietary, designed by Research In Motion RIM USA Inc, and carried by only telecoms networks with license to do so. A number of telecommunications companies in Nigeria support BlackBerry smartphones like Globacom, Airtel, Etisalat, and MTN. Unlocked Blackberry phones are available from leading mobile phones retail stores in Nigeria.
BIS also supports POP3 email accounts. With your BlackBerry device you can compose, send, receive, and read your e-mails while on the move. You will also be able to read and view email attachments in formats like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat. BlackBerry also supports Instant Messaging like MSN, Google Talk, BlackBerry Messenger.
BlackBerry smart phones also access normal phone services like calls, SMS, and MMS, hence you do not need to carry another phone, your BlackBerry can do it all. Like most modern mobile phones, BlackBerry comes with organiser tools like calendar, memo, and so on. Some BlackBerry devices come with full QWERTY keyboard.
Internet access is part of the DNA of BlackBerry. BB phones can be used to access wireless internet enabling you to access full HTML pages or WAP pages using its built-in web browser. BlackBerry devices can also double as wireless modems enabling you access internet services with your Laptop or desktop using your BlackBerry device as a wireless modem. BlackBerry devices are smart phones and hence may come with features found in business connectivity phones like Wi-Fi, MMS, camera, media player, maps, GPS, and so on.
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is used by companies to extend the reach of their network infrastructure. Mobile workers can access emails, enterprise applications, enterprise data, and office applications from anywhere just as if they were in the office. Organisations that desire to use BES will require a BlackBerry Enterprise Server for secure communication between mobile BlackBerry devices and company network infrastructure.
With BlackBerry, employees can keep in touch with the office keeping them up to date with latest information that will enable fast decision making.
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is a back-end system installed behind your corporate firewall, offering end-to-end encryption, which ensures corporate data security.
Glo mobile now offer affordable data plans for BlackBerry prepaid subscribers. BIS Monthly offer 30 days BlackBerry Internet data access at N2,800. BIS Weekly offers 7 days internet data access at N900, you can get 24 hrs internet access via BIS Daily at a cost of N250. Glo BES goes for N4,200, N1,400, and N300, for monthly, weekly, and daily BlackBerry access respectively.
To activate BIS Monthly, BIS Weekly, or BIS Daily on your prepaid BlackBerry phone SMS bismonth, bisweek, bisday respectively to 777. To activate BES Monthly, BES Weekly, or BES Daily on your prepaid BlackBerry phone SMS besmonth, besweek, besday respectively to 777. Make sure you have enough credit on your phone to pay for the applicable data plan.
For more information on BlackBerry from Glo mobile, visit Globacom website at www.gloworld.com. You can also visit a Glo world near you.
Here are BlackBerry prepaid plans for MTN Nigeria:
The BlackBerry platform offers two communications solutions. The first is BlackBerry Internet Solution (BIS), which is designed for single individuals who want to access internet tools like email, social media, and web while on the move. The other is BlackBerry Enterprise Solution (BES), which allows mobile workers to access enterprise information while on the move keeping them well informed at any time.
BlackBerry phones are proprietary, designed by Research In Motion RIM USA Inc, and carried by only telecoms networks with license to do so. A number of telecommunications companies in Nigeria support BlackBerry smartphones like Globacom, Airtel, Etisalat, and MTN. Unlocked Blackberry phones are available from leading mobile phones retail stores in Nigeria.
BlackBerry Internet Solution BIS
BlackBerry Internet Solutions are designed for single individuals who need access to internet, social media, and email while on the move. Small firms that do not have corporate email infrastructure, but use ISP emails can use BlackBerry internet Solution. BIS can be used by freelancers to keep in touch with email accounts. Once an email is sent to your normal email address, it is pushed to your BlackBerry device so that you can access it from anywhere without any need for a computer. BlackBerry enables you stay in contact with your clients. With BIS, you can access up to 10 personal and corporate email accounts from your BB device.BIS also supports POP3 email accounts. With your BlackBerry device you can compose, send, receive, and read your e-mails while on the move. You will also be able to read and view email attachments in formats like Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat. BlackBerry also supports Instant Messaging like MSN, Google Talk, BlackBerry Messenger.
BlackBerry smart phones also access normal phone services like calls, SMS, and MMS, hence you do not need to carry another phone, your BlackBerry can do it all. Like most modern mobile phones, BlackBerry comes with organiser tools like calendar, memo, and so on. Some BlackBerry devices come with full QWERTY keyboard.
Internet access is part of the DNA of BlackBerry. BB phones can be used to access wireless internet enabling you to access full HTML pages or WAP pages using its built-in web browser. BlackBerry devices can also double as wireless modems enabling you access internet services with your Laptop or desktop using your BlackBerry device as a wireless modem. BlackBerry devices are smart phones and hence may come with features found in business connectivity phones like Wi-Fi, MMS, camera, media player, maps, GPS, and so on.
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution BES
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution (BES) is BIS and more. The more, being that BES allows secure enterprise communications between mobile workers and corporate IT infrastructure. BlackBerry Enterprise Solution allows mobile workers like marketers, field officers, sales people and top executives to have secure and reliable access to information required for their effectiveness. BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is best for businesses with corporate email infrastructure.BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is used by companies to extend the reach of their network infrastructure. Mobile workers can access emails, enterprise applications, enterprise data, and office applications from anywhere just as if they were in the office. Organisations that desire to use BES will require a BlackBerry Enterprise Server for secure communication between mobile BlackBerry devices and company network infrastructure.
With BlackBerry, employees can keep in touch with the office keeping them up to date with latest information that will enable fast decision making.
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is a back-end system installed behind your corporate firewall, offering end-to-end encryption, which ensures corporate data security.
Glo mobile BlackBerry
Glo mobile was the first GSM operator to introduce BlackBerry in Nigeria. Globacom currently offer BlackBerry Internet Solution for individuals and BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for organisations. BlackBerry from Glo is available to prepaid and post-paid customers. Glo offer a number of BlackBerry devices.Glo mobile now offer affordable data plans for BlackBerry prepaid subscribers. BIS Monthly offer 30 days BlackBerry Internet data access at N2,800. BIS Weekly offers 7 days internet data access at N900, you can get 24 hrs internet access via BIS Daily at a cost of N250. Glo BES goes for N4,200, N1,400, and N300, for monthly, weekly, and daily BlackBerry access respectively.
To activate BIS Monthly, BIS Weekly, or BIS Daily on your prepaid BlackBerry phone SMS bismonth, bisweek, bisday respectively to 777. To activate BES Monthly, BES Weekly, or BES Daily on your prepaid BlackBerry phone SMS besmonth, besweek, besday respectively to 777. Make sure you have enough credit on your phone to pay for the applicable data plan.
For more information on BlackBerry from Glo mobile, visit Globacom website at www.gloworld.com. You can also visit a Glo world near you.
MTN Mobile BlackBerry
MTN was the first GSM operator to make BlackBerry available to both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers in Nigeria. By making BlackBerry available to prepaid customers, MTN empowered ordinary people to own BlackBerry devices. Now small time free-lancers and businesses can keep in touch with clients using their MTN BlackBerry devices.Here are BlackBerry prepaid plans for MTN Nigeria:
- MTN BIS Weekly - N1,000 send bbweek to 21600 to activate
- MTN BIS Monthly - N3,000 send BIS to 21600 to activate
- BlackBerry Bold 9000 – 63,000 Naira
- BlackBerry Bold 2 9700 – N84,000
- BlackBerry 8520 – N44,000
Starcomms Nigeria Cheap Bulk Internet Packages.
Starcomms Nigeria is a leader in telecommunications and internet services in Nigeria today. Starcomms was the first 3G/CDMA network in Nigeria to signup up to one million subscribers. Starcomms is also the first telecommunications company in Nigeria to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE.
One area that Starcomms dominance is pronounced is in the provision of innovative and cost effective internet services.
Starcomms now offers hourly internet subscription packages that empower you to browse whenever you want as long as you have valid internet hours. This model is similar to what obtains in cyber cafes.
The great advantage of Starcomms’ hourly internet subscription is that it is friendlier to the pocket and even more convenient than most competing internet plans in the market today.
Before Starcomms hourly internet plan (bulk hours/bundled hours), there was Starcomms always on internet plan, this provided Starcomms subscribers with internet access always (24/7). However, this did not address the need of users that are not too heavy in their use of the World Wide Web, as prices were considered too high for such customers.
Then came two other internet plans. First Starcomms business hour plan was designed for customers who use internet during normal business hours (9am to 9pm). Although it was cheaper than the always on plan, it was not convenient. What if you want to browse at night?
Starcomms night plan allows you to browse at night (9pm to 9am). This is similar to night browsing offered by cyber cafes. However, how many people will be willing to miss their sleep just to stay online at night.
Okay, you go to work and have no time to browse the internet except at night? Well, what about Public Holidays? Starcomms Night internet plan is not convenient and you will discover this on holidays. You stay at home but cannot browse until at night. Starcomms hourly plan is the answer to cheap and convenient internet browsing.
Starcomms bulk internet hour package is a cost effective solution that allows a subscriber to buy a number of hours and browse the internet any time (24/7) within the validity period of their subscription. Two options are available from Starcomms. They are Starcomms 100-hour and Starcomms 250 hour packages.
This is even cheaper than Cyber cafe rates as it adds up to 65 Naira or 50 Naira per hour. So if you can use 50 to 100 hours in a month this Starcomms internet plan is very cost effective.
Starcomms 250-hour internet package costs 10,000 Naira on Starcomms One and 15,000 Naira on Starcomms EVDO. This adds up to 40 Naira/hr or 60 Naira/hr. Starcomms 250-hour internet package is also cost effective for subscribers who do not use the World Wide Web often.
In fact, if you spend 10 hours to 70 hours on the internet monthly, Starcomms 250 hour bulk plan is cost effective and cheaper than cyber cafe prices in Nigeria.
So what are you still waiting for? Grab a Starcomms Bundled hour internet package today.
Starcomms EVDO is available in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Starcomms One is available in Lagos, Onitsha, Kano, Port Harcourt, Aba, Asaba, Ibadan, Kaduna, Zaria and Abuja. The difference between Starcomms One and Starcomms EVDO is that EVDO is faster than CDMAONE. Visit a Starcomms dealer, sales outlet or shop near you.
Prices Starcomms Internet packages:
For more information on Starcomms dealers, sales outlets and shops in Nigeria, visit our Starcomms shop page.
Starcomms offer both fixed wireless and mobile telecommunications services.
One area that Starcomms dominance is pronounced is in the provision of innovative and cost effective internet services.
Starcomms now offers hourly internet subscription packages that empower you to browse whenever you want as long as you have valid internet hours. This model is similar to what obtains in cyber cafes.
The great advantage of Starcomms’ hourly internet subscription is that it is friendlier to the pocket and even more convenient than most competing internet plans in the market today.
Before Starcomms hourly internet plan (bulk hours/bundled hours), there was Starcomms always on internet plan, this provided Starcomms subscribers with internet access always (24/7). However, this did not address the need of users that are not too heavy in their use of the World Wide Web, as prices were considered too high for such customers.
Then came two other internet plans. First Starcomms business hour plan was designed for customers who use internet during normal business hours (9am to 9pm). Although it was cheaper than the always on plan, it was not convenient. What if you want to browse at night?
Starcomms night plan allows you to browse at night (9pm to 9am). This is similar to night browsing offered by cyber cafes. However, how many people will be willing to miss their sleep just to stay online at night.
Okay, you go to work and have no time to browse the internet except at night? Well, what about Public Holidays? Starcomms Night internet plan is not convenient and you will discover this on holidays. You stay at home but cannot browse until at night. Starcomms hourly plan is the answer to cheap and convenient internet browsing.
Starcomms bulk internet hour package is a cost effective solution that allows a subscriber to buy a number of hours and browse the internet any time (24/7) within the validity period of their subscription. Two options are available from Starcomms. They are Starcomms 100-hour and Starcomms 250 hour packages.
Starcomms 100-hour bulk hour internet-package
Starcomms 100 hour plan gives you 100 hours of internet access within a 30 days period. Just like in a cyber cafe if you do not use up your time within your 30 days validity period you lose it. Price of this plan is 5,000 Naira on Starcomms One network and 6,500 Naira on Starcomms EVDO network. The difference between Starcomms One and EVolution Data Only (EVDO) is that Starcomms EVDO is faster.This is even cheaper than Cyber cafe rates as it adds up to 65 Naira or 50 Naira per hour. So if you can use 50 to 100 hours in a month this Starcomms internet plan is very cost effective.
Starcomms 250-hour bulk hour internet-plan
Even a more cost effective plan is the Starcomms 250 hour internet plan. Starcomms 250 hour package allows you to access internet for 250 hours over a validity period of 90 days (3 months).Starcomms 250-hour internet package costs 10,000 Naira on Starcomms One and 15,000 Naira on Starcomms EVDO. This adds up to 40 Naira/hr or 60 Naira/hr. Starcomms 250-hour internet package is also cost effective for subscribers who do not use the World Wide Web often.
In fact, if you spend 10 hours to 70 hours on the internet monthly, Starcomms 250 hour bulk plan is cost effective and cheaper than cyber cafe prices in Nigeria.
So what are you still waiting for? Grab a Starcomms Bundled hour internet package today.
Starcomms EVDO is available in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Starcomms One is available in Lagos, Onitsha, Kano, Port Harcourt, Aba, Asaba, Ibadan, Kaduna, Zaria and Abuja. The difference between Starcomms One and Starcomms EVDO is that EVDO is faster than CDMAONE. Visit a Starcomms dealer, sales outlet or shop near you.
Prices Starcomms Internet packages:
- Starcomms 100 bundled hour package - N5,000 (CDMAOne)
- Starcomms 100 bundled hour package - N6,500 (CDMA EVDO)
- Starcomms 250 bundled hour package - N10,000 (CDMAOne)
- Starcomms 250 bundled hour package - N15,000 (CDMA EVDO)
For more information on Starcomms dealers, sales outlets and shops in Nigeria, visit our Starcomms shop page.
Starcomms offer both fixed wireless and mobile telecommunications services.
Design A Website and Make Money With It
Design A Website and Make Money With It :If you are really serious about making money on the internet, you must get yourself a blog or a website. You can start with free ones and upgrade as time passes by. With a free blog or website, you can easily start making money with Google and even use it for promoting your affiliate links, your e books etc which in turn will be making you some money. As a newbie, am sure you might want to ask "how do I make a website and how do I make money with it?” The answer is pretty simple.
Below is a step by step tutorial on how you can create your own free online website to make money online. Lets get started.
1. Choose Your Web Host
For your website to be accessible by anyone anywhere in the world, you will need a hosting provider also called a web hosting company. There are free ones while there are some who will ask you to pay certain amount before they can help you host your website on the internet. Though, for serious businesses, free website will not make sense but If you are a newbie, START WITH A FREE ONE. After mastering how websites really work you can then go for the paid ones. Have you seen a driving school that uses Hummer Jeep to train people how to drive a car?..Think about it.
A free web host will allow you to create your website completely free using a sub-domain of course. A sub-domain is a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.yourwebhostname.com If you pay for your website, obviously, you will be able to get a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.com
Below is a couple of free well known hosting providers, which allows you to create your very website completely free.
1. Blogger : a free blogging platform which you can easily set up within 5 minutes.
2. Bravenet : loads of free webmaster tools for your website project, in addition to free web space
3. 000webhost
4. ByteHost free forum,free tech support, MySQL databases & PHP support
5. 50Webs
These are just some of the great free hosting providers that will provide you the disk space you need to easily start your own website and be able to display advertisements to make money (I will talk about this later). If you are a newbie, you can be using free hosting sites to learn how websites work before starting your very own serious website.
2. Choose a Web Template
As each day passes by, technology makes life easier. Gone are the days that you must master a lot of codes before you can design a website. Today, there are lots of already designed websites out there. All you need to do is just to apply some changes to them and your website will be ready within a few minutes. We call such ready-made websites WEB TEMPLATES and if they are blogs, they are known as BLOG TEMPLATES.
These templates are what some hungry marketers sell for some people, making series of hype like CREATE YOUR WEBSITE IN 3 MINUTES AND MAKE $1000 WITH IT WITHIN 24 HOURS etc...Wonders shall never end...loads of such hypes out there. Just shine your eyes!
There are lots of free web templates you can use on the internet, though you must still posses some web-design skills for you to be able to edit them BUT THERE IS JUST NO BIG DEAL IN WEB DESIGN. The big deal is in web development (I will talk about this later). So, FEAR NOT.
Choosing a web template can be rather hard. When deciding which best fits your website, you must already have an idea of what you want your website to be about, because if you made a site dedicated to computers, and your web template is based on animals design, would that really make sense to you?
Most of the web hosts provide free templates. After signing up with any of the web hosts, login into your account, look around and you should be able to see a link pointing to WEB TEMPLATES. Follow the link and choose the template you want, edit it and within a few minutes your website will be ready for the whole world to see.
If you are in need of free web templates you can download to your PC, go to Google and inside the search box, type "free web templates" and filter through the results to get what you want.
Below are some other free sources that give away free templates for you to use for the respective platforms, free of charge.
Blogger Template Sources:
1. bTemplates.com
2. eBlogTemplates.com
3. BlogSkin.com
Joomla Template Sources:
1. JoomlaTP.com
2. BestofJoomla.com
3. SiteGround.com
If you are a blogspot blogger, you can check out MY BLOGGING TRICKS ARTICLES.
3. Build Your Website
After setting up your website with your hosting provider and have chosen the template of your choice, you can then simply add content to your website. Content is the most important key to building up a good website or blog that can both provide users the information they are looking for and at the same time make you money.
Without content, your site is of no value to anyone and I doubt if you will be able to make a dime with it. If you are running a blog, be sure that the topic you are writing about is something you will always love writing on. Adding some great stuffs, such as widgets and tools to your websites are great in terms of adding more value to your website. The more complete your site looks, the more valuable it becomes. Bravenet offers some free webmaster tools you will like. Check it out! If you are running a blogspot blog, blogger is already loaded with loads of widgets to choose from. Just feel free to explore.
There are many tools you can use to build your website. I started designing websites with Microsoft Frontpage, though I now use Dreamweaver for most of my projects. You can easily get Microsoft Frontpage from any computer store around you. With it, you will be able to easily edit your website, add content to it and also upload it to the internet.
Once you have added some valuable content to your website, move on to the next step. Make sure it is of great quality because your content will determine whether or not visitors will come back to your website.
4. Start Promoting Your Website
Without people visiting your web site, your site will be like a burial ground. Please, make sure you already have some good contents on your site before ever thinking of promoting it. If you tell me about your website and decided to check, only to find out that it is nothing, other than a dessert ,do you think I will ever come back to the website again? This is a big mistake a lot of newbies make and are still making....
With the way you are enjoying this article now, I am very sure you will love to come back and read this blog again another day, isn't it?... I can see you nodding your head now...saying YES, I WILL. Smiles** I hope you can grab the gist. LOAD YOUR SITE/BLOG WITH CONTENTS FIRST BEFORE EVER THINKING OF PROMOTING IT.
In webmaster language, getting people to visit and read your website simple means getting WEB TRAFFIC to your site. There are many ways you can drive traffic to your website free of charge (I will be talking extensively on this later).
Below is a list of few great sources of online traffic.
1. Social Networks eg Facebook, Myspace, Twitter
2. Forums eg Nairaland, Warrior Forum etc
3. Commenting
4. Search Engines
I have been using the free sources to promote my blogs and websites and they have been working for me. I believe you can see some of the statistics of this blog on the sidebar.
Please, shine your eyes before you waste your money on those traffic exchangers or sites that will promise to give your site traffic after paying some money. Most of the time the traffic is of little worth and the exchanges is just a time waster. BEWARE!
5. Monetize Your Website
This is where the money comes rolling in. Once you have set up your website with good content and HAVE ATTRACTED A LOT OF READERS, you will be able to easily make money from the website. Take it or leave it, if you have thousands of good articles on your blog or website and no one knows about it , you might not make a cent with the website. This is what forces some bloggers to be engaging in CLICK FRAUDS, clicking on their adsense ads by themselves all just to make money, since no one is coming to their blog to click for them. In the long run, they get caught by Google and Google ban them, loosing whatever tey might have earned. NEVER TRY TO CLICK ON YOUR ADS.
Load your website with good contents, PROMOTE IT OVER AND OVER. With time, you will start having loyal readers and along the line, you will be making money out of them while they too will be benefiting from things they are getting from your website. Readers get valuable information. Writers get a bit of income. THIS IS THE SECRET BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF MY BLOG, SO FAR.
You can make money from your website or blog through:
1. advertising for people
2. affiliate links
3. sales of products eg ebooks.
4. leads
5. Google ads placement etc
These are just a tip of the iceberg. There are many ways you can make money with your website. All websites have different methods that work best for their own particular website. You just have to find out which works best for your site on your own to maximize it’s true potential income to make money.
Design A Website and Make Money With It :So get Started, create your first website and feel free to share the link with me using the comment from below. This way, I will easily be able to help you with some useful tips that can make it look better.
If you really care about knowing how to design websites, I can train you on a one- on - one basis for a friendly fee. I also have some ebooks that can get you started asap.
Below is a step by step tutorial on how you can create your own free online website to make money online. Lets get started.
1. Choose Your Web Host
For your website to be accessible by anyone anywhere in the world, you will need a hosting provider also called a web hosting company. There are free ones while there are some who will ask you to pay certain amount before they can help you host your website on the internet. Though, for serious businesses, free website will not make sense but If you are a newbie, START WITH A FREE ONE. After mastering how websites really work you can then go for the paid ones. Have you seen a driving school that uses Hummer Jeep to train people how to drive a car?..Think about it.
A free web host will allow you to create your website completely free using a sub-domain of course. A sub-domain is a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.yourwebhostname.com If you pay for your website, obviously, you will be able to get a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.com
Below is a couple of free well known hosting providers, which allows you to create your very website completely free.
1. Blogger : a free blogging platform which you can easily set up within 5 minutes.
2. Bravenet : loads of free webmaster tools for your website project, in addition to free web space
3. 000webhost
4. ByteHost free forum,free tech support, MySQL databases & PHP support
5. 50Webs
These are just some of the great free hosting providers that will provide you the disk space you need to easily start your own website and be able to display advertisements to make money (I will talk about this later). If you are a newbie, you can be using free hosting sites to learn how websites work before starting your very own serious website.
2. Choose a Web Template
As each day passes by, technology makes life easier. Gone are the days that you must master a lot of codes before you can design a website. Today, there are lots of already designed websites out there. All you need to do is just to apply some changes to them and your website will be ready within a few minutes. We call such ready-made websites WEB TEMPLATES and if they are blogs, they are known as BLOG TEMPLATES.
These templates are what some hungry marketers sell for some people, making series of hype like CREATE YOUR WEBSITE IN 3 MINUTES AND MAKE $1000 WITH IT WITHIN 24 HOURS etc...Wonders shall never end...loads of such hypes out there. Just shine your eyes!
There are lots of free web templates you can use on the internet, though you must still posses some web-design skills for you to be able to edit them BUT THERE IS JUST NO BIG DEAL IN WEB DESIGN. The big deal is in web development (I will talk about this later). So, FEAR NOT.
Choosing a web template can be rather hard. When deciding which best fits your website, you must already have an idea of what you want your website to be about, because if you made a site dedicated to computers, and your web template is based on animals design, would that really make sense to you?
Most of the web hosts provide free templates. After signing up with any of the web hosts, login into your account, look around and you should be able to see a link pointing to WEB TEMPLATES. Follow the link and choose the template you want, edit it and within a few minutes your website will be ready for the whole world to see.
If you are in need of free web templates you can download to your PC, go to Google and inside the search box, type "free web templates" and filter through the results to get what you want.
Below are some other free sources that give away free templates for you to use for the respective platforms, free of charge.
Blogger Template Sources:
1. bTemplates.com
2. eBlogTemplates.com
3. BlogSkin.com
Joomla Template Sources:
1. JoomlaTP.com
2. BestofJoomla.com
3. SiteGround.com
If you are a blogspot blogger, you can check out MY BLOGGING TRICKS ARTICLES.
3. Build Your Website
After setting up your website with your hosting provider and have chosen the template of your choice, you can then simply add content to your website. Content is the most important key to building up a good website or blog that can both provide users the information they are looking for and at the same time make you money.
Without content, your site is of no value to anyone and I doubt if you will be able to make a dime with it. If you are running a blog, be sure that the topic you are writing about is something you will always love writing on. Adding some great stuffs, such as widgets and tools to your websites are great in terms of adding more value to your website. The more complete your site looks, the more valuable it becomes. Bravenet offers some free webmaster tools you will like. Check it out! If you are running a blogspot blog, blogger is already loaded with loads of widgets to choose from. Just feel free to explore.
There are many tools you can use to build your website. I started designing websites with Microsoft Frontpage, though I now use Dreamweaver for most of my projects. You can easily get Microsoft Frontpage from any computer store around you. With it, you will be able to easily edit your website, add content to it and also upload it to the internet.
Once you have added some valuable content to your website, move on to the next step. Make sure it is of great quality because your content will determine whether or not visitors will come back to your website.
4. Start Promoting Your Website
Without people visiting your web site, your site will be like a burial ground. Please, make sure you already have some good contents on your site before ever thinking of promoting it. If you tell me about your website and decided to check, only to find out that it is nothing, other than a dessert ,do you think I will ever come back to the website again? This is a big mistake a lot of newbies make and are still making....
With the way you are enjoying this article now, I am very sure you will love to come back and read this blog again another day, isn't it?... I can see you nodding your head now...saying YES, I WILL. Smiles** I hope you can grab the gist. LOAD YOUR SITE/BLOG WITH CONTENTS FIRST BEFORE EVER THINKING OF PROMOTING IT.
In webmaster language, getting people to visit and read your website simple means getting WEB TRAFFIC to your site. There are many ways you can drive traffic to your website free of charge (I will be talking extensively on this later).
Below is a list of few great sources of online traffic.
1. Social Networks eg Facebook, Myspace, Twitter
2. Forums eg Nairaland, Warrior Forum etc
3. Commenting
4. Search Engines
I have been using the free sources to promote my blogs and websites and they have been working for me. I believe you can see some of the statistics of this blog on the sidebar.
Please, shine your eyes before you waste your money on those traffic exchangers or sites that will promise to give your site traffic after paying some money. Most of the time the traffic is of little worth and the exchanges is just a time waster. BEWARE!
5. Monetize Your Website
This is where the money comes rolling in. Once you have set up your website with good content and HAVE ATTRACTED A LOT OF READERS, you will be able to easily make money from the website. Take it or leave it, if you have thousands of good articles on your blog or website and no one knows about it , you might not make a cent with the website. This is what forces some bloggers to be engaging in CLICK FRAUDS, clicking on their adsense ads by themselves all just to make money, since no one is coming to their blog to click for them. In the long run, they get caught by Google and Google ban them, loosing whatever tey might have earned. NEVER TRY TO CLICK ON YOUR ADS.
Load your website with good contents, PROMOTE IT OVER AND OVER. With time, you will start having loyal readers and along the line, you will be making money out of them while they too will be benefiting from things they are getting from your website. Readers get valuable information. Writers get a bit of income. THIS IS THE SECRET BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF MY BLOG, SO FAR.
You can make money from your website or blog through:
1. advertising for people
2. affiliate links
3. sales of products eg ebooks.
4. leads
5. Google ads placement etc
These are just a tip of the iceberg. There are many ways you can make money with your website. All websites have different methods that work best for their own particular website. You just have to find out which works best for your site on your own to maximize it’s true potential income to make money.
Design A Website and Make Money With It :So get Started, create your first website and feel free to share the link with me using the comment from below. This way, I will easily be able to help you with some useful tips that can make it look better.
If you really care about knowing how to design websites, I can train you on a one- on - one basis for a friendly fee. I also have some ebooks that can get you started asap.
Design A Website and Make Money With It
Design A Website and Make Money With It :If you are really serious about making money on the internet, you must get yourself a blog or a website. You can start with free ones and upgrade as time passes by. With a free blog or website, you can easily start making money with Google and even use it for promoting your affiliate links, your e books etc which in turn will be making you some money. As a newbie, am sure you might want to ask "how do I make a website and how do I make money with it?” The answer is pretty simple.
Below is a step by step tutorial on how you can create your own free online website to make money online. Lets get started.
1. Choose Your Web Host
For your website to be accessible by anyone anywhere in the world, you will need a hosting provider also called a web hosting company. There are free ones while there are some who will ask you to pay certain amount before they can help you host your website on the internet. Though, for serious businesses, free website will not make sense but If you are a newbie, START WITH A FREE ONE. After mastering how websites really work you can then go for the paid ones. Have you seen a driving school that uses Hummer Jeep to train people how to drive a car?..Think about it.
A free web host will allow you to create your website completely free using a sub-domain of course. A sub-domain is a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.yourwebhostname.com If you pay for your website, obviously, you will be able to get a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.com
Below is a couple of free well known hosting providers, which allows you to create your very website completely free.
1. Blogger : a free blogging platform which you can easily set up within 5 minutes.
2. Bravenet : loads of free webmaster tools for your website project, in addition to free web space
3. 000webhost
4. ByteHost free forum,free tech support, MySQL databases & PHP support
5. 50Webs
These are just some of the great free hosting providers that will provide you the disk space you need to easily start your own website and be able to display advertisements to make money (I will talk about this later). If you are a newbie, you can be using free hosting sites to learn how websites work before starting your very own serious website.
2. Choose a Web Template
As each day passes by, technology makes life easier. Gone are the days that you must master a lot of codes before you can design a website. Today, there are lots of already designed websites out there. All you need to do is just to apply some changes to them and your website will be ready within a few minutes. We call such ready-made websites WEB TEMPLATES and if they are blogs, they are known as BLOG TEMPLATES.
These templates are what some hungry marketers sell for some people, making series of hype like CREATE YOUR WEBSITE IN 3 MINUTES AND MAKE $1000 WITH IT WITHIN 24 HOURS etc...Wonders shall never end...loads of such hypes out there. Just shine your eyes!
There are lots of free web templates you can use on the internet, though you must still posses some web-design skills for you to be able to edit them BUT THERE IS JUST NO BIG DEAL IN WEB DESIGN. The big deal is in web development (I will talk about this later). So, FEAR NOT.
Choosing a web template can be rather hard. When deciding which best fits your website, you must already have an idea of what you want your website to be about, because if you made a site dedicated to computers, and your web template is based on animals design, would that really make sense to you?
Most of the web hosts provide free templates. After signing up with any of the web hosts, login into your account, look around and you should be able to see a link pointing to WEB TEMPLATES. Follow the link and choose the template you want, edit it and within a few minutes your website will be ready for the whole world to see.
If you are in need of free web templates you can download to your PC, go to Google and inside the search box, type "free web templates" and filter through the results to get what you want.
Below are some other free sources that give away free templates for you to use for the respective platforms, free of charge.
Blogger Template Sources:
1. bTemplates.com
2. eBlogTemplates.com
3. BlogSkin.com
Joomla Template Sources:
1. JoomlaTP.com
2. BestofJoomla.com
3. SiteGround.com
If you are a blogspot blogger, you can check out MY BLOGGING TRICKS ARTICLES.
3. Build Your Website
After setting up your website with your hosting provider and have chosen the template of your choice, you can then simply add content to your website. Content is the most important key to building up a good website or blog that can both provide users the information they are looking for and at the same time make you money.
Without content, your site is of no value to anyone and I doubt if you will be able to make a dime with it. If you are running a blog, be sure that the topic you are writing about is something you will always love writing on. Adding some great stuffs, such as widgets and tools to your websites are great in terms of adding more value to your website. The more complete your site looks, the more valuable it becomes. Bravenet offers some free webmaster tools you will like. Check it out! If you are running a blogspot blog, blogger is already loaded with loads of widgets to choose from. Just feel free to explore.
There are many tools you can use to build your website. I started designing websites with Microsoft Frontpage, though I now use Dreamweaver for most of my projects. You can easily get Microsoft Frontpage from any computer store around you. With it, you will be able to easily edit your website, add content to it and also upload it to the internet.
Once you have added some valuable content to your website, move on to the next step. Make sure it is of great quality because your content will determine whether or not visitors will come back to your website.
4. Start Promoting Your Website
Without people visiting your web site, your site will be like a burial ground. Please, make sure you already have some good contents on your site before ever thinking of promoting it. If you tell me about your website and decided to check, only to find out that it is nothing, other than a dessert ,do you think I will ever come back to the website again? This is a big mistake a lot of newbies make and are still making....
With the way you are enjoying this article now, I am very sure you will love to come back and read this blog again another day, isn't it?... I can see you nodding your head now...saying YES, I WILL. Smiles** I hope you can grab the gist. LOAD YOUR SITE/BLOG WITH CONTENTS FIRST BEFORE EVER THINKING OF PROMOTING IT.
In webmaster language, getting people to visit and read your website simple means getting WEB TRAFFIC to your site. There are many ways you can drive traffic to your website free of charge (I will be talking extensively on this later).
Below is a list of few great sources of online traffic.
1. Social Networks eg Facebook, Myspace, Twitter
2. Forums eg Nairaland, Warrior Forum etc
3. Commenting
4. Search Engines
I have been using the free sources to promote my blogs and websites and they have been working for me. I believe you can see some of the statistics of this blog on the sidebar.
Please, shine your eyes before you waste your money on those traffic exchangers or sites that will promise to give your site traffic after paying some money. Most of the time the traffic is of little worth and the exchanges is just a time waster. BEWARE!
5. Monetize Your Website
This is where the money comes rolling in. Once you have set up your website with good content and HAVE ATTRACTED A LOT OF READERS, you will be able to easily make money from the website. Take it or leave it, if you have thousands of good articles on your blog or website and no one knows about it , you might not make a cent with the website. This is what forces some bloggers to be engaging in CLICK FRAUDS, clicking on their adsense ads by themselves all just to make money, since no one is coming to their blog to click for them. In the long run, they get caught by Google and Google ban them, loosing whatever tey might have earned. NEVER TRY TO CLICK ON YOUR ADS.
Load your website with good contents, PROMOTE IT OVER AND OVER. With time, you will start having loyal readers and along the line, you will be making money out of them while they too will be benefiting from things they are getting from your website. Readers get valuable information. Writers get a bit of income. THIS IS THE SECRET BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF MY BLOG, SO FAR.
You can make money from your website or blog through:
1. advertising for people
2. affiliate links
3. sales of products eg ebooks.
4. leads
5. Google ads placement etc
These are just a tip of the iceberg. There are many ways you can make money with your website. All websites have different methods that work best for their own particular website. You just have to find out which works best for your site on your own to maximize it’s true potential income to make money.
Design A Website and Make Money With It :So get Started, create your first website and feel free to share the link with me using the comment from below. This way, I will easily be able to help you with some useful tips that can make it look better.
If you really care about knowing how to design websites, I can train you on a one- on - one basis for a friendly fee. I also have some ebooks that can get you started asap.
Below is a step by step tutorial on how you can create your own free online website to make money online. Lets get started.
1. Choose Your Web Host
For your website to be accessible by anyone anywhere in the world, you will need a hosting provider also called a web hosting company. There are free ones while there are some who will ask you to pay certain amount before they can help you host your website on the internet. Though, for serious businesses, free website will not make sense but If you are a newbie, START WITH A FREE ONE. After mastering how websites really work you can then go for the paid ones. Have you seen a driving school that uses Hummer Jeep to train people how to drive a car?..Think about it.
A free web host will allow you to create your website completely free using a sub-domain of course. A sub-domain is a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.yourwebhostname.com If you pay for your website, obviously, you will be able to get a domain name in the form of www.YOURNAME.com
Below is a couple of free well known hosting providers, which allows you to create your very website completely free.
1. Blogger : a free blogging platform which you can easily set up within 5 minutes.
2. Bravenet : loads of free webmaster tools for your website project, in addition to free web space
3. 000webhost
4. ByteHost free forum,free tech support, MySQL databases & PHP support
5. 50Webs
These are just some of the great free hosting providers that will provide you the disk space you need to easily start your own website and be able to display advertisements to make money (I will talk about this later). If you are a newbie, you can be using free hosting sites to learn how websites work before starting your very own serious website.
2. Choose a Web Template
As each day passes by, technology makes life easier. Gone are the days that you must master a lot of codes before you can design a website. Today, there are lots of already designed websites out there. All you need to do is just to apply some changes to them and your website will be ready within a few minutes. We call such ready-made websites WEB TEMPLATES and if they are blogs, they are known as BLOG TEMPLATES.
These templates are what some hungry marketers sell for some people, making series of hype like CREATE YOUR WEBSITE IN 3 MINUTES AND MAKE $1000 WITH IT WITHIN 24 HOURS etc...Wonders shall never end...loads of such hypes out there. Just shine your eyes!
There are lots of free web templates you can use on the internet, though you must still posses some web-design skills for you to be able to edit them BUT THERE IS JUST NO BIG DEAL IN WEB DESIGN. The big deal is in web development (I will talk about this later). So, FEAR NOT.
Choosing a web template can be rather hard. When deciding which best fits your website, you must already have an idea of what you want your website to be about, because if you made a site dedicated to computers, and your web template is based on animals design, would that really make sense to you?
Most of the web hosts provide free templates. After signing up with any of the web hosts, login into your account, look around and you should be able to see a link pointing to WEB TEMPLATES. Follow the link and choose the template you want, edit it and within a few minutes your website will be ready for the whole world to see.
If you are in need of free web templates you can download to your PC, go to Google and inside the search box, type "free web templates" and filter through the results to get what you want.
Below are some other free sources that give away free templates for you to use for the respective platforms, free of charge.
Blogger Template Sources:
1. bTemplates.com
2. eBlogTemplates.com
3. BlogSkin.com
Joomla Template Sources:
1. JoomlaTP.com
2. BestofJoomla.com
3. SiteGround.com
If you are a blogspot blogger, you can check out MY BLOGGING TRICKS ARTICLES.
3. Build Your Website
After setting up your website with your hosting provider and have chosen the template of your choice, you can then simply add content to your website. Content is the most important key to building up a good website or blog that can both provide users the information they are looking for and at the same time make you money.
Without content, your site is of no value to anyone and I doubt if you will be able to make a dime with it. If you are running a blog, be sure that the topic you are writing about is something you will always love writing on. Adding some great stuffs, such as widgets and tools to your websites are great in terms of adding more value to your website. The more complete your site looks, the more valuable it becomes. Bravenet offers some free webmaster tools you will like. Check it out! If you are running a blogspot blog, blogger is already loaded with loads of widgets to choose from. Just feel free to explore.
There are many tools you can use to build your website. I started designing websites with Microsoft Frontpage, though I now use Dreamweaver for most of my projects. You can easily get Microsoft Frontpage from any computer store around you. With it, you will be able to easily edit your website, add content to it and also upload it to the internet.
Once you have added some valuable content to your website, move on to the next step. Make sure it is of great quality because your content will determine whether or not visitors will come back to your website.
4. Start Promoting Your Website
Without people visiting your web site, your site will be like a burial ground. Please, make sure you already have some good contents on your site before ever thinking of promoting it. If you tell me about your website and decided to check, only to find out that it is nothing, other than a dessert ,do you think I will ever come back to the website again? This is a big mistake a lot of newbies make and are still making....
With the way you are enjoying this article now, I am very sure you will love to come back and read this blog again another day, isn't it?... I can see you nodding your head now...saying YES, I WILL. Smiles** I hope you can grab the gist. LOAD YOUR SITE/BLOG WITH CONTENTS FIRST BEFORE EVER THINKING OF PROMOTING IT.
In webmaster language, getting people to visit and read your website simple means getting WEB TRAFFIC to your site. There are many ways you can drive traffic to your website free of charge (I will be talking extensively on this later).
Below is a list of few great sources of online traffic.
1. Social Networks eg Facebook, Myspace, Twitter
2. Forums eg Nairaland, Warrior Forum etc
3. Commenting
4. Search Engines
I have been using the free sources to promote my blogs and websites and they have been working for me. I believe you can see some of the statistics of this blog on the sidebar.
Please, shine your eyes before you waste your money on those traffic exchangers or sites that will promise to give your site traffic after paying some money. Most of the time the traffic is of little worth and the exchanges is just a time waster. BEWARE!
5. Monetize Your Website
This is where the money comes rolling in. Once you have set up your website with good content and HAVE ATTRACTED A LOT OF READERS, you will be able to easily make money from the website. Take it or leave it, if you have thousands of good articles on your blog or website and no one knows about it , you might not make a cent with the website. This is what forces some bloggers to be engaging in CLICK FRAUDS, clicking on their adsense ads by themselves all just to make money, since no one is coming to their blog to click for them. In the long run, they get caught by Google and Google ban them, loosing whatever tey might have earned. NEVER TRY TO CLICK ON YOUR ADS.
Load your website with good contents, PROMOTE IT OVER AND OVER. With time, you will start having loyal readers and along the line, you will be making money out of them while they too will be benefiting from things they are getting from your website. Readers get valuable information. Writers get a bit of income. THIS IS THE SECRET BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF MY BLOG, SO FAR.
You can make money from your website or blog through:
1. advertising for people
2. affiliate links
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Tuesday 5 July 2011
Covenant University Portal/Online Admission Requirements
Covenant University Portal/Online Admission Requirements:The minimum entry requirements for admission into Covenant University are O/L SSC/GCE/NECO/NABTEB Credit level passes in five (5) subjects, including English Language, Mathematics and one relevant Science subject selected from the following group (Biology, Health/General Science, Agricultural Science, Physics and Chemistry), obtained at not more than two sittings. Candidates are also to note that there are other requirements that may be specific to a College and /or a Programme.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE TO VISIT COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
Candidates applying to Covenant University are expected to sit for the current JAMB Examinations and attain the prescribed cut-off marks in it. This is a statutory requirement for entry into Nigerian Universities.
However, Covenant University conducts screening exercise for all candidates seeking admission into the University and applicants may not be admitted without fulfilling the demands of the screening exercise.
Covenant University CU: Prospective students of Covenant University (CU) can obtain Application forms as from February of each year. The forms are available at Covenant University (CU) Bookstore or at any of the branches of Oceanic Bank, Spring Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank in Nigeria as well as Covenant University (CU) Community Bank for a fee of N5, 000.
Completed Application forms with photocopies of credentials should be returned to the point of collection two weeks to the date of sitting the Covenant University Scholastic Aptitude Test (CUSAT). Our Admission Brochure which comes with the Application package contains information on the date for the Aptitude test.
Online application forms are available at CU Portal for a fee of N5, 000. Payments for the on-line application forms can be made through any of the Banks stated above.
Applying to Covenant University
School Fees of Covenant University
Our school fees are very concessionary being a Christian Mission University desiring to make equal education opportunity to every capable citizen. The applicable fee depends on the programme a student is registering to study. Details of the school fees are contained in the admission brochure issued every year which is available on admission, the web and will usually included in the admission letter. Students are required to pay full fees on or before resumption.
Covenant University (CU) School Fees
Covenant University (CU) Undergraduate Admission Requirements
The minimum entry requirement for undergraduate programmes at CU are credit level passes in 5 subjects at the Ordinary Level examination of WAEC/NECO/NABTEB. The subjects must include English Language, Mathematics and one relevant Science Subject selected from the following group (Biology, Health/General Science, Agricultural Science, Physics, and Chemistry). These must have been obtained at not more than two sittings. Please note that there are other requirements that may be specific to a College and /or a Programme.
In addition to the above, candidates applying to CU must fulfill the statutory requirement of sitting for the UME examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination in the year they intend to apply for admission. It is mandatory for applicants to attain the prescribed cut off score in the UME examination.
Moreover, prospective students of CU are required to undertake our two phase screening exercise i.e. the Covenant University Scholastic Aptitude Test (CUSAT) and the interview.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE TO VISIT COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
Undergraduate Admission Requirements for Covenant University (CU)
Covenant University (CU) Admission Overview
Welcome to the Covenant University Admissions Office. We are delighted to furnish you with information that will assist you to achieve your desire to study at Covenant University-- Hebron, the birth place of kings and queens. The Admissions Office assists prospective students and parents with information on: The minimum entry requirement for undergraduate programmes at CU are credit level passes in 5 subjects at the Ordinary Level examination of
WAEC/NECO/NABTEB. The subjects must include English Language, Mathematics and one relevant Science Subject selected from the following group (Biology, Health/General Science, Agricultural Science, Physics, and Chemistry). These must have been obtained at not more than two sittings. Please note that there are other requirements that may be specific to a College and /or a Programme.
In addition to the above, candidates applying to CU must fulfill the statutory requirement of sitting for the UME examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination in the year they intend to apply for admission. It is mandatory for applicants to attain the prescribed cut off score in the UME examination.
Moreover, prospective students of CU are required to undertake our two phase screening exercise i.e. the Covenant University Scholastic Aptitude Test (CUSAT) and the interview.
Covenant University (CU) Admission Overview
CU. IMPORTANT ADMISSION INFORMATION:
Intending students of Covenant University must fear God, love Him and be unreservedly committed to obeying Him. Students are expected to show in all their conduct the core values of the university. These are, Spirituality, Possibility Mentality, Capacity Building, Integrity, Responsibility, Diligence and Sacrifice. Applicants are advised to consider this important requirement of admission before purchasing the form. Applicants are advised to recognize that the screening tests will, among others, focus on these requirements.
U. IMPORTANT ADMISSION INFORMATION
Covenant University Admission Policy
The undergraduate academic programme of the university is focused on raising a new generation of leaders equipped in their total personality to positively influence their community and restore hope to the citizens of their nations and to mankind in general. Consequently, we look out for young, single, disciplined and vision-driven candidates, who will be ready to accept full responsibility for the revolution being entrusted to them.
Covenant University Admission Policy
Coming to Covenant University (CU)
Your grade and test scores help us to assess your academic promise, but they are not the only basis for assessing a candidate’s admissibility. As a Christian Mission University, intending students of the University must be God fearing, love Him and be unreservedly committed to obeying Him. Prospective students are expected to demonstrate in all their conduct the core values of the University—Spirituality, Mentality, Capacity Building, Integrity, Responsibility, Diligence and Sacrifice. In our screening of prospective students these requirements are tested
Coming to Covenant University (CU)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE TO VISIT COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
Candidates applying to Covenant University are expected to sit for the current JAMB Examinations and attain the prescribed cut-off marks in it. This is a statutory requirement for entry into Nigerian Universities.
However, Covenant University conducts screening exercise for all candidates seeking admission into the University and applicants may not be admitted without fulfilling the demands of the screening exercise.
Covenant University CU: Prospective students of Covenant University (CU) can obtain Application forms as from February of each year. The forms are available at Covenant University (CU) Bookstore or at any of the branches of Oceanic Bank, Spring Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank in Nigeria as well as Covenant University (CU) Community Bank for a fee of N5, 000.
Completed Application forms with photocopies of credentials should be returned to the point of collection two weeks to the date of sitting the Covenant University Scholastic Aptitude Test (CUSAT). Our Admission Brochure which comes with the Application package contains information on the date for the Aptitude test.
Online application forms are available at CU Portal for a fee of N5, 000. Payments for the on-line application forms can be made through any of the Banks stated above.
Applying to Covenant University
School Fees of Covenant University
Our school fees are very concessionary being a Christian Mission University desiring to make equal education opportunity to every capable citizen. The applicable fee depends on the programme a student is registering to study. Details of the school fees are contained in the admission brochure issued every year which is available on admission, the web and will usually included in the admission letter. Students are required to pay full fees on or before resumption.
Covenant University (CU) School Fees
Covenant University (CU) Undergraduate Admission Requirements
The minimum entry requirement for undergraduate programmes at CU are credit level passes in 5 subjects at the Ordinary Level examination of WAEC/NECO/NABTEB. The subjects must include English Language, Mathematics and one relevant Science Subject selected from the following group (Biology, Health/General Science, Agricultural Science, Physics, and Chemistry). These must have been obtained at not more than two sittings. Please note that there are other requirements that may be specific to a College and /or a Programme.
In addition to the above, candidates applying to CU must fulfill the statutory requirement of sitting for the UME examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination in the year they intend to apply for admission. It is mandatory for applicants to attain the prescribed cut off score in the UME examination.
Moreover, prospective students of CU are required to undertake our two phase screening exercise i.e. the Covenant University Scholastic Aptitude Test (CUSAT) and the interview.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE TO VISIT COVENANT UNIVERSITY.
Undergraduate Admission Requirements for Covenant University (CU)
Covenant University (CU) Admission Overview
Welcome to the Covenant University Admissions Office. We are delighted to furnish you with information that will assist you to achieve your desire to study at Covenant University-- Hebron, the birth place of kings and queens. The Admissions Office assists prospective students and parents with information on: The minimum entry requirement for undergraduate programmes at CU are credit level passes in 5 subjects at the Ordinary Level examination of
WAEC/NECO/NABTEB. The subjects must include English Language, Mathematics and one relevant Science Subject selected from the following group (Biology, Health/General Science, Agricultural Science, Physics, and Chemistry). These must have been obtained at not more than two sittings. Please note that there are other requirements that may be specific to a College and /or a Programme.
In addition to the above, candidates applying to CU must fulfill the statutory requirement of sitting for the UME examination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) examination in the year they intend to apply for admission. It is mandatory for applicants to attain the prescribed cut off score in the UME examination.
Moreover, prospective students of CU are required to undertake our two phase screening exercise i.e. the Covenant University Scholastic Aptitude Test (CUSAT) and the interview.
Covenant University (CU) Admission Overview
CU. IMPORTANT ADMISSION INFORMATION:
Intending students of Covenant University must fear God, love Him and be unreservedly committed to obeying Him. Students are expected to show in all their conduct the core values of the university. These are, Spirituality, Possibility Mentality, Capacity Building, Integrity, Responsibility, Diligence and Sacrifice. Applicants are advised to consider this important requirement of admission before purchasing the form. Applicants are advised to recognize that the screening tests will, among others, focus on these requirements.
U. IMPORTANT ADMISSION INFORMATION
Covenant University Admission Policy
The undergraduate academic programme of the university is focused on raising a new generation of leaders equipped in their total personality to positively influence their community and restore hope to the citizens of their nations and to mankind in general. Consequently, we look out for young, single, disciplined and vision-driven candidates, who will be ready to accept full responsibility for the revolution being entrusted to them.
Covenant University Admission Policy
Coming to Covenant University (CU)
Your grade and test scores help us to assess your academic promise, but they are not the only basis for assessing a candidate’s admissibility. As a Christian Mission University, intending students of the University must be God fearing, love Him and be unreservedly committed to obeying Him. Prospective students are expected to demonstrate in all their conduct the core values of the University—Spirituality, Mentality, Capacity Building, Integrity, Responsibility, Diligence and Sacrifice. In our screening of prospective students these requirements are tested
Coming to Covenant University (CU)
Monday 4 July 2011
Google+ Social Network a Facebook alternative possibly
Google has announced its latest effort at social media, its best so far. The Social network site, called Google+, borrows a few ideas from the world champion in social media, Facebook, but also introduced some new and better ideas that could make it a good alternative to Facebook.
Google+ is available to a limited number of users on an invite-only basis as Google field tests the service. So far, user reviews from Google+ invitees have been positive, with most commending how it handles privacy and the control it gives users to select who they share particular contents with.
While you wait for Google+ to go public, here is a brief overview of the idea.
Google+ allows you add your network into groups called Circles and enables you share content easily with specific circles or group of circles. Google+ has pre-labeled circles for friends, family, and acquaintances, but also allows you to add your own labels.
When sharing on Google+, you select which circles you want to share the content with. This gives you control over who sees your post. For example, if you do not want your boss or family member to see the content you are about to share, just make sure you do not share it with the circles they belong to. So, you can keep your privacy, while still having your family and boss as friends, mimicking our real life relationships. Google+ makes adding friends to circles having easy with drag and drop.
Google+ features a video chat area called Hangouts. You can create a Hangout or join one created by a friend. Up to 10 people can join a Google+ Hangout. To chat with text, you have to use another Google+ feature called Huddle, which is similar to Hangouts, but for text chat.
Google+ also has a news feed, called a Stream. When posting on your Google+ Stream, you select which Circles see the particular post (all circles or specific circles). Each friend will see only what the Circle he/she belongs to is allowed to see when he/she views your Google+ Stream.
Like on Facebook friends can comment on or endorse your Google+ Streams. However, while Facebook uses the Like button for endorsement, Google+ will be using what is called the +1 button. You can see a +1 button on this post opposite the Facebook like button.
Search is also integrated into Google+ in a feature called Sparks. Sparks when prompted will automatically search for contents relevant to your interests from all over the web and deliver them to you, something Facebook still can’t do. You can then share such content with your Circles.
Google has also announced a Google+ mobile app for Android, which comes with all the Google+ features for mobile.
No doubt, Google+ is a strong challenge to the dominance of Facebook, but the question is whether Google is too late to the social media game?
Google+ is available to a limited number of users on an invite-only basis as Google field tests the service. So far, user reviews from Google+ invitees have been positive, with most commending how it handles privacy and the control it gives users to select who they share particular contents with.
While you wait for Google+ to go public, here is a brief overview of the idea.
Google+ allows you add your network into groups called Circles and enables you share content easily with specific circles or group of circles. Google+ has pre-labeled circles for friends, family, and acquaintances, but also allows you to add your own labels.
When sharing on Google+, you select which circles you want to share the content with. This gives you control over who sees your post. For example, if you do not want your boss or family member to see the content you are about to share, just make sure you do not share it with the circles they belong to. So, you can keep your privacy, while still having your family and boss as friends, mimicking our real life relationships. Google+ makes adding friends to circles having easy with drag and drop.
Google+ features a video chat area called Hangouts. You can create a Hangout or join one created by a friend. Up to 10 people can join a Google+ Hangout. To chat with text, you have to use another Google+ feature called Huddle, which is similar to Hangouts, but for text chat.
Google+ also has a news feed, called a Stream. When posting on your Google+ Stream, you select which Circles see the particular post (all circles or specific circles). Each friend will see only what the Circle he/she belongs to is allowed to see when he/she views your Google+ Stream.
Like on Facebook friends can comment on or endorse your Google+ Streams. However, while Facebook uses the Like button for endorsement, Google+ will be using what is called the +1 button. You can see a +1 button on this post opposite the Facebook like button.
Search is also integrated into Google+ in a feature called Sparks. Sparks when prompted will automatically search for contents relevant to your interests from all over the web and deliver them to you, something Facebook still can’t do. You can then share such content with your Circles.
Google has also announced a Google+ mobile app for Android, which comes with all the Google+ features for mobile.
No doubt, Google+ is a strong challenge to the dominance of Facebook, but the question is whether Google is too late to the social media game?
More on Google+
DV Lottery 2012 Online Registration,Visa for U.S,Visa for America
DV Program 2012: Review the IMPORTANT NOTICE on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov Starting on or about July 15, 2011, through June 30, 2012, all entrants may check the status of their entries through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website. Review more about Entry Status Check .
Diversity Visa Scammers Sending Fraudulent Emails and Letters
The Department of State, Office of Visa Services, advises the public of a notable increase in fraudulent emails and letters sent to Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) program (Visa Lottery) applicants. The scammers behind these fraudulent emails and letters are posing as the U.S. government in an attempt to extract payment from DV applicants. All applicants should be familiar with information about DV scams provided by the Federal Trade Commission. Also review the procedures for the DV program provided below, so that you know what to expect, when to expect it, and from whom.
Finally, remember that all DV-2012 applicants must check their status online, and will not receive a notification letter from the U.S. government. DV Entry Status Check will only be provided through the Department of State secure online site, .www.dvlottery.state.gov Refer to the additional fraud warning information below, as well as frequently asked questions about fraud protection for more information.
The entry registration period for DV-2012 is now closed. The online registration for DV-2012 began October 5, 2010 and ended November 3, 2010. See the Lottery Selectee Notification and Entry Status Check sections below, as well as the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Instructions webpage for more information.
* Overview
* Fraud Warning
* Entry Status Check
* Lottery Selectee Notification and Next Steps
* Qualifying Occupations
* Diversity Visa Program Results
* Rewards for Justice
* Additional Resources
Overview
The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program makes available up to 55,000 diversity visas (DVs) annually, drawn from random selection among all entries to persons who meet strict eligibility requirements from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
Fraud Warning
Fraudulent websites are posing as official U.S. government sites. Some companies posing as the U.S. government have sought money in order to "complete" DV entry forms. There is no charge to download and complete the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. To learn more, see the Department of State Warning and the Federal Trade Commission Warning.
The Department of State does NOT notify successful DV applicants by email. Entrants who completed online DV-2011 entries between October 2, 2009, and November 30, 2009, and who were selected in the random drawing were notified by the Department of State, Kentucky Consular Center, by letter. Entrants can also check the status of their entries by returning to the website at www.dvlottery.state.gov. from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2011. Entrants who completed online DV-2012 entries will not receive notification letters from the Kentucky Consular Center, and must check the status of their entries by returning to the website at www.dvlottery.state.gov. on or after May 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.
Entry Status Check
DV Program for 2011: Entrants who completed online DV-2011 entries through the official website can check the status of their entries by returning to the website at www.dvlottery.state.gov from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2011. Entrants will need to use the information from their DV-2011 confirmation pages saved at the time of entry. The DV-2011 registration period was from October 2, 2009, until November 30, 2009. To review instructions for DV-2011 entrants and selectees, see Instructions for the 2011 Diversity Visa Program.
DV Program 2012: Starting on or about July 15, 2011, through June 30, 2012, all entrants may check the status of their entries through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website. Review the IMPORTANT NOTICE on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov
Entry Status Check will be the ONLY means of informing you of your selection for DV-2012. All entrants, including those NOT selected, may check the status of their entries through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website href="http://www.dvlottery.state.gov" target="_blank">www.dvlottery.state.gov and find out if their entry was or was not selected. Entrants will need to use the information from their DV-2012 confirmation pages saved at the time of entry. The DV-2012 registration period was from October 5, 2010, until November 3, 2010. To review instructions for DV-2012 entrants and selectees, see Instructions for the 2012 Diversity Visa Program.
Lottery Selectee Notification and Next Steps
DV Program 2011: Selectees for the DV-2011 lottery were notified by mail between May and July of 2010. For successful DV 2011 entrants, the diversity immigrant visa application process is underway, which must be completed and visas issued by September 30, 2011.
DV Program 2012: On or about July 15, 2011 through June 30, 2012, all entrants may check the status of their entries through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov. Entry Status Check will be the ONLY means by which DV lottery winners/selectees will be notified of their selection for DV-2012. Additionally, Entry Status Check will provide you, the successful selectee, instructions on how to proceed with your application and notify you of the date and time of your immigrant visa appointment. The Kentucky Consular Center will no longer mail notification letters to DV selectees. Those selected in the random drawing are NOT notified of their selection by email. The above procedures are explained in the DV Lottery 2012 Instructions. The "Selection of Applicants" section of the DV instructions provides information about the DV time frame and process.
For Successful DV Entrants: If you have been selected for further processing in the Diversity Visa program, after you receive instructions, you will need to demonstrate you are eligible for a diversity immigrant visa by successfully completing the next steps. When requested to do so by the Kentucky Consular Center, you will need to complete the immigrant visa application, submit required documents and forms, pay required fees, complete a medical examination, and be interviewed by a consular officer at the U.S. embassy or consulate to demonstrate you qualify for a diversity visa. Please note that the Kentucky Consular Center will provide application information either by mail (for DV-2011 selectees) or online through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov (for DV-2012 selectees).
Qualifying Occupations
Successful DV entrants must be eligible to receive a visa by qualifying based on education, work, and other requirements. The law and regulations require that every DV entrant must have at least:
* A high school education or its equivalent; or
* Two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years' training or experience.
To learn more about qualifying occupations, see the Diversity Visa Instructions Frequently Asked Questions and the List of Occupations webpage.
Diversity Visa Program Results
* DV 2010 Results
* DV 2011 Results
Rewards for Justice
As you apply to come to the United States, please take a moment to visit our Rewards for Justice program website.
Diversity Visa Scammers Sending Fraudulent Emails and Letters
The Department of State, Office of Visa Services, advises the public of a notable increase in fraudulent emails and letters sent to Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) program (Visa Lottery) applicants. The scammers behind these fraudulent emails and letters are posing as the U.S. government in an attempt to extract payment from DV applicants. All applicants should be familiar with information about DV scams provided by the Federal Trade Commission. Also review the procedures for the DV program provided below, so that you know what to expect, when to expect it, and from whom.
Finally, remember that all DV-2012 applicants must check their status online, and will not receive a notification letter from the U.S. government. DV Entry Status Check will only be provided through the Department of State secure online site, .www.dvlottery.state.gov Refer to the additional fraud warning information below, as well as frequently asked questions about fraud protection for more information.
The entry registration period for DV-2012 is now closed. The online registration for DV-2012 began October 5, 2010 and ended November 3, 2010. See the Lottery Selectee Notification and Entry Status Check sections below, as well as the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Instructions webpage for more information.
* Overview
* Fraud Warning
* Entry Status Check
* Lottery Selectee Notification and Next Steps
* Qualifying Occupations
* Diversity Visa Program Results
* Rewards for Justice
* Additional Resources
Overview
The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program makes available up to 55,000 diversity visas (DVs) annually, drawn from random selection among all entries to persons who meet strict eligibility requirements from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
Fraud Warning
Fraudulent websites are posing as official U.S. government sites. Some companies posing as the U.S. government have sought money in order to "complete" DV entry forms. There is no charge to download and complete the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. To learn more, see the Department of State Warning and the Federal Trade Commission Warning.
The Department of State does NOT notify successful DV applicants by email. Entrants who completed online DV-2011 entries between October 2, 2009, and November 30, 2009, and who were selected in the random drawing were notified by the Department of State, Kentucky Consular Center, by letter. Entrants can also check the status of their entries by returning to the website at www.dvlottery.state.gov. from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2011. Entrants who completed online DV-2012 entries will not receive notification letters from the Kentucky Consular Center, and must check the status of their entries by returning to the website at www.dvlottery.state.gov. on or after May 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012.
Entry Status Check
DV Program for 2011: Entrants who completed online DV-2011 entries through the official website can check the status of their entries by returning to the website at www.dvlottery.state.gov from July 1, 2010, until June 30, 2011. Entrants will need to use the information from their DV-2011 confirmation pages saved at the time of entry. The DV-2011 registration period was from October 2, 2009, until November 30, 2009. To review instructions for DV-2011 entrants and selectees, see Instructions for the 2011 Diversity Visa Program.
DV Program 2012: Starting on or about July 15, 2011, through June 30, 2012, all entrants may check the status of their entries through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website. Review the IMPORTANT NOTICE on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov
Entry Status Check will be the ONLY means of informing you of your selection for DV-2012. All entrants, including those NOT selected, may check the status of their entries through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website href="http://www.dvlottery.state.gov" target="_blank">www.dvlottery.state.gov and find out if their entry was or was not selected. Entrants will need to use the information from their DV-2012 confirmation pages saved at the time of entry. The DV-2012 registration period was from October 5, 2010, until November 3, 2010. To review instructions for DV-2012 entrants and selectees, see Instructions for the 2012 Diversity Visa Program.
Lottery Selectee Notification and Next Steps
DV Program 2011: Selectees for the DV-2011 lottery were notified by mail between May and July of 2010. For successful DV 2011 entrants, the diversity immigrant visa application process is underway, which must be completed and visas issued by September 30, 2011.
DV Program 2012: On or about July 15, 2011 through June 30, 2012, all entrants may check the status of their entries through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov. Entry Status Check will be the ONLY means by which DV lottery winners/selectees will be notified of their selection for DV-2012. Additionally, Entry Status Check will provide you, the successful selectee, instructions on how to proceed with your application and notify you of the date and time of your immigrant visa appointment. The Kentucky Consular Center will no longer mail notification letters to DV selectees. Those selected in the random drawing are NOT notified of their selection by email. The above procedures are explained in the DV Lottery 2012 Instructions. The "Selection of Applicants" section of the DV instructions provides information about the DV time frame and process.
For Successful DV Entrants: If you have been selected for further processing in the Diversity Visa program, after you receive instructions, you will need to demonstrate you are eligible for a diversity immigrant visa by successfully completing the next steps. When requested to do so by the Kentucky Consular Center, you will need to complete the immigrant visa application, submit required documents and forms, pay required fees, complete a medical examination, and be interviewed by a consular officer at the U.S. embassy or consulate to demonstrate you qualify for a diversity visa. Please note that the Kentucky Consular Center will provide application information either by mail (for DV-2011 selectees) or online through the Entry Status Check on the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov (for DV-2012 selectees).
Qualifying Occupations
Successful DV entrants must be eligible to receive a visa by qualifying based on education, work, and other requirements. The law and regulations require that every DV entrant must have at least:
* A high school education or its equivalent; or
* Two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years' training or experience.
To learn more about qualifying occupations, see the Diversity Visa Instructions Frequently Asked Questions and the List of Occupations webpage.
Diversity Visa Program Results
* DV 2010 Results
* DV 2011 Results
Rewards for Justice
As you apply to come to the United States, please take a moment to visit our Rewards for Justice program website.
Sunday 3 July 2011
How to Find Different Types of Nursing Programmes Abroad
Nursing Programme Abroad:There were numerous nursing programs that were introduced by the United States Health department soon after the year 2001 owing to grim situation of learned and equipped people in the profession of nursing.
Nursing is a profession which requires compassion and a good knowledge of the field. Though being a profession of compassion and care, there has always been a lack of enthusiasm and funding which could even help interested student to study.
There are three different types of nursing programs which are offered at different levels. There are undergraduate programs, graduate programs and special programs for nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners are those people who already have been working in the medical profession.
Some of the very prominent colleges and universities in the United States of America which upheld the mission of producing more educated and aware nurses were American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Upstate Medical University in New York and University of Michigan.
The goals of the big step taken in 2001 were to provide funding and scholarships to candidates who are interested in studying the field, providing new facilities, for providing more specialized training through advanced administration and faculty. The United States wanted to bring up the profession which was not looked up my most of the people who were looking forward to build a career in the medical field. It was very important to produce more experienced and medically aware nurses to serve people. In 2001, this came as a coveted opportunity for disadvantaged and minority group students.
Amongst the most famous nursing programs in United States were federal Nursing scholarships, scholarships offered by organizations and nursing associations in the country, scholarships funded by the state and scholarships funded by the colleges and the universities. Different scholarship nursing programs follow different standards of eligibility. Federal Nursing
Scholarships are funded by health and human service department of United States. Graduates and undergraduates can apply for it but they must have been accredited to some nursing programs. Apart from the scholarship amount, students also get a stipend amount of $1500 and after the program is over the student will have to serve health institution for a period of two years as per the guidelines.
The nursing programs offered by organizations and nursing associations of the country take the present and future responsibility of the candidates funding of education and other costs of living. Most of these organizations are not driven by profit and are driven by the motivation for community service.
There are specialized nursing associations which provide training in oncology, ortho science and neuroscience. Today students have opportunities galore to choose from. Maryland's education commission and Indiana's student commission are among the famous state funded schools that offer various nursing programs. Both graduate and undergraduate candidates having a GPA of 3 or more can apply. Colleges and universities started offering nursing programs as an initiative of health and human service Department. Some of the most famous colleges are Milwaukee Area
Technical college, North Carolina University and purse University's freshman scholarships.
Nursing is a profession which requires compassion and a good knowledge of the field. Though being a profession of compassion and care, there has always been a lack of enthusiasm and funding which could even help interested student to study.
There are three different types of nursing programs which are offered at different levels. There are undergraduate programs, graduate programs and special programs for nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners are those people who already have been working in the medical profession.
Some of the very prominent colleges and universities in the United States of America which upheld the mission of producing more educated and aware nurses were American College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Upstate Medical University in New York and University of Michigan.
The goals of the big step taken in 2001 were to provide funding and scholarships to candidates who are interested in studying the field, providing new facilities, for providing more specialized training through advanced administration and faculty. The United States wanted to bring up the profession which was not looked up my most of the people who were looking forward to build a career in the medical field. It was very important to produce more experienced and medically aware nurses to serve people. In 2001, this came as a coveted opportunity for disadvantaged and minority group students.
Amongst the most famous nursing programs in United States were federal Nursing scholarships, scholarships offered by organizations and nursing associations in the country, scholarships funded by the state and scholarships funded by the colleges and the universities. Different scholarship nursing programs follow different standards of eligibility. Federal Nursing
Scholarships are funded by health and human service department of United States. Graduates and undergraduates can apply for it but they must have been accredited to some nursing programs. Apart from the scholarship amount, students also get a stipend amount of $1500 and after the program is over the student will have to serve health institution for a period of two years as per the guidelines.
The nursing programs offered by organizations and nursing associations of the country take the present and future responsibility of the candidates funding of education and other costs of living. Most of these organizations are not driven by profit and are driven by the motivation for community service.
There are specialized nursing associations which provide training in oncology, ortho science and neuroscience. Today students have opportunities galore to choose from. Maryland's education commission and Indiana's student commission are among the famous state funded schools that offer various nursing programs. Both graduate and undergraduate candidates having a GPA of 3 or more can apply. Colleges and universities started offering nursing programs as an initiative of health and human service Department. Some of the most famous colleges are Milwaukee Area
Technical college, North Carolina University and purse University's freshman scholarships.
John Goldman is one of the foremost advisors in matters relating to Government Grants,Scholarships and Financial Aid.For more information on
How To Activate/Configure Internet On Mobile Phones : MTN, ZAIN, GLOBACOM, ETISALAT Nigeria
For you to be able to enjoy internet services on your mobile phone, it is quite essential for you to configure your mobile phone with the internet settings of the mobile network you wish to be surfing with.
Text ACTIVATE to 444 using a 3G mobile phone.
IP Address: 10.100.98.22
Port: 3130
Username: wap
Password: wap
Access point name (APN): glo3gvideo
Home page: http://cms.gloworld.com
To receive Glo WAP settings,
SMS your phone name and model to 927.
For example, to activate Nokia 3230, text Nokia 3230 to 927.
IP Address: 10.100.98.22
Port: 3130
Username: wap
Password: wap
Access point name (APN): glowap
Home page: http://wap.gloworld.com
text SETTINGS to 3888
IP Address: 10.199.212.2
Port: 9201
Username: web
Password: web
Access point name (APN): web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
IP Address: 10.199.212.2
Port: 8080
Username: web
Password: web
Access point name (APN): web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
text Internet [space] [phone make] [space] [model number] to 232.
For example, to activate Nokia 3230,
text Internet Nokia 2360 to 232.
enter a password, the default is four zeros (0000).
IP Address: 10.71.170.5
Port: 8080
Username: nil
Password: nil
Access point name (APN): etisalat
homepage : http://mobile.etisalat.com.ng
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How To Activate/Configure Internet On Mobile Phones : MTN, ZAIN, GLOBACOM, ETISALAT Nigeria :Before you can browse the internet, your phone, must at least be WAP ENABLED. If you check through the MENU of your phone and you see a WEB or WAP browser, then you should be able to surf the internet with i especially How To Activate/Configure Internet On Mobile Phones : MTN, ZAIN, GLOBACOM, ETISALAT Nigeria.
You can configure your mobile phone by texting SMS command to a special number provided by the operator you want to use in connecting to the internet. If your phone can be configured automatically, within a few minutes of sending the text message, you will receive messages from the operator which will contain the internet settings. All you just have to do is to SAVE the settings.
If your phone cannot be automatically configured, the operator will notify you through a text message. In this case, you will have to configure your phone manually. If you cannot configure it manually, you can either call the customer care of your operator or you visit the nearby office of the operator and it will be done for you.
The different ways by which you can activate and manually configure your mobile phone to surf the internet using MTN, NIGERIA, ZAIN, GLOBACOM and ETISALAT NIGERIA are highlighted below.
Activating Globacom Nigeria Mobile Internet
To receive your Glo 3G internet settings, Text ACTIVATE to 444 using a 3G mobile phone.
Glo Manual 3G/3.5G Internet Settings
Service name: Glo 3G IP Address: 10.100.98.22
Port: 3130
Username: wap
Password: wap
Access point name (APN): glo3gvideo
Home page: http://cms.gloworld.com
To receive Glo WAP settings,
SMS your phone name and model to 927.
For example, to activate Nokia 3230, text Nokia 3230 to 927.
Glo Manual GPRS Internet Settings
Service name: Glowap IP Address: 10.100.98.22
Port: 3130
Username: wap
Password: wap
Access point name (APN): glowap
Home page: http://wap.gloworld.com
Activating MTN Mobile Internet
To receive your 3G/3.5G/GPRS settings, text SETTINGS to 3888
MTN manual 3G/3.5G/GPRS settings for WAP
Account name: MTN GPRS IP Address: 10.199.212.2
Port: 9201
Username: web
Password: web
Access point name (APN): web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
MTN manual 3G/3.5G/GPRS settings for FULL INTERNET
Account name: MTN GPRS IP Address: 10.199.212.2
Port: 8080
Username: web
Password: web
Access point name (APN): web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
Activating Zain Mobile Internet
To receive your Zain GPRS settings, text Internet [space] [phone make] [space] [model number] to 232.
For example, to activate Nokia 3230,
text Internet Nokia 2360 to 232.
You can also activate your ZAIN Internet at http://dmc.ng.zain.com
Moreso, you can just call the Customer care and the settings will be pushed to your phone. While Saving the settings for Zain, you might be prompted to enter a password, the default is four zeros (0000).
ETISALAT Manual Setting for WAP
Account name: ETISALAT WAP IP Address: 10.71.170.5
Port: 8080
Username: nil
Password: nil
Access point name (APN): etisalat
homepage : http://mobile.etisalat.com.ng
If you have not been surfing the internet with your WAP-enabled phone, then you have been missing a lot. Configure your phone now and give it a try. With mobile internet, you can always check/send emails; update your facebook and twitter etc while on the GO. If you are already using it, kindly let me know what you feel about it using the comment form below this post.
In my future posts, I will be writing about how you can easily access some powerful websites on your phone and how you can download games, videos, mp3s, applications etc to your phone via mobile internet How To Activate/Configure Internet On Mobile Phones : MTN, ZAIN, GLOBACOM, ETISALAT Nigeria. So, for you not to miss those and and also my future free ebooks, freebies, articles and be getting them right inside your email inbox even when you are not on the internet, kindly go to and enter your email. Once entered, you will have to check your email for a confirmation email containing a confirmation link. Once you click on the confirmation link in the message, YOU WILL NEVER MISS MY FUTURE ARTICLES AND FREEBIES AGAIN AS I POST MORE ON How To Activate/Configure Internet On Mobile Phones : MTN, ZAIN, GLOBACOM, ETISALAT Nigeria.
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