Responsinator.com : A tool you can use to preview responsive site design

Sites crafted with a responsive design
simply adapt to the user's viewing
environment (mobile, tablet, laptop etc).
Such sites are designed in a way that all of
the content, images and structure of the
site remains the same on any device. Users
that visit such sites don't have to fool
around with zooming while surfing the
sites.

If you own a site and would love to provide
easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing and scrolling—across a wide range of devices, you should consider Responsive Web Design . The practice consists of a mix of flexible grids and layouts, images and an intelligent use of CSS media queries.

With responsive design, your site will have
just one URL and the same HTML across all
devices. It makes your site to be mobile friendly without the need of creating another site specifically developed for mobile users. You won't also have to worry about using the likes of mobstac, mobilepress to create mobile version of your site.

You can check if your website or blog is responsive or not at : www.responsinator.com The site helps you quickly get an indication of how your responsive site will look on the most popular devices. All you just need to do is to enter your site URL and click "GO".

Use Responsinator to test your blog and let
me know if your site is responsive or not. If
you know other Responsive web design
testing tools, kindly share via comments.

NB: You can also preview your site
responsive design at : http://
mattkersley.com/responsive/

Short Code SMS Business : A Brief Introduction

ShortCode SMS business simply involves setting up a system that allows you to use a "short code" to provide variety of mobile content through text messaging. People that subscribe to your "shortcode" are billed automatically by their network provider and you get your own share from it.

What is a Short Code?

Well, it is a 5 or 6 digit phone number which GSM users can send some information to. You can get it from companies or sites that offer short code services in Nigeria. You cannot get it directly from MTN, Glo etc

The way people that text a shortcode are billed is different from the way they are billed when they text gsm numbers. Shortcode have the following tariff, N30, N50, N100. The tariff is the airtime value that will be deducted whenever anyone respond to the code.

Big Brother Africa, Nigerian idols are examples of TV programs that use "short code" for SMS voting. It can also be used for SMS competitions, Text 2 Win promotions, charity sms donations and can also be used to provide information services eg health tips etc

If you set up a shortcode, you can make money in partnership with the company that issued the code to you, while you also have access to the phone numbers of the short code subscribers for other marketing purposes.

There are basically two types of gsm short codes: the dedicated short code and the shared short code.

Dedicated Short Code vs Shared Short Code

A dedicated short code is leased and exclusively used by only one brand. All of the setup costs and fees associated with a dedicated short code are the responsibility of that one brand, which can make the option of buying a dedicated short code out of reach for some.

Shared Code is used by multiple brands, which share the setup costs and fees, making it affordable to smaller brands. Keywords makes it possible for brands to share one short-code. It is the keywords that partitions each user to his own account without interference of other people sharing that code.

The keyword is what your prospects will type first before any other information you want them to send to the code. Eg. Send ‘vote’ space ‘contestant name’ to 33811″.

The keyword in the example above is ‘vote’ while the shortcode is 33811′

How Much Can I Make From ShortCode Business in Nigeria?

The N30, N50, N100 airtime value is what you will share with network providers eg MTN and the company that issued the short code to you.

How much you make from a short code depends on the agreed sharing percentage between you and the issuing company.  On a neutral ground, the issuing company gets 50% while you get 50% too.

Once a GSM user responds to your GSM short code, lets say with an MTN number, MTN will deduct their own money immediately according to the table above. The remainder is now what you and the issuing company will share based on your agreement during the set up process.

The number of people that respond to your short code, will determine how much you make from the business.

How To Make Money From SMS Short Code Services in Nigeria

Firstly, you have to acquire your own shared gsm short-code.

Secondly, you need to get people to respond to your shortcode. The more people respond to the code the money you rake into your account. Meaning it’s game of volume.

Typical campaigns like health tips, educational tips, relationship tips etc. will be a very profitable venture because they are niche almost everyone have a particular need for.

Here is a typical campaign you can promote with your short-code,

“Health is wealth. In order to live healthy you need to constantly stay inform with daily health tips. Send ‘health’ to ’33810′ to receive sms three times weekly. SMS Cost N100″.

The campaign above can rake in good income from a large number of mobile phone users. Because nobody wants to die. Hence, such campaign can easily attract people to respond. Another topic is News/Alert.

But then, you have to get this message of yours out to the public before people can start responding to it. This can be done by promoting your short code offline with fliers, posters etc, via radio or tv stations. You can also buy gsm database and use bulk sms sites to promote your short code offer to the phone numbers.

Where To Get Short Code in Nigeria

If you are ready to get your short code now, go to www.supremeshortcode.com.

BREAKING NEWS: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is new Emir of Kano

The immediate past governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi, has been named the new emir of the powerful Kano emirate, to succeed late Ado Bayero who died on Friday.

Mr. Sanusi’s appointment was announced Sunday by the secretary to the Kano state government, Suleiman Bichi.
The announcement followed the recommendation of the four members of the Kingmaker council who nominated the new emir to the governor.
The four kingmakers who nominated Mr. Sanusi include the Makaman Kano, Sarki Ibrahim, the Sarki Bai, Alhaji Adnana, the Sarki Dawaki Mai Tuta, Bello Abubakar, and  the Madakin Kano Yusuf Na Buhari.
The man Sanusi
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was born in Kano Northern Nigeria, on July 31, 1961. He obtained degrees in Economics and Islamic Law from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the International University of Africa, Khartoum.
After teaching economics for two years at the Ahmadu Bello University, he started a banking career in 1985 with Icon Limited (Merchant Bankers) and later worked with the United Bank for Africa Plc and First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
His banking career spanned various fields including issuing House activity, Financial Advisory Services and Credit marketing.
However, it was in the field of Risk Management that he earned his professional reputation, having distinguished himself as the Chief Risk Officer in the two largest banks in the Country, UBA Plc and FBN Plc.
He rose to the position of Group Managing Director/Chief Executive officer of First Bank Plc, the largest bank in the country in January, 2009 and was appointed the 10th Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in June, 2009.
He was however suspended from office by President Goodluck Jonathan on February 20, 2014 after he was  accused of “financial recklessness”.
Many Nigerians however believed Mr. Sanusi was targeted for blowing the whistle on corrupt national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation which he accused of failing to remit at least $20billion oil revenue to the Federation Account.
Prior to his suspension, Mr. Sanusi had exposed the NNPC as a cesspool of corruption.

PS2 Repair Guide

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Publishing With Wordpress

Discover exactly what Wordpress is, how it works and how you can use it to quickly publish your own content online.

Did you know that there WordPress is the largest (FREE) self-hosted publishing tool in the world, used
on millions of sites and seen by tens of millions of people every day?

WordPress started in 2003 as a simple open source blogging system that has since evolved into a
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But the simple fact is that most people either don't know that it exists or they don't understand how
easy it can be to use it to build their websites and publish their content.

The "Publishing With WordPress" crash course was specifically designed to show even absolute beginners how WordPress can be used to quickly build websites and publish content online. Even if your customers don't know what WordPress is or have never thought about using it to publish their own content!

Once you get your hands on this course you will be able to quickly set it up and use it to educate your
members, subscribers and as a lead generating tool to get more traffic to your own website.

The best part is with the private label rights to this course not only will you be able to learn the ins and
outs of using WordPress for your own business, you will be able to pass that knowledge on to your customers and subscribers. You will be providing them with quality information that will help them
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The entire course is completely customizable. With a few clicks of your mouse you can quickly add
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Blogging Bounty: Finally learn how to use your blog as a cash machine!!

Finally learn how to use your blog as a cash
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Networking is an important part of growing any business endeavor and using the blogging tool is another way of reaching the target audience effective and quickly. Understanding how blogging contributes to this end is as important as knowing how to apply this tool.

The problem is that many people don't know how to use this tool correctly.

Is your unmotivated behavior making your business life less fruitful than it could be?

Does it seem like you’ve tried everything in your power to figure out how to use your blog, and yet, despite your best intentions, you’re still plagued with:

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