Blogging is all about publishing your intentions, thoughts, ideas, philosophies, solutions, products/services online with the hope of gaining acceptance, impacting knowledge, sparking conversation/discussion or intense debate and selling yourself to a wide spectrum of people.
Rigging on the other hand according to BBC dictionary is the process of dishonestly arranging something such as election so that you achieve the result that you want.
Rigging from my own point of view is raping the electorate to satisfy your political urges.
Whether you like it or not, democracy has come to stay in Africa. The uniqueness of African politics is it's brutality, ruggedity and mortality, but the trend is rapidly changing.
Right now on the political stage, we have Dictators rather than Mentors. Rulers instead of leaders. These Dictators/Rulers do not see leadership as influence but rather as a tool of oppression. They embark on violent rigging and blood shed to seize power instead of following due process by winning the hearts of the electorate.
To answer my question, political elections are won by blogging rather than rigging. I see the emergence of a new African leaders who will not resort to rigging but will use blogging as a tool for gaining acceptance, influencing people's choice and evaluating their leadership capabilities as perceived by the electorate.
A good example of this phenomenon i'm describing is Prof. Pat Utomi of Nigeria whose blog www.patistopost.com is a premier political blog that is winning the heart of young people to his candidature come 2011. This man is worthy of emulation as far as 21st century politics is concern.
To grab the hearts of the youth, you have to meet them where they are right now-Online. The treasure chest of the world right now lies in a virtual environment called internet and blog occupies a good percentage of space.
Reasons why political blogging is ideal for aspiring politicians are;
1. Political surveys via online poll is very effective and resultful.
2. Audio-Visual platform like internet is the best medium to persuade people by passing across your political intentions.
3. Photos speaks louder than voice.
4. People browse more than they watch television and see posters on the street. They won't waste their precious time to come to your political rally under hot sun.
5. You are percieved as an open minded, creative and innovative 21st century leader
6. The cheapest and most result driven form of political marketing.
My conclusion:
I'm aware that several of our politicians don't have the time to blog. But they can hire some of us who are internet geeks to create and manage their political blogs for them. In the United states, Presidential, Senatorial and Gubernatorial candidates hire young IT smart people to help them manage their blog. Africa is not an exception. Make up your mind to own a political blog today. Your success is guaranteed!
To your political success,
ADAMA J.ADAMA
Monday, November 9, 2009
INTEGRATION: Internet-in-a-Box
I'm glad to be born in an era such as this. Information techonology is fast changing commmunication and thereby changing humanity.
One of the greatest technological inventions of our time is Internet with innovations like Yahoo, Google, Wordpress, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Gatorpeeps et'al. I'm so much in love with these internet ideas. there are great ones.
But the greatest challenge we are faced with right now is how one stone can kill several birds. How one can marry all these great websites together for greater productivity.
The key to this possibility is called integration. In Africa where internet access is quite expensive. We really need to invent ways of leveraging our time and cost of browsing.
I imagine an integrated website where e-Mails, Search engines, Blogs, Social media, Forum and Photo/Video sharing can go on concurrently without leaving the site. It will have just one log in that will access all the websites I listed above. With a central homepage that brings you back to where you can easily switch to any of the sites you wish to access at that particular point in time.
I wish to appreciate the effort of the new yahoo homepage with several links to other sites. Wordpress is now linked with Twitter and Facebook. Gatorpeeps can shoot udates to Twitter directly. But all these are not the kind of integration am talking about. What I mean is a one stop website where every other sites can be accessed from. It is possible!
Don't bother me with security issues. I won't take that from you as an excuse. After all, how secured is the internet right now.
I believe that very soon, a sixth sense Internet entrepreneur will take it upon himself to offer us that solution. And when it happens, all roads will lead to that site.
Remember, traffic is the greatest reward of every internet efforts. hence, internet -in-a-Box is an idea whose time has come!
Please tell me what you think about this article. Do you support my reasoning or you are against it?
One of the greatest technological inventions of our time is Internet with innovations like Yahoo, Google, Wordpress, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Gatorpeeps et'al. I'm so much in love with these internet ideas. there are great ones.
But the greatest challenge we are faced with right now is how one stone can kill several birds. How one can marry all these great websites together for greater productivity.
The key to this possibility is called integration. In Africa where internet access is quite expensive. We really need to invent ways of leveraging our time and cost of browsing.
I imagine an integrated website where e-Mails, Search engines, Blogs, Social media, Forum and Photo/Video sharing can go on concurrently without leaving the site. It will have just one log in that will access all the websites I listed above. With a central homepage that brings you back to where you can easily switch to any of the sites you wish to access at that particular point in time.
I wish to appreciate the effort of the new yahoo homepage with several links to other sites. Wordpress is now linked with Twitter and Facebook. Gatorpeeps can shoot udates to Twitter directly. But all these are not the kind of integration am talking about. What I mean is a one stop website where every other sites can be accessed from. It is possible!
Don't bother me with security issues. I won't take that from you as an excuse. After all, how secured is the internet right now.
I believe that very soon, a sixth sense Internet entrepreneur will take it upon himself to offer us that solution. And when it happens, all roads will lead to that site.
Remember, traffic is the greatest reward of every internet efforts. hence, internet -in-a-Box is an idea whose time has come!
Please tell me what you think about this article. Do you support my reasoning or you are against it?
Saturday, November 7, 2009
THE LAMENTATION OF A CREATIVE GENIUS
My dear reader, I sincerely appreciate the effort it’s taking you to read this article.
It is my true life story. It is exactly 5 years now that I started on my journey of finding an internet business that will suit my purpose in life.
In 2006, I invested N4, 000 into www.22usd.com. Persuaded 3 people who joined and made me recover my money. I also tried www.incomestorm.com . I gathered again N35, 000 and invested it into www.earngold.biz -an online network marketing. I over exaggerated the reward by my calculation. Before my eyes, it also flopped. The set back was unbearable.
Instead of being discouraged, the last investment motivated me into researching about internet business opportunities suitable for Nigerians. This new found habit of addicted browsing became a monster that started eating my personal finance up. I became an encyclopedia with no financial justification.
My inconsistence, lack of persistence or what I call “lack of staying power” made me a Jack of all trade but master of none. I was called several names by several people. Titles like Info-marketer, Biz Online Consultant, Bulk SMS reseller, a laptop seller, a Blogger, , a Web Designer etc. My life has been filled with busyness and I thought I was doing business. I was changing websites like women changing wrapper. I started with www.geniusplanet.blogspot.com to www.geniusplanet.co.cc to www.geniuswebstudio.com and now back to this present site.
Enough of lamentation. Thank God, I have realised my mistakes. Multitalentedness is the greatest enemy of a creative g Genius. I know that I have the potential energy for many things but my kinetic energy is for just one thing that my world will know me for. This is now my singular focus.
The power of focus is a genius on it’s own. This is one secret of onlin branding that I have discovered. I have been struggling as a person to define myself as a brand and can borrow a leaf from niyyie of www.davidajao.com and yomi of www.yomiadegboye.com who have an enduring specific message and are making it big in the industry.
This is it! Adama J. Adama is an Internet Business Consultant with special interest in Web design, Blogging and Social marketing. It’s a new dawn for my internet exploits!
It is my true life story. It is exactly 5 years now that I started on my journey of finding an internet business that will suit my purpose in life.
In 2006, I invested N4, 000 into www.22usd.com. Persuaded 3 people who joined and made me recover my money. I also tried www.incomestorm.com . I gathered again N35, 000 and invested it into www.earngold.biz -an online network marketing. I over exaggerated the reward by my calculation. Before my eyes, it also flopped. The set back was unbearable.
Instead of being discouraged, the last investment motivated me into researching about internet business opportunities suitable for Nigerians. This new found habit of addicted browsing became a monster that started eating my personal finance up. I became an encyclopedia with no financial justification.
My inconsistence, lack of persistence or what I call “lack of staying power” made me a Jack of all trade but master of none. I was called several names by several people. Titles like Info-marketer, Biz Online Consultant, Bulk SMS reseller, a laptop seller, a Blogger, , a Web Designer etc. My life has been filled with busyness and I thought I was doing business. I was changing websites like women changing wrapper. I started with www.geniusplanet.blogspot.com to www.geniusplanet.co.cc to www.geniuswebstudio.com and now back to this present site.
Enough of lamentation. Thank God, I have realised my mistakes. Multitalentedness is the greatest enemy of a creative g Genius. I know that I have the potential energy for many things but my kinetic energy is for just one thing that my world will know me for. This is now my singular focus.
The power of focus is a genius on it’s own. This is one secret of onlin branding that I have discovered. I have been struggling as a person to define myself as a brand and can borrow a leaf from niyyie of www.davidajao.com and yomi of www.yomiadegboye.com who have an enduring specific message and are making it big in the industry.
This is it! Adama J. Adama is an Internet Business Consultant with special interest in Web design, Blogging and Social marketing. It’s a new dawn for my internet exploits!
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