Business and photography

Business and photography go hand in hand. Through an image, you can sell an idea to investors or prospective clients to your business’s gain. You can use visual art to communicate to your audience and bring home the intended message.

In Africa, we have a lot of income generating activities both in the formal and informal sector and what’s what I will be sharing with you.

Farming is the strong hold of most African countries. They farm for both domestic and commercial use.

A busy Street in Johannesburg with business as usual

Formal businesses like the banking industry has really grown. Most banks are own owned by individuals and not the government.

Busy streets of Johannesburg.

Road transport is also a source of good business for private business owners and business organizations.

Most rural places in Africa rely on bicycle transportation making it a good source of income.

Necessity is the mother of inventions. In most rural places, there are no modern water transportation. Most people earn a living from simple boats like this one as they use them to ferry people from one point to another.

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Why you need social media for your business

Social media is a great asset to any business. A great percentage of the human population spend most of their time on social media. This means if you make your presence felt on social media you will definitely have reached a good number of people across the world. Here are reasons why you need social media for your business.

It is easy to know your customer’s feelings

Most people have a tendency of expressing themselves on social media. When they get exceptional services from your business they will put it on social media and that will be a plus on your side. They will as well shun you down and criticize you when the service offered to them are poor and not to their expectation. Your presence on social media is therefore vital.

It’s a branding strategy             

Social media gives you the opportunity to continuously talk about your brand and market it to the maximum. This is because if people have enquiries you will have to answer them in a manner that promotes your brand. Likewise if you notice a problem and your brand can offer a solution you again have an opportunity to market yourself.

Transparency is maintained

Being found on social media as a company creates some level of trust to your customers. This is because they feel you have given them the freedom to air their queries about you in public. On your side you will want to protect your image and therefore you will have to respond to objections as fast as you can and in the best way possible. The way you handle complaints will affect your prospective customers. The better you handle queries the more you make your customers have confidence in you and more you are able to attract new clients.

 Easy of reach

Most people feel they can better reach their service providers through social media. They find it easier to post their complaints, compliments and suggestions on social media. It is there for easy for both you and your client to find each other and communicate.

Most people spend their time on social media

In today’s world most people spend their time online or rather most work require them to be online. It there for makes sense you practically fishing for them where you know you can easily find them. It will therefore be a great loss for you not to cease the opportunity and use it to market your brand.

Social media is there for a vital tool for your business. It can go a long way in giving you the recognition you need. It also gives you the platform to market your brand.

Yaaaay!!! Its Easter!

Gone is the month of love and hello to the month of Easter. Easter holiday is a religious holiday that we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the only four – day long weekend we get to have the whole year and my advice to you is enjoy it to the fullest.

Just like Christmas, Easter gives us the opportunity to celebrate a phenomenon in Jesus’s life and at the same time bond and reconnect with family and friends.

I have amazing ideas on how you can spend your Easter and I am sure you are going to love them. Check them out!

Catch a movie with your family or friends.

Shake off the mental stress with a nice movie or series. Most of us don’t really get time to watch a movie due to our very tight schedules and Easter is just the time you need to watch one. For big screen lovers like me, this is the time to grab your movie buddies and head to the cinemas for a nice 3D movie while for those who prefer watching from home, get your popcorns and warm that couch.

Foodie! Foodies! Foodies!

I belong to the foodation (guys who love food). By love I mean we are the type that don’t mind visiting a nice restaurant, get some delicious meal or prepare it ourselves without viewing it as a waste of time or money. We are the type that utilize our taste buds to appreciate the different quinines that are present. So being an Easter, my suggestion is get or make yourself plus your loved ones a nice meal; preferably something different that they have never ate before. You can alternatively treat your family to dinner out at a nice restaurant where they can have a meal worth to remember.

Spa treatment

For me holiday means relaxing and what better way to do it if it’s not with a nice body massage. Yes!!! I mean visit a spa, loose your clothes and let the masseuse massage the stress off.

Family

You can as well organize a nice family get together where you and your loved ones meet up for a series of fun activities. In as much as we are family, the hustles of everyday life tend to keep us far apart no matter how close we might seem.

Visit the less fortunate

To wrap it up, spread the love to the less fortunate. If you can, try visit children homes, elderly homes, prisoners ect. They too are human and have emotions as we do. 

Spending time with them will go a long way into putting a huge smile on their faces.

With these epic ideas I am sure you now do know how you will be spending your four – day break. Have fun, spread and share the Easter love. Cheers!!!!