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What does your business need most: more customers or more money?

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Let’s not be confused here: one does not necessary mean the other and one eventually means more of the other.  Wanting more money means trying to get as much as we can, as long as we can, without forgetting to throw a bait (in the form of a promotion) once in a while to make the game seem worthwhile in order to stay in the game: the con job. Wanting more customers implies taking care of each and every one of them as though he were the first so as to make him understand that you need him more than he needs you. When this is well done, he won’t come back alone next time: the real job. Comparing this to what actually transpires in real life is akin to looking for resemblance traits between non-identical twins . For instance, I have been looking for excuses on behalf of telecoms (telecommunication companies) to explain why most of them are still comfortable serving out this “If you want A please press 1” kind of recording when you call their customer care hotline....

Nihad Djouwé Gervais: Who is that?

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After sharing a few articles with you, where I had the effrontery to talk to you as though we were friends, I guess it is now normal to finally unveil myself and where I got the precious knowledge that I share from. On a legal note I am DJOUWE BIDJANGA Gervais, hailing Cameroon. I have adopted the pen name Nihad ever since it was given to me by a Muslim family in Accra (Ghana) as, even though I was a Christian, I fully took part in the Kareem with them everyday up to the day of Ramadan. You may call me Gervais, Nihad or  Mr. Djouwé . On social networks i sign my publications with  #CestGervais. Even though I am a Senior Marketing Manager/Brand Manager/Senior Business Developper, i started my carrer as a  Business Strategist & Administrator (studied Business Administation from 2005 to 2009 in Central University College in Accra, Ghana), thanks to my various stints in industries such as Microfinance, high end hospitality, events organizing, distribution and so...