Even though BlackBerry has it own Instant Messaging software, 17 million MXit users make it very appealing to use the MXit application on your BlackBerry with unlimited Internet.

So, you’ve got a Blackberry and you want to MXit with your friends. Now you can – just download MXit and ‘Join the MXit Evolution’

1. To download MXit Blackberry – open your browser and type in http://www.mxit.com/wap
2. Quick and easy upgrades – registration info is captured in MXit, so it’s only one click from the WAP site when you need to upgrade.
3. Change your language as you go – this can now be done inside MXit – no need to download again. Go to Menu -> Settings -> Language.
4. No more mood swings – your mood and presence will not disappear when you log out.
5. Never be late again – check the time in your chat screen.
6. Say goodbye– set a template farewell message: Menu -> Settings -> My Profile. When you log off, this message will be sent to all the contacts you have chatted to.
7. Forward frenzy – you can now forward to a list of contacts or to a group – remember this costs 10 Moola per person.
8. Invite all your friends – send an SMS referral. Go to Menu -> contacts -> Invite via SMS. Type in the cell number and invite message. Remember, your service provider will bill you at standard SMS rates.
9. Personalise – you can load a picture as your skin background (coming soon).

source: BlackBerry Application on MXit

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When I was in high school there was a massive teachers’ strike during 1990. This was my Standard 8 or Grade 10 year and we did not have a permanent principal at Uitenhage High School. This was also a time for massive changes in the South African political landscape with Nelson Mandela being released and the ANC with other political parties being unbanned.

It is a complete disgrace: new figures show how teachers failed. Strikes hit school children hard. How can we improve the situation of South Africa and the rest of the dark continent with adults who are not good role models to learners. It’s okay to voice your grievances, however, it’s not okay to drag innocent people down with you. And as for an education department who allows this nonsense to continue, your leadership is demonstrated to be poor.

We live in a world that demands a new approach to teaching children and a new way of thinking about the shifts that happen faster and faster. So when I read this utter bullshit about teachers still striking in 20 years since I was the victim of a teachers’s “chalk down” strike, it become extremely frustrating and angers me to say the least. This behaviour is totally unacceptable and it high time teachers decide if they want to teach or be leaches of the government for the rest of their lives earning a big pay cheque every month and still get loads of holidays unlike other business people who have to work 8-12 hours a day or more 5-6 days a week with maybe 2 weeks holiday in December. Most teachers in government schools are the worst examples today of how to do the absolute minimum, still get paid and fake it till you make it.

Did You Know / Shift Happens 4.0

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Have you ever thought about what the value of your experience has amounted to say in the last 10 years?

Is it a few thousand rands, or millions of rands?

A measure of the value of your experience is the salary you earn.

For example if you have a job earning R50,000 per month and you manage to get a new job for R60,000 per month then the new employer is valuing your experience, knowledge and expertise at R60,000 + per month … otherwise why would you get the job.

Now we all know someone who shouldn’t get a salary at all let alone R50,000 per month… but that’s another story.
Now consider this…

How much would you pay to get 8 years of experience, knowledge and expertise?… R50,000, R100,000, R1 million?

What if I said you can get this and more for R5,000 in the biggest and fastest growing industry in the world where there are opportunities galore for any serious entrepreneur or business person…. the internet.

You wouldn’t believe me, probably but that’s what you get when you attend my “Google Adwords and Beyond” workshop.

It is no accident that I name my workshop “Google Adwords and BEYOND” … because that’s what the 2010 workshop is truly about. I share everything I have learned since 2001 that has enable me to succeed enormously online.
Of course this is a sales pitch but NOT any old sales pitch.

Please note…

1. I am not a teacher selling a training course,
2. I am a serious and experienced practitioner who is prepared to educate serious people in the art, science, black magic and practicalities of online marketing
3. I do not share this cutting edge knowledge with anyone outside of the workshop and I ask every workshop attendee to fully respect what they learn from my experience and keep it as their own competitive advantage..
4. I do not release for sale any of the 2010 information for at least a year… for example I will soon be offering people the opportunity to buy my 2009 DVD workshop and book at R4000. But this will not contain the latest systems, and methodologies to conquer the online world, nor will it include the brand new UNIQUE bonuses that attendees get. These bonuses are my own original work… not regurgitated PLR gibberish.

5 people have confirmed their intention to join the first 2010 workshop to be held on the Premier Classe train to Cape Town leaving Sunday afternoon on March 14th. The train has a maximum capacity of 12 single berth coupes and the conference coach can hold a maximum of 20 people.

This workshop will be 12 hours in total as compared to the normal 8 hours and is being used as a test case and that’s why I’m including the one way train fare (R1920) in the workshop cost of R5000 (+ VAT)

You can’t afford NOT to come. Read all the details about this amazing and valuable workshop here

Tony Roocroft
Seoza.com
+27114540105
pondprof@gmail.com

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Linked-In Buddy, Do you know someone who fits this description? If so, please ask them to send a CV to jobs@nfold.com.

Software Salesperson with Proposal Talent

You want to sell software, consulting and training. If you are hungry to succeed and you have the following attributes and skills, then please apply for this permanent full-time position with a low basic salary and generous commission structure.

Attributes: The ideal candidate will be entrepreneurial, enjoys networking, is a good hunter, closes small deals quickly, and is also able to negotiate bigger deals at executive level. You write winning proposals and build lasting relationships with clients, but do not make promises that can’t be kept. You are self-motivated, persistent, diligent, and you have marketing savvy. You are eager to earn, learn, lead, and teach or mentor others. You speak English clearly and fluently and enjoy telephone interaction, client meetings, presentations and demos. We prefer female or affirmative action candidates, although all suitable applications will be considered. Good customer and manager references essential. The successful candidate must have own transport that is reliable and will be appointed on a one-month trial basis.

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It’s very important for everyone who’s attending my next Internet Cafe workshop to study this list in great detail. Develop a basic business plan as part of your preparations for this unique training we offer at NETucation that combines the best black business and technology expertise in Southern Africa.

Lenders and investors may see hundreds of business plans in a single day. Make your business plan stand out against the rest, and avoid these common mistakes.

1. Not proving that you have the management expertise to make it happen. The quality of your people will lend credibility to your ideas and even to your financial projections. If your management team is not as strong as it could be, join forces with a great board of advisor’s.
2. Not demonstrating where your revenue will come from – what customers pay you and why they pay you. Do not be too aggressive in setting revenue projections or you will undermine your credibility.
3. Not proving that your business model and long term cost structure is good enough to make a real profit. How will your business make money – what is your margin structure, what are your costs?
4. Not being clear enough in your product description to allow the reader to quickly see the need and the niche for this product. It may seem obvious to you, but not so to the reader not educated in your business.
5. Not proving that the market opportunity is big enough to get interested in. How big is your market now and what will it look like in 5 years?
6. Not adequately acknowledging your competition. Investors know that if there is no perceived competition, there may be no market for what you are offering. The better you can describe your competition, the better you understand your market, and the more likely you will dominate it.
7. Not writing for the target audience. Although the core is the same, the plan should be written for the perspective of banks, equity investors, and others. Go as far as you can to tailor each plan to the audience’s specific interests to show you have done your homework and know to whom you are talking.
8. Starting with a boring, unenthusiastic executive summary. This is the first section to be read, and if it is not exciting, the rest may never be seen. Make it fun and be enthusiastic. It should stand-alone and generate interest for more. It deserves all the thought you would put into a professionally done promotional piece for your customers.
9. Poor presentation. If you have typos and grammatical errors in your business plan, the reader will assume the work you do in your business is sloppy too.
10. Saying too much. Keep the entire plan to a maximum of 30 pages, with an executive summary of three pages or less. If investors are interested, they will ask for any other information they need. Amateurs talk in the business plan about unimportant details because they do not know what they should say and what they should not. Hire a professional editor to reduce the page count and help you emphasize your strengths.

source Jan B King

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