Business Developer's Elevator

Every business needs a website and the cost of a professional website is on the high side ranging between N80,000 and N800,000.

Why not learn how to do it using wordpress and develop an international standard website for business.

You can actually develop your website within 4Hrs depending on how fast you are, this approach can be used for any kind of website including e-commerce, professional blog, corporate website, NGO website, you will be able to do all of these and more.

It saves time, saves money and delivers professional website.

You can see my portfolio: http://iwc.com.ng/seminar [link redacted] all the websites are developed using WordPress.

Host: Ajibola Rilwan

A web developer with over 10-years working experience.

CEO: Intense Web Concepts https://www.iwc.com.ng [link redacted] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajibolaintenserilwan
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Date: Sat. 29th Dec. 2018
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Intense Web Concepts 33, Ayo Alabi Street, Oke-Ira Ogba.

FEE: N20,000 (Covers working materials and certification)

How to register

Pay N20,000 to…

Rilwan Ajibola Intense Consulting Company Limited.

GTBank

Account Number: 0229977858
Account Name: Rilwan Ajibola Intense

After payment, click this link to complete the registration form: https://iwc.com.ng/wordpress-training/ [link redacted]

I will like to share my story with you, read below.

HOW I STARTED MY WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (INTENSE WEB CONCEPTS “https://iwc.com.ng [link redacted]”) WITH N500 CAPITAL.

My initial business idea wasn't web development, it was modeling. My aim was to create a modeling website, then invite models to upload their profile. My target was to have a minimum of 100 models on my website before inviting advertising agencies, casting directors and companies to work with my models.

The concept was to help casting directors, advertisers and companies have access to models from the comfort of their home and office by browsing through my website to select a model of their choice and invite him or her for an interview. 12 years ago there was no such website in Nigeria.

I was so eager to be the first to create such. I had some little money I had saved, hoping it will be enough for me till I will start making money from my new career.

The first thing I needed was a website, so I talked to a web development company (Abimco) based in Abuja. We don’t have much web developers in Nigeria then and the few guys in business were very busy, having too much project to work on simultaneously.

I told Abimco my plans and how I want my website to function. My budget for the website was N100,000 but surprisingly he charged me a whopping N450,000. That was so much money, I don’t even have that kind of money then. I became worried and started looking for an alternative.

His price was the best offer I got, and that was much for me, so I need to act fast. Just about that time, a thought came to me and it was ”why don’t I learn how to develop a website and do it myself”. That was the best idea I could have had then.

Luckily for me, my cousin just completed a web design course so I quickly approach him to teach me how to design websites, while he was teaching me, his admission letter came and he had to leave for the university.

Before leaving, he introduced me to his friend who is a web developer where I continued with my training. Finally, a web development institute was introduced to me. I enrolled and I learn in-depth about web development using PHP MySQL since I already know web design. It took me about 2 years to master the act of web design and development.

During that time, the likes of Joomla, WordPress, and Wix were nowhere, learning web design and development was so strenuous and time-consuming. Before I finished the course, I already lost interest in my modeling website due to personal reasons.

It's nothing to hide, the reason is that I believe it will be a platform for the young ladies to expose their nudity and I wouldn't want to do that because I am a little bit more mature than when I was so eager to have the project done.

Now, no more modeling project, I have no fresh Idea, no money, no job. The only thing I had was my newly acquired web design and development skill.

One day, I was sitting alone and I was not comfortable not having anything to do. I was living with my parent so I don’t have bills to pay, yet I can’t remain idle. I just needed to get busy. Unfortunately, I don't have access to any professional book, I'm sure that would have helped.

No youtube videos, no podcasts. It was like being in a very dark room not knowing where the door was but I have a little light which is my newly acquired web development skills. I was seated for hours and no idea came to my mind.

Since I couldn’t think of any other business idea, I decided to keep myself busy so I picked the newspaper on the table right in front of me, the newspaper was about 2weeks old. I was left with no option than to go through it again.

Just as I picked the newspaper, I saw an advert on the strip of the cover page with the advertiser's phone number, email and business address but something was missing, no website address added. I quickly flip through the entire newspaper and I discovered that most of the advertisers on that newspaper has no website.

I stood up immediately, I noticed something has moved in me. My brain became more active, my eyes where brighter. I stepped out, look around and everywhere became so beautiful. The beauty I saw was actually coming from inside of me because nothing has changed about the environment.

I couldn’t stay outside for long, I quickly moved inside and started looking for old newspapers, I brought out all the newspaper in the house regardless of its date. Wrote down the phone number of all the advertisers.

I was having N500 cash on me so I bought a calling card, loaded it to my phone and sent SMS to all the numbers saying ”Dear Sir/Ma, my name is Ajibola Rilwan and I develop great websites please call me on 080…. I added my number”.

I did that with the intention of gathering more newspaper and keep sending SMS to the advertisers till someone call and request my service, but amazingly just about 3 hours later I got a call from a pastor, he is an author and he wanted a website where he can display his books so his audience can read online and order for the premium books.

So fast! I never believed it, it was like a dream, I was waiting to see if I will wake up. Guess what? It wasn’t a dream, its the reality. I quickly accept the offer, we agreed that the premium books will be sold by adding his bank details to the website, and after payment, he would send the download link via email.

He told me to meet him in his office the next day. Of cause I had nothing doing, so it was the best thing that could ever happen to me at that moment, it was around 5:30 pm suddenly, it was as if the time was slow, it took almost forever for the night to come.

I got to bed and couldn’t sleep, I woke up every hour just to discover that it's not morning yet, finally, it was 6:00 am. The appointment was scheduled for 2:00 pm. I quickly rush into my morning routines, which include cleaning the house and washing my parent cars.

By 9:00 am I was dressed, fully ready. I manage to wait till 10:00 am before hitting the road, I arrived at my client’s office around 12:00 noon, 2 hours earlier than the scheduled time. My greatest joy was that I got the job and got paid immediately.

The total money was N18,000 and I got N10,000 upfront I delivered the project within 3 days and got my balance on the day of delivery. That was how I transformed myself from being broke to become one of the few web developers Nigeria had then.

After delivering the project, my duty was to look for newspapers where ever I will get. Most times I go to the vendors, bargain with them, pay them little money to allow me to copy advertisers phone number from those newspapers and magazines.

This technique work like magic, as I was getting calls from top companies in Lagos, most of the companies were located in Ikoyi, Lekki, VI axis. During my first year, I didn't have a record of developing a website for any company on the mainland except for my first client who was based in Surulere.

After a while, I included email marketing. I gathered email addresses from a website called Nigeria Galleria and send an introduction email to the companies.

Intense Web Concepts was formally 9jaweb I'm sure someone reading this article know about us then. It got to a stage when I wanted to remove 9ja, I wanted to go global and I believed using 9ja will limit the brand so the name was changed to Intense Web Concepts.

And that was how Intense Web Concepts https://iwc.com.ng [link redacted] was born.

I actually did modeling for a little while during my early years, and it was called 9jamodels. I never did the website but I published my models' profile in top Nigeria magazines, my column was named model mart. If you ever come across the name 9jamodels then, that was my brand.

But I enjoy being a web developer.

Website development is a lucrative business, it's a service so you don’t need an initial capital to get started because people will pay you upfront to work for them and the demand is high, everybody wants to start a business these days and they all need a website.

If you are a business newbie, the best advice you can get is to start by providing a service to people. The risk is very low, your major investment is whatever it cost you to learn the skills, that's all.

I wouldn't recommend a brick and mortar business for a newbie because the capital is usually high and the risk is high as well. Provide a service to people, make money, then you can invest in a brick and mortar business if you like. By then, you would have gathered enough experience about running a business of your own.

Web Development is one of the Zero Business Capital I can recommend to anyone, you don’t need any office to get started, in fact, all you need is a laptop and internet connection, that's all.

Now, you might be thinking you don’t know how to develop a website.

Things are much easier these days, compared to when I started. These days, there is much content management system (CMS) that can help you deliver a professional website within a few hours depending on your instructor and how fast you can learn.

I will recommend WordPress because it's easy to learn and understand and it delivers a great website.

90% of our websites are developed using WordPress, you can see our portfolio here: http://iwc.com.ng/portfolio/ [link redacted]

I have a WordPress Development Certification Course coming up, you can join the class.

During the class, you will learn and understand how to develop outstanding websites using WordPress. As the matter of fact, you will be amazed at what you will be able to do within a few hours of learning.

You will be able to develop any kind of website using WordPress, Guaranteed.

Date: Sat. 29th Dec. 2018
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: Intense Web Concepts 33, Ayo Alabi Street, Oke-Ira Ogba.

FEE: N20,000 (Covers working materials and certification)

How to register

Pay N20,000 to…

Rilwan Ajibola Intense Consulting Company Limited.

GTBank

Account Number: 0229977858
Account Name: Rilwan Ajibola Intense

After payment, click this link to complete the registration form: https://iwc.com.ng/wordpress-training/ [link redacted]

I want to congratulate you, as you are about to take a step that will change your life for the best.