No matter how small your business is, you must have one or two people that you pay at the end of every month – or how else your payment structure is setup.

It is these people that we say are on your payroll and as a businessman, you will want to track how your money goes out into such running costs.

More than using traditional books, here are the best payroll software for small business you should get a taste of.

1 Sage One Accounting

From the name, Sage One is one of those software that you can easily mistaken to be just an accounting platform. In truth, it does way more than that.

Coming with plans that allow you pick what is best for your pocket, a designated Sage One Payroll software will help you manage your payroll effectively, taking all the stress and hassles of managing staff payment on your own off your neck.

If you want so much more, Sage One will still offer you fixes for your accounting needs, track your expenses to the last kobo and make sure you don’t miss out on a single invoice ever again. To be candid, that is just scratching the surface on what this multi-OS software can do.

2 TalentBase

TalentBase sees itself as a fast-growing payroll solution for business all across Africa, and that is not far from the truth. This software allows you to add details about an employee such as their pay, allowances and allowable grants and leave it automated for life.

It also makes way for deductions from the employees’ accounts and for you to pay directly into your worker’s bank from yours at the designated times each month.

Even better is the way this platform allows you manage your employee tax from the comfort of a single software. Complete with an Expenses Management plan, you can now take care of your employees on their leave of absences without having to press a button more

3 TAMS

TAMS operates as a cloud-based system with a host of services for expenses accounting as well as human management. The platform is very flexible, coming with a slew of user-friendly options that allows you get things done faster by customising the system.

From what we have seen of this software, you can designate almost anything that relates to employee payment plans – insurance, employee benefits, loans and contributions plans, among other things.

4 PayDayNG

Personally, there are two things that we love about PayDayNG. The first is the fact that it is a specialised payroll for the Nigeran markets. The second is from the way the software will allow you create user accounts with different privileges.

That means everyone in your small organisation can have access to the dashboard with a unique login ID, but you can control what they see on it.

With PayDayNG, managers and business owners will find it easier to pay all their employees across all arms of their business setup. They will also be able to perform tax deductions and employee monitoring via the same platform.

Finishing off with a separate dashboard for employees and managers, usability of this software is at an all-time high

5 PrimePayroll

Requiring you to make zero investments upfront, PrimePayroll is the ideal software for small business owners that do not want to be tied down with the hassles of payroll management. This software makes the job easier on your HR Management system, allowing you get the personnel money aspects of business sorted out as fast as you can every month.

With an option to generate valuable reports for various types of business analyses, you can enjoy PrimePayroll from the comfort of your internet enabled PC or smartphone.

If you are also considering getting the best accounting software or your small business, we have something to help you on that here. Before that though, you might want to look at things to consider when choosing an accounting software for your business needs.

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Entering the category of premium smartphones to look out for is the latest flagship from Huawei. The new Huawei P20 Pro is a beauty at first sight with a top notch camera. Talking about notches, there is one at the top of the smartphone which reminds you of the IPhone X. Alongside the less premium Huawei P20, the smartphone is the first notch smartphone from Huawei. This is quite an interesting smartphone with promising features which we will be taking a look at as you go further.

Design and Display

The Huawei P20 Pro is good looking, a shimmering beauty made from a slab of Corning Gorilla Glass on both sides. It is also quite attractive with an array of different colour options to choose from with aluminium covering at the sides. There is no audio jack, which means you could only use a USB Type-C to audio jack converter cable that comes along with the phone. Here the notch is also quite reduced compared the that of the Apple flagship. The smartphone is dust and water proof up to 1m for 30mins.

At the front side, the smartphone also has a crisp AMOLED display with an impressive resolution to go with it. Although it does not match that of other flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus but it still quite colourful. You have a 1080 X 2244 pixels display which is because of the 18.7:9 aspect ratio measuring up to 6.1-inch. There is also an option to turn of the display at the sides of the notch to make it somewhat less noticeable.

Battery and Camera

Down to the battery capacity featured here, the Huawei P20 Pro impresses with a fairly large 4, 000mAh battery..This a quite generous offering more than what you have in the likes of other flagships. Ideally you have fast charge feature but wireless charging is absent. However, what you have here is enough to enjoy a long time of usage.

Things gets very interesting when it comes to taking pictures on the Huawei P20 Pro. The triple camera at the back gives you 3X optical zoom thanks to the 8MP camera while the others include a 40MP primary camera and a 20MP monochrome camera all at the rear side. Like recent high-end smartphones, the smartphone has an AI enhancement included. At the front, the smartphone features a 24MP front camera which takes quite high-resolution pictures. Overall, the Huawei P20 Pro has one of the best camera  on a smartphone partly due to the collaboration with Leica.

Hardware and Software

Without much ado, the Huawei features a fairly powerful hardware, although not up to what the Samsung flagships and LG V30S ThinQ smartphones. You will get an Octa-core Hisilicon Kirin 970 CPU with a Mali-G72 MP12 GPU in charge of graphics on the device.

In addition to the above, the smartphone also comes with a 6GB RAM accompanied by a  128GB internal storage space and like the Huawei P20 doesn’t support  memory card expansion. There is also EMUI 8.1 based on Android 8.1 Oreo better suited for  adapting to the irregularities of the notch.

Pricing and Availability

The smartphone is currently available for sale but not in all locations yet. However, the smartphone costs a little above 405 , 000 naira depending on your location and the deal.

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Picking the best accounting software for your small business is a very important decision to make. You will want to choose one that is highly usable, flexible enough that it fits your need, adaptable to your industry and giving you the best value for money.

With the sheer number of accounting softwares out there, it is an understandably hectic task to finally focus on one.

However, one of the best offerings you can go for is that provided in the Sage One Accounting software pack. To be sure this is the right thing for your business or otherwise, we have cooked up a review.

In here, we will show you everything you need to know about the software before you make your first payment. Ready?

What is Sage One Accounting?

Sage One Accounting is a business software that is targeted at small businesses with the aim to help them perfect all areas of their financing to aid easy and smooth operations. The firm has a strong base in Africa already, but that is just a tip of the iceberg – mainly because they have branches in other continents of the world too.

Sage One has always delivered on its promise of bringing ease to the money and financial processes of a business. That dedication is shown in the numbers with their software now covering no less than 3 million small businesses worldwide. That is further testament to the fact that they are doing something right and you might want to get in on it too.

Sage One Accounting Features

If you are looking for something to give you the best value for your money, we will recommend this package for you. We call it package because it is more than just a software. Part of the functionalities that comes with every bundle of the Sage One offering are:

Accounting

As the name implies, it would be very improper if this software did not offer at least basic accounting. The good news is that it does more than offer basic accounting.

Depending on the sophistication of the user, you will be able to engage the software when creating your Profits and Loss accounts, preparing balance sheets, managing business tax, basic cash accounting and generation of relevant reports to mention but a few

Invoicing

If it has been a challenge for your small business to properly invoice clients in the past, a part of the platform allows you do this.

Sage One offers a neat set of templates for cooking up actionable templates so that late payments from clients due to invoice setup becomes a thing of the past for you.

Payroll

One of the things we love the most about the service is its payroll offer. Using this will help you improve your human resource management even more.

You can customise the payroll service any way you want, allowing you account for various facets of employee rewards – loans, vacations, bonusses, allowances and of course, basic salary

Pros

• Tailored to the needs of small businesses
• Comes with thorough setup tools
• Automates processes when setup
• Aids department/ cost/ project tracking
• Reports generation is top notch
• Good value for money
• Supports flexible user permissions
• Usable on multiple platforms/ operating systems

Cons

• User interface is not the latest
• Reports are not largely customisable

Pricing Plan

As popular as Sage One has become in its field, it is amazing how they still stay loyal to their small business market base with highly competitive prices. Of course, they have different packages for various services which the customer can choose from. The choice you make will be based on the size of your organisation, your needs and of course, pocket. Listed are some of the basic pricing plans that can be found across the platform

• Invoicing: If interested, you can start automating your invoices and getting paid with less hassles from as low as #2900 a month
• Accounting: For those that like to use the accounting feature, you’ll be able to buy in to the various plans which starts from as low as #5500 a month
• Payroll: The payroll feature is probably the one with the most competitive pricing plan, allowing you pay your members of staff easier by buying at least, a #600 monthly subscription.

Wrap Up

We would be lying if we said that Sage One was the angel on the market. However, it is the better than most options for your small business needs.

With a slew of impressive features and customer support for your business as it grows, here is one software that is interested in growing your business as much as they love pushing their own brand forward.

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A Lite version of the Huawei P20 was also unveiled alongside the other Huawei P20 Pro as part of the Huawei P-series. Like the Lite family, the smartphone has a trimmed down spec sheet of the original smartphone. Just incase you can’t afford the more expensive models and don’t mind the reduced specs, Then you should have a look at the smartphone. Join us as we have a closer observation of the smartphone and what it has in store for us.

Design and Display

Despite being a mid-range smartphone, the Huawei P20 Lite retains the glass and metallic build of the more premium variants. Unlike the other smartphones, it has its own fingerprint sensor at the backside and am audio jack too which is preferable for some. Although it also comes with a notch at the top of the display just like the iPhone X, the notch is slightly smaller. The dual camera module protrudes from the rear panel with the flash below it and Huawei logo towards the bottom.

On the display end, the Huawei P20 Lite maintains the same Full HD resolution stretched into an 18.7:9 aspect ratio. Thus, the strange resolution of 2244 X 1080 pixels over a 5.84-inch display. This leaves you with a pixel density of 432 ppi and a nice display with good viewing angle.

Battery and Camera

You happen to have quite a drop, from 3, 750mAh featured on the Huawei P20 and P20 Pro to just 3, 000mAh on the Huawei P20 Lite. Nonetheless, the smartphone should be able to squeeze in a day of usage on minimal usage. On a good side, you can still charge using the fast charge technology through the USB Type-C port.

For photography, the Huawei P20 Lite employs a dual rear combo on the rear side. A trend that is far becoming a norm in mid-range and high-end smartphones. Going forward, the smartphone has a 16MP main camera and a secondary 2MP camera on the rear side. Up front, you’ve got a 16MP selfie camera which also doubles for the Face ID feature.

Hardware and Software

Moreso, there is a reduction of power seen in the SoC installed on this smartphone. Which is typical of Lite smartphones all over the place. In this case, the Huawei settles for a HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset, not a bad option right? Accompanied by a Mali-T830 MP2 GPU that sorts out graphics on the device.

In addition to all of these, the smartphone has a 4GB memory space aligned with either 32GB or 64GB built-in storage room for saving your files. However, there is a chance to expand up to 256GB with a memory stick if you want more space. It also happens to run on Android Oreo with EMUI 8.1 on the smartphone.

Pricing and Availability

The Huawei P20 Lite is available in a number of online stores for about 161, 000 naira with some probable added cost depending on your location and the deal.

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Recently, Tecno one of the prominent budget smartphone maker in Nigeria and a number of other African countries released a list of smartphones. One of whiich is the Tecno Camon X, a lesser variant of the Tecno Camon X Pro. The new smartphone comes with the latest design trend including a bezel-less screen with elegant tall 18:9 aspect ratio. Surely, the Tecno Camon X keeps up on how a modern smartphone should look like. In essence, the smartphone is one centered on taking pleasant selfies.

Design and Display

At first glance, you would agree with me that the Tecno Camon X might be the most good looking smartphone from Tecno in the Camon series even overall.. The new smartphone has a nice bezel-less display giving you a full view. This means you have a smartphone that has a high screen to body ratio (up to 81%). However, it is still made from polycarbonate rather than metal or glass covering you have in more premium smartphones.

Onto the full view display, it is quite a beauty but when it lights up you would notice the low resolution and not too crisp colour reproduction compared to the more expensive Tecno Camon X Pro. Besides that, both smartphones have the 18:9 aspect ratio in common with little bezels in the way. There is also a 1440 X 720 HD+ resolution display leaving the pixel density at 275 ppi.

Battery and Camera

You have a fairly enough battery inside the Tecno Camon X to offer daily usage. Boasting of a 3, 750mAh battery capacity, the smartphone is well above the mediocre capacity line. As a plus, the smartphone allows you to charge using quick charge, giving you a full charge in a relatively short time.

In the area of photography, the Tecno Camon X is well equipped especially in the Selfie department. At the rear side, you have got a 16MP camera with ring LED flash. For selfies, a 20MP front camera is held responsible having an adjustable flash as accomplice. With this, you should be able to take some nice pictures for your social media platforms.

Hardware and Software

Moving on to the hardware featured on the smartphone, the Tecno Camon X goes for a decent mid-range SoC. In that regard, the smartphone has a MediaTek Helio P23 chipset with eight cores the highest of which clocks at 2.0GHz. When it comes to graphics munching, the smartphone is provided with a Mali GPU.

In continuance, the Tecno Camon X has a 3GB internal memory for multitasking and apps installation. Storage space stays at 16GB some of which already occupied by system software and pre-installed apps. However, you could expand this up to 128GB using a MicroSD card. As for the OS, the Tecno Camon X boots the latest Android 8.1 Oreo from the box.

Pricing and Availability

The Tecno Camon X is available for sale in various online stores and smartphone retail outlets for about 57, 000 naira, (15, 700KSh) depending on the deal and location.

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Have you seen the Tecno Camon X? and you are just thinking only if it had a bit more of RAM, storage space or a more high-resolution display. Then the answer is not far fetched look to the Tecno Camon X Pro which was released alongside it and boasts of even more upgrades down to the camera. The smartphone has some interesting features and as much of a beauty as the lesser variant. Let’s have a look at what it has to offer and if it is actually worth the extra cost.

Design and Display

It looks very much like the Tecno Camon X, as it comes with the same 18:9 aspect ratio and reduced bezels. Also, it retains the same polycarbonate build with the camera and flash arranged horizontally at the top left corner. You can choose from two colour variants which is the Midnight Black and Bordeaux Red respectively. All in all, overall build looks quite modern with solid ergonomics.

A considerable improvement can be noticed in the smartphone’s display compared to the Tecno Camon X although the same size is maintained. The display appears more immersive with better colour reproduction and higher pixel density. You now have a 6.0-inch 1080 X 2160 pixel display better suited for watching movies, gaming and other activities.

Battery and Camera

Battery capacity appears to be the same on both smartphones with fast charge also included. This means there is a 3, 750mAh non removable Li-Po battery. However, battery capacity also depends on other display resolution which in this case weighs more on the battery amongst other things.

As for battery capacity, the smartphone now as a slight bump in the front camera which means a better selfie for you. You also have a portrait mode which blurs the background making the picture cleaner and beautiful. There is still a 16MP rear camera with ring flash and a 24MP front snapper which seems to be an ideal upgrade, also having a flash.

Hardware and Software

Between the Tecno Camon X an X Pro, there is the same chipset but different in other hardware aspects. You will find a an Octa-core MediaTek MT6763T processor running at a maximum speed of 2.0GHz. This us combined with a Mali GPU for graphics rendering.

The upgrade between both smartphones is seen in terms of storage space and memory. Moving on, there is a 4GB RAM and a 64GB built-in storage space expandable to 128GB  with a memory card. Like its pair, the smartphone has an Android 8.1 Oreo pre-installed on the smartphone.

Pricing and Availability

It is currently not on sale mainstream yet in Nigeria, however, the smartphone will cost about 75, 000 naira depending on the deal and your location.

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A mobile phone tracking app is certainly not rocket science or science fiction anymore. It is all real, legal, and quite affordable as well. This monitoring app can be installed easily and is quite easy to operate for even a 5-std kid. You can use this spy app for cell phones and it can be used on any cell phones you want.

It definitely helps keep people safe and secure and also helps in safeguarding the phone in the times of theft. It comes with features such as GPS tracking that makes it easier to keep a track of all the movements that the person takes which is certainly useful for a number of reasons.

Provides A Helping Hand For The Parents:

The cell phone spy apps can help the parents in knowing where exactly their children are going at any given point in time with the help of GPS tracking feature. This specific feature provides information regarding the exact location of the respective phone even when there is no Wi-Fi connection.

This is done by connecting with any available networks it triangulates the exact location with that data and with the help of it as a reference point, it identifies the phone location. These advanced technological features make sure that children do not fall into troubles anymore and enable parents to know if the child is in wrong hands or somewhere he or she shouldn’t be.

Protect From Online Bullies:

When a child connects Smartphone with the internet, no matter what there are numerous features and specifications that the child would be unknown to can get access and get him into uncertain troubles. For the parents who are concerned about their child’s safety from online bullies, child predators, and other unsavory characters and demons while using Smartphones with access to internet need to opt for the cell phone tracker app services available. There is nothing better than opting for cell phone tracking devices to get a piece of mind.

Ensuring Children’s Safety:

The ones who get the maximum benefits of using the cell phone tracker app are the parents of young children or who have just reached their teen years. In this date, it is completely impossible to say no to children from using technologies and especially smartphones. With the regular peer pressure and a promise of safety and security that comes when you come to know that your child can be contacted anytime, parents are concerned about giving Smartphones to their children from an early age.

Can Be Used In Times Of Theft:

This software also helps in locating a phone in the cases of mobile getting misplaced or stolen. You can easily track the location through the GPS system and if your phone gets stolen, with the help of the spy app, you can erase all the crucial and confidential data with only one swipe from a distant location. This helps in safeguarding your privacy of the important data from getting disclosed.

The cell phone tracker app can also be used in the corporate sectors as well. By installing the app on the corporate cell phones that are provided to the employees or workers can certainly make sure that the employees and workers are doing their work properly and are staying productive on their job and are not making use of the phone to do unnecessary personal work like calling or texting, etc. They can also help in making sure that no employee is heading to make theft or disclose the confidential data without informing the leaders or in charge.

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Bots are all the rage these days, promising a whole lot of automation and at the same creating fears of the possibility that they could lead to Job losses as companies seek more cost effective solutions. However, Sage’s Ed Kless (Senior Director, Sage Accountants), writes about why Accountants should let bots do some of their work.

The article follows below:

In the 1800s in Northern France, weaving machines were brought into textile factories, to perform a task that had been done manually for decades. Workers were not happy, believing the machines would take their jobs and kill their craft. In protest, they destroyed the machines using wooden shoes, or sabots, and became known as ‘saboteurs’.

Fast forward 200 years and we’re seeing a similar rebellion from accountants who are worried about being replaced by bots and automation. Yet their way of protesting is not to sabotage the bots but to cling to the way they’ve always done things, which is to sell their time and bill by the hour for mundane work, even though there’s much better things they could do with their time, from a knowledge and value perspective.

Some 49% of respondents in Sage’s annual Practice of Now research, which surveyed 3000 accountants globally, say they would automate tasks like number crunching, data entry, and email and diary management.

Yet this suggests that more than half of accountants – including seasoned professionals with decades of experience – are still charging customers for the time it takes to process receipts and balance the books. This is despite the fact that 42% of customers expect their accountant to provide business advice.

Efficiency vs Effectiveness

Thanks to the cult of efficiency, we’ve become obsessed with doing more in less time. We forget that time is a rival asset, which forces us to compete on cost and pricing. You can offer the lowest rate in the industry but, ultimately, you’ll have to work harder and hire more people to meet your own targets.

This might make you efficient but are you effective? Are you creating value on both sides of the transaction? Put differently, are you helping your customers generate wealth by advising on financial strategy, forecasting and profit growth, while also generating your own wealth?

This ‘positive sum game’ – where both sides benefit – will never maximize value if we continue to use the billable hours model. With this model, you can only sell one hour to one customer at a time. Once you’ve sold that hour, you can’t repackage it and sell it again. It’s gone forever and, honestly, it’s not very valuable.

Building a non-rival asset

What if, instead of billing every spare hour to a single customer, you used it to learn more and develop your skills? This is ultimately where your value lies. You should be selling your knowledge and expertise, not your hours. The more knowledge you have, the bigger non-rival asset you create, which can then be repackaged multiple times and sold to different customers at different prices without once diminishing the value to you or, almost miraculously to each customer.

With this new business model, the focus shifts from people power (time capacity) and efficiency to intellectual capital and effectiveness. You stop counting hours and start growing your knowledge and that of your team. It’s the difference between having an efficient or an effective brain surgeon when having a tumour removed. I know which one I’d prefer, even if it takes him twice as long to perform the surgery.

Sell what they’re buying

We need to shift our mindsets to prioritise effectiveness over efficiency. Simon Sinek calls this your ‘why’. Customers don’t buy what you do or how you do it, they buy why you do it, especially if those values are aligned with their own.

Customers don’t care if you used automation software to capture receipts and crunch the numbers. What they care about is the knowledge and advice you give them after those numbers have been produced. That’s their value. They pay for the ‘why.’ The ‘what’ and ‘how’ simply serve as the proof of your ‘why.’

You will not find value or purpose counting the hours it takes you to complete mundane, repetitive tasks. You’ll find value in books and seminars and online courses. You’ll find value in broadening your knowledge and perspective beyond accounting. Education does not stop when schooling stops. University will teach you how to be efficient but only you can define your value and that requires lifelong learning.

Read up on biology, on human behaviour and on the meaning of words. When you truly understand why the words ‘transaction’, ‘organisation’, ‘accounting’ and ‘auditing’ came to be associated with business, you’ll know exactly how to create true value for your customers.

Redefining value

This new business model dramatically changes your relationship with your customers. You will need to have deeper, richer conversations about their values and how they align with yours. Your value is not your hours. Your value is your knowledge, which can’t be tracked by the hour. Deep relationship can never be developed by looking at the clock.

There’s a problem with the current business model and the first step is to admit that there’s a problem. Artificial intelligence and automation are handing us an opportunity to change how we’ve always done things and to get better at our craft. Take the opportunity. Don’t sabotage the bots. If you do, you’ll just be sabotaging yourself.

*Listen to Ed Kless discuss the accounting practice of the future in the #NextGenAccounting Podcast series.

About Ed Kless:

• Ed Kless joined Sage in July of 2003 and is currently the senior director of partner development and strategy. He develops and delivers curriculum for Sage business partners on the art and practice of small business consulting. Courses include:  Sage Consulting Academy, Business Strategy and Customer Experience Workshops.
• Ed is the author of The Soul of Enterprise: Dialogues on Business in the Knowledge Economy, a compendium of a few of the episodes of his VoiceAmerica talk-show The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Knowledge Economy with Ron Baker, founder of the VeraSage Institute where Ed is also a senior fellow.

Related Topics

• Paydayng Payroll Solutions
• Best Accounting Software
• Choosing the Best Accounting Software for your Business
• Best Invoicing Software

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If the word optimize is not very clear to you, then let us begin by saying that improving the overall design and the effectiveness of your website involves optimization of your Ecommerce website.

This is imperative, given a large number of corporate websites that are operational in the market in the current times. Going by the rules of competition, each and every company or business organization is trying their level best so that they can make their websites the most interactive and effective. Doing so can elevate the overall performance of their business.

Optimize Your E-Commerce Site For Improved User Experience And Blazing Speed

The very first question and concern that must be borne in mind while optimizing your website is what must be the key criteria that is going to be guiding your agenda.

In simple words, your website is meant for your customers. Naturally, all the improvements and the optimizations must be brought about from the point of view of requirements and the experiences of the customers.

While you do make changes in the designs of your website to bring about best optimizations, you must pay attention to the nature of your customers—the ratio of them using the mobile as compared to the ones using their desktop.

The total speed of the website is important and the second most imperative aspect. A dual focus on these points will help you optimize your website best even in a short tenure of just an hour.

Evaluate Your User/Customer

In the current times, there are two categories of website viewers—the one visits it on mobiles and the other that uses it on desktops. Interestingly the characteristics of both these viewers happen to be different from each other. This is a fact that is realized and understood by a large number of corporations such as Dominos. This is why Dominos has created dual websites, both for desktop users and ones for mobile users.

The style, designs and the patterns of both the websites are different and styled as per the psychological needs of the customers. However, this is a project type that requires a large investment.

If the cost factor is a problem then you can opt for interactive and responsive designs for your websites. This is one of the best ways through which you can attract a larger amount of traffic for your websites. Again this is a type of website design that can attract prospective customers and clients and a larger number of customers can be transformed into loyal patrons.

However, a responsive and iterative website is an adventurous idea. This is a sort of design where one can bring a lot of innovative variations. However one of the major setbacks in such designs of websites is speed. Designers to optimize must work on the technical aspects so that the interactive and responsive websites are not slowed down in any way.

Some Elemental Aspects For Optimizing Your ECommerce Site

In order to optimize your Ecommerce site please keep in mind the following points:

• The design of your website has to be clean and simple. Keep the annoying ads and popup as low as possible as they happen to tax the patience of the customers.
• It is imperative that the search functions of the site have to be well developed. In case your customers are looking for something specific then they must have the option to at least look for the items. This gives your customers a sense of power.
• Please provide good resolution photographs of the products of your company. This is one of the elemental ways through which you can attract and educate your customers better. Once your customers get a good idea of the products that are there in your kitty, you can expect greater conversions.
• Help the customers as best as possible! One of the biggest concerns of shopping over E-commerce platforms is the aspect of tracking the situation of the order. This is why you must incorporate a transparent tracking system on your website.
• You must also pay a good amount of attention to SEO. Good Ecommerce website builders like Shopify will help you to incorporate this aspect into your website.
• Avoid unnecessary weight on your website page to optimise. This can help the users to have a better overall experience while navigating the site.

Shopify is one of the best ecommerce website builders in the market today. You can use the wide range of tools that are available from Shopify to build your website.

Related Topics

• Key to Successful Online Retail Business in Nigeria
• Challenges to Online Shopping in Nigeria
• Building a Worthy Online Retail Business in Nigeria
• Online Stores in Nigeria

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Honor is more or less a mid-range brand under Huawei and one of the recent additions is the Huawei Honor 7A. The new budget smartphone has modest specs and a nice build to go along. While the specs are not for ardent hardware followers, it is more than enough for average users. You also have perks like the latest software, fingerprint sensor and dual camera all packaged into a good looking smartphone. Read further to have more information on how much of a good buy this smartphone is.

Design and Display

Looking at the Huawei Honor 7A, you will notice the recent innovation in its build which includes an 18:9 aspect ratio and aluminium body with a glossy finish at the back panel. There’s is also a striking similarity to preceding Honor smartphones with little bezels in the way at the sides. The bottom bezel has Honor written on it while the physical buttons are arranged on the left side.

The Huawei Honor 7A has a a fairly large, not too crisp display which is not really full view anyway. It features a 5.7-inch IPS screen alongside 1440 X 720 pixels resolution. In addition, the pixel density stays at 282 ppi with ample brightness even under the sun.

Battery and Camera

Inside, you’d find a somewhat average battery supplying juice to the smartphone. However, minimal usage will give enough usage time which is ideally the 24 hrs timeframe. All thanks to the 3, 000mAh Li-Po battery which doesn’t have the quick charge feature.

Entering into the rapidly increasing tide of dual camera smartphones. The Huawei Honor 7A has a partnership of a 13MP main camera and the assistance of a 2MP camera mounted on the rear panel. Taking selfies is done by an 8MP front shooter with an f/2.0 aperture and a dedicated flash.

Hardware and Software

Behind the curtain, the show is run by a basic mid-range MediaTek processor. Despite the average power generated by the SoC, the eight core 64-bit Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 chipset with cores clocking at 1.5GHz delivers smooth performance. As for graphics, this is sorted by an Adreno 505 GPU complimenting the processing gusto.

In segue, the pizzazz is garnered by 2GB or 3GB depending on the variant. Both having 32GB storage space expandable by utilizing the dedicated SD card slot. You would also find Android 8.0 Oreo pre-installed on the device.

Pricing and Availability

The smartphone is available for about 53, 000 naira on various online stores and smartphone retail outlets around.

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The collaboration between both brands Porsche and Huawei is a masterpiece with some nice design and off the charts aesthetics. You might have taught the spearhead of Huawei’s flagship was the Huawei P20 Pro but the Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design is the phone to beat. It also has a better spec sheet compared to the Huawei P20 Pro like an under display fingerprint sensor, wireless charging, more storage space and a better display. However, the smartphone is quite expensive, so let’s see if it is actually worth the luxury.

Design and Display

A first glance at the smartphone and you would notice the standout svelte build. Instead of going for the iPhone X type of notch, it looks more like the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus with its curved display. You would see trimmed bezels with ‘PORSCHE DESIGN” inscription at the bottom. On the rear panel, the smartphone has the same camera arrangement as the Huawei P20 Pro with the fingerprint sensor below followed by Porsche’s logo and then Huawei at the far bottom.

Sporting an 18:9 aspect ratio, the Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design has tall crisp display which is quite attractive. You would also notice that the screen is actually curved at the side an impressive feat common to the Samsung flagships. Towering up to 6.-inch the smartphone as an AMOLED screen with a nice contrast and vividly clear colour reproduction. Besides the high 1440 X 2288 pixels resolution, there is also an under display fingerprint sensor built-in.

Battery and Camera

Same as the Huawei P20 Pro, the smartphone carries enough juice to keep the smartphone on for enough time. This possible with the fairly large 4, 000mAh battery on the smartphone with quick charge technology to help. As an addition, the Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design has wireless charging capability which according to Huawei charges faster than the iPhone X.

In the camera department, the smartphone is entirely the same with the Huawei P20 Pro. This means there are 3 rear cameras consisting of a 40MP f/1.8 RGB camera along with an f/1.6 20MP monochrome camera and an 8MP camera for 3X optical zoom. Even up to 5x hybrid optical zoom can be attained with the help of the 40MP sensor. All of these coming from their partnership with Leica, the camera company supplying the lens. While for selfies, there is a 24MP camera which performs quite well in low light.

Hardware and Software

Nothing much changes in the hardware section as you still have Huawei’s own set of chipset in play. That is an Hisilicon Kirin 970 processor with cores clocking at 2.4GHz and 1.8GHz respectively. As regards graphics, the smartphone relies on a Mali-G72 MP12 GPU to do the trick.

Furthermore, multitasking is quite smooth with 6GB internal memory space. There are two storage variants, a lesser 256GB and the more premium 512GB variant which is the first of its kind when it comes to built-in storage. Like the others, the smartphone has no space for memory card which means no storage expansion. Then there’s the latest EMUI 8.1 based on Android 8.1 Oreo greeting you from the box.

Pricing and Availability

You could get the Huawei Mate RS Porsche Design for a whopping 753, 000 naira for the 256GB model while the 512GB variant has a 931, 000 naira price tag.

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Before getting started with the tips and tricks to become a pro at League of Legends let’s get one thing straight that LOL is not at all an easy game and it can turn frustrating too if you don’t know the right moves. Now, in order to play this game you need some amazing skills, and above everything, you will need a lot of perseverance so you should only be playing this game if you’ve got the right skills. Another famous thing about the League of Legends is that it is known as one of the most competitive and the most addictive game so before you get your hands on this game, know that it’s going to be a fun ride.

Here are a few tips that will help you master the art of playing the League Of Legends like a pro;

1. Get More Wards

Know that wards are extremely important when it comes to the League Of Legends, these wards help you by giving a proper vision about your enemies. Getting a proper vision of your enemies will prevent the Ganks from them, and you will know about the important objectives of the game that needs your attention. Hence once you are putting your focus in the right direction, you will then know where and what move you have to make to win the game.

2. Boost Your Elo

You see when it comes to the League Of Legends, know that the more your Elo is, the higher are the chances for you to win the game. However, boosting Elo isn’t as easy as it seems and this is the main part of the game that requires all the effort. You can also take help in boosting your Elo in LoL from www.op-boost.com. Visit this site, and you’ll get what you want to do good in the game.

3. Don’t Play Ranked On Tilt

If you are continuously losing straight in a line, then it is better to discontinue the game for a while. You see if you’ve lost the match three times consecutively then know that it’s time to go on a break and play some other game or else your ranking will fall to a really bad position where it will become more difficult for you to come on top and win the game again. So, instead of playing while you are ranked on tilt, look for another game and wait till you get the courage to play LoL again.

4. Play With Friend

Another amazing tip to improve on League Of Legends is to play with friends or people that you know. You see this way you can even communicate with them and knowing them will help you guess their moves too. Moreover, if that friend is in your room, then that’s even better, and there will be high chances for you to win that way. Now, it all falls back to you, whether you want to play the game with a friend or you want to fight the strangers.

5. Read More Guides

The internet is currently full of guides on LoL, and if you are serious about improving your skills at the game, then you’ve got to do some research and read as much information as you can. You never know which tip or which technique can help you master this game so don’t miss on the online guides on the League Of Legends.

These are a few tips that can be useful for you when it comes to this game. So, try and follow the rules, and you will see an improvement for sure.

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Like many others that have found yourself here, you must have also stumbled on the Sage 50 Accounting Software and needed more convincing before you started putting your money on their plans. Quite frankly, I think that is a great idea.

For a platform that offers to do so much that it looks unreal, how do they really keep up to their promises? Are they a scam or are they legit? Whichever it is, you will find out at the end of this Sage 50 Review.

What is Sage 50?

The Sage 50 Accounting Software is a complete out of the box solution for small businesses that need to handle their accounting tasks professionally. The software can also be used to manage businesses in the medium scale, provided the number of employees remains within the 0-50 range.

Sage 50 aims to support your business as it grows, offering a kind of progressive pricing plan that is scarce on the market.

What that means is that you will only be charged for the software based on the number of users/ employees in the organisation, helping you expand at the same rate as your pocket allows.

With this software, you can choose various plans that determine what your setup will be handling directly. In other words, you get to use the Sage 50 for more than just Accounting.

Having been in the market for a while and the choice of millions of businesses around the globe, the management behind the software are doing something amazing to have kept such a user and customer base for so long.

Sage 50 Features

Depending on what you and your small/ medium business needs, here are the things you can employ the Sage 50 software for

• Cash flow monitoring
• Invoicing
• Online bills payment
• Project management
• Inventory management
• Customer management
• Basic accounting
• Insights and Analytics generation
• Customisable reports and financial statements
• Sage advisor
• Terminal services

With that list, we can streamline it into three things. First, your sage 50 software will do everything you ask from it when it comes to basic accounting, entering money that comes into the business and cash that flows out so that you can generate Profit and Loss accounts as well as keep a master ledger.

The accounting goes on to include more than just money but physical assets too. Inventory just got easier for your business.

Next, you get to take advantage of the invoicing feature in getting paid by clients for work. Last but not the least is the offer of payroll functions, helping to keep your monthly salary/ wage and bill payments automated to the teeth.

Pros

• Easy to install and use
• Good customer support
• Excellent reporting
• Ability to handle large inventory
• Great for auditing

Cons

• Not very intuitive
• Bank reconciliation sometimes malfunctions
• Zero CRM integrations

Pricing Plan

There are three pricing options offered in the Sage 50 program. They can be accessed immediately by paying for the one that best suits your needs at the moment.

If you are having doubts, you could go for a free trial first to convince yourself. When you decide to commit, you can pick from these options:

• Pro Plan – $439/ year
• Premium – $679 – $1609/ year
• Quantum – $1729 – $2879/ year

The plan you will choose will be dependent on how many users you want to give access to the platform and what features you need. All of this information will still be made available to you on the official platform before you go ahead with payment.

Wrap UP

Sage 50 is not the cheapest accounting software you can get for your small business, but it is better than most. The flexibility of the pricing plan makes it a further interesting option to consider.

To be candid, every plan looks slightly expensive. Compare the price against what you are getting for the money and you will agree with us that it is quite a steal.

If you feel there is anything left out of this Sage 50 Review, please let us know in the comments.

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CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) is a computer software that maintains the database or records the information of the maintenance operations of an organization. The information in this database is crucial and helps the maintenance team to perform their duties efficiently. It also helps management to take more effective decisions.

CMMS software is an important implementation in an organization as it has lots of benefits which are-

• With implementation of CMMS it’s become easy to do preventive maintenance.
• It facilitates better accountability
• Information in database helps to analyses various factors.
• Inventory control
• Cost effectiveness

Nowadays, market is flooded with a large number of companies offering CMMS solutions for your business but it is important to choose the best software as it will define the growth of your organization.

Steps to take when Choosing a CMMS Solution

Here are some points that will provide you a guide to select the best CMMS software out of various options available in the market.

1. Form a cross-functional committee – The very first step is to create a team with the members from different departments of the organization. It will provide a broader prospective all the needs related to the maintenance and facility department within the organization.
2. Analyze and Review current business system – Do a thorough functional analysis of your current business system so that you can identify needs, challenges, weaknesses, etc of the current system which you are intended to solve with the new maintenance management system. It is necessary to analysis each and every aspect of your current business.
3. Do Survey-Conduct interviews – Gather information about the current maintenance management system of the company from the existing employees from the various departments (such Purchase Dept., Accounts, Inventory management, work and support etc) of your company. They will provide a clearer picture and understanding about the need for new CMMS software.
4. Prepare requirement document – On the basis of the functional analysis and information gathered through survey develop a detailed list of all the requirements of the organization for the requirement of the new CMMS solution.
5. Plan a Budget – Budget plays a vital role in every project. It is very important to decide the cost in advance. Cost is necessary to be considered along with the other factors.
6. Research – An intense research about all the potential vendors available in the market is must. Compare, go through the reviews of different software available and then prepare the list of specifications and requirements you need in your new Computerized Maintenance Management System.
7. Create a Shortlist – Depending on the research prepare a shortlist of at least top 10 vendors.
8. Review and Finalize Short list – You can take the help of website that provides live demonstration and offer free trials for short listing the potential vendors. Now on the basis of the demo shortlist top 5 vendors. Short-listing can be done on the basis of parameter such as Functionality, Vendor track record, growth potential, ease of use, cost and technical support.
9. Request for Proposal – Next step is to send Request for Proposal to the selected vendors. You must ensure that you include all the requirements and specifications you need for your business so that vendors can understand and meet the desired requirements.
10. Validation of final selection of the CMMS – Taking all the specifications and all the aforementioned parameters into consideration validate the selection the CMMS system which fits yours requirements the best. After that purchase will be negotiated and completed.

Selecting an effective and productive CMMS system for your organization is not an easy job CMMS system has the caliber to decide the future (profitability) of the organization as maintenance department serves as the backbone for every organization.

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Cryptocurrencies are more mainstream today than they ever were in the past! With parliaments around the world discussing and debating on cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain technology, the digital economy revolution has begun to peak. An increasing number of people are now aware about Bitcoins than they were in the past. This is leading to a rise in Bitcoin mining as well.

Bitcoin mining as an activity has been picking pace. While miners are looking towards mining as an opportunity to generate income, there are many who are pointing it out as a threat to the environment. Regardless of the controversies, Bitcoin mining continues to increase even as cryptocurrency markets go through a period of bloodbath.

A Quick History of Bitcoin Mining

Over the years, Bitcoin mining has evolved. From being something that you could do simply using your CPU’s processing power, it evolved to GPUs, which were much faster and generated better income for the miners. Then came GPU rigs, which were then followed by the ASIC devices. ASIC, which stands for Application Specific Integrated Circuit is the current standard for mining Bitcoins. These ASIC devices too, get upgraded almost every year with a stronger mining power. Companies such as Samsung too, have begun developing ASIC devices now.

Best Bitcoin Mining Tips

 While the cryptocurrency prices continue to fall, let us take a quick look at some of the best Bitcoin mining tips and tricks that will help new and novice miners, as well as aspiring miners to make the best mining decisions.

Calculating your Reward vs Risk Scenario

The first thing that most people know about cryptocurrency mining is that it is an investment-heavy task. Cryptocurrency mining involves large investments as the mining devices tend to cost thousands of dollars. While this is a one-time investment, the other costs involve electricity consumed in mining as well as the electricity consumed in keeping the mining devices cool.

Hence, it is critical to calculate the rewards before you even begin cryptocurrency mining. You can make use of various cryptocurrency mining calculator tools to check your rewards vs risks scenario. Moreover, the current price of Bitcoins is also considered in this calculation – which gives you the most accurate profit/loss result even before you begin to mine.

In addition to this, it must also be kept in mind that Bitcoin mining is an activity which is programmed to get harder with every passing day and block rewards tend to reduce by 50% every four years. This should also be considered before making a final call on starting off with a Bitcoin mining activity.

Choosing the Perfect Mining Devices

Once you have assessed your risk vs reward scenario using a cryptocurrency mining calculator or a BTC mining calculator, the next thing is to purchase the mining devices. ASIC devices, as mentioned above, are the norm these days. Choosing the perfect mining device is critical. The mining device that you go with has to be of the latest, modern standards so that it does not get outdated soon. However, you also need to consider the amount of electricity that it would consume and the heat that it would generate. The hash rate efficiency also needs to be considered. It is after keeping all these factors in mind that you should finalize on the Bitcoin mining hardware device of your choice.

Selecting the Most Suitable Wallet To Store Mined Currencies

To store your mined cryptocurrencies, you need to have a cryptocurrency wallet. Before finally deciding on a wallet – you need to look through multiple wallets and check out all that they have to offer. Sometimes, wallets tend to put some restrictions or may charge you a high transaction fees. There are other wallets which are relatively unsafe and may have security related issues. Always research about the wallet you are going to store your currencies in. You might also want to check out an alternative to online wallets – hardware wallets, which are physical devices where cryptocurrencies can be stored!

Choosing the Best Software For Bitcoin Mining

A Bitcoin mining software is also needed in order to run mining operations smoothly. This mining software acts as the interface between your computer and your miner and allows you to monitor various mining statistics. It shows you the power being consumed, total mining reward and other reward related statistics, as well as how the miner has been performing. These software also tend to show heat-related information about the device so you’d know when your miner is heating up. We’d recommend trying out multiple mining software before finalizing on one that suits your needs the best. 

Joining the Best Bitcoin Mining Pool

Bitcoin mining is an energy intensive process and it is a hard task for a user to do individually. It is hard in terms of electricity consumption as well as the cost involved. Hence, miners get together and form ‘pools’ of Bitcoin mining operation where they pool-in their mining power and distribute the rewards.

Selecting the best mining pool can be quite a complicated task because there are many fraudulent mining pools. Due diligence is required before finalizing a pool. Various factors need to be checked out, such as how long the pool has been running for, how many people are using the pool, the mechanism for reward distribution that they are using, the minimum payout, the fees charged by the pool, etc.

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We can all agree that the smartphone is the one invention that we just can’t live without. In fact, Statista reports shipment of more than 1.54 billion smartphones to end users in 2017 alone. Industry experts also project that by the year 2018, over a third of the world’s population will own a smartphone – accumulating to almost 2.53 billion units globally.

The growing dependency on smartphones have also increased opportunities to develop mobile apps for various industries and niches. Whether it is an internet browser, the latest game or productivity software – mobile apps are the lifeblood of smartphones. Any user who wishes to get decent engagement with their phone has to download a few of these intricate and functional apps for a unique user experience.

To understand the popularity of mobile apps profoundly, here are some statistics taken from different sources:

• As of the year 2017, the Apple App Store and the Android Play Store collectively hosts more than 5 million apps in their database.
• The previous year saw more than 197 billion downloads from the leading app stores while social networking apps such as Facebook, Snapchat, AirG Lifestyle Chat, and Tumblr lead in penetration – says ComScore.
• Source TechCrunch reveals that an average individual uses approximately nine apps each day and 30 in a month.

As you can easily comprehend, mobile apps are POPULAR, and the technology has grown steadily to become the world’s largest ecosystem in just ten years.

But what will the future of mobile apps bring us? How will changing technology change the surface of not only mobile apps but our smartphones also? Based on comprehensive research, here are the top predictions for the mobile apps in 2018.

1. Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence

Machine learning is the process where the computer analyzes large data set (user’s behavior) and makes reasonable predictions and recommendations based on these data. Machine learning and artificial intelligence have taken the world by storm. Virtual digital assistants such as Cortana, Google Assistant, and Siri are the perfect examples of artificial intelligence. On-demand services of Netflix, Uber, and TripAdvisor are also doing a making our lives convenient with the implementation of machine learning in their apps.

In the coming years, the technology will evolve further, and we can definitely expect to see more recommendations and predictions from the apps we are accustomed to using.

2. Virtual Reality

The game Pokémon Go is not a new name for us. This game, released in 2006, broke all stereotypes with a new aim. Yes, you remembered correctly – the goal of the game was to find virtual Pokémon’s on our streets, parks, and even the White House. Thanks to virtual reality, the game was successful and saw more than 100 million downloads in the first month alone.

According to IT experts, the revolution of the game has opened more doors for developers, and in the future, we can expect more apps to combine the virtual and the real world.

3. Cloud-based storage

Cloud-integrated mobile apps are all set to take over the smartphone app industry. The cloud-based apps will require less internal memory and enable users to access data from any other device. Examples of apps that use cloud-based servers to store data include DropBox, Trello, and Salesforce.

In the future, cloud-based apps will not only be helpful for large enterprises but also enhance collaboration between small groups of users. In fact, the size of cloud computing market in 2017 was around 130 billion US dollars while the market growth rate is 18.5%. The trend of using cloud-based apps will continue to grow and evolve in the year 2018 as well.

4. Wearable devices

IOT or the Internet of Things is present in all modern day-to-day devices. Whether its wearable devices such as Apple Watch, dimmable lights, or smart thermostats – we are all connected with the technology through the advanced technology, also known as the Internet of Things.

Analysts predict that we will see more than 200 billion connected devices by the year 2020. Moreover, the IOT industry will grow to be a $661.74 billion industry by 2021 at the annual growth rate of 33.3%. Smartphone apps usually connect the IoT devices for its various functions, and research shows that they will directly influence the mobile app trends of 2018 as well.

5. Biometric Authentication

From unlocking our phones with pin code to face recognition – the smartphone authentication service has significantly grown over the past few years. Currently, biometric authentication is one of the most reliable ways to unlock phones. Not only is it more convenient for the user but also a more secure way to unlock phone rather than a generic “1, 2, 3, 4” passcode.

As time passes, more and more smartphones will implement the biometric authentication in their smartphones. App developers are also taking note of the service and adapting the technology for several new apps.

An area of concern – Security

Just like the previous few years, security and providing users with a flawless experience remains to be the topmost concern of app developers. According to Gartner, more than 75% of apps will fail a basic security test. Software defects cost the U.S. economy a loss of more than $59.5 billion each year while 77% of users agree to uninstall an app immediately if they find the specific product unsatisfactory.

Simply put, the users of 2018 and beyond have no tolerance for airg spam apps. Not only do they expect the app to run error-free but also meet the criteria set by leading and successful apps. Mobile app developers who wish to accomplish with their apps in 2018 should be careful and adapt the best practices when creating their products. Without taking the necessary precautions – the app is more likely to get lost in the plethora of the app world.

Final words

Just as you can’t judge a book by its cover, you just can’t review a smartphone through its casing. The interior along with the exterior of phones have significantly evolved in the past years. The smartphones of today are capable of numerous smart tasks, and with time, we can expect them to open new doors of opportunities for mobile app developers.

About the Author:

Alma Causey is a Freelance writer by day and sports fan by night. She writes about tech education and health related issues. Live simply, give generously, watch football and a technology lover.

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A new budget entry is here but it has been around for a while already which explains why it was silently released. The new smartphone is kind of a global model of the Huawei Nova 2 Lite as introduced to Malaysia. Released alongside the Huawei P20 series, the smartphone enters into the budget category unlike the former series that includes premium smartphones. It is suitable for people who wants something simple and stylish but still offers some of the premium specs.

Design and Display

As it appears, the Huawei Y7 Prime (2017) is a well built put together smartphone which will easily fit well in the nicely built smartphones category. First, there is an obvious but thin bezel at the side with nicely sized bottom and top bezel. You’ve got Huawei boldy written at the bottom bezel up front which is kind of unnecessary and the usuals-camera, sensors and speaker. The rear on the other hand is made of aluminium with the camera at the top left corner and Huawei’s logo at the bottom.

Considering its only an HD screen and an LCD one at that, display is somewhat subservient. However, being a budget smartphone, you might as well cut it some slack. The Huawei Y7 Prime (2018) has a 5.99-inch sized display with a resolution of 1440 X 720 pixels and a 269 ppi pixel density.

Battery and Camera

As for the battery, you have quite enough juice to keep the smartphone powered on for a day of usage. Supplied by a 3, 000mAh Li-Po battery, you should be able to get enough usage time with the low resolution display. Like you might have guessed, the smartphone does not have fast charge.

Talking about optics, the smartphone has a decent setup in place. Which includes a dual rear camera with 13MP primary camera and a 2MP secondary sensor for gathering more depth. This produces nice pictures with less detail on the background while focusing more on the subject. Taking selfies is done by the 8MP front  camera.

Hardware and Software

Pertaining to the hardware, there is really nothing much to say besides that it befits a budget smartphone. This brings us to the Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430 which runs up to 1.4GHz in clock speed. This is accompanied by an Adreno 505 GPU on board for graphics munching.

This goes on to include 3GB RAM and a 32GB built-in storage space with an expansion limit of 256GB. Likewise, the smartphone has an Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI layed over it.

Pricing and Availability

The price of the smartphone has not been announced yet but it should be around 70, 000 naira depending on your location and the deal.

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The new Huawei Honor 7C( a. k. a Huawei Enjoy 8) is the Lite version of the Honor 7X and maybe the ‘C’ stands for cheaper,- don’t mind me. However, the smartphone does have some nice features and a nicely built aluminium body to compliment it. Nonetheless, the smartphone has some compromises to reach that price tag that you can afford so don’t expect much. Read further to have more information on the spec sheet of the smartphone and how much it will cost you.

Design and Display

Going straight into how the smartphone looks, the word for that is conventional. The Huawei Honor 7C has an 18:9 aspect ratio and an overall solid ergonomics. In reality, it does have any spectacular finishing touch there are reduced bezels but certainly not bezel-less. Made from aluminium at the back and glass up front, the smartphone doesn’t weigh much and is quite easy to handle even with its size.

With nothing much to offer than an HD LCD display panel, the smartphone is not immersive as in premium ones. Despite this, it is pretty much enough for budget smartphones like this one and weighs less on the battery. Having a size of 5.99-inch, resolution is at 1440 X 720 pixels.

Battery and Camera

Regarding the battery, the capacity is somewhere on the average line which is okay. All things being equal, the 3, 000mAh should be able to power the phone on, up to a day provided usage is kept minimal. Like the rest of the budget smartphones, it does not have any quick charge feature.

Pertaining to the cameras on the smartphone, there is a dual arrangement on the rear side. A feature that is rapidly permeating the smartphone space especially the mid-range and high-end smartphones. You’ve got a 13MP and 2MP camera paired on the rear side while the front houses an 8MP camera with flash.

Hardware and Software

On the inside, the smartphone is armed with a low tier Qualcomm’s SoC having eight cores running at 1.8GHz at most. The Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 is paired with an Adreno 506 GPU handling gaming graphics and other related issues.

Still on the hardware, the Huawei Honor is available in two variants differing in both storage and memory. There’s a 3GB RAM model paired with 32GB built-in storage and another with 4GB RAM going with 64GB storage space. Both smartphones, however, runs on the same Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI on top.

Pricing and Availability

The smartphone is available for sale for about 62, 000 naira depending on your location and the deal. You can get yours in various online stores and smartphone retail outlets around.

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Thinking of developing a mobile app? Do you think it can be useful to people? Do you think it can solve people’s problems? If your answer is yes to all the questions then you are good to implement your idea, but wait; are you an expert in mobile app development? If not then you should find a mobile app development company, a company that will commit itself to make your idea to be a helpful tool.

Deciding to build a mobile app for your business is one thing and choosing who to do the work is also another thing which must be done after considering some important factors. You may decide to get help from Google by doing research on the mobile application development partner you want to assign the project but sometimes this cannot give you the right answer to your needs.

Why do we say so? This is because there are many app development companies out there and all are trying to create a good name while they are not proficient when it comes to addressing customer needs.

This is the main reason why we advise businesses to do enough research on the company they wish to work on their app development project and not only rely on Google alone. This will help you not only to find a reliable company but a company that is capable of executing your needs and alleviate the risk in your project.

For that purpose, we have compiled a list of the factors to consider when choosing a mobile app developer for your project. This list will help you get the right, reliable and capable company for your needs.

Let’s have a look.

1. Understand why you need your mobile app

First things first; why do you need the mobile app? This is a question you must ask yourself. After you identify why you need the mobile app, you then understand the features and components you need in your app.

This will be easier if you have done a research and found out what your customers need, so your aim will be to help them or address their concerns using your app.

However, all this will boil down to one thing; the industry you work with and the goods and services you are bringing to the market. Define your mobile app functionality.

You can get a clue from other similar apps on the internet as well as mobile platforms and find out what they are designed for. Even though your app must be unique but the core is similar.

2. Understand your customer needs

Of course, the reason why you decide to develop your mobile app is to solve your customer’s problems. Here, you must understand what they want, what is making their life unbearable? What is it that they want that is not being done by your competitors? Remember, your customers are the driving force in your business, that without them, you are as good as dead. Get to know what they want you to address by doing some surveys and monitoring their behavior and work with your mobile app developer to deliver something that can solve their problems.

3. Consider the company’s reputation

Handing over your mobile app development project to a reputable app developer is a sure way to get your project accomplished as per your needs. Check the out the reliability and reputation of the development company and find out the level of experience in the development market.

Note that you should not be blackmailed by the years and level of experience of the company alone, but check to see whether the company has handled a similar project to yours. If the company has handled a similar project before this means it is knowledgeable about what you need. To find out whether the company is reputed, you can check the customer portfolio where you will see past customer testimonials and ratings.

A well-rated company shows that it is capable of accomplishing projects the right way possible.  From the customer reviews, you will be able to tell whether the company values its customers and whether it accomplishes projects accordingly.

4. Your budget

This is your spending power. What do you want to spend to make your project a success? Ensure your budget will be able to carry your project through to the end until the app is ready to use. Setting enough budget will help you to avoid other hindrances in terms of shortage of funds and will make it easy for your mobile app development company to concentrate on seeing your idea is implemented.

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SMM-strategies should be implemented for making web-based marketing campaigns successful and productive. If you make a detailed research then you will come to know that experts have recommended some of the best SMM strategies for the year 2018.

Future SMM strategies:

• Sharing exciting Instagram-stories: Instagram-stories can be made viral by means of speedy sharing and this is the latest strategy of popularizing brands. In this ay, a great B2B or B2C connection can be maintained and that too in the long run.

• Hiring social-media influencers: Without hiring social-media influencers, influencer-marketing cannot be conducted smoothly and efficiently. This is why popular brands are hiring most talented social-media influencer for their companies. If you successfully choose the most experienced professional then your investment will not go in the veil.

• More of live-streaming: Live-streaming option is the most effective one amongst all and it will cater you guaranteed results. At Facebook, you can now easily avail this option. In this case, different events can be celebrated live so that followers can watch them on a real-time basis. You can now get amazing kind of responses from the live-streaming action. Live-streaming is very much engaging and can drag many views at a time. Lots of facebook page likes, comments and reactions can be now received in case of live-streaming. Initially, people used chose this option just for fun and entertainment but now brands are also using it for gaining instant fame. Your brand can now become a great sensation at the Facebook overnight with live-streaming.

• Online hangouts: Hangout-platform is very much interesting as it is being featured with both video and chatting option. Sometimes, you can also avail calling option in it. This is one of the best means of interaction and thus many popular brands are now using it as a powerful weapon for capturing space over social-media networks.

• Concentrating more on tweets: Tweets are powerful and effective and these tweets have made Twitter more famous. Twitter has now become a great hum for corporate-promotion just because of tweeting facility. Therefore, if you have your profile on Facebook or Instagram then you are requested connecting the same with twitter for the sake of collecting more tweets.

• User-targeting contents: First of all, necessary researches should be made and then suitable contents need to be created. You should put lots of spices in order to make the contents spicy. Boring informative kinds of contents are no more into a trend. Therefore, you should use funkier words for making your objective described properly. Trendy topics are to be chosen and conversational flow needs to be maintained so that followers can easily participate in the same using best SMM panel. Sometimes, these contents also attract many comments and these comments play a great role in making your brand famous online.

• Strong visuals: Visuals are all-time’s best actions of attracting more views over social-media platforms. You can now involve different innovative graphics for making the overall appeal more scintillating. In fact, your profile can now gain higher appreciations with the use of strong visuals. Engagement-rate can be now increased with strong visuals. This is an approved strategy and it brings a lot of response from targeted-communities. Video-contents are very much essential to add to the profile as they can make your profile promoted in a unique manner. Brand-image will get properly reflected with attractive video-contents. Profile design and themes can be changed in accordance with the ongoing trend so that expressions can be made prominent.

• Becoming personal with audiences: Casual topics can be definitely discussed with your audiences as this can create a personal bonding. This will definitely develop closeness. Personalized messages can be one of the best solutions that can create a nice and healthy bond. The interaction should be appreciated from time to time in order to encourage the audiences. Discussing every time about professional aspects can be quite boring at times and thus it is better to talk about something interesting and in between the conversation, you can smartly include few talks about your brand.

• Augmented reality: Maximum mobile-users can be now targeted by means of augmented-reality. Modern marketers really find this option highly engaging and they believe that targeted-audiences can e easily attracted by implementing the concerned option. Social-channels can be now utilized to their maximized level by means of an augmented-reality feature. With the use of specialized applications, beautiful images can be now easily captured and those images can be utilized for making your profile represented on social-media platforms.

• Using messaging-platforms: Messaging-platforms online is now trending as the hottest means of interactions. Different topics or thoughts can be easily shared with each other at any point in time via these platforms. These platforms can be globally used and this is one of the greatest advantages. These global platforms can now help you to get connected with audiences all across the world and in this way your prospect-list can be increased at the end of the day. You just have to send invitations to as many customers you wish so that increased customers can be gained. In this case, it is always better using only popular messaging-platforms otherwise huge crowds cannot be collected.

• Embracing powerful government-policies: Different kinds of politics-oriented or controversial discussions need to be discussed especially regarding any specific government policies or any political decisions that have brought a great storm in the last year. You can also adopt the policy of discussing any controversies that have put the social-media platform on fire. These kinds of discussions will definitely bring more comments and tweets and in this way, engagements will get increased. Brand-criticisms can also be included but if you fail to use those criticisms properly then you might invite negative comments. You can also make healthy discussions about any celebrities or about any popular campaigns. In order to conduct these kinds of discussions, you have to stay updated with the latest news happening all across the globe. You also need to make an intricate research in order to find out the most popular and hot topics that have viral online faster.

These are the most useful and productive social-media approaches that need to be practiced in 2018 for gaining acute brand success.

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