Mirabel Onyeije

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January 23 2023

Understanding your Target Audience: Why Digital Marketing is crucial

Mirabel OnyeijeTerraskills DLS

Today, I’ll show us why Digital Marketing should be an essential part of any business in today’s digital world.

What is Digital Marketing?

Digital marketing is the utilization of the internet and digital technologies to promote products and services to potential consumers.

It can provide businesses with wealth of opportunities to engage with their customers, build relationships, and grow their brands. And with the growth of the internet in today’s world; more businesses are leveraging digital marketing; to reach their target audience and increase their sales.

In this blog; I’ll show you the different aspects of digital marketing; and how businesses can use them to their advantage.

Firstly, before diving into any digital marketing efforts, businesses must first understand their target audience. By knowing a potential customer’s age, gender, location and interests, they will be able to tailor contents, messages and strategies to maximize audience engagement.

Once the target demographics has been known, they can begin by optimizing their own website using Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It’s simply the process of optimizing a website so that it ranks higher in the search engine results pages. The inclusion of keywords, meta-data; and snippets are all essential parts of SEO and must strictly be taken into consideration when creating web pages or content. Additionally, businesses should also consider website speed and page load time, as these can impact a website’s ranking.

Use of Social Media Platforms

Social media platforms are also very effective tools for businesses to promote their brand and reach potential customers. It is vital for every business to have a presence on major platforms such as Facebook; Twitter, and Instagram; and customize their content to cater to each platform’s audience. For example; businesses should use visuals; and keep their messages brief on Twitter; and Instagram, while longer-form content may be more suitable for Facebook’s longer-form post feature. Usage of hashtags that are relevant to the brand; or products and services to help widen the reach of posts are also important. In addition, businesses should consider using platforms such as Snapchat and TikTok to reach younger demographics.

Email marketing is another potent channel for businesses to reach their audience. It involves using email to send out messages and newsletters to your target audience. These messages can include promotions and discounts, announcements of new products and services, and general information about your business.

If this is done in the right way; I guarantee it would help you build relationships with your customers; drive traffic to your website, and increase your sales. And as with any marketing strategy; it’s important to measure the success of your campaigns; so that you can adjust and improve your strategies as necessary.

Use of Paid Advert

Paid advertising, or Pay-Per-Click (PPC) is one of the most popular forms of digital marketing today. At its core, (PPC) advertising is an online marketing technique where businesses place ads on websites and search engines like Google and pay for them each time someone clicks on the ad. The goal of PPC is to get your ads in front of the right people who are more likely to be interested in your products and services.

When done correctly, PPC can be an incredibly effective tool for businesses of all sizes.

Finally, businesses should also consider investing resources into creating and implementing an effective content marketing strategy. Content marketing involves creating relatable and useful content that caters to the target audience and encourages them to take action. Content can be created in the form of blog posts, videos, and even quizzes or surveys. Once content has been created, businesses should then distribute it through various platforms such as their website, social media, and even through influencers and websites in their industry.

The goal of any digital marketing is to increase the visibility and brand awareness of business. Its activities should be continuously monitored and modified if required in order to maximize return on Investment (ROI) and drive revenue.

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We believe that by leveraging the right combination of digital activities; your business can effectively reach the right audience with the right message in the right way.

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The Author

Ayenuyo, Ayobami Isaac is a creative content creator; and well-versed Data Scientist with 2+ years of experience using analytical tools; and softwares to support the decision-making of data-driven businesses; while helping organizations achieve their goals.

Exceptional at developing and applying algorithms and models to key business metrics; performing statistical and exploratory data analysis; and deriving innovative solutions to solve complex business problems.

3 Ways to Improve Your Resilience at Work

June 30 2022

4 Ways to Improve Your Resilience at Work

Mirabel OnyeijeWorkplace

Resilience is the ability to cope mentally or emotionally with a crisis or to return to pre-crisis status quickly. Our attitude towards life and everything it can hurl at us has a significant impact on our whole experience. The ability to cope well with pressure, adversity and uncertainty relies on developing behaviors, thoughts, and actions. Anyone can learn these habits and create strategies to help increase their resilience.

Currently, a quarter of all employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The World Health Organization describes stress as the “global health epidemic of the 21st century”.

However, how can we deal with the ever-increasing level of stress at work? Are there simple, quick and easy strategies that we can use to make us more resilient at work?

Here are 4 Ways to Improve Your Resilience at Work;

1. Build Supportive Relationships at Work

Relationships based on respect and trust offer encouragement and support for resilience. Regardless of your role, you have the opportunity to build a bond with co-workers that empowers mutual growth in resilience.

2. Willingness to Provide and Seek Support

A growth mindset encourages receptivity to both offering and receiving feedback. Because no one is a one-man band, resilient employees see the importance of reaching out to others. This can assist them in overcoming obstacles and receiving crucial support during personal troubles that could otherwise have an impact at work.

3. Celebrate Your Successes

At the end of each day, take some time to reflect on what went well and congratulate yourself. This helps to teach the mind to focus on success, rather than negativity and failure.

Attributing even small successes to things you have done and choosing to see them as evidence of your ability or potential is what the world’s successful people do. Several studies have found that this approach to life brings significant benefits. It also has a cumulative effect that contributes to psychological well-being, happiness, and increased resilience.

4. Stay Healthy

In order to build resilience at work, staying active and having a balanced diet play important roles in providing you with the right head space to tackle upcoming barriers. Exercising is a great way toned-stress and clear your mind, as well as releasing serotonin and endorphins needed for increased confidence and feelings of self-worth.

June 14 2022

World Blood Donor Day, 2022

Mirabel OnyeijeInternational Celebration

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated around the world on 14 June; to raise awareness about the need for safe blood and blood products to save lives. The day is also an opportunity to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

Blood and blood products are essential resources for effective management of women suffering from bleeding associated with pregnancy and also childbirth; children suffering from severe anemia due to malaria and malnutrition; patients with blood and bone marrow disorders, inherited disorders of hemoglobin and immune deficiency conditions; victims of trauma, emergencies, disasters and accidents; as well as patients undergoing advanced medical and surgical procedures.

The need for blood is universal, but access to safe blood and safe blood products for all those who need it is not. Shortages of safe blood are particularly acute in many countries in the Western Pacific Region.

This year, the World Blood Donor Day slogan is “Donating blood is an act of solidarity. Join the effort and save lives”, and aims to draw attention to the roles that voluntary blood donations play in saving lives; and enhancing solidarity within communities.

The specific objectives of this year’s campaign are to:

Thank blood donors in the world and create wider public awareness of the need for regular, unpaid blood donation
Highlight the need for committed, year-round blood donation to maintain adequate supplies and achieve universal and timely access to safe blood transfusion
Recognize as well as promote the values of voluntary unpaid blood donation in enhancing community solidarity and social cohesion
Raise awareness of the need for government investment to build a sustainable and resilient national blood system and increase collection from voluntary no-remunerated blood donors.

A particular activity that countries in the world are encouraged to implement for this year’s campaign is to disseminate to various media outlets stories of people whose lives have been saved through blood donation as a way of motivating regular blood donors to continue giving blood, and to motivate people in good health who have never give n blood to begin doing so.

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June 10 2022

4 Effective Ways to Deal with Stress

Mirabel OnyeijeHealth & Wellness

Stress is a feeling of being under abnormal pressure. This pressure can come from different aspects of your day-to-day life; such as an increased workload, a transitional period, an argument you have with your family or new and existing financial worries. Stress is part of being human, and you may find it has a cumulative effect, with each stressor building on top of one another. Stress can also help motivate you to get things done.

Reasons for Stress

When we “feel stressed” our brains and bodies trigger a series of adaptations to deal with threat. We are preparing to react to danger by fighting, running, or hiding. This biological system is higher effective for coping with certain threats, such as tiger stalking you in the jungle. You don’t negotiate with tigers. You don’t innovate. If you want to survive, you will like heck, or hope you have got a big sharp stick handy.

Here are Tips to Manage Stress;

1. Listen to Music

If you are feeling overwhelmed by a stressful situation, try taking a break and listening to relaxing music. Playing calm music has a positive effect on the brain and body, can lower blood pressure, and can reduce cortisol, a hormone linked to stress.

2. Talk it Out with a Friend

When you are feeling stressed, take a break to call a friend and talk about your problems. Good relationships with friends and loved ones are important to any healthy lifestyle; especially when you are under a lot of stress. A reassuring voice, even for a minute, can put everything in perspective.

3. Eat Right

Stress levels and a proper diet are closely related. When we are overwhelmed, we often forgot to eat well and resort to using sugary, and fatty snack foods. Try to avoid sugary snacks and plan ahead. Fruits and vegetables are always good, and fish with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to reduce the symptoms of stress. A tuna sandwich really is brain food.

4. Laugh it Off

Laughter releases endorphins that improve mood and decrease levels of the stress-causing hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Laughing tricks your nervous system into making you happy.

June 2 2022

Understanding Hemophilia

Mirabel OnyeijeHealth & Wellness

Hemophilia is usually an inherited bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot properly. This can lead to spontaneous bleeding as well as bleeding following injuries or surgery. Blood contains many proteins called clotting factors that can help to stop bleeding. People with hemophilia have low levels of either factor VIII (8) or factor IX (9). The severity of haemophilia that a person has is determined by the amount of factor in the blood. The lower the amount of the factor, the more likely is that bleeding will occur which can lead to serious health problems.

Causes of Hemophilia

Hemophilia is caused by a mutation or change, in one of the genes, that provides instructions for making the clotting factor proteins needed to form a blood clot. This change or mutation can prevent the clotting protein from working properly or to be missing altogether. These genes are located on the X chromosomes (XX). Males inherit the X chromosome from their mothers and the Y chromosomes from their fathers. Females inherit one X chromosome from each parent.

Hemophilia can result in:

Bleeding within joints that can lead to chronic joint disease and pain.

Bleeding in the head and sometimes in the brain which can cause long term problems, such as seizures and paralysis

Death can occur if the bleeding cannot be stopped or if it occurs in a vital organ such as the brain.

Common signs of hemophilia include:

Bleeding into the joints. This can cause swelling and pain or tightness in the joints; it often affects the knees, elbows, and ankles

Secondly, bleeding into the skin (which is bruising) or muscle and soft tissue causing a build-up of blood in the area called a hematoma.

Bleeding of the mouth and gums, and bleeding that is hard to stop after losing a tooth.

After circumcision (surgery performed on male babies to remove the hood of skin, called the foreskin, covering the head of the penis) can also cause bleeding.

Bleeding after having shots, such as vaccinations.

Another is bleeding in the head of an infant after a difficult delivery.

Blood in the urine or stool.

Frequent and hard-to-stop nosebleeds.

May 24 2022

World Schizophrenia Day

Mirabel OnyeijeInternational Celebration

World Schizophrenia Day is a day marked in a bid to spread awareness and also explores what it means to live with this much misunderstood and often stigmatized mental health condition. It’s an opportunity to learn more about the illness and challenge the stigma around mental ill health.

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness affecting more than 21 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. The purpose of this day is to spread awareness about this illness, eradicate the myths and superstitions around mental illnesses in general.

A common myth surrounding schizophrenia is that people suffering from it have a split personality. However, this is completely untrue. Schizophrenia patients have just one personality, just like everyone else. Common symptoms of schizophrenia include confused thinking, delusions and hallucinations which is the ability to feel, hear or see something which does not exist. Some schizophrenia patients recover completely and find improvement while some suffer from it for a long period. According to World Health Organization, a range of effective care options exist for people with schizophrenia and at least one in three people with the condition will be able to recover fully.

Causes of schizophrenia

Research have not been able to find the exact causes of this illness. However, research now tells us that the disorder is linked to abnormalities in the structure of the brain.

There are also some factors that are believed to put a person at a greater risk of developing schizophrenia like:

Genetic factors: Having a parent or sibling with schizophrenia puts the person at increased risk.

A chemical imbalance in the brain

Problems during pregnancy: A child may develop schizophrenia if the mother does not receive proper nutrition, or is exposed to viral illnesses during pregnancy.

Extreme stress and overuse of drugs and alcohol can worsen any existing symptoms of schizophrenia.

May 21 2022

World Day for Cultural Diversity

Mirabel OnyeijeInternational Celebration

At Terraskills^®, culture is at the center of our unity. As a family of diverse culture and orientation, understanding and cultural integration are part of our strength. Hence, our core philosophy as a human centered organization is understanding that there is unity in diversity.

Every year on May 21st, the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development urges everyone to do their part to bridge the gap between cultures. The days is often referred to as Diversity Day.

According to the UN, bridging this gap is essential for peace, development, as well as stability. When we deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity, we can achieve these four goals:

Support sustainable systems for the governance of culture.
Achieve a balanced flow of cultural goods and also services.
Integrate culture into the frameworks of sustainable development.
Promote human rights as well as fundamental freedoms.

These four goals were established during the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Besides achieving these goals, embracing other cultures helps us to lead more fulfilling lives. This fulfilment happens intellectually, spiritually, and morally. When we focus on embracing other cultures, we help improve many sectors of our lives. These sectors include education, science, health, and the environment. Many also believes that bridging culture gaps can help to eradicate poverty.

Happy International Day of Cultural Diversity from all of us at Terraskills.

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May 12 2022

International Nurses’ Day

Mirabel OnyeijeInternational Celebration

International Nurses’ Day is celebrated around the world every May 12; in recognition of the tireless contribution of nurses to saving lives; and providing quality care for their patients as well as the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. International Council of Nurses (ICN) commemorates this important day each year with the production; and also distribution of the International Nurses’ Day (IND) resources and evidence.

The Theme

The International Council of Nurses (ICN); has announced the new theme for International Nurses Day (IND) 2022; Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health; focusing on the need to protect, support and also invest in the nursing profession to strengthen health systems around the world.

ICN has also launched a compilation of case studies submitted by nurses across the world to showcase the incredible range of innovative work nurses do every day. However, these stories, which were highlighted on the ICN and IND website throughout the year reflect the work of nurses to care for those with COVID-19 throughout the pandemic, as well as the wide variety of nursing that continued throughout the pandemic to care for those suffering from other conditions. From birth to death, non-communicable diseases to infection disease, mental health to chronic conditions, in hospitals, communities as well as homes, nurses provide accessible, affordable, person-centered, holistic care for all.

The COVID-19 has exposed weaknesses caused by underinvestment in health systems around the world. Hence, the theme for IND 2022 demonstrates the need to invest in nursing; to build a resilient, highly qualified nursing workforce; and to protect nurses’ right in order to transform health systems; to meet the needs of individuals and communities now and into the future.

May 5 2022

International Midwives Day

Mirabel OnyeijeInternational Celebration

International Midwives Day is celebrated each year on May 5. This is a chance for midwives to celebrates their profession and for all of us to recognize their work and contribution to maternal and new-born health.

Midwifery is a vital solution to the challenges of providing high-quality maternal and new-born care in all countries. On the International Day of the Midwife, 5 May, WHO/Europe reiterates that planned investments in the midwifery workforce are essential to ensure better health for all.

Midwifery is skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate care for childbearing women, new-born infants and families across the field throughout pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the early weeks of life.

Strengthening the education and training of midwives is also key to addressing maternal and infant morality and facilitating positive experiences in the first 5 years of life. Fully educated and licensed midwives integrated into interdisciplinary teams can deliver about 90 percent of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, new-born and adolescent health interventions across the life course.

More women would receive high-quality sexual and reproductive health care and rights if governments work towards optimizing and protecting the role of the midwife. Let us join forces on this occasion to recognize and show appreciation for their work and to advocate for strengthening the role of the midwife.

Importance of International Midwives Day

1. Midwives are real-life heroes

Midwives not only save lives but also provide a variety of other vital medical services as well as counselling.

2. Midwives are women’s right advocates

Midwives play a vital role in defending women’s right. They can help victims of gender-based abuse and assist in preventing female genital mutilation. The significance of their efforts should not be overlooked.

3. Midwives are important healthcare reminder

International Midwives’ Day strives to re-emphasize the importance of health systems all around the world. It also serves as a reminder to all stakeholders to pay attention and act.

April 28 2022

Importance of Customer Service

Mirabel OnyeijeWorkplace

Customer service can make or break a business. But not everyone agrees on what it is or how to do it well.

Customer service is the act of supporting and advocating for customers in their discovery, use, optimization, as well as troubleshooting of a product or service. It’s also the processes that support the teams making good customer service happen. A successful customer service team is important for attracting new business, boosting retention, and increasing sales among your existing customers.

Importance of Customer Service

Customer serviced is important to business because it retains customers and extracts more value from them. By producing top-notch customer service, businesses recoup customer acquisition costs and cultivate a loyal following that refers customers, serve as case studies, and provides testimonials and reviews.

Competitive Advantage

One foremost importance of customer support is the competitive advantage it gives you over other brands. Irrespective of the industry or environment you are operating, there are bound to be competitors who offer the same product and services as you. Hence, to stand out, you have prioritized your customers and give them the feeling of being valued.

Referral

Every business aims to grow, expand and reach a more comprehensive audience day by day. Another importance of customer service is that happy customers are more likely to spread the good about the brand and how they are wonderfully treated to their friends, families, acquaintances, and even strangers.

A referral is a key to the growth and success of the business; it is a chain reaction; when your customers are pleased with your brand, they automatically advertise for you and refer others, and that way, the customer keeps expanding.

Improvement Through Feedbacks and Responses

As a business owner, you should be flexible and adjustable to render better service and satisfy your customers. Another importance of customer support is that they help generate feedback and gather responses from your customers and the general public, which guides you in improving the products and services you render