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BestSoft Nigeria 2019 Icons Of Influence Awards & Honors
You can learn a new thing from the Top Influencers in Nigeria who are the movers of our economy!
The World’s Best Icons of Influence and Most Popular Top Influencers in Nigeria
Over 3,000,000 people worldwide have listened to the likes of these Icons of Influence. You are invited to follow these icons on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest to learn the Core Secrets that these 50 Experts & Entrepreneurs used to become extremely successful in various businesses and ventures starting from scratch. “Don’t wish it was easier, wish you were better” – Jim Rohn
The Top 50 Influencers
I really believe in Jim Rohn’s quote that says “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.”
1. NDIFREKE atauyo, Founder of BestSoft Nigeria
NDIFREKE atauyo is a full-time internet marketer, blogger & entrepreneur who specializes in web design, SEO, guesting posting & freelance content writing. He helps businesses double their organic traffic in 3 months using SEO-focused content writing and marketing with proven results.
NDIFREKE atauyo is an organic search traffic influencer who has worked his ass off to help top influencers in nigeria including top instagram influencers, nigerian brand influencers on instagram, top social media influencers, female social media influencers, top facebook influencers, twitter brands influencers, micro influencers, entertainment influencers, nollywood influencers, and lifestyle influencers in nigeria to triple their brands, names, websites, and blogs visibility in the search engines and social media platforms.
His SEO strategy is simple:
- Perform full SEO site audit
- Competitors Analysis & Keyword Research
- Content Writing & Content Marketing
- Link Building through Guest Posting & Broken Link Outreach
Bottom Line: Using Ahrefs.com, SemRush.com, KeywordsEverywhere.com for every keyword research he performs; he finds thousands of keyword ideas for SEO by manually analysing first page results to see what is currently ranking and why they are ranking and what’s the user intent for those keywords and looking for highly commercial keywords with low SEO difficulty and high monthly search volume that he can quickly and easily achieve first page rankings on Google for those keywords within 1 – 3 months with unique, original, epic content of 1500 – 5000 words article.
He then compares your domain authority (DA) against the DAs of the ranking posts/pages and their backlinks profiles and find quick wins if there are sites with DA of 10 – 30 that are currently ranking with 0 – 10 backlinks.
That is the SEO strategy (secret) he uses to quickly rank his niche websites and clients’ sites on the first page of Google within weeks and sometimes within few days.
For example, just Google these keywords “best massage website design”, “massage therapy website design”, “massage website design”, “secondary school website design” etc and see where and how his single article ranks on first page of Google for hundreds of related long-tail keywords with high commercial values & click-through rate in terms of traffic and conversions.
He currently writes 27 guest posts per month and love to contribute to high domain authority and relevant blogs and websites. His research and writing background matches content that would be beneficial to your audience.
Brands & Fortune 500 Companies He Works With
NDIFREKE atauyo has worked off sleepless nights writing articles and blog posts that grow his clients’ websites and blogs with first page rankings on Google. He has worked his desk off to get his ghost guest posts and articles to be featured on FastMoney, Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, INC, Life hacker and several media publications online.
And he is based out of the city of Calabar in Cross River state but originally from Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria.
As a prolific writer, entrepreneur, serial investor, content writer, blogger, SEO expert and content marketing consultant, NDIFREKE atauyo has worked with fortune 500 brands and top startups like SpeedOenergy, Clobek Hosuing Estates, Pleasant Places Abuja, Bluefig Group, LegsApparel, Bullion Properties Abuja, and many more.
In the last 17 years, NDIFREKE atauyo has landed consulting deals with hundreds of the world’s top startups.
Seriously, he deeply value every relationship and will help new startup to grow their organic traffic in 3 months through SEO blogging, content writing and guest posting on high domain authority and relevant websites in your niche.
So if you’re here to work with an influencer and to achieve first page Google rankings for your brand, startup, company, blog, website, personal brand or organic SEO traffic, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Shoot NDIFREKE atauyo an email at ndifreke @ bestsoftnigeria.biz if you have questions.
He’d love to hear from you.
Here are some recent samples from NDIFREKE atauyo:
1. – https://web4lagos.com/massage-therapy-website-gallery/ ranks on page #1 on Google for “massage therapy website design” and 300+ related long-tail keywords. (Source: ahrefs.com).
2. – https://web4lagos.com/school-website-design-nigeria/ ranks on page #1 on Google for “secondary school website design” and 130+ related long-tail keywords (Source: SemRush.com).
3. – https://web4lagos.com/6-instagram-ads-hacks/ ranks on page #1 on Google for “instagram ads hacks” and 92+ related long-tail keywords (Source: Google Search Console)
4. Some of his originally written and well research articles are dominating with first page rankings on Google for high volume and highly competitive keywords like Bing Reverse Image Search, Yahoo Reverse Image Search, Facebook Reverse Image Search, Yandex Reverse Image Search, Reverse Image Search Catfish, Google Reverse image Search, and many more.
First Page Rankings Proven Results with SEO
His article ranks on page #1 on Google for “massage therapy website design” out of 92,900,000 Google search results with Volume: 20/mo | CPC: $7.87 | Competition: 0.91.
Also, ranks first page for “massage website design inspiration” Volume: 20/mo | CPC: $8.83 | Competition: 0.53 on Google Search Results out of 52,500,000 results.
And 83+ other highly competitive massage website related keywords on page #1 of Google for a single article within 3 months when it was first published.
Again, ranks page #1 on Google for “secondary school website design” out of 359,000,000 Google search results with Volume: 10/mo | CPC: $14.38 | Competition: 0.4.
Similarly ranks page #1 on Google for “instagram ads hacks” out of 154,000,000 Google search results with Volume: 0/mo | CPC: $0.00 | Competition: 0. Interesting, that single post brings in over 172+ monthly visitors according to data from Google Search Console and also ranks for 92 related long-tail keywords.
What would 100,000 visitors per month do for your business?
Get your content ranked on page #1 of Google within 3 months. Ready to get more search traffic? WhatsApp NDIFREKE atauyo on +2348102410932.
All of his original content guest posts published on other websites are well-researched and written with topical authority that covered all the sub topics and have typically been getting huge traffic from page #1 rankings on Google for several highly commercial keywords with high difficulty and high search volume.
They cover all terms, phrases and sub-topics that the articles need. He ensures proper use of headings and covers the topics in-depth with multiple related sub-topics, included an FAQ section based on keyword research and competitors analysis of top 10 ranking pages on SERPs.
For content writing and to discover untapped sub topics related to his target keywords, He uses Google, AnswerThePublic, Amazon Best Selling books TOC, Udemy Best Selling Courses topics, Quora Top 5 Questions & Answers, Ahrefs Top pages, MarketMuse, LSIGraph, Google ImageSearch, UberSuggest, BuzzSumo Evergreen Score, Conference Agendas Page, etc to form an outline for further in-depth research for each sub-topic.
2. Otunba AKIN ALABI – Founder, NairaBET
I started my business in 2003 with just N3,500 creating and selling information products like Ebooks, Cds, audio tapes and manuals.
From there, I proceeded to launching a seminar and training company specializing in teaching and consulting for other young people starting their own small businesses.
I later tried my hands (and failed) in publishing.
I then tried my hands successfully on other businesses with the most popular being Nigeria’s first sports betting website, NairaBET.com.
I will like to share my story with you including the mistakes I made along the way.
3. TOOLZ ONIRU-DEMUREN – Deputy Programme Director & OAP, Beat FM
Toolz Oniru-Demuren, is a vivacious and multiple award-winning media personality.
Toolz is a radio presenter and Deputy Programme Director at the Beat 99.9FM where she also hosts her own radio show ‘The Midday Show with Toolz’
Before trying her hand at radio presenting on the Beat 99.9FM, Toolz gained extensive experience within the British entertainment industry, having worked at MTV
Networks Europe for several years before moving on to the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group.
Toolz is also a passionate writer and she has a column – ‘Toolz’ Thoughts’ on BellaNaija.
Toolz has served as a judge for the Channel O Music Video Awards both in 2011 & 2012 and for the MTV Base VJ Search in 2012.
In 2013, Toolz hosted the first season of Glo X-Factor West Africa. In 2014, Toolz guest co-hosted 10 episodes of Ebony Life TV’s The Spot. In 2014, she was listed on YNaija’s 10 Most Powerful People In Media list.
Toolz also hosted The Juice’ by Ndani TV which airs on Africa Magic Entertainment, and is currently the host of a brand-new show called ‘The Wrap Up’ on Accelerate TV.
4. RICH TANKSLEY – Brand Ambassador, PulseNG
Rich Tanksley is a dynamic human being.
He is an Entrepreneur, a business development expert, lecturer and Nollywood actor.
As a business development expert, Rich has helped in growing businesses like Tsekenis (Cameroun), Meltwater school of Technology (Ghana), Simplepay and PulseNG (Nigeria)
As the former CEO and Head of Publishing at Pulse Nigeria, Rich was responsible for the day to day operations of the company and developing revenue generating strategies.
Through his leadership and creative insights he has helped grow PulseNG to one of the largest digital media companies in Nigeria.
Presently, Rich is a brand ambassador at PulseNG and also in charge of designing, managing, and sourcing consulting projects for NeuBridges
He is also a Nollywood actor with several films to his credit
5. SHOLA AKINLADE – Cofounder, Paystack
Shola is the co-founder of Paystack, a payments processing company which lets businesses accept payments via debit card or money transfer on their websites or mobile apps.
Paystack was the very first Nigerian company to get into Y-Combinator, in Silicon Valley, California, USA, ultimately getting an investment of $120,000 from them.
In 2016, Paystack did a seed round raising $1.3 Million and have since inception build a cleint base of over 8,000 businesses who use their service. Paystack is today, Nigeria’s foremost online payments collection service.
6. ADEWALE YUSUF – Founder/CEO, Techpoint
AdewaleYusuf is the Founder and CEO of TechPoint.ng, a media tech company he founded in 2015 to tell African technology startups story.
Adewale writes about tech news, meetings, talents, gadgets, innovations and businesses.
TechPoint was launched to be a relatable platform that simplifies technology.
Over the last 3 years, TechPoint has emerged the leading technology news website in Nigeria.
7. Jason Njoku – Founder, Iroko TV – IrokoTV.com
Jason Chukwuma Njoku is a Nigerian entrepreneur, film magnate and African start-up investor. He is the co-founder and CEO of iROKOtv, one of the early video-on-demand movie platforms for Nigerian movies A self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur, iROKOtv is Njoku’s 11th attempt at starting a business.
8. Mark Essien – Founder/CEO, Hotels.ng
Mark Essien is a Nigerian entrepreneur, software developer and startup investor. He is the founder and CEO of Hotels.ng, one of the first and most successful online hotel booking websites in Nigeria.
9. Olufunke Akindele Bello – Founder, Jenifa’s Diary
Akindele Olufunke Ayotunde is a Nigerian actress. She entered the limelight after starring in the popular United Nations Population Fund-sponsored sitcom I Need to Know, which ran from 1998 to 2002. In 2009, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
10. Andrew Airelobhegbe – CEO, Ogavenue
Co-Founder/CEO ogaVenue – Nigeria’s largest online event venue booking portal. Helping to build @ogavenueng. Focused on building technology for the events industry.
Andrew Airelobhegbe is impacting the economy with his event company. He is the CEO of ogaVenue, one of Nigeria’s biggest events venue booking portal in Nigeria.
The firm started in 2014, the online platform allows customers to search for the perfect venue for weddings, conferences or birthdays. Just one year into operating, ogaVenue already listed over 2000 + venue options across 17 states in Nigeria, including some of Lagos’ busiest venues, including Harbour point and FM Event centre.
Andrew, didn’t always have it easy, he also experienced setback in the business world. He failed in poultry business before he rose up to the challenge of being an entrepreneur by determination and persistence. He found breakthrough finally, made millions of naira to start the ogaVenue portal; a project that generated about 45,000 dollars investment from investors.
In respect to the investment, ogaVenue secured a US$45,000 seed investment from spark, the investment company founded by Jason Njoku. Mark Essien, founder of hotels.ng also invested in the firm.
He was named among Africa’s Top 10 Young Visionary Fellow by the Indian Government through the IndiAfrica Project
11. Omojuwa Japhet – CEO Alpha Reach or Fonder, Omojuwa Foundation (Omojuwa.com)
Japheth Omojuwa is a Nigerian blogger, public speaker, socio-economic and political commentator and social media expert. A columnist with The Punch newspaper, Leadership newspaper and Naij.com, Omojuwa’s articles have appeared on CNN, ThisDay and other platforms across the continent and beyond.
12. Pheelz, Mr Producer – Founder, Lyricash
Phillip Kayode Moses (born June 5, 1994) better known as Pheelz, is a Nigerian audio engineer and record producer who produced the single by Olamide titled “Durosoke” which went on to get him nominated in the “Producer of The Year” category at The Headies 2013. Born and raised in Lagos, Pheelz is credited to have produced all but one song in Olamide’s Baddest Guy Ever Liveth album. He is currently affiliated to YBNL Nation.
13. DESMOND ELLIOT – Lawmaker, Actor & Producer
Desmond Elliot (born Desmond Oluwashola Elliot; 4 February 1974) is a Nigerian actor, director, and politician who has starred in over two hundred films and a number of television shows and soap operas. He won best supporting actor in a drama at the 2nd Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards and was nominated for best supporting actor at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards. He was elected as a lawmaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Surulere Constituency, in the 11 April 2015 Nigerian General Elections.
14. FLORENCE OTEDOLA (DJ CUPPY) – Entrepreneur & Philantropist
Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, professionally known as DJ Cuppy, is a Nigerian disc jockey and producer. She is the daughter of Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola.
15. BIOLA KAZEEM – Sports Media & Marketing Entrepreneur
Biola Kazeem is a sports media and marketing professional with vast experience in creating, managing and marketing sports properties and assets, ensuring that they deliver social and economic value for clients and consumers.
His interest in using sports to create equity and leverage brand building opportunities has led to his acquiring additional training in Brand marketing at the Orange Academy Lagos and a course in Creative Enterprise, a course he did on partial scholarship from the British Council and facilitated by the Pan African University Lagos and the University of Glamorgan, Wales.
Biola can be described as a communication professional with a strong base in sports media and and marketing.He earned a Bachelors degree with honours in Mass Communication from a leading University in Nigeria where he studied Broadcast Journalism,Marketing and Public Relations He also captained an undergraduate football team while in university.
He founded Elev8 Sports Communications in 2011 and has worked with leading brands like P&G, GTAssurance, Ndani and numerous others to leverage sports properties and assets.
16. Opeyemi Awoyemi, Co-founder of Jobberman
Opeyemi is a technology entrepreneur with 12 years experience in technology startups, product management and business development.
As a serial entrepreneur, he is always enthusiastic about Africa, web startups, e-commerce and innovative business ideas. His life goal is to be a world business leader in the technology space out of Africa, have a great family and leave the world empty.
He has gathered huge experience in the following areas: founding and management experience in 3 technology startups, Investor Experience having advised and invested in 15+ tech startups.
17. Ayodeji Adewunmi, Co-founder of Jobberman
18. Daryn Wober, CEO of Ventra Media, – Instagram handle says it all:@oyinboinlagos
19. Azeez Makinde, Founder of Naijaloaded
20. Emmanuel Ogonna Iwueke, Comedian Craze Clown, CEO, House of Craze
21. Tiwa Savage, Music Superstar
22. Wolverine, CEO, Venture Media Group
Make sense, right? I tried my best! I hope so!
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