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Wednesday 19 February 2014

GET EXTRA CASH WORK PART TIME FROM HOME

THORNBRIDGE INVESTMENT NETWORK SERVICES

Dear Potential Reseller of Consultancy Services,

Long time ago there was no shortage of employment but things have changed. The plain fact is that you will not find a job easily. Even a business degree does not guarantee you employment.

The fact is that people have to create work and employment for themselves.

This is the reason for this venture. We have a network of consultants that need a last mile contact with its client and you are that link.

 The concept is that our client provides their own funds and finance their own activities. The reseller role is to facilitate and channel services to the client at zero cost and in the process earns a commission.

RESELLER  SERVICE
Ø  You do not need any capital
Ø  No up front fees
Ø  You earn your commission at point of sale
Ø  You do not do any paperwork
Ø  You do not need an office
Ø  No training fees
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WHAT YOU NEED?
Ø  Cell-phone
Ø  An email address or
Ø   A facebook account
Ø  A receipt book and yourself to do the work.



EARN MONEY BY BECOMING A RESELLER OF OUR
 CONSULTING SERVICES - YOU GET 10%OF THE FEES.



OUR SERVICES ON OFFER


1.      Company registration and sell of shelf company          $300-00
2.      Private business corporation registration                    $150-00
3.      CR 14 CR 6 Annual returns                                       $  60-00
4.      Renewal of liquor licence                                             $450-00
5.      Application for new liquor licence                                   $600-00
6.      Application for shop licences (depends on local authority)

RESELLER STARTER PACK

To get your reseller starter pack, all you need is to send us $1-00. This investment will cover free business consultancy service and make you an associate consultant for the rest of your life.

 I will sent you a list of approved shelf names for you resale at your own convenience .The list is updated on request by email.
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All you have to do is fill in the application form on this leaflet or email your details to the email provided or join my group on facebook.

The group is called Thornbridge Investments Network or you can subscribe to my facebook account (facebook.com/edmore.mbuzanamlambo).

AGREEMENT FORM

Yes l would like to be a reseller.

Please find herewith my set-up fee of $1-00.

o   Sent me your reseller kit and I will pay on my first sale
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o   Cheque  please make cheque out to THORNBRIDGE INVESTMENTS

o   Postal order to P.O. Box 630, Mutare, Zimbabwe

o   Cash

o   ECOCASH to 0773 037 230

o   Bank deposit/internet transfer
THORNBRIDGE INVESTMENT ZABG Account
19505403850723

o   Please debit my card
Card Number............................................................
Expiry DATE …………………………………………………………..

Name of card holder ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
I.D Number…………………………………………………………………………………..
Signature……………………………………………………..

CONTACT DETAILS
o   TEL: (00263) 0773 037 230  or email demorconsult@yahoo.com
o   www. edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com
o   facebook.com/edmore.mbuzanamlambo
o   embuzana @ gmail.com
o   twitter#mbuzana 1
o   P O Box 630,
Mutare.








RESELLER POINTS AND CONTACT PERSONS

Mr D Huruwe, 77- 5th Street, Mutare, Call 0772734469

Mr.J.J Kuripa, Matambo Complex Vengere, Rusape: Call 0778530873

Mr. M. Chirisa, Travel Centre, 1st Floor Cnr 3rd/Jason Moyo, HARARE. Call 0712778620.
                                                          
Mr. S.Sithole, SMS Accounting, Chipinge , 0774790831

Mr. Thomas Mlambo, TMC , Machongwe  B.C, Chimani  0773119561

Mr. T. Mlambo ,TMC ,12/721 Gaza Township, Chipinge 0773119561

Mr Elijah Mugido,  Votary Distributors ,Chipinge. 0772312744

Mr. Chinheya,Nactus Investments, Ngangu,Chimanimani,0772444932

Mr. T.T.Moyo,Mocc Printers,Chimanimani,0775239972

©2012 All rights reserve Thornbridge Investments



Friday 7 February 2014

COACHING IS IT A GAME OR A PROFESSION

COACHING IS A GAME IT IS NOT A PROFESSION

Coaching  a profession or just mumbo jumbo? No I think it is a game or simulation. It can not be a profession since we have been playing coaching since kindergarten… do not tell this to the billion dollar worldwide coaching and mentoring industry.

I am here to save you money by offering you an insight into how I develop a coaching a mentoring program. I will be interested to hear my readers’ comments. You can go to my blog on http//edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com or email your comments at embuzana@gmail.com .

The core business of a life coach is to direct an individual to achieve one or more objective in life.This entails giving mental , moral support and even material support to the client.
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The word LIFE I have used on my clients.

L in LIFE

This is the first stage you Listen to your client and Learn the problems that are blocking  his or her  development. Take notes at this stage and sketch the development path that you and your client need to walk through to achieve the objectives.

I in Life

This ‘ i ‘ in life stands for ‘EYE’. The coach must be able to see beyond the client’s problem by internalizing the feelings, fear and hope of the client.

F in life

This is a critical stage of life coaching and where the F words and four letter words are used and your expectations both as a client may be at crossroads and frustration is the order of the day. This where we need to sit down and FORMULATE a life plan. I call it the survival stage where both coach and client must do a realty check and come up with a workable life plan.

The plan should have deliverables and timetable  which both parties must commit themselves religiously. The plan should also be resourced either in the form of fees or other form of payment.

E in Life

The E in life stands for engagement. We must engage with our client on all levels. The coach must be involved in the business and social life in order for him to develop strategies that are relevant to the development of his or her client. The coach can seek the assistance of workmates, family members and others within the client’s social circle.

The E in life stands for the end. Coaching as I have already say is game or simulation. It must come to an end where we evaluate our successes and failures both as a client and coach. We must look at the agreed deliverables and see if  we have met our objectives.

The evaluation stage can also be used to see the effectiveness of the  coach ,his or her coaching programme or regime.


I would like to conclude by saying anyone can be a  life coach, as long as  a person has basic knowledge of the subject matter and your able to come with a structured coaching program. So Coach welcome to the game.


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Monday 20 January 2014

THE 5 STEPS FOR GROWTH FOR THE SMALL RETAILER

5 STEPS FOR GROWTH

I am a bottle store owner and I do not blog for a living. I blog for fun and I would like to share my experience with the world. I believe I am qualified to write on business since I have run a lodge, three bottles stores and a home-based business consultancy. I have closed the lodge and two of the bottle stores but I still do business consultancy for a living.

You and I have seen that little shop by the roadside as you passed. You will remember it from the time you were a child. It may be operating as a family business and it never grew but it has never closed either. It remains that small shop and it will never grow. I have always wondered why small businesses remain small and when I opened my first bottle store, I set out to live this challenge and come out with some solutions for growth.

This has been a challenge for both rural and urban retailers. This challenge can be overcome by adopting simple and tried strategies that the big retailers use. This is what I did to increase my bottle stores from one to three (and I might also tell you how I was forced to decrease them to one in my next blogs). Here are the five solutions to growth and they are not in order.

Increase your customer base

I know when we talk of growth in retail we visualize chains of supermarkets and lots of customers passing through the point of sales, now if I have one bottle store with ten crates and say 200 cigarettes it would be crazy to open a second branch as I will not have enough capital and stock.

The short term solution will be to increase our customer base. Customer bases are hard to increase but this can be increased by making your business visible through improved customer relationship management. There is nothing that beat good old advertising, sales promotions and word of mouth as ways to increase your customer base. Customers can win and be reached through the social media channels such as Facebook It is a must that the customer base be increased, Twitter, Google and other emerging social media firms on the internet.

I have opened a Facebook page for my bottle store and the responses have been wonderful and you can follow me on Facebook or like my bottle store page. My customers for the bottle store can also read my view on my blog. You can follow me on Twitter @mbuzana1
The increase of the customer base will result in an increase in turnover and this will spur the growth of the business and create a basis for further solutions.

Sell more products

Once you have increased your customer base and turnover, the next step is to increase the lines of products you sell. This will result in a further increase in both turnover and the customer base.

Develop new products and services

This is the climax of the growth solution as you will now be able to introduce new goods and services because you will by now have the muscle and capital to your established customer base. In my case, I might put a pool table or Wi-Fi in the bottle store. This process is the most important as the business owner must read both the market and competition as he or she introduces the new product and services.

Increase the price of your goods and services

At this point the business owner the especially if he is the only one at a location like our perennial rural store can afford to increase the price of his product to grow his business as he has no other option, except the last solution below.

Open a new branch

I have now come to a point where I now have adequate management skills and in some case, skilled and experienced staff. My customer base keeps the tills ringing and I have enough stocks and my cash flow is healthy and I making a profit, well this is the time to get a second wife…. No, it is time to open a second branch silly!!

The secret of opening a second branch is to set it up using existing stocks and staff. This will ensure a smooth take off. This is the last step in the growth process and we can start the cycle to get to the next level and open the third branch.

I have used my personal experiences to come up with this guide and I would greatly appreciate feedback both positive and negative. I have put my social media contacts to enable us to interact so happy hunting.

Monday 18 November 2013

TIPS FOR THE NEW FARMER

THE GUIDELINE FOR THE ZIMBABWEAN NEW FARMER


I have been visiting the newly resettled farmer and I have observed that they are facing challenges. These challenges they face are almost identical for all farmers. I have summarized and grouped these into the following five categories.

KNOW YOUR LAND AND YOUR CROP
I have observed that the new farmer lack the knowledge of his land and the crop to grow on it. The farmer is growing the crop that he wants to grow, instead of growing the right crop for the soil and climate.
The farmer should consult the local agricultural extension officer, their neighbours or even the previous farm workers on the history of the farmer. The new farmer do no need to reinvent the wheel when it come to the crop, soil and labor as these are available. Most of the successful farmers I have met have inherited workers from the previous white farmers. These farmers have inherited invaluable experience and skills.

RECORD KEEPING
I am amazed most of the time I ask a farmer to produce his wages book or how much he paid for his or her input him or her always most of the time fail to produce the records. I have always wondered how a farmer can plan without records of previous activities such as wages, inputs or even weather.

These are basic records every farmer should have;
1. Time book
2. Wages book
3. Input book (Purchases by the farmer are recorded here)
4. Files for invoices
5. Sales book (everything the farmer sells must be recorded)
The above records will enable a bookkeeper to draw accounts of the farm. It is also important to note that the records will assist the farmer to draw up statutory returns.





SAFETY AND SECURITY
I have walked into farmhouses where the security is so lax that you could load the furniture and drive away without any problem at all. The farm security should be at the heart of all farming activities but it is relegated to the peripheral by the new farmer.
Here are basics of farm security;
1. Guards
2. Perimeter fence
3. Alarms
4. Fireguards on the perimeter

COMMUNICATIONS
It is very difficult to communicate with a new farmer especially where the wireless networks have not set up their boosters. The new farmer should set up a postal box or apply for landline.
The new farmer must also approach the local authority through the local councilor to improve the road network.

STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW FARMER
Farming is a commercial activities and every farmer is an employer. Every employer has some obligations to his or her employees and to the Government of Zimbabwe.
Here are the farmers’ statutory obligations;
1.       Pay As You Earn(Zimra)
2.        National Employment Council Levy
3.       Standards Development Fund levy
4.       National Social Security Authority
5.       Manpower Development Fund levy.

The above has been compiled to assist new farmers and for further assistance please contact the writer on mobile +263773037230 or visit www.edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com or follow me on www.facebook.com/edmore.mbuzanamlambo or email me embuzana@gmail.com.

©All rights reserved   Thornbridge Investments P/l Zimbabwe

Wednesday 23 October 2013

TIMESHARES OFFERS#ZIMBABWE #THORNBRIDGE INVESTMENTS

MUNDANDA LODGES AND SAFARI 

A THORNBRIDGE INVESTMENTS HOSPITALITY VENTURE


The company intends to develop units of self- catering lodges on the principal directors rural land in Chigodora .The land is 25km from Mutare in Zimbabwe. The units will comprise of  two bedroom ,a lounge, kitchen and a bathroom. Six units can be developed on the available area.

SOURCE OF FUNDING
The project will be funded partly from the company own resources and from external investors through timeshares or Build Operate Transfer basis
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PROPOSAL TO POTENTIAL INVESTORS
The company propose to give investors the opportunity to buy timeshares which can be traded or purchased back by the principal directors .A unit will cost $600.

PLATINUM TIMESHARES $6000(10 units) 
Platinum shares entitle members to three months (90 days) occupancy per year at the lodge per year and it can be inherited or passed to a members’ estate. A member who opt not to stay will be entitled to claim back the days he has not utilized at the rate of $20 per day less 10% management fees.

GOLD TIMESHARES $3000 (5 units)
Gold timeshares entitle members to  45 days occupancy per year at the lodge over a member’s lifetime. The company will pay back the amount invested in the event of death. Members who opt not to stay will be entitled to claim the days not utilized at a rate of $15 per day less 10% management fees.

SILVER TIMESHARES $1200 (2 units)
Silver timeshares entitle members to 21 days occupancy per year at the lodge over a member’s lifetime. The investment will be paid back in the event of death. Members who opt not to stay will be entitled to claim the days not utilized at a rate of $10 per day less 10% management fees.

BRONZE TIMESHARES $600(1 unit)
Bronze timeshares entitle members to 15 days occupancy annual at the lodge over a 10 year period. The amount invested will be refunded at the end of the period. Members who opt not to stay will be entitled to claim the days not utilized at a rate of $5 per day less a 10% management fees
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PROFIT SHARING
All members will receive an annual dividend based on the net income after deduction of management fees.

DISCLAIMER

The Principal Director or Thornbridge Investments does not own the land the project will be operated on and the above offer does not constitute an offer for sale of land. The land the project will operate on will remain State land and is bound by traditions and the laws of Zimbabwe.

DIRECTORS OF THORNBRIDGE INVESTMENTS 

1.EDMORE MBUZANA MLAMBO

Edmore has experience in industry and commerce as he has previously worked as inspector in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. He has been involved in business consultancy work. He is currently managing a bar and a bottle store on rented premises.

Edmore has previously run a Bed And Breakfast lodge in Gaza Township, in Chipinge , Zimbabwe. It was the first township lodge and the project was successful run for five years. This project and experience gained is enough to see the timeshare project succeed
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Edmore is providing the land where the lodges will be developed and will be responsible for the day to day running of the project.

Edmore can be contacted on mobile +263773037230 or email embuzana@gmail.com you can also follow him on twitter.com@mbuzana1 ,or on edmore.mbuzanamlambo@facebook.com.

2. BARNABAS SATIYI

Barney is the second director and he is responsible for funding and administration. He will be responsible for recruitment of key personnel.
Barney can be contacted on  mobile +263772890405 or email bsatiyi@gmail.com .

Payments can be made direct into the Principal Director's Paypal account or to  the  director'sbank account below;
Edmore Mbuzana Mlambo

CABS Account 5888923001172864
Herbert Chitepo Street
Mutare.
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