What is Nairaland Forum?

 

Nairaland is an online forum targeted at Nigerians. It was established on March 8, 2005, by Nigerian businessman Seun Osewa and is currently ranked as the sixth most popular website in Nigeria. Its primary audience is indigenous Nigerian citizens.

In contrast to Facebook, which has 11 million Nigerian users, or roughly 20% of the local Internet community, Nairaland currently has over 2.64 million registered members and more than 6.19 million topics created to date. It is estimated that roughly 3% of Internet users in the country are registered on Nairaland. Registration is required for posting, commenting, or liking articles.

Why is Nairaland popular?

The foundation of the internet is made up of discussion forums and online communities. It is not so common to find forums or wildly popular platforms (like Reddit or Craig's List) that were created in Africa for an African audience. Africans participate in forums, although they typically do so as a part of other networks like gaming, chat, and niche groups. Nigerians at home and abroad can gather on Nairaland where they can monitor current events in Nigeria and engage in political discussion about the nation.

The sole goal of the forum is to be the biggest, most inclusive, and most educational public platform for Nigerians. On this forum, you can talk about anything that piques your curiosity.

You can also:

- Help spread breaking news items.

- Talk about a specific place, occasion, item, or service from your perspective.

- Express your knowledge and viewpoint on relevant subjects.

- Post requests or inquiries and get helpful responses from other forum users.

Its categories cover a wide range of interests, including television, music, movies, literature, sports, commerce, technology, art, culinary, government, relationships, and more.

How does Nairaland make money?

Google AdSense was once the only revenue source for Nairaland. They did, however, totally abandon AdSense in favor of bespoke targeted ad banners in 2012, which can cost up to 100,000 or more each week. Direct advertisements put by Nigerians and Nigerian organizations are now how it generates revenue.

How can you make money on Nairaland?

Some clever Nigerians are making money on Nairaland in via several means in addition to socializing with one another and talking about the issues that interest them. Whether or not you have been a frequent visitor to Nairaland, you can begin earning money on this popular online community if you have goods or services geared toward Nigerians.

Here are a few ways to earn money on Nairaland;

·        Ebook sales: If you have extensive knowledge in an area that interests a lot of Nigerians or you know how to solve an issue that the majority of Nigerians are desperate to find a solution to, you can compile all the material into an ebook and sell it on Nairaland. Your ebook will do well if it is reasonably priced and provides a lot of useful information.

·        Affiliate marketing: By actively participating in as many issues as you can while including your affiliate link in your signature, you can make enormous income and commissions as an affiliate marketer for any product that Nigerians will find interesting.

·        YouTube videos: Uploading a link to your video in the appropriate Nairaland section is a clever approach to increase your revenue if you have used Google Adsense to advertise your YouTube videos. Nevertheless, you must keep in mind that only amusing or helpful videos will draw attention.

·        Blogging: If you have a blog that you have already monetized with Google Adsense or another ad network, you can increase your income by driving significant traffic from Nairaland to your blog. It would be wise to copy an intriguing post from your blog or an excerpt from it, put it on Nairaland, and then include a link to your blog in the post's body.

·        Graphics design: There has been a rise in demand for graphic designers ever since Nairaland launched the Nairaland targeted ads program, which allows marketers to place their ad banners in particular forums.

·        Only skilled graphics designers can create beautiful designs that also adhere to the size and other specifications for Nairaland advertisement banners. If you have a strong foundation in graphic design, you can assist people with creating their banner advertisements as well as other graphic tasks like logos, ebook covers, sales pages, website headers, and so forth.

·        Freelance writing: If you have a gift for writing, you can make money by turning your abilities into a freelance writing business. Members of Nairaland frequently need the assistance of competent writers for things like resume writing, business plans, proposals, blog entries, newspaper pieces, and research publications.