Top 17 small business blogs to follow on Twitter

Looking for inspiration on where to get business advice, tips and guides to successfully run your own business. Then in no particular order, we present the top 17 small business blogs of 2017

#1 Twitter handle: @invoice_ng

Website: www.invoice.ng

 The world has gone global and has encountered a lot of changes in its practices from years before. The business world is also not left behind in this paradigm shift. Now, due to the changes, a lot of transaction goes on online unlike decades ago where a virtual transaction was impossible. This is where Invoice comes in. It is a website that seeks to help business owners say goodbye to papers and even late Invoice payment. Invoice has a platform that helps you create your own customised invoice, send the invoice to the client by mail and get paid online. This is a beautiful invention to business owners, especially those who have virtual clients. Apart from that, the website also provides insights and tips that a business owner would find beneficial.

#2 Twitter handle: @Agrodynamix

Website: https://www.practicalbusinessideas.com

There has been various clamouring for entrepreneurship and creating labour, instead of finishing school to join the league of the unemployed. Many are in fact interested in going into their own business but the kind of business to engage in almost always poses a problem. This is because there is always the question of how lucrative the business is. Therefore, Practical Business Ideas is a business website created to help address some of those questions. The website provides tips and insights on different businesses that one can engage in. But that is not all; it also helps you with basic business tips such as business plan, ideas on starting a business, marketing plan and the likes that would come in handy for a business owner.

#3 Twitter handle: @NextNaijaEnt

Website: www.nextnaijaentrepreneur.com

The Nigerian Entrepreneur probably does not have it as easy as many other countries because the enabling environment is limited. Next Naija Entrepreneur is therefore a platform that a Nigerian business owner can benefit from because it seeks to help promote the next generation of successful entrepreneurs, not only in the country but the continent at large. They do this by providing information that a business owner would find handy, providing resources on creating a successful business. Also, the website makes available a motivational or inspirational platform whereby successful entrepreneurs are featured to talk about their entrepreneurial journey and one can learn one or two lessons from it.

#4 Twitter handle: @WealthResult

Website: www.wealthresult.com

Wealth Result is a business idea center or community of business owners or business savvy individuals or just people interested in business. It provides a platform for this set of like minded persons to come together to share ideas that can help them in business world. In essence, it is a forum you can sign up to and get ideas, tips and information on different lucrative business ideas that one can engage in. Also, there is a plethora of information from different corners that could help the success of your business. Luckily, these come in categories, that is, the blog provides information based on different categories including banking, e-commerce, consulting, digital currency, health, travel and many more.

#5 Twitter handle: @MTBusinessideas

Website: www.mytopbusinessideas.com

The main issue many people have with starting a business is the kind of business to engage in. A look around would show that there is so much repetition of business ideas and many areas are left untapped. This is not because many are not interested in engaging in such businesses but it is largely due to lack of knowledge about these business ideas. If you fall into this category of people who want to engage in a unique business, then My Top Business Ideas is the business blog for you. It provides information and insight on how business ideas, tips on how to start a business and grow it. Also, it has information on investing if you want to tow that line instead.

#6 Twitter handle: @startuptipdaily

Website: www.startuptipsdaily.com

Quite a number of times, starting a particular venture is scary and rightly so, when one considers all that starting entails and also when one puts into consideration all the challenges that one is likely to face along the way. This fear has kept many great businesses from starting up. Startup Tips Daily is there to help reduce such fears. The blog makes available tips, insights and information on small business ideas, business plans, how to start, run and grow successful businesses as well as all kinds of information that would prove beneficial for an African entrepreneur. If you are an African entrepreneur, this is one website to check out.

#7 Twitter handle: @nairametrics

Website: www.nairametrics.com

According to the blog, they bring simplicity and clarity to business news, analysis and financial literacy. It is one thing to have an idea the kind of business to do and even the way to go about it, it is another thing to have the knowledge of other external factors that could affect the business. Nairametrics is a blog that makes the opportunity available. It provides a platform to learn more about investing and other forms of financial literacy. Also, it provides news and information about the business and financial world. Furthermore, there is an opportunity to learn business charts and analysis that would help you make informed decisions on your business.

#8 Twitter handle: @deyesborn

Website: www.utibeetim.com

Owned by Utibe Etim, a respected figure in the web development field and entrepreneurship, the blog is a go to blog for both an established entrepreneur and an aspiring business owner. The blog has information on practically everything that a business owner needs to help grow the business. An aspiring entrepreneur can find information on the different business opportunities that one can engage in with little funding. The blog also makes available information on how to use the internet and social media to maintain, run and grow one’s business. Additionally, you have access to information on several empowerment programme that you are not privy to, funding opportunities, start-up accelerator, business grants and other resources that you will find beneficial.

#9 Twitter handle: @entrepreneu_ng

Website: www.entrepreneur.ng

Entrepreneur Nigeria is a business and entrepreneurial blog focused on helping not only Nigerians but also the continent at large build and sustain successful business, no matter the kind by providing tips, insight and information that would serve to be beneficial to a business owner. Considering the lack of a enabling environment in the world of business in the country and some other parts of the continent, the website comes in handy as it addresses a wide range of categories to ensure a business owner is not limited in his hustle. The categories addressed include finance, investing, technology, career, marketing, blogging and SEO as well as news and updates in the business world.

#10 Twitter handle: @smebizplatform

Website: www.smedigest.com.ng

It is very common for small and medium enterprises to be swallowed by the bigger enterprises in the country. And amazingly, the small and medium enterprises are very important to the country because apart from the fact that they provide the usual necessities that we all need, they also collectively add to the country’s GDP greatly. That is why websites like SME Digest concentrate on helping with all they need at their disposal to flourish. There is enough resources on the blog that would help enlighten one on how to start a business, run, fund, maintain and grow the business. The blog also provides information and tips on business factors such as marketing, insurance, capital as well as news that would keep the business abreast of all that is going on the business world.

#11 Twitter handle: @TTEblog

Website: www.thetotalentrepreneurs.com

The brain child of Francis Nwokike, a social entrepreneur, startup and investment expert and writer, the blog seeks to create successful entrepreneurs. If you are a business owner seeking to patronize the internet and social media, get new marketing strategies, then this blog is for you. The website has all the resources you need at your disposal to leave the label of unemployed to an employer of labour. You get business ideas on the kinds of business opportunities you can tap into; you can get tips to grow your business by marketing and taking advantage of technology, managing your finances as well making available business news.

#12 Twitter handle: @africabizclass

Website: www.africabusinessclass.com

As the name implies, it is a business class that teaches about doing business in Africa. The website is owned by Winfred Oppong Amoako, an Executive coach and Business consultant. Doing business in Africa is a lot different from many other parts of the world because of the dynamics of Africa. This is why to do business in Africa, you need substantial information from an insider and expert before you can go on. Apart from the educative blog posts, Amoako also has a book that – just like the website – offers insight into the driving sectors of Africa’s economic boom, business opportunities, challenges faced when investing or expanding business in Africa.

#13 Twitter handle: @VenturesAfrica

Website: www.venturesafrica.com

Africa has severally been labeled as a land of untapped opportunities. Many investors see it as a virgin land to invest in and expect profit. However, it is one thing to know about opportunities and another thing to know the exact untapped ideas, and how to take advantage of the business opportunities. Ventures Africa is a business blog that intimate investors and aspiring entrepreneurs on the kind of business ventures available in Africa that they can tap into. There are also different information on the business environment in Nigeria, news and updates on business or financial policies of different countries around the globe and some other resources that could come in handy to an entrepreneur.

#14 Twitter handle: @SMEBizInfo

Website: www.smebizinfo.com

The small and medium enterprises are important to the economy of any given country. Though they are small individually, but together, they are a driving force in the economy of each country. Most business owners fall under this category and there is a lot of competition for customers except they have an edge. To exercise this edge, one would need to have information at one’s disposal. SME Biz Info, therefore make available resources from their network of support organizations, that would help you connect with opportunities that would translate to business growth, whether as a startup or an established enterprise. The blog features different opportunities for funding, mentorship, industry focus, partnership among others.

#15 Twitter handle: @startaHQ

Website: www.starta.com

Saying that business owners need help is an understatement, especially entrepreneurs in Africa. Those in Africa arguably have a harder time that their counterparts in other parts of the world and so they need all the support that they can get to maximize their potential and become the success that would have been easier in a more favourable environment. Starta is a go to website that make available all an entrepreneur needs to start, scale and fund their business. They do this by providing support, giving tips and insights into lucrative market opportunities and also exposing the entrepreneur to potential customers, partners, investors and mentors. You can get access to these benefits by signing up to the website.

#16 Twitter handle: @JasonNjoku

Website: www.jason.com.ng

This is the personal blog of Jason Njoku, the founder of Iroko TV. He uses the blog to give his personal opinion of the business world. The blog could come in handy because it is coming from the mind of a man who singlehandedly created Iroko TV, a wonderful platform online. He can serve as a virtual mentor to aspiring business owners who would like to see how it is done. He gives insight using his company as an example that could help a startup and even an established business owner.

#17 Twitter handle: @markessien

Website: www.markessien.com

Mark Essien, the founder, is a Nigerian entrepreneur, software developer, startup investor and CEO of Hotel.ng, the first Nigerian website that addresses the problem of hotel booking. The website is an opportunity for Mark Essien to communicate with entrepreneurs but especially, startups. Considering he has been in the shoes of a startup entrepreneur once and was able to build his company to the height of success, his tips and insights would come in handy for an aspiring business owner.