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OUR WHATSAPP GROUP IS ONE.
Hello Everyone,
Friday’s date was 17th
January, 2020. I am sure someone somewhere is wondering what the significance
of the date is. Well, we celebrated the first anniversary of our official
WhatsApp group.
I remember vividly
that I created our WhatsApp group at about 8:30pm on the 17th of
January, 2019. I added 268 people from my WhatsApp contacts without their
consent and permission and hell was let loose. I received a number of messages
from offended friends, they were very upset. One of our writers threatened to
stop working with us, it was really serious. The next morning, I had to send an
apology mail to all our readers where I promised to call everyone I added to
the group and apologize to them personally.
In less than 24
hours, more than 100 people had already left, I felt really sad. I was
particularly disappointed by one of my very good friend whose excuse was; ‘oluwole, sorry I left the group, I have too
many groups already’ Well, I still called a handful of people and
apologized to them.
Truth be told, what I
did was wrong in all ramifications, I should know better but you would all
agree with me that I will wait forever if I waited for 268 people to provide
their consent before adding them on a WhatsApp group. It was hard, I had never
created any WhatsApp group in my life. The truth is, I am not a social media
person but creating a group from our blog was upmost priority. I had also
included it in my 2019 welcome message as part of our strategy to get more
loyal readers. Around the same time, I revived our twitter, Facebook and
Instagram pages – Pinterest came later.
Fast forward to 365
days later, we have delivered one of the most exciting WhatsApp groups on your
phone, we have 100 people in our group, we have created a community where
interesting and intelligent individuals come together to discuss issues with
maturity and the understanding and respect for diversity of opinions.
Undoubtedly, the
WhatsApp group have become the most effective and efficient way to pass
information across to our readers. Together, we have created wonderful
memories; we have celebrated the holy matrimony of Samuel Ogunniyi and Rachel
Oyedele, Mr. Mordi and his wife, birth of Oluwafunmilayo, Chidera, Idara,
Ezinne, Oraekwuotu, Sparks’ daughter. We have had to settle a lot of disputes,
two of our writers had a major disagreement sometimes in the past. We have
celebrated a lot of birthdays, weddings and other interesting events on the
group.
Interestingly, our
WhatsApp group created a wonderful experience when Kehinde and Tobi met in a
bus. Co-incidentally, Kehinde was checking our group for some wonderful content
when Tobi, who sat beside him in a commercial bus noticed and reached out to
him. They exchanged pleasantries and got along immediately. Guys, prior to that event, Kehinde and Tobi
had never met before.
As we continue to
create interesting and fantastic moments together in 2020 and beyond, I want to
thank everyone on our WhatsApp group and all our social media platforms for
their love, support and understanding. However, we need more.
Conclusively, in less
than 15 days in 2020, we have created our Telegram
and Tumblr accounts which means that
we are active on all social media platforms. Please follow us on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Telegram and Tumblr. All you need to
do is to search for – SHEGZSABLEZS
on these platforms.
We are SHEGZSABLEZS’
blog, we are one of the fastest growing lifestyle blogs in the country.
Oluwole Olusanya is the Founder and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of one of the fastest growing lifestyle blogs in
the country. He is a banker, writer, blogger, public affairs analyst and a tax
consultant. He anchors Trending Topics on SHEGZSABLEZS’ Blog where he
shares his thoughts and opinions on trending issues.
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