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I got invited by fellow blogger and personal branding expert Sonnie Santos to be a panelist in the upcoming 3rd HR Philippines National Convention: HR 2.0 which will be held at the SMX Convention Center on October 21-22, 2009. I’ll be onstage during the second day when a panel composed of bloggers and internet marketers [...]

I was invited over the weekend to give a talk on “E-Trepreneurship” at the EARIST Cavite Campus. They initially asked me to talk for three hours on how the internet can make them globally competitive. Bulk of the presentation went there but I also made it a point to share with them some tips and [...]

SMART Bro’s latest event and promotion really caught me by surprise. They had an event called SMART Bro B Free Day at the Mega Tent along Meralco Avenue. In the event, they gave away 10,000 free units of the UAAP/NCAA designed SMART Bro USB Plug-it modems to students. I was invited by Havoc Digital and [...]

Thanks to Myra for sending me a couple of photos of the recently concluded Go Negosyo Youth Summit which was held at the SMX Convention Center. I also took the liberty of reposting several pictures from the Go Negosyo Multiply account for everyone’s viewing pleasure. Thank you Lord for giving me the opportunity to share [...]

Last Friday I was invited by Go Negosyo to talk about Online and Viral Marketing for their Youth Summit event held at the SMX Convention Center. Initially I worked on delivering a presentation for SME’s and business owners. I worked on a deck called “No BS Filipino Digital Marketing” for several days. However on the [...]

Last September 8-9 we ran the first Certified E-Marketing Consultants (CeMC) course at the PSE in Ortigas. We had a good turnout of students despite the limited time we had to promote and push the program. The two day course tackled the fundamentals of digital marketing as well as advanced principles for e-commerce such as [...]

Personal finance coach and educator Randell Tiongson is having a seminar called “No Nonsense Finance Seminar: How to Invest for the Future“. I’ve listened to Randell give talks before and let me be one of the first bloggers to say that he’s one of the best in what he does. He really knows what he’s [...]

I got an invitation from Singapore to have a coffee session with Mobile Marketing Association President Mike Wehrs during his brief stay here in the Philippines. He was the keynote speaker and guest of honor in the recent Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit which was hosted by the IMMAP. I was very interested in this [...]

I was recently invited to be a resource person and speaker for the upcoming Go Negosyo Youth Summit which is scheduled on September 11, 2009. The event will be held in SMX Convention Center. I’d like to invite everyone to drop by since the event is for free and anyone can just join in and [...]

Coming fresh from a coffee session with Senator Manny Villar, I wasn’t expecting to be part of another political blogging event anytime soon. However, I was able to get an invite to another event for another potential contender for the 2010 elections. This time it was the youngest presidential aspirant – Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero. [...]

Friendster is the biggest social network in the Philippines. It was one of the firsts to enter the country so it was natural for a lot of online Filipinos to get into it. According to several studies, bulk of the population of Friendster actually comes from here. With that said, it makes sense for them [...]

Last Saturday, Janette Toral announced the winners of her Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs Writing Project. I really wanted to drop by the event to meet and network with other bloggers but I wasn’t able to due to emergency reasons. Let me just take this opportunity to thank Janette for her tireless work in promoting [...]

The event is for free. All you have to do to join is to sign up at the registration thread. Note that we only have limited seats so if you want to go, sign-up ASAP.

The following are just random pictures that we got while on the Go Negosyo Teen University trip. With my fellow speakers, Chris Tan from Ideal Minds and Chris Tanseco from Ideal Events A few more pictures after the break.

It’s not everyday that a 14 year old kid will go up to you and ask questions like this: Any tips you can share on how to fortify the value proposition of your brand and how you can protect its equity? In advertising, how do you strike a balance between conveying the emotional and functional [...]

I got invited to be one of the resource persons for the upcoming TEEN NEGOSYO UNIVERSITY this coming Wednesday, July 29, at Bagiuo City. This event is organized by the Department of Education (DepED), through the Center for Students and Co-Curricular Affairs (CSCA), the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE), Office of Presidential Consultant on Entrepreneurship [...]

August is a very busy month for events and activities. The first one that I’m involved in organizing is the Blas F. Ople Policy Center’s Presidential Usapang OFW Forum. Confirmed speakers are: Senator Chiz Escudero, Senator Mar Roxas, Pampanga Governor Panlilio, Senator Loren Legarda and MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando. It will be held in ABS-CBN [...]

With the raging popularity of internet marketing here in the Philippines and abroad, everyone is thinking of being a Marketing Consultant. However, companies and business owners don’t really know if the person they are hiring has all the skills and experience needed to actually help them bring their brand to the next level. The Sales [...]

I’ll be going to Cebu on July 18, 2009 to be a resource speaker for a forum about the STOP CON ASS Movement. By the way, we already have more than 104,000 members as of this writing on Facebook! Man, that’s a lot. Anyway, I’m really excited to be there since I heard that a [...]

Like what I said in my previous post, we’re currently arranging a digital marketing seminar for August or mid-September. We’re still finalizing the program and the roster of speakers for the event but it looks really promising. As promised, I’ll share more details once we firm up the plans. For now, I’d just like to [...]