ABS-CBN’s Pilipinas Got Talent is literally making waves on Youtube. Jovit Baldivino’s audition just crossed the 1,000,000 mark and the other notable clips have already breached 350,000. This is a very good pick-up rate. I’ve been a fan of UK’s X-Factor and they’ve been regularly uploading clips of the show on Youtube. Most of the time the videos just register 200,000 and slowly climbs up to the 1M mark after several days or weeks. People love watching reality talent shows on Youtube again and again. This is one of the accidental successes that ABS-CBN now has to...

… that’s what a lot of business people here in the Philippines still think up to today. This made me reflect a bit and it made me realize a few things. First, them being ignorant is actually cool. Why? Because it means that it gives us a a window to penetrate their markets because they’re not being represented online. By simply not being in the fight, they’re leaving themselves and their customers wide open for a flanking attack from other people who are going online. When the money starts to change hands that’s when the brutal reality sinks in for those who don’t...

Lola Techie is Bayantel’s primary viral and social media campaign machine. To those who haven’t been following her, she’s basically a grandma who knows how to use social media and the internet. Bayantel and the agency behind the production of the TVC’s are just brilliant because the content that they churn is insanely funny. The newest commercial is no exception. In this TVC, they had Lola Techie do a “Steve Jobs” keynote speech, complete with the black turtle neck and maong pants! Here’s the video for your enjoyment. See how viral it is? I’m not...

Steve Jobs launched the iPad today during his keynote speech in the Mac event. A lot of people have been talking about this product for months now and you could literally feel the electricity in the air as Jobs walked up and got on stage. Once again Jobs delivers a powerful and flawless performance! He was able to hype up the crowd and he definitely played their emotions pretty good. I was glued to the live stream for more than an hour watching the entire talk. However, wow that the dust has settled and the emotional euphoria is a no longer at it’s peak, let’s have a no nonsense look...

The new BlackBerry Presenter is God’s gift to consultants and freelance workers. Basically all you have to do is to connect the BlackBerry Presenter to the projector. The Presenter is just the size of an Altoids box and it effortlessly streams the PowerPoint from your BlackBerry via Bluetooth. Here are the specs: - Conveniently small and light — 3.4″ x 2.4″ x 0.9″ and 140g - Video Formats Supported: NTSC, PAL - Video Cable Support: S-Video, VGA - Power Connection: Micro USB - Display Resolution Support: 640×480 (VGA), 800×600 (SVGA), 1024×768 (XGA) - Bluetooth Version 2.0 + EDR,...

I had some free time this afternoon so I decided to do some blog hopping. I think I read more than 20 blogs and I’ve managed to collate some posts which I found very interesting, educational, and helpful. Check them all out after the break. You’ll learn something about social media, healthy teeth, parenting, and even pre-martial sex.

The past few weeks have been really hectic. I’ve been meeting and networking with a lot of businessmen, fellow marketers, bloggers, and agencies. Basically after work, I go to dinners and coffee sessions to discuss potential projects and collaborations. What can I say? God is really good! The project list that I have so far is pretty much good for the next 2 quarters. Anymore and I’ll probably implode, haha. Anyway, I’ll post the details as soon as I can reveal what those projects are. For now let me share with you a few posts made by several bloggers that I found really interesting....

I make it a point every week to have one post that just talks about other articles written by local bloggers in the Philippines. It’s a way of giving “link love” as well as providing my readers with quality content about New Media from a different perspective other than this writer. For this week, I chanced upon very insightful, practical, and helpful posts from several bloggers that talk about community blogging, the politics of blogging, and protecting your blog brand.

Mike Abundo plurked a very interesting article from the New York Times website. The gist of the article is that global web companies are thinking of restricting access or lowering service standards for people who access their websites in developing countries. The problem is that the cost of operating and delivering the services is not at par with the advertising that they get for these particular regions (low income bracket doesn’t interest major advertisers). In short – they’re not profitable and they need to cut down costs to increase their profit margins. Is there really a...

I subscribe to and follow a lot of local and international blogs that talk about new media, blogging, and digital marketing. It’s amazing how fast the local blogosphere has matured and grown over such a short period of time. As a tribute to them and just to give some link love, I’ll share with you guys some of the posts made by other local bloggers that I think would be good readings for everyone here.