October 30, 2011
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Posted by: Carlo Ople
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Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
So I saw this standee at the gas station near my house. I had a chat with the staff of 7-11 and apparently they see a lot of people (both guys and girls) putting their faces there and have their photos taken. It’s also driving sales of their Slurpee. Wow. Just… wow. As in… wow.
June 2, 2011
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Chyng Reyes’ blog entry about her harassment in Bali is circulating fast in social networking sites. It’s actually becoming a Pinoy bloggers-call-to-arms because the victims of harassment were two Filipina bloggers (Chyng and her friend)! To summarize, they went to Bali, Indonesia, and they were stopped by immigration and checked for drugs. They were forced [...]
March 25, 2011
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
I know a lot of bloggers but I only have a few blogger friends. Most of them are acquaintances that I meet in events/meet-ups. We all have our own individual lives and it’s rare to have deep connections and relationships. Majority of blogger-blogger relationships are limited to hi-hello’s. I have a few blogger friends who [...]
January 30, 2011
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
This is the second part of the 3-post series of “Some of my best teachers”. This series was inspired by the video “Teachers should care” which you’ll be able to watch below. If you have a lot of things in common with a person the more likely it is for you to trust and learn [...]
December 31, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Let me just greet everyone a Happy New Year! 2010 was such a huge year for New Media PH and I’m sure that 2011 will even be better. We will be writing year-ender articles this weekend so watch out for those. For now please check out this photo of fireworks taken by my lovely wife, [...]
November 7, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
ABS-CBN veteran journalist and Twitterati Karen Davila said goodbye to the viewers of TV Patrol last friday. Karen, along with Julius Babao, will be replaced by former Vice President Noli De Castro and Korina Sanchez. Karen and Julius will anchor the late night news program Bandila together with Ces Drilon. The buzz going around on [...]
October 31, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Hundreds of kids wearing costumes! I went to Podium this afternoon to meet up with my aunt and sister and I was really surprised to see the place crawling with kids. Apparently they have an annual Halloween event to draw foot traffic. I love the Podium because it’s never maxed out in terms of capacity [...]
October 15, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
I know music week is already over but I just wanted to post this video here at NMP. One of our writers, Dodge Ronquillo, jammed with the house band of Jill’s. They did two songs and this is his first one – “This Love” by Maroon 5. Epic performance! So without any further delay, here’s [...]
August 15, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
The “Zone” is a metaphor for focusing majority, if not all, of your energies and attention to a productive task or endeavor. It’s almost a supernatural heightened senses experience which allows you to finish things well and fast. This applies to sports, relationships, and definitely to your professional life. One of the hardest things to [...]
August 8, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
I finally got married yesterday to my girlfriend of nine years, Michelle Orosa. The event was held at The Greenery in Baliuag, Bulacan. It was truly one of the best days of my life. I’ll be posting more pictures, “thank you” entries, videos, and stories tomorrow. For now I’ll just relax with my wife. Special [...]
July 14, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Inquirer.Net, the most visited news website in the Philippines isn’t necessarily the fastest when it comes to breaking news. When Typhoon Basyang hit the Philippines last night (specifically Metro Manila), all major news sites were still frequently updating their streams. However Inquirer.Net eventually stopped at 12:01AM, roughly 13-14 hours already as of this writing. On [...]
July 4, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
I resigned from Friendster a few months ago and it’s been one crazy but fun roller coaster ride after I hung up my corporate “jersey” and went full time with my business. An article recently came out on Manila Bulletin written by Cora Llamas which talks about having a “second life” or changing careers/vocation. In [...]
July 2, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
I got several e-mails over the past few days asking me about a new online making money site called Surveys4Checks. Apparently they have ads all over Inquirer.net with pictures of people happy holding big cheques and claims of making “hundreds of thousands of pesos monthly”. Did some digging and found out that they will actually [...]
June 8, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
The leading online gaming publisher in the country, Level Up, recently had a changing of the guards. President/CEO Jane Walker is transferring to head the new lucrative BPO company which is a joint venture between Level Up International and ePLDT’s SPI. Chief Operating Officer Christopher “Pet” Syling is moving back to his former company, Intel. [...]
May 22, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
This is actually already almost two days late. However I really have to give a huge shout out to one of my mentors and former bosses at Level Up Philippines, Jane Walker. She celebrated her birthday last May 21 so let’s all greet her belated Happy birthday! Hahaha! To those who don’t know, Jane was [...]
May 11, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
The PCOS voting machine was used in this years fully automated elections. There were actually a lot of complaints about the machine since there were several reports of them bogging down and malfunctioning. However the elections was pretty much successful with a solid 75% voter turnout. Anyway, someone decided to make fun of the PCOS [...]
May 5, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Hi everyone! I’ll be on a short blogging hiatus until the May 10 elections here in the Philippines. I will be concentrating on writing entries in my political commentary blog, Juan Country. I’ll still try to put in some entries here especially for the iPad and social media but no promises. Rest assured I’ll be [...]
April 27, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Online Degrees came out with a list of Top 40 Money Coach blogs and I’m very happy to let everyone know that there’s one Filipino included. Let’s give my good friend and fellow blogger Randell Tiongson a warm round of applause! This guy truly deserves to be in that list because he uses his blog [...]
April 19, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Optical Media Board executive director Cyrus Valenzuela shared in a workshop in Tagaytay that their agency is drafting an executive order that will call for the registration of hard disks in the Philippines of Internet Cafe operators. Valenzuela claims that since the hard disks have magnetic components, it is under their jurisdiction. If this passes, [...]
April 14, 2010
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Posted by: Carlo OplecloseAuthor: Carlo Ople
Name: Carlo Ople
Email: oplecarlo@gmail.com
Site: http://newmedia.com.ph
About: Carlo is the founder and Principal Consultant of Catalyst Interactive Marketing Inc., a digital marketing agency. He's handled varied clients from politicians, SME's, to multinationals. Prior to Catalyst, Carlo was the Digital Marketing Manager of Friendster and he was also the Casual Games Division Marketing Head for Level Up Philippines.See Authors Posts (852)
Hi everyone! Allow me to just plug a TV guesting. I got invited by ABS-CBN’s news channel, ANC, to talk about how Filipino SME’s can use social media effectively to grow their business. The segment will be at around 9:15AM this Thursday (April 15) at their show Mornings at ANC.
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