New Media Philippines

People should be guarding their reputation NOW more than ever. There are so many channels where your reputation can be damaged. Guess what? Most of the time the person who damages your reputation the most is YOU. What you say and HOW you say things can change the perception of others about you. Don’t give [...]

“You like Alf? Do an Alf blog! You collect Smurfs? Smurf it up!” With these words Gary Vaynerchuk gave me much needed inspiration to continue doing what I was starting out my career as a digital marketing consultant. I have never met this guy or even exchanged e-mails with him but he has made a [...]

Personal Branding has played a key role in my development as a professional and entrepreneur. This coming Saturday, September 25, 2010, I’ll be sharing the stage with my good friend J. Randell Tiongson and we will be sharing practical tips and techniques on Personal Branding. The event will be held at the Greenhills Victory Center [...]

Cornell University recently came out with a report showing that the number of followers doesn’t really make you “influential” in Twitter. Since social media is about sharing, a good metric of influence is if your followers actually re-tweet your updates. Using this as basis they came up with a new ranking which showed which users [...]

There’s a gold rush going on all over the world right now and it’s not in the form of stocks or natural resources. Because of technology and the internet, we’ve changed the way we communicate and in doing so we’ve changed the way we affect the perception of others about us, our work ethic, and [...]

I logged in Formspring today and found over 30 unanswered questions. I’ll try to clear them out before the weekend. Anyway, one of the more interesting questions there was if I ever tried applying to Yahoo or other big software companies. I’ve never really “applied” for work other than my first job. All my job [...]

I can finally cross out one of the goals in my bucket list. It’s always been one of my dreams to be featured on a national broadsheet (by doing something good, hehe). Today my interview with Cora Llamas appeared on the Business Agenda section of the Manila Bulletin. Initially I was expecting to have a [...]

Last Friday morning I was invited to guest on Atty. Mike Templo’s show on ABS-CBN ANC, Crossing Borders. We talked about the different ways a person can make money online through blogging, online freelancing, and personal branding. It was a great experience to be on his show since most of the viewers were OFWs or [...]

I was invited to give a seminar for the production team of ABS-CBN’s news channel, ANC. It was held last Saturday morning and we tackled the topics of Personal Branding and Social Media for Journalists. Honestly I was a bit intimidated at the start of the presentation since it was such a surreal experience giving [...]

Whether we like it or not each time we post something it adds to our personal brand via the principle of association. Photos, links, quotes, or the quizzes that we take are all co-branded with our names. There’s no escaping it and we really have to be more responsible with the content that we share [...]

This coming April 3, the iPad will be released in the US. The following month it will start shipping to all parts of the world. Most filipinos look at this as just another expensive gadget, but there’s actually a treasure chest that’s waiting to be unearthed. Other than the usual media playing and browsing, the [...]

In the latest episode of Smallville (S908), Clark Kent’s alter-ego’s online identity is stolen by a bunch of kids who are big fans. They make Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter accounts for the “Blur” and they’ve even made a blog for him. Since the Blur didn’t really have his own social media accounts, the people actually [...]

Paul Pena, one of my contacts in Facebook, mentioned a term that I won’t forget. We were discussing Personal Branding when he said “You 2.0“. It pretty much sums up what personal branding is in terms of the online space and I wanted to tackle that a bit in this post. One of the questions [...]

One question that always pops up during my talks and forums is if people should buy their own domains in lieu of using free blogging/website platforms. I’ve answered it in probably a dozen ways already but it was only when I was giving a Blogging 101 Seminar at Victory Greenhills when I think I hit [...]

Social Networks, by definition is not really a private tool. That’s why I find it a bit weird when people are angry when the information they put up on their sites spreads around. Anyway, here’s a reason for you to make sure that your social networks are updated and “clean”. Apparently the trend now in [...]

Did you guys know that a lot of companies include “googling” your name during background checks? The last thing you want to come out on Google are negative comments or reviews about you because it can actually affect your chances of closing a deal or getting a job. What’s key is to make sure that [...]

Remember what HR Expert Sonnie Santos said in his interview about Personal Branding? One of his key points was to make use of LinkedIn, a social network that’s mostly used by corporate headhunters and recruiters. I just wanted to share with everyone that LinkedIn is really effective, and I recently got several inquiries. Note that [...]

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 [...]

Diwa De Leon is an award-winning composer, musician, cosplayer, and blogger. Each time I think if Personal Branding and marketing yourself, Diwa is really one of the first people that come to my mind. Using the internet, this guy has exponentially grown his business as a composer. He’s done work for ABS-CBN, GMA 7, and [...]

Kel Fabie is a professional host, magician, and mentalist. He used to be on radio but decided to go full time with his passion for magic last year. What’s amazing about his story is that he really relied on social media to generate opportunities for his craft and this resulted to him without having to [...]