A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to share what little I know about social media marketing to the young entrepreneurs of Mindanao State University – Main Campus in Marawi City. It was their first ever MSU-Main E-Commerce Expo. Young minds at the First MSU-Main E-Commerce Expo The expo, revolving around the […]
Networking for Bloggers | Blogging 101.5 by Iligan Bloggers Society, Inc.
Iligan Bloggers Society, Inc. conducted a Blogging 101.5 seminar yesterday, geared toward helping those who want to start up a blog, those who have already started blogging, and to those who find the discussions interesting and helpful. The discussion went beyond the usual Blogging 101 topics (basics of blogging and how to start up a […]
10 Elements of a Good Blog
There’s no question that a great blog design is a key point to keeping visitors to your blog interested. Yes, at the end of the day, content is definitely king, but as Danny Brown puts it, “[if content is king, then] the design is your Royal courtyard.” And you would like to keep your courtyard attractive and […]
Financial Empowerment with Lenddo
On October of 2010, during my first-ever stint as a speaker (naks!), I spoke about the need of businesses to be visible in social media. Social Media is a wide landscape. It includes blogs, microblogs, social networking sites, games, etc., etc., etc. Let’s face it. Social media now takes up a huge chunk of our […]
Thank you SolidHosting.ph!
A few days to go, and the biggest convergence of Mindanao-based bloggers is here! Yes! Mindanao Bloggers Summit, hosted by Iligan Bloggers Society, Inc., is happening on October 29! Yes, I MEAN THIS SATURDAY! And yes, we’re uber excited!!! (I guess it’s pretty clear with all the all caps and exclamation points in this first […]
MBS5 is (almost) here!
I know I haven’t been updating this blog as much as I would want to. Well, aside from school stuff and some work, this has been keeping me crazy busy lately: Yes, Iligan Bloggers Society, together with Iligan City Tourism Office, Iligan Computer Institute, and Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation of Iligan, Inc., is hosting this […]
Huling Hirit sa Tag-Init: The Cebu Blog Camp 2011 Experience
To officially end the summer break, I attended Cebu Blog Camp 2011 with fellow Iligan Bloggers, Xy-Za, Ma’am Arlene, and Fleire (a Cebu-based Iligan blogger) last May 28. It was my first blog camp ever (or my first event as a blogger (daw)) apart from a couple of meet-ups with Iligan-based bloggers to formally and officially start Iligan Bloggers […]
I’m Celebrating World Bloggers’ Day!
See that brand new badge on the right sidebar? Yep! I’m indeed joining the celebration of World Bloggers’ Day! WBD is an annual event spearheaded by Cebu Bloggers Society, Inc. to recognize and celebrate the importance of bloggers in the modern society. The online celebration includes putting up a WBD badge on our blogs or on our Facebook accounts, publishing […]
Investments and the Internet
Recently, in our Financial Management class, we’ve been discussing about investments – how to invest, where to invest, and how to manage investments. We also tackled about the importance of diversification of businesses, which is one great way of reducing the risk of losses. Diversification is simply investing in two or more industries which are […]
A Story of a Dreamer
“What are your dreams?” Being asked this question at the start of our Financial Management class really caught me aback. On my way to class, I was bracing myself for a “madugong labanan ng mga numero.” I even ran (i.e., crammed) through whatever I have learned in Managerial Accounting from the previous semester. Yes, the […]