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Vince at iBlog6 Summit – From the Eyes (and Links) of Other Bloggers

Vince at iBlog6 Summit – From the Eyes (and Links) of Other Bloggers

Posted 21 April 2010 | By Vince | Categories: Events, Geeky Wisdom, How To, Inspiring, Internet Marketing | 7 Comments

The iBlog 6 Summit was a BLAST! I had way too much fun talking in front of a whole auditorium of new and veteran bloggers. I was asked to speak about Video Blogging 101. So pretty much the basics of Video Blogging. I of course, added a little twist to this and titled my talk: [...]

Sun Life Financial’s “IT’S TIME!” – Financial Literacy talk with Pia Magalona & Bam Aquino

Sun Life Financial’s “IT’S TIME!” – Financial Literacy talk with Pia Magalona & Bam Aquino

Posted 12 February 2010 | By Vince | Categories: Cool People, Events, Inspiring | 7 Comments

Sun Life Financial has an advocacy called “It’s Time!” They will be having a blogger event on February 27, with their advocates Pia Magalona and Bam Aquino. It’s Time! is Sun Life Financial’s advocacy on financial literacy, helping out to educate Filipinos on ways to make their money work for them and having it to [...]

Importance of New Media Marketing TODAY

Importance of New Media Marketing TODAY

Posted 28 January 2010 | By Vince | Categories: Cool People, Geeky Wisdom, How To, Inspiring, Internet Marketing, Lessons Learned, Twitter Tips | 3 Comments

If’ you’re not starting your online marketing then you are seriously hurting yourself. It doesn’t have to be anything too complicated or strategic, but simply maintaining a Facebook or Twitter account may be enough to keep you in the loop.
Have a blog? Even better! The digital age is upon us and getting familiar with it is a necessity for you and your business to survive.
It’s quite a different market…

Write the Best Headlines. EVER. (Digg teaches us how to get clicks)

Write the Best Headlines. EVER. (Digg teaches us how to get clicks)

Posted 26 January 2010 | By Vince | Categories: Geeky Wisdom, How To, Inspiring, Internet Marketing, Lessons Learned | 6 Comments

If a tree falls in the forest but no one hears it, did the tree really fall? If you have the BEST blog post in the world, but no one clicks on it… well… you get my point.
Writing an eye catching / click suckling HEADLINE is often more important than the actual content itself. I mean, you can have the best story or blog post in the world, but if no one clicks on it to read it, then it’ll be nothing but another lost blog post in the vast spaces of the internet.
So here we “Digg” for help from Digg.com to see how to write the best blog titles or headlines. EVER. Let’s see which headlines got the most clicks from 2009 and what techniques we can use to get the same results!

Microsoft Bloggers Night

Microsoft Bloggers Night

Posted 18 January 2010 | By Vince | Categories: Events, Internet Marketing | 9 Comments

Microsoft is having a bloggers event night and all bloggers are invited. Date: Jan 28, 2010 Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm Venue: 16F 6750 Ayala Office Tower, Ayala Ave,. Makati City, Philippines Email v-melval@microsoft.com to register Expect Technology Previews like Microsoft Office 14, Online Security, and online blogging resources. Meet other bloggers and the Microsoft folks. [...]

Asking the Right Questions

Asking the Right Questions

Posted 17 January 2010 | By Vince | Categories: How To, Inspiring, Lessons Learned | 1 Comment

Random Person: “So what do you do?”
Vince: “I do a lot, but mostly I’m a creative writer and a travel blogger.”
Random Person: “Oh… so how do you make money with that?”
Vince: “Ummm…”

How To Start Your Personal Blog

How To Start Your Personal Blog

Posted 16 January 2010 | By Vince | Categories: Cool People, How To, Inspiring, Lessons Learned | 6 Comments

Here’s a video of Hannah Villasis, author of the blog FlairCandy.com. Hannah won the 2009 award for “Best Personal Blog” at the Digital Filipino E-Commerce summit. FlairCandy gives us a brief talk on how to successfully start your own personal blog…

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