How do blogs and bloggers make money online? Is it easy to make money from blogging? How much can you actually earn from blogging? These are just some of the questions I tried to answer during my recent talk at the Asian Business Expo 2008 entitled, How Blogs and Bloggers Make Money Online. To tell [...]

I would like to share with you today this very interesting short film entitled SPIN. This 8-minute movie from Jamin Winans of Double Edge Films is about a mysterious DJ who is on a mission to make things right. Equipped with his magical turntables, our hero turns back time and tries to save a man [...]

Learning about the U.S. Fair Debt Collection Practices Act from playing the Bad Credit Hotel online game made me wonder if such laws also exist in the Philippines. I know some people who have been harassed by credit card debt collectors and suffered a significant amount of humiliation from their family members and colleagues because [...]

In a pet orphanage, three kitten friends are talking to each other. “I heard there’s someone coming over today who’s interested in adopting one of us,” Cathy said. “Really? Now that’s exciting,” Catlin replied. “I can’t wait to get out of here and finally have a home.” “Me too,” Catrina answered. “So I guess we [...]

Are you suffering from too much debt? If so, then maybe you need to spend a night at the Bad Credit Hotel. This online game was commissioned by the U.S. Treasury and the Advertising Council in America. It hopes to teach young people about responsible credit card use and educate them regarding debt management and [...]

If you love toys and enjoy collecting them, then maybe you should consider making your hobby into an income opportunity. Personally, I’m a Magic: The Gathering Collectible Card Game enthusiast and have been earning good money from buying and selling these cards. I also have a friend who’s a fan of robot action figures and [...]

I would like to personally invite everyone to attend the Asian Business Expo 2008 happening on November 28 to 30 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Pasay City, Philippines. I already mentioned ABEX in my list of November 2008 events to look forward to and I’m giving you more details about it today. [...]

Last weekend, I participated in Noel De Luxe, a weekend bazaar at the Megatent in Pasig City. This was my first time to sell in a bazaar this big, where the target market is upper middle and upper class residents in Ortigas. Before this one, my bazaar-selling experiences were limited to school fairs and local [...]

I was waiting in line at the bank the other day when a thought came into my mind. How fast can one peso turn into a million through doubling? Yes, the geek in me came out and I decided to while away the time doing some mental math. And so I counted each step: 1, [...]

You probably heard of it before, the concept of good debt versus bad debt. If not, then I’m excited to tell you about it today. Moreover, did you know that there’s also such a thing as ugly debt? I first encountered this term a few days ago and I’m also sharing my thoughts on this [...]

Gap analysis is a simple but useful tool that helps individuals and businesses achieve their objectives and improve their performance. It is a study that enables an entity to find ways on how to “bridge the gap” between the actual and the desired. Gap analysis has many applications. Oftentimes, it is used in product marketing [...]

The Digital Filipino 2008 Web Awards Ceremony was successfully held last November 5 at Taste Asia, Mall of Asia. In attendance were some of the Digital Filipino Club members, event sponsors, fellow Pinoy bloggers and eCommerce companies. This event aims to advocate the use of the internet for business development, through the identification and recognition [...]