When you’re looking for extra income, the easiest way to find it is to sell something. But aside from the contention of what to sell, two other important questions that need immediate answers are where and how to sell your products. And for some, specially a good number of enterprising Filipinos out there, building an [...]

I would like to use this opportunity to encourage my readers to help the victims of typhoon Ondoy (international code name: Ketsana). Did you know that this tropical storm has given one month’s worth of rainfall in just 6 hours? Thus producing epic floods everywhere in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. Moreover, it was almost [...]

When I meet people for the first time and tell them that I’m a businessman, their usual response would be the question, “What’s your business?” And my answer would automatically be, “I have an internet cafe.” But did you know that that was not always my reply? Before, I’d answer “I have several,” then I’d [...]

Hello everyone, it’s been more than a week since last I’ve posted here. I’ve been really busy with offline ventures lately, specially with planning my stall in upcoming Christmas bazaars. However, since most of the things I needed to do are almost complete, expect my writing to go back to its normal pace soon. Moreover, [...]

Many business gurus say that you should know who your target market is. Why so? Why is it important to know them and how does targeted marketing benefit your business? First and foremost, knowing who your target market is, and having a designed strategy on how to reach them is a low cost, low risk [...]

What is tinkering? Tinkering is the art of making something out of another thing. By using ordinary stuff around us, tinkering makes it possible to create something fun, useful, imaginative or even silly. And this is what Gever Tulley, a software engineer and co-founder of the Tinkering School, tries to make kids do in a [...]

For most people, it’s “back to reality” today, September 8. After enjoying yet another long weekend, it’s time to resume work in the office. It’s been three consecutive long weekends, with another one coming on September 21. I think that 2009 is by far, the year with the most public non-working holidays in recent Philippine [...]

If you’re not doing anything on Friday, September 11, then I suggest that you visit SMX Convention Center at the SM Mall of Asia for the 2009 Youth Entrepreneurship Summit by Go Negosyo. This is a one-day forum and exposition which hopes to encourage the youth to become entrepreneurs. It will run from 9:00 AM [...]

According to a book entitled, Business Communication: Strategies and Skills, roughly 75% of all managerial time is spent in verbal one-to-one exchange. This means that as a business owner and manager, you will be spending most of your time talking to other people – customers, suppliers, employees and others. But moreover, aside from verbal communication, [...]

The “ber” months are here – which means that Christmas is just a few months away. Aside from keeping an eye for upcoming Christmas bazaars in your area, it’s also important that you start saving for the expected increase in your spending. While employees can always use their bonuses and 13th month pay to cover [...]