Saturday, November 7, 2009

Winners of free delegate pass: DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit & 3rd Web Awards 2009

Congratulations to the following bloggers for winning one delegate pass each for the upcoming DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit to be held at Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City on November 12 and 13, 2009.
Note that the delegate pass is not transferable. Many thanks again to everyone who joined this simple writing project.

Please come to the event on November 12 and claim your conference kit. Registration starts at 8 am.

Bloggers are encouraged as well to read this guide or tips for conference bloggers (pdf file) for proper guidance.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Get a free delegate pass: DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit

Hello everyone. The DigitalFilipino Club is organizing its 1st DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit to be held at Hotel Intercontinental, Makati City on November 12 and 13, 2009.

I am giving away fifteen (15) delegates passes to this event. Should you like to participate and win one of the passes, this is what you have to do:

1. Make a blog entry about DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit and cite why you like to attend this two-day event (which speakers do you look forward listening to).

2. Your blog post must have a link to the following:

Post a comment to this blog entry and give me the url link where your post can be found.
Deadline for submission of entries is on November 5, 2009.

DigitalFilipino Club members shall review the submissions and picked their most-liked post.

The winners of the delegate pass shall be announced here on November 6, 2009. The delegate pass is not transferable. Should a winner not be available to attend, it will be passed on the next most-liked entry.

I hope you can join.

Of course, this event will not be possible without the support of our major sponsor Globe GCASH.

GCASH allows Globe and TM subscribers to pay or transact for the following using their mobile phone:

  • domestic and international remittances
  • utility bills
  • interest and amortization of loans
  • insurance premiums
  • donations to various institutions and organizations
  • sales commissions and payroll disbursements
  • school tuition fees
  • micro tax payments and business registration
  • electronic loads and pins
  • online purchases via GCASH Click
  • airline tickets

GCASH is tied-up to BPI Mobile Banking enabling Globe and TM subscribers to do various bank transactions through one's cellphone. GCASH is also used as a wholesale payment facility particularly for rural banks wherein various moeny transfer services are offered such as: text-a-deposit, text-a-sweldo, text-a-withdrawal, text-a-payment, text-a-remittance.

Also enabled by the GCASH platform is GCASH REMIT, the cash pick-up remittance service of GCASH. GCASH REMIT makes it easy for overseas Filipino workers to send their hard earned money from abroad, and their beneficiaries can instantly claim their remittance in over 2,500 GCASH REMIT pay out locations in the Philippines such as pawnshops, rural banks and money changers.

Globe also recently launched Immortal Load, the first load with NO EXPIRY via GCASH. You can use it to purchase load whenever you need it.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Blogging from Home - read online

"Blogging from Home" was written for easy reading and designed for the typical Internet user who wants to learn about blogging and its various use for business or personal intent.

I launched this book last August 2008 in response to the growing number of Internet users who are expected to become full-fledge bloggers using various blogging platforms and social networks.

As the book is expected to go out of print soon, I hope this page will provide a venue for exploration to anyone who wants to learn blogging at their own pace.

Complementary illustrated photos, demonstration videos, podcast, and explanatory text can also be found at the Blogging from Home Online Workshop.

Buy a copy today! (You can also read the book below.)

Read the Introduction for insight on its development. The book tackles the following:

Part I: Blogging 101

Part II: Blog Ethics

Part III: Content Development

Part IV: Promotion

Part V: Insights

Conclusion: Blogging Ahead (discussion 28)

Book info:
92 pages
ISBN # 978-0-9805061-0-5
Distribution: Australia and Philippines

Buy a copy today! (You can also read the book below.)

Friends who blogged about this book since its early inception, claim your copy by sending a quick note at digitalfilipino (at) gmail (dot) com and give us your mailing address/contact number.

Blogging From Home by Janette Toral



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Monday, August 24, 2009

Did Twitter, Plurk change your blogging habits?

I just came across Rob Angeles blog sharing his observation as to how Twitter and Plurk have change the blogging post habits of some and asked his readers to share their experience.

As my reply is quite long, I decided to just post it there. My blogging slowed down for quite sometime as I got addicted to Twitter and then Plurk when it was introduced. I even made a blog post in 2007 speculating that Twitter will replace discussion groups (yahoo / google groups).

However later on, I realized its use more on:

  • Disseminating information (with links) and get instant readers/reactions.

  • Rant and rave about a specific product or service without having to blog about it.

  • Ask a question and get replies.

  • Clarify an issue, if you want to, and let those concerned read about it and even reply.

  • Keep in touch even if your friends are not online and let them reply at their convenience.

  • Live micro-blog about events and share information right away. This I did several times already disseminating data / insight.

And so in the end, my blogging returned to normal and use Plurk / Twitter for the above uses and keep in touch with online contacts.

How about you? Did Twitter or Plurk change your blogging habits?