George Barcelon is the President of Integrated Computer Systems (ICS), a leader in computer systems and peripherals, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this 2018. He is also the Immediate Past President and incumbent Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). He shares his insights about business-to-business marketing and the lessons he learned from teaching and hunting. […]
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Venus Navalta is a highly respected media industry leader with a brilliant track record for building successful media agency operations. She rejoined the Interpublic Group as CEO of IPG Mediabrands Philippines back in 2015. She was previously Chairman of ZenithOptimedia, Philippines, where she propelled the agency to winning three “Media Agency of the Year” awards. Venus spent most of her […]
The Primer Group’s core businesses are in retail and distribution of 150 premium consumer and travel brands with store presence in 13 countries. It has diversified into industrial categories like air-conditioning and HVAC; textile printing and manufacturing; digital printing; building efficiency and energy management; security and fire safety solutions; and eco tours and hospitality management. By branching out into different […]
My top marketing article in 2017 was a critique on CHED’s New Marketing Curriculum where I discussed my surprise that after over a decade, the only major change was the doubling of internship time. Overall, my article in 2017 was “4 Tips on Marriage for my Son-in-Law”, a follow through of my blog about my feelings as a father on […]
Unmet Needs: I saw an unmet need some 25 years ago – marketing students using foreign textbooks with examples they can hardly relate with, so I decided to launch my first marketing book, ‘Contemporary Marketing Strategy in the Philippine Setting’. Banking on Strengths: I was an unknown 30-year old author in 1992, but I had three credentials I could bank […]
Every week, I get invited to talk about marketing in various institutes. Some student leaders are thoughtful, asking me when I would be available and proposing to adjust to my schedule. I am flattered to receive such offers; however, due to scheduling conflicts, I am forced to decline most of the time. To do my part in furthering the development […]
Chiqui Escareal-Go and I truly appreciate the people who showed up in our marketing book launch last Nov. 24, 2017 (Friday), 7pm at National Book Store Glorietta 1. Truth be told, I wanted to launch in Shangri-La Mall in Mandaluyong to avoid the crazy Friday traffic in Makati, and Mandaluyong being in the center of everyone in Metro Manila; however, National Glorietta […]
I was a judge in the final round of the recent 14th MarkProf Marketing Leadership Bootcamp Challenge — an annual event I co- founded with Ding Salvador, then ASEAN president of Johnson and Johnson. Since 2003, MarkProf annually searches for the 25 most promising young leaders from graduating college students who excel academically (grade point average of at least 85% […]
“The author is President of Xavier School Alumni Association, Past President of the Anvil Business Club and Junior Chamber International (JCI) – Manila. He is also President of Times Paints Corporation” Nov 24, 2017 via Facebook People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” — Simon Sinek The spectacularly horrendous Manila Friday traffic failed to douse the […]
Bestselling sales author Emilio Macasaet III interviewed Chiqui Escareal-Go and myself during our book launch of ‘Principles and Practices in Marketing in the Philippine Setting’ in National Book Store Glorietta 1. Below is the transcript of the Q&A last Nov. 24, 2017. Q1 : In your experience, what have been some of the biggest misconceptions about marketing? Josiah: First, the […]