Dorothy Dee-Ching is VP Marketing for Beauty and Personal Care of Unilever Philippines, in charge of 20+ brands in 4 categories. She won the Mansmith Young Market Masters Award (YMMA) in 2016 when she was the Marketing Director for Hair. Dorothy shares her insights about how she manages a portfolio of Unilever brands. She will share more marketing tips during […]

William ‘Bill’ Stelton is Chairman and CEO of The Bistro Group, a leading high end casual dining restaurant chain in the Philippines (with brands such as TGI Fridays, Italianni’s, Denny’s, Texas Roadhouse, Watami, Baker & Cook, Red Lobster and Hard Rock Café, among others). The Bistro Group, now with some 100 outlets nationwide, is celebrating its 25th year this year. […]

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There are 6 questions every marketer must ask, and I will tell you that and if you cannot answer any 1 of these questions, you are at risk. Question # 1 : How do you discover new truths? How do you convert these truths into big idea? Question # 2 : Do you know what NOT to do when challenging […]

Stephen Tiu is the Sales Director of Johnson and Johnson Philippines. Prior to this, he was Head of Key Accounts in J&J Philippines, Head of Channels in J&J Malaysia, and worked in Shopper Marketing in J&J China. Steve won the Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) in 2013. He will share more trends during the 10th Market Masters Conference on […]

It has been almost three months since marketing legend Edwin Totanes or fondly, ET to his colleagues returned to his Creator on November 22, 2018 (Thursday) at age 61. It was sudden and shocking as we, Mansmith consultants were just on group chat the day before and he was telling us that he will be discharged from hospital the next […]

I asked the senior marketing consultants of Mansmith and Fielders Inc. to share some key trends happening in their fields. I am providing a condensed list of their inputs below. Chiqui Escareal-Go, Anthropologist.Mansmith Chief Behavioral Strategist and Chair, Women’s Business Council Philippines. 1.    Chief Customer Experience Officer – The constant and inevitable call for customer centricity as a source of competitive […]

Samie Lim is the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Philippine Franchising Association (PFA) and the Philippine Retailers Association (PRA). He is also Chairman of Francorp Philippines and U-Franchise, the largest franchise consulting company and franchise brokerage company respectively in the Philippines. Q1: What common traits should franchisors look for in leaders within their franchisee’s organizations and why? What are […]

SteelAsia is the flagship steel company of the Philippines. Nearly one out of every two steel bars installed in construction are manufactured by SteelAsia, while about 80% of the rebar needs for infrastructure are supplied by SteelAsia. SteelAsia Chairman and CEO Benjamin Yao shares their vision in investing P100 billion on the initial of a three phase 5 year program to develop a […]

Benjamin Yao is Chairman and CEO of SteelAsia, the flagship steel company of the Philippines. SteelAsia manufactures nearly one out of every two steel bars installed in construction, and supplies about 80% of the rebar needs for infrastructure. They are investing over P100 billion on the initial of a three phase 5-year program to develop a more robust steel industry […]

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I attended the Ideas42 Behavioral Summit in New York last October 2018 which featured the who’s who in behavioral science and economics. The first session featured Daniel Pink, bestselling author of ‘Drive’, ‘To Sell is Human’ and ‘When’ who interviewed another bestselling author, Robert Cialdini, whose 1984 book ‘Influence’ sold over 2 million copies and has been translated into 30 […]

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