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MarkProf (www.markprof.org) is the only alumni facilitated, longest running, and free 8-day marketing training program for college students nationwide. Each year, close to 1,000 graduating student leaders with a minimum grade of 85 apply for 1 of only 25 slots. Classes start in October yearly, and are held weekly on Saturdays. MarkProfers are graded based on the quality of their […]

It’s marketing plan season once again and it is good to remind marketers that contrary to popular belief, when consumers make a buying choice, they do not decide based on marketing mix alone (product, place, promo, price) but on many other factors i.e., cultural (culture, sub-culture, social class), social (reference groups, roles and status, family), personal (age and life cycle […]

Vicky Abad brings with her 27 years of marketing and research experience in the arena of creating innovative products and solutions as well as helping build great brands. She is now Chief Client Officer for the Insights group of Kantar Philippines where she leads collaboration across Kantar operating brands to bring the best of the group to clients. Q1: In […]

Q5: Many market leaders are not brand leaders. They are bought but their emotional connection with the consumers are not strong. How does Goldilocks connect to the newer millennial consumers? A: This is a very significant point for us, because at 50 years old, Goldilocks is a Gen X company that needs to understand and engage Millennial consumers. Of course, […]

Stripe allows web developers to embed a web payment service in about five minutes, making it as easy as embedding a YouTube video. Founded by two Irish college dropouts, brothers Patrick and John Collison, who have since moved to Silicon Valley, their early investors include the founders of a competing company, PayPal, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. Stripe is disrupting […]

Aurora Mangubat-Suarez was Publisher of Summit Media before becoming an independent life coach and marketing consultant. A winner of the Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (Mansmith YMMA) in 2006, she shares her insights about her journey from being a corporate executive to a life coach focusing on women achievers. Q1: You rose from the ranks and became a magazine publisher […]

Q1: Acer is no. 1 player in the PC industry in the Philippines. How has the situation changed with smartphones getting cheaper and better, and how have you responded to slower demand to protect your PC lead? A: Acer Philippines is grateful to have sustained its No.1 post in the PC market for several years, we owe it to our […]

Josiah Go features the movers and shakers of the business world and writes about marketing, strategy, innovation, execution and entrepreneurship

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