Business Model Map of a Low-Cost Carrier (Decoded by Josiah Go) Let’s begin by examining a scenario where superb marketing is coupled with an insufficient business model during the entry of budget airlines into the industry Case 1: Philippine Airlines (PAL) smartly offered different classes – first, business, and economy – to suit various travelers’ needs. PAL also emphasized their sterling […]

Understanding the Differences: Market-driven strategy and market-driving strategy are two distinct approaches to marketing as a strategic function. Although the term “market-driving strategy” might raise some eyebrows, it is essential to recognize the disparities between these two methodologies. Market-driven strategy, the more conventional approach employed by 99% of firms, emphasizes understanding and responding to identified customer needs within existing or […]

Last 2015, we conducted a survey on  the ‘hirability’ of fresh graduates with the marketing heads of some of the biggest companies in the Philippines. We thank Albet Buddahim, vice president and chief marketing officer of the Primer Group of Companies, and Ampy Rio, chief marketing officer of Nutriasia, for answering our updated edition. Q1: When hiring fresh graduates for brand marketing work, what […]

As an entrepreneur, it’s important to ask the right questions to your mentors and consultants.But what happens when you ask the wrong questions? This is the case for one entrepreneur who sought the advice of marketing mentor Josiah Go during one of his weekly one-on-onepublic service mentoring. After the entrepreneur explained her declining business situation, she asked Josiah Go with […]

I have been mentoring entrepreneurs for close to two decades, I have found that they can grow their business much faster when they broaden and strengthen their appreciation of the different parts of a business more holistically. Some of these include: ***** Check out the weekly Zoom mentoring schedule of Josiah Go on the Facebook page of Day 8 Business […]

(Left to right: Chiqui Escareal-Go, Sam Christopher Lim, Emilio Macasaet III, Josiah Go)  Last November 29, 2022, National Book Store and the Shangri-La Mall sponsored a talk and book signing event featuring four bestselling business authors who gave marketing tips for 2023.  Marketing Anthropologist Chiqui Escareal-Go focused on how consumer behaviors can be quite unpredictable, being both rational and irrational; […]

In 2022, the most read articles (according to the  number of readers) in my blog josiahgo.com reveal interest in diverse themes.  Choice topics cover both current events such as the election campaign in the first quarter of the year, as well as recurring marketing concerns on pricing and customer satisfaction.   I also observed how over the years, most readers want to refresh […]

Life insurance was once an uncomfortable service to discuss, but it has now turned into something that can easily be bought online. Insular Life, operating since 1910, is the first and biggest Filipino life insurance company and the only mutual company in the Philippines, with total assets currently over P143 billion. It markets various insurance products (personal, life, educational, health, […]

John Aguilar is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and host of the business reality TV show The Final Pitch.  He was a winner of the 2nd Mansmith Innovation Awards in the business model category. His new book “The Art and Science of the Pitch” cites valuable lessons, tips and techniques he picked up from years of producing and hosting the […]

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