We are reminded to return to the basics during crises or when business seems to be at a dead end. For example, we may all be familiar with Newton’s third law of motion, which states for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In business, this might make us think of what outcomes to expect when we execute […]
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Q1: What made you decide to be an entrepreneur? A: I’ve been working for 25 years. I started as an engineer and rose to VP operations. I saw how I was able to make my previous employers financially successful because of my technical, selling and managerial and administrative skills and experience. I was not getting any younger and I just […]
Q1: You recently returned from working in Beijing. Can you tell us about the Online TV phenomenon in China? A1: China is the largest smart phone market and with the biggest number of internet users in the world. With such scale and having around 40% of its population under 30, this generation has all but abandoned TV with more than […]
Q1: You are an industrial engineer and you started as a methods officer in the finance function in 1977 for Unilever (then PRC). How did this influence your thinking process in your long career in Customer Development? A: Industrial engineering, in my view, is the application of science in business. The professional advance of Customer Development (previously called Sales) from […]
Q1 Question to Max VP for Asia Joey Sarmiento: Using layman’s terms, what is pyramiding and what’s the main difference between legitimate multilevel marketing (MLM) and pyramiding? Answer: Network marketing or MLM is a legitimate mode of business wherein products are sold via person to person selling instead of the traditional way of selling from a fixed retail location; the objective is to sell products […]
Schools can benefit from changing their perspective with regards to how they operate. The following cases will show that even schools have something to learn. The Zero Moment-of-Truth Over a decade ago, I volunteered to help my eldest son look for a computer school and was told by one popular school that while they offered computer courses and was definitely […]
Last July 2012, I was blessed to be invited to speak at both the Asiannovation Conference of the Philippine Marketing Association (PMA), and the Franchise Asia Convention of the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA). I talked about marketing innovation in PMA while I talked about premium branding in PFA. In both talks, though I presented several marketing case studies, there was […]
Q1: As someone who rose from the ranks, what are some of your most unforgettable experiences while starting out as a rookie? A: Fresh from college, I joined Gillette as a sales trainee where all new recruits were required to survive the grueling 6-month long boot camp training. Each month, at least one trainee would be sent home for not […]
Most of the things I have done in marketing and for the marketing industry can be called accidental if not for my single-minded focus on how I “live” marketing – from personal branding and positioning, to customer market segmentation and customer understanding, to love and passion for what I do. Writing books for example, is no mean feat. I turned out […]
Q1. You have different pizza brands – Jimini Whole Pizza for kids, Pizza Pedricos for sharing with barkada or family, and Santino’s Supreme Slice, a grab & go slice pizza brand for the budget-conscious & time-starved individuals. What were the opportunities you saw or the insights you uncovered that led to the development of each of these brands? We started […]