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 […]

I get the most number of new ideas by attending learning events organized by reputable organizers with track records of delivering quality content. By simply listening to different perspectives of speakers or panelists who have been-there, done-that, I get inspired with their possibility thinking.  I build on their ideas, connect a missing piece of a puzzle, or get triggered with […]

(First row from left: Patron, Santos, Suarez, Vega, Chua, Corrales, Encarnacion. Second row from left: Gerodias, Nacpil, Co, Tiu, Keh, Valencia, Evardone) Advocacy-based Mansmith and Fielders Inc. revealed the  14 winners for the 17th Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) 2022.  The Mansmith YMMA is the most sought-after recognition for young marketers and entrepreneurs, 35 years old and below, and the […]

Clockwise: Backy Baquiran, Jeffrey Go, Joy Isla, Michael Tan Four senior executives were awarded for their excellence in mentorship at the 4th Mansmith Market Masters Awards. The award is the first and only mentoring recognition for senior marketers, based not on corporate performance, but on the winners’ mentoring of Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA) recipients, the first and only […]

At the recently concluded 16th Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA), we asked three of the marketing rockstars to share about digital marketing. They are Mar Corazo, Global Digital Marketing Manager of Unilever Foods & Refreshments and YMMA Awardee for Digital Marketing, Kaye Enriquez, Partner of CBR and YMMA Awardee for Digital Business Building, and Marie Ces “Patet” de Guzman, Digital Marketing Manager of Primer […]

At the recently concluded 16th Mansmith Young Market Masters Awards (YMMA), we asked three of the marketing rockstars to share about formulating compelling marketing strategy. They are Mark Alvarez, Managing Director (Philippines) of InSites Consulting and YMMA Awardee for Insighting, Camille Ang, Group Manager of Marketing and Demand of GrowSari and YMMA Awardee for Marketing Management, and Gian Louis Yap, Brand Director of Procter & […]

Cherrie Atilano is the Founding Farmer and CEO of AGREA Agricultural Systems, an innovative, inclusive, for-purpose agri-business enterprise anchored on an Ecology of Dignity: sustainable agriculture, fair-trade, and a replicable model of an agri-based economy. She is currently an Ambassador of Food Security at the Department of Agriculture. In 2018, she was awarded one of The Outstanding Young Men and Women […]

I would like to emphasize three important basic points in marketing that we all need to remember, pandemic or no pandemic. 1. The right understanding The minimum dimension must be met before determining dimension can be exploited. This means one should satisfy customers’ needs before wants. For instance, for food delivery businesses, delicious food is a must have before the convenience […]

In 2007, Mansmith and Fielders Inc. started the Marketing Rescue advocacy as a tie up public service project with Entrepreneurs Magazine. The Marketing Rescue event was arranged with the magazine’s then publisher, Neil Palabrica. It was organized as a free live event, with me answering questions sent in by their readers ahead of time. It went on like that for a few […]

In 2010, we celebrated two milestones! Chiqui Escareal-Go and I wrote a book called “The WE Entrepreneur” which became a National Book Store bestseller and we also co-founded Day 8 Business Academy as the social enterprise subsidiary of Mansmith and Fielders Inc. to benefit small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). We coined “The WE Entrepreneur” to pertain to that whose approach to entrepreneurship is “whole” […]

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

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