What used to be a feast day of a martyred saint is now a celebration or expression of romantic love and admiration. Gifts, such as flowers, and chocolates are most common, accompanied by variations of “I Love You” messages, including number codes such as 143, 831, 721, 224 among others. Some people find Valentines Day as yet another opportunity for […]

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 new business and growth strategies. They are Mariel Chavez, Brand Director of Procter & Gamble and YMMA Awardee for Brand Management, Kim Lato, CEO, Founder & President of Kimstore Enterprise Corporation and YMMA Awardee for Entrepreneurial Marketing, and Marvin Tiu Lim, Chief Growth and […]

Historically, winning a presidential election, like winning market leadership in the marketplace, entails a lot of mass media advertising to be top of mind. The basic idea is you convert positive thought leadership into market leadership.  Early presidentiable favorites in 2016, then Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe landed number four and number three, respectively in the final tally, […]

I encountered this Korean series in Netflix after I was done with Start-Up, another Korean series. I got curious since the actor who played the character of Mr. Han who was a mentor in Start-Up, also played a major role in Strongest Deliveryman.  One of the new things I discovered is that food deliveries in South Korea involve using the […]

In June 2017, I launched a pioneering seminar “5 Skills of Master Strategists” after finding commonalities in the successful approaches of CEOs when in comes to strategy formulation and execution. The 5 skills are sensemaking, innovating, influencing, executing and discovering. I started interviewing CEOs, CMOs and award-winning young marketers in my blog since May 9, 2014, although I have featured dozens of […]

Publicly-listed Agrinurture Founder Antonio Tiu is launching plant-based meat substitute products in 2020. Mr. Tiu is a former adjunct faculty member of the De La Salle University, a recipient of EY Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2009 and the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines in 2011. In this interview, he shares with us the importance of eating the right kind of food. […]

Gary Carandang is an entrepreneur and senior consultant of Corporate Achievers Institute (COACH). Prior to this, his corporate life includes being VP Commercial of Republic Cement, Key Account Director and Commercial Unit Director of Coca-Cola Femsa, National Sales Trade Director of Mead Johnson, VP Sales of Nestle where he was expatriated in Switzerland for a year and a half. Gary […]

I invited our team in Mansmith and Fielders Inc to share some of the marketing trends and insights they expect to happen more in 2020 and each shared one major point. I have included mine last.  Chiqui Escareal-Go, Chief Behavioral Strategist – Purpose, including brand purpose will increasingly become center of strategy, not as an add on. As consumers become […]

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

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