I have recently been invited to give a talk to school owners and principals on “How to Market Your School” and part of my talk was about the “Certified Marketing Teacher” (CMT) program, one of the advocacies of Mansmith and Fielders Inc. (Full disclosure: I am Chairman.) After the said session, many requested if I can help and share the same to […]

Previously, I wrote about the three tests of value proposition — relevance test, uniqueness test, and believability test. In this article, I will add a dimension that may affect consumers adopting your value proposition. They are called barriers and they come in many forms, such as price that is too high, lack of access, no time, no skills, or even negative attitude of consumers. Let me cite why […]

In 2019, we lost two of the most respected Taipans in the Philippines. In the top 10 of my most read marketing articles in 2019 were my tributes to the Philippines’ richest man, Henry Sy, who died on January 19, 2019 and industrialist John Gokongwei, who passed away on November 9, 2019. My top 10 marketing articles (according to the […]

I am honored to have Q&As with captains and marketing rock stars of different industries. They made time and unselfishly gave their insights in order for others to benefit from the learnings they shared. Thanks again to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippines no. 1 broadsheet, for cross posting. My top 10 Q&A (according to the number of blog readers) […]

Arlyn Mendoza started as Country Manager of Hershey’s Philippines on August 1, 2019. Prior to this, she was Sales Head of General Nutrifoods Philippines, National Sales Manager of Asia Brewery – Pascual Foods, among other companies. With the help of bestselling author Emilio Macasaet III, she has designed a route-to-market model that presents both economic and relational mechanisms with the […]

Chito Medina Cue Jr. is the general manager of Puratos in the Philippines. Puratos operates in over 100 countries with over 70 subsidiaries worldwide. In this interview, he shares with us Puratos’ continuing research on “Taste Tomorrow”, the largest global research on bakery, patisserie and chocolate. Q1: Puratos has been doing the “Taste Tomorrow” research since 2011. What new trends […]

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Author’s note: I wanted to honor God on my 500th blog entry so here is a reflection on the story of my life and what He had made me into. My grandfather criticized me for always being speechless. You transformed me as the most awarded business educator-speaker in the Philippines! My high school teacher undermined me and thought that La […]

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Emilio Aquino was at one time the youngest Director of the former Prosecution and Enforcement (PED) and Non-Traditional Securities and Instruments (NTD) Departments of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He returned to SEC as Commissioner in 2016 and was appointed Chairman in 2018, serving a seven-year term. He is the first CPA – Lawyer to chair the SEC. Through […]

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People who mourn for the loss of a loved one are typically not price-sensitive. They would spend more for a departed loved one than the budget they would have allocated for themselves. This is both good and bad. This is good in the sense that they pay final respects to the deceased. As author Dan Ariely pointed, the motivations that […]

Many companies, especially multinationals, like to talk about innovation. There are even some who include innovation as part of their core values; others even have innovation managers.   Innovation has two elements – novelty in the industry and commercial success. In other words, it’s about creating new value that benefits your intended market. Here are six anomalies that companies may […]

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