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MTV Emerge Supports Filipino Music Artists

I was so impressed when I first found out about

MTV Emerge as having a platform to showcase local talent is rare these days. I hope the site will allow embedding of videos in the future as that will be helpful in promoting their wor… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on November 15, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Thinking of DigitalFilipino Skin & My Globe Tattoo Experience

I own two Globe Tattoo broadband usb sticks. The first one I got during my stint as one of the volunteer Purple Crew to help out those joining the Yahoo Purple Hunt last July. Received the second one as a token in accepting a sponsored award… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on November 5, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Viral Ideas: Do Filipinos Love the Philippines?

My column topic today is all about Jaeyoun Kim's essay about the Philippines. It was written back in September 2003 and still circulating the Internet today in various blogs, forums, and even featured by columnists of various publications (Manila Times,… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on October 29, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Judging phase begins tonight: DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2009

Many thanks to everyone who casted their nomination in the DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2009. The judging phase begins tonight at 7 pm. Club members in active standing (updated with their… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on October 20, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Looking for glass trophy supplier

With the DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2009 about to start its judging process by October 20, I have an urgent task of finding a good trophy supplier who can replicate the design we had in 2007 or suggest something better (can't… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on September 30, 2009 at 7:40am — No Comments

How to donate via SMS to help typhoon victims

Donate to the Red Cross Rescue and Relief Operations. Text: Red AMOUNT to 2899 (Globe) or 4483 (Smart). The AMOUNT can be 10, 25, 50 or 100. Continue

Added by Janette Toral on September 27, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

Call for nomination: DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards 2009

The 3rd DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards aims to advocate the use of Internet and e-Commerce for business development, through the identification, promotion, and highlighting of best e-Commerce practices from various websites in the Philippines. Websites in over fort… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on September 19, 2009 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

making Blogging from Home accessible to everyone

Hi everyone. I just like to share with you that the Blogging from Home book is now posted online and can be read by everyone. This also includes 9 demonstration videos and 2 podcast to complement the learning material.

Find more videos like this on DigitalFilipino.com Social Network… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on September 6, 2009 at 6:35pm — No Comments

DigitalFilipino Bloggers Roadshow & Philippines Top 100 Blogs for 1st half 2009

One of the reports we shared in our October 2008 bloggers roadshow was Ratified.org's Philippine Top 100 Blogs for 2008 that looks into blogs that have achieved great growth last year. For the 2009 e-commerce / bloggers roadshow series that will kick off in Bacolod this July 4, the Philippines Top 100 Blogs for the 1st half of 2009 report will be divulged. I'm exci… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on June 24, 2009 at 11:24am — No Comments

Winners: Race to 100 Social Networking Competition

Let me thank everyone who joined our Race to 100 Social Networking Competition. As of last count, we only have two winners to date. They are: 1. Mariel Emberga - 2334 verified accounts 2. Jinky Acosta - 115 verified accounts Congratulations Mariel and Jinky. Kindly get in touch with me so I can already give your 3G phones. I also would like to share with you the news that your Red Mobile sim now work… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on May 20, 2009 at 2:48pm — No Comments

Chip in to the DigitalFilipino Social Networking Awards

My sincerest thanks to everyone who helped in nominating entries for the DigitalFilipino Social Networking Awards. We just finished our judging phase, informed the winners, and now getting the trophies done. Being a new award, it was a challenge to find sponsors who will find this project worth supporting. Nevertheless, we are all systems go in recognizing our winners on April 24. Any assistance you can extend t… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on April 17, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Top Social Networking Sites in the Philippines series - Yahoo!

As I mentioned in my column last March 26, there are many tools online where you can create a profile and connect with friends. To make it worthwhile, I avoid, whenever possible, to post the same thing through all my profiles unless I am campaigning something really important for me. To further support that piece, I would like to share with you the top social networking sites that are popular in the Philippines. Let us start with the… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on April 12, 2009 at 5:02pm — 2 Comments

Getting into social network advertising

I have been a user of Google AdWords for quite sometime now. But as clients began using social networking more, it created new opportunities to use the site as a medium to tap markets. Last week, a Google AdWords managed account client of mine agreed to re-align the budget for one to two months to try out Facebook Advertising.

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Added by Janette Toral on April 12, 2009 at 12:10pm — 2 Comments

Recovering from a bad publicity

Last March 12, I wrote a column piece about "guarding your reputation online" and highlighted various ways to keep track. Also gave a few tips on how to investigate further. At the minimum, I believe that there are two ways to recover from any bad publicity online. This includes: 1. Have a standard answer Although each answer may yield to further questions but just have a simple one that focuses on the issue at… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on April 12, 2009 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Benefits & challenges on sending money through social networks

(Note that this topic will be discussed in the Micro-payments session at the 2nd Social Networking and eBusiness Conference this April 23.) Last month, I shared the news about Friendster being the first social network to integrate a send money feature in user profiles working with Globe GCash.… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on March 25, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

More than 600,000 Filipinos logon to Facebook daily

I often get asked how many Filipinos are there in Facebook. Checking out AllFacebook of Philippines-based users yields around 611,000 to 612,000 logon everyday since March 1.

Majority of that are women at 353,000. Majorit… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on March 19, 2009 at 3:00am — 8 Comments

Azrael Coladilla to deliver User Keynote Address at 2nd Social Networking & eBusiness Conference 2009

The voting is over and I'd like to extend my warmest congratulations to Azrael Coladilla for being chosen to deliver the User Keynote Address in the upcoming Social Networking & eBusiness Conference this April 24.

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Added by Janette Toral on March 16, 2009 at 6:56am — 5 Comments

Azrael Coladilla leads & last vote call for keynote speaker - Social Networking & eBusiness Conference (March 15)

Social networker and active multimedia blogger Azrael Coladilla is currently leading in terms of votes as user keynote speaker in the upcoming Social Networking & Business Conference this April 23 & 24. Some last minute adjustment to this voting. Based on the current number of votes received, we are only getting one user keynote speaker who will… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on March 13, 2009 at 11:45am — 3 Comments

Do Telcos get it? Mobile Blogging & Social Networking

Lately, I've seen telecommunication companies get into mobile blogging and social networking as I mentioned in my Sun.Star column last February 5. In order for this to take off, users will have to get used with the idea of mobile blogging, including taking photos and videos, and learn how to maximize their… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on March 12, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

What drives community growth?

In my Sun.Star column last January 28, I featured BabyCentral, a website for new parents. The site was only launched last December 1, 2008 and reached up to 4000 registered members as of end January. To this end, it prompts me the question on what has driven community growth for the said website. Some factors, I noticed, are: 1. Tied up to a publication name. Readers of Baby Magaz… Continue

Added by Janette Toral on March 12, 2009 at 9:31am — 4 Comments