Two weeks ago, I shared with you my insights from Day 1 of the Personal Branding Workshop that was held last November 7 at the Manulife office in Ortigas. Today, I will share with you what we learned during Day 2 of the workshop. In workshops like this, it is not only the students who learn from me and the brand experts, but, in fact, we learn ... [Continue Reading]
FBP 078: [AskMarv] Is it better to brand yourself or brand individual businesses?
In this episode of #AskMarv -- a portion of the Freelance Blend Podcast where I answer your most pressing questions -- I answer a great personal branding question that was asked by one of our followers via e-mail. Here is her question: Is it better to brand yourself and then mold businesses or is it better to brand individual ... [Continue Reading]
Insights from Day 1 of Personal Branding Workshop
We usually don't hold workshops from the middle of November all the way up to the end of the year because of the crazy Christmas rush. But still, we wanted to end 2015 on a high note. And I believe we did. We held one of our most successful workshops ever with the 2nd run of the Personal Branding Workshop for Freelancers and Solo ... [Continue Reading]
[New Workshop]: “Personal Branding Workshop for Freelancers and Solo Entrepreneurs” on November 7 & 14
UPDATE 2: The venue for both workshops is at: Manulife Office - 20 F Hanston Square (beside Richmonde Hotel), San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City. Click here for directions. UPDATE: Due to conflict in schedule, we are moving this workshop to November 7 for Session 1 and November 14 for Session 2. We sincerely apologize for the ... [Continue Reading]
Insights and Photos from Day 2 of the Personal Branding Workshop
We followed through with the success of Session 1 of the Personal Branding Workshop for Freelancers and Entrepreneurs, with the second and last session entitled, “Create Your Powerful and Irresistible Personal Brand”. We met our old friends from session 1 - Aimee, Tin and Mike and we were happy to welcome new participants, who already have their ... [Continue Reading]
FBP 054: Leaving a Design Agency to Become a Freelance Packaging Designer with Len Lopez of DesignCrowd
I was recently invited to attend an event by DesignCrowd, an online marketplace and crowd sourcing platform for graphic designers. I have never been at an event for graphic designers, and I felt right at home once I stepped inside the auditorium at A Space and started mingling with my fellow artists (if you could call me one :)). First, I met ... [Continue Reading]
New and Improved: Personal Branding Workshop for Freelancers and Entrepreneurs
We've received numerous requests from you -- the followers of Freelance Blend and Manila Workshops -- to move this workshop series after the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout on May 3 and for you to also have the choice to register for separate sessions (not one registration for all sessions like before). And we listened! Further, we have also ... [Continue Reading]
Workshop Update: Personal Branding Workshop has been moved.
Freelance Blend and Manila Workshops has received numerous requests to move the workshop to a later date, most likely since it will coincide with the day before the Pacquiao fight, deemed the "Fight of the Century" (and we Filipinos will need to concentrate, rest well, and pray hard the whole day before the fight :)). Also, people requested to ... [Continue Reading]
My Mentorship under Master Ginger Arboleda of MommyGinger.com and Manila Workshops
UPDATE: The Personal Branding Workshop for Freelancers and Entrepreneurs has been moved to May 16 and 23. Please go to www.freelanceblend.com/personalbranding for more details. Happy Easter to you and your family. I hope you had a meaningful observation of the Holy Week and you are ready to work on improving not only your ... [Continue Reading]
7 Lessons I Learned from “The Bull Runner” Jaymie Pizarro
I would like to share the article that I wrote for Malaya Business Insight last March 18, 2015. In case you missed it, I am posting it here on my blog. Enjoy! It’s almost been a year since I interviewed running maven and influential blogger, Jaymie Pizarro, of TheBullRunner.com for the Freelance Blend Podcast. Still, that episode has been the ... [Continue Reading]
