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Whether your selling products, offering your services, or would like to make yourself known about who you are and what you do as a professional, building your social media presence is a must! Obviously, social media is competing with the television, if not, it already outshine it in terms of relevancy, time consumption, and attention. People spend more time now browsing their social media feeds than watching television or listening to the radio. It's undeniable how powerful social media have become. But what exactly is it and what is social media marketing? Why do you need it and why do you need to pay attention managing your social media sites? Here are the briefest answers to these questions: social media allows the creation of interactive moments with your customers or prospect clients. Social media marketing helps you drive traffic to your site (if you have one) and convert leads to qualified sales or the equivalent. It can single-handedly replace expensive and old mar...

If there is one word that may differentiate success from failure, that would be discipline . It is a chasm that separates the achiever and non-achiever. We've read about it many times in various articles and books about career, business, and personal development; that it's almost a cliché. It’s a big word, and just like honesty, it can sometimes be considered a lonely word. Most of us struggle on implementing a certain kind of discipline in our lives, like money and time. Admittedly, many of us had times that we feel so enthusiastic executing our plans only to lose our fire in just a couple of days or weeks. We then go back to our old ways or resort to giving up.  Even though we know deep inside that we can make our dreams a reality. We aspire and hope that we can be more disciplined with our everyday choices.  Yet if we really want to achieve something, then the only way to make it, is to do something about it! Waiting for the perfect time is just pure lazin...

Photo by Jolly Guy When I was planning this day trip, the highlight was supposed to be Mt. Pinagbanderahan. Spelunking and trekking to Bantakay Falls should be the side-trips. But an adventure is never complete without a drama. Consequently, it didn't go as planned. Not to mention, my companions definitely did not imagine how it's going to be, either. Unlike the famous Province of Rizal, Quezon's mountains aren't frequented by travelers coming from the Metro. And it is even though the province clock in some of the most preserved natural spectacles in Luzon. Ergo, I hope this post will somehow deviate the load of hikers visiting the popular mountains near Metro Manila; mainly because of the alarming deterioration of these landscapes. Some people throw trash everywhere, the floras and faunas are dying, the trails are eroding, and the campsites and summits are commercialized! I encourage you to please keep in mind the " Leave No Trace Seven Principles ...