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Hakuna matata
In: Business
18 Sep 2009
I really admire how Hyundai made a killing in the US market mostly through clever marketing techniques. Offer a buyback option without impact on credit score to car buyers who are to lose jobs after the purchase during the [...]
Details. Details. Details. Can’t emphasize this enough. A few of my acquaintances who have just recently graduated are wondering why getting a job suddenly became so tough compared to how graduates from last year had it. Well, for one, the global economy is really shot. Most multinationals (the biggest employers in the country) have frozen [...]
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- Tags: Business, Jobs, Work
What is in it for me?
21 Jun 2009As far as organizational communication goes, this is one question that many a communicator should always take into account. Place oneself into the target audience’s shoes and ask, “What’s in it for me?”
Whenever I teach business communication, the part on which I give most emphasis always is communication planning and audience analysis. The problem [...]
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- Tags: Business, Communication, Organization, Writing
Steak and strippers
In: Business| Education| Technology| Work
27 Apr 2009Bryan (who happens to have finally launched Constant Random Change) and I have been discussing all sorts of things from technology to business. One points of our discussion was this observation on management and the technology business by former Ruby on Rails hacker Zed Shaw. Here’s his CUSEC speech where he raised these points.
A bit [...]
Towards a two-month working spree
11 Apr 2009I have formally concluded a semester of academic work after informing the department that I don’t plan on taking any more academic work. I’ve deferred my thesis work for next academic year to clear enough space in my calendar to sniff out some moneymaking opportunities.
My blogging work will be my first priority. I’m handling quite [...]
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- Tags: Academics, Business, Personal, Work
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