Week 10: Filipina Writing Project

Here's the 10th week summary of entries for the Filipina Writing Project. If you haven't submitted an entry yet, head on to our writing project page on how to join.

This effort will not be possible without the support of the DigitalFilipino.com Club. This is a community of e-commerce enthusiasts and professionals. Benefits include access to research reports, e-books, networking events, tutorials, content development, advertisement placement, among others.

We received 2 entries this week. I encourage all our readers to link to:

• Google Suggested Pinay Scandal
• Quest for Search Engine Visibility for the keyword “Filipina”

Overall
Combined with week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, we now have a total of 40 entries and writing project participants.

November 28 eyeball - I invite those who submitted an entry to the Filipina Writing Project to come and attend. We will be announcing the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still part of the draw and can win.

Filipina Writing Project Podcast

I just came out with a Filipina Writing Project podcast and encourage those who submitted Filipina entries to send me an audio file for it to be included. This podcast will also be out every Saturday. So far, I have the audio file of:

• The Portrait of a Japayuki as a Filipina
  
• Google Suggested Pinay Scandal
  
• Filipina Pride
• 3 Things You Possibly Do Not Know about the Filipina
• What is a Filipina?

You can email me the link to your audio file at digitalfilipino (at) gmail (dot) com.

If you haven't done so, I encourage you to submit your Filipina entry today!

Week 9: Filipina Writing Project

Here's the 9th week summary of entries for the Filipina Writing Project. If you haven't submitted an entry yet, head on to our writing project page on how to join.

This effort will not be possible without the support of the DigitalFilipino.com Club. This is a community of e-commerce enthusiasts and professionals. Benefits include access to research reports, e-books, networking events, tutorials, content development, advertisement placement, among others.

We received 1 entry this week. I encourage all our readers to link to:

• Long live Bb Filipinas

Overall
Combined with week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, we now have a total of 38 entries and writing project participants.

November 28 eyeball - I invite those who submitted an entry to the Filipina Writing Project to come and attend. We will be announcing the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still part of the draw and can win.

Training women entrepreneurs on e-commerce

Since 2003, I've been involved in training women entrepreneurs where I usually spend 3 to 5 days of training time per year to share my knowledge on e-commerce. This November, I shall be doing that again on November 22, 23, 26 to 29 working with the APEC Digital Opportunity Center (ADOC), University of the Philippines Institute of Small Scale Industries, and National Computer Center / Commission on Information and Communications Technology. Here is my training agenda this year:

• November 22: ICT for Business
• Introduction to E-Commerce
• Republic Act 8792: E-Commerce Law
• Internet Safety
• Electronic Evidence Handling
• Introduction to online shopping, mobile commerce, e-banking, and e-government
• Introduction to the E-Commerce Project Plan
• Guest resource:
• E-Commerce Planning and Lessons Learned (Jovel Cipriano, PinoyDelikasi)
  
  
• November 23 ICT for Advocacy
• Introduction to ICT Advocacy
• Internet and E-Learning for Advocacy (including tools)
  
  
• November 26: ICT for Communication & Research
• Introduction to Search Engines
• Introduction to Keywords
• Tips for finding the Information you need online
  
  
• November 27: ICT for Communication & Research
• Introduction to Information Research Tracking
• Tools for Information Research Tracking
• RSS
• Alerts
• Information Research Result Communication
• online collaboration tools
• wiki
• blogs
• podcast/vlogs
• Guest resource:
• Blogs as your network to the world (Dine Racoma)
  
• Using online collaboration tools and blogs
• setting up
• posting content
• citation guidelines
  
  
• November 28: ICT For Business
• How to promote your Business through the Internet
• E-mail marketing
• Blog marketing
• Search engine marketing
• Directory submissions
• Writing press releases
• Guest resource:
• Internet Marketing: Yehey! Experience (Jonas Delos Reyes, Yehey!)
• Mobile Marketing (Erick Kalugdan, GiveMeUnlimited)
• Google Advertising Case Studies for SMEs (Aileen Apolo, Google)
  
• How to accept online payments for your business
• Forms of payment
• Examples of online payment
• Comparative research
• Checking for fraud
  
  
• November 29: ICT for Business
• E-Commerce Project Planning (continuation)
• Developing a Content Plan
• Platform evaluation
• Risk Management
• Budgeting
  

Memories:

• APEC E-Biz Training for Women SMEs (2004)
  

Week 8: Filipina Writing Project

Here's the 8th week summary of entries for the Filipina Writing Project. If you haven't submitted an entry yet, head on to our writing project page on how to join.

This effort will not be possible without the support of the DigitalFilipino.com Club. This is a community of e-commerce enthusiasts and professionals. Benefits include access to research reports, e-books, networking events, tutorials, content development, advertisement placement, among others.

We received 2 entries this week. I encourage all our readers to link to:

• Biking Moves These Filipinas
  
• Filipinas: Tres Marias

Overall
Combined with week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, we now have a total of 37 entries and writing project participants.

November 28 eyeball - I invite those who submitted an entry to the Filipina Writing Project to come and attend. We will be announcing the 10 winners on this day who will get US$100 each. Of course, those who can't make it are still part of the draw and can win.