CONGRATS TO MY BROTHER! HE'S NOW A REGISTERED NURSE!!!! YEY!

JHON MARK IVAN CONSISTENTE SILVOSA, RN


YEY! CONGRATULATIONS!

AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

Mindanao Times Published My Article! :D

YEY! I'm so happy... hehehe though late ko na nalaman na na-publish pala article ko, okay lang... hehehehe

I submitted the said article last Feb. 06, 2009, and was published by Mindanao Times on Feb. 07, 2009. Ngayon lang ako na inform when S. Maria Corazon Agda RVM, Dean of College of UIC told me that she have read what I've written. I was surprised with what S. Cora said. Then I texted Ms. Amy to confirm and she replied "Yeah. It's published."

I was a li'l bit sad because I haven't secured a copy of the said issue, so I texted Ms. Amy if I can visit the office and get a copy of the Feb 07 issue and she replied with a "no problem, punta ka sa office"

And now, may copy na ako... hehehehehe

So happy, hope to write more and publish more... heheheehe

I can't find the link of my article via Mindanao Times website... hehehe

But I have a link here with my multiply and wordpress so that you also could read it... hehehe

Here:

http://johnsilvosa.multiply.com/journal/item/100/A_Strange_World

http://johnsilvosa.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/a-strange-world/


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Baby-Faced Boy Is Father @ 13

BOY dad Alfie Patten yesterday admitted he does not know how much nappies cost — but said: “I think it’s a lot.”

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Loving Life

I should not regret any day of my life...

Good days give me happiness...

Bad days give me experiences..

Happiness keep me SWEET..

Trials make me STRONG..

Sorrows keep me HUMAN..

Failures make me HUMBLE..

Success keeps me GLOWING..

Celebrate everyday and never forget to smile... smile and smile.... :D

A LOVE STORY--- grammar lessons 2

I thought Jay’s ex-girlfriend was really out of our lives. But heaven only goes that I was wrong.
Kakakasal pa lang namin nun when Jay received a uninamous text. "Meet me at the clinic." I had a stinking feeling in my butt. I told him not to go. It might in danger him. Pero sabi niya, ok lang daw because life is what we make. Tumahimik lang ako. Sabi niya, "Penny for you talks." But I didn’t know what to say. Beggars can’t be losers. Isa pa, worried talaga ako na baka yung girl yun. Jay said, "Can’t got your tongue?" I tried to smile at him. Kahit di ako nagsalita, actions speak louder than works, di ba?

Be that as is may, umalis pa rin siya. I was out of the loophole. After a few hours, I called him on his cellphone. But my calls fell on Jeff’s ears. Lalo akong nag-worry kasi I didn’t even know Jeff. Sabina nga ba di na dapat umalis si Jay. That’s what I’m talking about it.
So I tried calling some friends who will help me find Jay. That’s what friends are for naman di ba? But I just faced a blank mall. I had to do this alone.

Nag-taxi na lang ako. Pero ang mahal na pala ng plugdown rate.
When I got to the clinic, the security was really buffed up. Di basta-basta makakapasok. So I said, "I beg your cordon. I’m patient.It’s my favorite virtue nga e." Nagduda yata yung isang guard. Hinawakan ako sa arm. The nerd! I shouted, "Don’t touch me not!"
Buti na lang the other guards were nice and said, "Come on, let’s join us."
When I went inside, parang I’ve been there, done there. Nung walang nakatingin, nag-explore ako.

Nakarating ako sa top floor and I had a bird’s IQ of the clinic. I could not explain it but I was drawn to a room on the floor. Siguro Divine Intermission na yun.

Parang may narinig akong umuungol. I was thorn. Di ko alam kung aalis ba ako o papasukin ko. It made me stick in the stomach to think thatJay and his ex-girlfriend were there. I tried to tell myself to slower my expectations. But to tell with it! I had to strike while the iron is not. I had to hear the truth from the corpse’s mouth. I barraged in. O my gas! Si Jay, naka-strap sa operating table, parang genie pig sa isang nakakatakot na experiment. He was on the cutting edge. He was bleeding. At ang doctor na nagpapahirap sa kanya, ang ex-girlfriendniya at ang bago nitong boyfriend, ang nurse na si Walter. Doon ko napatunayang blood is thicker than Walter.

Guess watch? Di ko alam kung paano ko nagawa pero I was able to search and rescue Jay. Siguro adrenaline brush na yun.

Now, he’s recovering. Nag-sorry siya na hindi siya nakinig sa akin. Iknow it’s a better pill to swallow your fried so it’s forgive and forget me not. All swell that end swell. I know we should kiss and puton makeup.

Ang ex-girlfriend naman niya at si Walter, nakakulong na. Detention isreally better than cure. So the moral of the lesson is: if symptoms persist, insult your doctor.

A LOVE STORY--- grammar lessons

We\\\’ ve been friends for a long time ago। We come from the same alma mother. Actually, our paths crossed one time on another. But it\\\’s only now that I gave him a second look. I realized that beauty is in the eyes. The pulpbits of my heart went fast, really fast. Cute pala siya. And then, he came over with me. He said, \\\"I hope you don\\\’t mine. Can I get your number?\\\" Nag-worry ako. What if he doesn\\\’t give it back? He explained naman na it\\\’s so we could keep intact daw. Sabi ko, connect me if i\\\’m wrong but are you asking me ouch? Nabigla siya. Sagot niya, The! Aba! Parang siya pa ang galit! Persona ingrata!!! Ang kapal niya! I cried buckles of tears.Na-guilty yata siya. Sabi niya, isipin mo na lang na this is a blessing in the sky. Irregardless daw of his feelings, we\\\’ll go ouch na rin.

Now, we\\\’re so in love. Mute and epidemic na ang past. Thanks God we swallowed our fried. Kasi, I\\\’m 33 na and I\\\’m running our time. After 2 weeks, he plopped the question. \\\"Will you marriage me?\\\" I\\\’m in a state of shocked. Kasi mantakin mo, when it rains, it\\\’s four! This is true good to be true. So siyempre, I said yes. Love is a many splendor.Pero nung inaayos ko na ang aming kasal, everything swell to pieces.

Nag-di-dinner kami noon nang biglang sa harap ng aming table, may babaeng humirit ng, \\\"Well, well, well. Look do we have here.\\\" What the fuss! The nerd ng babaeng yon! She said they were still on. So I told her, whatever is that, cut me some slacks! I didn\\\’t want this to get our hand kaya I had to sip it in the bud. She accused me of steeling her boyfriend. Ats if! I don\\\’t want to portrait the role of the other woman. Gosh, tell me to the marines! I told her, \\\"please, mine you own business!\\\" Who would believe her anyway?Dahil it\\\’s not my problem anymore but her problem anymore, tumigil na rin siya ng panggugulo. Everything is coming up daisies. I\\\’m so happy.

Even my boyfriend said liketwice. He\\\’s so supportive. Sabi niya, \\\"Look at is this way. She\\\’s our of our lives.\\\"Kaya advise ko sa inyo - take the risk. You can never can tell. Just burn the bridge when you get there. Life is shorts. If you make a mistake, we\\\’ll just pray for the internal and external repose of your soul. I second emotion.

A Strange World

(Realizations of a once-in-a-while KID)

It has been said that in every stage in our life, we face a different world wherein the sum of our valuable learning will be applied. Every phase of our life entails a story that only us could make and only us could master to narrate. Every experience is a history that somehow would teach us on how to handle different situations. Thus, something strike into my mind saying that in every stage, every phase, every experience, it creates a total strange world for us to enter and battle with.

My childhood days is over. The cup of ice cream with a lollipop is no longer a thing for me. Those robots are no longer used but rather displayed. Matchboxes and different toy cars doesn't seem to matter hitherto. But it implies something that somehow molded me: that even if those stuffs do not matter as how it mattered before, the history will tell a story of what and who I was, and what I have become and who I am at this very moment.

I grew up with an orientation that concerns the world of politics. No wonder that the goal sculpted in my mind is to become one of those people combating just to be seated, just to be called Congressman, Senator, Mayor, and be labeled Honorable. But as I started to internalize, think, and ponder on things, I saw something different, something not-so-good, something immoral, something not acceptable.

Before I viewed politics as a ground for true and genuine personalities to offer their selves to be with the people in solving economic problems and ensuring good life for all its respondents. But the time I was able to meet Mr. “politics” I was devastated. Much to my disappointment that this world of politics is an arena of killers and public traitors (of course not all, but almost all). They combat for greed, fame, money, and the rest of its evilness rather than for what they have promised “to be a public servant.” Serving for the purpose of personal interest is a total contradiction to what is expected from a person who is said to be a public servant.

I've known politics in a different desired manner. But I've met it in its real and present scenario, and to tell you, its better to eat a slimy worm than eat politics. Its poisonous! I don't know why people who are said to be the servant of all are blinded with the spark of gold, tempted with pork barrels, fascinated with corruption. Disappointing. So devastating.

For how many times, I told myself not to talk about politics, not to write about politics, and not caring at all. But it's a difficult thing for me to do. Why? For a simple reason that I just can't sit and do nothing, say nothing, express nothing, and care nothing. When you do nothing, what's the use of being a living thing? A rational human being? A responsible citizen? A Filipino! We have to speak for us to be heard. We have to act for us to see motion. We have to move for them to realize that we are not blind with certain things that are happening. It's more than a responsibility, it's adherence to the sense of patriotism: love for our co-citizen and for this country as a whole.

I am a youth, I am a dreamer, I am a visionary, and I am one of those who hopes and pray for this country to change! I may not know the real solution, but in my heart I know change is possible. One country with one vision will definitely take us to heights of sensation and greatness. Unity is what I'm trying to say. Unity is the key to fight corruption, unity is the a strength to win over poverty, unity is the answer to those who are in war, unity and only unity! Being united will draw us near to what we want to achieve and to what we want this country to be.

Let's be one. Let's be one! Let's be one in changing this society, this country, for the better and for what is right. Let this country be not strange but rather a desirable one. Let's make this country something we can be proud of, with a political system we can be grateful about.


God be with us!

Desiderata (desired things) by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

:D

Bucas Grande, Siargao

Mushroom-shaped limestone rocks, green with foliage, sprout from its shimmery blue waters. Bucas Grande bears a striking resemblance to the Rock Islands of Palau in Micronesia. (Suspected they were twins separated at birth!):D

From here, get on a kayak and paddle through Sohoton Cave, the sole entrance that leads to an enormous labyrinth of a lagoon. There are many nooks and crannies to explore. If you are that adventurous, you can swim with your guide through an underwater tunnel which leads to a hidden cave.

Amazing right? :)

Siargao's Sunset

Experience the best of the Philippine Islands as you visit Siargao. Found on the eastern shoreline of the Philippines, facing the Pacific Ocean and the Philippine Deep, Siargao offers virtually the best of what this country has to offer -- coral reef islets, white sand beaches, emerald lagoons, mangrove rivers, palm trees, rice fields, rainforests, cliffs, and caves.

Now who’s in for a more exciting and adventurous trip? Having the title as the Surfing Capital of the Philippines, tourists and locals alike flock to ride on the great waves that hit the Siargao coasts.

During southwest or Habagat monsoon from August to November, Siargao surfing reaches its peak as the wind goes offshore.

General Luna is known to the world as one of the best surfing destinations in Siargao for its thick, perfect, hollow tubes that international surfers call it a special wave. The provincial government sponsors the annual Siargao Cup held in Cloud 9. Best surfers from around the world gather here just to experience the perfection of this great wave.

Where else in the world would you want to go? Definitely, only Siargao can give the most of your vacation.

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WHAT IS LOVE? I Don't Know

What is the one emotion that has everyone mystified? What is the one emotion that has started as many wars as it has ended? What emotion has had more plays, songs, and stories written about it than anything else? Love, that one emotion that makes enemies into friends and friends into enemies. So many legends surround this emotion, from the goddess Athena and Helen of Troy to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Love comes in so many different levels, that it doesn't appear to be the same emotion at all, but it is. There is so much to love, that it will be hard to put into this simple essay. It can tear people apart and make us do irrational things to bringing together entire nations. What can this emotion not do? It's hard to tell, but there is a lot it can.

This emotion, bring tears to our eyes when something happens to our family members, friends, and pets. When we feel love ripped from us, as in death or being spurned by another, we do things we wouldn't normally do, such as go on violent rampages, or mourn to the extent that our loved ones have to watch us constantly to make sure we don't try anything like suicide. Some can move on, always remembering the lost loved one after a while, but others can not let go. These are the ones that need our love and support the most.

There are so many levels to love, that I can only express a few of them here. These are the ones we see most in life. Friendship starts this list off. Yes, it doesn't seem like it, but we do feel love towards our friends, this is what helps us get along so well, and why we miss them when we don't see our friends for a long time. It's also why we hold certain friends over others no matter what happens. Sometimes, the bond between friends deepens to the point where a stronger bond of love is made, making them family.

Another level of love, are for our siblings and other family members. Even though we do things to our family members, and sometimes we don't like some of our family, that bond is still there. It's this family bond level of love that brought about the phrase, blood is thicker than water. We will do things for our brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, and children before we would even consider doing them for anyone else. Many wars have been started because of this family level, brother avenging brother or father, father protecting his wife and children, or even vice versa. This simple family bond can even extend to include our pets, amazingly enough, and that is a good thing.

A third level to love, is the bond that brings man and woman together. This level is among the strongest of them all. It is this level of love that has brought together kingdoms into nations in the past, and ended many great wars. It's is also for the love of a woman that has started a few of our well-known wars, like the Trojan Wars of ancient times. It's brought together families that have argued for years and years, such as in the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet. Even though the two mentioned killed themselves in the end, it still brought their families together.

The last mentionable level of love is that bond between a mother and her children. There is no stronger, nor will there ever be. This bond starts from the very first tiny fluttering of movement and never ends, even after death of the child. A mother protects her children in the name of love, and directs them through life using it as the example to follow. Well, at least it should be. It's because of her children a mother will work at a job she hates, just to make sure they have everything they could ever want or need.

The phrase, love makes the world go round is very true. It's is our driving force, for what ever reason it may be. Poems, plays, and legends can only briefly touch the true meaning of love. We can only feel what that meaning is, and express it in ways only we can understand towards another. The true question we should be asking is not, what is life, but what is love.

What is love? I don't know, but I'll do what I can to express it in the best possible way that I can.

LOVE as defined by GREAT AUTHORS

Shakespeare
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs,
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes,
Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers' tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall and a preserving sweet.
William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet, Romeo and Juliet

Plato
At the touch of love every one becomes a poet, even though he had no music.
Plato, 428-347 b.C., Greek philosopher, Symposium


He whom love touches not walks in darkness.
Plato, 428-347 b.C., Greek philosopher, Symposium

Aristotle
To love is to rejoice

Aristotle, 384-322 b.C., Greek philosopher, The Nicomachean Ethics

Victor Hugo
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.
Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer, Les Miserables

Seneca
You might say that love is friendship gone mad.
Seneca, 4 a.C.-65 d. C., Roman philosopher and politician, Letters to Lucilius

There can be no doubt that the desire lovers have for each other is not so very different from friendship – you might say it was friendship gone mad.
Seneca, 4 a.C.-65 d. C., Roman philosopher and politician, Letters to Lucilius


Santayana
The most ideal human passion is love, which is also the most absolute and animal and one of the most ephemeral.
George Santayana, 1863-1952, American philosopher, Reason in Religion

Novalis
Love is the supreme poetry of nature.

F. Novalis, 1722-1801, German writer, Heinrich von Ofterdingen

Bible, Corinthians
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs; it does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth; it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.
Bible, Corinthians 13


Alberoni
The love passion is the dawning state of collective movement of two beings.

Francesco Alberoni, Italian essayist, Le choc amoureux

Saint-Exupéry
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction
A. Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1944, French writer, Wind, Sand and Stars

Stendhal
To love is to derive pleasure from seeing, touching and feeling through all one’s senses and as closely as possible, a lovable object who loves us.
Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer, On Love


Lisa Hoffman
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important
Attributed to Lisa Hoffman, American artist

KEYWORDS: KEY TO SUCCESS!

Have you ever wondered why in this kind of thing, keywords are important? How powerful are these keywords that were given relevance?

Keywords are the main factors that is primarily considered every time one writes about a certain topic or issue. Why? Because keywords help people locate what they are seeking for. Now if the keywords you used for a blogsite isn't that popular, then your blog will also not gain popularity.

It is of course a fact that we blog because we want to share, we want to interact with other people who have the same interest as we do. Now, how could we share if no one actually knows where to locate you and how?

Keywords or key phrases are the ones that helps you for your blog to gain popularity and for your target readers to reach you. For one to get across his/her intended message, he/she must give importance to keywords.

BLOGGING: Its Relevance

In this internet savvy and dependent world, we have acknowledged the importance of internet in our lives. For effective and efficient communication, internet is the key. For long distance communications, internet has been patronized. Even small businesses, they use internet for daily operations. Undoubtedly, it have become one of the essential things a business or a person should have.

Since 1992 where world wide web was created and made available to all, people were addicted and have realized the value of internet into our lives. The time we knew how to operate and use the internet, it has become part of our daily activities, child, adults, and alike, has been depending on the internet, that basically gives us informations that we need and things we need to know. A lot of search engines has been providing us infos that are of great relevance to us.

There are several websites that young people nowadays get addicted with. Friendster, MySpace, Multiply, Facebook, and of course the different IM Services like YM and the like. Some of them loves to play computer games. But there are also lots of people who loves to blog. Blogging has been one important thing they always do. Narrating everything that happened to them each day. Making online their diary. They got fond of posting blogs, reading other blogs, and commenting on other blogs.

Undoubtedly, blogging has been one great trend our young people have adopted. People are talking about their blogs, that also encourages other to do the same. They somehow define such as creating a circle of bloggers, wherein they share different ideas. But then again, one should also not overlook the importance of this so-called blogging. One would consider how is it helpful to you and to your business.

Stimulating ones mind is one good habit a person should have. Merely thinking produces no sense if this will not be written, for in writing we develop more great ideas of which are significant. Blogging makes this exercise worthwhile and productive. Aside of course that you were able to stimulate your own mind you'll also help in motivating others to think and converse with a particular topic at hand. This is one great interaction for people to develop and be more efficient in terms of writing their thoughts. Its function develop ones being and forms several communities that would offer valuable informations that could help a few who needs it.

Plus, when the blog is purposed for a certain kind of business, it will be helpful for particular consumers or prospective customers. They will be able to get new informations that would help them in their decision making process. Blogging has been essential because it will leverage a connection between you as the marketer, and your consumers. This interaction would you to boost your business. This is one great strategy that would enhance your reach on the people who needs your business.

Blogging is helpful to anyone, because it is one thing that makes people or helps people to think and then write creatively. It is one great strategy for businesses and one great venue for learning.

Blog now!

Online Publicity on Brand Establishing

It is a fact that in business the most essential thing is to establish ones product brand or service's quality. You may be a small business, a home-based one, or even in a major corporation, it is really essential to first make your product or service known to the mass, for your business to succeed. It is but true that effective public relations converts to efficient sales.

When you market successfully, definitely the result will also be favorable, but when you market inappropriately, then expect also a not-so-good result. There are lots of business marketing strategies that one could actually use for his/her product to be known and to establish a persona or a public image. One of which is advertising via broadcast media like the radio and television. But of course one should consider the underlying costs of these kind of media. There is also what we call press releases, submitting articles to tabloids and other newspapers for publication, but then again, as to our knowledge, press releases lasts only a day, and after that, it will be history.

As this world turn internet savvy, it is also a fact that people in business establishes their products brand on the internet: the use of online marketing or online publicity. Why? For the simple reason that it is more cost efficient compared to broadcast media, second, it could last several days or moths on the internet compared to tabloids or newspapers that will only accommodate you for a day release, with no follow-ups. So when doing online publicity, here are some tips

• Focus on getting other people to talk about your products, services, company or events. You do not just rush into writing something about the product and enumerate all what it is about. Put a little mystery on the product that other people will be intrigued and will talk about your product. With successful strategy it will create the so-called viral marketing, people will market your product.

• Let the media develop a sense of why they should be interested in what you have to say. When you publicize it via the internet, see to it that other forms of media will be interested also in broadcasting what you have posted. Remember that when it becomes an audience agenda, the media will also follow, basically it will also become a media agenda.

• Reach out to both your current and prospective customers and the media to let them know about those things that are important to your business. You must consider everyone to get across the message you want to convey.

• Market your business and get people thinking about your company image as a brand. You have to establish a name, a distinct kind of name that people will easily recognize. It is important to look into how such will be retained into their minds and build a certain disposition of interest.

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Advertising's New Paradigm: Internet Marketing

Imagine how an advertiser puts all of his/her effort just to create a prefect and persuasive promotion of products and services in the market. Imagine how he/she put all his might on the project. By the time of implementation, a single mistake was encountered, imagine how painful it is, that is just one mistake, it shattered all the time spent and all the efforts of each of them. The world of advertising is a make or break opportunity, you sometimes hit the target, but with a single mistake you'll also meet your waterloo. Of course companies expect a lot from an advertiser, their product or service depends on how it is presented to the public. See how tough it goes? Moreover, the budget that goes along with the operation, very expensive, especially when done through print-ads and on television.

To advertise is said to inform, basically it means giving information to people who want to know more and to people you want to know about a certain product or service. But, advertising does not just merely inform, the strife of advertising doesn't really stop in just informing the public and something to that effect, it goes beyond just informing, it furthers to influence and persuade people to take action and patronized the said product or if not at least try and avail the said product or service being presented.

In this competitive world of marketing where new brands are existing new everyday, like a newly born baby, with just one item but of several brands. See the competition? So how does these companies or brands compete to sell? You see a refrigerator, but there are several of them, of course of different bands. How will a customer recognize first your brand and leave the rest of the brands behind? That is now the duty of the marketer or the advertiser, on how will the brand sink in to the mind of the prospective consumer. Now here goes advertising, with the persistence of innovation, advertising also developed its new strategy, online marketing, aside from paying ads through print media and television, they also indulge into the internet to market. Why? For the reason that a lot of people go online, the wider the reach the better the sales. Internet has been an unlimited source of information that the habit of every prospective consumer is to actually go online and look for further information about a certain product.

Now, simply informing the customer about a certain product or service is never enough. That is why internet marketing has been intensified to persuade and make known to the public that this is offered, that is existing, and the rest of its purposes. Advertising is an strategy that is intended for somebody (consumers), it is not just a mere announcement, its a persuasive approach towards the prospective audiences. And with regards to TV and Print it is somehow limited to a particular scale, and information of the said product is lesser because of high space cost and airtime cost.

As space costs high and airtime costs higher, marketers opt to deliver messages via the internet. And it pave the way to internet marketing that is today the greatest twist in the world of media. Internet marketing has been so powerful that is cost efficient. It have reached a lot of individuals and has been helping companies boost their sales and elevate their popularity.

Truly, internet marketing has been one of the new trends that keeps business going. Success of each business relies on its advertising, so advertise as precise as one could be.

Brand recognition is the key to sales. So advertise online now and be known!

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Online Marketing: A Strategy Worth Doing!

In todays world, businesses shaped a different approach or the way of selling has changed. The success or boost of sales or services every business offers is no longer totally reliant on the world-of-mouth and the persuasive print advertising application has been said to be declining. In this globally competitive world where everything seems to change as fast as the blink of an eye, the way entrepreneurs handle their businesses have also gone its way to development and transformation. From the traditional print ads, today business engages more on Internet marketing. Why? For the mere reason that this savvy world requires a competitive environment that is absolutely essential and thus achieving such one should need a comprehensive marketing strategy, and as known: the internet marketing.

As one could not deny the intensity or the quantity of people going online to check whatever their purpose of going online is, it is a given fact the todays people are said to be internet-focused. In this internet-focused generation, internet marketing also pave its way to the world of online media, of course obviously this is a great alternative to the high cost print and broadcasting marketing. This kind of strategy -internet marketing- could reach the prospective consumers you want without actually spending a lot of money. Lets accept the fact that a lot of people go online now, and that's what an internet marketer should focus into, on how to put the message across.

We could barely see that the beauty of every online marketing strategy is its mass appeal. Truly, it will take a huge amount of money an a large scale of effort to do marketing via print ads and broadcast media but sometimes, a single mistake could mean zero or less sales. Why? Because you have also to consider the popularity of the media you will use, its quality, and its audience reach or how far could it go and reach prospective consumers. But in the case of internet marketing, it bridges the gap between all type of audiences and other significant matters that will somehow show interest towards what you are advertising. It is also unquestionable how far could this strategy take you. For internet has been one of the tools used in communications, thus using this strategy would have a wider reach compared to the limited reach and access of print and other broadcast entities.

Using the internet marketing to further the efforts and make known your business can be vastly blissful. With consistency of the delivered messages, with its quality and effectivity, plus its persuasiveness, and the internet wider range of audiences and accesses, through this kind of strategy -internet marketing- you'll definitely elevate your business and reach the horizon of success and viability.

So market on the web now, and gain your profits!

Effective Outsourcing: Beneficial to Internet Marketing & Country's Economic Growth

Outsourcing is one great opportunity for online marketers, it could also be any other business entities, to expand and put-across their messages to reach their desired or prospective consumers/customers. This kind of strategy is advantageous to those online marketers but most especially to companies who is offering this kind of system. For everyone's knowledge, outsourcing is getting resources or human resources outside the company or probably outside the country where the company is based.

So think now, why should a company or a business entity choose or consider to have this kind -outsourcing- of tactic? The answer is quite obvious, they choose to outsource or to offshore and work with these outsourcing firms for the fact that it is cost efficient, in layman's term: CHEAP. A company who desires to expand and develop their products and services opt to seek cheap raw materials for the product that they are rendering, cost efficient human resource for the services they are rendering. Let us take for example the case of a web publishing entity or a internet marketing business, when you are to find a human resource to help you in creating and managing your website, writing relevant articles for your website, who and what will you choose? The ones who are far from you but offers cheap? Or the one that is near you but costs expensive? Think. Now we come up with an idea that YES, it is more efficient to outsource a writer in the Philippines or other Asian writers in a lesser cost than hiring a writer based on California or more other states. Plus the undeniable fact of course that Filipinos and other Asian writers are proficient in the English language compared to others. Filipinos and other Asian writers writes in such a way that is creative and worth the cost.

Moreover, one of the best impact of this business strategy is the giving of more job opportunities to countries, like the Philippines, who had a low employment rate. Through this, people from around the world who have the right talent for the job that the company is seeking get the chance of having a job for themselves. Thus, this creates an impact also in the economic aspect of the country. Also for manufacturing companies, they prefer to make a branch company in the place where they are getting their materials and because of that they have to build buildings and hire workers from that place. That will surely increase the employment rate of that particular country where the said company choose to outsource. So this is a phenomenon which is highly commendable, you benefit from what you have invested and you as well provide a living for those who needs job.

So for those companies who are contemplating to try outsourcing as a business strategy, study the advantages and disadvantages before embarking into it. Put in mind that you can save or gain more, a lot of money, when you choose and opt to employ outsourcing, but of course with the consideration of its quality service that is acceptable and commendable. And not only that, considering such is also considering the thought that you'll somehow contribute something in the corporate social marketing and you'll be in line with those big companies providing more job opportunities to places where there are scarcity of work in their citizens.

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Outsourcing: Its Importance and Economic Relevance!

As far as we are concerned and as far our observation could reach, it is a fact that outsourcing nowadays has been developing extensively since the past decade. Outsourcing first appeared in the IT industry in the 1980s. This was the time when companies recognized the benefits of having IT service partners in order to develop complex systems, and enhance the way that a business process or service is managed (Schumacher, 2005). It developed a new genre of business approach, and in todays world it have become an entity, important at that, enhancing every business system.

But how important outsourcing is in todays world? How important is it in this contemporary milieu? As we can see, outsourcing has grown because of economic and competitive pressures that have made it a requirement for organizations of all sizes to equip their products and services with highly competitive quality. It have been known that outsourcing is one of the effective tools in boosting sales. Aside from the fact that it leverages alternatives that could deeply reduce cost it also renders an efficient operating manner.

So what are the benefits of such? The main driver for outsourcing is cost reduction. Labor cost savings overseas are just too great to be ignored. In knowledge-intensive industries such as Analytics and Data Mining Services, Research and Development, and Intellectual Property Research, companies can save significantly – as much as 40-50% – by offshoring work to low-wage countries. Destinations such as India, China and Russia are ideal for these services as they provide a large pool of engineers and even PhDs at a substantially lower cost. According to Boston Consulting Group, a typical annual salary for an Indian IT engineer is USD 5,000, and for a graduate with a masters degree in Business is USD 7,500 – about one tenth of their American equivalents (London, 2006).

The cost differential between a PhD in the Sciences and Engineering in the US and in India (or in Russia) can range between USD 60,000 and USD 80,000, respectively. Besides India and Russia, countries such as the Philippines, Chile and Mexico are setting themselves up to provide high-end services at low-end prices as a way to boost employment and help their economies. Hence the increasing competition will drive prices even lower than the existing level (Kakumanu and Partanova, 2006).

Another early driver of outsourcing is the shortage of skilled labour. Developed economies such as the US, the UK, and Western European countries are already facing a shortage of highly trained and specialized professionals in some knowledge-intensive, high-skill sectors, such as R&D in very large scale integration, engineering design, IT, and financial risk management. One way to mitigate these skills shortage is to source talent from low-wage developing countries. India alone produces 441, 000 technical graduates, nearly 2.3 million other graduates and more than 300, 000 postgradutes every year (London, 2006).

According to a NASSCOM-McKinsey study this is about 30% of the available supply of skilled manpower in low-cost countries (Balaji, 2005). Having one or more offshore centers can also provide flexibility in terms of human resource and time management. Outsourcing allows companies to add or reduce personnel far easier than a company can do in house, hence avoiding an expensive layoff process. By utilizing the time difference between different parts of the globe, development can take place constantly. The ability to send massive data amounts anywhere via the internet allows continual collaboration on a large scale (Kakumanu and Partanova, 2006).

As we could see, outsourcing does not only upholds quality service but economic aides as well. It is one of the economic paradigm a country could benefit from.

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