Thank You for the Royce Chocolate!

This post is for our friend Lynn. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for the Royce Chocolate!

My Meez

Someone introduced me to Meez because she thought I'd find it fun to create a 3D animated version of myself.

Here is what I came up with:

Go make one and show me yours!

Robert's Testimony

My husband, Robert, has never been happier. Please watch the video below to see how Jesus Christ changed his life.

New Kids On The Block Are Back!

This might be the best news I have heard this year. Okay, maybe not the best but I am seriously thrilled. I skipped my junior prom to watch their concert here in Manila.. can you imagine? Yes I loved them that much. I would do anything to see if their mature bones are still flexible enough to dance to "The Right Stuff." My goodness, if they do a concert, their kids might be mortified. I don't care.. I am just so excited to see them together again.

Their official website is up and running again revealing hints of a comeback. Now, check out this article from the People website. It confirms that they are getting back together. This is way much better than a Spice Girls reunion.

I have a message for you Donnie, Jordan, Joey, Jonathan and Danny: please do a concert here in Manila!

Job Opening: Communications Sales Associate

The successful candidate will be in-charge of sales coming from social networking, forums, linkings, webinars and all other Web 2.0 activities. This is a full-time, work-at-office position.

This position manages the strategic direction of the corporate and Web 2.0 communications and has P&L responsibility for this channel.

Compensation Package:
1. competitive salary
2. uncapped commission scheme for direct sales (estimated monthly commissions normally more than monthly salary)
3. overrides for managine teams and revenue shares for indirect sales
4. minimum 1 month bonus for meeting specific team and individual objectives

The Communications Sales Associate will be assigned to the following tasks/objectives:
1. Attain 10,000 new backlinks for the site
2. Generate 5,000 connections, contacts from its business social networking sites
3. Manage the generation and distribution of press releases, articles, book reviews, and white papers
4. Conceptualize, plan and execute expert interviews, podcasts and webinars
5. Manage and produce regular webinars or audio conferences
6. Conceptualize, plan and execute viral campaigns such as online games and quizzes
7. Manage all corporate communications activities
8. Coordinate internally with marketing, creative, call center and technical to execute against all deliverables
9. Monitor, recommend and implement strategies to improve key performance metrics, including click-through rates, conversion rates, average order size and ROI.
10. Conduct weekly review and ROI analysis of the advertising campaigns and track to forecast
11. The work is approximately 10% night shift and 90% day shift.

Required Experience
1. Must be an experienced writer
2. Knowledge in posting in business forums, social networking sites and Web 2.0 is an advantage
3. Any sales or account management experience is an advantage
4. Be a highly motivated self-starter. To be successful in this role, the candidate must be comfortable working independently to achieve a successful result with minimal guidance.
5. Be tech-savvy and have the ability to learn new concepts and software applications quickly.
6. Strong attention to detail.
7. Strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable
i. presenting in front of a group
ii. communicating with the media
iii. communicating with customers
8. Possess proven Excel skills
9. Confidently handle multiple projects simultaneously and under deadlines
10. Possess proven ability to work with cross-functional teams
11. Basic HTML programming a plus

If you interested in applying for this position, please send an e-mail to businesssummaries@gmail.com. We will contact you shortly. If you know anyone who is qualified for this position, please forward this announcement to him/her. Thank you!

Job Opening: Online Sales Associate (3)/Manager (1)

These are a total of four (4) positions open. They will be in-charge of managing BusinessSummaries.com's online sales. These are full-time, work-at-office positions.

The Online Sales Manager is responsible for all sales coming from online advertisements of the company properties. This position manages the strategic direction of the online advertising program and has P&L responsibility for this channel.

Compensation Package:
1. competitive salary
2. uncapped commission scheme for direct sales (estimated monthly commissions normally more than monthly salary)
3. overrides for managing teams and revenue shares for indirect sales
4. minimum 1 month bonus for meeting specific team and individual objectives

The Online Sales Associates will be assigned to one or more of the following tasks/objectives:
1. Meet specific individual and group sales objectives.
2. Manage pay-per-click advertising campaigns.
a. improve CTR by 100%
b. decrease CPC by 30%
c. improve PPC's quality score on our ads
d. identify more PPC engines
e. identify the best combination of keywords, ad text, and landing pages per PPC engine
f. identify 1,000 more keywords
g. identify 500 long-tail
h. fine-tune geo targeting
i. perform site targeting
3. Manage online/website ads
a. identify the best performing online/website ads
b. improve the CTR per ad
c. identify the best performing text and banner ads
4. Manage the newsletter advertisement campaigns
a. identify the best performing newsletters
b. identify the best performing combinations of newsletter, ad text and landing pages
5. Manage e-mail campaigns
a. identify the best performing e-mail lists
b. identify the best performing combinations of e-mail list, creative and landing pages.
6. Manage direct-mail campaigns
a. identify the best performing mailing lists
b. identify the best performing combinations of mailing list and sales letters
7. Manage the other campaigns
a. Conceptualize, plan and execute other campaigns that includes creation of ad creatives for:
i. radio
ii. tv
iii. mobile
iv. newspaper ads
b. Must be able to monitor and track traffic coming out of these campaigns
c. Must be able to buy advertising spots based on demographics and time slots.
8. Develop marketing and sales programs; and oversee the execution.
9. Coordinate internally with marketing, creative, call center and technical to execute all deliverables.
10. Monitor, recommend and implement strategies to improve key performance metrics, including click-through rates, conversion rates, average order size and ROI.
11. Conduct weekly review and ROI analysis of the advertising campaigns and track to forecast.
12. The work is approximately 10% night shift and 90% day shift.


Required Experience

1. Online Sales Associates
a. experience in PPC, online ads, print ads, TV or radio ads is an advantage
b. any sales or account management position
c. any writing experience
d. online marketing experience

2. Online Sales Manager
a. experience in PPC, online ads, print ads, TV or/and radio ads
b. any affiliate program management is preferred

Definite requirements for both positions
1. Must have passion to:
a. test the most effective combination of advertisement
b. track the ROI of each campaign
c. meet sales objectives
2. Be a highly-motivated self-starter. To be successful in this role, the candidate must be comfortable working independently to achieve a successful result with minimal guidance.
3. Be tech-savvy and have the ability to learn new concepts and software applications quickly.
4. Previous experience in direct response marketing is an advantage.
5. Strong attention to detail.
6. Strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable:
i. presenting in front of a group
ii. communicating with ad media sellers
iii. communicating with customers
7. Possess proven Excel skills.
8. Confidently handle multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
9. Possess proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.
10. Online retail experience a plus.
11. Basic HTML programming a plus.

If you would like to apply for this position, please send your resume businesssummaries@gmail.com. If you know anyone who is qualified, please forward this announcement to him/her. Thank you!

Raymond and Tammy's Wedding Video

We had a lovely time at Raymond and Tammy's wedding January 6th. Tammy is a girlfriend from high school.

We used to write each other letters when she went to Virginia as an exchange student on our senior year. Which reminds me, as far as I am concerned, old-fashioned snail mail will never get old to me.

Here is a video recap of their beautiful wedding. Watch and enjoy!

Job Opening: Affiliate Program Management Associate/Manager

Both positions will be in-charge of managing BusinessSummaries.com's affiliate management program. These are full-time work-at-office positions. Successful candidates will enjoy a fixed salary and an uncapped commission scheme.

The Affiliate Program Manager is responsible for growing the affiliate marketing channel for all company properties. This position manages the strategic direction of the affiliate program and has P&L responsibility for this channel.

Compensation Package:
1. competitive salary
2. uncapped commission scheme for direct sales (estimated monthly commissions normally more than monthly salary)
3. overrides for managing teams and revenue shares for indirect sales
4. minimum 1 month bonus for meeting specific team and individual objectives

The primary objectives for these two positions are:
1. Achieve an affiliate revenue objective for the year.
2. Recruit a total of 5,000 affiliates for this year.
3. Activate inactive affiliates, and deepen relationship with existing affiliates.
4. Manage external relationships with Linkshare, Clixgalore, and all other affiliate networks.
5. Set the strategic direction for all affiliate programs.
6. Develop strategic partnerships to create partnerships that exceed traditional affiliate relationships.
7. Review incoming proposals and make recommendations for partnerships and engagements; prepare revenue and cost analysis; estimate value of media/partnerships.
8. Develop marketing programs (consumer and affiliate offers, affiliate communications, and newsletters) and oversee the execution.
9. Coordinate internally with marketing, creative, and technical to execute against all deliverables.
10. Monitor, recommend and implement strategies to improve key performance metrics, including click-through rates, average order size and ROI.
11. Conduct weekly review and ROI analysis of the affiliate programs and tract to forecast.
12. Work with technology team to implement new or enhanced partner data feeds related to the affiliate program.
13. The work is approximately 20% night shift and 80% day shift.

Required Experience

Affiliate Program Management Associate
1. any sales or account management position
2. experience as an Internet affiliate is an advantage
3. any writing experience
4. this is also an ideal job for call center agents looking to upgrade their career

Affiliate Program Manager
1. any affiliate program management is preferred

Definite requirements for both positions
1. Fast learner who has the ability to cope in an industry that changes every few months.
2. Possess strong quantitative and qualitative analytic skills. The core function of this role is to analyze affiliate-program-driven traffic and sales data to derive conclusions and actionable insights.
3. Be a highly-motivated self-starter. To be successful in this role, the candidate must be comfortable working independently to achieve a successful result with minimal guidance.
4. Be tech-savvy and have the ability to learn new concepts and software applications quickly.
5. Previous experience in direct response marketing is an advantage.
6. Strong attention to detail.
7. Strong verbal and written communication skills and be comfortable with the following: presenting in front of a group, communicating with affiliates and communicating with program managers of affiliate networks.
8. Possess proven Excel skills.
9. Confidently handle multiple projects simultaneously and under deadlines.
10. Possess proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.
11. Online retail experience a plus.
12. Basic HTML programming a plus.

If you are interested in this available position, please send your resume to businesssummaries@gmail.com. If you know someone who would be interested, kindly let him/her know about it, send this link and have him/her get in touch with us.

Thank you!

My Highlights of 2007 (First of Two Parts)

In the year 2007, so many good things have crossed my life because of the wonderful, generous God that we all have! Here is a two-part recap of my personal highlights in 2007. In random order. I have a little warning for you though. Several of them will be wedding-related because in February 2007, I married the man of my dreams. So bear with me :)

1) The one when I walked down the aisle. I vowed to look straight into my groom's eyes and only his, never take them off him until I my parents officially give me away.

2) The one when the minister says "You may now kiss the bride!" Robert and I had a "no kissing" covenant with our Father when we got engaged. It was not the easiest thing to do but I am glad we waited. And yes, it was so worth it!

3) The one when one of my best friends made my wedding dress. Jo used to doodle dress designs in my notebook back in high school. The designs get more creative during math class when we couldn't be bothered by x and y integers. It is so crazy to think that 15 years later, he made a dress so beautiful beyond my imagination. More on this story in a future blog.

4) The one where we exchanged vows. We both wrote our vows the morning of our wedding day. We have these words framed in our home to remind us of our promises to each other.

5) The one where our good friends got married. Mike and Kay. Mon and Manina. Jonas and Avie. Kris and Malou. Joel and Maureen. Jed and Irma. Beautiful weddings. Beautiful couples.

6) The one with all the bridal showers. I am so blessed to have been thrown all these lovely, fun bridal showers. My friends and family are such wonderful people!

7) The one where our parents hang out. We spent one afternoon talking, eating, and laughing. Wish we can do this a lot more :(

8) The one with our honeymoon. It was ten months late but it was wonderful, happy and refreshing! We can never get enough of Boracay.

9) The one where we went to Hong Kong. Robert's first. Did the whole tour thing and the shopping thing and loved every minute of it!

Second part coming up soon! :) Happy new year!

2007: It Was A Good Year!

I am excited to kick off a series of blogs for 2008! God has been kind and generous. Here is a nice, little photo slideshow that recaps our very, very busy but happy 2007.

Watch out for "My Highlights of 2007" sometime this week!