Learn e-commerce best practices at the DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit this November 12 and 13, 2009 at Hotel Intercontinental Makati City

Welcome to the DigitalFilipino.com Club!

Meet like-minded people in the DigitalFilipino.com Club eager to learn and exchange ideas on e-commerce development, Internet advertising, search engine optimization, blog marketing, electronic payment, social networking, software process improvement, among others.

Join as individual, SME, or corporate club member! (club membership options)

After 5 years, get free membership and become an honorary member.

Events, Training, and Activities:

Announcements:

  • Congratulations to newly weds - honorary members Jay and Aileen De Jesus!
  • Handouts from the recent DigitalFilipino E-Commerce Summit are now available for download by club members. (Paying delegates, who are non-club members, have received an e-mail as of this time as to where the materials can be downloaded)
    • State of Internet and Mobile Commerce Market Growth (Donald Patrick Lim, President and CEO of Yehey! Corporation)
    • Creating a Niche and Identifying Your Online Target Market (Stephanie Caragos, President and CEO of Syntactics Inc.)
    • Search Engine Friendly Web Design: Making Site Visitors Click! and BF Homes Properties case study sharing (Jan Alvin Pabellon, Vice President for Business Development at IT Group, Inc. and Arnold Alvarez, General Manager, BF Homes Properties)
    • The End of Faceless Brands: How the Internet has Forced Brand Marketing to Personalize (Brad Geiser, Co-Founder, GeiserMaclang Marketing Communications)
    • Technology Presentation: Delivering  Advanced Search Engine via Next-Generation Networks (Ryan Ricardo, Sales & Marketing Head, DataOne Asia (Phils.), Inc)
    • E-Commerce as a viable retail market outlet for SMEs (RegaloService, e-Philippines Adventure Travel, and MyAyala experience sharing)
      (Ma. Regina Bundang, CEO, RegaloService.com; Russell Ri, CEO, e-Philippines Adventure Travel and Destinations; Roy Platon, Managing Director, MyAyala)
    • Improving E-Commerce Sales Performance (Dustin Andaya, CEO, IslandRose.net)
    • Challenges and Opportunities in MOBILE MONEY TRANSFER: Implementation of GCASH (Ms. Rizza Maniego-Eala, President, G-Xchange, Inc.)
    • The Future of E-Commerce is Mobile (Chito Bustamante, CEO, Chikka)
    • E-Commerce Policies and E-Government Growth in the Philippines (Dir. Maria Lourdes Yaptinchay, Supervising Director, Department of Trade and Industry E-Commerce Office)
    • Building Online Trust & Making E-Commerce Secure Against Fraud (Jovel Cipriano, CEO, PinoyDelikasi and Mannix Pabalan, General Manager, AyosDito.ph)
    • Going Beyond Clicks (Carlo Ople, Global Digital Marketing Head, Friendster)
    • Why running an e-commerce business is similar to growing WHEATGRASS & Technology Presentation: Moving towards the 4TH GENERATION of E-commerce (Edward Ling, CEO of Platform2U.com Philippines and Eddie Lee, CIO of Platform2U.com)
  • Presentation materials from the recent Social Networking & eBusiness Conference 2009 are now available for download.
    • Keynote address by Ian Stewart, Friendster
    • Harnessing the top social media sites by Janette Toral, DigitalFilipino.com
    • Application Platforms Race to Micro-Payments by Andrian Lee, AsiaPay
    • Using Mobile Technologies to Extend Social Networking by Jerome Almirante, Smart Communications
    • Digital Marketing Through Online Games by Phil Cahiwat, Level Up!
    • Advance Social Networking and Advertising by Adonis Yap of SME.com.ph and Cris Cervantes of ABS-CBN Interactive / Multiply.com
    • Enabling SMEs Through Internet and Other Technologies by Christian Lim of PLDT SME Nation
    • The Next Generation Communication Services by Cyril Rocke of DataOne Asia
    • Data Privacy in Social Networks by Atty. JJ Disini of UP College of Law
    • Application Development Platform Updates by Wilson Ng of Bitstop and Cris Concepcion of Yahoo! Philippines
    • Having a Start-Up Business in Web 3.0 Era by Ranulf Goss of SunGame
    • Social Networking Experience with Broadband Networks by Joevel Rivera of Bayan Telecommunications
    • Search Engine Marketing and Optimization Best Practices by Wendy Ang of My Optimind Solutions
    • CRM 2.0: CRM That Leverages The Social by Alain Benedict Yap of G2iX
    • Philippine Music Surviving the Download Era by Jay Frank De Jesus of TitikPilipino

Tutorials:

  • Just added the following handouts from our September 2009 workshop series:
    • E-Mail Marketing
    • Social Network Marketing & Advertising
    • Blog Marketing & Advertising
    • Generating online income through Google AdSense
    • E-Commerce Project Planning / Creating an eStore
    • Accepting Payments Online
    • Mobile Marketing
    • Blogging 101
    • Web Content and SEO Writing
    • SEO Tools & Techniques 101
    • Setting Up and Analyzing Website Traffic Statistics Report
    • Marketing your website through Google AdWords

Templates:

  • Search Engine Optimization Worksheet - this template is for website owners who are currently planning or improving their website for search engine visibility. It includes a guide in recording your products & services, customer profile, keyword discovery, competition analysis, on-page optimization, link request log, and link tracking.

  • Simple Website Requirements Template - includes guide for creation of website functional requirements, keyword research, and style guide creation. I also included a domain name tracking worksheet and web host comparison format.

  • Web Navigation Planning and Analysis Template
    This 8-woksheets template is useful for site owners planning to put a new web site or revise an existing one.

Research:

  • Philippines Payment Gateway Comparison Guide
    A guide that can be used by club members when selecting the right payment gateway service provider locally. Also includes features, policies, and fees comparison of YesPayments, Asia Pacific E-Serv Corporation, Kaban, EasyPay, AsiaPay, and Payment Processing Corporation.
  • International Payment Gateway Comparison Guide
    A guide that can be used by club members when selecting the right payment gateway service provider. Also includes features, policies, and fees comparison of Paypal, AlertyPay, CCNow, and 2CheckOut.

Knowledge-sharing (download):

  • Philippines Top 100 Blogs (presented at DigitalFilipino Club and Bloggers Eyeball in Davao, Cebu, and Manila)
  • Women Empowerment in the Age of ICT (Gwen Nava, Aileen Apolo, Joan Pinon, and Reggie Bundang) (photos)
  • Social Networking and eBusiness Conference Philippines 2008 materials (Friendster, Groovenet, Itzamatch, DigitalFilipino Club, Proximity, Syndeo::Media, Level-Up Games, Asia Pay, YesPayments, Yehey, Avatrian LLC, Chikka, Morph Labs, and Philippine Commons) (photos)
  • E-Commerce Policy Development Workshop (Janette Toral) (photos)

Blogging from Home is now available and can be purchased here. All club members are entitled to a free copy.

E-Books

Photo gallery:

Internet Statistics Reports (for download)

  • Global Internet User Statistics (as of June 2007)
  • Young Filipino Internet User Report 2007
    • Reasons for Going Online, Internet Access Point, and Online Gaming Habits

Opportunities:

Our forum is now renamed as the Innovation and Ideas Forum. I encourage club members to post project ideas and let your peers contact you for potential collaboration and partnership.

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The DigitalFilipino.com Club is a community that started in December 25, 2003. The club has technology briefing and get-together four (4) to twelve (12) times a year in different parts of the country, fostering networking and collaboration among members. Presentation papers and reports are uploaded on a monthly basis.

Our members are composed of individuals and companies from various sectors with common interest in areas such as Internet, e-commerce, research, outsourcing, wireless, Internet security, and software process improvement.

Join us as an individualSME or corporate club member today!


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