Blog - Ben Francia

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Make It Happen: Every Beginning is a Miracle

Ever thought of something that you never thought you’d do? Well, if you did and if you’ve succeeded in it, isn’t it awesome? But when you look back, you made it mainly because you decided to put your back and heart into it – from the very start. Isn’t it cool?

The Greatest Pleasure in Life is Doing What You Want to Do

The Greatest Pleasure in Life is Doing What People Say You Can Not Do It’s a fact, folks. There will be people that will come into your life that will tell you about the stuff you CAN’T do. Thing is, it’ll always be up to us whether we listen to them or not. A little […]

What do you want to learn about Digital Marketing?

Hey, folks and as you already know, I’ve been doing a couple of speaking gigs and workshops lately. So here’s an announcement: I’m having another workshop on the 30th of January next year! Thing is, I’ll need your help in making my workshops better for you. With this in mi...

Insight: Facebook Traffic is Highest Midweek Between 1-3PM

Here’s a little something you might want to take into mind when you’re marketing in Facebook, folks: So, roughly, by this time, I guess office staff are checking their Facebook after lunchtime – or something to that sense. In any case, another takeaway from this little graphic i...

Core Values of a Digital Influencer: AUTHENTICITY

On November 24, 2012, I spoke in the Digital Influencers Marketing Summit in Cebu. It was a riveting experience to meet people from all over the Philippines and share with them what it’s like being transformed into an influencer. One thing I may have missed sharing with them is one core val...

The First Step in getting somewhere is to Just DECIDE

If you’ve ever gotten that feeling of being stuck, you’ll know that you’ll have a hard time getting out of whatever it is you’re stuck on/with. Thing is, the first thing to do whenever you want to get the heck out of the rut you’re in is to DECIDE. Decide that you do...

Essential Twitter Accounts That Every Filipino Should Follow

Apparently, there are 3 types of information the Filipino people needs to hear from the government: 1. Holidays 2. Weather 3. Traffic So how the heck do you find out about these things in one of the most fastest ways of communication known as social media?

Make It Happen Mondays: Don’t Quit

When you’re in an all-time low in whatever it is you’re doing, go back to why you started. What was your reason for doing this? Why did you start? At some point, something in you told you that you wanted to do this because, other than the other reasons you have, you just wanted to. [&...

Just for Fun Fridays: Captcha Problem

Ever been in the Internet and encountered one of these things? Can’t blame websites for trying to confirm if you’re human, but really, do they have to be THAT tough for some people? In any case, what’s the weirdest captcha you’ve got? Let me know in the comments section be...

Facebook Stats: People Ages 25-34 Use Facebook the Most

People Ages 25-34 Use Facebook the Most I know what you’re thinking: “So these are the people who use Facebook the most. So what?” Well, if you’re going to look at it from the perspective of a businessman or a census director, 25 year olds are mostly young professionals wh...

[INFOGRAPHIC] Inbound Marketing VS Outbound Marketing

In a world that’s filled to the brim with ads, both online and offline, there exists a type of marketing that really (and literally) draws leads and customers in. It also makes them convert more! Inbound marketing involves the creation content that’s custom-fit for a particular type o...

Inbound Marketing VS Outbound Marketing

There are two main approaches when it comes to marketing – there’s the outbound approach, where you get yourself in front of your leads’ faces and start selling them stuff AND there’s the inbound approach where leads literally find you. In this video, I’ll do a compa...