Looking Forward To Expand In The Philippine Community
I'm super excited about the Market America expansion into the Filipino marketplace coming this September 1st. My heritage is a bit diverse with some Filipino from my grandfather on my mother's side from Ligaspi, which is very noticeable in my facial features. Earlier this year I reconnected with some long lost cousins in the NE thanks to my aunt and keep in touch via Facebook and even have a cousin in the Philippines too in Manila. He's shared some beautiful pictures of his family vacations and trips to historical places. I've been longing to feel connected to my family roots for a while now, as an only child with all but one immediate relative still around, it's always been on my mind to find out more about my own heritage. I've been slowly learning the terms for family members but I think I need a reference book or website for that, like Lola/Lolo and all that. Hehe
Actually my research is thanks largely in part to the MA expansion and social media, I've been making more of an effort to reach out to Filipino resources and community groups and even found a few links to foodies with insight into Filipino cuisine which seems to be very Spanish inspired yet very specific to the Philippines. There are some great tutorial videos on YouTube but I haven't been brave enough to make any of the ethnic recipes and am still enjoying discovering them.
By chance, my neighbors across the street are a Filipino family with their eldest daughter getting married soon, her bridal shower is next weekend where I hope to meet some new friends there that I can get acquainted with and learn more about the culture. I knew this one fellow from a storage facility and he told me a ton of history about the people that blew my mind but sadly he doesn't work there anymore. And so I want to befriend more people and learn more for my personal reasons and for business reasons too as I tap into the local Filipino potential for expanding the UnFranchise business, locally and eventually globally since we can do business via the web overseas. Doing business and buying from fellow Filipinos seems to be a recurring theme so I would like to think that I will have some advantage thanks to that concept and my geneology.
Our company has an amazing trainer in place to teach the field about doing business with the people and the country with some insightful statistics and recommendations. I saw him speak at least 7 or 8 yrs ago here in NY and have tuned into his conference calls and powerpoint presentations. He knows I'm of Philippine heritage and a Motives Trainer....that still has to get back on NMTSS actually. And I am working on that with a big push this fall to grow my team into productive ranges again. Seems like everyone has had more than their fair share of issues this past year to compound setbacks.
Anyhow, I'm looking forward to this new avenue of recruiting business partners and taking it to the next level. The term "Netrepreneurs" keeps coming up and the fact that many in the Philippine community are web savvy and like to own their own business so I'm thinking maybe that's where I get it all from........"I got it from my Mama" as the song goes. Haha
Please contact me for a detailed list of meetings if you are in the Philippines, our company has a headquarters in Makati city and is very interested in getting the word out about our launch with presentations and demonstrations of how we do business. I am looking to sponsor Filipino business partners both in the USA and overseas....but you must contact me ASAP!!
Here's a video link of some MA corporate execs meeting the Philippine government leaders:
Posted by Lisa Moffa at 8/25/2010 2:11 PM 
Categories: UnFranchise Business Development , Business Building, Personal Thoughts, Announcements and Events, Recruiting and Sponsoring
Tags: Philippines MA International Convention 2010 MarketAmerica.com UnFranchise Filipino Entrepreneurship MAIC2010
Categories: UnFranchise Business Development , Business Building, Personal Thoughts, Announcements and Events, Recruiting and Sponsoring
Tags: Philippines MA International Convention 2010 MarketAmerica.com UnFranchise Filipino Entrepreneurship MAIC2010
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