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UNILAB Ideas Positive, the only social marketing congress and competition for college students in the country today, is expanding this year from Metro Manila to the entire Philippines, covering North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

The nationwide expansion is a result of the encouraging response from universities and college students to the program, which was first launched in 2010 to serve as venue for Filipino youth to improve the health and wellness of their communities with their social marketing ideas.

"The increasing number of positive ideas we receive every year and the passion the youth have shown in helping their communities have inspired us to open the venue to more youth in the Philippines," said Unilab Ideas Positive program lead Barry Barrientos. "By partnering with more youth on this cause, we believe that well also be able to help more communities become healthier and more productive."

Fifteen communities all over the country will benefit from this expansion through the social marketing programs by 15 youth teams that will all receive P100, 000 seed money for the implementation of their ideas.

One of the participants to the boot camp, Jhanette Co of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, thanked the program for giving young people like her the opportunity to be heard and make a difference.

"Unilab Ideas Positive is a game changer by providing us with a venue to learn social marketing from experts, and more importantly, giving us the opportunity to make meaningful change in communities by bringing our ideas to life," she shared. "Its refreshing to see how a big company like Unilab demonstrates belief in the youth of today."

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Unilab Ideas Positive invites the youth to team up for a healthier Philippines

Friday, March 16, 2012

UNILAB Ideas Positive, the only social marketing congress and competition for college students in the country today, is expanding this year from Metro Manila to the entire Philippines, tapping students from the Mindanao region to join and become part of this campaign.

The nationwide expansion is a result of the encouraging response from universities and college students to the program, which was first launched in 2010 to serve as venue for Filipino youth to improve the health and wellness of their communities with their social marketing ideas.

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The increasing number of positive ideas we receive every year and the passion the youth have shown in helping their communities have inspired us to open the venue to more youth in the Philippines, said Unilab Ideas Positive program lead Barry Barrientos. By partnering with more youth on this cause, we believe that well also be able to help more communities become healthier and more productive.

Fifteen communities all over the country will benefit from this expansion through the social marketing programs by 15 youth teams that will all receive P100, 000 seed money for the implementation of their ideas.

The groups will also be flown to Manila, with free hotel accommodation, meals, and transportation, to attend a three-day boot camp where they can learn social marketing approaches from a pool of experts through workshops and case studies.

Last year, the participants were trained by reputable leaders and experts that included social marketing guru Dr. Ned Roberto, CNN 2009 Hero of the Year Efren Penaflorida, and RockEd Founder Gang Badoy, among others.

One of the participants to the boot camp, Jhanette Co, of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, thanked the program for giving young people like her the opportunity to be heard and make a difference.

Unilab Ideas Positive is a game changer by providing us with a venue to learn social marketing from experts, and more importantly, giving us the opportunity to make meaningful change in communities by bringing our ideas to life, she shared. Its refreshing to see how a big company like Unilab demonstrates belief in the youth of today.

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Mindanao youth asked to team up for healthier Philippines

Leading Internet marketing company, Vertical Measures, has partnered with the Online Marketing Institute for the Social, Mobile & Digital Marketing Boot Camp being held on March 29, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ.

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) March 16, 2012

At these flexible, in-person workshops, attendees will get in-depth training on the disciplines that make up a marketing mix. Further instruction will be provided on tactics that drive revenue for organizations today, and how you can successfully apply those techniques to your own campaigns.

The boot camp is a full day of learning, and will be held at the Scottsdale Marriott Suites Old Town. The agenda will center around the following topics:

To save 15% off of the registration fee, visit the official Online Marketing Institute site and use promo code VERTICAL15.

About Vertical Measures

Vertical Measures provides search, social, and content marketing services in order to drive more traffic, more leads and more business through our clients websites. Specializing in Internet marketing and SEO, the company employs individuals skilled in marketing, social media, and web design. It serves clients ranging from major ecommerce websites to universities, fortune 500 companies, and SEO agencies. For more information, please visit http://www.verticalmeasures.com.

About OMI

The Online Marketing Institute is the only member-based organization built by online marketers for online marketers with the mission to promote the industry and advance the careers and professional capabilities of marketers worldwide. OMI Educational Programs are designed to serve both the individual marketer as well as corporate marketing departments and include live workshops, webcasts, elearning-based training as well as full-fledged professional certification programs. For more information, please visit http://www.onlinemarketinginstitute.org.

Ann-Marie Jancovich Vertical Measures 602-3143460 Email Information

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15-03-2012 09:47 Video presented by NearlyFreeLance.com (nearlyfreelance.com). This video shows you a powerful way to use twitter to help your business locally. When I show people this trick, usually they are blown away, because usually we're looking at the Twitter stream, and we're overwhelmed by the huge volume of random tweets and we don't know where to begin. I'm going to show you one simple tool today that will blow your mind and give you all kinds of creative ideas for how to use Twitter to represent your business in a geographic area. To start, go to hootsuite.com. There's a free permanent plan. Sign up for that. Once you log in, look at the search field in the upper right hand corner. You can enter a term like "flowers" or whatever your search term is, and then instead of clicking the search button, click the little target icon. That will bring back a live result of all tweets with that topic in your geographic area. The cool part is that you can click "Save As Stream" and now every time you log in to HootSuite, your geographic search is available immediately. http

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