The Secret is my favorite book. It is about the laws of attraction. It is originally a movie, and they published this book later on. My life coach Corrie recommended to me, and right after that my friend Nadia lended it to me! I was meant to meet that book. See, I attracted the book! There is The Secret Website, and they offer free tool for inspiration, which you can find at Gift For You … [Read more...] about The Secret and Free Tools
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Pat on your shoulder
Avator - connected with nature tree @ Living Room in Collage Area. I have been taking a coaching session every other week; I have had my current life coach for almost a year now. I used to have a coaching session in Japan too, with a coach in the making. I will write about what coaching is sometime later, but anyway, I had a great phone session today, as always. When I am not sure what I want to … [Read more...] about Pat on your shoulder
I love suits
Jacket and skirt- from United Arrows One of my dreams since I was little was to work in an office wearing nice suits, and now I am doing it! … [Read more...] about I love suits
Asian customers talk on blog
Why is New Media Marketing essential for Asian market? Well, take a look at this table: From Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies This table tells that consumers in Japan and South Korea are more likely to write a blog, read a blog and comment on blogs, meaning they TALK on blog about their recent travel! Again, those new media are all for free. You can't miss … [Read more...] about Asian customers talk on blog
What is Social Media
and how powerful is it?? I am learning Marketing via New Media at UCSD Extension and our teacher Becky shared this video in class. You can learn more about her and new media on her blog. Super simple, and FUN!! This will be a great tool to explain your boss why social media marketing is so important these days and how it works. … [Read more...] about What is Social Media
prizm- great tool for marketing segmentation
If you already know your target market is like, probably you would like to know where they are. Here is the wonderful tool to locate your audience! Prizm by Nielsen You might want to use this because 1) it is reliable (brought by Nielsen) 2) it is useful 3) it is FREE!! If you would like to know the crowd in Downtown San Diego area, punch in the zip code 92101. You can … [Read more...] about prizm- great tool for marketing segmentation
Opt-in mail
If you want to send e-newsletter and have hundreds of contacts, this service might be helpful. Constant Contact http://www.constantcontact.com/ 60-day trial available! The best way to learn is to actually see and touch. … [Read more...] about Opt-in mail
Japanese travel news source
1. Travel Vision (Japanese only) Daily mail magazine is also available. 2. Travel Journal (Japanese only) Weekly magazine is also available. There used to be this English website called shallwetravel.com, but it seems they closed the site. … [Read more...] about Japanese travel news source
Social Media
Social Media is becoming one of the major tools for company's public relations. According to the social media workshop hosted by San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, twitter is a perfect tool for destination marketing. Social media allows people to share experience and story, get and provide travel advice, etc. Here are some interesting statistics on travelers' behavior in terms of social … [Read more...] about Social Media
Be friends with Google News
Here I will share one of the extremely useful tools I make fully use of in the field: GOOGLE NEWS. The smartness about google news is you can actually add custom section, meaning you can gather the latest news that includes key word you choose such as tourism, name of your destination, etc. You don't need to flip over newspaper to find the news you would be intersted in. Smart tool, indeed. When … [Read more...] about Be friends with Google News