Nancy Cudis

Reader, learner, writer, blogger

Philippines

Nancy is a well-rounded communications practitioner with substantial experience in journalism, writing, editing, blogging, social media, and media relations. She owns The Memoriter Writing Service, serves part-time as college instructor at St. Theresesa's College, helps out bloggers as vice president of Cebu Bloggers Society, promotes reading and literacy as co-organizer of Cebu Book Club and blogger of www.nancycudis.com, and learns as much as she can as member of the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Blogger of the Year in the Globe Cebu Media Excellence Awards 2012 and 2013. Best in Newswriting in the 2009 Cebu Archdiocesan Mass Media Awards.

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Corporate Blog Posts

TheSocialJeep.com
01/20/2015
The basics you need to relearn about branding - TheSocialJeep.com

The deluge of information, tip sheets and whatnot you can find online about bolstering your brand can either make you gritty or giddy. Sometimes, at the end of the day, your understanding of the word "brand" can become slightly displaced.

Third Team Media
01/26/2015
Leveraging Social Media to Boost your Brand in 2015

Last time, we kicked off the year with a blog post that attempts to answer the value of outsourcing a digital agency as your partner this year in social media planning and execution. (And we basically recommend that you do outsource one, if you want to grow your business and cope with the vibrancy of...

Third Team Media
01/12/2015
Outsourcing a Digital Agency: A Business Strategy this 2015

How can outsourcing to a digital agency in 2015 be an effective strategy for your business? This is what we at Third Team Media are going to answer through our first blog post of the year. In 2014, we saw walls of doubt among many employers crumbling, their eyes looking expectantly at the horizon of possibilities,...

thirdteam.org
03/10/2014
Why You Should Include Live Streaming In Your Social Media Plan

If there's one thing that you as a marketer cannot avoid in 2014, it is that social media is an increasingly important part of your events-from creating Facebook events to coming up with trendy hashtags to participating in online communities to producing clever countdown posts to live tweeting updates, among others.

thirdteam.org
02/24/2014
What Facebook's Paper tells you about your content

Early this month, Facebook launched Paper, a mobile app that mixes social networking and news reading. In the process, with the way Facebook Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg presented it as "the best personalized newspaper in the world," social media marketers' curiosities went high.

tenminutes.ph
02/02/2014
Valentine's Day Cards Go Geeky!

These days may be digital times but the tech you are constantly exposed to is no excuse for you to skip an age-old tradition of giving Valentine's Day cards to your sweethearts. In fact, you can spice up the love season by being up-to-date and relevant, without being over-the-edge cheesy.

thirdteam.org
01/27/2014
The Value Of Collaboration For Your Business

How long have you been keeping your business to yourself? You know, you manage your business the traditional way, keep your matters entirely away from the curious eyes of competitors, and the idea of engaging other organizations in certain collaboration initiatives hardly crossed your mind. Perhaps you have been collaborating with many other businesses on...

thirdteam.org
01/13/2014
Three Ways You Can Use Social Media To Appeal To Millennials

Millennials are an elusive bunch. While these Generation Y-ers are tech-savvy, they are very tough when it comes to hard-selling. They may not be loyal to companies, but they are extremely loyal to brands. This powerful sector is comprised of people born roughly from the late 1980s to 2000s.

thirdteam.org
12/09/2013
Why Influencer Marketing is Important for Your Business

We have different names for what many marketing professionals have been doing for years. Others call it influencer marketing. Some would prefer the laidback sound of blogger outreach, or a combination of both: influencer outreach. Whatever you want to call it, the practice of creating relationships with people who are already influencers or are potentially...

thirdteam.org
11/11/2013
Why Businesses are Investing in Social Media

Social media has significantly contributed to the way the marketing paradigm has dramatically shifted from companies pushing their products to customers to companies investing in social media and creating relationships with their customers. This shift is evident in the annual report recently released by MarketingProfs and the Content Marketing Institute.

Press Releases

Cebu Finest
02/02/2015
Prevent Iodine Deficiency Disorder with Iodized Salt * Cebu Finest

Did you know that approximately 40 percent of the world's population is still suffering from Iodine Deficiency Disorder (IDD)? In the Philippines, based on the 2008 National Nutrition Survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), "19.7% of Filipino children aged six to 12 years old still have median urinary iodine that is slightly below 20%, and this level, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), indicated a public health problem."

Third Team Media
09/08/2014
TTM, The Memoriter launch new online media for B2B companies, marketers

CEBU, Philippines - Third Team Media (TTM) and The Memoriter Writing Service just pushed the online media to a whole new level by launching www.TheSocialJeep.com, a start-up media company with relevant content targeted for businesses, advertisers, digital marketers, and business-to-business companies. TheSocialJeep.com (TSJ) is the first of its kind that is based in Cebu, Philippines....

sunstar.com.ph/cebu
02/17/2014
Tap schools for research, expert tells owners of family businesses

To improve their systems, services and profitability, family businesses in the Philippines can collaborate with higher education institutions to conduct research for them. Both the business and the academe will benefit from this collaboration, said Dr. Petrina Faustine, an entrepreneur from Indonesia and an advocate of entrepreneurship and family business management, during her 3-V (Vision, Values, Vitality) Talk at St.

philstar.com
Indonesian expert to talk about essence of values

An expert from Indonesia will expound on the essence of vision, values, and vitality (3-V) to students, teachers, businessmen, and rotary leaders in a talk on Feb. 10 at the audio-visual room of St. Theresa's College (STC).

philstar.com
Businessman releases books on spirituality

Juanito "June" Luna, president and chief executive officer of Prosel Pharmaceuticals and Distributors that started in Cebu City, released two books that chronicled his personal experiences and journey towards soul consciousness.

inquirer.net
02/09/2013
Cebu bloggers group celebrates 5 years

The Cebu Bloggers Society Inc. (CBSI) will turn five years old on Feb. 14. The members will honor the event through an "Appreciation Night" on Feb. 15 at Harold's Hotel in Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City. The event carries the theme "ACTNow," which is also CBSI's theme for 2013.

inquirer.net
10/19/2013
Firms urged to enlist as drop-off centers

In response to the 7.2 earthquake that hit Bohol and its neighboring provinces in the Visayas, companies and organizations across the country are encouraged to enlist their offices as drop-off centers where individuals and groups can send in their non-cash donations for the earthquake victims. Interested business establishments and organizations can express their intent to be a drop-off center by sending their company name, location, address, contact person, and contact number to...

Award-winning Blog Posts

nancycudis.com
02/10/2013
Getting to Know our National Artists for Literature

February, with all the red, pink, and white paper hearts dangling inside stores and love songs played out with (spooky) repetition all over town, is almost like December. Well, just almost. The month is filled with a couple of obvious reasons for us to celebrate, it being Heart and Art Month at the same time.

Personal Blog Posts

nancycudis.com
A tough start at integrating technology in the college classroom

As a newbie instructor, I've listed down some of the things that I did, am doing, and will still do to integrate technology in my two classes this semester. If you could add to the list, I would appreciate that. If there is something you think I'm not doing right, please help me by pointing them out.

nancycudis.com
The Cebu City Public Library is alive, but… (First of Two Parts)

CCPL is indeed alive, but it needs help, upgrading, promotions, and additional life support. Right now, the dedicated library staff, active civic groups, and concerned private individuals are doing what they can to help. The purse strings, though, and the financial control are held by the Cebu City Council.

nancycudis.com
How super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit this blog, too, and its writer…

Like many other citizens in the Philippines, I was an emotional wreck. In some ways, I still am, like many other citizens in the Philippines. What we had was like living Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events, but worst—from the Zamboanga crisis, to the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Bohol, (there was even a small tornado in Metro Cebu), and finally, super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) on Nov. 8 that hit us Filipinos hard—really hard.

nancycudis.com
10/26/2013
Making my first syllabus for college

In the Philippines , classes in the tertiary level ended last week. It's another semester off the back of the teachers. For many schools, a new semester will start a couple of days after All Souls' Day. So what does this mean?

sunstar.com.ph/cebu
01/13/2010
DOT to cultivate 'volunteer tourism'

The new Department of Tourism (DOT) director for Central Visayas plans to further develop Cebu's "volunteer tourism." In an interview with Sun.Star Cebu Tuesday, Maria Rica Bueno said that such type of tourism poses a promising volume of travelers for Region 7.

Cebu
12/29/2014
Cebu, Busan ink agreement for art-cultural exchange - Cebu Provincial Government

By signing an agreement that is seen to improve each other's art and cultural landscape, Busan and Cebu strengthened its sisterhood relationship and extended its long history of friendly cooperation. Representatives signed a sisterhood agreement on art-cultural exchange between the Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organization of Busan and the Province of Cebu last Dec.

sunstar.com.ph/cebu
01/23/2010
Stakeholders told: Address climate change, help tourism

To push further the tourism sector in the country, public and private stakeholders are urged to work together in implementing measures to address climate change. Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, chief executive officer of World Wildlife Fund Philippines, pointed out that the consequences of climate change-intense tropical cyclones; the rise in sea levels; and strong rainfall, river flow and floods-could drastically affect coastlines of the provinces.

sunstar.com.ph
01/10/2010
Paper hobby turns into business

What started as a devotion to paper products has turned into a fun yet profitable business. Charo Lyn Roncesvalles, a collector of stationeries and other types of paper during her college days, now makes and sells handcrafted journals to friends, online clients, and bazaar visitors.

sunstar.com.ph
01/7/2010
Love for accessories turns into business

One's love for things could create wonders. For Mabel Paredes, her love for accessories turned into a business, now running for more than three years. For updates from around the country, follow Sun.Star on Twitter Called Trappings Collection and Creations, the business features "affordable" earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and rings of vintage and earthy colors.

sunstar.com.ph/cebu
01/06/2010
Realtors see good year ahead

If the increasing amount of OFW remittances in the country is sustained and the local demand for housing continues, a group of real estate practitioners are expecting their industry to be performing well in 2010. Philippine Association of Realtors Board Inc.-Cebu Realtors Board Inc.

Features

sunstar.com.ph
06/09/2013
Mother and her breakfast tales

My mother is a born storyteller, very verbose and quite animated. Just like her own mother, she remembers many stories from long ago, even from the time when she started first grade. Mind you, not all of these are happy bedtime stories that make you smile before you sleep.

sunstar.com.ph/cebu
01/21/2010
More consumers now aware of forms of Internet fraud

Consumer awareness of phishing attacks has doubled between 2007 and 2009 but the number of consumers falling victim to these attacks increased six times during the same period, according to a global online survey released recently.

News

Fiction

nancycudis.com
06/16/2013
Short Story: Best Friends

Nadia felt she was closer to Rosie who graduated at a public school before transferring to for Girls than any of her classmates with whom she grew up with at the same school since Grade 1.

nancycudis.com
04/01/2012
Short Story: The Rise and Fall of the Romulo Family

January 5, 2000 was a joyous day for the Romulo Family because of two good news that happened to them. One was the wife of the second and youngest son was pregnant for the third time. The family, though, rejoiced more over the lottery win of the father--Php 10 million!

nancycudis.com
03/04/2012
Short Story: The Decision

Maria was teary-eyed, looking down on her bowl of chicken teriyaki as she told her tale to Louisa, her friend whom she considered more as of a listener than a talker. Right now, she just wanted to be listened to. "We didn't have sex. We never did.

Guest Blog Posts

empressofdrac.com
03/04/2012
With the surge of e-books, are physical books dying?

In late December 2011, The Christian Science Monitor reported of e-book readers complaining of higher prices of e-books as prices of reading devices plunged, saying that it is difficult to justify the purchase of e-books worth $10-$12 when one can buy a used physical book over at Amazon for $2.