An Interview With Social Media Philippines' Rob Angeles
Rob Angeles is changing the social media landscape. He has helped personalities and organizations build their brands through the use of social media tools. Join in on our conversation below.
What's the goal of Social Media Philippines?
To be able to reach out to individuals and businesses who are interested in using social media.
How is social media changing the business landscape?
Social media can help businesses create a face in front of their customers that can continuously engage.
If YOU have to pick three brands who are succeeding in using social media to build a bigger business, which are they?
Dell
Comcast
Vocalpoint (P&G)
Who's the best social media marketer out there? Why?
I can’t really describe him as a marketer. Chris Brogan ROCKS!!!
How can ordinary individuals use social media in a way that it improves their life and career?
Social media allows people to share. It gives them the opportunity to open one of their windows and tell people that they are here to help. The more they become visible using the tools, the more people can know about them.
If YOU had $10m and 10 years left to live, how would YOU spend it?
I’ve always wanted to have a foundation to help street children get a good education.
How can governments maximize social media tools to help their people?
There is a lot of information that people need from different branches of the government. By incorporating social media through their processes, they can easily communicate with their constituents.
Who are YOUR personal heroes? Why?
Robbie Mirasol. He was my mentor when I started in the retail industry and eventually introduced me to prominent individuals of the trade who also mentored me.
What are YOU hungry for?
I’m hungry to impart on how businesses can communicate 2-way to their customers.
Do YOU have plans to re-settle in the Philippines? If yes, why? If no, why not?
Yes! It will be easier to help people if I am there.
About Rob Angeles
Rob Angeles is the founder and author of Social Media Philippines. His goal is to be able to reach out and educate entrepreneurs and marketers in incorporating social media in their business processes to improve delivery of results, transform internal and external communications to conversations and expand brand presence using Web 2.0 tools.
Some stuff you might want to know
Rob has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and earned 12 years of IT experience. He carried different roles from software development, database architecture and project management. Most of the projects he handled are development and deployment of large, mission-critical applications from multi-national companies and government agencies around the United States.
The Path to Social Media
Thanks to his friends from Cincinnati, Rob is now hyper with social media and conversations. He was a part of a offshore team that worked with Vocalpoint and Tremor. He understood the power of communities and word-of-mouth and was hypnotized by it ever since.
Today, Rob is still exploring for a unique voice for his tribe. Culture plays a major role in introducing social media and adopting certain rules is cool but adding a twist, appropriate for a tribe, is more likely to be accepted.
