Monthly Archives: March 2009

Getting from 0 to 1000.

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Belinda Ang Posted in digital marketing, Social Media Marketing | 6 Comments

       @paddytan was asking me today, now that everyone is jumping on twitter, has blogging dip in trend? Well, the conversation has prompted me to write this posting.     Twitter celebrated its 3rd Birthday last weekend and I also celebrated my 1000th follower on the same day. 1000 follower may seem like no big deal to many Twitter-celeb (even a cat @sockington has 200,000 followers!) But the journey from 0 to 1000 could potentially be the hardest learning curve for any … →

Coffee Time, Lianhe Zaobao, 16 March 2009

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Belinda Ang Posted in Random | Leave a comment

Attached is a copy of today’s Chinese papers with a small little feature on me and my interests. This is a forth nightly column that features people from different walks of life and talks a little about their favourite movies, books, food and ways of keeping fit. A brief translation : I first tried my hand at entrepreneurship at 21 years old where I started an European-styled cafe in Tanglin Mall. Thereafter, a second outlet was opened around the vicinity … →

REACH out???

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Belinda Ang Posted in digital marketing, My thoughts | Leave a comment

I received a letter by post from REACH today. REACH is a movement by the Singapore government to encourage ground feedback on shaping government policies and to engage more Singaporeans in country affairs. But this letter has left me quite baffled. It says, “… Attached is a simple survey form which will take about five minutes to complete. Please update your particulars as well, and send it back to us via EMAIL.” And indeed, attached is a two page survey … →

Give me a Job!

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Belinda Ang Posted in My thoughts | 6 Comments

I was managing a booth for my client at Career 2009 almost the entire of last week. And in the past 4 days, I had been going through repeatedly in my mind how I should write this entry. There are indeed lots to say and a lot to reflect on our society and people.   Let’s began with the turnout of the event. It was an astounding success, there were more than 500,000 attendees throughout the 4-day exhibition, as reported … →