Year end management call, Wendy is back tomorrow – I survived, GFA Thailand bring back community events, Discussing with our ecommerce brand partners
Assessing Corporate Structure, Relationships, Year End
More focused lately on corporate structure and synergizing the various brands and businesses we have. May have more to announce public soon.
Meeting 15 of the “Shadstone Ninjas” on the Philippines Company Retreat
Many who follow my blog don’t even know about our main “operations and creation” company Shadstone. Since 2007 it has existed as a B2B agency for Asia business and boutique marketing. Since Covid, we have really doubled down on BUILDING LEADERS. Janette Toral has been coaching us and we have made some hard adjustments but am proud of the team …
Traveling to Manila from Thailand in the “new normal” of December 2022
On the road again. My Uncle Bill would comment on this very blog (rest in peace Uncle Bill) when he saw me “in my element” of being on the road in China and Asia. With Covid, the world stopped – at least my world – been a few months now in Chiang Mai, Thailand – but time to go “solo …
Post Retreat Reflections & Year End Processing
On the road back from epic Shadstone retreat, digesting, year end reflections, and new Amazon training in Southeast Asia in the works.
My Son Wants to be a YouTuber
It has been an ongoing discussion since we were in Shenzhen. Miles, my son, wants to be a Minecraft youtuber. Or a gamer youtuber, as he has other games he likes too. Wendy and I have been discussing it – this means we’d need to get a gamer laptop. Even my mac I’m typing isn’t powerful enough to do youtube …
Experiencing “Sensation” in Mediation with The Living Crystal
Over the years on Mike’s Blog, we have talked about meditation, my temple experience, and diving deeper into productivity and focus with Pomodoro timers. Today, I got to experience what I am calling “sensation mediation” with a product my friend (and now business alliance in the upcoming crowdfunding campaign) John gave me in late November 2022. I only had 25 …
Kid Bonding Before Philippines Trip
This week:Philippines retreat, Bangkok strategic meetings, BeckyAI Kickstarter ends Friday, More Launching Akitai’s sun catcher, Esatto products, Excalibur Brothers products.
Solo Dad + Product Launch Marketing
Solo dad (wife went to Bhutan for a month) + Marketing workflow and team – Anne talk? Elayne help more? (BeckyAI, esatto, akitai), GFvip / Blimp method / Aubrey re-start
Photo Shoots, Content Creation, Brand Building
Many people ask me how to sell online. How to make a website, how to make a brand. Should they do drop shipping? Amazon FBA? Etc. To me, all that is forged in my mind is to make a brand. The way to sell is just an output of the product. A channel, that is it. Today’s vlog, just a …
Thanksgiving Coming, Q4 Pressure Full Force
Truly trying my best to hold on through fourth quarter. Amazon’s warehouse is overloaded, photo shoot content, warehouse transition, year end assessments
Dinner Meeting with Amazon Global Selling, Thailand + Southeast Asia
On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, I had the pleasure to be accepted to attend a private Amazon Global Selling Dinner event in Chiang Mai, Thailand. There were quite a few representatives from Amazon there from all parts of Southeast Asia – Thailand (their office is in Bangkok), Singapore, Vietnam, and some people from the Philippines and Malaysia. It was more …
A Handy Timer Used For Pomodoro – GymBoss
Since 2014 or 2015 I have been using this interval timer day in and day out. This is my fourth one now so I want to make a video to showcase how I use it and what I am using it for. As I type up this blog post, I am watching the count down as it is clipped on …
Need Your Input – Logistics Quotes To Get Out Of Nightmare
Need your help and Input! One of our Amazon investments is in a logistics nightmare – and we need to get more quotes on receiving a container to a LA warehouse to show our old warehouse (it’s stuck there) Check out the full story at www.globalfromasia.com/logistics-nightmare and if you have data/quotes you can share about your 3PL rates – please …
Book Review – Ecommerce Reimagined: Retail and Ecommerce in China
Here’s my writeup of Sharon Gai’s book, Ecommerce Reimagined: Retail and Ecommerce in China – a great read for anyone targeting Chinese consumers – online as well as offline! Helpful and Logical Flow to Understand Intricacies of Chinese ecommerce Sharon’s experience both on East and West – having been born in China and gone through both education and work experience …
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