Friday, June 3, 2022

Pengalaman first time (and maybe last time) melakukan MMK

Saya mengamalkan marketing personal branding di Facebook sejak tahun 2015 sejak bergelar Senior Trainer di Coway Malaysia.

Banyak guru yang saya berguru berkenaan marketing ni. DAO, Najib Assadok, Funnel Evo, Red Eagle dan banyak guru² yang tak dikenali.

Pada kebiasaannya, marketing personal branding ni melibatkan posting² berkenaan diri sendiri yang mengandungi unsur jenaka, motivasi positif dan ilmiah dalam posting² harian. Selain dari itu, result marketing juga sangat berkesan dalam menaikkan personal branding.

Biasanya caraukur personal branding dapat dilihat pada berapa banyak like, komen dan share pada sesuatu posting.

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Sejak 2 bulan kebelakangan ni, akibat kesihatan yang terganggu (kenalan² rapat sahaja tahu apa yang terjadi pada saya dan anak saya), saya kurang aktif bermedia sosial kerana asyik sakit, menyebabkan kreativiti menurun dalam membuat marketing.

So apabila kesihatan sudah mula pulih, saya mulakan semula aktiviti marketing seperti biasa.

Tapi like dan komen tak banyak seperti sebelumnya, kurang 10 engagement. Makin kurang, seolah² orang tak nampak posting² saya walaupun ada unsur jenaka, ilmiah dan motivasi.

Maka saya berfikir, marketing jenis apa lagi yang saya perlu buat untuk orang NAMPAK posting² saya.

Tiba² teringat pasal MMK. Saya tak pernah buat sebab tak berani. 

Nanti orang pandang serong kat saya. 

Nanti orang takmau kawan dah dengan saya.

Nanti orang benci saya.

Sebagai bekas trainer dan WS Agent, saya dipandang tinggi kerana ilmu saya dalam bidang penapis air dan penapis udara disamping kemampuan sales saya.

Jadi saya takut.

Tapi, sifat teringin untuk cuba itu ada. Sekali seumur hidup pun jadi lah.

Dan saya pujuk diri "Kalau ini sahaja caranya, buat ja. Kawan² yang betul² mengenali kau pasti akan sedar yang posting itu "bukan Irwin" yang sebenar".

Jadi saya pun buat posting MMK. 

Topik yang saya pilih (yang tengah hot masa tu) ialah berkenaan agent SK Magic (company yang saya sedang bekerja dengan) sahaja yang dapat caruman EPF dan company lain tiada.

Saya cuba posting pertama minggu lepas. Takdak pun orang kecam.

Lepas tu saya cuba posting macam kebiasaannya (ilmiah + motivasi), tiada perubahan dalam like dan komen.

Saya cuba lagi posting MMK. Kali ni lebih "jahat" ayatnya.

Friendlist saya banyak berasal dari Coway, jadi mereka yang nampak posting saya mula mengecam. In fact, ada yang dari SK Magic pun mengecam. Dan paling pelik, orang yang bukan dari company penapis air pun mula mengecam.

Fuuhh feeling masa tu, walaupun saya sendiri pun terasa emosi jugak la sebab dikata tak beradab dalam bisnes la, tak professional la, kurang ajar la, tapi dalam masa yang sama, saya nampak MMK ni menjadi!

Tiba² dekat wall saya, saya boleh nampak posting raaammmaaii orang dari friendlist saya yang sebelum ni saya tak nampak. Ada posting dari mereka yang nama²nya saya tak pernah tau pun dah boleh nampak. Like dan komen pada posting saya pun semakin meningkat.

But the price?

Ramai kawan² dari company lama masih marah pada saya. 😢

Hopefully you guys will find the heart to forgive me one day. It's just marketing.

Dah, last dah guna MMK, serik! It's just not me! Biar la Dato Vida dan Alif Syukri ja guna... 

Marketing "Mohon Kecam" : Effective but Risky

Marketing bertujuan bagi orang nampak, tu yang selalu dikatakan oleh guru-guru marketing.

Tapi di Facebook, kadang² marketing yang dibuat tak berapa menjadi sebab follower tak ramai dan ini boleh dilihat pada engagement di setiap posting yang kita buat.

Buat posting setiap hari, tapi selalu 2-3 like ja, something is wrong there.

Friendslist 5000 pun tak semestinya 5000 orang nampak posting kita. In fact, 500 orang pun belum tentu.

Most probably ini disebabkan algorithm Facebook yang dah mula "hide" posting kita dari wall orang lain menyebabkan mereka tak nampak posting kita di wall.

Ada banyak cara untuk tingkatkan engagement supaya posting kita "kurang dihide". 

Boleh buat manual engagement seperti stalk FB orang lain, like posting orang dan sebagainya.

Namun ada satu cara kontroversi yang berkesan tetapi berisiko, iaitu Marketing Mohon Kecam (MMK).

APAKAH SEBENARNYA MARKETING MOHON KECAM (MMK)?

Jawapan : Basically apa sahaja posting yang sekiranya dibaca orang, mereka akan terasa hati, teremosi marah atau meluat atau menyampah atau benci atau yang menimbulkan spekulasi atau mendetik ketidaksetujuan yang terlampau.

Netizen memang suka kalau bab kecam ni.

KEBERKESANAN MMK

Sangat berkesan.

Posting MMK anda boleh dilihat oleh orang yang telah lama tiada engagement dengan anda walaupun tanpa diShare dan dikecam.

Mereka yang stalk FB anda atau tiba² melakukan engagement dengan anda akan dapat melihat posting² anda selepas posting MMK, menyebabkan view, like dan komen anda boleh bertambah dengan cepat.

RISIKO YANG PERLU DIAMBILKIRA SEBELUM MELAKUKAN MMK

MMK ni, walaupun berkesan, tetapi risikonya tinggi, kerana posting anda perlu "menanti dikecam".

Antara risikonya :

1. Pandangan orang lain terhadap anda akan berubah dari baik ke buruk

2. Hilang kawan/friend/follower

3. Emosi anda akan terganggu dengan kecaman yang dilakukan netizen

Anda perlu terima risiko ini sebelum terus melakukan MMK.


Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Just for laughs... :)

Got these pictures from an e-mail a friend sent to me a few days ago... hope they bring tears (of laughter) to your day... :)











Laughter is the best medicine... :)

Monday, April 20, 2009

Postal Job Application Strategy

Make your application as presentable as possible

A postal job application is a method of presenting one self as a good candidate for a vacant job position. Unlike walk-in interview sessions, the interviewer cannot see the candidate up-close and personal, therefore he/she/they won’t be able to ask questions to the candidate. Therefore a postal job application should recover the lacking of interaction between the interviewee and the interviewer.

A company might get thousands of applications for only one vacancy, as such many of the postal applications will either be kept in KIV or worse, thrown away. How can we make our application seen and known? In order for an application to stand up and rise above all other applications, candidates need to use a more creative and aggressive approach to get the interviewer’s attention.

Throughout this guideline, you will get some tips on how to make a good presentation of yourself in an envelope.

Things you need to have for a postal application are as per below:

1) Envelope (make sure it’s brown and fits bigger than an A4 size paper)

2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter

3) CV/Resume

4) Academic Achievements Certificate

5) Curricular activities Certificates (if any)

Below are some tips for a presentable application :

1. Envelope - the very first impression towards you
The envelope of your application plays an important roll to get the reader’s/interviewer's attention into opening the envelope and read whatever that is inside it, rather than putting it aside. Below are some suggestions for a good envelope:
i. Address of company – must be typed using an easy-to-read font on a paper, cut it and
paste it exactly in the middle of the front of the envelope
ii. Stamp – to be pasted on the top right angle of the front of the envelope with ample space
from the corner of the envelope
iii. Job post – must be typed using an easy-to-read font on a paper, cut it and paste it exactly
on the top left angle of the front of the envelope with ample space from the corner of the
envelope
iv. Your contact details - must be typed using an easy-to-read font on a paper, cut it and paste
it exactly on the bottom right angle of the back of the envelope with ample space from the
corner of the envelope (this is important so that you’ll get the envelope back should it is not
delivered)
v. Avoid using marker pens, they will mess-up your envelope

2. Cover Letter – a professional approach
A cover letter (letter of application) is vital to inform the reader/interviewer what the package is all about – you applying for a job. This is also the 2nd impression that you will give to the reader/interviewer, so make yourself look ‘good’ in it. Make the letter look professional by adding a letterhead (if any), reference numbers, your contact details and so on. But what most important is the content - you should state your interest in the job in a soft-spoken language, grammatical error free, and clearly states that you are interested in filling in vacancy. Make the letter as presentable as possible and as professional as possible, but also as simple as possible. Readers/Interviewers don’t like too many words in a letter.

3. CV/Resume – a brief introduction of who you are
CVs need not be too flashy as this will show that you are desperate in securing the job. No, you have to be professional. A CV should give a brief introduction about you as an applicant to the reader/interviewer. It will help the reader/interviewer to determine whether you are suitable for the job you are applying. Below are some guidelines:
a) Must be readable, avoid small-size fonts on important information
b) Give all the necessary information the reader/interviewer might need in a presentable way
so that they can judge you with much ease
c) Avoid winding sentences, make it short but very clear
d) Maximum of 3 pages only, the less the better
e) Insert picture (if any) so that the reader/interviewer can also judge you from your physical
appearance
f) Use table-style and point-style data presentations for a more statistical approach

4. Certificates – helpful documents
To show that you are sincere in securing the job, you need the relevant certificates for the information that you have stated in your CV.
i) Academic Certificates – providing these papers will show your credibility as a well-educated
person
ii) Curricular Activities Certificates – these certificates will give a better picture to the
reader/interviewer of what kind of person you really are

Give as many certificates as you possibly can. The reader/interviewer might not read them all, but it will be helpful if they do.

5. Filing your application
Arrange your application in filing system so that the reader will have an easier reference to what they need to see.

An example for a filing system is as per below :
1st section - Letter of Application/Cover Letter
2nd section - CV/Resume
3rd section - Academic Certificates
- have a separator cover **
- sort from the highest education institution to the lowest (university – college
– high school – primary school)
- if possible, in color
4th section - Curricular Certificates
- have a separator cover **
- sort from the highest education institution to the lowest (university – college
– high school – primary school)
- if possible, in color

** A Seperator Cover is a sheet that seperates the sections, something like a Chapter cover in a book

After doing all that, you should recheck your whole presentation to make sure everything is in order, then seal the envelope and post the application right away.

A few days after sending the letter, do follow-up with the company by calling/e-mailing/visiting the PIC and check whether they have received the application. During the phone/e-mail conversation/personal visit, interact even more by asking questions regarding the vacancy. This will help the interviewer to get to know you a little better and to make sure they notice that you’re still interested in the vacancy. And if you get an interview with the company, the conversation during the interview with the interviewer will be less awkward.

I believe with a more creative approach, a positive mind and superb determination as well as timely follow-up, the chances of securing an interview will be much higher.

Good luck in your future undertakings.

Intro...

Assalamu'alaikum...

In the name of Allah the Great and the Most Merciful...

Hi there... I'm Irwin from Penang...

This is my first time writing blogs... quite noob in this thing... hope all the sifus in the whole wide world can guide me to a better writing... :)

Being a pure Malay (eventhough my name sounds English) and a Muslim, please bear in mind that my articles may be somewhat 'rojak Penang' [a mix of Bahasa Malaysia (Penang style), Penang Hokkien, English and Manglish (Malayish English, something like Singlish)], just for the fun of it. Should you are not familiar with some of the words, please do not hesitate to ask, I'll be glad to help you out, like others who were very kind of helping me before.

Anyways, hope you guys will enjoy my writing...

:)