Book Launch Takes Off In The Philippines

It was time! But it was also raining heavily. The launch of Secrets To Dominate Your Niche was supposed to start at 6pm but because of the heavy rain, they delayed the talk to an hour later. But it was still great news for those who arrived on time because they got to meet with Thomas and had their books personally autographed by him. The launch took place on the top floor (aptly named Top Shelf) of Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street branch. And I must say that Nikko and his group of students volunteers from the Business Management Society (BMS) of De La Salle University–Manila did a fantastic job dressing up the place, with the little time and resources that were given to them.

The display at the speaker’s table.

As the launch was held after work hours, we wanted to provide some food for participants.

Thomas looking pumped for his upcoming talk for the launch. And here, seen with the man who made it all happen, Nikko Lim.

This is what Nikko had to share about the launch:

Registration for the book launch started 6:00 pm, those who were at the book launch early got the chance to have their book signed already by Thomas and got an opportunity to take pictures with him. Program started around 7:00 pm, it started late because it rained hard, and some were late. First I started to thank the guests for attending the book launch and told my story on how I came across the book and how it ended up being launched here in the Philippines. Then I introduced Thomas and he gave his talk about the book, differentiation strategies and niche domination. We had some question and answers after and more book signing and picture taking after.

There certainly seemed to be a lot of photo-taking and autographs. In fact, at one point, Thomas was telling me that he was talking to people while autographing the book! Talk about multi-tasking… but everyone looked like they were having a great time. Some of the new friends that Thomas made also came to support him at the launch, including Donald Lim of Yehey.com and members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation–Philippines, who were invited by Benjamin So. We are also very appreciative of some other business leaders and press members who showed their support for the launch with their presence, namely, Kamela Crisologo-Seen, owner of the highly successful Plato Wraps and Wilson Lee Flores, writer for The Philippine Star. Wilson had also left us a message on the Secrets To Dominate Your Niche Facebook account, saying, “I enjoyed attending your successful book launch at Fully Booked in The Fort, it’s also an excellent and very interesting book which I recommend all business-oriented people, professionals or entrepreneurs should read!”

Thank you Wilson for that message!

Kamela Crisologo-Seen, Thomas, Nikko

Thomas, Wilson Lee Flores, Nikko

EO Philippines’ members show their support for their Singaporean counterpart–Thomas

Thomas was later hosted to dinner by Benjamin So and fellow EO members at an Italian restaurant and I hear there was great food, flowing conversation and wine, a fitting end to a successful launch in an extremely hospitable and enterprising country called Philippines.