2008 StratMark Competition

[justice_is_cool]

Surprisingly, UP Diliman's winning streak ends in this year's StratMark as SouthVille Foreign College grabbed the championship. But controversies and qualms with the result made this year's Stratmark questionable. This year's case revolves in repositioning the Araneta Center. But did this year's champion really hit the spot? What really happened? Which team should have won?!?

The National Finalists this year are UP Diliman, La Salle University, Far Eastern University, UP Visayas and the Southville Foreign College.

Ingayan na!

[justice_is_cool]

ang labo tlaga ng results..*. . Sabi na nga ng mga judges na di nila maconnect ang mga strategies, tpos may mga features sa strategies nila na out of league. Sila pa nanalo?!!. ..Di nga confident ang mga reporters nila, kulang sa tulog... .

the judges deliberated right infront of the three big men of Southville (literal and figuratively). . ..Parang binabantay ang results! Naku po!
Sana secluded na lang para walang question! From the 3 previous stratmarks I've watched, this year's the worst! @!@$!!@$!@#~

*peace*

[n3X]

What happened? Kawawa naman yung schools na naghirap.

[TrueBlueEagle]

Put it to rest dude. Marketing competitions are designed for students to learn. Winning should be secondary. If Southville won, then it would be considered a good achievement for them. For the other teams, be very happy about your chance to participate in these competitions.

After all, marketing strategies are first and foremost a very subjective area. The real meat lies in the execution.

Congratulations to all finalists!

[justice_is_cool]

Weird (-,-). During the revalida of Southville, they were criticized of their strategies kasi it came out short and incomprehensive. Sabi **** mismo ng judges... .Strats nga nila *** mismo sa Araneta setting! nanalo pa sila!!! Campaign nila "Living the Metro Beat", nevermind if it looks and sounds pale, pro wlang impact. *&^(%&*

At yung ad, though it luks prepared, wlang essence to the idea of "Metro Beat" Parang corporate AVP, hindi Ad for TV. Na-upload nga nila sa Youtube. Tingnan nyo (-,-)

[dreamboat1987]

^hindi nga kagandahan yung video nila.

sayang naman at naputol na ang winning streak ng BA sa stratmark. oh well, bawi na lang next year! at sa iba pang marketing competitions!

[n3X]

Put it to rest dude. Marketing competitions are designed for students to learn. Winning should be secondary. If Southville won, then it would be considered a good achievement for them. For the other teams, be very happy about your chance to participate in these competitions.

After all, marketing strategies are first and foremost a very subjective area. The real meat lies in the execution.

Congratulations to all finalists!

Kaya nga competition e, primary objective is yung winning. Of course, lagi namang may learning e. Pero ang main reason is to recognize talent and good work. When you do that, you motivate the next generation to push on, to raise standards. Kaya important ang competition for example sa industry, para hindi mag-stagnate or magdrift into mediocrity, everybody benefits from the firms to the consumer, and also yung economic system as a whole because resources are put into better use. And hindi rin true na subjective ang marketing strategies and the real meat lies in the execution. Its already a science. Your execution must be founded on sensible and coherent strategies and tactics. Anong sense na maganda nga execution mo pero mali naman yung target or positioning. E di wala ring kwenta.

Now kung mali yung pag-award mo or merong doubts dun sa selection, that damages not only the reputation of the competition, but also its mission. E di wala ng legitimacy yung winners, nawawalan ng prestige yung compet.

Recognition is a positive reinforcement factor in learning. Kung sa school, hindi deserving yung valedictorian maging valedictorian, it renders everything as senseless, especially sa isang academic na setting.

[da_macker]

Wait, ano ba 'yung comment sa ibang colleges? Baka naman mas pangit pa comment sa kanila lahat (though of course I doubt it)...

[missy808]

i just find it weird that the host, in an effort to buy the judges some time, disclosed the identities of the schools WHILE the judges were deliberating on the winners. isn't the whole purpose of using team names and numbers blind judging? also, one of the judges doesn't seem to have independence by appearance as she was seen "making beso" with la salle's coach. tsk. tsk.

[justice_is_cool]

I agree n3x... I always thought Stratmark holds that prestige we are looking forward to in a national competition. Now I'm doubting it. To the PhilMArketing Association, get the record straight! Or else, StratMark would always be suspicious and be a hotchpotch of controversies.:eek:

Competitions are not just simply an avenue to learn and be educated, but it's where we invest hard work, flair and 'deeply-thought-of' ideas with hopes to prove ourselves. But if judged unmerited, now that's pure sick! I pity those who worked their asses off for stratmark. you're efforts will be recompensed soon. Bawi next time.;)

To the finalists, hope you'll explain your side...*okay*

[work_place]

lahat ng competition nagkakaroon ng dayaan through the years.
Ang tanong... maganda ba talaga yung sa UP?

[Hulk]

I understand how a competitor feels, I've also represented my school during my college days. But let me share the side of a competition organizer. Hindi ako StratMark pero I've been part of the FINEX ICFC for 5 years.

Organizing a competition is also hard work. If a team trains hard, we also spend hundreds of precious executive man-hours organizing everything. We also always keep in mind the credibility risk that we face in staging a competition. We spend lots of man hours debating rule changes and technicalities as these are potential sources of OTFUs (ooportunities to f**** up). Right now, I am poring over the checklist of the baggage list of out-of-town judges.

With regards dayaan naman. Personally, I can't find a strong enough motive that would allow a professional organization to rule any other way than what it stands for. For example, I have in my desk right now all the questions for the Elimination and Final rounds of the 10th ICFC. (Hehe! Just don't burglarize my office) I can't imagine a motive for me that would allow me to sell that information to any school, even if it's my beloved alma mater. Hehe! In fact, I've deducted points and ruled against UP-D in past competitions. :lol:

Tough competition calls will be made. Some will view it as unfair, and some might disagree with them, but overall I believe these calls will always be made and based on the personal beliefs and professional knowledge and experience of the judges.

Of course this is just me speaking. :D

Now I can't speak for the organizers of StratMark, but I think the awareness and thought-process would probably be the same with ours.


:frank:

[justice_is_cool]

response ko lang kay hulk . .... that's what supposed things are in organizing such events, pero that is not what it seemed to be in the recent Stratmark. it didnt look credible. parang minadalian lang, walang proper protocol on how things are done. if you were there, you'd see...