Welcome to The City of Smiles: Five Bacolod Bloggers You Must Follow

Bacolod City brims with a vibrant culture that puts it on the list of the top destinations here in the Philippines. This highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region is known as The City of Smiles because of a carnival-like occasion called MassKara Festival. This October event features colorful masks with smiling faces along with festivities you'll surely enjoy.

Aside from the rich culture and historical attractions, food is something you don't want to miss when you're visiting The City of Bacolod. From the oh-so-famous Chicken Inasal, puff pastries down to the freshly-caught seafood, buckle up as Bacolod offers a variety of amazing food tours to fill your stomach at equally amazing price points.

With so much to offer, you must need a guide to fully maximize the beautiful destination. And so, there are lots of Bacolod bloggers out there that you can check out to plan your travel or to know if the life there will suit you.

We managed to round up five of the best online content creators from Bacolod city. One of them is a social media advocate, some have already received BDO blogger awards, and some share comprehensive articles about product features, insights, useful information about Bacolod City, and lifestyle blogs that you can read if you're interested to visit soon.

So, if you want to connect with them, find a Philippine lifestyle blog or a blog dedicated to showing you what Bacolod can truly offer, read on.

Five Best Online Content Creators in Bacolod City, Philippines to Follow

1. Bacolod Blogger Sigrid

First on our list is Bacolod blogger Mommy Sigrid. She writes about a wide range of topics starting from sharing her family life. This online influencer has two talented and beautiful daughters and she keeps her online readers updated with their family activities.

Aside from that, Maria Sigrid Lo creates content about home improvement, fashion trends, and beauty blogging. She also writes about home cooking, traveling, gardening, and much more in the hope to help every Filipino mom feel empowered in life. Awesome, right?

On her parenting and family blogs, she does product reviews and accepts sponsorships, monthly advertising, and also paid posting. Do you want to get featured or post an advertisement on her platform? Just send her an email at [email protected] and reach her audience.

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Bacolod Mommy Blogger Sigrid is also a work-at-home mom juggling to take care of her homeschooled kids and still cover events. After graduating with a degree in Mass Communications from the University of St. La Salle, she worked as news reporter and writer for a local newspaper then pursued a career in advertising. Her career journey was indeed an amazing roller coaster but now, she's a freelance writer.

Before she became a Philippines lifestyle, food, and mommy blogger, she was a proud member of the contributing writers for COOK Magazine, Agriculture Magazine, SPA Asia, and a lot more publications.

In fact, Bacolod Mommy Blogger Sigrid Lo received 3 awards in the 1st Bantala UP Media Excellence Awards held last March 23, 2022 at the Little Theater of the University of the Philippines Visayas in Iloilo City. She received awards in these categories:

• Story of the Year for Blog
• In-Depth Report of the Year for Blog
• In-Depth Report of the Year for Social Media categories.

2. Rhode InStyle

Next on our list is Rhoda Dejito, a freelance digital and print writer, a public relations specialist, and a law student all in one. After graduating from the prestigious University of the Philippines, she's been in the digital world in the last 9 years. Rhoda is a certified digital marketer who’s also fond of choreography, events organizing and hosting, fashion styling, and according to her, daydreaming.

In her website, Rhode Instyle, you'll see categories like travel, lifestyle, family life, freelancing, fashion, and a blog dedicated for Bacolod City. She writes about her unique experiences during her travels, thoughts about events, the awesome world of freelancing, her taste in fashion, and everything there is to know about the City of Smiles, Bacolod City.

So, if you want to get updates from this awesome Bacolod blogger, check out her profiles.

To work with her, send an email to [email protected] or follow her on her social media accounts.

3. Mea in Bacolod

Let's head on to our next online content creator, Mea Pabiona. She's behind Mea in Bacolod (MNB) and works as a freelance writer for about 6 years now. As a digital marketer, she focuses on content strategy, search engine optimization and social media marketing. But in 2015, she then decided to start blogging. She creates content about Bacolod City, food, travelling, and her lifestyle.

According to Mea, most people think that Bacolod is just a small city in Negros Occidental. It's a fact but Mea loves the city! She said that the lifestyle is pretty laid-back and who would say no if the food is amazing. She shares her personal adventures in the City of Smiles, Bacolod. Hence, if you're looking for food recommendations, trendy places, activities to try, up to events to look forward, Mea in Bacolod got you.

She often gets asked for the reason why she created her website and her answer remains the same. It's simply because she wants to write. It's her personal choice as a way to express her self and she's passionate in creating, telling a story, and giving information through her writing. That's a passion-over-profit mindset!

2017 Blog Achievements:

• Globe Media Awards 2017 - Shortlisted for Blogger of the Year
• Globe Medua Awards 2017 - Shortlisted for Social Media Advocate of the Year
• Office of the Governor Negros Occidental Tourism Division - Plaque of Appreciation for the Negros Bloggers
• Rotarty Bacolod South - Won Beauty BLogger of the Year
• Blogapalooza: Generation D - Attended the event in Manila

4. Ramil Hinolan The City Rat

With a tagline “Life is a daring adventure”, Ramil Hinolan runs The City Rat. It's a blogsite where you can read about his travels, food finds, smart living and anything in his thoughts. He also manage a small cafe business and a certified wanderer and food lover. Ramil Hinolan is also a Certified Public Accountant, husband, father to three grown-up lovely daughters and a furdad too!

He started blogging in the last quarter of 2018 out of boredom and initially planned it to be just an online diary. But when he gained online friends and readers, he took it to the next level. The City Rat now aims to help advertisers grow their business. Just reach out to him through his socials for future engagements.

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5. Dhadha Garcia

Lastly, we have The Blue Ink by Bacolod Blogger Dhadha Garcia. She created this blog site to share her thoughts on food, travel, and lifestyle. Dhadha also offers a variety of services like brand ambassadorship, product reviews, sponsored posts, giveaway hosting, social media promotion, link placement, and ads.

So, if you believe that your brand, product or service would benefit from her platform, send your inquiries to [email protected] and don't miss your chance to grow your business. As an added bonus, here's the list of the blog awards and citations that The Blue Ink have received.

Blog Awards & Citations

• 2022 Viral Awards, Beauty Blogger of the Year
• 2018 Blog of the Year Megaworld Corporation
• 2017 Best Lifestyle Blog Rotary Club of Bacolod South – Bloggers Excellence Awards 2017
• 2017 Plaque of Appreciation for Negrense Blogging Society, Inc. Office of the Governor – Negros Occidental Tourism Division
• 2015 Blog Recognition The Negros Showroom and Association of Negros Producers (ANP)

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