E-Preneurs now open to all
KUCHING: Small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) have been invited to register themselves in the E-Preneurs platform to market their products even more broadly. According to its spokesperson Aina Azizah, the said platform is a State Women and Family Department’s (JWKS) initiative and is open to the local community free of charge. “This platform will not […]
Digital media as marketing tool
KUCHING: The new Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (Centexs) Commercial Media (CCM) will be utilised for promotion and marketing of local products made in Sarawak. Deputy State Secretary (Performance and Service Delivery) Datuk Dr Sabariah Putit stated that CCM will utilise various media platforms, particularly digital to provide wider marketing coverage. She disclosed that the […]
Small businesses ride out the pandemic and satay trader has social media to thank for
BY NURIN YUSRINA KUCHING: Small business owners found a new lease in life through social media, utilising the platform as means to market their products. This, they said helped their business to stay afloat despite only operating on a limited basis due to the current movement restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic. The owner of Daysya […]
Embark on e-commerce marketing
KUCHING: Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) Sarawak region director Sarimah Misman has urged entrepreneurs to create a marketing system for their products via e-commerce. “Digital transactions bring a positive impact to the nation’s income,” she said during a sharing session programme on ‘Skim Peningkatan Produktiviti Enterprise (SPPE) 2020: Journey to Excellence’ conducted virtually via webinar today. […]
Call on Agriculture Department to help increase production, marketing
TEBEDU: Department of Agriculture (DoA) Sarawak has been urged to intensify programmes which are aimed at helping farmers to market their produce. Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Amar Michael Manyin Jawong said although the farmers had long been involved in agriculture, in terms of their produce, it was only “cukup cukup makan sahaja” […]
Collaborate with trade offices
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has encouraged the Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) to collaborate with Sarawak’s trade offices in other countries to promote welfare micro-entrepreneurs’ (UMK) products to a wider market. “We already have Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) and soon, we […]
Shift to e-commerce, conventional entrepreneurs told
KUCHING: Local entrepreneurs, who are still using conventional methods, have been urged to adopt e-commerce to market their products. Syarikat Timogah founder Heineken Laluan said the demand for food delivery services had increased throughout the country. “That led me to establish an online marketplace– Timogah–which serves as a platform for traditional and modern farmers, sellers […]
Online market platform on the drawing board
KUCHING: An online platform to serve as a marketplace for industrial and agricultural products is being drawn up, said Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He said the initiative would be carried out by the Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation (SME Corp) Malaysia in line with Sarawak’s digital economy. […]
Internet celebrities: Becoming a social influencer
The age has changed and modern technologies conquered — where new job scopes appear out of nowhere, and one of it is being a ‘social media influencer’. A full-time job A social media influencer is a user of social media who has established credibility in a specific industry with the power to move trends and […]
Use latest technology to market products
MIRI: Local entrepreneurs have been urged to use the latest technology to market their products. International Trade and Industry, Industry Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Assistant Minister Datuk Malcom Mussen Lamoh made the call when speaking at the National Institute of Entrepreneurship (Insken) Business Outreach (IBO) 2020 here yesterday. Entrepreneurs, he added, must also take note […]
