MANILA, Philippines - For small and medium-scale businesses, expansion and growth may just be a matter of going through the Internet. This is what PLDT-SME Nation stressed at the Legazpi Sunday Market where it launched its newest business offering, “Suki.”
PLDT-SME Nation took the opportunity to encourage small and medium-scale businessmen and women at the famous weekend market to go online via Suki (www.suki.net.ph), a specialized networking site for entrepreneurs.
Many responded to the call as they realized that membership in the site would mean bigger networks as well as better relations with fellow businessmen and consumers.
“Suki’s purpose is to help entrepreneurs establish contacts, build their clientele or consumer base and give them a venue to interact. It’s a unique spin on the concept of social networking and online business,” said PLDT-SME Nation vice president and head Kat Luna-Abelarde.
PLDT-SME Nation takes its cue from the phenomenal rise in the number of entrepreneurs in recent years. And as businesses get more wired than ever, consumer response has also become much more potent.
In essence, Suki allows entrepreneurs to mingle in cyberspace and, in the future, transact with their online consumers but in a social community-networking setting. Suki also makes looking for suppliers and establishing a customer base easier.
“The Internet is a very vast deposit of information on entrepreneurs so it is often hard to find leads, whereas Suki gathers them in one online venue. Thus, finding the right partner or customer for them becomes as easy as a few clicks on the site,” Luna-Abelarde said.
Small and medium-scale businesses such as those at the Sunday Legazpi Market will find Suki very useful and convenient.
The Sunday Legazpi Market has become one of the most popular weekend markets in Makati ever since it began a couple of years ago. It has steadily attracted some very unique and exciting businesses as well as shoppers on the lookout for good, exciting and new finds at affordable prices.
Here, items sold range from home ornaments to health products, to literature and, of course, food.
Small and medium-scale businesses that operate in weekend markets such as this will find Suki very beneficial as it will allow business transactions online.
One of the best things that these businesses will like about Suki is that it allows them to operate on the site free of charge. Also, users will have the chance to rate the performance of the subscribers or business owners on the site, a highly effective way to promote business.
Suki will also allow blogging, event shoutouts, forums, and networking, among others, which are all new and proven effective ways in business communications.
For more info on what PLDT-SME Nation offers businesses, call 101-888 or visit www.pldtsme-nation.com.ph or www.suki.net.ph.