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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

How to Market on Facebook, etc


Another interesting sharing is due this Saturday, May 18, following NAWEM Penang monthly committee meeting.

The speaker is Jason Gan of Tribeup, a digital marketing agency & innovation lab and Instapps, DIY toolset software for online sellers to setup full functioning Facebook stores.

Instapps Social Store is a full fledge Facebook ecommerce system that sits on your Facebook page. It allows your fans to browse and search your products effectively at a fully functional shopping cart.

Your customers can choose to pay via Paypal or opt for manual payment or online banking. The whole Paypal transaction process will be done within Facebook environment. If a customer choose to pay via manual payment, they can come back to update payment at the Purchase Management Panel, which you, the seller, will be notified immediately. Instapps also feature a full fledge inventory system to help you take care of your stockkeeping headaches, plus another 20 over cool features.

Mark your calendar if you are keen on learning more about Facebook promotion, marketing and sales!

Date     :
18 May 2013 (Saturday)
Time    :
10.00 a.m – 12.00 p.m. (Committee Meeting)
12.00 noon – 1.00 p.m (Sharing Session by  Jason 
                             Gan (open to guests)                       
1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. ( Networking session )
  


The venue is at NAWEM Penang's shared premise at One Precinct, 1A-2-01, Lengkok Mayang Pasir, Bayan Baru, 11900 Penang (near Bayan Baru market and Sunshine Square).


In April, we had Jason Teh, a certified retail coach and CEO of two companies, who shared on SoLoMo Marketing that targets online-mobile users.


The following is a brief on what NAWEM Penang members had been up to recently.


> Three members and two guests were in KL for the promotional conference on the 10th China-Asean Expo 2013, which is scheduled for 20-24 September in Nanning, China. They returned excited to share 'this very valuable information' to members and all.


MATRADE is organising the Malaysian participation in the 10th CAEXPO, a major annual event that has been credited as an important platform for the promotion of trade and investment between Malaysia and China.The expo theme this year is 'Regional Cooperation and Development: New Opportunities, New Impetus and New Stage.'

There is an incentive of RM10,000 to Malaysians who are interested to take up booths at the expo and two NAWEM members are keen to do so.

Chairperson Wendy recommended members to attend such promotional conference to better understand the incentives offered by MATRADE for promoting Malaysian products to the overseas market.


>Wendy also attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Regional Forum in KL, where an Indonesian delegate highlighted that not all countries provide subsidy for participation in the forum. So Malaysians are the lucky lot because they have such subsidy.


>Five members took part in the 13th Penang Career & Post Graduate Expo at PISA. The organiser PenExpo Event (via Wendy) had sponsored a double booth for NAWEM Penang. Some great results were obtained.


Firstly, two lady entrepreneurs were attracted to join NAWEM, one filled up the application form right away :), mostly thanks to Pauline.


Swe Ee received 50 applications for her company special programme, Jac got 15 job applications for her business with one successful candidate, Jace and Ai Li promoted their company products and services.

Jac said the expo was a good platform to get job candidates and to showcase your business to audience in the northern Malaysia. She recommended that more NAWEM members should participate in future expos.



Thursday, May 9, 2013

SME Corp Penang Visit

Get ready to visit SME Corp Penang this month and learn face-to-face the business incentives they have to offer to entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs in particular. The visit is scheduled for 13 May 2013 starting 2.30pm.

This follows NAWEM Penang's fruitful industry visit to the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) Penang office last month where, among others, the members gained a better understanding of the market development grants it provides to different types of business.

Member Chuat Tien said: "Matrade is indeed a source of both technical and financial support besides providing useful advice based on its vast experience and contact throughout the world."

As for the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Corp, currently our member Jacquelin has the pleasure of working with them on the franchising project of her La Herballe skin care and beauty business.

Both NAWEM Penang members and guests are invited to join this industry visit, and take the opportunity to find out more what are the various services, business incentives and assistance available from SME Corp to entrepreneurs.  

You need to sign up by May 9 and provide the organising chairperson Wendy some basic info to ensure a smooth and successful visit. You can email her at wendy@penexpo.com.my to give your:
  1. name
  2. telephone number
  3. email address
  4. company name
  5. nature of business
  6. questions for SME Corp and/or information needed
On the day of visit, please gather at least 15 minutes early at the below address:

SME Corp Malaysia
No.16, Lorong Perindustrian Bukit Minyak 2
Taman Perindustrian Bukit Minyak
14100 Simpang Ampat
Pulau Pinang

Cheers and hope to see you there!