Globe myBusiness launches #GiftLocal campaign to support local SMEs this Holiday season

For Filipinos, Christmas is all about giving. Buying gifts for family members and loved ones is a tradition and no matter how different this year’s celebrations may be from what we are used to, the spirit of giving will always be alive in all of us.

Yearly, Globe myBusiness supports SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) with the #GiftLocal campaign that aims to encourage Filipino consumers to purchase their gifts to family and friends from local small businesses.

“We have always rallied the Filipino consumers to patronize local establishments and help Filipino SMEs, especially during the holiday season,” said Globe myBusiness Strategy and Marketing Head Maridol Ylanan. “This year’s Gift Local campaign will serve an even greater purpose, as we feature the products of our SME partners that will delight Filipino customers for their gift giving celebration, while supporting our local SMEs bounce back in these challenging times.”

Globe kicks off tribute campaign for local SMEs with special FB live event and inspirational video

As quarantine guidelines are slowly being loosened around the country, Globe myBusiness is paying tribute to an economic hero: the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), whose strength and resilience as they reopen and thrive in the new normal merit unwavering support through this year’s #SaludoSME campaign. 

The campaign kicked off with a special Facebook Live event via the official Globe myBusiness FB page with special messages from Ayala Corporation Chairman of the Board, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, and Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu. Another highlight of the event is a special reveal of an inspirational video, sung by none other than Broadway legend and international Filipino pride Lea Salonga, which showcased the resilience of local SMEs as they resume operations in the new normal. 

A bigger and better DigPH digital market summit for SMEs returns this July

As modern entreprenuers revolutionize the idea of business each day, communicating effectively with their consumers becomes a continuing challenge. This year, DigPH, the country’s largest digital and mobile marketing summit for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) returns on July 13, 2016 at Crowne Plaza, Ortigas Center, Pasig City with bigger and better ideas to help business owners adapt to where their market has vastly shifted.

DigPH was born out of the collaboration between Globe myBusiness and Globe Digital Advertising (AdSpark) after seeing an opportunity from the desire of SMEs to expand their businesses through a strategy that is cost-efficient and effective.

“We want our modern day SME entreprenuers to fully embrace and appreciate digital marketing that will bring lots of benefits to their business.  In view of this, we made this year’s DigPH much bigger and more packed with insights that business owners will certainly be able to use. We hope to give them a day of exposure, learning, and experience,” said Bela Gupta D'Souza, Director for AdSpark.

Create The Ideal Business With Your Perfect MyBusiness Plan With Globe

To have a business is never an easy feat, and with technology and competition getting tighter everyday, it pays to have that steady line of communication and data that can bring savings and also improves productivity and profit. 

With the rise of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the country, the need for effective business models and execution is critical for the life force of the business. Globe Business now offers a variety of choices that can suit the needs of every businessman depending on the needs of the company from communications like text and calls, data and gadgets.

In the recent Globe event held at CO/OP, the media was introduced to these entrepeneurs who has proven their worth in terms of business. Hosting the event is the businessman behind Mercato Centrale, RJ Ledesma who is also another success story with Globe Business.Lot's A Pizza businesswoman Teresita Ngan Tian, shares how can one be a successful businessman and maintain its fire.

Best Ever My Super Plan for Business: creating more value for SMEs

Subscription enables contributions to the Globe Bangon Pinoy initiative

Globe Business is further strengthening its partnerships with small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) to grow their trade by way of enhancing its current offers through the “Best Ever My Super Plan for Business,” bannering a complete range of features and services which could be tailor-fit according to their requirements.

The “Best Ever My Super Plan for Business” enables SMEs to create a subscription based on the specific communication needs of their organization – whether they are call-intensive, text-heavy or online-dependent for their commerce. They can have a plan start to work for them by choosing one suitable for a monthly budget. It automatically comes with a consumable value – higher than the actual plan value – which can be converted to call, text, IDD or surfing credits.

PLDT KaAsenso Co-Presents the PhilSME Expo

Leading telecommunications and business solutions provider, PLDTKaAsenso co-presents this year’sPhilippine SME Business Expo. MediaCom Solutions Inc., in partnership with Esquire Financing Inc., and co-presented by PLDT KaAsenso brings you this year’s premier business expo dedicated to empower the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. This three-day event is happening on July 12 – 14, 2013 at the newly constructed SMX Convention Center Taguig, located at the 3rd floor of SM Aura Premier.

Esquire Financing and Philippine Franchise Asia see fast growing future of SMEs

In the center ESQUIRE Financing Inc.'s CEO
Rajan Uttamchandani with staff at the inauguration
 of the new CAPITALIFE Business Center in Makati.

According to the International Franchise Association (IFA), franchising currently represents 18 million jobs and $2.1 trillion worth of economic activity in the U.S. 

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines leads in terms of franchise concept development. Last year, more than 124,000 franchisees offered the products and services of over 1,100 franchisors in the country. The industry generated more than a million jobs while recording a total of $9.45 billion output—equal to five percent of the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP).

PFA Chairman Lim said that the recent growth can be attributed to the entry of new players from micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the continued rise of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, and the introduction of indigenous and food concepts.

How To Do Franchising Like the Experts

Everybody dreams of having their own businesses, and the fact is that majority of the businesses in the Philippines are SME based. By definition small is categorized with asset of Php. 3,000,001 to Php. 15,000,001 and having between 10 to 99 employees. On the other hand Medium is classified as Php. 15,000,001 to Php. 100,000,000 with 100 to 199 people. Many agencies be it government, private and NGOs are focused in helping the SMEs. There is always a constant need to nurture this sector, as it will spell a robust economy aside from the creation of employment.

BPI Family’s Online Loan Facility Empowers Filipino SMEs

Photo shows (L to R) Franz De Vera, Market Head of Commercial Loans Division, BPI Family Savings Bank; Cedoy Roces, VP and Head of Commercial Loans Division, BPI Family Savings Bank; with BPI Family Ka-Negosyo’s First Client booked online, Melchor Yuson, President and owner of MyClick Technologies, Inc.; and TG Limcaoco, President of BPI Family Savings Bank

BPI Family Savings Bank, through its Ka-Negosyo business program, recently honored MyClick Technologies, Inc., a software provider company catering to the small businesses in the country, as the bank’s first Ka-Negosyo client booked online.