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Dear myBusiness member, We hope 2014 has gotten off to a wonderful start for all of you. We've been busy bringing you new features that will help your business and give it a booster in the year ahead. We are excited to share a new air travel option for SMEs and have brought on an expert on ways to trim your utility bills. We have also prepared many giveaways so read on. We rounded off 2013 with our Big Ad campaign last year, where millions of eyeballs were generated by commuters at Chevron House in Raffles Place with the ads put up by our community. We were very encouraged by your response, and were delighted to meet some of you who came onsite to view your ads. Some of you got really creative with your ads and we featured them on myBusiness and our Facebook page. Here are a few of our personal favourites: |
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| A big thank you to those of you who had participated in the Big Ad, we hope you found this channel useful! We're heartened to see local businesses eager to market their companies and explore new platforms for marketing. We have recently brought on a new email marketing tool to help small businesses with their digital marketing campaign. Learn how easy it is to create, broadcast and monitor your campaign with SimplyCast eMarketing. As we got down to thinking of ways to help you manage costs throughout the year, we've invited Energy Expert Mr H. C. Chew, GM of Sembcorp Power, to share energy saving tips and how the liberalisation of the energy market can benefit your business. |
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| Empowering you with more ways to save, we've put together the top grants and assistance that the government has announced so far. Is your business eligible for the assistance schemes? As we are all gearing up for the budget this Friday, get the latest on the upcoming Budget 2014 announcement with us. We have prepared a series of reports so read on and keep a look out for insider opinions, implications and more on the Budget with myBusiness insights. We're always keen to hear from you about what you'd like to see on myBusiness, whether it's content or new solutions, or even just let us know what you think about the portal itself. Share your thoughts with us at mybizblog@singtel.com or connect with us on Facebook. |
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Save up to 50% when you buy your air ticket on Group Deals |  |
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| Did you know that most of you who travelled for business in 2013 went to China for work-related engagements? This was what we found based on members who logged in to myBusiness from overseas. To help ease your busy work travel commitments, we've put together the latest Group Deals - Business Air Travels, to help you save more on domestic airfares within China. For instance, when you travel from ShenZhen to Nanjing you can purchase a one-way ticket at S$187 with Group Deals as compared to purchasing from alternative sources at S$355. |
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| These discounts are made possible by purchasing domestic air tickets directly from sources within China. Planning your next business trip to and from any of China's 182 airports is easy with our hassle-free flight booking system. Also, you'll get customer support in both Singapore and China. Compare airfare prices across 20 airlines at Group Deals – Business Air Travels. Share this with your friends if you find this useful. To celebrate the launch, look out for a Business Air Travel promotion coming your way. Also, stay tuned as we add on more travel destinations for your business needs in the coming months. In the meantime, do check out: > Top Tips for Business Travellers > Business Travels in China 101s |
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| Energy savings special + energy monitoring device giveaway! | |
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| Ever wondered how you can use energy more efficiently and plough the savings back into your business? Energy Expert Mr. H.C. Chew, General Manager of Sembcorp Power, shares about how businesses can be more energy efficient, and more about the opening up of the energy market. With the liberalisation, businesses like yours will have more choice when it comes to choosing an energy supplier, and with the right price plan, it can result in real savings for your company and more. |  |
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| Do you have a question for Mr. Chew or an energy tip to share? Here are excerpts from some questions he's answered: | |
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| For more questions and answers, check out Mr Chew's full responses here. We've given away 35 energy monitoring plugs to help you track your power consumption. There's 15 left to giveaway, drop us a question or tip at Ask the Expert now. As part of this series, we hope these articles will aid you in your energy savings journey: > 20 energy saving tips for SMEs > What SMEs need to know about the liberalisation of the Singapore Energy Market > How to Create and Implement an Energy Management Plan |
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Have you been engaging your customers? Email marketing may seem old news, however the reason it's still around is because it works. Despite the low cost to send an email, this may take you some time to craft that marketing message and design your email. Introducing Simplycast eMarketing, a complete email marketing solution that allows you to stay in contact with your customers and keep your brand on their radar screen. |
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| At less than 3 cents per contact, you can easily: 1. Create and design your email with pre-built templates 2. Broadcast to your customers 3. Monitor and track for campaign effectiveness 4. Collect, manage and grow your data base 5. Pre-create automatic instant replies when your customers respond with the powerful Autoresponder feature This is the ideal solution to advertise promotions, send invitations and collate attendance, and automate festive and birthday greetings to your customers. Sign up for a 30-day free trial now To help you get a head start on the “what and whys†of email marketing, here are some articles from myBusiness Insights: > Is Email Marketing Still Worth Using? > Top 5 Ways to Optimize Email Marketing Campaigns > Optimise Your Emails For Mobile Marketing > How to Build an Email Newsletter From Scratch |
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Have you effected payroll changes to meet the MOM's Employment Act? The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) recently announced updates to the Employment Act, including mandatory payslips, which will come into effect within these 2 years. Why wait till the last minute to find a solution to meet the requirements? |
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| MecWise Payroll is the payroll solution that helps you reduce manual processes and errors by eliminating time-consuming administrative tasks. It allows you to: - respond to policy changes without hassle as all changes will be updated automatically - generate detailed payslips within clicks - generate forms for submission to CPF, IRAS, and banks for GIRO Ideal for all companies with 3 or more employees, setting up Mecwise Payroll is a breeze with the guided workflow wizard. No technical knowledge required, see how easy it is to use. Stay compliant with the new payslip, take your 30 days free trial now. Read about the latest announcements from the government: > Meeting the Ministry's of Manpower requirement for mandatory payslips to be issued to SME employees > The SME guide to understanding and managing CPF payments Valid till 31 March 2014: Receive a complimentary setup (worth $60) when you sign up for MecWise Payroll. Limited to the first 5 customers with a maximum of 20 employees. |
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For an additional $5.42 per user per month, you can also enjoy the benefits of MecWise Employee Self-Service, an employee-and-leave- management solution. With this solution, employees can: - manage their leave - update their details, including career progressions - download their payslips (applicable with a subscription to MecWise Payroll) |
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Most important grants and scheme announcements you might have missed 2013 was a challenging and exciting year for SMEs with the announcement of new assistance schemes, changes to existing programmes that help SMEs meet some of the operational challenges they face. We've put together the 10 most important announcements for Singapore SMEs in 2013 to give you a quick overview of some of the ones that you might have missed. Here are 4 of the announcements that were featured: > How businesses can capitalise on the Wage Credit Scheme for staff pay increments > Meeting the Ministry of Manpower's requirement for mandatory payslips to be issued to SME employees > How the fair consideration framework will create hiring challenges for SMEs > The SME guide to understanding and managing CPF payments Read more UPCOMING: |
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The 2014 budget statement will be announced by the Minister of Finance on Friday, 21 February 2014. We will be posting a series of article leading up to the announcement so bookmark myBusiness insights now. | |
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