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Some quick key insights:
1. Most of you find our SaaS Apps catalogue catalogue the most useful feature.
2. You want more items on Group Deals for greater cost-savings.
3. You find that the weekly Insights blog and Grants section are useful resources.
4. A simpler interface on Trading Board will make it easier to take advantage of the opportunities

We organised a little gathering recently to thank some of you personally for your feedback. Thank you again for joining our community, and for supporting myBusiness.

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Digital Marketing Seminar- SME Technology Series


Drive business growth and productivity with digital marketing
As a business owner are you constantly on the lookout for new customers and ways to retain customer loyalty, while keeping costs under control? From creating an online presence, getting your business searchable to integrating social and mobile platforms, digital marketing is one of the best ways to increase sales and engage your customers.

In collaboration with the Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS) and PurpleClick, SingTel myBusiness is organising an exclusive event: SME Technology Series: Drive Business Growth and Productivity with Digital Marketing. Find out what is digital marketing and the tools to carry out effective marketing campaigns.

Some topics to be covered include:
- Grow your business the digital way
- How to drive traffic to your website
- Sharing on Productivity and Innovation Credit (PIC) Scheme
- Sharing on myBusiness solutions you can leverage

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Today, more than 1.7 million Singaporeans are using some form of social media to engage with brands and companies.

Using social media for business can no longer be considered "good to have" and understanding how social media can work for you is crucial.

What are you doing differently to attract new customers, and to keep your brand on the minds of your loyal customers in 2013? What are the 5 things you can do to sharpen your marketing efforts in the coming months?

Find out more in our latest articles that offer you quick and easy tips on what you can do to grow your business:

- Know the social media trends you should concentrate on
- With this understanding, consider how social media can be used to bolster your marketing.
- Apart from social media, there are other sure-fire ways, such as    improving your customer engagement that can boost your digital marketing this year.
- With a marketing plan in place, find out what else you can do to improve your business strategies and boost sales and grow
your customer base
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One out of two consumers has a Facebook account. Is your brand missing from this largest virtual community in the world?

Create your company's Facebook page with FetchFans today! With built-in viral reach functions, all activities in the page will be posted on your fans' timeline, creating a wider reach for your brand. You can create apps to showcase products, run promotions, conduct quizzes and more, easily in 3 steps with no programming or coding knowledge required.

Exclusive promotion: FREE Customised Facebook page to standout from the crowd (worth $199)! For the first 20 customers only, contact us to enjoy this promotion now.
Trading Board

Your next business deal is just a click away
Just 5 months since the launch of myBusiness Trading Board, we have shared more than 400 tenders from leading Organisations such as Changi Airport Group, SingTel, SATS and received more than 800 responses from the community!

Although this is a Beta version, many of you have figured how it works; posting your company's product offerings and services in the Member's Postings section. We hope this "open forum" for you to post and request for services had been useful!

To members who have not check out this feature, here's your chance to market your company!

This week: Changi Airport Group is looking to replace air curtains, and to supply and install beams and lounge seats at Terminal 2 and 3. Fellow myBusiness members are offering the following services: corporate gift items, printing and binding services, exhibition booth construction works
and more.
> Access the trading board and check out other exciting opportunities

Group Deals

With savings of up to 37%, the first batch of products released on Group Deals saw more than 150 orders for laptops and desktops. These discounts have been made possible as we come together as a community to make purchases, aggregating more value for you. Thank you for your support!

Group Buy items are featured products that require a minimum quantity to be ordered by the community for the deal to be activated. 

How do I purchase the Samsung 20" LED widescreen monitor?
1. Place an order for the item of your choice and wait for the minimum quantity to be fulfilled by     others in the community.
2. The deal will be activated when the minimum no. orders have been reached,
3.The monitor will be delivered to your office for FREE.

Don't forget, the more you share this deals with your friends, colleagues and partners, the more quickly can the deal activated!