{"id":60932,"date":"2024-01-17T13:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T05:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=60932"},"modified":"2024-01-17T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T05:45:43","slug":"squid-business-takes-flight-with-pldt-smart-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2024\/01\/17\/squid-business-takes-flight-with-pldt-smart-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid business takes flight with PLDT, Smart, TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLDT and Smart levels up the use of technology in the MSME sector.\u00a0 PLDT group, together with Tiktok Shop, have teamed up\u00a0with\u00a0various government agencies to use and turn these\u00a0challenges into business opportunities\u00a0for Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs)\u00a0to\u00a0increase their income through e-commerce.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty-six-year-old entrepreneur Junrey Pa\u00f1amogan from Mati City in Davao Oriental was among the participants&nbsp;of eBiznovation, a digital-upskilling-to-e-commerce program, created and rolled<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>out&nbsp;in various regions&nbsp;nationwide by PLDT and Smart. Joining the program has been&nbsp;a game-changer for&nbsp;Pa\u00f1amogan\u2019s dried squid business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;TikTok is very trendy right now and I initially thought it was only for entertainment. Because of PLDT and Smart&#8217;s eBiznovation program, I have learned how TikTok Shop could be beneficial to small-time entrepreneurs like me who want to establish an online presence for our products,&#8221;&nbsp;he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along&nbsp;with other entrepreneurs in Davao Oriental, Pa\u00f1amogan has been&nbsp;successfully onboarded on TikTok, through eBiznovation, making his products available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though technology, PLDT group has been creating a smarter and more resilient Philippines, enabling industries to withstand economic risks. This effort aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals No. 1: No Poverty and&nbsp;No.&nbsp;8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-six-year-old entrepreneur Junrey Pa\u00f1amogan from Mati City in Davao Oriental was among the participants\u00a0of eBiznovation, a digital-upskilling-to-e-commerce program, created and rolled\u00a0out\u00a0in various regions\u00a0nationwide by PLDT and Smart. Joining the program has been\u00a0a game-changer for\u00a0Pa\u00f1amogan\u2019s dried squid business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":60940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656,7074],"class_list":["post-60932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment","tag-tiktok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}