GBG Jogja #2 Meet Up

Get ready!

GBG Yogyakarta #2 Meet Up is now opening registration. If you are business owner at Yogyakarta be the first to fill our seat http://goo.gl/VdYOE 

Date: Saturday, 28 April 2012
Time: 15.00 - 17.00 WIB
Place: The Rich Hotel Yogyakarta, Jl. Magelang Km, 6 No. 18 Patran, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Speaker: Pungkas Riandika, Manager, Indonesia Google Business Group for Jogja.

Don't forget to sign up to our mailing list: id-gbg@googlegroups.com and join our Google+ page: Indonesia Google Business Group for updates. See you there!

Google Business Group Surabaya 1st Meet Up

Surabaya Google Business Group first meet up was held on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Coffee Toffee, Surabaya. Attended by 32 people from business owners, digital entrepreneurs, brand marketers and university, the session was lively and interactive.

The session started with the introduction of GBG by Danton Prabawanto, Indonesia Google Business Group Manager for Surabaya, and after that, a quick overview on Indonesia Digital Landscape by Yansen Kamto, Founder of Indonesia Google Business Group.

Last session was brought by Henky Prihatna from Google, introducing Indonesia Google+ for Business.

On the next day, Henky Prihatna had the opportunity to introduce Indonesia Google Business Group at "Gebyar Wirausaha" workshop event on Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Gramedia Expo, Surabaya. The session was attended by approximately 300 SMEs, where they were being invited to join the next Surabaya GBG meet up.

Next Destination, Surabaya!

Indonesia Google Business Group is going to have our first Surabaya Chapter meet up, that will be held on:

Date: Saturday, April 21, 2012

Time: 1 PM to 3 PM

Place: Coffee Toffee, Jl. Klampis Jaya 15, Surabaya

Topics:

• Intro of Google Business Group by Danton Prabawanto, Manager, Indonesia Google Business Group for Surabaya
• Indonesia Digital Landscape by Yansen Kamto, Founder, Indonesia Google Business Group
• Google+ for Business by Henky Prihatna, Indonesia Country Consultant, Google South East Asia

Don't forget to sign up to our mailing list: id-gbg@googlegroups.com and join our Google+ page: Indonesia Google Business Group for updates. See you there!

The National SME Festival 2012: Boost Indonesian SME Business

Initiated by Google and supported by Google Business Group Indonesia, KADIN, PANDI, Bakrie Connectivity, APTIKOM, Melsa, Multiply.com, and the Ministry of SMEs, the festival gathered around 1,400 SMEs at the SME Tower Jakarta. There were around 200 people who came from beyond greater Jakarta. Some were from Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Jogja, Palu, and Sumatra. It’s the biggest gathering of SMEs ever in Indonesia.

Titled “Being a Solid and Creative SME”, the event consisted of seminars by renowned speakers such as Hermawan Kartajaya (marketing guru), Bob Sadino (celebrated entrepreneur), Mario Teguh (motivational speaker) as well as Indonesia’s SMEs Deputy Minister, Mr. Choirul Djamhari, as a special keynote speaker. Throughout the day the speakers delivered insightful presentation and talks to boost the entrepreneurial spirit of Indonesia's SMEs and help them to excel with entrepreneurial skills, forward-looking attitude in growing their business ahead, and the right marketing knowledge including online marketing. With the help of iTrain, we also trained SMEs on how to go online with Google Sitebuilder. At this event, eligible SMEs could directly get their free website including a domain name for a year.