The Digital Economy Centre (PEDi) has helped an entrepreneur who runs a pastry and bakery business in Kampung Sungai Lang, here, be able to earn almost RM70,000 a month.
The owner of Brilliant Chocolate, Mazliana Mohein, 45, said PEDi’s role in helping promote her products and business location was evident, as the amount of profit she earned now had increased tenfold since joining the programmes implemented at the centre eight years ago.
“In around 2015, I started promoting bakery products using the services on PEDi and my income continued to increase to RM30,000 that year, and I was even awarded the Best Internet Entrepreneur in 2017 for the Central Region.
She said apart from teaching participants and entrepreneurs how to use social media to promote products, the centre also showed them how to use applications to produce videos to market their products for free.
“The staff here help us from the point of not knowing anything until we are able to produce our own videos. In fact, I also refer to them if I am not sure about something related to the computer system,” she said.
All PEDi established under the supervision of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) were equipped with Internet access, and also provided guidance and training to help local entrepreneurs use digital platforms in their respective business operations.
That as of now, 48 PEDi were operating in Selangor.
In fact, Mazliana’s success should also be an inspiration for others to undergo basic entrepreneurship training at PEDi and even be guided to make sales online on social media. — BERNAMA
