Message from the President & CEO,
Mr. Norberto M. Belen

Dear SME.COM.PH Members,

Information is the lifeblood of any organization. Whatever your business - manufacturing, distribution, retail, services - you need information. You need information about your customers. You need to exchange information with your suppliers and business partners. You need information on the performance of your different departments and your people. You need cost information. In sum, you need information to make sound decisions in managing your business.

But information is not just a NEED. It is COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE. The organization with a deeper understanding of its customers' current and emerging needs will have an edge. Understanding better the cost of your operations is a strategic advantage. Intelligence on your competitors' moves can translate to tremendous opportunities and options on beating competition. Access to new technology and more effective ways of doing business can propel your business to move ahead quickly. It is with these thoughts that we are proud to welcome you to the launch of our email newsletter which we have aptly named SMEBizLink. The name connotes linking and connecting. It is our way of touching base with you and a way for you to keep in touch with us and your co-members.

We intend to use it to share with you, useful business tips and new technologies you can use. We intend to use it to share with other members of our growing community, opportunities for your business i.e., becoming a supplier or buyer of goods and services to other members (at preferential rates), as well as with other partner trade associations from both the Philippines and other countries such as England, Holland and Germany. It will also serve as a forum for sharing success stories.

You will regularly get SMEBizLink every quarter. We do not envision it to be a one-way traffic. Use it to share with us your queries and concerns. Use it to share with us success stories. Through SMEBizLink, you are helping us to know and serve you better.

Welcome again! From this e-Newsletter, we hope you get information that you need and information that can generate ideas for you and your business. Lastly, we hope that through SMEBizLink, we will truly build a community of SMEs who use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to improve the way they do business.