Premhouse | A Foreign Investor’s View: Will Indonesia’s Economy Recover?

Premhoise.com JAKARTA | By James Castle - After five years of steadily deteriorating economic performance, the Indonesian economy may be in the process of turning around. After reaching a 21st-century high of 6.4 percent in 2010, the country’s GDP growth rate has been lower every year since. It is unlikely to be higher than 4.7 percent this year, the lowest level since the 2009 global crisis.  

There are now some signs that the slump may be ending, however, and 2016 growth may exceed five percent. What caused the last five years of decline? What is causing the fledgling recovery and what are its prospects for success?

Tips to Optimize Benefits of Google+ for Business

The implementation of Google+ either for Business or SEO purpose, seems to keep growing, since the number of users has reached to be more than 100 million today. It may be admitted that Google has finally reached their goal to create Google+ as one of most popular social media platforms, beside Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others. Investing even a little bit of time and energy into your business page on Google+ can mean improved local search visibility, especially for a small to medium-sized business.

HERE IS THE KEY!

Having known the effectiveness of how Google+ works, Premhouse company encourages our employees or coworkers to create their own Google+ profiles if they don’t already have a profile. By doing so, they will be able to support the company business in just a couple of minutes a day, to share the posts or links uploaded in our official website and blog on their Google+ profiles. It is an easy, yet powerful way to quickly and legitimately gain social signals for a new page.

Business Strategy to Make the Customers Getting Loyal with Telephone Skills

Talking about the business world, almost all of businesses certainly want to get a lot of customers. The customers become the main goal of the business where the company get higher sales. But please keep in mind, if a business wants to continue to grow, the strategy of increasing subscribers alone is not enough, we need a strategy for these customers become customers in other words.

Therefore, the strategies are needed to be applied in order to establish and maintain the consumer loyalty. Here are some practical strategies that can be done more businesses to build customer loyalty by telephone skills:

Jakarta at Glance | Working in the Capital City

Are you thinking of working in Jakarta, also known as the “Big Durian” or “Big Apple”? Indonesia’s capital and largest city, as well as its economic and political center, has plenty of job opportunities. Our guide on working in Jakarta provides info on the economy, visas and health.

As is common for many megacities, Jakarta encompasses all walks of life from wealth to poverty. Although most people employed in Jakarta’s center and its skyscrapers are well off, the other side of the coin is a wide strip of slum landscape surrounding the city. When living and working in Jakarta, you need to be able to deal with such extremes. Working in Jakarta will, like any move to a foreign city, have its ups and downs.

Recommended Expat Blogs: Jakarta

In our InterNations Recommended Blog section we let you take the spotlight! Expat life in general is, of course, a perfect breeding ground for great, user-generated reads, and life in Jakarta makes no exception. Take your time and browse the great blogs showcased in this article!

Everybody who has spent time in a different country knows that expat life is not quite like anything else in the world. The confusion of the first few days and weeks, the slow, but steady process of acclimation, the little peculiarities and quirks that might strike you about your new surroundings: almost any situation you encounter can make for a great story. If you are so inclined and want to blog about it, of course!

4 Reasons Your Website Needs an Updated Blog

Even though blogging is the standard expectation of the typical consumer for every website these days, there are a ton of other good reasons your website needs a blog. A blog actually provides many benefits for your website beyond sharing helpful information. When you’re blogging regularly, how do you help your business and customer? Keep reading to learn about the benefits of blogging:

1. You Establish Yourself as a Thought Leader/Authority

Who do consumers and businesses ultimately purchase from?  Many times it’s the person or business they perceive as the leader in their niche.  You don’t have to be a gigantic company to become a thought leader.  You can make yourself a thought leader simply by blogging regularly and offering intricate detail that no other blog provides.  This is one of the ways a blog levels the competitive playing field in any niche.

Jakarta at Glance | Living in the Metropolitan City

As an expat living in Jakarta, you will be living in Indonesia’s largest city. With its 9.8 million inhabitants, Jakarta is a metropolis with international flair. Read the InterNations Guide on Jakarta for more information on Southeast Asia’s “Big Apple,” from culture to healthcare.

Although Indonesia is perhaps not the highest ranking among expat destinations, life in Jakarta can be thrilling. Due to Indonesia’s long and turbulent colonial history, the influence of the Dutch and Portuguese are still prevalent. There are many traces from colonial times in Jakarta, from the buildings to the way the city itself is structured.