Digital Era for Entrepreneurs: The Role of Social Media and Business Opportunities
- DOI
- 10.2991/978-2-38476-064-0_17How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- —social media; online business; digitalization; entrepreneurs
- Abstract
Internet users in Indonesia are experiencing growth along with the entry of the 4.0 industrial revolution because of the many benefits that are felt by using the internet network. Social media is one of the platforms that is widely used, reaching 68 percent of the total population in Indonesia. The emergence of Covid-19 which has an impact on the economic slowdown and restrictions on social activities has made social media users increase. Then what are the benefits of social media in generating the economy and what opportunities does it provide? This study aims to identify the role of social media and business opportunities in the digital era for entrepreneurs. The study used a descriptive qualitative approach with a literature study method. The data examined in this study can be in the form of scientific articles and journals that are relevant to the research objectives. The results show that social media provides many changes in the marketing paradigm, namely traditional marketing (offline) to modern marketing (online). In addition, the existence of social media provides online business opportunities for entrepreneurs to increase sales of existing products.
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TY - CONF AU - Annisya AU - Putra Hilmi Prayitno AU - Ni’matul Istiqomah PY - 2023 DA - 2023/05/30 TI - Digital Era for Entrepreneurs: The Role of Social Media and Business Opportunities BT - Proceedings of the International Conference of Economics, Business, and Entrepreneur (ICEBE 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 147 EP - 153 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-064-0_17 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-064-0_17 ID - 2023 ER -