Entrepreneurship
A Tailoring Business That Doubled Its Customer Base
Founder, tailoring enterprise in Hodan District
- 2×
- Customer growth
- 2
- New employees
- 4
- Months to result
The challenge
Where they started
A tailoring business with strong word-of-mouth had no way to reach customers beyond its immediate neighbourhood, and the owner had no marketing budget.
Our support
What RIO Center did
She completed Digital Marketing for Small Businesses, building a positioning statement, a content calendar, and a platform strategy, and practising content production entirely on her phone.
The outcome
What changed
Within four months she had doubled her customer base, taken on two employees, and begun receiving orders from outside the district.
“I always thought marketing meant paying for advertising. The course showed me I already had everything I needed in my hand.”
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