JAKARTA – During this pandemic, various activities diverted online such as learning and work activities must be held at home virtually. On the other hand, the impact of this pandemic also encourages people to make use of their smartphones.

One of the SOEs, Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk which focuses on telecommunications opens the opportunity for people to earn additional income through a program called Sobat IndiHome.

"People who want to earn an additional income of hundreds of thousands to millions of rupiah per month, can join as IndiHome Friends," said Telkom's VP Marketing Management, E. Kurniawan.

He also added that the program has actually started in February 2020. Now it has as many as 31 thousand people who have been enrolled in the IndiHome Buddy program.

Kurniawan also revealed that in 2020, thousands of IndiHome friends have earned additional income ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of rupiah every month.

"The record highest total revenue during 2020 reached Rp 49 million and Rp 44 million, the winner was a self-employed and teacher from Demak, Central Java," kurniawan said.

For information, Sobat IndiHome is a program organized by Telkom to accommodate people who have the willingness to get additional income by becoming indiHome digital agents.

The trick is fairly easy. IndiHome Buddy members only need to share the referral code of IndiHome registration through social media accounts and chat.

If the referrals that are distributed successfully attract people to register as IndiHome customers then Buddy IndiHome can get a certain number of points. These points can be converted to Rupiah currency.

IndiHome friends not only get points from new customers, points will also be awarded when new customers pay indiHome subscription bills per month.

Anyone can join in becoming an IndiHome Buddy, the process will be done virtually.

"The point is, anyone who wants to earn additional income can join. For those who have been familiar with online sales, the experience will be very useful. But for those who are experienced, but can learn with the community Buddy IndiHome throughout Indonesia,"He said.

Telkom also held additional training for Buddy IndiHome in the form of self-development. Kurniawan explained that the training was held in various regional offices in Indonseia. The training is in the form of webinars and the like.

"So, this IndiHome Buddy program can provide a lot of benefits for the community," he said.


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