One native enterprise is thanking TikTok for its current uptick in prospects.

It has been Midian Protama’s dream to personal his personal place, and now he owns Rice N Buns in northwest Oklahoma Metropolis.

Since they opened in November of 2021, he stated the enterprise has been up and down.

“We have been struggling to get the shoppers,” he stated, “We could not get our identify on the market or do some promoting as a result of the finances that we’ve”

Bre Miller, an worker, stated she has a behavior of maintaining a lookout for purchasers.

“I see him searching the window every single day,” she stated, “And it simply breaks my coronary heart that we do not get sufficient enterprise”

So Bre recorded him with out him realizing the day earlier than Christmas and put it on TikTok.

“I did not anticipate anybody to note it,” Miller stated.

Nearly 350 thousand views later with hundreds of feedback, likes and shares, their social media engagement is popping into prospects.

“It turned the place round,” Protama stated, “It is like day and night time proper now.”

Some days they even run out of meals.

Protama stated he did not even know in regards to the TikTok till final week.

“I am not a giant social media man,” he stated.

However he would not care in regards to the views, he simply hopes they maintain this momentum and serve the group properly.

He additionally stated they are going to want some assist with the brand new demand and are on the lookout for a line prepare dinner and cashier.

“There’s solely three of us that work right here,” Protama stated. “So we’re making an attempt our greatest and we’re hoping we are able to discover some extra assist.”

They stated they’re grateful for everybody who has come out to assist the enterprise, and so they hope you retain on coming.