Resource For Trade In Switzerland

December 31, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

swiss federal statistics office

You asked for resources to help you get international clients. So here goes…

Over the next couple of weeks you will find a series of posts on useful resources to help you:

  • Find inspiration and ideas
  • Build your international business
  • Carry out international market research
  • Develop your international skills

All of these resources are filed in each of the appropriate 8 International Sales Road Map Guides.

You can link to a complete list of these resources from the Key International Resources Guide at the bottom of this page.

Here is a resource for exploratory market research for Switzerland.

swiss federal statistics office

Here are two very good reasons why you should look here:

  • Switzerland was second in the world in competitiveness in the most recent Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum.
  • Switzerland has a low unemployment rate, and a per capita GDP that makes most large countries envious.

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Just beginning your international business development?

Check out this website for information on Switzerland. There are  lots of useful statistics.

Come here to look at their useful links for other European countries.

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Resource For Detailed Country Profiles

December 30, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

hlbi

You asked for resources to help you get international clients. So here goes…

Over the next couple of weeks you will find a series of posts on useful resources to help you:

  • Find inspiration and ideas
  • Build your international business
  • Carry out international market research
  • Develop your international skills

All of these resources are filed in each of the appropriate 8 International Sales Road Map Guides.

You can link to a complete list of these resources from the Key International Resources Guide at the bottom of this page.

Yesterday we looked at the FITA Country Profile & Resource web page.

Here is another resource for country profiles.

hlbi

HLB International gives you in-depth country research.

This website gives you a series of country reports. Each report has the detailed information you need to do business there.

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Just beginning your international business development?

These country profiles give you a good country overview. They are a great start to your exploratory market research.

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Country Profiles & Resources

December 29, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

fita country profiles

You asked for resources to help you get international clients. So here goes…

Over the next couple of weeks you will find a series of posts on useful resources to help you:

  • Find inspiration and ideas
  • Build your international business
  • Carry out international market research
  • Develop your international skills

All of these resources are filed in each of the appropriate 8 International Sales Road Map Guides.

You can link to a complete list of these resources from the Key International Resources Guide at the bottom of this page.

Continuing on from yesterday’s resource,  here is a link to the Country Profiles and Resources available on the FITA website.

fita country profiles

As you can see there are over 80 country profiles here.   The countries are listed by region.  There are also mini portals for each of these regions.

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Just beginning your international business development?

Country profiles are a great way to start your exploratory market research.

Again, be sure to sign up for their free newsletter.

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Sunday Blog Carnival #35

December 28, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

Get International Clients Sunday blog carnival

Welcome to the 28 December, 2008 edition of the Get International Clients Sunday Blog Carnival.


International Business

Darryl Kimball presents My next great Home Based Business Venture posted at Just Give Me a Home Based Business That Makes Money, saying, “Since the time we are small children we are told that if we fail the first time, we should try and try again until we succeed. It doesn’t matter what we are doing or trying to accomplish, we only fail when we give up on ourselves.”

International Marketing

Raymond presents New Credit Card Rules posted at Money Blue Book saying “How Will The New Credit Card Rules and Regulations Affect You and Make Your Debt Reduction Life Easier?”

Internet Marketing

Helene Zemel presents Ground Floor Opportunity with GeneWize Life Sciences posted at Work at Home Mom and Dad, saying, “The GeneWize LifeMap Nutritionâ„¢ System is the first scientifically supported nutritional supplement program that utilizes YOUR DNA to create a custom nutritional supplement formula that contains the nutrients your body needs. GeneWize is attracting some of the leading internet marketers in the field, and you will have the opportunity to work with 6 and 7 figure earners in the growing health and wellness industry.”

Other

Jim presents Best Money Market Account (MMA) Rates posted at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity saying “Money market accounts are like a hybrid between checking and savings accounts. They offer the higher interest rate of a savings account while allowing you the ability to write checks”

Robin Bal presents People Giving Up Pets As Economy Falters posted at Fortune Watch, saying, “Americans are giving up their dogs and cats to animal shelters in growing numbers as the emotional bonds between people and pets get tested by economic ones.”

Cindy King presents Christmas Buffling In Britain posted at Cindy King, saying, “An example of business waffling. This time it is in a Christmas setting.”

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Get International Clients using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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Week 52 In Review

December 27, 2008 by User Imagecindy  


Want to know what else I have been up to this last week of 2008?

Here is a list of the thoughts, ideas, requests and articles I published this past week.

On Get International Clients

As usual, the Sunday Blog Carnival starts off this week:

Guide 2 - Plan Your International Sales Road Map

Guide 3 - Design Your International Visibility

And here are a few of the favorite posts here on Get International Clients:

On Cindy King .biz

This is where I share more of my personal opinions, experiences and frustrations… on anything cross-cultural and on international business.

Uniquely Cindy

The weekend’s links to marketing articles:

Culture Pulse

International Web Marketing

And here are a few of the favorite posts on CindyKing.biz:

…and what have you been up to this week?

Let me know if you have come across anything interesting on the vast subject of international business development on the web.

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Useful Resource For International Trade

December 26, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

fita

You asked for resources to help you get international clients. So here goes…

Over the next couple of weeks you will find a series of posts on useful resources to help you:

  • Find inspiration and ideas
  • Build your international business
  • Carry out international market research
  • Develop your international skills

All of these resources are filed in each of the appropriate 8 International Sales Road Map Guides.

You can link to a complete list of these resources from the Key International Resources Guide at the bottom of this page.

Today’s resource is a goldmine for international business development. It is worth your time to get to know this website.

fita

This is a link to the useful resources you can find here on the FITA website.

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Are you stuck? Need inspiration?

Come and check out the useful resources for international trade here on the FITA website.

Be sure to sign up for their free newsletter.  This will help you with your international market research.

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Happy Holidays

December 25, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

The survey currently running on Get International Clients has shown that many visitors here are looking for resources.

So this month I have brought you one new resource each day to help your international business development.

Today I would like to share the top posts here on Get International Clients:

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Finding Information On Companies Abroad

December 24, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

Kompass

You asked for resources to help you get international clients. So here goes…

Over the next couple of weeks you will find a series of posts on useful resources to help you:

  • Find inspiration and ideas
  • Build your international business
  • Carry out international market research
  • Develop your international skills

All of these resources are filed in each of the appropriate 8 International Sales Road Map Guides.

You can link to a complete list of these resources from the Key International Resources Guide at the bottom of this page.

Today’s resource is used for domestic marketing purposes. Do not forget to use this resource to look up companies in foreign countries too.

Kompass

Kompass is a database:

  • With 2.3 million companies
  • In 66 countries

Referenced by:

  • 57.000 product & service keywords
  • 860.000 trade names
  • 4.6M executive names

It is easy to use.  You can search by keyword or categories.

The Frequently Asked Questions page is well done and suitable for non-native English speakers.

The information you get here often includes product, service and contact details.

There is both a free and paid version.  If you are doing exploratory market research, the free version should be enough for you.

Whether its for marketing, competitive research, brainstorming, trade contacts, or any of dozens of other reasons, there are times when companies need to get information about other companies.

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We often need information on other companies:

  • Marketing
  • Competitive research
  • International Contacts

This is a valuable recognized resource to get information on companies located in other countries.

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Find International Newspapers And Magazines

December 23, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

News Directory

You asked for resources to help you get international clients. So here goes…

Over the next couple of weeks you will find a series of posts on useful resources to help you:

  • Find inspiration and ideas
  • Build your international business
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  • Develop your international skills

All of these resources are filed in each of the appropriate 8 International Sales Road Map Guides. You can link to a complete list of these resources from the Key International Resources Guide

Do you want to know what people are reading in your foreign target market?

An easy way to keep up-to-date with current events in different countries is to read online versions of their news sources and magazines.

Here is a good place to look up these websites:

News Directory

News Directory lists the different sources of online news and magazines.

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This is a good way to slowly get into the same mindset as your international clients.

Find an appropriate news source or magazine and come back to browse here regularly.

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Resource To Find Companies In Other Countries

December 22, 2008 by User Imagecindy  

Thomas Global

You asked for resources to help you get international clients. So here goes…

Over the next couple of weeks you will find a series of posts on useful resources to help you:

  • Find inspiration and ideas
  • Build your international business
  • Carry out international market research
  • Develop your international skills

All of these resources are filed in each of the appropriate 8 International Sales Road Map Guides. You can link to a complete list of these resources from the Key International Resources Guide

Do you need to find other companies in different countries?

Here is a good place to start your research:

Thomas Global

Thomas Global says it is the most complete, up-to-date directory of global industrial suppliers and product information. You can browse through their detailed list of industrial products and services to access companies within these and other categories.

This is a database of hundreds of thousands of industrial suppliers and products.

Simply type in the name of a product, service, or company and specify the country or region you need. You can begin your search by product category and drill down until you find the company you need.

Thomas Global will give you a list of companies with address, phone number and company website.

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Register for a free account to save your searches and to create contact lists from your searches.

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