Russow’s International Business Links
January 5, 2009 by 
cindy
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.
There are many different resource hubs for international business online.
- Some of them may be biased. University resources are usually a safe place to start.
- Some of them may have bad links.
Here is a university resource that promises all links are checked every 10 days.
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You can get more information elsewhere. But this is as good a place to start your exploratory research as any. The choice of links here is good.
The categories are clear and useful for carrying out your research.
- Country & Regional Data
- Product Classification Systems
- Company & Industry Data
- Education: Faculty & Students
- International Organizations
- Market Entry (Export) Assistance
- Mega Sites & General Data
- News
- Professional Associations
- Travel
The links here are all useful and a good place to start your research.
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Global Financial Crisis Updates
January 2, 2009 by cindy
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.
Do you need a reliable resource to help you evaluate your financial decisions? In today’s world economy it is natural to have more concerns about investing in international business.
Reliable, up-to-date and relevant resources are key.
Here is one of them:
Crisis Talk gives you updates on how current world finance affects your international business.
Crisis Talk is a blog from the World Bank.
It gives you news and information on specific countries and global industry sectors. And there are commentaries from experts on how this may affect you and your business.
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I think everyone investing in international business should check out Crisis Talk regularly. Once every week or two. This will build your general international business intelligence fairly rapidly.
If you find any similar resources, please share them in the comments section below. These are valuable resources today.
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Resource To Find Companies In Switzerland
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 a resource for exploratory market research for Switzerland. Now, here is a resource to look up Swiss companies.
Infonautics Directory of Switzerland is a good resource for information about Swiss companies.
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Do you need to find out more about Swiss companies? This is a good place to start.
There is also other useful travel information.
Have you found this website useful?
How did you use the information here?
Please leave a comment below and tell us why.
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Resource For Trade In Switzerland
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.
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.
Have you found this website useful?
How did you use the information here?
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Resource For Detailed 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.
Yesterday we looked at the FITA Country Profile & Resource web page.
Here is another resource for country profiles.
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
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.
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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Useful Resource For International Trade
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.
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.
Have you found this website useful?
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Find International Newspapers And Magazines
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 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 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.
Have you found this resource useful?
How did you use the information here?
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Resource To Find Companies In Other Countries
December 22, 2008 by cindy
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 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.
Have you found this resource useful?
How did you use the information here?
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Solutions To Build Cross-Cultural Skills
December 19, 2008 by cindy
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 want to boost your cross-cultural skills?
Spending some time in a different culture is often the best way to do this.
There are many different organizations that help people find the right cultural immersion. This is just one of them.
You can find opportunities for different countries, different lengths of time and with different language skill requirements.
If you want to immerse yourself in a different culture to build your cross-cultural skills, be sure you spend all of your time with locals.
Many people travel together and end up spending all of their free time together. You need to make an effort to integrate with the local people in order to develop your personal communication skills.
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Use this website to think of different ways you could incorporate direct experience in different cultures.
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