Sell Globally Without Ever Leaving Home

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How do you transition from local to global without ever leaving home? It starts online via a smart phone, tablet, laptop (as shown) or PC. You must have a connection to the Internet and then you are well on your way.

In a more traditional way and provided you have created a website:

On your homepage, state that your company welcomes inquiries from any country in the world and that you’re willing and able to ship outside of the United States. That will help foreign consumers, buyers and distributors find you and your products. If nothing else, it can start a discussion about potential sales.

To learn more read (February 2012): How to Go Global Without Going Abroad

Related article (July 2011): 9 Ways to Sell Your Products Internationally Without Ever Leaving Home

Your First Date in the New Year?

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If you haven't already started to export, make a date to do so in the new year.  Let me introduce you (I'm big on matchmaking) to Export.gov.

Operated by the U.S. Department of Commerce as a collaborative effort with 19 other agencies, Export.gov is a goldmine of information, tools and programs for anyone looking to succeed in the global marketplace.

In 2013, make it the year to learn, leverage and go global!

Small Is Beautiful and Can Be Global

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When I was in my twenties, I remember reading Small Is Beautiful (excellent book) and every time I think about that title now, I want to change it to:  Small Is Global.

In "Never Too Small to Go Global," Bernard Paprocki makes a case that you are, well, never too small to go global.  Read his article here.

Related post, "Small Business Can Be Borderless"
(March 23, 2009):

Remember when E.F. Schumacher wrote the classic Small is Beautiful? I think about that all the time now with small businesses going global. One of Schumacher's philosophies was: "Why use the computer if you can make the calculation on the back of an envelope."

If he were to revise his book today, he might offer this: "Why remain local with a business if you can easily go global?"