Cindy King
Cross-Cultural Marketer & International Sales Specialist
Over 25 years field experience in aligning cultural offers for international sales.
International content strategy
Custom publishing in English to build international markets B2B international lead generation
40km south of Paris, France - GMT+1
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Have you got your online international sales strategy all wrong?
Trend Towards More International Business
Most online businesses today want to get more international business through their website.
The fact is international business counts more today than every before. It often represents more stability through times of domestic economic instability. And we are going through some unsettling times.
Let's do a little international market brainstorming.
- What kind of international marketing pipeline do you need?
A Communication Platform Only
The easiest communication platform for you to use to reach international prospects is your company website. Everyone can see your website. But don't forget your website is only a communication platform.
- Are you concentrating on your communication platform rather than your marketing pipeline?
You need more than a platform to create a different source of revenue. So the next question is:
- Is your international internet marketing getting you more than just international visitors?
This is where a fuzzy ground often appears. It appears in this middle ground between:
- Using a website as a platform for international communication
- Having an effective international sales system
Where does this fuzziness come from?
Your Current Marketing Pipeline
The answer lies in the answers to these questions. Are you:
- getting any international leads or inquiries at all?
- having your inquiries and leads quickly fall aside?
- only getting inquiries?
- getting sales-ready leads?
- making any sales through online contacts?
Most businesses do not have an effective online international marketing pipeline. A pipeline that works all the way through and generates international sales. They achieve some results some where along the process without really understanding why.
In addition to having a communication platform you need to have an international marketing pipeline. An effective international marketing system to get you leads you can nurture into sales.
If you want to get more business out of your website, you need to create a marketing system to work with it. A website by itself does not get you the business.
I will look at how you can create your international marketing pipeline in another article soon.
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