International online marketing for business
online marketing for export
Selling abroad does not mean anymore expensive booths at fairs, visiting potential providers or setting up an office in distant countries.
The online world allows companies to start international sales in a more controlled and cheaper way than traditional internationalization. The key to success is met by means of an on-line presence. The three fundamental keypoints are:
Presence
There are companies everywhere selling succesfully without a known store. They simply use the Internet. So why shouldn’t you try your luck in the same way when aiming at foreign markets? For instance, an online shop with a few selected items and a lean logistic process to guarantee deliveries may be as valid for starting an activity in a foreign country as opening a local store.
Brand
Brand awareness is indispensable for selling. Awareness might be obtained with a good product and publicity using the right media. Content marketing, search engine optimization and social. Networks can considerably help to create an initial small community of followers of a brand.
Trust
Without trust there is no deal. Getting trust of potential buyers without a physical presence is not easy, but neither is it impossible. Constant and repeated contact with the follower community through social media, providing good content and advice and answering questions, builds trust and facilitates the first deals.
Once these three cornerstones are established, the internationalizing company will find, at least, highly valuable information on the new market:
- Who is interested in their product?
- Who is the competition?
- What are the usual prices?
- Are their products competitive?.
In many cases first deals are made, thus obtaining the beginnings of a market. The growth of this small market might be driven with caution in order to allow the structure of the company to adapt to new processes, need of language skills and appropriate financial tools.
Consultants of the Spanish International Trade Office
We are certified online marketing consultants of the Spanish Commerce Institute (ICEX), a government service that helps Spanish companies to export.
Our Services - International Online Marketing
We help companies in the internationalization process:
- Evaluate a company's potential for digital internationalization.
- Advise the company when designing an internationalization plan.
- To offer the means, tools and knowledge to create the digital platform: digital shops, websites, blogs, social networks, e-mail marketing, etc.
- Optimize websites and digital stores: message, content and SEO.
- Generate the necessary content in the target language to feed the platform.
- Manage advertising in target countries: Adwords, FB Ads, advertising on Amazon.
- Manage presence in marketplaces such as Amazon or Aliexpress.
- Create a community of clients with growth potential.
- At the beginning of the internationalisation project, if the company still lacks language skills, we can act as a contact centre.
