I visited several places throughout southern China on and off over a 5 year period at the beginning of the new millennium while working as an export manager for a manufacturing company. We were engaged in manufacturing gas appliances and I was responsible for their $20 million European sales and marketing division. What James McGregor [...]
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Doubts about China …
February 6th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Asia · China · culture · doubting china · export hints · foreign markets · GFC · International Business · James McGregor · mindset
Government grants assist in invigorating export sales
January 11th, 2010 1 Comment
Eligible Victorian based companies are utilising Small Business Victoria grant funding to catapult their export drive. It is a program that can be beneficial to businesses that are either new or experienced exporters. In fact, a broad range of SMEs from many different sectors are in a position to take advantage of this great opportunity [...]
Tags: Australian exporters · connecting overseas · Export · foreign markets · grants · International Business · overseas · planning · small business victoria · strategy · vision
Reach Your Export Goals Sooner …
December 18th, 2009 No Comments
If your business has an appetite for export, no matter whether new or existing, then you may be eligible to receive a Victorian state government grant subsidy to undertake a strategic review and develop an export marketing plan.
For further details, read more …
Tags: Export · Grow Your Business · International Business · Marketing · overseas · planning · review · strategy
Brand Channel on Japanese brand culture and diversity
November 25th, 2009 No Comments
Made in Japan, The Culture Behind the Brand written by Chauncey Zalkin is a fascinating insight into how everyday societal values are enormously influential in brand development and perception. A thought provoking article, relevant not only to branding, but also deeply portraying the connection between the Japanese Culture and Brand existence within it.
From Toyota to [...]
Tags: branding · culture · Japan · Marketing · societal influences · values
BBC Video news from Japan
June 21st, 2009 No Comments
Matt Frei is a BBC reporter working in Japan. He has produced some excellent snippets of life in Japan.
So far the series includes:
Decline of Japan’s family-run factories
Adapting to survive: Lettuce factory
Riding Japan’s bullet train
Meeting Japan’s cyber homeless
Tags: adapting inJapan · Asia · bullet train · culture · cyber · factories in Japan · GFC in Japan · Japan · society
Asian region glasshouses !
June 16th, 2009 No Comments
Ponder for a moment the Asian region and its inter-dependencies among neighbouring nations. In the aftermath of the current global economic crisis, China is poised to severely impact the entire region unless demand for its outputs eventuates again. If not the US, where else in the world will demand from the worlds engine room before [...]
Tags: Asia · China · GFC · Morgan Stanley · Recovery · Stephen Roach
Are you just getting started ??
April 28th, 2009 No Comments
Getting started on something new is never easy, as the saying goes. Just like “bloging”, exporting can be mind boggling if you don’t know where and how to start. This is where ClientLink can assist by taking the guess work out of managing your appoach. Check us out further to discover how we can assist [...]
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