Best Small Businesses to Start: Export Manager

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Export managers, trade intermediaries, import export consultants are desperately needed. Only 1% of American manufacturers export (Dept. of Commerce) and of those that do, 70% have 20 or fewer employees. What will make a successful export manager or international trade professional? Learning the business inside and out. Many business and professional schools offer certificates and some offer business models for those who want their own enterprise. Always remember that the small business owner is placing the international future of their business in your hands, and you better know what you are doing. Learn everything that you can so that you can provide competent services. I have been teaching international trade and providing consulting services at the Import Export Institute in the Tampa, FL area and if you have questions, call us!

Dana Smith of FL 12:57PM September 02, 2012

our Export company has two years and very successful cases. always looking for new products for export. do contact us. LE Group Industries LLC

Agustin Tomas Caceres of FL 2:57PM June 01, 2012

Export manager / export director readings: Internal Impediments to International Export for FMCG in Syria, UAE and Gulf, is an article on internal impediments to international export by Bashar Bouso INternatioal export manager can be found on:
http://www.preservearticles.com/201107018717/internal-impediments-to-international-export-readings-for-export-manager-director-fmcg-syria-uae-gulf.html

Bashar Bouso of IL 1:10PM July 03, 2011

I just started my own EMC and I am dealing with two product lines at the moment -two very different lines. High end exotic skin accessories and natural health products. I have a buyer for the health products -not a big one- but a buyer nonetheless. For the accessories in exotic skins is a different story, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to find buyers for these kinds of items?
B I&E

B I&E 3:01PM March 21, 2010

I just started my own EMC and I am dealing with two product lines at the moment -two very different lines. High end exotic skin accessories and natural health products. I have a buyer for the health products -not a big one- but a buyer nonetheless. For the accessories in exotic skins is a different story, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to find buyers for these kinds of items?
B I&E

B I&E 2:56PM March 21, 2010

Anyone interested in learning more about importing or exporting should subscribe to the newsletter of the International Import-Export Institute at nationally accredited Dunlap-Stone University. It is a FREE bi-monthly publication that contains a wide range of articles for and about the international trade industry. Visit www.expandglobal.com to sign up. It archive are online and you can download issues covering the last fourteen years. The school also offers online college classes on a wide range of import and export related topics.

Don of AZ 11:02AM November 06, 2009

Matthew ~ really great article! Very informative. We're doing a series over at the OPEN blog by American Express on exporting. Perhaps your readers might find it beneficial:
http://tinyurl.com/6394ub
Also, at some point and with the permission of authors, Google will be offering all out of print books online for complimentary viewing and that will include mine which I can't wait because it covers everything you want to know about starting and running a profitable exporting business:
http://tinyurl.com/6j85ur
It provides every little secret to exporting success (including some of Reinke's)!
Lastly, another good resoucce for folks interested in exporting as a business or as a top executie job is IOMA (www.ioma.com) or more specifically, Global Sourcing, Exports/Imports which can be found here:
http://www.ioma.com/export_import/
The "Managing Imports and Exports" is an excellent newsletter (expensive but worth it for serious exporters) and covers, from time to time, what Export Managers make at all different sized companies.
Happy exporting,
Laurel
borderbuster.blogspot.com

Laurel Delaney of IL 10:27PM December 15, 2008