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How you can use temporary importation tactics to succeed in export sales

There are plenty of reasons why businesses branch out from local to international sales. Expanding your business by taking it to a new market offers a wealth of advantages and opportunities. You can grow sales, balance out seasonal instability, extend the life cycle of your products, and tap into a completely new market. However, making those first inroads in a new market is a significant challenge. So, how do you build trust in your company and your product in a new region?

Pamela Hyatt

I am the Content Marketing Specialist for the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT). You can find some of my work on TradeReady.ca. My background is in copywriting, journalism and social media. My passion lies in connecting people to the stories that are most important to them.

Northstar from Canada wins prestigious award from the Export-Import Bank of the United States

After over twenty years of excellence in the field, Northstar Trade Finance’s efforts are now being rewarded with the US Export-Import Bank’s Lender of the Year award, at the organization’s annual conference in Washington D.C. on April 23.

Ewan Roy

I'm a Digital Marketing Specialist for the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT). My background is in writing and research, and I am passionate about communicating new ideas and telling stories that matter to you.

Master your inner chameleon and excel in exports

Today, the secret to excel in exports is to learn how to interact and be accepted by people who are not like us, who speak a different language, who think, act, feel and react differently to what we are used to. To do so, we need to learn from chameleons—a type of lizard that is distinguished by its ability to change skin color to match its surroundings.

Ennio Vita-Finzi, CITP|FIBP

Ennio Vita-Finzi is a Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) and was a Trade Commissioner in Europe, Latin America and the US as well as President of the Canadian Council for the Americas during NAFTA negotiations. He has been a multinational executive and entrepreneur and is now a College lecturer, keynote speaker, and author based in Montreal. (e.vita-finzi@sympatico.ca)

Don’t ignore the human element if you want to succeed in global trade

While technology can be helpful in the initial stages of a global trade relationship, be it communicating through email, video conferencing or even the old-fashioned telephone, it’s the addition of the human element that seals the deal.

Daniella D'Alimonte

With her background in writing, marketing and business journalism, Daniella focuses on crafting quality stories and relevant content to inform and inspire the international business community.

Like it or not, fracking is disrupting international trade flows

There is no doubt that the need for oil and gas has had an outsized influence in global geo-politics. But whether we like it or not, international trade flows are being disrupted by the fracking industry, effecting exporters around the world.

Susie Yovic Hoeller, CITP|FIBP

Susan (“Susie”) Yovic Hoeller has been practicing international business and regulatory law for over three decades. Susie was born in Chicago and raised in Montreal. She has represented Fortune 100 companies, middle market companies, and start ups while living in Chicago, Dallas and NW Arkansas. She is currently located in Tampa, Florida.

How I’m helping shape export careers with Windsor’s Cross Border Institute and FITT

We’re so pleased to include the University of Windsor and the Cross Border Institute among the wonderful educational institutions that deliver our FITTskills international trade program and help shape export careers.

Renata Kobe, CITP|FIBP

Renata is a CITP®|FIBP® with over 20 years of experience in business consulting and international business and organizational leadership. She currently teaches marketing at St. Clair College in Windsor, ON, and is a Research Associate at the Cross-Border Institute, University of Windsor.

How we can raise a generation of innovation-ready global business graduates

Working with SMEs to foster innovative global business tendencies in students. Given my career experience in international business, and my role teaching international business and innovation, I have tried to facilitate partnerships with local SMEs that export.

Murray Morgan, CITP|FIBP

Murray Morgan is a college professor, consultant and speaker with a passion for collaboration and innovation in the global economy. He has worked with blue chip corporations and entrepreneurs in over 40 countries. He strives to achieve a positive global impact by creating a global-ready workforce and forging win-win partnerships to build international trade. Murray has facilitated FITT workshops for experienced trade commissioners, helped innovative entrepreneurs compete in the global economy and completed successful consulting projects on major new business development initiatives.

3 Important questions answered about protecting your IP in international markets

What are some of the top strategic considerations when deciding whether to register intellectual property internationally?

Becky DeStigter, FIBP|CITP

Becky DeStigter is an International Business Consultant focused on helping B2B technology and professional services companies to become more globally competitive. She seeks practical solutions for growing companies’ international marketing and operational issues. Becky is based in Scottsdale, USA and works with companies worldwide.

5 Considerations for building strong international business relationships

Strong relationships are very important in business. This is especially true in international business, where there needs to be so much trust and dependability because big things are happening across large distances.

Louei Ali, MBA, CITP|FIBP

Louei is the Director of Business Development at Canada Topp Group based in London Ontario (Canada). Canada Topp Group is an export trading company that helps Canadian companies with opportunities and business development in over 40 countries by acting as their export arm to reach a well established community of qualified distributors.