Is this my only order?

Hi FOBers!
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3E6LtuH4v I'd like to share my experience with you, though it's not successful.
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I graduated last year and have worked in the present company for about 1 year. Our company is a small private enterprise and there are only two people in our export department, that are our manager and me. At the beginning, I have no experience at all and know nothing about foreign trade business. Everyday, I was just searching on the internet and sent general emails out, no reply from them. I find this is quite difficult to develop customers. In a chinese word, just like finding a needle in a wide sea! I was so disappointed and almost lose my confidence in it. Even, I had a suspicion of my ability. After seven or more months, I finally got one small sample order from an american customer. Though the order is small, it give me confidence and encourage me to go on!hD!T%~.HL;u5A
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However, this is my only order,maybe.. In the following two months, I continues to send emails out but find there are almost no related websites for me anymore as I have sent out so many and the keywords seems have been used out.Oh,my god, what should I do now? Now everyday I sit in front of the computer and look at the outlook,but no enquiries. So boring, but it shouldn't be the way I have to live. I must find a solution to it but I'm confused.
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TB})a VByS On the other way, I'm so interested in english(maybe it's not so good) and want to find more opportunity to practise english. But I find there is almost no chance to communicate with foreigners in this small company except writing. I admit I have learnt something about foreign trade here. But it's really not enough. What should I do? Should I find a new challenge job or.... I really don't know...
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c6G[+j&NS Dear FOBers, can you give me any suggestions? I'm almost crazy now. God help me! FOBers help me!:Q

I have the same feeling as you have.I tried my best and keep on  trying .Still I don't give up.I try to learn more I can .
4m`-? J2b_      The question is how to develop myself.The reason I got out of the college is to get myself practiced .But I found it is hard .No one will teach you except yourself.The manager or other people will not unles you meet with a good leader.E0r$T;m*N#^B*BK Xh
     Maybe the final step I can take is to change the job.Or you will be wasted .What's your opinion?

there are many success stories in the forums. You can learn from them.6B)z Q9`2O
If you thought the reward is too less than your afford, then you need to stop to thoght whether your way is correct or not.Maybe you go some twist ways.H"o
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In fact even you work very hard via internet to develop customers, it would take a long time to make a bargain. It is very normal.+v7B U;t"y
just believe you can do it, then you will feel well.YU:~&LWP z.s
God bless you.

:handshake the same feeling in my.I find you are good at your english ,but i am poor in english,how to learn english well?hehe just to show my poor english at FOB ,no shy

Last year,I work in a company as you said.There,no platform no product advantage. I just serching buyer information through free website and send email.With day and days go,I got  +AJ,t3`L,R,h_
none order but a foreigner came our company and then disappear:Q .I am very disappointed too and lose my confidence,at last, I choose to leave.

Maybe changing to a new job is a solution. But I'm not sure it's the best one. As you can ask yourself: will the new job be a suitable one for me? Can I challenge myself in the new job? Just as Folks Gan said, life is just like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get next. But maybe staying in a position where we can't learn anything is wasting our time. So it's really a boring questions, isn't it?
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I'm also nearly crazy about such a questions and I have kept thinking about this for a long time but still can't find a good solution. What should I do now is to try my best to fulfill my precious time and enrich my dailylife!&g%WlC;M7j

~hI-eM9\5sc$?%W] Good luck to you! Hope you can find a good solution to your question and acheive what you want soon!

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none order but a foreigner came our company and then disappear:Q .I am very disappointed too and lose my confidence,at last, I choose to leave. [/quote]
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`!IW`%d[2F qJ Maybe your choice is right! Good luck! Hope you achive your goal in your new job!

Ask yourself,you know your company more than any of us,if you believe you can do a good job there,continue..-ghQ7OkSVUR
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It is normal for a green hand get nothing achievement during 1 year.

to stick to it.7iuv gB
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What you do will change your company./c.qP'IlQ:bw'|
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To make it better,
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