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and such popular services as that is where the mostwww.fobshanghai.com0O+q3K+?$Z
spam originates from. And blocked spam does not get bounced
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may just end up in the "Bulk email/Spam Folder"&[,A2\4H-X/i2a6N
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8K8|0~7o!R1|7I(g)K2cbusiness forum,trade forum,business opportunity,Business China,Business India,Brazil businessWould you not much rather prefer someone who goes by the email
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7x*g4y&o9z!^www.fobshanghai.comIf you are in business and you do not have a website[A Professional Business Forum].[6o u0W%D
you are losing business. No matter what your argument may be, a
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people they want to talk to. We come across lots of exportersbusiness forum,trade forum,business opportunity,Business China,Business India,Brazil business7~2J7s#x%^
who have said that the first thing a buyer asks them is "What
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on a website and got no results. But that's a topic for FOB Business Forum2V(a'o"S#x$I
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6`8r6e9`9w-|To sum it up, if you are in business and are looking to get more
(W2C2N$A2J*H$vbuyers, you need a website and email of your own with your own
:t*K5y2C#V;}%@)h[A Professional Business Forum]domain name "yourcompanyname.com"
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I have been really slow at posting tips to this newsletterFOB Business Forum3|2J4T2L*R"E
and it does seem that I will not be able to write in very
#e'U5K+_#[9zfrequently so I will try to make this one a bit more packed
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8Y-b-n5?.Y/{0K([9u3X+]+u.\FOB Business ForumFirst I would like to make a few things clear, this newsletter'w4H1L9n)]3F
goes to over 35,000 subscribers some of whom have websites, somewww.fobshanghai.com.H4c"E0U%T
do not and all of whom are in different stages of their
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8t$A(|;T8w4Y5[5M:x;O1. Have voice mail on your phone lines : Imagine a scenario,
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3A8O9@#|!N.nbusiness forum,trade forum,business opportunity,Business China,Business India,Brazil business   are one of them. He calls you and gets and a busy tone. Hewww.fobshanghai.com(B)J4R4P$X,w1]#h%o7Z&Y&l
   tries another supplier's number and gets a voice mail saying
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'D"J1W0T*d!J/c;g[A Professional Business Forum]   Please leave your name and complete number with country andwww.fobshanghai.com0Y"j7I$t7m$U8p2K4l
   area code and we will get back to you as soon as possible'2n._!~!I-H5|#{-|5I
   Which of the two suppliers is more likely to make more contacts?
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'w%u.z6N1B;g&O*`   Solutions could be voice mail, call forwarding, using call waiting, caller id or answering machine depending on your telecom company.
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#@2w:E9u'^+V[A Professional Business Forum]   Basically, you must have a system where a person can leave a message if your phone is busy or no one is there to attend it.www.fobshanghai.com.A%b3_,l,E(a$m2E5V

1[(g#x3D5xFOB Business Forum   You can argue that someone can always try later but is it not our job to make it easier for people to get to us?
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!D"c+C*X3T+D&s"hbusiness forum,trade forum,business opportunity,Business China,Business India,Brazil business2. Have a dedicated fax line : Nothing irritates a buyer more than a fax line on which a human picks up and says 'hello'. Even ones which say 'Dial 3 to send a fax ' are useless as most people nowadays use 'Email to Fax' or Fax software to send faxes.www.fobshanghai.com&A6K8^ x0T:c-j7m

e*S*x9^!tFOB Business Forum   So get a dedicated fax line (always up) as soon as possible.FOB Business Forum)@&_0G;m4J3Y

'R9]$P"o+{&{3a"E0\   Not only do you not get the fax, the sender forms an opinion of you being difficult to reach.[A Professional Business Forum]7x3@+|6J"r8g
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3. Always include complete contact details in all emails you send. A simple way is to use signature files. Makes sure you mention your website in every email. Make sure all employees use a standardized signature file..q9J(r+T(I/C9_
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5L/q(N3f"j-bFOB Business Forum5. If you have a website, look at it critically from a buyer's viewpoint and see if your website does the followingFOB Business Forum:o7~(Q6e-s9F4g
- Make the visitor believe you know your business well
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- Make the visitor feel like contacting you
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+p*~5[ J5H#\1bwww.fobshanghai.com6. Always have  a contact form on your website in addition to giving your address, phone, fax and email. With a contact form, you can get additional details of the visitor and more  importantly, you make sure you get the details which you can miss
3H+f*y;q$q#zbusiness forum,trade forum,business opportunity,Business China,Business India,Brazil business   with email with so much spam and spam blocking
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   I am amazed at the number of people who have no record of who
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:D;a;T0m8h/G0\1M7u!WFOB Business Forum   space and deleted old emails. Y/p3T X#H#~.h

$f&p'V3X!q w8. Have a backup plan for your data on your computers in place. Your computer is a machine and it can conk off any time. And hard disk crashes are most common. You can lose all your data and with it all important contacts you have collected over years.www.fobshanghai.com&d+v'o(~+_,?)h
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   With CD writers becoming inexpensive, there is no excuse for not having one for backing up your data. A way to simplify this is to store all data in one directory. So backing up involves just writing that one directory into one CD.www.fobshanghai.com*s!f7C*j,S%p

,v"o/u8l9b"F1L(N:g9. Learn to listen and understand the pulse of the potential buyer. Find out what drives him. Although I know all of you will jump and say 'price', You know that there is zillions of dollars of business being done at a price much higher than 'best possible price' even when buyers know that. It is being done because of timely delivery, quality assurance, excellent communication, comfort level or special customization, etc.
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*c#s9]6u:\0Z   Each buyer has some factors he holds as key. Once you know that, you should be able to reassure him on that front.
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0f4M-Q q,k4K#u0d*_,\FOB Business Forum10. Most valuable tip for the last. Find out what your competitive advantages are and build your business around them. Competitive advantages can come from cost advantages, access to markets, access to specialized/regulated information, etc. The important thing is to understand it and translate it into tangible benefit that a potential buyer will get by doing business with you.
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#H,?,n,p0W7o.s!F;z.EWhew, that was one long mail. I have enjoyed writing it and hope
/`;H)N s7Z6pFOB Business Forumyou have found it useful. As always your feedback is most welcome

It's sounds good.Thanks for sharing.

tks for your suggestion, they are great.

they are helpful.
#i0S6V1T;L4byou are right that a company should have its website and emailbox. i have been a buying agent of foreign clients. what i find manufacurer in mainland, the first question i ask is : what is your website?FOB Business Forum$g1u6r$U1u5s*G"S7g'T
in my opinioin, it is necessary for every company to own website.

good tips....................

Reading it later on

thak for sharing

Yes, it is a good advice for business![A Professional Business Forum]:_.T'`-L*{
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Thanks!

thanks for sharing.

yes,everything should be public.And others could believe you.
2W$E)Q$O2O1z&W6h9z3k2p6rAt least your company web,email,tel,....

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i've just finished reading  it.

it seems that u r hardworking....learner..

tks for your suggestion, they are great.

got ,thank you.

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