Three methods and five tools for foreign trade industry to find customers

It is said that foreign trade is difficult and it is even harder to find customers. To make a long story short, I'll tell you three ways to find customers directly.

1. Search engine

How many people know that customers can be searched and developed through search engines? This is one of the most commonly used means for foreign traders to develop customers. Many people will use search engines such as google, yahoo, bing, msn and facebook for customer development.

But at this time, some people may wonder. How to search for customers through search engines? It's actually quite simple. We can use the search engine to search for the keyword+buyer/distributor/wholesaler/importer, or the keyword-/* buyer/distributor/ ......

2.B2B platform

At present, there are too many platforms, many foreign trade companies pay, and some people register many platforms. So, don't be limited to the company's payment platform. The buyer information on a platform may only be a few pieces a week, and it will be gone if it starts late. After releasing several products and ensuring the activity, you can register as many free platforms as possible. One more platform, one more exposure, and one more possibility of becoming single.

3. Exhibition

This is not the way all companies will choose, especially international exhibitions, but the effect of participating in the exhibition is actually very obvious. Some companies have endless orders only through exhibitions, which makes many customers afraid to take them. As you can imagine, this kind of presentation is quite good. When you really can't find customers, this might as well be a way.

After talking about the three ways for foreign traders to find customers, we can't help but say that foreign traders must have five tools.

1 customs data

However, it should be noted that this is difficult to adapt to and is not suitable for foreign trade. We can enter product keywords in the search box to query customer information and send targeted and selective emails to customers. Of course, you can also search the first 6 digits of the customs code.

2. Translate websites

Nice translator can translate many languages, and the translation quality is still very good. It is a life-saving software for foreign traders with poor foreign languages.

3. International telephone tools

When customers cannot be contacted by email, it is also a good choice to communicate with foreign trade personnel who have passed oral English by telephone or SMS. IntBell can make foreign calls, the point is that it has a Chinese version! A very humane point is that it can be recorded, and it can be recorded when you meet important customers or important phone calls, or it is convenient for friends with poor hearing. Moreover, the call quality is not bad, and enterprises can also promote it.

4. International social media

LinkedIn is suitable for cross-border B2B enterprises. As a professional workplace social networking site, LinkedIn is also the largest workplace social networking platform in the world. Its user groups are also professionals, because the platform attributes of LinkedIn itself are career, business and specialty. Not only that, LinkedIn has a high weight, good inclusiveness and high search ranking in search engines such as Google. LinkedIn also has a personal homepage display, which can facilitate more target customers to know about us and our company, and is very helpful for building customer awareness.

5. Image processing software

Picasa3, a free photo processing software developed by Google, can be used as a photo quotation.