{"id":757,"date":"2022-12-20T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T03:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=757"},"modified":"2022-11-04T15:55:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T07:55:50","slug":"first-steps-for-businesses-looking-to-expand-overseas","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/en\/blog\/first-steps-for-businesses-looking-to-expand-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"First steps for businesses looking to expand overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-605\" src=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-2.png\" alt=\"What is the most effective way for businesses looking to expand overseas\" width=\"968\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-2.png 968w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-2-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-2-150x97.png 150w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-2-768x496.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 968px) 100vw, 968px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First steps for businesses looking to expand overseas<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is essential for sales and business development to be equipped with adequate resources for overseas expansion.\u00a0 Recently there has been a shift in trade model from offline to online and further expedited by the pandemic, making use of online resources for business development and marketing has become inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning your overseas expansion strategy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before expanding overseas, you will need a complete and detailed operational strategy and thorough analysis of the target market is essential, this includes if there are sufficient leads in the market to allow planning for resources, sales and marketing allocation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-606\" src=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to plan overseas expansion strategy\" width=\"630\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-3.jpg 630w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-3-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overseas clients leads generation<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Past methods of leads generation are usually limited to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expo attendance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online search of corporate names and contact details<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purchase leads list<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are generally not only costly and time consuming, the leads obtained may also lack precision, the results are far from effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting precise leads is key to effective leads generation.\u00a0 Through LinkedIn, you can generate accurate leads with better efficiency and at lower cost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-609\" src=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-1.jpg\" alt=\"picking the right client is key to effective business development\" width=\"960\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-1-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the first impression count, set the tone with EDM<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have obtained your leads list, you will need to take the next step and make contact with them.\u00a0 Make use of EDM with eye catching design and intriguing content to leave a lasting first impression with the key decision makers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make an impression without being pestering<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporates and clients relationships take time to build and maintain and not all business engagements result in a deal.\u00a0 Often, novices make the mistakes of ineffective communication and fall out of favor with clients.\u00a0 Take advantage of EDM marketing features to overcome some of the common communication barriers.\u00a0 Unlike cold lead email marketing, EDMs is considered digital asset advertising and aimed at increasing brand awareness as well as leaving an impression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-607\" src=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-4.jpg\" alt=\"Let potential clients get to know you through EDM\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase business development efficiency with effective planning of EDMs<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only do we need to proofread EDMs for overseas business expansion, it is also vital to have a strategic plan and understand the pain points of the industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plan the distribution of your EDMs so that it focuses on what you want to promote such as product and services benefits and features.\u00a0 Track the performance of your EDMs &#8211; open rate, click rate, unsubscribe and bounce rate, and use these metrics to further optimize your subsequent EDMs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDM marketing results take time to show effectiveness and requires sustained distribution of EDMs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-608\" src=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-5.jpg\" alt=\"A good EDM goes beyond just good copywriting\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-5-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/\u6d77\u5916\u5e02\u5834-5-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn leads generation and EDM marketing management<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LeadsGeek<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s market exclusive lead generation technique is the first in the industry in Taiwan.\u00a0 We specialize in helping businesses uncover potential overseas clients through the use of our AI technology and unique database.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","blog_category":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>First steps for businesses looking to expand overseas - LeadsGeek<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadsgeek.ai\/en\/blog\/first-steps-for-businesses-looking-to-expand-overseas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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