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GTN will show you how right now! Learn how to make exporting your products/services to foreign customers simple and profitable, especially if you are a small or mid-size company that has never tried selling overseas before. GTN, by connecting you to your local U.S. Commercial Service International Trade Specialist for one-on-one assistance, will help you with your overseas marketing, locating foreign agents/distributors/customers, provide financing resources, and more. Expanding your domestic sales beyond your present customer base has never been easier or timelier. IT IS SIMPLE AND QUICK AND YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT AT YOUR COMPUTER! Click this GTN link right now to receive immediate personal and expert assistance to help grow your EXPORTS FROM THE U.S. Commercial Service. Whether your company is new to international sales, trying to mount a new sales effort, looking to expand the business, or seek out a specific foreign market, here is how the USCS can help: THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FROM THE U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE: INTERNATIONAL SALES AND MARKETING: Information and Counseling-access online resources and get personalized counseling Strategy and Planning-access online resources and get personalized counseling Market Research and Due Diligence-target the best international markets and evaluate potential overseas business partners Advertising and Promotional Events-increase your brand awareness and market exposure in countries around the world Market Entry and Expansion-find and establish relationships with potential overseas business partners Advocacy and Dispute Resolutions-get help competing for foreign contracts and settling payment disputes ONLINE PROMOTION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES Featured U.S. Exporters (or FUSE) is a directory of U.S. products featured on U.S. Commercial Service websites around the world. It gives your company an opportunity to target specific markets in the local language of business. Listings are offered to qualified U.S. exporters seeking trade leads or representation in over 50 markets around the world. Commercial News U.S.A. is a catalog-style magazine that reaches more than a quarter million readers in 176 countries world-wide. It is distributed bi-monthly to readers outside the U.S. Qualified U.S. companies can purchase a listing in Commercial News USA, promoting their products to buyers around the world. The Export Yellow Pages is the Official U.S. Department of Commerce online directory of exporters and export service providers. The Export Yellow Pages is a comprehensive, online buyer's resource searchable by industry, products, services, keywords in over 65,000 categories. U.S Exporters can request a free listing or enhance their business profile with low-cost paid plan options designed to connect U.S. companies with global trade partners. The E-Commerce Toolbox defines e-commerce, helps companies assess their readiness for going online, reviews the steps to going online, including taking online payments and providing information on how to advertise and sell your products over the internet internationally. EXPORT FINANCING RESOURCES U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA,) www.sba.gov Export-Import Bank of the United States, www.exim.gov THE GLOBAL TRADE NETWORK (GTN), formerly part of USAID (United States Agency for International Development), has facilitated international trade since 1994, helping U.S. business to locate foreign markets and buyers, establish workable business relationships, identify financing sources, simplify shipping & customs, provide marketing advice, and in general make the international sales effort as simple as possible. Today GTN provides these services through the U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. THE U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE (USCS) is the premier global export business solutions provider of the U.S. Government. 1700 trade specialists working in 108 domestic offices and 85 markets worldwide are dedicated to help U.S. companies make international sales. Additionally, through a formal arrangement with the U.S. Department of State, USCS provides these services in 100 medium and small markets throughout the world. FOREIGN IMPORTERS TO THE U.S. CAN ALSO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM GTN. Just click this link.