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Below, let's share with you various ways to develop customers for foreign trade.

1. Run more foreign trade exhibitions

Don't miss out on foreign trade exhibitions. Participating in foreign trade exhibitions not only allows for direct face-to-face communication with potential customers, but also promotes and promotes products. We can also utilize the opportunities of foreign trade exhibitions to exchange as many contact information of potential foreign trade customers as possible, as a reserve resource for future foreign trade development customers.

Foreign trade clients at foreign trade exhibitions are generally more accurate and have a relatively high transaction rate. However, with the COVID-19 raging, it is more and more difficult to carry out and participate in exhibitions. For foreign trade salesmen, this channel for foreign trade to develop customers is more difficult.

2. Find a customer on the yellow page

Many foreign companies like to display company and product information on yellow pages, and foreign trade salespeople should collect as many such yellow pages as possible in their daily work. However, it should be noted that customers need to ensure accuracy, alignment, and the ability to find responsible and decision-makers.

The disadvantage of this foreign trade customer development method is that it is inefficient to manually search for target customers.

3. Finding clients on overseas social media

Many potential foreign trade customers register accounts, publish company news, products, and other information on overseas social media, which foreign trade salespeople need to collect more. In addition, Mimao Search reminds everyone that foreign trade enterprises can also register accounts on overseas social media to promote their products. One is proactive, the other is passive, and there are two ways to find customers. For foreign trade salespeople, both can obtain good customer leads.

4. Looking for customers on commercial websites

There will be potential customer information on commercial websites, and foreign trade salespeople can proactively contact them.

5. Overseas industry forums or classified information networks

On industry forums or classified information websites, foreign clients and enterprises will post some purchasing information. Foreign trade salespeople can visit more forums and information websites to explore customer information and contact information.

6. Utilizing foreign trade software development

Using foreign trade development software to actively search for customers, retrieve information to obtain contact information, and then send WhatsApp with just one click can achieve a high response rate. As long as there is no spam or repetitive statements, the account will not encounter dangerous situations, which can greatly improve the efficiency of foreign trade development customers.