Small Business Exporting Podcast

International trade is something many small business owners wish they could get into and usually don’t because they assume the paperwork and administrative issues are too costly – timewise, and money-wise.

Florida is conveniently located to do business with a number of countries around the world – and not just those within 500 miles of it’s shores. The port of Miami receives and sends international goods by the tens of millions each year.

In this podcast these two business specialists touch on the massive opportunities that await the US small businesses choosing to tackled the international marketplace  – and the SBA’s (Small Business Administration’s) role in it.

Some highlights from this podcast:

Ron Johnson: Now Richard, what are the advantages of exporting and what might be required of a small business that wants to perhaps enter into the export marketplace?

Richard Ginsburg: Two thirds of the world’s purchasing power is in the hands of 96 percent of the world’s population, these two statistics should be incentive enough. Developing foreign markets provides a diversity of customers that generates significantly more transactions — that means sales — that surely will increase revenues and profits. Small businesses that export typically stay in business longer, create more jobs and pay higher wages to their employees. Exporters also can mitigate adverse economic conditions at home by having market penetration of foreign markets that still demand U.S. goods.

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Competing in the Global Market: SBA’s International Trade Programs
Featuring Ron Johnson interviewing Richard Ginsburg, Senior International Trade Specialist, SBA’s Office of International Trade.

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