How to manage a project to sell abroad? Smart export assistant takes care of it

Accessing new markets is a must for Italian companies. In today's context, new choices and new commercial expansion strategies are necessary, such as the Smart Export Assistant, which allows companies to export successfully.

Octagona launches its Smart Export Assistant service. Internationalization is becoming an increasingly important phenomenon for our companies day by day: SMEs necessarily need to open up to new markets and export their products to countries where "Made in Italy" is in demand. Today, the greatest business opportunities are increasingly emerging abroad and less and less within national borders, and considering the high level of appreciation our products enjoy worldwide, it is easy to understand how internationalization becomes a necessity capable of driving the growth of the entire system. Moreover, recent statistics show that our exports are constantly increasing (Italy is currently the eighth largest exporting country globally, and it is absolutely appropriate to continue on this path; in fact, much more can be done.

Precisely for this reason, Italian entrepreneurs, even in the face of ruthless international competition, need to reformulate their business strategies to find new outlets and new opportunities. In this regard, today we hear increasingly insistent talk of “Temporary Export Manager,” that is, a dedicated manager who works as an external consultant, supports and assists the company in a business expansion process, and is capable of managing export projects.

Indeed, SMEs do not always have the necessary resources for internationalization, nor can they always rely on internal staff capable of designing a commercial development plan, identifying the most suitable markets, and managing the entire export process. Precisely for this reason, the presence of such a professional figure aims to increase company profits.

The Smart Export Assistant designed by Octagona, which has been operating for more than ten years in internationalization by providing services for the growth of companies abroad, goes precisely towards this direction and greatly expands what are the prerogatives of the Temporary Export Manager. It is, in fact, a tool developed specifically to support SMEs in their sales activities: the Smart Export Assistant designed by Octagona, in addition to selecting markets, identifying customers, subsequently managing their relationship and the follow-up phase, works in synergy with the company so as to exploit the technical skills, know-how and knowledge of the entrepreneur and his collaborators, thus leaving in the company's assets all the material and information gathered during the activity, through a process of training and constant and methodological support. Therefore, the Temporary Export Manager according to Octagona is not only an export manager, but a real resource who operates at 360 degrees in close contact with the company, integrating and complementing with his expertise the activities and needs of the entrepreneur.

By relying on this resource, the company will be able to delegate its development operations in foreign markets (optimizing time and costs), counting on a professional capable of planning and operationally developing the company's business, thanks to their skills, international experience, and relational and contact management abilities.

If you want more information about Octagona's activities and to learn more about the Smart Export Assistant, contact us by phone at 059.9770184 or by email at [email protected]: we will give you all the answers you need.

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