If you have consumer products using an established online marketplace could be a great way of not only selling to British customers but also to consumer around the world. In fact using marketplaces for cross border e-commerce is one of the very easiest ways to begin your export journey. This is Midlands Export the podcast brought to you by the Department for International Trade in the Midlands. My name is David James and in this episode I’m talking to Cas Paton, Founder and CEO of OnBuy.com the world’s fastest growing online marketplace. I caught up with Cas at the DIT’s Go Global event which ..read more

If you’re an online retailer who’s had success selling to customers in the UK you will be interested to know there’s a way to easily export to 40 additional markets through an online marketplace called Fruugo. So if you’re finding the increased cost of paid search traffic in the UK is eating into your margins or you're just looking for new growth opportunities you’ll be interested in this episode of Midlands Export. My name is David James and I got the chance to talk to Håkan Thyr, Chief Revenue Officer at Fruugo, at the Department for International Trade’s Go Global event in February this yea ..read more

This is Midlands Export the podcast brought to you by the Department for International Trade in the Midlands. My name is David James and in this episode I’m talking to Alex Makino-Farrell, Adviser at the China Britain Business Council about the exciting opportunities in the worlds biggest online market. I caught up with Alex at the DIT’s Go Global event in February this year. We talk about how CBBC can help you successfully enter the Chinese market, why everything you’ve learnt about digital marketing in the UK is largely irrelevant and why talking to Chinese students and tourists could be rea ..read more

Welcome to Midlands Export the brand new podcast brought to you by the Department for International Trade in the Midlands. We’ll be talking to a selection of our Export Champions who are some of the Midlands’ most successful small and medium sized exporters. We’ll be asking them about how they win and serve international clients so you can learn from their experience. We’ll also be investigating some of the countries and sectors where Midlands based businesses might have the best export opportunities. My name is David James and in this episode of Midlands Export  I’m talking to Andy Jone ..read more

Cross border e-commerce is an increasingly important method of exporting. If you already sell products or services on your own e-commerce website, a few minor changes may be all that is needed to begin attracting and selling to customers all around the world. One of the changes you will want to make is allowing overseas customers to pay using a method they know and trust and in their own currency. Anyone who has run an e-commerce site will know the frustration of abandoned shopping carts where a potential customer has selected the products they want, registered to buy and then stopped their pu ..read more

One of the most important relationships you will have as an exporter is with your freight forwarder. Freight forwarders are businesses that can facilitate all the logistics and paperwork required to get your products from your factory or warehouse to your international customer. If the additional administration needed for customs clearance and international shipment is putting you off selling overseas go and talk to a freight forwarder as they can make the process very straight forward. This is Midlands Export the new podcast from the Department for International Trade in the Midlands. My n ..read more

This is Midlands Export the podcast from the Department for International Trade in Midlands. We’re here to provide you with the inspiration and  information you need to make a success of trading overseas. My name is David James and in this episode I’m talking to Philip Duggan, Export Champion and Business Specialist at Dudley based Boss Design. Boss Design produce furniture for a wide range of prestigious UK and international clients including Jaguar Landrover, Etihad Airways and Microsoft. Philip tells us how the Department for International Trade has helped Boss Design win new client ..read more

This is Midlands Export the brand new podcast brought to you by the Department for International Trade in the Midlands. Our aim is to provide businesses in the Midlands with the inspiration and information they need to make a success of trading overseas. My name is David James and in this episode of Midlands Export I’m talking to Paul Morris, Export Champion and Founder of Staffordshire based AddMaster a company that makes performance additives for plastics and paints. Paul’s additives provide antibacterial protection for all manner of things including hospital walls, light switches and bed ..read more

The UK’s digital marketing industry is perhaps the most advanced and competitive in the world. This means that compared to other nations we’re much better at things like search engine optimisation, social media marketing and paid search advertising. So when British companies work with their digital marketing agencies to promote their business internationally they can outperform even the market leaders in their own country. So if you are finding the cost of your pay-per-click advertising is eating into your margins you might find you can get a much cheaper cost-per-click for the same search ter ..read more

If you have consumer products using an established online marketplace could be a great way of not only selling to British customers but also to consumer around the world. In fact using marketplaces for cross border e-commerce is one of the very easiest ways to begin your export journey. This is Midlands Export the podcast brought to you by the Department for International Trade in the Midlands. My name is David James and in this episode I’m talking to Cas Paton, Founder and CEO of OnBuy.com the world’s fastest growing online marketplace. I caught up with Cas at the DIT’s Go Global event which ..read more