G-20 Preparations

The G-20 summit is about a month and a half away, and the City of Pittsburgh is certainly preparing for the meeting. Two of the major things in the news about the summit is the focus on preparing the police force to handle situations that come with events like these, and the beautification of the city.

Although it is not being reported, we at IntellaCore hope that the business owners in Pittsburgh and other areas like Pittsburgh can realize that there is more to their business environment than their geographic region. We hope that when people see the various world leaders from the 20+ countries on the news or in the papers, they will think about expanding their business into one of those countries, or simply think about becoming globally competitive. We are now living in a flat world. The term "flat world" simply means that a company can no longer 'hide"in the hills and the valleys of its regional market. Every company operates in the global, Internet marketplace whether they operate domestically, internationally, or virtually on the Internet.

Many businesses in this region understand these ideas. In fact, within the Pittsburgh region it is estimated that international business accounts for an estimated 130,000 jobs, and almost 80 percent of the public companies in the region operate or conduct business internationally. Equally as impressive, the delegates from the G-20 nations represent 90% of global GNP, 80% of world trade (including EU intra-trade), and 2/3 of the world's population.

We hope that everyone enjoyed the webinar. We hope that you learned that International business is not as intimidating as you might have thought before. Be sure to join our next webinar if you want to learn more about international business, or if you just want to become globally competitive within your own region - the details are below.

Top 10 Tips for Expanding Your Business into New Markets
Tuesday, August 18th 2:00PM – 2:30PM EDT

Top Ten Tips is a series of practical, fact-based webinars using the Path To Success methodology developed at IntellaCore. The webinars are short, hard-hitting, and are always combined with a whitepaper. Each webinar breaks down an important way that a company can increase revenue, reduce costs, and become a sustainable, competitive business.

The challenges that come with expanding your business domestically and internationally are not as great as they once were. You no longer have to do business only within your regional box. You can easily find markets nationally and internationally that have a need for your products. Attend this webinar to learn how you can conduct market research, develop market entry strategies, evaluate prospects, and learn to communicate over distances. This webinar teaches IntellaCore's perspective that it is global, Internet economy, and as such Internet tools and activities make it easier, cheaper, and less complicated to expand your business.

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The Top 10 Tips you will learn more about in the webinar are:
1. Research specific markets
2. Research regulations and fees
3. Finalize potential markets to enter
4. Develop a pricing strategy
5. Develop a localization strategy
6. Use virtual marketing to establish a presence in the new markets
7. Finalize market entry strategy
8. Find buyers and distributors, and build the relationship
9. Develop factors to consider when choosing a foreign representative or distributor
10. Strategize how to communicate with foreign companies who submit inquiries, and handle requests for information and price quotes

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While there are many international experts or technology experts, we are both. IntellaCore has a unique point of view because we are positioned at the critical crossroad where very few are -- that place where the global economy meets the Internet. Based on decades of experience in both International business and Internet-based activity, Path to Success aligns technology to the business plan, internally transforms the operations of the business, and expands their market presence into new domestic, international, and virtual markets.