ABOUT THE MINORITY EXPORT TRAINING PROGRAM
Cut your costs … and sell more!
Are you looking for new customers? New sales? Do you want to cut marketing expenses? If these sound good to you, the Miami Dade College School of Business has a no-cost training program for you.
The Minority Export Training Program helps small agri-business firms start or expand export sales. The program has three key objectives:
- Provide you knowledge, tools, resources and contacts to help you export;
- Find concrete international marketing and sales opportunities for you; and
- Ensure you have the cash flow to seize the opportunities you want.
The benefits of participation can be dramatic:
- The Produce Connection grew export sales from $1.054 million in 2005 to $4.59 million in 2008 using the tools and resources they learned of in the program.
- King’s Foliage Nursery saw 125% year-over-year growth in sales to Canada, achieving a $13:$1 revenue: expense ratio.
- Natural Fruit Corporation attributed $750,000 in new business to the program and projected $1,500,000 in new business the next year based on new markets and customers!
Composed of eight 3-hour sessions over four months,
the program highlights:
- Exporting basics
- Market research tools specific to food and agri-business firms
- Getting sales’ leads, access to trade shows, trade missions, reverse trade missions, and how to be reimbursed for 50% of your export marketing efforts!
- Shipping documentation, and getting your product to the customer on time.
- Ensuring you get paid
- Working capital loans & payment guarantees you can access just because you export!
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