The Small Business Administration is offering firms interested in starting or expanding sales of their goods and services overseas a free online tool that will gauge their readiness to export and help them develop an export business plan.
The Export Business Planner offers a ready-made, customizable and easily accessible document that can be updated and referenced continuously as the business grows.
The planner, located at www.sba.gov/exportbusinessplanner, allows users to:
·      Determine their export readiness
·      Learn about training and counseling opportunities
·      Complete worksheets for global market research
·      Obtain financing information and options
·      Customize export marketing plans, and
·      Access resources for exporters
“Creating jobs through exporting is one of the nation’s top economic priorities, as the President indicated when he launched the National Export Initiative,” said SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills. “Giving exporters the tools to do their part in this effort is essential.”
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