What do you think about selling products Globally

TheArticlePros

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sammib01

What are your thoughts about internet marketers going global?

Isn't that the whole reason people put up shops online in the first place?

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dantheinternetman 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JaRyCu

Isn't that the whole reason people put up shops online in the first place?

-- j

YES EXACTLY!!!
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sammib01 12 years ago

Originally Posted by JaRyCu

Isn't that the whole reason people put up shops online in the first place?

-- j

Yes in concept you are correct, but people are missing the mass by not translating. I have been doing international business (NOT IM) for years and it is common to have a translator on hand at all meetings.
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dantheinternetman

12 years ago

I think alot are already gloabal as english is spoken wordlwide.

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TheArticlePros 12 years ago

Originally Posted by dantheinternetman

I think alot are already gloabal as english is spoken wordlwide.

Except, apparently, in this post ^^^.

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- sammib01 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by JaRyCu
  
  Except, apparently, in this post ^^^.
  
  -- j
  
  I make mistakes too. But they are trying. Maybe an "l" to many.
  
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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by dantheinternetman

I think alot are already gloabal as english is spoken wordlwide.

I do international business and can say many people do not speak English. If you do not have your products translated you are missing the boat globally.

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myob

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sammib01

I do international business and can say many people do not speak English. If you do not have your products translated you are missing the boat globally.

In the US and undoubtedly other countries, non-English speaking populations are deeply underserved. Even if English is secondary, conversion rates can be dramatically increased with promotions in their primary language.

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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by myob

In the US and undoubtedly other countries, non-English speaking populations are deeply underserved. Even if English is secondary, conversion rates can be dramatically increased with promotions in their primary language.

Thank you, I am glad someone can see what the world beyond the borders of American looks like. I am an American as well but the truth is most people on this planet do not speak, read or understand English. It is a miltibillion population 99.999999999% of all people selling digital products miss. And 0% of the US IM community is marketing directly to this market. Sad, but a huge market waiting to be taken.

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roz28

12 years ago

Sammi, can you pm me please? I have only a few posts up so far, so I am unable to. Thanks.

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Alexyew

12 years ago

It is the reason why we are in this forum.

Selling products globally through internet is a wise choice.

It is borderless.

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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexyew

It is the reason why we are in this forum.

Selling products globally through internet is a wise choice.

It is borderless.

I agree but should we not translate the products into different languages?

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Personally, with the genres I am in, there is no need to have a translator as I don't have a good enough grasp of any other languages to help them.

I can't speak, nor write in other languages and would feel quite uncomfortable in advertising I could be of great value to them, when clearly, I cannot.

My conscience won't allow it.

Terra

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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Personally, with the genres I am in, there is no need to have a translator as I don't have a good enough grasp of any other languages to help them.

I can't speak, nor write in other languages and would feel quite uncomfortable in advertising I could be of great value to them, when clearly, I cannot.

My conscience won't allow it.

Terra

In your case Terra I understand and I am glad you are honest enough to admit it, but you always are.

Thanks for your comments, I have great respect for what I have seen from you on this forum, many others should see what you do and learn and do the same.

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fin

12 years ago

It's a good idea. Something I might look into for my first book. Maybe just Chinese and Japanese.

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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by fin

It's a good idea. Something I might look into for my first book. Maybe just Chinese and Japanese.

Sounds good if I can help you with information I would be glad to. Alone in Japan and China we have around half the population of the Planet. Noone in IM is Marketing to them.

My Point is we all, myself included, are missing the biggest part of the pie. It is waiting for someone to just grab it by only translating "our products" and selling them. We would never know they did but they would make MORE MONEY on our products than we do.

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svenwoods

11 years ago

Originally Posted by sammib01

Sounds good if I can help you with information I would be glad to. Alone in Japan and China we have around half the population of the Planet. Noone in IM is Marketing to them.

My Point is we all, myself included, are missing the biggest part of the pie. It is waiting for someone to just grab it by only translating "our products" and selling them. We would never know they did but they would make MORE MONEY on our products than we do.

China may have 1/3 of world population, but how much money this population is ready to spend on your product?

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KevL 11 years ago

Originally Posted by svenwoods

China may have 1/3 of world population, but how much money this population is ready to spend on your product?

I suppose like anything else it's all about knowing your market & the competition. But I wouldn't assume that Chinese people have no money... I was in Harrods a while ago in London, there were a LOT of Chinese people there spending a LOT (and I mean a LOT!!) of money...

Still I can understand why those of us who speak English, focus on the English speaking market.
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louie6925

12 years ago

Strange question!...... The whole idea of marketing online is to sell globally!...........original poster...you may want to re-word your question!

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sammib01 12 years ago

Originally Posted by louie6925

Strange question!...... The whole idea of marketing online is to sell globally!...........original poster...you may want to re-word your question!

If the idea is selling globally why do 99.99999999% of all internet marketers in the US only do things in English?

I agree the "idea" is to sell globally but do Microsoft, Apple, Ebay, Amazon, Dell, and and and only do ads in English? They are global.

My point is why is no one translating into different languages? If the idea is to go global.

At your request I will.

Why is no one in internet marketing, not even the Gurus translating into different languages and setting up a system to reach people even in Europe?

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- KevL 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by sammib01
  
  Why is no one in internet marketing, not even the Gurus translating into different languages and setting up a system to reach people even in Europe?
  
  I'm in Europe, I speak English!
  
  But joking apart my personal opinion is, to answer your question - that it's to do with the costs of translating products and pages to various languages, versus the potential advantages of doing so.
  
  Anyone can use Google translate in order to get a pretty good translation, and many people who don't read English, have Google translate or other translation tools plugged into their browser to automatically translate for when they come across a website in English (roughly 60% of all web pages are in English). Plus, it's easy and cheap to use Google translate or other translation tools to provide versions of your pages in different languages, rather than actually having all of your pages professionally translated.
  
  I'd be interested in looking at other markets though particularly Chinese and Spanish, due to the sheer numbers.
  
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roz28

12 years ago

Thanks for your pm, Sammi, but I can't reply by pm. I need an email address. Better you pm me your email than me posting mine on an open forum, I think.

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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by roz28

Thanks for your pm, Sammi, but I can't reply by pm. I need an email address. Better you pm me your email than me posting mine on an open forum, I think.

OK, I will.

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TheArticlePros

12 years ago

Originally Posted by sammib01

Yes in concept you are correct, but people are missing the mass by not translating. I have been doing international business (NOT IM) for years and it is common to have a translator on hand at all meetings.

This is a very good point. For what I do (AdSense marketing and content writing), I only target the US market for the most part, so it doesn't much matter to me if someone from say, Zimbabwe or Argentina visits my sites. After reading that, though, I wonder if I should install something that will at least auto-translate my blog into another language for someone....

Originally Posted by sammib01

I make mistakes too. But they are trying. Maybe an "l" to many.

Hence my use of the

at the end of the sentence.

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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JaRyCu

This is a very good point. For what I do (AdSense marketing and content writing), I only target the US market for the most part, so it doesn't much matter to me if someone from say, Zimbabwe or Argentina visits my sites. After reading that, though, I wonder if I should install something that will at least auto-translate my blog into another language for someone....

Hence my use of the

at the end of the sentence.

-- j

I am a International Business Negotiations Expert, this is what I do every day. I looked at the IM community in the US because we are setting up a system to sell "digital products" in over 50 countries. I was suprised that noone in the IM business is doing this. Not even Pagan, Kern, Walker, Filsaime, or whoever.

I thought it would be a great opportunity for IM people to Go Global. We are prepared to do seminars in the US east coast, west coast and mid states to help and inform people. We are setting up teams in each country for translating and all needed for go-to-market.

I am an American working in Europe and see a big market here. My international copyrights and patent lawyer check and said noone has done anything to protect or get ready to go international. It is a shame and a belief that will be proved wrong. In the 52 - 53 countries we have a population of over 1.3 - 1.5 billion people, 733 million in Europe with the strongest economy in the world.

Just a thought...

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lovboa

Banned 12 years ago

I think it depends on the success/failure of the product in the English market before you venture off into foreign lands.

Target the market you know first. Then maybe if you're experiencing success, you can decide if targeting other countries in different languages will be profitable.

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sammib01

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lovboa

I think it depends on the success/failure of the product in the English market before you venture off into foreign lands.

Target the market you know first. Then maybe if you're experiencing success, you can decide if targeting other countries in different languages will be profitable.

Not always. Some products will sell better in other countries than in the US. I have seen cases where products that did not sell in the US went Big in Europe. David Hasselhof's I've been lookin for Freedom was number 1 in Germany, many coffee companies in the US make more Money in Europe than here, many software companies make more money in Europe it is a bigger market, over 733 million people.

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ebaypowerguru

12 years ago

That is a very good idea. On the e-commerce side of things global integration is one step up compared to internet marketers!

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svenwoods

11 years ago

Depends what do you want to sell. If you want to sell e.g. horoscopes, you must translate content.
Selling technical stuff like programming manuals may be different issue.

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thedanbrown

11 years ago

Most profitable market I've found so far are the UK and USA by far, then Canada.

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celente 11 years ago

Originally Posted by thedanbrown

Most profitable market I've found so far are the UK and USA by far, then Canada.

yes but you might only be selling 1 product.

We sold a spanish learning product back in 2001 and it outsold our US and Australian products, because the niche was a good one and had hungry buyers.

It has nothing to do with the product, and it has everything to do with your audience and how well you can sell.

There was a guy in here last year who sells 500k a year to a chinese market, and it was a digital downloadable product too. SO again do not just think you need to sell to the US, UK there are many markets and countries out there that consume.
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KevL 11 years ago

Originally Posted by thedanbrown

Most profitable market I've found so far are the UK and USA by far, then Canada.

Yeah but I guess it depends on what you're selling as to where the best markets would be. Have you tried selling to China? Massive market, I'd be willing to bet that with the right product China could be epic. Same with the Spanish language, which also has a huge number of speakers worldwide.
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RachelLily

11 years ago

If you try to put something in the internet, you are already marketing it globally. Anyone who can access the internet, can be directed to your product if he/she is directed to it by a backlink.

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salmanijaz

11 years ago

really interesting post ... it will be a great idea to rank your KWs in different languages high up in google .... im sure there will be zero competition and it will bring some crazy traffic ....