Why has there never been a better time to look into your small business learning about exporting? Doug and Jim talk about this and give you tips and tools that will help you take the first exporting steps -- most of which will cost you nothing.

Did you know that 95% of all prospects for your business live OUTSIDE the U.S.? Did you know that 9 out of 10 U.S. exporters are small businesses. Doug and Jim talks about some of the reasons why your small business should begin at least the learning process about what it would take to become an exporter, and how to actually become an exporter.

Having just returned from CeBIT, in Germany, the world's largest consumer electronics trade show, Doug talks about how this event can be the gateway to the world for U.S. small businesses that want to export. They also talk about how other industries offer similar trade shows that aggregate prospects from around the world, and how the Department of Commerce can help. Doug also talks about an upcoming Webinar on doing business in the Pacific Rim.

Doug joins Jim to talk about how much easier it is for small businesses to export than it ever has been.

Doug joins Jim to talk about his recent trip to Thailand and expert opportunities there, followed by how the U.S. Commercial Services can help U.S. small businesses sell abroad on the Internet.

Doug joins Jim to talk about why you should play attention to the cultural and societal things that are important to the people you do business with when you export to other countries. <br></["br"]>

Doug and Jim talk about the many opportunities America's small businesses have to export to other countries, and all of the help available to small businesses from the Commerce Department to find foreign customers and do business with them.

Doug joins Jim to talk about how U.S. small businesses can use his organization's services to expand their markets overseas. He also tells one company's story of how they became a successful exporter.

Doug is just back from Hong Kong and talks with Jim about his experiences there helping American small businesses do business in southeast Asia. This is a real life story, so don't miss it.

Doug joins Jim to continue their series on small buisness export opportunities. Today, Doug talks about a 7 employee company that more than doubled their annual sales by expanding distribution to other countries. Tune in to find out how you can do this.