There are a variety of business-assistance services available from MBITA. These services are available to members, and to non-members for a charge.

The MBITA Network of Services

MBITA Export Promotion Services

Export Readiness Assessment $500

• Analysis and consultation on management's export commitment
• Assessment of Organizational and Marketing practices
• Inventory analysis for export demand
• Intellectual property, trademark & copyright protection in place
• Export demand indicators
• Export competitiveness indicators

Market Research $1000

• Industry market assessment for selected country
• International trends and rates of growth
• Competitive Intelligence analysis for selected industry
• Selection of primary target Markets

Market Entry Strategies $1000

• Distribution, joint-venture & strategic alliance strategies
• In-country promotion strategy
• Pricing analysis
• Identify product localization requirements

International Marketing Plan $6000

• Identify key prospects in the target market
• Identify qualified Partners and competitors
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
• Support the development of Sales / Marketing collateral
• Establish quantifiable goals
• Creating action plan including advertising, trade shows, country visits
• Create budget template
• Pre-export working capital
• Market Research
• Sales and Distribution
• Market Promotion
• Localization

Foreign Country Business Meeting Program $6000

• Facilitate 3-5 qualified, pre-screened business meetings in selected country with potential foreign partners
• Conduct and facilitate a series of pre-meeting web-audio conference calls with presentations for potential partners
• Support all communications and information exchange with potential foreign partners prior to in-country meetings
• 3-5 hours of post-meeting support for transaction closing

Testimonials "MBITA has a great network of contacts and marketing channels throughout the U.S. and other parts of the world. We have found their referrals and introductions to potential foreign and domestic clients to be very helpful in the continuing development of our consulting business. MBITA always makes a special effort to quickly communicate with us when they come across information and contacts that could use our services," says Bob DeFeo, President of DeFeo Gehri Associates, Inc. "MBITA has a great network of companies and professionals that U.S. Abalone has always found useful. Their luncheons and various conferences on different aspects of global trade have always been informative and helpful for our international operations", says James Webb, CEO of US Abalone. "MBITA has proved to be a great organization for global trade resources and services. Over the years we have found their export promotion services, luncheons and conference to be of great value to Raytek and its foreign market operations" says Gary Hampsch, Intl Sales & Marketing Manager of Raytek, Inc. "We have found MBITA to be a great partner for us to help our company develop new foreign markets for our various wine corkscrew products. It's nice to have a local organization that can help us form business relationships with domestic and foreign public & private sector organizations, such as the U.S. Commercial Service", says Frank Chiorazzi, Principal of Franmara, Inc.