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How To: Prepare to Meet International Buyers

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Event Date
March 19, 2025
Location
Online
Registration Deadline
Mar 19, 2025

Leverage the expertise of our Guest Presenter

1:00 PM CDT / 2:00 PM EDT

A meeting with an international buyer is an essential step to starting a relationship that can jumpstart your export business. Whether the meeting takes place virtually, at an international exhibition, a domestic trade show, on a Focused Trade Mission, or through a Buyers’ Mission, the preparation is paramount. This webinar provides a targeted learning opportunity for new-to-export companies and a refresher for experienced companies on how to successfully prepare so you can approach international buyers with confidence.

Topics include:

  • Review Buyer Profiles Market and Potential
  • Introductory Email
  • Review Buyer Profiles
  • What to bring to the table
  • Best Practices for Follow Up
  • Shipping samples as a service and lead follow up 
  • Q&A Session with presenter

Don’t have time to sit down and attend the live webinar? All registrants will receive access to a recording of the event, be sure to register so you can access the recording.

Important Registration Note: Individuals who register should receive an email with the link and information you need to participate one day prior to the webinar. If you don’t receive this information and/or have any questions, please contact us at webinars@foodexport.org.

Meeting Foreign Buyers

Dennis Lynch, Food Export Counselor

Dennis Lynch, M.I.B.A., is a 40-year veteran of international trade who has held a variety of positions in the public and private sectors. He has been directly involved in monitoring, troubleshooting and facilitating export transactions for more than 32 years. Dennis managed the Food Export Helpline™ desk for 25 years, since its inception back in 1997. During that time, he has counseled nearly 4,000 U.S. suppliers of food and agricultural products with customized one-on-one technical export experience.

He has led the majority of the Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast seminars and webinars over the last few decades, as well as contributed hundreds of articles to the Global Food Marketer Newsletter and the e-Bulletin. He was awarded a master’s degree in International Business by West Coast University in California and has won numerous awards for the instruction of international business to various Southern California Colleges at all levels.

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