Search Topic: Contact Information of Business-Directory Retailers &/or
Direct Sales Companies in EMEA Regions.
Offered Price: $50.00
We handle the development of non-advertising-based CD business
directories covering several emerging markets in the EMEA region.
Target Countries:
Most our sales potential/target markets are in the following
countries:
§ UK
§ Germany
§ France
§ Spain
§ Italy
§ South Korea
§ Japan
§ Malaysia/ Singapore
§ Australia
§ Hong Kong
§ Saudi Arabia
§ UAE
§ Other Gulf Countries (Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, & Qatar)
§ South Africa
Goal:
I want to reach contact information (email, phone)of no less than 5 potential
Distributors/Resellers in each one of these countries for our
products. Our target organizations have the following common
characteristics:
§ Working in Retail Sales of Business of Business Directories, either
locally or regionally.
§ Working in relative fields, especially:
· Book/CD Retailing
· Direct Sales/Marketing
§ Can reach our target buyers, who are Information, Marketing,
Sales-dedicated, Business Development, and Export Development
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Request for Question Clarification by
shivreddy-ga
on
03 Dec 2002 02:28 PST
Hi Karim,
Thank you very much for your kind comments on the other question. I
think the information you are seeking in this particular question
needs a lot more exhaustive research. I will look into the details and
try my best to help you.
I have already begun contacting companies in Singapore and Australia
for information.
Warmest Regards,
Shiv Reddy
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Clarification of Question by
karimseoud-ga
on
03 Dec 2002 03:37 PST
Hi Shiv,
Thanks a lot for your prompt response.
Yes, I agree. It does require some more research, and if I could be of
any assistance, please let me know.
About answering the last question; that is the least you deserve. I
believe that you have done a superb job.
Thanks in advance…
Karim
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
16 Dec 2002 08:57 PST
Hello, hope you don't mind, but I've tried to collect information on
your question too. I have gathered a lot of addresses and contact info
of business directory publishers most of the countries you mentioned.
The possible hurdle I've run into is that certain companies have many
branch offices in several countries, so I wonder if I could list these
different offices of the same company for each country. Also, I assume
you're looking for companies that have business directories on CD-ROM,
so you will exclude those BD companies with websites that don't have
CD-ROM, is that right?
Also, this is quite a long list to post here. If I am able to finish
it, would it be all right to post the result in a file located in
another website? Thanks.
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Clarification of Question by
karimseoud-ga
on
16 Dec 2002 20:12 PST
Hi techtor,
First of all, thank for the efforts that you have exerted. Here are
the answers to the points that you have raised, and some more
clarifications from my side:
· Including branch offices and subsidiaries: Yes, that would be also
useful. Just to play it safe, though, it would be great if you can
include one/two new company/ies per country. The reason for that is
the for multinational companies, the decision usually comes from one
centralized locations. So if things do not go as expected with a
particular company, all of their branches will be also out of the
game.
· Excluding online business directories (BD’s): Yes, you are right.
Let’s put it this way: it is about reaching companies that distribute
physical products (directories), whether in paper or CD format.
· Uploading the List Externally: Yes, that would be fine.
· Type of Companies Sought: Let’s make it simple; the key activities
the I am looking forward to are Sales and Distribution of BD. This is
more than just production of BD’s, mainly because if I end up
contacting a competitor producer of BD then probably they won’t be
interested in selling our products.
Thanks a lot, and wishing you all the best…
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
16 Dec 2002 22:08 PST
Thanks for the clarification. Let's see what we could find.
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
17 Dec 2002 09:36 PST
I think I have trouble figuring out which are distributors and which
are your potential competitors. For example, let's look at Kompass:
http://www.kompass.com
The CD-ROM products are mentioned in their products page:
http://www.kompass.com/kinl/index.html
Would this company be one of your competitors, or one of those that
you are looking for?
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Clarification of Question by
karimseoud-ga
on
17 Dec 2002 17:51 PST
Hi again,
Thanks for requesting a clarification.
Yes, they would be considered as competitors, because all of what they
are doing is selling their own BD’s. However, if they were selling
other companies’ products, then this would make them a potential
channel.
It doesn’t have to be a BD company at all, by the way. They could be a
marketing/sales company that handled CD products relating to the
business field. This way, it is not going to be difficult for them to
accommodate for marketing BD's. They could be also a distribution
company that handles CD products: These could help in making our BD’s
available in point-of-purchase locations.
Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks….
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
17 Dec 2002 21:43 PST
Thanks for clearing that up. Now I know that what I have found on the
Net are mostly competitors, and I admit I have been on the wrong
track. It will prove a bit difficult to get what you need since the
most easily found information is on the Business Directory makers
themselves (your competitors). I found only a handful of sellers of
directories, and they are not in the countries you mentioned. Some
pages I found that list business directories are libraries or
government databases. Should I be unable to find a complete answer, I
will try to post what I have found so far as a comment.
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Clarification of Question by
karimseoud-ga
on
18 Dec 2002 19:43 PST
Hi techtor,
Thanks for all your efforts. I really don’t want these efforts to be
wasted. I did some more research yesterday and found that that some
types of marketing agencies might be able to help opening channels in
these countries. These are the types of organization who can take over
the marketing, sales, and distribution of any product. I am working on
some criteria now to help in narrowing down the search.
I realize the that the question will expire in a two days, so I am
going to post another one this to give more time.
Thanks again….
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Clarification of Question by
karimseoud-ga
on
18 Dec 2002 19:49 PST
In the mean time, I thought you might be interested in my other posted
questions on:
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=121123
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=114073
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=113566
...all the best.
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