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Women's History Month
We offer services to help all U.S. companies export, and this month we encourage America's 1.1 million women business owners to consider exporting as a business growth strategy.

Womens History Month 2021

Explore Exporting as a Business Growth Strategy

Exporting provides important benefits to all companies, including women-owned firms. Women-owned businesses that export employ more workers, pay higher wages and report higher-than-average sales, according to the World Trade Organization. We encourage women business owners and entrepreneurs to reap these benefits by either starting to export or increasing exports to new markets. During Women’s History Month, we will share resources to help you grow your exports, including eCommerce tips and inspiring stories of successful women exporters.

 

 

eCommerce Innovation Lab: optimize your digital strategy

Expanding Exports Through eCommerce

eCommerce can be a significant export sales channel and we’ve compiled several resources from our eCommerce Innovation Lab to help you optimize your digital strategy. We invite you to participate in a virtual Digital Strategy event, view a series of short eCommerce video tutorials and listen to an eCommerce podcast episode.
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Digital Strategy Event: Attract and Win International Customers
During these free, virtual sessions we’ll help you think in a more global direction and consider how digital strategy fits into your international sales plan.
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eCommerce Video Series
Our five short videos cover the most important aspects of building a digital brand for global online sales, from website optimization to getting paid.
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eCommerce Podcast Episode
Hear how business women from small and large companies overcame some of the same digital challenges you may be facing, and get tips from our experts.
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Find Assistance Locally

If you’re ready to expand your exports, we invite you to contact your local U.S. Commercial Service office. Our export experts are located in more than 100 domestic locations, and in more than 75 global markets to help U.S. companies start exporting or expand exports into new markets.

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Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta

Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

Limitations

As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

Privacy

The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions.

Translation

The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.

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