Nine steps for growth and export success
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Posted: Mon 20th Oct 2025
Follow these nine steps to grow your business and achieve export success.
These are:
Align marketing to your business goals
Define your marketing objectives
Know your market and customer
Gather market intelligence
Define your value proposition
Position your business
Build a marketing plan
Execute, measure, refine
Repeat the cycle
For SMEs and businesses in general, strategic marketing isn't just theory – it's a roadmap to sustainable growth, stronger positioning at home and a springboard into export markets.
Done well, it ensures that every effort in sales and marketing connects back to your broader ambition: building a business that thrives at home and competes successfully abroad.
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