RAISE – Rural America’s Intelligence Service for Exporters

• Determining if there is export opportunity, and where, including prioritized country rankings
• Building a strategic export plan based on data and on-the-ground realities
• Determining if a Trade Show, Trade Mission or overseas trip is a worthwhile investment
• Developing a prospective buyer list, to see who is currently on the ground active in your industry segment
• Amplifying your presence at a trade show by developing a contact list to do promotions prior to the trade show.
• Preparing for a meeting with a prospective buyer by researching opportunities in advance of the meeting

Contact us for a quote based on your customized data request. Services are geared toward U.S. companies based outside of major metropolitan areas. To learn more about RAISE, contact Rural Team Leader Heather.Ranck@trade.gov or 701-239-5080.

What is different about this approach?

This model is a game changer because of its focus on transformational and industry-focused customized in-depth market research and consultations. Our market intel is gathered from a wide range of subscription databases and our own network of trade professionals stationed around the world. In addition to the quality research, there is an accompanying business model that uses incremental, action and outcome based approach to coaching rural businesses into export success. There are many case studies of companies who have already become successful exporters using the proven approaches developed in the pilot RAISE program based in Fargo, ND. The model follows 5-step process to achieve export success.

America’s rural firms produce an astonishing array of products and services, but many are not capitalizing fully on global market opportunities. Rural firms are located further away from information clusters, which can make it more difficult to engage in the global networks needed to succeed. RAISE plugs rural decision-makers into those global networks.

What is the U.S. Commercial Service?

The U.S. Commercial Service is a division within the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. CS is the lead trade promotion agency of the federal government, and has staff in over 100 U.S. towns and cities, including many who live in the communities close to rural-based exporters. Our overseas network includes people in over 80 U.S. Embassies and Consulates worldwide, all working on behalf of US exporters. To learn more about the U.S. Commercial Service, visit www.export.gov