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Business premises and rates in Northern Ireland
Finding the right property for your business and paying rates in Northern Ireland
Find contracts and tender successfully
Put your business in the best position to find and win tender competitions in Northern Ireland, Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and the EU
Advantages of doing business in Mid and East Antrim
The business environment, infrastructure and benefits of setting up a business in the Mid and East Antrim area
Build your own business network
Create and make the most of an informal business network in Northern Ireland
Food and drink - find a case study
Case studies highlighting success stories of businesses in the food and drink industry
What networks are available to Northern Ireland businesses?
Business networking events hosted by business support organisations across Northern Ireland
Invest Northern Ireland business networks
Invest Northern Ireland provides business support programmes, business growth help and business networking events
Start-up business ideas
Guides and tools to help you find and develop ideas for ways to start up your own business in Northern Ireland
Using a sales agent
Advice on using an outside agency to sell your products and services, and the legal issues this can raise.
Business networks in Northern Ireland
Use business clubs and forums to make contacts and promote your business in Northern Ireland
Generating sales leads
The importance of leads and generating and qualifying sales prospects including mapping your territory and using databases
Set up sales a contract
How a sales contract is a vital element in business sales and how to create a contract that complies with customer protection regulations
Establishing your sales objectives
The steps you need to take to bring your business idea to market including studying the competition and defining your strategy
Create your sales plan
How a sales plan will help you to sell your product or service
Retail selling
How to successfully sell within a shop environment including portraying the right image to customers and building rapport
Online selling
How your business can successfully use the internet to sell its products or service including creating an online shop and marketing online
Sales agents and distributors
How a third party sales agents and distributors can help you establish sales or move in to new markets
Sell through licensing your product
How you can use an established company to help launch your product or service through a licensing agreement
Stock control administration
An administrator or stock controllers' duties, typical paperwork and auditing or checking stock
Factors to consider before you sell
The initial steps you need to take before you begin to sell your product or service including competition, customer base and market share