AboutJim Novo Expertise Questions about using customer data to inmprove online profitability, particularly in retailing. Topics include profiling customers using weblogs, figuring out which ads generate the highest value customers, how to reduce the numnber of 1x buyers, how to generate higher sales from current customers, customer analysis, ROI calculation, reducing discounts while increasing resaponse rates. Do you collect customer data (purchases, page views, surveys) and not really use it for anything? Want to find out how? Just ask.
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Expert: Jim Novo Date: 12/18/2006 Subject: Inquiry about contacts
Question Hello, i am lpanning to start a E-commerce business, amd to find certain importers in the worl for certain products that i will represent electronically, and my question is do you know reliable sites where i could find contact for importers,because there is plenty of sites and i can't know if they r true ?? Thanks
Answer I don't know of any "reliable" sites on this topic; it is a massive fraud and spam target. Best bet would be go to a real library (yes, an offline library!) and do some research - look through reference section / ask reference librarian for help locating information on importers and copy it off. Then, if you want to work through the web rather than offline (the phone?) then use your reference material to locate legitimate online sources.
If you go to the library and find their Directories in the reference section, you will know they are legit. Then you can get their digital product and not worry about it.
