General Management Tool
Objectives and goals
At the end of this module you will be able to:
1) Understand how an online business works.
2) Use ITC tools to enhance the business management and internationalization.
3) Take the first steps towards internationalization.
Introduction
When upgrading our business to an international level, there are endless possibilities. , ITC tools are a great ally that can help as at all levels.
During this course, we will see different business management ITC tools to help us enter foreign markets.
Branding
Branding is the business’ brand development process:
- Simple and international Brand name.
- Corporate Image(typography, slogan, colours: personal essence).
- Logotype.
- Description.
- Contact information.
Logo Maker
Canva
Kreateable
Freepik
CRM
CRM means “Customer Relationship Management”. It is a platform that allows to organise centrally the interactions (either internal or external).
Human Resources
A good management of human resources will help us to assure good working conditions and good teamwork management.
Project Management
ICT tools for project management make it possible to unite a whole team on the same platform, whether for sharing ideas, work organization or company's accounting.
Specific tools for the rural sector
In recent years, the evolution of new technologies has led to a series of innovations in the agrarian-livestock sector, making it easier to automatize many tasks.
Documents Management Tools and “The Cloud”
The Cloud is a data storage service on the Internet. This way, we can store much more information here than on the hard drive of our computer. Plus, these are accessible from any device.
Internationalization tools Web
Web
The first step to gain visibility and reach an international audience is to create a website. And the tool par excellence for website creation is WordPress.
WordPress Installation Tutorial:
1.Choose a hosting service.
2.Install WordPress.
3.Create a database.
4.Create a user and add it to the database
5.Create your website with new sections, pages, plugins…
Web (other website creation options)
On this website we must offer the user as much information as possible about our products, customers, opinions, etc.
Don't forget the contact information! In addition, a responsive design (that adapts the website to different devices visualization)
and language options will attract more visitors.
Visibility
SEO stands for "Search Engine Optimization". It consists of a series of techniques and practices to achieve a good positioning in the results lists of browsers.
Translation
Nowadays, we have many platforms available for translation that offer different languages options, with a free and record time performance. However, the most reliable resource will always be a human translation.
Marketing
The possibilities that an online marketing campaign offers are incredible: we can get in contact with people with different nationalities. In this way, a good marketing strategy can help us to take our first steps into the international market.
Email Marketing
Content Marketing
A good website organization along with quality content and different resources can make the difference between a visit and a sale.
SEM
SEM stands for "Search Engine Marketing". It consists of a bidding system that provides a good positioning in the browser results lists.
Social media and their management
There are a great number of social networks, and each one is focused on a different audience and purpose. This is why we must choose carefully the ones we are going to use and their management.
It is also necessary to update them and take care of their management, which can be complicated if we have several profiles. For this purpose, there are the following ICTs tools that inform and advise us on how to keep our networks updated.
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ICT Tools, Internationalization, Agricultural and livestock sector, Internet, Visibility, New Technologies
In this course you will learn about online entrepreneurship and ICT tools needed to enhance you agricultural or livestock business on the Internet in order to be able to enter foreign markets.
International Markets are great opportunities to enhance a business. Nonetheless, this may seem difficult if you do not have a great amount of resources or budget. This is the reasson why ICTs are powerful tools to help you upgrading our business to an International level.