--- title: International Business and Technology Blog | Jared Grossman description: IBT Online's Blog provides website localization and international online marketing information to help companies grow their sales, brands and businesses online globally. --- [![IBT Online](https://info.ibt.onl/hs-fs/hubfs/IBT-strapline-01.png?width=250&height=130&name=IBT-strapline-01.png "IBT Online")](http://ibt.onl) # International Business and Technology Blog ## Jared Grossman ### Recent Posts ## [Service Company Exporter Series: Are Service Firms Adequately Supported by U.S. State Export Development Programs?](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/service-company-exporter-series-are-service-firms-adequately-supported-by-u.s.-state-export-development-programs) Posted by [Jared Grossman](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/author/jared-grossman) on Wed, Jul 18, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.ibt.onl/hs-fs/hub/209596/file-592806623.jpg) ](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/service-company-exporter-series-are-service-firms-adequately-supported-by-u.s.-state-export-development-programs) This is the third in our 4-part [***Service Company Exporter Series*** ](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/topic/trade-partners)that explores the challenges service companies face when exporting and what tools and support service companies might benefit from. Previously, we looked at the importance of the U.S. economy’s service sector as well as the most common barriers to export faced by manufacturing and service firms. **This blog compares the barriers to export faced by manufacturing and service firms, with ****the export assistance activities provided by U.S. state export assistance programs**. As identified in the previous blog, service companies typically experience more export barriers than manufacturing companies and these export barriers tend to be more complex.  As service firms engage in the exporting process, they often seek the assistance of state and federal export assistance programs to help them navigate the complexities of exporting. Thus, understanding whether state export assistance programs are providing the appropriate export assistance activities to service firms is important for both parties as they seek to bring more U.S. services to international markets. [Read More](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/service-company-exporter-series-are-service-firms-adequately-supported-by-u.s.-state-export-development-programs) Tags: [All posts](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/topic/all-posts), [Global Markets](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/topic/global-markets) ## [Service Company Exporter Series - Barriers to Exporting: Service versus Manufacturing Companies](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/service-company-exporter-series-barriers-to-exporting) Posted by [Jared Grossman](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/author/jared-grossman) on Thu, Apr 26, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.ibt.onl/hs-fs/hub/209596/file-2375474831.jpg) ](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/service-company-exporter-series-barriers-to-exporting) This is the second in our 4-part blog [***Service Company Exporter Series***](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/topic/trade-partners) that explores the challenges service companies face when exporting and what tools and support service companies might benefit from. Previously, we looked at[ the importance of the service sector for the U.S. economy](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/the-changing-landscape-of-u.s.-exports). The current blog** compares the most common barriers to export faced by service companies versus manufacturers.** [Read More](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/service-company-exporter-series-barriers-to-exporting) Tags: [All posts](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/topic/all-posts), [Global Markets](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/topic/global-markets) ## [Service Company Exporter Series - The Changing Landscape of U.S. Exports](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/the-changing-landscape-of-u.s.-exports) Posted by [Jared Grossman](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/author/jared-grossman) on Tue, Mar 20, 2018 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://info.ibt.onl/hubfs/images/OutsourcingAdvisorsSocialSelling.jpg) ](https://info.ibt.onl/international-business-and-technology-blog/the-changing-landscape-of-u.s.-exports) If the U.S wishes to maintain its global stature, it needs to support its service exporters more as they compete in international markets. **Traditional federal and state export assistance programs need to acknowledge the economic shift in favor of services and adapt their resources and activities to support the growing number of U.S. service companies that are looking to export.** This blog series will discuss the different resources service exporters need compared to manufacturing exporters and will make suggestions on how U.S. state export development programs can address the exporting needs of service firms. 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