Every business venture, whether new or well established, eventually reaches the point where it must expand its markets. Over the years, ODA and its experienced business advisors have been able to provide lucrative business leads to entrepreneurs that have opened the door to major opportunities.
The key for many businesses is finding the right customer. In many cases, the right customer for small business is the government, whether at the federal, state or local level. Even in an era of government downsizing, billions of dollars in contracts are constantly put out for bid by government institutions. ODA provides help in identifying opportunities and providing the technical assistance that enables its small business clients to submit viable bids and become successful vendors for government agencies.
Another promising category of customers for many small businesses is large institutions, both public and private, which are always in search of new vendors of quality products at competitive prices. These are generally desirable clients, and the key to finding them in the government or the private sector is information.
Taking advantage of the Internet Revolution
The advent of the computer and the Internet has vastly expanded and dramatically changed the way information is distributed, and has made it much easier to find, for those who have mastered the use of the new technology.
ODA has taken advantage of these new channels of communication and learned how to find the pivotal information that has enabled so many of our clients to break through into a whole new market for their products and services. ODA's experienced professional staff uses this technology to vastly expand their constant search on behalf of ODA's clients, for new markets nationwide and even across continents. They regularly monitor the best sources of government and institutional contract information, informing ODA clients of those contracts for which they are well-suited to submit a bid.
This is how ODA uses new technology to further expand the market of its clients. The communications revolution brought about by the explosive growth of the Internet in recent years has significantly expanded the market potential of even the smallest local entrepreneur. ODA's expertise and understanding of how to best use the information available on the Internet to generate business opportunities has been essential for many of its Hasidic business clients who are inexperienced or perplexed by this new medium. Like many other small business across the country, they have neither the expertise nor the equipment to find or take advantage of these potentially valuable business leads. ODA's crucial role has been to help these small businesses to identify and compete for their fair share in this new and exciting electronic marketplace of opportunities.
ODA business counselors regularly scan all major print and electronic sources for government and institutional contract information, providing ODA clients not only with word of contracts for which they are well-suited to submit a bid, but also with the guidance needed to fully exploit the potential for success.
Hands-on Help, Every Step of the Way
ODA's marketing specialists don't just identify new leads. They also provide the detailed information which the clients need, such as specifications and procedures, to help the small businessperson prepare and submit a successful bid. In fact, the ODA business counselor remains involved throughout the process, helping the client win their bids. Often the insights and experience of the ODA counselors have helped these small businesspeople to be able to successfully produce and deliver, leading to more contracts and further success.
ODA's marketing specialists use the new information technology to help ODA's clients respond more quickly and effectively to unexpected opportunities wherever they may appear. They then help small business owners to take full advantage of these opportunities and convert them into real sales and profits, using these new resources and technology.
ODA's marketing specialists have also helped clients to expand the scope as well as the size of their businesses, by showing them how to reach out to new customers, or how to expand their current line of goods and services to enter a lucrative new market. Thanks to players in the field of international commerce. Using the detailed economic and marketing information supplied by ODA, these entrepreneurs have successfully adapted to the economic and technological changes that are revolutionizing business in the twenty-first century.