Ohio online global program

Make the internet work for you globally!

Help your international prospects, customers and partners find you, understand your company, and do business with you by giving them an online local user experience in their language(s) and market(s).

Whether you sell directly or via distributors, a local website that is easy to engage and do business with, built to match your business strategy, is essential for your international business success.

How will the Program help you?

• Reach new markets  
• Be found and understood in target markets  
• Generate leads  
• Grow your international sales  
• B2B distributor recruitment and support  
• B2C consumer influence, opinion, leadership and engagement  
• Grow your brand awareness, credibility, and trust  
• Own and control your online presence 
• Measure and manage your online success  

THE OHIO ONLINE GLOBAL OPTION A:
GROW YOUR SALES, BRAND AND BUSINESS IN TWO MARKETS

Benefits: Two business development websites that will help your company be found, be understood and easy to do business with in your top two target markets (for example China and Mexico, or Canada and Germany). Your websites, that you will own and be your property, will be built and managed for you, as per the Statement of Work below, by IBT Online's team of international digital natives. 

Statement of work: ​

• Ohio Online Global – Option A agreement, completed and signed  
• Kick off conference call and 3 month program implementation plan  
• Collaborative online “Teamwork” road-map and project management  
• Assistance with localized domain names (.cn, .mx, .ca, .eu…)  
• Site architecture, branding and design (responsive) respecting your main corporate website 
• Content management system, encrypted and secure (HTTPS/SSL), access and training 
• For each of your websites; 12 web pages (1 home, 1 about us, 9 product/service, 1 contact) and localized content (2,000 words), currency, units, and regulatory information 
• Links to your main corporate website and/or ecommerce platform 
• Local and secure hosting 
• Geolocation 
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) 
• Reporting (Google Analytics set-up and access) 
• Website live conference call, review and next steps 
• Online Global satisfaction survey and quarterly follow up 
• Website management program (Teamwork and technical support access, hosting, global content delivery network, geolocation, SSL security, cloud back-up, content management system, and reporting/analytics)*

Budget: The cost to the company of the Ohio Online Global Option A is $12,000, making your cost just $6,000 per market. *Website management program included for 12 months, thereafter payable at $1,000 per annum (for up to a maximum of 10 websites). 

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Ohio International Market Access Grant for Exporters (IMAGE)

Funds are available from the ODSA for the Online Global programs; building and marketing country specific websites to grow your exports and business internationally. IMAGE offers grant support (50% reimbursement up to $10,000 per grant year) for activities associated with new international marketing initiatives, including the Online Global Program (50% reimbursement up to $3,000 per grant year).

​For more information contact Thien Bui, ODSA, Export Assistance Program Specialist on 614.466.4996 and Thien.Bui@development.ohio.gov

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