As of 2021, even though Brazil is still primarily an exporter of commodities such as soybeans (11.6% of total export volume), petroleum oils (10.7%) and iron ores (10.1%), nearly half of its population are now internet users and their eagerness to adopt new technologies, make it a particularly attractive place for international online retailers, fashion & accessories companies and electronic appliances providers all over the world.

Since 2019, having dethroned China, Mexico is the US’ top trading partner with 14.7% of total trade while the top 3 main US trading partners, along with Canada and China, still represent over 40% of the overall trading activity of the United States of America. Rising freight costs and the need to diversify supply chains were some of the main factors influencing the shift towards US closest neighbors.

Whenever we go out and tell new acquaintances about Powerlinx, they immediately get what our value proposition is, as you probably do as well. What Powerlinx stands for is intuitive, straight forward, and it simply makes absolute sense for someone who’s been in business long enough.

And the reason why Powerlinx resonates so much with people, is because it’s the next logical transition stage of technology-enabled innovation.

At Powerlinx, we know better than anyone, how every industry is a world of its own, let alone every business is unique and has its own ways of doing things. With that said, we did spot some common denominators which can help businesses all over the spectrum. Here’s a few of our main takeaways:

Here are a few thoughts that run through my mind when I think of distributorship. Hope you find them insightful!

Here’s what our team thinks of the Powerlinx platform. We’ll walk you through a couple of thoughts and ideas discussed throughout our short but fulfilling history. We are just getting started! 

Unless you increase your sales team or there is a sudden high demand for what your business offers, you shouldn’t expect a drastic increase in the number of new customers without implementing new business strategies. Taking a sampling of experiences from our current Powerlinx members, here are five examples of simple ways your business can ultimately “reach more customers.”

While the concept of benchmarking as a management tool has only been around for the past two decades, it has been widely adopted by businesses looking to get a leg up on competitors. Unfortunately, while benchmark management holds great potential to help enterprises identify and implement best practices, benchmarking itself has been too broadly defined and all too often misunderstood entirely.

Business collaborations entail a merging of and collaboration between disparate teams from the partners, a process that demands a high level of confidence in personnel.

To discover the exact characteristics that make great business partnerships succeed, we surveyed business owners and partnership professionals around how they source partners and the qualities they require for collaboration. Their responses tended to fall into the four major categories below:

Nearly half of business leaders believe their company is not very good at building successful partnerships. It seems existing methods for sourcing new partnerships are not as effective as business leaders would like them to be.

At Powerlinx, we believe there’s a better way to find new partners – and we’re using a combination of “smart” technology and the power of the Internet to build it.