A Guide to Exporting Solid Wood Products
http://www.fas.usda.gov/ffpd/exguide/guideto.html
This handbook is designed to provide wood product producers with a brief overview of the necessary steps in developing a successful export marketing strategy.
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Developing a Marketing Plan for Hardwood Bark Landscaping Mulch
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wood/wpn/bark2.htm
A viable alternative for dealing with hardwood bark residue is to market the bark as hardwood bark mulch. This paper provides a succinct overview of the hardwood bark mulch industry and discusses considerations of developing a marketing plan for this product.
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Drying Softwoods for Value Added Markets
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wood/wpn/valueadd.htm
There is a great opportunity for softwood mills to enter into the value added markets arena, including lumber used for moulding, doors, windows, and furniture. However, to be successful in this market, quality drying is a prerequisite. In this paper, suggestions on how to select a proper target moisture content, conventional temperature schedules for quality drying, equalizing for a uniform final moisture content, and conditioning for stress relief will be discussed.
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Guide to Marketing Timber
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/forest/products/guide.htm
Guide to marketing and selling timber
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Locating the Larger Wood-using Companies in Georgia
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=329
This publication is a map that shows the approximate locations of large, wood using companies in the state of Georgia, and is divided into the types of wood that these companies use.
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Marketing for Wood Products Companies
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-145/420-145.html
Marketing is a primary determinant of company success. Only by properly identifying what customers want and need on a continual basis, can wood products firms be successful. Competition will only increase in the years ahead. Those companies that have a good understanding of markets and implement a well thought out marketing program to meet their needs will have an advantage in the 21st Century.
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Personal Selling for the Forest Products Industry
http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/forestry/420-146/420-146.html
As we enter the 21st century the role of the salesperson has changed. Their duties no longer include simply taking orders and quoting prices. This is especially true for the forest products industry, where a "marketing" philosophy has never been dominant.
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Wood Products Business: Not Necessarily as Usual: Part 1
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=337
Starting a business of any sort requires many steps before acutally opening doors. Planning, filing permints, financing, etc. all must be completed before successful startup can occur.
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Wood Products Business: Not Necessarily as Usual: Part 2
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=338
Developing a customer base for a business and then continually satisfying it requires innovative thinking and forward-looking planning.
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Wood Products Business: Not Necessarily as Usual: Part 3
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=339
Business improvements result from responsible attention to what is going on in the business, in similar businesses and in the community of consumers.
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