Subscription-based General Consultation｜Ark Business Search: Supporting ‘Your Decisions and Execution‘(Tokyo/Bangkok)

Subscription + Marketing

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Subscription-based General Consultation (Submake: Subscription + Marketing)

In recent years, subscription-based consulting services (hereinafter referred to as 'subsc-based') have been rapidly gaining popularity.
Our partner consultants are available to provide general consultations regarding international business.
The first consultation is free, and our organizer (a consultant with extensive international experience) will assist you.
It's easy to consult because it's online.
For example, it provides a consultation service for issues related to international expansion,
local problems, and the management of small and medium-sized enterprises and small businesses.

Examples of General Consultation Topics: 45 minutes per session

Common topics are categorised as follows.

◆ We want to increase our sales abroad.
◆ We would like to consult about the digital transformation (DX) of our personnel and labor management operations.
◆ We want to make use of IT and social media.
◆ We would like to achieve matching between internship students and our overseas subsidiaries or headquarters.
◆ We want to make use of digital marketing.
◆ Setting target targets and sales channels
◆ We want to know the financial status of our business partners.
◆ Pricing tailored to the distribution channel
◆ We want to research competitors in the same industry.
◆ Business restructuring and Capital reduction to local partners
◆ Closure and withdrawal of overseas operations, etc.

Specifically, as follows:

• Overseas Corporate Research Areas: Company Research on Southeast Asia (ASEAN countries), India, and China.
• Sales Channel Development (Trade): Both digital and physical sales channel development (participation in local trade shows) as test marketing, regardless of industry
• Establishment of Local Offices: Consultation on Expansion, or for companies already operating overseas, business revitalization and liquidation (withdrawal)
• Logistics and Digital Transformation (DX): Local warehouse operations, tariff and customs issues, carnet, and digital transformation of accounting related to inventory management.
• Startups: Supporting seed and early-stage startup companies that are looking to expand their business currently being developed in Japan simultaneously overseas, with growth and fundraising.

Initial consultation fee: Free of charge. For in-person visits, transportation costs will be charged.

Duration: 45 minutes for the initial consultation.

Assessing the current situation, confirming the organizational structure, providing advice on developing overseas sales channels,
and offering consultation on general operations. Primarily conducted via online meetings

Subscription Contract

A variety of pricing plans, such as subscription-based contracts, on a case-by-case basis, are also available.
In the case of a subscription-based contract, we will define the goals of the consulting company and, through mutual discussion, determine the subscription fee and contract duration.

※We are continuously seeking alliance partners.

Organizer

Jun Fukuda
Director of Ark Business Search Co.,Ltd.
and Overseas business strategist

◆Business Career

Southeast Asia Business Strategist and Expert in Corporate Credit Research.
After serving as a lecturer at the Institute of East Asian Studies of a Thai university in 1996, he established a joint venture based in Bangkok, Thailand in 1997. Since then, he has been engaged in supporting Japanese companies in various industries in both Tokyo and Bangkok.
He has also handled outsourcing tasks related to steel marketing for a major general trading company, experiencing firsthand the economic fluctuations in Southeast Asia. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, he personally led the exit of their invested company in Thailand (Thai Exit), handling the liquidation and dissolution of the joint venture (JV).
He is currently serving as a Thai Certified Public Accountant and Co-Representative Director of ARK BKK SERVICE CO., LTD., while promoting the development of overseas sales channels that integrate both physical and digital approaches.
He is responsible for organizing the 'General Consultation ' online.

◆External Pro Bono Activities Career

• Platform Coordinator at JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), Bangkok Office
• Overseas Business Development Partner, under JETRO New Export Nation Consortium
• Small and Medium Enterprise Advisor (Internationalization and Sales Channel Development) at the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan

A proven track record in commissioned overseas projects for government bodies (such as the Fukui and Okayama Prefectural Governments) and in serving as a business coordinator for various public institutions.

Business Fields Where Ark Excels