We will analyze where customer information may appear from aspects such as business operation process, customer publicity methods, supplier publicity methods, third-party reports and publicity, and professional information companies in the market.
Business operation process
During the business operation process, the links or receiving units where the information of a certain completed customer is disclosed include the following:
Our company’s contracts
Inquiries previously received by our company, such as inquiry faxes and inquiry emails
Our company’s bank records for collecting foreign exchange and delivering documents
Our company’s customs declaration agency’s business records
Our company’s freight forwarding agency’s documents
Customs cargo export records
Customer customs import records
Customer’s customs clearance agency
Customer publicity party
During the promotion process, target customers may disclose their information in the following ways:
Customer’s own website
Advertisements made by customers on various media (including industry magazines, newspapers, websites, comprehensive websites), and some also include radio, television and outdoor media
Sponsors of various conferences and activities, especially conferences within the industry
Business cards exchanged by customers in various industry activities
Supplier promotion method
As a marketing method, suppliers sometimes disclose their well-known customers to increase their own visibility and improve others’ trust. Therefore, customer information may also appear in the following ways:
Competitor’s website
Competitor’s company manual
Media reports on competitors
Third-party reports and publicity
Third-party reports and publicity are mainly publicity of close partners with target customers. These partners mainly include suppliers of the same series or complementary products as your company (including organizers of industry exhibitions), and they may also disclose this information in the following ways:
Websites
Exhibition company websites and exhibitor lists
Industry magazines
Professional information companies on the market
Professional information companies on the market, they collect a lot of corporate information, including:
Internationally renowned professional directories
Regional company directories similar to yellow pages
Publications of government agencies such as trade organizations or chambers of commerce
Comprehensive trade information websites
Industry websites
Industry association publications
International industry information intelligence and market research companies
Market research organizations in the target customer’s country