Blog posts of '2008' 'March'

Are you listed on our website as an African store near you? As long as you are a customer of Africa Imports, you can be. It's free. You just need to let us know what you want us to say about you. We only ask that you be a customer of Africa Imports already; that you have made at least 3 orders; ...

In October 2007, Africa Imports began donating a part of our sales to charities in Africa. Since then, we have donated a total of $17,500. to help orphanages, street kids, and women trying to work their way out of prostitution. One of our latest projects is a day home for street kids in Dakar, S...

It takes time to get a group of customers used to buying from you. But oils are one of the easiest parts of your business to grow. At least a dozen customers have told me that oil sales have been the fastest and easiest part of their business to grow. Here's why. Once your customers start usin...

People ask me all the time about ways to get started selling in flea markets. The biggest thing to remember with flea markets (or most other ways of selling) is that your goal is to find customers...not just sales. Over the long term, you will sell most of your products to a relatively small numbe...