Our company is thinking about entering the Kenya advertising market. Do you think we need to hire a local sales rep, or our current English-speaking sales reps could perform okay as well?
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  • Yvonne Gerald

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    You could have a kenyan sales rep and bring on board one of yours as well. The kenyan one knows the local market best and would work hand in hand... with the other rep and introduce them to the kenyanarke more

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  • Just employ us..

  • A blended mode of both would be advantageous

  • Both would work to balance external and internal communications and management.
    I am available .

  • need to hire

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  • Both, let them work as a team. Your reps can collaborate with the local sales reps to come up with different entry strategies and the elements of... inclusion. more

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  • A mixture of Both International and Kenyan sales persons will perform wonderful job.

  • Begin with me.Am available

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  • You need both...the international who best understand the brand and the local who best understand the people

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  • You cold use both. The English prophecy on the local population is good. But its not the only language spoken here. If you intend to do a Champaign... like marketing your guy would do just fine, but if you intend to sell stuff locals would be the best.  more

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  • you could use both as locals know about our market tends and where get customers more and your people can help too. you could use the locals as... interns and if you see or feel that they have done well you can hire them as permanent staff. more

  • kenyans will do the job

  • Use local sales rep who have the right experience for your company. Let your english speaking sales rep from abroad learn from the local sales rep.... Then make a team of a mix of the two.  more

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  • Local rep work well

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  • Local talent help in not only quick access to the market but product or service ownership by the target market.

  • Team work, have your current reps to blend with the local kenyan reps. Your current sales reps have the product knowledge and the local sales reps... have market knowledge. more

  • For the start, you would need a blend of the two; both local and your Int reps

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  • it would be a blend as the local sales reps have a better insight into the kenyan market and its reactions

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  • Local sales rep will do better

  • Yeah it can be perfectly done

  • Both are good as long as they know what is required to be done to move the company to hire levels

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