Services

Market Research

BLJ can conduct market research to help you understand more about your target market, to give you the core information to help develop a market entry strategy.

Typical information can include; the size of the market, the trends in the market, accessibility, the structure of the market, the channels of distribution, the competitive landscape, potential customers views. This work can be carried out in Japan by face to face interview with the appropriate contact points.

Market Entry Advice

BLJ consultants have many years of experience working between Japanese and Western companies, and they have been involved in a wide variety of successful ventures. This enables us to give you well developed advice on the pro’s and con’s of various market entry options. A little time invested in getting this part of you strategy right can save so much pain later!

Developing your business plan

We can help you develop your plan at both strategic and tactical levels, and to set realistic but challenging goals and expectations. We can advise on the levels of investment and commitment required to succeed, and the timescales required.

Implementation

Our team have experience of setting up and running operations in Japan and the UK, covering all skills such as Sales, Marketing, Tech Support, Admin, HR and of course Management. We are familiar with working to tight budgets and deadlines, and we have several cost effective solutions for our clients such as setting up ‘virtual offices’ and shared resources.

Ongoing support

We develop long term partnerships with our clients and provide ongoing support and management advice, to ensure relationships with customers are successfully maintained.