THREE TIPS FOR SELLING IN SAUDI ARABIA
1. Respect Saudi Prohibitions and Customs
2. Establish Personal Relationships
3. Understand Arabic Hyperbole
1. RESPECT SAUDI PROHIBITIONS AND CUSTOMS
If you come from a country with an egalitarian culture (such as Sweden, Australia, or the United States), you may disagree with the Saudi practice of hiring foreign workers to do all the physical labor in Saudi Arabia. But Saudis demand respect, and any real or perceived slight against a Saudi will ruin your chances of doing business there.
Violating Saudi customs can also spoil any chance of success. The fact that you cannot enter Saudi Arabia without a native sponsor should be enough to alert you that you should do things the Saudi way. You can be deported ...
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