I…CPA! (to the tune of “YMCA”)

Catchy tune, isn’t it? Well that is the song of the hour for the fastest growing import/export compliance-related organization around today.

With membership growing by leaps and bounds it is no wonder that ICPA is thriving – the annual conferences are getting bigger and more polished, the online Q & A is getting more diverse in topic and it just reassures me on a regular basis that I am not alone out here in ComplianceLand!

Having said that, you fellow compliance folk out there should be wary of other like trade organizations springing up randomly trying to steal some of the ICPA thunder. Don’t be fooled. Do your research (like I know you love to do!!) and know your organizations before you starting joining up. I do my best to stay up on what’s going down in the trade world and none of these new groups hold a candle to the ICPA torch. So, if you want to be successful and spend your time and dollars in a worthwhile and virtuous organization visit www.icpainc.org and tell them that TradeGuru sent you (I’ll get big points and maybe a Founder’s Award!)

By George, we’ve got webinars!

Perhaps a bit behind the times but better a late bloomer than not at all – that is what I say!

The trade compliance community has hit a growth spurt and I’ve got to tell you that I am loving all the timely webinars and virtual networking that is going on! Service providers, trade attorneys and, yes, even the mighty government is starting to get into the game of offering up spoonfuls of relevant information is leading an unprecedented outreach effort to engage and educate the importers and exporters right here in the USA. Now, some require a fee and some require that the eager trade professional download an online meeting program but others are FREE and are run virtually all online.