Do not become impatient if you experience problems in the initial stages of exporting. The scale of your early export efforts is far less important than the level of quality you are willing to maintain. Provide adequate funding and give exporting a realistic chance to succeed. Think how many potential customers that would be for your products. Although your initial export efforts may be on a small scale, don't relegate those activities to a converted utility closet.
International communication can be difficult enough.
Don't hang up on yourself. Product reports, technical drawings, and design modifications must be at the ready. Pay close attention to those relationships, and make sure you are sufficiently budgeted to service them. Quick delivery is essential to success in international trade. However, there is one more activity that does not cost money.