Here is the weekly account of my social media marketing activities on Twitter.  This past week I:

• Revised scheduled Tweet Plan with evergreen tweets implemented
• Shared useful, interesting and fun cross-cultural and internatonal links
• Carried out 2 Twitter Interviews:  Seshu and  Thierry de Baillon

There are no Twitter Interviews planned this coming week.  I am busy working on a new social media project to be announced on 12th October 2009.  Here are links to all of the previous Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews.

Last Week’s Cross-Cultural Tweets

Here are the useful links from last week’s tweets.

Blogs

1. Bangladesh Corporate Blog – an interesting read, found via @pocketcultures

Content Marketing

1. Content vs SEO - via @remarkablogger @chrisgarrett
2. Fabulous idea! RT @CCTheLowdown @Book2Book Heathrow Reader-in-Residence

Cross-Cultural Communication

1. RT @Minwoo_Choi Cross-cultural Communication – Rants and Raves
2. What is your definition of cross- cultural communication?
3. RT@giesebrecht @Networking_Lady Oh no! Intercultural competence fail – Westerwelle
4. RT @HoeferleConsult Future German foreign mininster redefines “lack of intercultural competence” by refusing to answer in English
5. Checking out www.komuniki.com which aims to develop intercultural competence – found via @Shayla_66sb
6. RT @FarnhamCastle Intercultural Awareness in business
7. Peter Franklin on Mindfulness and Effective Language by @DeborahSwallow
8. Curiosity vs Empathy, Appreciation vs Anti-Racism – has a reprint of my original post Curiosity vs Empathy
9. RT @AAATranslation Lost in Translation: Muammar Gaddafi’s Rambling UN Speech Smites Interpreter
10. Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions - A list of the country values for Hofstede’s five scales
11. Cross-Cultural Communication by William Sinunu – video

Cross-Cultural Differences

1. Are you African? Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 – via @japundit @discovernikkei
2. Kiss My Black Ads takes a look at Seth Godin’s Cultural Wisdom
3. Who’s dressing you? – via @CultureMatters
4. RT @gbw 10 Life and Money Lessons Learned from Immigrant Parents
5. Facts about France !!! – Some of the usual stereotypes about the French
6. Who is a Real Arab? via @RanaSinha

International Business

1. RT @HoeferleConsult Save $$ by understanding differences between US & Germany.Avoid intercultural roadblocks to focus on your core business.
2. Are You Hard-Wired for a Global Career? by @PaulaCaligiuri
3. RT @scotthigg International business really is a 24 x 7 environment.
4. RT @TransDomo @FarnhamCastle – Corporate social responsibility – is there any room for culture?
5. Just starting a business? Use the SME Toolkit – More international resources
6. Europe soon will be leading the world in video game development – via @KoelnmesseInc @gamescomcologne
7. Why Good Strategic Partnership Fit is Imperative – by @dkiernan on #Maidsfield Blog
8. Southern India – A Place to Grow – on @globalEDGEblog
9. Opportunity “Smell Test” by @finikiotis
10. Expanding in Africa on @globalEDGEblog
11. Doing business in Japan – via @CCTheLowdown
12. A New Look at South Africa – on @globalEDGEblog

International Sales

1. Who are the best sales experts to follow on Twitter? Here is a list of 50 @TopSalesExperts
2. RT @TonyAlessandra @jaqsmale YouTube video — Respect, relationships & the righteous customer- Dr. Tony Alessandra
3. 78% of Sales Are Lost Before You Make The Call! – via @bizsugar SH
4. RT @gitomer The stronger the relationship, the higher the listening factor. How strong are your relationships? Who is listening to you?
5. # Reading: 7 Ways To Play A Much Bigger Game (with free workbook)
6. Interesting read – Sales Hunters & Farmers Will Starve in a Sales 2.0 World – via @Andy_Rudin @shanegibson

Languages

1. Learn Turkish by funny pictures from daily life in Turkey
2. A Short Comedy On Cultural Pronunciation – a fun video
3. BILDblog-Werbespot – Speak German? this is a cute video
4. YouTube – @Alex_and_Jim on comparing American & German Names
5. RT@rmbyrne @chericem 101 Tools to Learn Foreign Language for Free - Communities, courses, podcasts, tools
6. ‘English only’ mentality needs to become foreign – via @CCTheLowdown
7. Do You Speak English? – Big Train – BBC – A good example of British comedy

Law & Legal Issues

1. RT @clarinette02 FOSI VIDEO : What is Digital Citizenship?
2. FOSI – Challenges to Privacy in the Online World and Beyond – via @clarinette02
3. RT @EILBlog Will Obama respect international law? ‘Not likely,’ says Foreign Policy
4. RT @EILBlog China/US argue in the media about the fairness of trade sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Chinese tires.

Multicultural, Cross-Cultural & International Marketing

1. How are you customizing your web marketing for different cultures to get more international business?
2. Different countries and cultures respond to different marketing and sales strategies
3. Savvy segments: retailers and brands target ethnic markets by @adsheik
4. Does “marketing” exist in Japan? on @japanintercult
5. The 2010 Census and the Hispanic Advertising and Media Industry – ThinkMulticultural
6. What a CPG Company Needs to Know to Successfully Reach the Hispanic Consumer by @adsheik
7. RT @mvellandi @t_de_baillon Brands and culture, symbiotic?
8. Stuff White People Like - found via @SEOcopy ‘s blogroll
9. Diversity And Social Change

Quotes

1. Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy – Bill Cosby
2. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose for failure isn’t the falling down but staying down – M Pickford
3. No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit – Andrew Carnegie
4. RT @drnili The less you forgive, the more money you will spend on doctors and medicines. ~Pankaj Gupta
5. The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets – Alvin Toffler
6. A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one – Henry Ford
7. All experience is an arch to build upon – Henry Brooks Adams
8. Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see. – Arthur Schopenhauer
9. Examine what is said, not who speaks – Arabian Proverb

Social Media

1. Social Media Statistics and Trends for South America by @shanegibson now in Bogota via @TopSalesExperts
2. RT @bduperrin @t_de_baillon Enterprise 2.0 : is there a French specificity ? – human interactions ARE cultural
3. 5 Really Cool Ways to Get Feedback with Social Media @Mashable @Mike_Stelzner
4. 70% of Marketers Shifting from Traditional to Digital Media – via @Mike_Stelzner
5. Disney Goes Web 2.0, Launches an Official Blog – via @Akostic
6. Really interesting to read how @kevinpalmer suggests he’d use social media to promote a band – via @rjleaman
7. Interesting Social Media Trend via @shanegibson – Simultaneous translation in micro-blogging and collaboration platforms.
8. RT @chericem @TEDChris on how to use Twitter – (Some excellent tips – even for veterans)

Trade

1. Airbus: China and India Will Account for 31 Percent of World Demand – via @kvashee

Travel

1. RT @BookofEverythin Did you know that in 1989, the United Nations named Toronto the world’s most multicultural city?
2. Morocco magic *stunning* timelapse – via @MagicTimeLapse @DoreenatDMS
3. Why 2010 will be the year of the travel deal – via @elliottdotorg @chrisguillebeau
4. How the World Views Germany’s New Government - via @TransDomo
5. How well do you know France? Map game to learn French regions – via @pocketcultures
6. Map showing changes in ages of UK population over past years & future – via @RNID @ExpMyCulture
7. RT @LouisColumbus China celebrates 60 years – Great photo essay from The Big Picture (Boston.com)
8. Cultural Realms – a blog on cultural tourism & discovery

Trivia

1. RT @CragerInc @TrainingTsar 10 Sites to Learn Something New in 10 Minutes a Day
2. Sidewiki on -The Week Magazine: Chinese women redraw the social map
3. Interesting blog by Duncan Green, Head of Research for Oxfam GB
4. “Tenteki” (IV) cafes popular in Japan. Would you stick needles in your veins for vitamins? – via @RickCogley
5. 50 Free Ivy-League Lectures on the Economy – Online Classes.org
6. Anne Frank Video
7. How people count cash – Cultural differences in how people count their paper money
8. Building a true culture of ideas – Ideas While You Sleep - via @IdeasCulture @nataliegiddings

What do you think? Please share your comments below!

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