Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 40 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

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

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

Cross-Cultural Communication

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

Cross-Cultural Differences

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

International Business

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

International Sales

33. Who are the best sales experts to follow on Twitter? Here is a list of 50 @TopSalesExperts
34. RT @TonyAlessandra @jaqsmale YouTube video — Respect, relationships & the righteous customer- Dr. Tony Alessandra
35. 78% of Sales Are Lost Before You Make The Call! – via @bizsugar SH
36. RT @gitomer The stronger the relationship, the higher the listening factor. How strong are your relationships? Who is listening to you?
37. # Reading: 7 Ways To Play A Much Bigger Game (with free workbook)
38. Interesting read – Sales Hunters & Farmers Will Starve in a Sales 2.0 World – via @Andy_Rudin @shanegibson

Languages

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

Law & Legal Issues

46. RT @clarinette02 FOSI VIDEO : What is Digital Citizenship?
47. FOSI – Challenges to Privacy in the Online World and Beyond – via @clarinette02
48. RT @EILBlog Will Obama respect international law? ‘Not likely,’ says Foreign Policy
49. 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

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

Quotes

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

Social Media

68. Social Media Statistics and Trends for South America by @shanegibson now in Bogota via @TopSalesExperts
69. RT @bduperrin @t_de_baillon Enterprise 2.0 : is there a French specificity ? – human interactions ARE cultural
70. 5 Really Cool Ways to Get Feedback with Social Media @Mashable @Mike_Stelzner
71. 70% of Marketers Shifting from Traditional to Digital Media – via @Mike_Stelzner
72. Disney Goes Web 2.0, Launches an Official Blog – via @Akostic
73. Really interesting to read how @kevinpalmer suggests he’d use social media to promote a band – via @rjleaman
74. Interesting Social Media Trend via @shanegibson – Simultaneous translation in micro-blogging and collaboration platforms.
75. RT @chericem @TEDChris on how to use Twitter – (Some excellent tips – even for veterans)

Trade

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

Travel

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

Trivia

85. RT @CragerInc @TrainingTsar 10 Sites to Learn Something New in 10 Minutes a Day
86. Sidewiki on -The Week Magazine: Chinese women redraw the social map
87. Interesting blog by Duncan Green, Head of Research for Oxfam GB
88. “Tenteki” (IV) cafes popular in Japan. Would you stick needles in your veins for vitamins? – via @RickCogley
89. 50 Free Ivy-League Lectures on the Economy – Online Classes.org
90. Anne Frank Video
91. How people count cash – Cultural differences in how people count their paper money
92. Building a true culture of ideas – Ideas While You Sleep - via @IdeasCulture @nataliegiddings

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