Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 43 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

Here is my weekly review of social media marketing activities and a list of last weeks tweets with useful links, tips and resources… and some fun videos too.

Social Media Platforms

When I first started social media, I  blogged.  Once I felt comfortable with blogging I started microblogging on Twitter.  Of course, I have a Facebook and LinkedIn profile as well as several profiles on other social media platforms.  But I concentrated on learning how to connect with people on one platform at a time.  And I have created content creation processes for both my blogs and Twitter.

New Social Media Content Flow

I remember some time at the beginning of the year I tried to find out what strategies businesses were using for the flow between social media platforms… and no one I spoke to understood the reason behind my question.

Today I have my own anwsers to this question of where I should input content and how to set up the automatic feeds  most social media platforms propose to then place content on other social media platforms.  I am a solo-professional and need to re-purpose and adapt the same content for different social media platforms.

Getting More Value From My Content

And I realize that what I am doing right now is wrong.  Well, I am not getting as much value out of the content I produce as I can.

You see I have finally figured out how I am going to use my Facebook Fan Pages.  That’s right, in addition to my Facebook Profile, I have 2 Fan Pages.

• One for this blog: www.facebook.com/ckbiz
• And one related to for Get International Clients

Up until now I have been placing too much unique content on Twitter and these tweets simply get lost in the massive flow of Twitter.  Of course, this is one of the reasons why I write these weekly Tweet posts: to keep the information here and then “file” it away on my Resource pages.

But I am putting on the final touches to a new plan for publishing some content on Facebook first, and then feeding onto Twitter.  This means that I will stop my Tweeter feed from being published on Facebook. And I will now publish some content on both platforms.  That’s what I have been working on.  More next week.

Last Week’s Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews:

I had interviews with 2 people I admire, who both gave some great answers to the 10 Cross-Cultural and International Twitter Interview Questions. They are both worth reading.

• @DoreenatDMS
• @pocketcultures

Click here for previous Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews.  This week there are no Twitter Interviews planned.  But they resume again the following week.

Last Week’s Cross-Cultural Tweets

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

Blogs

1. Cultural Teaching – A great blog on education across cultures – More cultural & international blogs
2. Latinos in Social Media blog – @latism #Multicultural #latism
3. Gori Girl on intercultural relationships, stories & advice
4. Marketing trends in a new multicultural society

Content Marketing

5. Running an International Email Marketing Program by @tamaragielen on BeRelevant: Email Marketing Best Practices Blog

Cross-Cultural Communication

6. What is your best tip to improve cross-cultural communication skills?
7. Using “Children of a Lesser God” To Teach Intercultural Communication – More on movies for cultural skills
8. Want to close international sales faster? Improve your cross-cultural communication skills first
9. Sietar – Intercultural Education, Training & Research
10. Some Fun Videos On Muslims & Islam
11. Empathy is the most important ingredient for cross-cultural communication
12. Intercultural Competence – A SlideShare presentation by Prof. C.J.M. Beniers
13. Do you think some jobs lead to better cross-cultural communication skills?
14. Multilingual – A magazine cross- cultural communication

Cross-Cultural Differences

15. RT @drkpking 4 Lessons About Change & Organizations From Intercultural Exchange with China
16. RT @JapanIntercult @fritinancy @DR4WARD Current auto naming controversy = cross-cultural research?
17. Tan Hong Ming – Our Children Are Color Blind
18. How To Toast In Different Countries
19. China success stories‘ funny videos
20. Backwards Advertising
21. China Junk Food Review

International Business

22. The International Business Forum
23. How to use International Lead Generation to Get International Clients
24. How is the down economy effecting your international business development?
25. International Seasoning by @finikiotis
26. How does international business fit into your future strategy?
27. If you don’t do any specific international marketing & get international sales, do you have an international business?
28. IUCAB – International Union of Commercial Agents & Brokers – Do you need 1 of these 470000 sales agents to start your int’l biz?
29. Dean Foster in on Growing Global
30. Your own mindset is just as important to your international business as your product and your market
31. RT @t_de_baillon @clarinette02 @axelhorns – Disruptive Innovations: Aspects of German And European Woes
32. RT @GoldCoinPro U.K. gross domestic product unexpectedly dropped in 3rd quarter continuing longest recession on record
33. A simple action plan with small consistent steps can get your international business started

International Sales

34. Who are the best sales experts to follow on Twitter? Here is a list of 50 @TopSalesExperts
35. What are you doing to track your international sales?
36. The Top 25 Ranked Blogs on Sales and Selling by @paul_mccord
37. How does international business fit into your future strategy?
38. Your products will have different benefits for your international clients. Find out what these are.
39. RT @m4bmarketing What are your tips for keeping in touch with customers?

Languages

40. British, Canadian and American Vocabulary
41. RT @HorizonTweet Translate your website with Google: Expand your audience globally
42. RT @esljobs Teach in China: The Volunteer Intercultural Project (VIP) China
43. English Language Difficulties In Action – a fun video
44. Improving the English language for Germans on @HoeferleConsult ’s blog Southeast Schnitzel
45. RT @familyonbikes @goplanit The top 10 places to teach English abroad

Multicultural, Cross-Cultural & International Marketing

46. Stat.USA.gov – Another source for country- specific statistics – More international resources
47. RT @davidhenderson Advice to PR people, communicators and their companies/clients … look at where the eyeballs are.
48. RT @thamestrans – Top Tips on International Marketing by Globalisation and Localisation Association via @addthis
49. Try to register your website with the leading search engines in each of the countries you want to sell to
50. Great brainstorming questions to improve your multicultural marketing – free for subscribers
51. How has international market research helped you to improve your international sales?
52. International marketing connects with different cultures
53. How to use the secret desires of your customers
54. How are you adapting your email marketing to your international markets?

Quotes

55. The difference between the right word & almost right word is the difference between lightning & a lightning bug – M Twain – More quotes here
56. Good communication doesn’t mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences. Simple & clear go a long way. – J Kotter
57. If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful – J Bezos
58. The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way – Dale Carnegie
59. Landscape shapes culture – Terry Tempest Williams
60. It’s much easier to double your biz by doubling your conversion rate than by doubling your traffic – J Eisenberg
61. All great truths begin as blasphemies – George Bernard Shaw

Social Media

62. UK Internet visits to Facebook increased by 86.1% between Sept 08 and Sept 09 @webpronews
63. 3 Easy Ways to Share Selective Tweets on Facebook Pages
64. Garys Social Media Count
65. RT @LisbethTanz @seanmalarkey Rid your DM inbox of spam, auto DM’s & Mafia Invites (updated with new offenders).
66. 50 Most Influential Bloggers of 2009 – enjoyed reading the reasons why these bloggers made it on the list
67. Cross-Cultural & International People I recommend following on Twitter
68. RT @Sampad Twitter – The Most Active Platform For Technology Brand Conversations In India
69. World Map of Social Networks by @vincos

Travel

70. @RT @lyceum @OPENForum Some Sites for Smoother Business Travel – American Express OPEN Forum
71. RT @joanna_haugen 7 Questions with a Backyard Explorer, featuring @Travelwriticus
72. RT @PaulineFrommer Vanishing cultural traditions you’ll want to travel to see before they disappear
73. Looking for a place to spend Halloween? RT @globetrotteri 11 Places to Raise the Dead
74. Great pictures from Taiwan @TWPhotographers found by @globetrotteri
75. RT @globetrotteri How the Economy Affected 16 Travellers in 2009
76. Free Wifi Guru: lists details of 93 connections in 53 locations throughout 22 countries worldwide
77. RT @legalnomads also adds Cloisters, Bklyn Promenade & Chinatown for dim sum to @walkingnewyork NYC Bucket list

Trivia

78. Where Is The Best Country To Have A Small Business?
79. RT @WebTVHub Why are Womanizers such popular characters in SitComs?
80. Euro English – An Old Culture Joke
81. Chinese Method To Multiply
82. Let’s Play 007
83. How to say no with the Empathy Sandwich by @sidsavara
84. RT @clarinette02 @CNETNews France to adopt antipiracy three-strikes law
85. The Fun Theory
86. Cool music video “All You Need Is Love” via @HellenBach for BBC Children in Need

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