Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 13 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

The tweets below are based on my core Tweet Plan which includes:

• 5 daily tweets on cross-cultural marketing for international sales
• Other interesting links and retweets I run across during the week

The first Cross Culture Communication Challenge is about to end on Tuesday March 31st with a bang.  Stay tuned for a free  downloadable calendar with all of the 31 tips.

I hope you have enjoyed following the challenge and have thought about what these culture tips mean to you.  That is not all though…

Starting Wednesday we will see how these culture tips fit in with international sales best practices to get your more international clients.  Follow the tweets next week.

Do you have an interesting or useful link on international business, or of cultural interest? Tweet me a link.

Links to the previous weekly Tweet posts are below. Here is the selection of my best tweets and links from last week:

1. RT @triploculturado Gmail is awesome! they now have Undo send + YouTube previews right in the message {I added an extra inbox + color codes}
2. An interesting article on 2 new black TV shows 5 months down the road – Thank you @brandoneculture for sharing
3. The best path to international business development is by small consistent steps
4. Sitting back to read 8 pages – “The Big Takeover” from Rolling Stone  – Thanks @mjesales for sharing
5. 5 Reasons to Consider Using a Drop Shipping Wholesaler – via @mjesales
6. This day in 1935: Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the intl community to call Persia by its native name, Iran-Land of the Aryans- via @Tosk59
7. Baikalogy blog devoted to info about Lake Baikal. – Thanks for sharing @Tosk59
8. International Marketing Review #44
9. How to Design Your International Visibility to Get International Clients
10. Great video with all Global Video Contest Winners – Inspire Cross-Cultural Understanding – Thanks @facinghistory !
11. #cccctips 20 – Allow for extra time to get things done in international sales
12. A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one – Henry Ford
13. @writerdiehl N.Americans tend to have more places offering meals for people with allergies – must be due to strong customer service
14. A good resource for cross- cultural communication
15. RT @_vio_ – British Mother’s Day is weirdly early in the year.
16. It’s World Water Day
17. A place for everyone to learn more about export
18. Great brainstorming questions to develop your international business – free for subscribers
19. What is the difference between European web marketing and American web marketing?
20. #cccctips 21 – After a cross-cultural meeting, give everyone extra time to digest information and respond
21. #cccctips 22 – Learn to recognize the difference between culture shock and culture barriers
22. Short video on one UK school where kids speak 26 languages Multicultural Madness – Thanks @matthewbennett for sharing!
23. Your international business success depends on your international market research and market intelligence
24. Enjoying the easy read through @alecsatin‘s Project management tweets
25. World map by URL country codes
26. Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy – Bill Cosby
27. What’s the Future of Twitter? One option is it becomes Social CRM by @jowyang – Thanks @Pistachio for sharing!
28. The International Institute For Peace Through Tourism – An interesting initiative.
29. Multicultural & Ethnic Documentary Weddings And Portraits at http://seshu.net (via @ZachIsHere @steveoleolson @UnknownFilms )
30. A cross-cultural view of China’s Internet & Social Media Scene on new China based Twitter via @ellaconic @lonniehodge
31. Getting a handle on China Social Media: follow @youkubuzz & @ganglu The former does English translations of user gen videos via @lonniehodge
32. How to improve Cross- Cultural Sales to Get International Clients
33. What are you doing to develop your business internationally?
34. Different cultures respond to different emotional sales buttons
35. Cross-cultural awareness Signspotting – Please Sit on the Sitting Toilet – via @volunteerabroad @vagabondish
36. Multicultural makeover – 6 ways to make your women’s initiative (or group) multiculturally-friendly – Thanks @edwina_
37. How did you learn your cross- cultural communication skills?
38. How do you think international sales will impact your business this year?
39. Find out how to globalize your business website
40. A must read from @mike_stelzner Social Media Marketing Industry Report (Free, must read) #smreport
41. Who owns the clouds (pot water resource) & are international laws needed? – thanks to @SocialScope @Tosk59
42. Think social media for kids? 78.1% were aged 30-59, median age? 40-49 #smreport – Thanks to @chrisgarrett for sharing
43. How do you use feedback from your international clients to improve your international sales?
44. Listening to a fantastic webinar by @MichaelDeutch on #GTD with mind maps – for a great boost in productivity
45. I’m a huge Mind Mapping fan, but have never used them for cross-cultural communication – has anyone else tried?
46. Plan your international marketing tactics for accountability and viability measurements right from the start
47. #cccctips 23 – Remember that words can mean different things to people from different cultures.
48. #cccctips 24 – In cross-cultural communication, take the time to fully describe and explain what you want to say.
49. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 23
50. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 24
51. Good cross-cultural communication skills get you better results in international business
52. Are there businesses that do not need cross-cultural communication skills?
53. Global Diversity – Navigating International Differences – Thanks to @finikiotis for sharing
54. Understanding Ethical Behaviour and International Business … – Thanks to @tomkolo for sharing
55. The Multicultural World of Social Media Marketing – Thanks to @Armando123 for sharing
56. The better your country- specific marketing, the better sales results you can expect
57. What is stopping you from developing your business internationally?
58. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 25
59. No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive – Mahatma Gandhi
60. #cccctips 25 – In cross-cultural communication, assume there are differences until you have confirmation of similarities.
61. What would you like to change in your international marketing?
62. Multicultural marketing: diverse life situations in their ads is key (from @kbaillie @DoreenatDMS)
63. Want more international sales? Add cross- cultural communication into your marketing and sales tactics.
64. Ethnic Customer in Home Country not the same as in New Country
65. Why These Colors?
66. Learn about your international markets to adapt your sales strategy and tactics for better sales
67. #cccctips 26 – Different cultures have different view points. Open your mindset to reach understanding.
68. Never, never, never, never give up – Winston Churchill
69. Global Site Launch? Don’t Bite the Wax Tadpole!
70. Do you think you need international market research before you create an international website?
71. International marketing is more than just putting up a website and saying you want international sales
72. How are you developing your cross- cultural communication skills?
73. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 26
74. Book Reviews
75. International Selling With Cross-Cultural Communication Skills
76. What are the trends in international sales in your industry?
77. Check out this site from a man wanting a job at Twitter – via @SirGrenville
78. UK Government considers monitoring Social Networks sites. Something to be worried about?  – via @SirGrenville
79. How To Reward Your Blog Commentators: Your readers are the best marketing. – by @mintblogger
80. ReTweet ~ The Wild Thing In Twitter
81. Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden (via @paulgunter )
82. International business development starts with getting to know one market in one country
83. #cccctips 27 – Our own cultural perceptions can improve or block effective cross-cultural communication.
84. How To Get Your International Sales Offer Right In Today’s Economy
85. Fascinating article on a media-saturated world – via@CultureMatters
86. An insightful post on East-West cross-cultural relationships in the “Lingua Franca” blog - ( Thanks to @amsall )
87. A list of international exchange programs by country
88. Facebook Attracting More of the Older Crowd – Shared by @isa247 – Interesting. European FB users different crowds
89. How does online international marketing get you more international sales?
90. Social media to be part of curriculum for UK elementary schools -  TY @fordrm
91. Are you too ‘language focused’? Multicultural Marketing Success with Nike Men Vs Women Campaign
92. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 28
93. Google Translate graduates to the home page of a few Google country URLs
94. Google market share by country chart
95. Facebook: From 1 to 100 languages in two years

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