Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 17 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

As usual, the tweets below are based on my core Tweet Plan which includes:

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

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There were less tweets this last week.  More to come soon.  The list below is the in order tweeted.

I was out of my office most of the week sightseeing and enjoying Paris with two other couples.  It is always great to see Paris with fresh eyes every once in a while.  After a few years it is easy to take your surroundings for granted no matter where you live and I rarely take the time to appreciate Paris even when it is only a short drive from home.  It was a very enjoyable break away from work and I also met some great people.

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

1. The United Nations Cyber School Bus for data by country
2. Great brainstorming questions to plan your international sales road map- free for subscribers
3. Have a look at what others are doing with mobile phones
4. To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world… Tony Robbins
5. How did you set up your country- specific website for your international business development?
6. Lack of trust is the most frequent barrier between different cultures.
7. Great brainstorming questions to improve your international marketing – free for subscribers
8. How easy or difficult was it for you to develop your cross- cultural communication skills?
9. RT @rdelangel @latinaprpro @SevFletcher – Will Recession Put Multicultural & General Market PR on a Level Playing Field?
10. RT @weirdchina – Cross Cultural Business Communication with @lonniehodge & @deswalsh at 4PM on BlogTalkRadio
11. How are you developing your best international markets?
12. International Marketing Review #48
13. Journal of Intercultural Studies
14. Cross-Cultural Issues in Teams – Pete Pereira, Aspire Consulting : First part in a 4-week series – via @jsadiq
15. Where is your favorite place to start international market research?
16. International marketing needs to give you more feedback and has to be geared for more flexibility
17. The best result good cross-cultural communication gives you is trust in what you say.
18. It takes long term commitment and consistent actions over time to develop international sales.
19. What is your biggest challenge to develop your international business?
20. International Sales Best Practice – Make Them Laugh
21. Two half- truths do not make a truth, and two half- cultures do not make a culture – Arthur Koestler
22. Segment your country- specific communication and marketing materials, even if it is in English
23. How do you compare international marketing with your standard marketing practices?
24. Want to improve your international client relationships? Work on your cross- cultural communication
25. Allow extra time for feedback from field sales before developing your international sales strategy
26. International Sales Best Practice – Use Creativity
27. We listened to what our customers wanted and acted on what they said. Good things happen when you pay attention – John F. Smith
28. How does marketing segmentation improve your international sales?
29. International Sales Best Practice – Reduce Risk
30. International Sales Best Practice – Use Testimonials Right
31. International marketing can help you uncover business opportunities
32. How are you customizing your communication for different cultures?
33. I shut my eyes in order to see. – Paul Gaugin (via @chrisguillebeau @ryanselow et al)
34. @Syerah You’re welcome. MyBindi seems like a dynamic cultural online community… and fun! Wonder if there are others.
35. What process do you use to measure your international sales leads?
36. A good entry strategy is key to your international business development
37. International Sales Best Practice – Pay Attention
38. Want to read up on culture? Intercultural Press
39. How are you using marketing segmentation to bring in international sales?
40. How to use International English Content to Get International Clients
41. International Sales Best Practice – Maintain Your Position
42. Remember, you only have to succeed the last time – Brian Tracy
43. I’m attending Social Media Success Summit 2009, the premier social media marketing event #smss09
44. An international business is more than having a few international clients who come to you to buy your products
45. Soccer is gateway to American culture for high-schoolers – the story of a Bosnian immigrant from Germany
46. The NYTimes Week in Culture Pictures - a slide show of photographs of culture events
47. US State of Michigan sells more produce to international markets after a strategic international development strategy
48. How the Han Chinese economy is the Uyghur’s direct path to globalization
49. From small farm in the US to international exporter – and how to take advantage of lower US$ exchange rates
50. Amazon’s international sales for 1st quarter up 15%, would have been 28 percent if not for unfavorable exchange rates
51. RT @beverlycornell What do you think makes a biz truly global? Location? Outsourcing? Mindset? Working on some research need your input!
52. World Malaria Day: Tweet to Beat Malaria! - via @mdouble
53. The Twitter Impact (Wired) & how @aplusk challenged CNN to reach a million followers first – via @Mike_Stelzner
54. Take the NY Times Twitter Recipe Challenge… yes, in 140 characters!  – via @Mike_Stelzner
55. Facebook manners – Really funny video with the Electric Friendship Generator! – via @Mike_Stelzner
56. RT @deanmeistr @webupd8 – Enhance Facebook Design with Facebook Fixer – Dean: So, Facebook now becomes MySpace!!
57. Backtweets, search for links on Twitter  – via @jansegers
58. Free educational material explained by the Open University – via @jansegers
59. Belgian rabbits are this year about one and a half to 2 month late in procreating. #climatechange – via @jansegers
60. RT @weskriesel @HildyGottlieb If we fail to uphold our values when the going gets tough, they aren’t values – they’re hobbies – Jon Stewart
61. RT @kimwayans @Devas_T @brownbookshelf – Color up: suggest multicultural teen summer reads #kidlit
62. @lyceum How did you survive the Earth Day? – unfortunately I zapped it! Too busy outside!
63. Me too! RT @lyceum I’m attending GrowSmartBusiness free Webinar – on April 30Cindy King › Edit Post — WordPress
64. The way to succeed is to double your error rate. – Thomas J. Watson – via @SmallBizMarketr
65. 12 April 2008 for me RT @jjude I joined twitter on 1 February 2008

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