Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 18 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
• All of the other interesting links and retweets I run across during the week

These tweets are in the order tweeted.  Do you find them interesting?  Then be sure to check out the Useful Resource Pages in the sidebar on the right.  The most useful and interesting links in these Cross-Culture Tweets  make it to these Useful Resource Pages.

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

1. Great brainstorming questions to develop your culture skills – free for subscribers
2. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. – Mark Twain
3. International Marketing Review #49
4. Need inspiration for international business ideas? Browse around here
5. International Sales Best Practice – Think You Can
6. RT@Nicochan33 – A look at cross cultural business failure. Have a look and let me know what you think.
7. Corporate Eye Media - The Case of Personal Branding: What Will Google Think of Next? - via @customersmatter
8. Great insights into international business development based on connecting with customers – People All Over the World – by @customersmatter
9. How to Analyze Your International Viability to Get International Clients
10. When was the last time you looked at websites from different countries?
11. The WiseMarketer
12. The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. – George Bernard Shaw
13. Intercultural Conflict Resolution Styles with a model for direct & indirect styles versus different emotional styles
14. Search Engine Optimisation for searchers from other countries
15. Vietnam’s online advertisement turnover reached US$2.81 million in 2008 and will increase to US$7.8 million by 2010
16. 25 Years to Bounce Back? Try 4½ – historical record isn’t as bleak as it looks – good news 4 current market decline?
17. RT @amandajevans Looking for freelance writers for email interview for new e-book @ or DM me and please RT
18. RT @finikiotis + The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs ~Joan Didion
19. RT @JWASHMARKETING @KyleGriffith – Translating your Tweets for a truly international service
20. RT @JaxLicurse @HJSWritergal One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. – Helen Keller
21. RT @RebekahZJones @PARKPLACEMTG – Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is. – Jackson Browne
22. RT @FearlessFactor – @problogger HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! Let it be a year of increasing prosperity and happiness.
23. RT @CatchOurDream @barbararae – It’s not our abilities that define us, it’s our choices!
24. LeadingBlog: What Games Do You Play? – via @mikehenrysr
25. The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. -Chinese proverb – via @unikeone
26. RT @catttaylor @TimothyCarter Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was. – Robert Louis Stevenson
27. RT @joekutchera “Everything you can imagine is real,” said Pablo Picasso. Love that quote! – so do I!
28. RT @SusanMazza @BoulderCoaching – Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. – Benjamin Disraeli
29. Good tips on getting into the zone for amazing productivity – via @joekutchera
30. I’m attending Passing the Twitter and Google Test webinar feat. @smallbiztrends @lizstrauss @mvolpe and @brentleary
31. Have you read Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp? Fantastic book – via @jjude Improved creativity also helps cultural skills
32. How to improve Cross- Cultural Negotiation to Get International Clients
33. How are you getting over the language barriers to develop your international business?
34. Get curious and stay curious – this is the best tool for international market intelligence.
35. @deanmeistr It was great speaking with you Dean! Always inspiring to share thoughts with people who see things with different lenses
36. Great brainstorming questions to use multichannel marketing – free for subscribers
37. How have your cross- cultural communication skills helped you in your job?
38. International Business Etiquette Tips – via @Global_Collect
39. Ever considered taking your small business global? Read Laurel Delaney’s series on exporting – via @Global_Collect
40. RT @MaddOphelia – An interesting study in, um, cross-cultural philosophy? – or business beyond cultural borders?
41. China – Chinese Business Etiquette, Manners – via @MarjorieJanczak
42. International Business Directory, Free B2B Export Import Trade Leads – via @hellotext
43. International Sales Best Practice – Define Your Sales
44. What do you do to learn more about your international clients for more international sales?
45. Intercultural conflict - Are Chinese Singaporeans so different from the PRC (People’s Republic of China) counterparts?
46. Interesting insights: Cultural differences in online behavior + comparison in South Korean & Hostede behavior scales
47. Cataloging culture – Hofstede’s periodic tables – Critique of Hofstede’s approach
48. A presentation on culture and business
49. Short YouTube Video – Funny Guy – How to develop an international business? Use native speakers. Wearing mustache doesn’t work – via @davidecorradi
50. How do you implement your international market research into your international communication?
51. Use all marketing best practices even when you start your international marketing on a small scale to get more international sales
52. A Cereal Thriller – interesting insights into General Mills in 100 countries, with more than 100 consumer brands
53. The differences between men and women in web usability criteria – proves true in my home
54. @LuukChristiaens How do you use the Hofstede scales? I like to look at them after a problem, to look for inspiration for a solution.
55. The Disloyalty Issue in Multicultural America – some interesting thoughts, food for discussion
56. Cross-cultural communication gets beyond cultural differences in behaviors, perceptions and customs
57. White Paper Insider BlogTalkRadio May 6th – “Mr. White Paper” @Mike_Stelzner on social media marketing white papers
58. International sales can be a secondary source of revenue
59. What do you need to develop your business internationally?
60. I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture – Saul Bellow
61. When does international marketing bring you the most international sales?
62. One area of internationalization that is often overlooked is the value of teaching abroad
63. Economist article on why different countries elevate different careers to run them (US=lawyers/China=engineers) - via @jjude @mjasay
64. Need to understand your international clients more? Develop your own cross- cultural communication skills first
65. Preparation is key for all successful sales meetings. For international clients never forget to review the basics.
66. The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving – Oliver Wendell Holmes
67. RT @adsheik – List of multicultural ad networks
68. Do you think you only need one international website for all of your international clients?
69. Honda fears 95% plunge in ’09 operating profit – via @triploculturado
70. Global airfreight demand stabilises, says IATA - via @RCMBartley
71. Ali Velshi’s blog about the potential impact of H1N1 virus (swine flu) on the economy  – via @RCMBartley @alivelshi
72. International web marketing builds relationships across cultures
73. International Sales Best Practice – More Is Better
74. International Sales Best Practice – Have Fun
75. What is stopping you from developing your cross- cultural communication?
76. Interview @megtoland & @E_Murphy did with Eduardo Crespo on marketing to multicultural markets – via @E_Murphy
77. Awards for Bridging Cultures now open to promote inter-cultural dialogue #thirdsector #funding – via @community_media
78. An interesting look at what we know & how research has been done on stereotyping “Asian” vs. “Western” – via @mrteacup
79. A quick review of the cross-cultural values as defined by Hofstede – via @OBL_ezine
80. The Tricky Truth About Downsizing and why it often fails from Harvard Business Press – via @customersmatter
81. International Sales Best Practice – Honesty And Integrity
82. How does multichannel marketing help you get more international sales?
83. International Sales Best Practice – On Top Of The Details
84. Get to know your new international market before positioning your product in a different culture
85. A great list of culture films
86. Can You Prevent All Cultural Blunders? – just updated this blog post (please RT)
87. Only U.S. mask producers ups production to 24/7, operating at full capacity – via @Tosk59
88. What difference do you see in different marketing channels for different international markets?
89. These 2 guys are kind of cute in explaining US-German differences #intercultural – via @HoeferleConsult
90. RT @paullyoung – LOVE this @EthanZ post on ‘the importance of being a dork’ & cross-cultural understanding
91. Great brainstorming questions to improve trust with international clients – free for subscribers
92. Sweat Georgia Brown – tractor & guitar – a great cross cultural musical meme – via @ernieyacub
93. Twitter Quitters Post Roadblock to Long-Term Growth – when will Twitter’s reach level off? Facebook better?
94. Great Interview with Cross Cultural Corporate Exec Fabio Rizza (www.fabiorizza.com) today ! – via @LauriePR
95. RT @DamonToney – 10 Most Diabolical Fish on Earth - some interesting photos, only have the Moray Eel in the Bahamas
96. Freedom House’s ‘Freedom of the Press 2009′ country rankings – via @Tosk59 – Some countries will be surprised!
97. The travels of Wawa Bear, the Leatherback Sea Turtle (4,471 miles from Canada to French Guiana) – via @Tosk59
98. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity – Lou Holtz

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