Culture Tips & International Links
Here is a quick summary of what I have been doing on social media strategies this past week. You will find a list of this week’s tweets below.
International Social Media Marketing
This week was one of maintenance. Last month I revised my social media strategy and daily action plans. But I found that I needed to clean up a few things “under the hood”.
- Behind the scenes, my recently created Useful Resource Pages were messy, so I cleaned this up and added clarity in navigation.
- This lead to more behind the scenes fixing up and I repaired all the broken links on this blog… which I had never taken the time to do before.
- A number of social media profiles were updated.
Some new additions:
- New subdomain on this website for my Posterous page. Thanks to Guilherme Zühlke O’Connor’s Posterous for reminding me to do this! By the way, I am still having fun with sharing lots of interesting videos to improve cultural skills for business.
- Sharing more sales-oriented information. This is for the very small businesses or people who come to me looking for miracle solutions for international sales. You also need good sales practices for international markets too – don’t forget this!
After two weeks of this improved social media plan, I can see a few strategic tweaks to get it to fit my schedule better. And I am very impatient to get my new scheduled Tweets into TweetLater. My schedule has just been too tight to get this input, and I do not want to outsource this first entry. Hope to get this new Tweet Plan up and running this week.
Do you have an interesting or useful link on international business, or of cultural interest? Tweet me a link.
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Useful Resource Pages
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- 4th Annual World eBook Fair July 4th to August 4th – via @jaytweeter – 2 Million eBooks!
- What is the biggest mistake to avoid when writing case studies? – RT @Jim_Holland @Ambal
- Cultural Intelligence has 3 main components: cognitive, motivational & behavioural. Which one are you missing out on? RT @CultureMatters
- “What Would Silly Putty Do” -a group exercise with small business leaders #leadership #ceo – via @Jim_Holland
- Think outside your box: Enhancing creativity through multicultural experiences – via @lifedreamer_09
- Intercultural Communication
- Jordanian cinema: Captain Abu Read – now in US cinemas – via @pocketcultures @habibh @NadineOfArabia
- French web professions, with French job titles & definitions – Portail des métiers de l’internet – via @RhinoRuss
- @yBCeditorial2 – I focus on getting the cross-cultural positioning right to get sales fast and avoid mistakes
- @yBCeditorial2 Many more people looking for “fast food” solutions/prices without wanting to put in the work
A few serious one though - Japan orders Amazon.com arm to pay back taxes – the dangers of errors in international operations
- 100 Awesome Blogs for Your Business Education
- Powerful points towards International Business Expansion – RT @FacundoV @fredchannel @careerscoacheu
- How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends Their Paycheck – Visual Economics – via @RhinoRuss
- Ryan Healy has some excellent tips in 31 Ways to Grow Your Business – via @ianbrodie
- Adopting Lean Startup practices – 4 principles - nice and concise for #startup #prodmgmt – RT @ericries @Jim_Holland
- Net censorship around the world - via @textexin – I’m surprised about Italy!
- Free Webinar: Export 101 – Interested in developing your international sales? – via @KoelnmesseInc
- Exporting to China – China Business Information Center on Export.gov
- Trade Show Marketing Blog – learn how to market, promote, and network at trade shows
- International Trade Center – Export Packaging – Practical info, expert support & advice in international packaging
- International Tax News for international businesses
- International Marketing: What a Great Gig! - #globalmarketing #careers #bestjob – via @globalmarketers
- Professor Hans Rosling on Ageing Europe rel=”nofollow”
- @johnhaydon I love this look at marketing fundamentals before and now! Very American… but others will follow
- Adjust your view: developing multicultural audiences for the arts – a toolkit -via @earleyedition
- Is consumer trust online misplaced? Can brands change this? – via @somatica @Econsultancy @simonharrow
- British expat? Valuable info and advice here – via @CultureMatters
- Most Popular News Stories On BBC Now – how do you follow international news? which news sources do you use?
- Newseum - world map with links to different newspapers with pictures of front pages
- 10×10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris
- My blog CindyKing.biz is ranked 5th in Sales category. What is your blogrank?
- And my second blog, Get International Clients, is ranked 6th in Sales category What is your blogrank?
- The #1 problem with weekly sales meetings -RT @SkipAnderson @nialldevitt
- We always pitch features, advantages, benefits. Take a different approach – RT @davidabrock @nialldevitt Great video!
- A business owner once told me: “training is for dogs.” He didn’t understand sales people can learn “tricks”, too! #sales RT @SkipAnderson
- Integrating Social Media into Your Sales and Marketing Process – RT @shanegibson @StevenARosen
- The Problem with Questions is the Answers – develop a listening strategy with your questioning strategy – RT @ianbrodie
- Using Trust and Credibility by @timrohrer – via @neshthompson – Great post on a critical subject
- Small business owners ensure profitability & longevity: Pay close attention to pricing strategy – via @karlgoldfield
- RT @SkipAnderson So many sales performance problems can be solved by better customer engagement during the selling process #sales training
- RT @SkipAnderson Impressive biz experts on Twitter! @jerrykennedy @bmtrnavsky @ProsperByDesign @davidAbrock @BobBurg @B2BSalesTrainer
- Looking for freelancing jobs? Here’s A Great, Easy Source of Freelancing Clients
- Working Your Way Around The World’s Favorite Location-Independent Individuals on Twitter
- Enlisting a Global Work Force of Freelancers – NYTimes.com
- The Biz Idiom Game – to test your English language skills
- Slangolator – quizz game for English language learners to improve their understanding of slang expressions
- Guess The Country Flag! – an interactive game
- VocabSushi – to build your vocabulary – for English language learners
- Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein #quote RT @RatRaceTrap @ahoojas
- @lyceum – Great to see EGO way up there! Yeah!
- Watch How I Spend My First 20 Minutes Online Every Morning - Some similarities, but often 30 minutes instead of 20
- www.thosenewdomainnames.areforsuckers – top-level domain you want: .yourname, .america, .whatever available soon
- @Scobleizer – FriendFeed is one of my personal favorite social media hangouts… just after Twitter & tied with Posterous
- RT @careerscoacheu #followfriday @fredchannel @MiriamAhern @NiallDevitt @FacundoV @cksolutions @Awakencoaching @MarketingEire
- @neshthompson – I liked the 5 tips on @CBWhittemore ‘s interview with @jaybaer on social media – great stuff
- RT @paul_mccord – Great #FF folks @davestei @ianbrodie @nedelsha @camaurer @EyesOnSales @neshthompson
- @Jim_Holland Hey, I really enjoyed reading through several of your tweets this afternoon – will come back later for more
- 16 Misconceptions About Serious Blogging – by @wchingya – a great post!
- 7 most annoying things bloggers have on their sites – via @mintblogger – oof, only need to work on archive page
- Increasing Your Exposure With Guest Blogging | Small Business Trends
- 21 Popular Brands That Are Using WordPress – via @mintblogger – Comforting to see these companies using wordpress too
- The Social Media Marketing Blog: Facebook Age Demographics – via @AquariusDesign
- Facebook Takes Off In Brazil & India where Google’s Orkut is a favorite
- Facebook’s Iranian Impact: From the Inside – RT @RhinoRuss
- RT @mintblogger – Facebook Launches Fan Box Widget To Instantly Turn Visitors Into Fans – can’t wait!
- The age stats for Facebook users does not surprise me… because I’m in the majority and so are most of my FB friends
- Did Twitter suspend your account yesterday? Bold Approach Leads Machine: Import
- The largest non-English speaking country on Twitter? Brazil with 2% – More Stunning (& Useful) Stats About Twitter here
- Customs and traditions of Japan – Travel impressions from last years Tanabata – via @rainbowhill
- 30+ Creative and Stylish Rings – Enjoyed looking through all of these, there are some historical monument rings
- @fred2baro – TGIF viennoiseries power !! – This is torture! Starving this morning
- Guess The Country Flag! – an interactive game
- NYTimes.com may soon cost $5 a month – via @t_de_baillon – I wonder what things will be like in 5 year
- No, no, no. I called you a drunken *badger* – light hearted story for a Friday – via @emoltzen @neshthompson
- @HoeferleConsult – A Year in the Scheisse: Getting to Know the Germans – this book does look funny – will have to put it on my wish list #intercultural
- Disposable Chopsticks Sculptures – via @Culture4travel – 1994 Japan 150 million disposable chopsticks every day…?!
- Unique pictures you would only find in different parts of this world
- The difference between a Belgian and Japanese office – some young adults around me would benefit from watching this
- Multicultural Manners Videos – via @cpanet – Be sure to click thru & listen to the videos, they are good
- Norine Dresser Video On Cultural Differences In Table Manners
- Allyson Stewart-Allen On Working The Differences Between British & Americans: Business Etiquette
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"Cindy is a real authority on all things international marketing.
She is who I turn to when I have questions and you should too"
-- Chris Garrett, co-author of the "Problogger" book
She is who I turn to when I have questions and you should too"
-- Chris Garrett, co-author of the "Problogger" book
