Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 28 of 2009

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.

Content Marketing

1. 4th Annual World eBook Fair July 4th to August 4th – via @jaytweeter – 2 Million eBooks!
2. What is the biggest mistake to avoid when writing case studies? – RT @Jim_Holland @Ambal

Cross-Cultural Communication

3. Cultural Intelligence has 3 main components: cognitive, motivational & behavioural. Which one are you missing out on? RT @CultureMatters
4. “What Would Silly Putty Do” -a group exercise with small business leaders #leadership #ceo – via @Jim_Holland
5. Think outside your box: Enhancing creativity through multicultural experiences – via @lifedreamer_09
6. Intercultural Communication

Culture Movies

7. Jordanian cinema: Captain Abu Read – now in US cinemas  – via @pocketcultures @habibh @NadineOfArabia

French Resources

8. French web professions, with French job titles & definitions – Portail des métiers de l’internet – via @RhinoRuss

International Business

9. @yBCeditorial2 – I focus on getting the cross-cultural positioning right to get sales fast and avoid mistakes
10. @yBCeditorial2 Many more people looking for “fast food” solutions/prices without wanting to put in the work A few serious one though
11. Japan orders Amazon.com arm to pay back taxes – the dangers of errors in international operations
12. 100 Awesome Blogs for Your Business Education
13. Powerful points towards International Business Expansion – RT @FacundoV @fredchannel @careerscoacheu
14. How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends Their Paycheck – Visual Economics – via @RhinoRuss
15. Ryan Healy has some excellent tips in 31 Ways to Grow Your Business – via @ianbrodie
16. Adopting Lean Startup practices – 4 principles - nice and concise for #startup #prodmgmt – RT @ericries @Jim_Holland
17. Net censorship around the world - via @textexin – I’m surprised about Italy!
18. Free Webinar: Export 101 – Interested in developing your international sales? – via @KoelnmesseInc

International Business Rolodex Resources

19. Exporting to China – China Business Information Center on Export.gov
20. Trade Show Marketing Blog – learn how to market, promote, and network at trade shows
21. International Trade Center – Export Packaging – Practical info, expert support & advice in international packaging
22. International Tax News for international businesses

International Marketing

23. International Marketing: What a Great Gig! - #globalmarketing #careers #bestjob – via @globalmarketers
24. Professor Hans Rosling on Ageing Europe rel=”nofollow”
25. @johnhaydon I love this look at marketing fundamentals before and now! Very American… but others will follow
26. Adjust your view: developing multicultural audiences for the arts – a toolkit -via @earleyedition
27. Is consumer trust online misplaced? Can brands change this? – via @somatica @Econsultancy @simonharrow

International Networking

28. British expat? Valuable info and advice here – via @CultureMatters

International News

29. Most Popular News Stories On BBC Now – how do you follow international news? which news sources do you use?
30. Newseum - world map with links to different newspapers with pictures of front pages
31. 10×10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris

International Sales

32. My blog CindyKing.biz is ranked 5th in Sales category. What is your blogrank?
33. And my second blog, Get International Clients, is ranked 6th in Sales category What is your blogrank?
34. The #1 problem with weekly sales meetings -RT @SkipAnderson @nialldevitt
35. We always pitch features, advantages, benefits. Take a different approach – RT @davidabrock @nialldevitt Great video!
36. A business owner once told me: “training is for dogs.” He didn’t understand sales people can learn “tricks”, too! #sales RT @SkipAnderson
37. Integrating Social Media into Your Sales and Marketing Process – RT @shanegibson @StevenARosen
38. The Problem with Questions is the Answers – develop a listening strategy with your questioning strategy – RT @ianbrodie
39. Using Trust and Credibility by @timrohrer – via @neshthompson – Great post on a critical subject
40. Small business owners ensure profitability & longevity: Pay close attention to pricing strategy – via @karlgoldfield
41. RT @SkipAnderson So many sales performance problems can be solved by better customer engagement during the selling process #sales training
42. RT @SkipAnderson Impressive biz experts on Twitter! @jerrykennedy @bmtrnavsky @ProsperByDesign @davidAbrock @BobBurg @B2BSalesTrainer

Jobs

43. Looking for freelancing jobs? Here’s A Great, Easy Source of Freelancing Clients
44. Working Your Way Around The World’s Favorite Location-Independent Individuals on Twitter
45. Enlisting a Global Work Force of Freelancers – NYTimes.com

Language Skills

46. The Biz Idiom Game – to test your English language skills
47. Slangolator - quizz game for English language learners to improve their understanding of slang expressions
48. Guess The Country Flag! – an interactive game
49. VocabSushi – to build your vocabulary – for English language learners

Quotes

50. Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein #quote RT @RatRaceTrap @ahoojas

Social Media

51. @lyceum – Great to see EGO way up there! Yeah!
52. Watch How I Spend My First 20 Minutes Online Every Morning - Some similarities, but often 30 minutes instead of 20
53. www.thosenewdomainnames.areforsuckers – top-level domain you want: .yourname, .america, .whatever available soon
54. @Scobleizer – FriendFeed is one of my personal favorite social media hangouts… just after Twitter & tied with Posterous
55. RT @careerscoacheu #followfriday @fredchannel @MiriamAhern @NiallDevitt @FacundoV @cksolutions @Awakencoaching @MarketingEire
56. @neshthompson – I liked the 5 tips on @CBWhittemore ’s interview with @jaybaer on social media – great stuff
57. RT @paul_mccord – Great #FF folks @davestei @ianbrodie @nedelsha @camaurer @EyesOnSales @neshthompson
58. @Jim_Holland Hey, I really enjoyed reading through several of your tweets this afternoon – will come back later for more

Blogs

59. 16 Misconceptions About Serious Blogging – by @wchingya – a great post!
60. 7 most annoying things bloggers have on their sites – via @mintblogger – oof, only need to work on archive page
61. Increasing Your Exposure With Guest Blogging | Small Business Trends
62. 21 Popular Brands That Are Using Wordpress – via @mintblogger – Comforting to see these companies using wordpress too

Facebook

63. The Social Media Marketing Blog: Facebook Age Demographics – via @AquariusDesign
64. Facebook Takes Off In Brazil & India where Google’s Orkut is a favorite
65. Facebook’s Iranian Impact: From the Inside – RT @RhinoRuss
66. RT @mintblogger – Facebook Launches Fan Box Widget To Instantly Turn Visitors Into Fans – can’t wait!
67. The age stats for Facebook users does not surprise me… because I’m in the majority and so are most of my FB friends

Twitter

68. Did Twitter suspend your account yesterday? Bold Approach Leads Machine: Import
69. The largest non-English speaking country on Twitter? Brazil with 2% – More Stunning (& Useful) Stats About Twitter here

Trivia

70. Customs and traditions of Japan – Travel impressions from last years Tanabata – via @rainbowhill
71. 30+ Creative and Stylish Rings – Enjoyed looking through all of these, there are some historical monument rings
72. @fred2baro – TGIF viennoiseries power !! – This is torture! Starving this morning
73. Guess The Country Flag! – an interactive game
74. NYTimes.com may soon cost $5 a month – via @t_de_baillon – I wonder what things will be like in 5 year
75. No, no, no. I called you a drunken *badger* – light hearted story for a Friday – via @emoltzen @neshthompson
76. @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
77. Disposable Chopsticks Sculptures – via @Culture4travel – 1994 Japan 150 million disposable chopsticks every day…?!

Videos

78. Unique pictures you would only find in different parts of this world
    
79. The difference between a Belgian and Japanese office – some young adults around me would benefit from watching this
80. Multicultural Manners Videos – via @cpanet – Be sure to click thru & listen to the videos, they are good
81. Norine Dresser Video On Cultural Differences In Table Manners
82. Allyson Stewart-Allen On Working The Differences Between British & Americans: Business Etiquette

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