Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 34 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

This was my second week with systematic retweeting of each of my blog posts. The increased number of tweets is bringing more people to this blog, so it looks like I will continue this. I have also started updating old posts and retweeting these. And this is getting good results too.

Cross-Cultural & International Tweeters

I have updated my list of Cross-Cultural & International People I recommend on Twitter. This list is now separated into different groups and I will be adding more to it over the next few weeks. Here are the fun and interesting people I added to this list this past week:

• @CotterHUE
• @DeborahSwallow
• @fusionview
• @ohh_la_la
• @rliberni
• @XCulture

I hope you enjoy their conversations as much as I do. Please let me know of anyone with a strong cross-cultural or international profile… especially if their tweets are interesting.

Here are the tweets from last week:

Business

1. RT @smallbiztrends Per @tcpeter re online info seekers: Don’t think “SELL! SELL! SELL!” Think “Help, guide, answer.” Then sell. #smbiz
2. How To Look For Opportunities Within Your Market – by @m4bmarketing
3. RT @employeesearch Thinking Made Easy: Employee motivation in international business

Content Marketing

4. Are You Sure Your Content Marketing Strategy Is a Good Fit? – via @mintblogger
5. Comparing U.K. & U.S. Government White Papers | White Paper Pundit
6. A great interview with Havi Brooks, conducted by @patsiblogsquad – via @ClickDocuments

Cross-Cultural Communication

7. RT @summertweet – This can impact cross-cultural communication – Facial expressions ‘not global’
8. Take Time To Communicate Effectively With Different Cultures
9. Anyone have any info on cross-cultural communication comparisons between Korean & other Asian cultures? Please tell @nakedmgr – Please RT
10. RT @macinearla Chomsky & Foucault – Does this outline post modern political correctness and multicultural elitism?
11. 10 Tips on Creating a Cross-Cultural Website - by @DeborahSwallow
12. RT @hollga – Don’t focus on the walls that surround us but on the bridges that connect us – cross cultural working
13. Understanding Cultural Dynamics and Cross-Cultural Communication - via @Sanjuhimachali

Cross-Cultural Differences

14. Stereotypical American in Europe
15. Britain’s Jewish-School Ruling: Who Decides Who Is a Jew? – TIME
16. Cultural gaffe by Canadian Prime Minister’s Office – how one small typo becomes an insult – via @davidiangray
17. RT @NOVALanguages @CultureMatters – How Language Can Affect Bodily Feelings
18. RT @CultureMatters @TransDomo – A key to cross-cultural conflict resolution: brains vary from culture to culture
19. Cross-cultural personality traits vis-à-vis gender – by @pellebilling
    
20. Clash of Mindsets: How Indian, Western Engineers View the World Differently RT @DavidGurteen @tetradian

Languages

21. B4 U say Engl suffers cuz of Twitter: Read this brief history of abbreviations RT @cherimullins @juliov27612

Marketing

22. BusinessWeek interviews Philip Kotler, Prof of International Marketing @ Kellogg Business School – via @YasmineTweets
23. Do advertisers get multicultural marketing? What do you think? – via @BostonMarketing
24. How People in America Spend Their Day, interactive infographics NYT – via @LouisColumbus @CultureMatters
25. RT @joel_morrison – Factors to consider before jumping in International Marketing
26. RT @chefbradpeters – The Cassandra Report Multicultural 2009 – Young Multiculturals at the forefront
27. RT @Latin_insight – Multicultural Youth embrace their background & urge Marketers to do the same.
28. For those who missed this RT @ChadMckinney – How to Build a Multilingual, Multicultural Customer Experience
29. Cross Cultural Marketing Blunders Quiz: answer now available – via @DeborahSwallow

Sales

30. RT @SkipAndersonPassion for a product doesn’t build a sales career, it only initiates it. The Accidental Salesperson
31. RT @Renbor makes a note on how to get prospects to share more #sales
32. RT @SkipAnderson I love the best sales tool ever invented. Do you use one?
33. RT @renbor – How creative can you get when there is a sales on the line? #sales
34. RT @SkipAnderson – The importance of “The Demo” is overrated in home improvement sales
35. RT @SLIre – TOP Sales Experts International Ebook – Summer 2009

Social Media

36. 13 Enlightening Case Studies of Social Media in the Classroom
37. Reaching Multicultural Audiences with Social Media
38. @sallyfalkow – Loved your advice in Reaching Multicultural Audiences with Social Media
    
39. If Twitter Consisted of 100 People [Gorgeous Graphics] – via @katahdinme
40. How To Create A Powerful And Engaging Facebook Page by @mintblogger on @johnhaydon ‘s blog
41. RT @chrisgarrett @mintblogger – Case Study: Can You Launch a New Site With Twitter Alone?
42. 10 useful twitter resources for teaching and learning – via @rliberni
43. The Power of Culture – understanding organizations & communities as social networks – via @zenext
44. Yet Another Fanpage – with quick tips to improve your Facebook fan page
    
45. RT @Akostic – Facebook Releases The Twitter Exporter Tool

Travel

46. RT @bbcworld @gedankenreiter – N Korea eases tourism & border rules with full military alert at the same time
47. How to Survive International Business Travel Without Your Family – via @FatherPassion
    
48. Fancy escaping? What are the best hot air balloon rides in the world? Here are some suggestions – via @GarethCrew
49. Travel Destinations | Five Am Traveller

Trivia

50. @ghconsulting – It’s funny how people notice cultural differences in public toilets – this was well done
51. RT @Emma1Hartley @ExpatCoachMegan – Expat Carol Munro on why Britain is a foreign country to her now
52. RT @mixedchickschat – Hollywood Discomfort with Asian Lead Characters (via @SocImages)
53. Cool Biz damages Japanese productivity – via @CultureMatters
54. RT @CultureMatters – Judge sentences man to 6 months for yawning in court – Boing Boing
55. RT @mccandelish @CultureMatters – What does $7800 billion dollars look like?
    
56. Recognizing the Odd, Clever People Every Organization Needs (Forbes) – via @finikiotis
57. RT @adsheik – Multicultural Calendar by Ad Sheik
58. How is the Weather today? Photos of the The Window Phone – it changes appearance based on the weather
59. RT @moehlert The culture of a network determines its capacity for collective learning, wisdom, velocity, and agility. structure matters 2!
60. Are Americans more loving? A large cross-cultural survey about love and emotional investment RT @Spartz
61. Multicultural Books For Children

Web Marketing

62. wchingya.com is now a Do-Follow blog – with free do-follow images from @wchingya
63. Conversation Agent: Online Coverage is Harder to Get, or is it? – advertisers paid for the news – readers never did
64. Excellent interview from @prsa Strategist on the Domino’s Pizza social media crisis RT @jordanMIA @dianarailton
65. What Add-ons for Firefox do you use? These are the bare essentials I use for social media

Tweets About This Blog

Business

1. In International Business Don’t Forget Different Countries Have Different Rules
2. What different rules and legislation have effected your international business?
3. Have you ever learned more about a different culture by understanding the differences in their legislation?
4. Why is it difficult to understand the different rules in different countries?
5. Join me on @bizSugar – Different Countries Have Different Rules
6. Join me on @FriendFeed – Different Countries = Different Rules

Content Marketing

7. European Versus American White Paper Marketing
8. Do you have any examples of white papers where the style is unexpected?
9. Do you think white papers should have a standard format or more variety?
10. What cultural differences have you noticed in white paper practices?
11. Join me on @bizSugar – European Versus American White Paper Marketing
12. Join me on @FriendFeed – European Versus American White Paper Marketing
13. International English For Better Communication With Global Audiences
14. When would you think of using International English for your website and marketing materials?
15. How do you decide whether you need British or American spelling to reach an international audience?
16. Are your marketing materials for one specific culture, or an international audience?
17. Join me on @bizSugar – International English For Better Communication With Global Audiences

Cross-Cultural Communication

18. Take Time To Communicate Effectively With Different Cultures
19. How well do you listen to your cross-cultural clients?
20. What effects the quality of your listening in cross-cultural communication?
21. Join me on @bizSugar – Take Time To Communicate Effectively With Different Cultures
22. Join me on @FriendFeed – Take Time To Communicate Effectively With Different Cultures
23. Join me on @FriendFeed – Do you have any culture tips for business to share?

Sales

24. International Sales Best Practice – Choose To Connect
25. What do you do when you choose to connect with your international clients?
26. Join me on BizSugar – Why It Is Important To Choose To Connect With Your International Clients
27. Join me on @FriendFeed – International Sales Best Practice – Choose To Connect
28. International Sales Best Practice – Build A Good Strategy
29. Do you use an international sales system or an international sales strategy?
30. Join me on @bizSugar – Why You Need To Build A Strategy Based On Questions For International Sales
31. Join me on @FriendFeed – Why You Need To Build A Strategy Based On Questions For International Sales
32. International Sales Best Practice – Earn Loyalty
33. How To Create Loyalty In International Clients With Strong Listening Skills
34. Where do you start to earn loyalty from your international clients?
35. What do you do to create long lasting international client relationships? Have a look where I start
36. How do you learn to create strong relationships with your international clients? This is what I do
37. RT Cover your leads and prospects in an easy cost effective way @renbor #sales

Social Media

38. Did you miss the weekly compilation of last week’s Cross-Cultural & International Business Tweets?
39. Join me on @BizSugar – How To Sort Through The Social Media Hype
40. The Cultural Divide In The Social Media Evolution
41. How do you think the current trends in social media will effect international social media?
42. Which cultures will be influenced by social media when making buying decisions?
43. Will the social media trend of listening first and selling second impact different cultures in the same way?
44. Join me on @bizSugar – The Cultural Divide In The Social Media Evolution
45. Join me on @FriendFeed – The Cultural Divide In The Social Media Evolution
46. How Cultural Differences Impact International Social Media
47. Have you ever felt any friction on social media that was due to cultural differences?
48. Join me on @bizSugar – How Cultural Differences Impact International Social Media

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