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

Last week I started “filing” many of these links into the Useful Resource pages you can find in the sidebar on the right.  There are several new pages and many of them are turning out to be quite interesting for people interested in international business.  Here is the complete list of Useful Resource pages so you don’t miss any of them:

• Book Reviews
• Copywriter Rolodex
• Copywriting Books
• Cross-Cultural Challenges
• Culture Quotes
• Culture Rolodex
• Customized Content
• French Resources
• International English Guidelines
• International Business Tools
• International Networking
• International Marketing Reviews
• International News In English
• Language Skills
• Marketers Rolodex
• Twitter People To Follow

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

1. Want to increase your productivity 20%? Listen to this short TED video to see how one guy does this with 3 plants
2. Cross-cultural communication barriers demand more time in adjusting your business to different countries
3. International Marketing Review #46
4. An article with a glimpse into the history of Native American languages since the arrival of Euro-Americans
5. April is Multicultural Communication Month. Multicultural communications means talking about what unites us
6. Pop culture can be bigger bridge between U.S. and Iran
7. Argentine Economics And Maker Culture – An interesting read about travels and thoughts on local economies
8. You create your opportunities by asking for them – Patty Hansen
9. Culture not colour – a short BBC audio documentary on Jared Thomas, an Aboriginal Australian & his travels
10. The first person to label the different scales of cultural differences
11. RT @ldguymn – Organisations fail to manage Cross-Cultural Conversations by TMT Newswire
12. RT @Larryferlazzo – Neat multimedia world map highlighting environmental issues around the world #eslscience
13. Another source for country-specific statistics
14. For music loving bloggers – 10 Blogging Attitudes You Could Learn from American Idol – with music clips!
15. Great brainstorming questions to discover your international business- free for subscribers
16. Professor thinks best painters help us understand our culture – an interesting look at a Picasso
17. Plan your country-specific communication to adapt it as you get to know your foreign market more
18. Starting your own export business – The process explained
19. Exclusive European Website Tips From Your Manchester Translation Provider
20. Culturally Accessible E-Learning: An Overdue Global Business Imperative
21. International Sales Best Practice – Take Action
22. Localization, Motherf*@%#r. Do You Speak It? with 3 examples of website translations
23. It’s Nothing To Change Shoes 20 Times Per Day!!! from Japan Think
24. RT @Tosk59 – Calls for cultural training for U.S. Customs & Border Protection staff
25. RT @finikiotis @SurrendrDoroth – Experience is a hard teacher … she gives the test first, the lesson afterward ~Vernon Law
26. The International Herald Tribune’s Globetrotters urban advice
27. Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research & communication skills to be able to succeed in the future- Marye Tharp
28. Reading 2nd part of the series – Worldwide Depression: Regional Impacts of the Global Crisis
29. How to use International Lead Generation to Get International Clients
30. How is the down economy effecting your international business development?
31. How To Get A Free Copy Of The ProBlogger Book
32. Brazil: lndian culture, poetry and rights on the blogosphere
33. Does Culture Influence How We Judge Personality?
34. 3 Twitter Copywriting Mistakes That Are SO Easy to Fix
35. Try to register your website with the leading search engines in each of the countries you want to sell to
36. RT @carstenschade – Check out this SlideShare Presentation : Intercultural Competence
37. Sietar – Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research
38. Incorporate multi-channel marketing from the beginning of your international business development, even if you only use 2 or 3 channels
39. Empathy is the most important ingredient for cross- cultural communication
40. Thinking global may help U.S. marketers – China, in particular, still offers rich opportunities
41. How to travel with a phrase book – No Translation Necessary
42. Cross-cultural Communication – a short list of things it is not necessary to do
43. Good basic sales skills, communication skills and marketing can help you start developing your international sales
44. Look to Brasilia, Not Beijing: The rising of India Brazil S.Africa representatives of other developing democracies
45. The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way – Dale Carnegie
46. India in international marketplace, current trends & cultural tips – @beverlycornell interviews Naren Balasubramaniam
47. Interesting article – Defining ‘Get It’  When It Comes to U.S. Hispanic Marketing - some also translates to international marketing
48. Example of cross-cultural or ethnic product adaptation: Sugar makes Passover Coca-Cola a true classic
49. Landscape shapes culture – Terry Tempest Williams
50. If you do not do any specific international marketing and get international sales, do you think you have an international business?
51. Want to close international sales faster? Improve your cross- cultural communication skills first
52. International Sales Best Practice – Stay Focused
53. RT @Ph1lm @Lawsagna – Short video of people looking at different aspects of culture from Worldview literacy program
54. Armchair Travel: Arctic to Pacific, a small collection of entertaining articles about different places – via @garycooper4
55. Some more cultural savoir-faire needed? Body Language and Trade in Pakistan – Thank you @Tosk59 for sharing
56. Something different – An audio documentary on street musicians that frequent the streets of Manchester, England.
57. African-American Female Firsts – some remarkable women to remember
58. The French Are Connecting Online – Thanks to @GabeRodino for sharing
59. HBR India’s Rural Innovations: Can They Scale? - Thanks to @customersmatter for sharing
60. How does international business fit into your future strategy?
61. How do you incorporate international market research into your online sales tactics?
62. International marketing connects with different cultures
63. Do you think some jobs lead to better cross- cultural communication skills?
64. Your products will have different benefits for your international clients. Find out what these are.
65. Malaysian melting pot of multicultural and multiracial people – Malays, Chinese & Indians and even more ethnic groups
66. Curry: The multicultural spice with Jamaican recipe for curry goat head & belly
67. More Multicultural Families in Seoul – interesting to see different trends in different countries
68. Which comes first, Globalization or Internationalization? Comparing the Microsoft model to industry standard model
69. The Culture of Taiwan – President Ma Ying-jeou’s symbolic gestures matter
70. Multicultural education internet resource guide – 50 links to assist multicultural educators
71. Multicultural book reviews
72. How China has begun to replace the dollar with its own currency, the renminbi yuan. Interesting read on international trade
73. Multicultural center of excellence: understands difference between ethno-centricity/stereotypes & cultural relevance
74. If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur. – Allen Barnett Via @bsaunders @chrisguillebeau @jjude
75. Your own mindset is just as important to your international business as your product and your market
76. International Sales Best Practice – Stick With It
77. China success stories
78. How are you adapting your email marketing to your international markets?
79. International Sales Best Practice – Be Positive
80. Great brainstorming questions to improve your culture- customized communication skills - free for subscribers
81. Where are do you expect to get more international sales from this year?
82. @CultureMatters sent me this interesting article on how our culture influences our homes – so true & life-changing
83. Do You Want To Keep Up With The Business Cycle? A good read on using the Purchasing Managers Index by @lyceum
84. Leonardo da Vinci Personality Quiz #eslgames via @Larryferlazzo a great person to follow
85. Accessible USA Today interactive graph – State by State auto industry jobs – eslsocialstudies via @Larryferlazzo
86. NY Times graphic: how much $ you get for different body parts you lose in accident - via @Larryferlazzo
87. Get A Free Copy Of The ProBlogger Book #problogger
88. International Marketing Review #47
89. A simple action plan with small consistent steps can get your international business started
90. Design your Easter egg, hide it in this Google Map, give friends a clue where it is & egg hunt – via @Larryferlazzo

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Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 15 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
• Other interesting links and retweets I run across during the week

As you will see below, there are dozens of very interesting links each week.  The list below is the in order tweeted.  Many of these links are now listed on the corresponding Resource Pages – see the list in the right sidebar.

The Resource Pages updated this week with some of the cultural links below are:

• Book Reviews
• International Networking
• Language Skills
• Twitter People To Follow

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

1. Social Media Marketing: Time Trap or Opportunity Magnet? New Study Reveals the Answers – Get @Mike_Stelzner s #smreport
2. International Marketing Review #45
3. He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed – William James
4. Another bilingual blog, www.djod.co.uk – the good life in Shanghai. Thanks you @pocketcultures for sharing
5. Beautiful Images of Holi, The Festival of Colors (Boston Globe) – via @guykawasaki @pocketcultures
6. Translation project attempts to break internet language barrier | Technology | guardian.co.uk – Thank you @matthewbennett
7. @matthewbennett I’ve added you to the fun people on my Twitter profile – Cool list of 150 linguists!
8. G20 protesters to march in London – via @Scott_Herbert @beverlycornell
9. How difficult is Chinese? – Thank you @pocketcultures for such good insights
10. ‘How to Type in Japanese’ - very detailed article on input methods for Mac/Windows with tutorials! – via @attilam
11. Very interesting article: The Recession’s Green Lining (Newsweek) – Thank you @blandyne for sharing!
12. @bookjewel – http://yauthor.com/ -  for creating interactive lessons – this looks interesting! Have you tried this yet?
13. To read how people define their (US) city http://www.citydictionary.com/ – Thank you @CityDictionary @CRSpanish
14. Anglophobia, Catagelophobia and all these other phobias – http://www.phobialist.com/ – Thank you @CotterHUE
15. Some great short videos that show the various accents people have when speaking English
16. YouTube Has Added A Twitter Button – Thank you @SteffanAntonas @debra47
17. @TomVMorris When I did French pronunciation the teacher had us put a cork in between our teeth while we talked – to pull the muscles more
18. I just joined the WorldLanguagesTeaching Twitter Group so stop by and see us. #worldlanguages
19. “Curbside Consultation of the Colon” & other contenders for Oddest Book Title prize – Thank you @Fritinancy
20. Body Language – How many languages can you speak? I wonder if  “body language” is one of them? – Thank you @iLoveEnglish
21. Twitter Bigger Than Newspapers in the UK – Thank you @idocente
22. They Understand Us – But Do We Understand Them? A superb presentation by Andrew Jeppesen to promote languages
23. Don’t forget Earth Hour later today - Thank you @dudeneyge @grahamstanley
24. Be a part of the Global Voices Book Challenge – Read Your Way Around the World! – Thank you @georgiap – looks fun
25. Languages Videos – Be sure to search for your language in the box – Thank you @gaugler
26. Nice new site design for www.couchsurfing.com – 1 million members too! – Thank you @irishpolyglot
27. @irishpolyglot I’ve added you as a fun person to follow on my Twitter profile page
28. Around the World with 80 Schools – 136 schools participating from 27 countries around the world - Thank you @langwitches
29. Looking at the language training on http://www.radiolingua.com/ – Thanks @radiolingua @markpentleton
30. @_McLaughlin – others are also using Obama’s speech to teach kids English
31. A New Paris – Thank you @NadineTouzet – I can imagine seeing this some day
32. YouTube Being Blocked in China, Google Says – Thank you @mrmayo for sharing
33. This NYT article on YouTube & copyright generated some good conversation today in class  – TY @mrmayo
34. Howard Bennett writes about gross things for Kids Post – Again TY @mrmayo I also had a good laugh with this one!
35. Global Recession Survey – Survival Tips and Business Opportunities – Everybody trying hard to cope – TY @paulissima
36. Print your April 1st Financial Fool’s Day money & follow @G20Meltdown for updates from @paulissima
37. Zygote: Social Media ROI – Measuring the Unmeasurable – via @yongfook @rainbowhill
38. For Mandarin learners – Weekly translation of The Economist in Chinese, with English sentences too  – TY @spanishonly
39. Yesterday was thinking about moving house – would really like to be near a swimming pool. Barely awake, just saw this
40. Cultural humor from @takagi – A perfect example of cross-cultural communication
41. Get country- specific information
42. Have a multicultural heritage or are you close to some cultures? Make your own multicultural flag
43. How to Discover Your International Business to Get International Clients
44. #cccctips 28 – Be confident! Your own confidence or lack of confidence can influence effective cross-cultural communication.
45. #cccctips 29 – In cross-cultural communication… Avoid interruptions – let the other person finish speaking.
46. Keep your international development plan flexible so you can adapt it as you learn more about your new foreign markets
47. Geohive – geopolitical data on population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities
48. Now This is Multicultural!  Wylees Harvester – Afro-German News on this and that – RT @YleesHarvester @brandoneculture
49. Examine what is said, not who speaks – Arabian Proverb
50. Multicultural Snacking in Malaysia – by @umarket – definitely brought back memories of great food
51. 10 Ways to Build Your Blog Community with Twitter – RT @ivanbrezakbrkan @chrisgarrett – so true!
52. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 30
53. 64% of marketers use social media 5 hours or more each week & 39% for 10 or more hours weekly #smreport – @chrisgarrett
54. Where is your international business development coming from?
55. Is International English In Your Future?
56. Take the time and make the effort to understand how you need to sell to different cultures
57. How to use Multicultural Marketing to Get International Clients
58. When was the first time you were happy to have cross- cultural communication skills?
59. Indigenous funding wasted by poor cultural training: NGO in Australia – due to a lack of preparation in culture shock
60. Where do you think you will get most of your international sales from this year?
61. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 31
62. How One Tip From One Book Increased My Web Marketing Results
63. Look for popular web searches around the world
64. How do you carry out your international market research?
65. Plan your international marketing tactics for extra flexibility to respond to different cultural needs
66. Short funny story about selling coca cola in Israel – Effective Cross Cultural Marketing-Know Your Customer
67. #cccctips 30 – To improve cross-cultural communication, summarize what you say, & confirm your understanding of what the other person said.
68. #cccctips 31 – This month’s last tip to improve your cross-cultural communication is to cultivate tolerance of all differences.
69. The best way to start improving your cross- cultural communication skills is to ask questions and get curious
70. Free Mini-Poster With 31 Cross-Cultural Communication Tips
71. International Sales Best Practice – Believe You Can
72. So, it’s April Fools Day… what fools day jokes have you seen in your local press?
73. An online international lead generation strategy can increase your international sales
74. RT @hollga saw this April Fool’s joke (tipped off by Mashable) Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink
75. What else do you think you can do to develop your business internationally?
76. Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit – Jawaharlal Nehru
77. Do you think you can get away without an international marketing plan and still get international sales?
78. RT @helenabaronheid – Research shows 65% of failed mergers/acquisitions are due cross-cultural differences causing communication breakdown.
79. Need to improve your international business? Evaluate your cross- cultural communication skills.
80. Good read on cultural differences in France – The key to living in Paris is politeness – via @odemagazine @finikiotis
81. Very useful online tool to convert any measurement – weight, distance, even morse code! #fb RT! @johnhaydon @finikiotis
82. Moving photos of slave castles Elmina/Cape Coast, Ghana – via @GrowGhana @finikiotis
83. San Francisco humor on audio – Mah-gah-raht! More cross-cultural hilarity from Ms. Cho – via @cst_people
84. Create a Sales Guide or Cheat Sheet for each of the countries and cultures you sell to
85. The sign on the door of opportunity reads PUSH.
86. How does ongoing international market research improve your online business?
87. 92% More Visitors In March With One Tip From The ProBlogger Book
88. International marketing is more than asking for international sales
89. What international business are you losing through insufficient cross- cultural communication skills?
90. RT @lauravicens Laughing so hard, completely agree!… Casting in a multicultural society
91. Great tips – Multicultural Marketing – Chinese Communities in the West
92. Using Personas To Connect Online to create Hispanic websites and marketing materials
93. MyBindi.com – how an English-language social networking site helps 2nd generation Canadian South Asians
94. Britain’s local dialects – Stuart Jeffries quimbles about a wallage of blaefummery
95. Translation blunder – ‘Overloaded’ With U.S. English as the Language of Diplomacy: Izvestia, Russia
96. A quick guide on how to choose American or British English for web content
97. What is the primary reason why you want to get more international sales?
98. World map with unemployment rates since July 2007, the start of the crisis, & for all G20 countries
99. There are different ways to sell to your international clients, including export and trade agents
100. 11 Extinct Animals That Were Photographed Alive – Current rate of extinction = 100-1000 times higher than average
101. Have you seen the Miniature Earth video? If the world were only 100 people…
102. International SEO Challenges and Tips – country Top Level Domains, country hosting & customized content
103. Blog Critics on culture
104. How have you adjusted your marketing to target international clients?
105. How to use Culture- Customized Content to Get International Clients

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Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 14 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
• Other interesting links and retweets I run across during the week

The first Cross Culture Communication Challenge is about to end on Tuesday March 31st with a bang.  Stay tuned for a free  downloadable calendar with all of the 31 tips.

I hope you have enjoyed following the challenge and have thought about what these culture tips mean to you.  That is not all though…

Starting Wednesday we will see how these culture tips fit in with international sales best practices to get your more international clients.  Follow the tweets next week.

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

Links to the previous weekly Tweet posts are below. Here is the selection of my best tweets and links from last week:

1. RT @triploculturado Gmail is awesome! they now have Undo send + YouTube previews right in the message {I added an extra inbox + color codes}
2. An interesting article on 2 new black TV shows 5 months down the road – Thank you @brandoneculture for sharing
3. The best path to international business development is by small consistent steps
4. Sitting back to read 8 pages – “The Big Takeover” from Rolling Stone  – Thanks @mjesales for sharing
5. 5 Reasons to Consider Using a Drop Shipping Wholesaler – via @mjesales
6. This day in 1935: Shah Reza Pahlavi formally asks the intl community to call Persia by its native name, Iran-Land of the Aryans- via @Tosk59
7. Baikalogy blog devoted to info about Lake Baikal. – Thanks for sharing @Tosk59
8. International Marketing Review #44
9. How to Design Your International Visibility to Get International Clients
10. Great video with all Global Video Contest Winners – Inspire Cross-Cultural Understanding – Thanks @facinghistory !
11. #cccctips 20 – Allow for extra time to get things done in international sales
12. A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one – Henry Ford
13. @writerdiehl N.Americans tend to have more places offering meals for people with allergies – must be due to strong customer service
14. A good resource for cross- cultural communication
15. RT @_vio_ – British Mother’s Day is weirdly early in the year.
16. It’s World Water Day
17. A place for everyone to learn more about export
18. Great brainstorming questions to develop your international business – free for subscribers
19. What is the difference between European web marketing and American web marketing?
20. #cccctips 21 – After a cross-cultural meeting, give everyone extra time to digest information and respond
21. #cccctips 22 – Learn to recognize the difference between culture shock and culture barriers
22. Short video on one UK school where kids speak 26 languages Multicultural Madness – Thanks @matthewbennett for sharing!
23. Your international business success depends on your international market research and market intelligence
24. Enjoying the easy read through @alecsatin‘s Project management tweets
25. World map by URL country codes
26. Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy – Bill Cosby
27. What’s the Future of Twitter? One option is it becomes Social CRM by @jowyang – Thanks @Pistachio for sharing!
28. The International Institute For Peace Through Tourism – An interesting initiative.
29. Multicultural & Ethnic Documentary Weddings And Portraits at http://seshu.net (via @ZachIsHere @steveoleolson @UnknownFilms )
30. A cross-cultural view of China’s Internet & Social Media Scene on new China based Twitter via @ellaconic @lonniehodge
31. Getting a handle on China Social Media: follow @youkubuzz & @ganglu The former does English translations of user gen videos via @lonniehodge
32. How to improve Cross- Cultural Sales to Get International Clients
33. What are you doing to develop your business internationally?
34. Different cultures respond to different emotional sales buttons
35. Cross-cultural awareness Signspotting – Please Sit on the Sitting Toilet – via @volunteerabroad @vagabondish
36. Multicultural makeover – 6 ways to make your women’s initiative (or group) multiculturally-friendly – Thanks @edwina_
37. How did you learn your cross- cultural communication skills?
38. How do you think international sales will impact your business this year?
39. Find out how to globalize your business website
40. A must read from @mike_stelzner Social Media Marketing Industry Report (Free, must read) #smreport
41. Who owns the clouds (pot water resource) & are international laws needed? – thanks to @SocialScope @Tosk59
42. Think social media for kids? 78.1% were aged 30-59, median age? 40-49 #smreport – Thanks to @chrisgarrett for sharing
43. How do you use feedback from your international clients to improve your international sales?
44. Listening to a fantastic webinar by @MichaelDeutch on #GTD with mind maps – for a great boost in productivity
45. I’m a huge Mind Mapping fan, but have never used them for cross-cultural communication – has anyone else tried?
46. Plan your international marketing tactics for accountability and viability measurements right from the start
47. #cccctips 23 – Remember that words can mean different things to people from different cultures.
48. #cccctips 24 – In cross-cultural communication, take the time to fully describe and explain what you want to say.
49. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 23
50. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 24
51. Good cross-cultural communication skills get you better results in international business
52. Are there businesses that do not need cross-cultural communication skills?
53. Global Diversity – Navigating International Differences – Thanks to @finikiotis for sharing
54. Understanding Ethical Behaviour and International Business … – Thanks to @tomkolo for sharing
55. The Multicultural World of Social Media Marketing – Thanks to @Armando123 for sharing
56. The better your country- specific marketing, the better sales results you can expect
57. What is stopping you from developing your business internationally?
58. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 25
59. No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive – Mahatma Gandhi
60. #cccctips 25 – In cross-cultural communication, assume there are differences until you have confirmation of similarities.
61. What would you like to change in your international marketing?
62. Multicultural marketing: diverse life situations in their ads is key (from @kbaillie @DoreenatDMS)
63. Want more international sales? Add cross- cultural communication into your marketing and sales tactics.
64. Ethnic Customer in Home Country not the same as in New Country
65. Why These Colors?
66. Learn about your international markets to adapt your sales strategy and tactics for better sales
67. #cccctips 26 – Different cultures have different view points. Open your mindset to reach understanding.
68. Never, never, never, never give up – Winston Churchill
69. Global Site Launch? Don’t Bite the Wax Tadpole!
70. Do you think you need international market research before you create an international website?
71. International marketing is more than just putting up a website and saying you want international sales
72. How are you developing your cross- cultural communication skills?
73. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 26
74. Book Reviews
75. International Selling With Cross-Cultural Communication Skills
76. What are the trends in international sales in your industry?
77. Check out this site from a man wanting a job at Twitter – via @SirGrenville
78. UK Government considers monitoring Social Networks sites. Something to be worried about?  – via @SirGrenville
79. How To Reward Your Blog Commentators: Your readers are the best marketing. – by @mintblogger
80. ReTweet ~ The Wild Thing In Twitter
81. Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden (via @paulgunter )
82. International business development starts with getting to know one market in one country
83. #cccctips 27 – Our own cultural perceptions can improve or block effective cross-cultural communication.
84. How To Get Your International Sales Offer Right In Today’s Economy
85. Fascinating article on a media-saturated world – via@CultureMatters
86. An insightful post on East-West cross-cultural relationships in the “Lingua Franca” blog - ( Thanks to @amsall )
87. A list of international exchange programs by country
88. Facebook Attracting More of the Older Crowd – Shared by @isa247 – Interesting. European FB users different crowds
89. How does online international marketing get you more international sales?
90. Social media to be part of curriculum for UK elementary schools -  TY @fordrm
91. Are you too ‘language focused’? Multicultural Marketing Success with Nike Men Vs Women Campaign
92. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 28
93. Google Translate graduates to the home page of a few Google country URLs
94. Google market share by country chart
95. Facebook: From 1 to 100 languages in two years

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Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 13 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

Tweets are based on my core Tweet Plan which includes:

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

The Cross Culture Communication Challenge Tips, with the #cccctips hashtag, are going strong. This is the first of 4 different monthly challenges to help improve cross-cultural communication skills. The March challenge is focused on mindset. Short tips daily to help you focus on improving your international skills. You can find the tips here on this website or on Twitter with the #cccctips hashtag.

Following international and cultural events, news and general information helps to improve your international skills, capacity for empathy, and knowledge of different cultures.

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

Links to the previous weekly Tweet posts are below. Here is the selection of my best tweets and links from last week:

1. International Marketing Review #43
2. #cccctips 13 – Be patient with yourself and with others
3. #cccctips 14 – Use a culture-customized lead generation strategy to bring in more international sales
4. Time Travel – Love on the Fly: Volunteer Vacations with Cross Cultural Solutions & EarthWatch Institute
5. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 15
6. Country to language chart – a listing of countries & the languages spoken in them, ordered by precedence
7. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 16
8. RT @Transtextuel – Cross-cultural quiz : have fun !
9. RT @mintblogger – The StumbleUpon Toolbox: 40+ SU-related Scripts, Tools, and Tutorials
10. RT @mintblogger @0boy – Top 237 Twitter Users Who Will Follow You Back
11. RT @wisequeen @Clinton316 – Tip of the day: You cannot change the people around you….but you can change the people you choose to be around!
12. For cat friends RT @joekutchera – Cats that look like Hitler? = Kitlers and have their very own web site
13. RT@kamiye – The Japanese are Master Marketers of trends: RT @HotelsnTours – Sushi Obama out in Japan… Check it out
14. Great brainstorming questions to improve your cross- cultural sales skills – free for subscribers
15. How are you customizing your web marketing for different cultures to get more international business?
16. Different countries and cultures respond to different marketing and sales strategies
17. Study Shows Indian Immigrants Embrace Dual Identity in U.S. This is interesting because dual identity is not easy
18. How to Build Your International Marketing to Get International Clients
19. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 17
20. Happy St Patrick’s Day to all the Irish out there
21. How do you think today’s globalization influences your international sales today?
22. Just starting a business? Use the SME Toolkit
23. What does your international market research strategy look like?
24. Twittering for biz? Watch how this works now RT @Mike_Stelzner @steverubel – ABC to interview McCain via Twitter
25. Must admit I’m like Paul Gitlin – love eating different things from different place – Live Globally, Snack Locally
26. RT @Give2Students – Wanted: Cultural Books for Multicultural Students!
27. Babbel.com – Another place to learn languages for free: English, French, German, Spanish Italian – in a playful & intuitive way
28. Babbel.com review by Culturategic – an interculturalist’s views from Morocco
29. The Mythology of Numbers – a few insights into the different cultural perceptions of certain numbers
30. Expat Interviews With People Living In Countries Like Japan – Holland – China – Thailand And A Lot More
31. Expat Finder search engine for expat-related websites
32. Culture Crossing - A community built guide to cross-cultural etiquette & understanding
33. InterNations – the Network for Expatriates and Global Minds! Basic forum membership is free
34. RT @pocketcultures @theeconomist – Speaking in fewer tongues: A third of the world’s languages are at risk
35. RT @pocketcultures – Some of the best-performing bankers on the planet right now come from a place called Togo
36. The Local – Swedish news in English
37. The Moscow Times – Russian news in English
38. International sales can provide a buffer to compensate unexpected losses in sales in your domestic markets
39. #cccctips 15 – Refrain from voicing any negative reactions. Train yourself to ask questions instead.
40. RT @Travelwriticus – Watching Swiss train videos – Good to see the hairpin bends in order to go up in the first minutes
41. RT @Hakicoma – 90+ Weird & Controversial Public Sculptures { from different countries too }
42. #cccctips 16 – Cultivate respect. It is the balm for cross-cultural communication.
43. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 18
44. Calling all expats: @MissExpatria‘s photography project on modern-day reimaginings of the worldwide expat experience
45. #cccctips 17 – Do not rely on cultural generalizations. They are only guidelines at best.
46. The White Paper Solution – Utilizing White Papers to Generate Leads and Establish Industry Prominence
47. What do you need to develop your business internationally?
48. RT @DonnaAmos – They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you make them feel. – Carol Buchner
49. RT Tourist complaint: “There was too much sand at the beach.” { This is the 1st complaint – go read the others @Amalari }
50. @finikiotis – Excellent article for social competency across cultures – well worth the read! RT
51. The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets – Alvin Toffler
52. What is your biggest problem with international marketing?
53. Starting to develop your international business? Don’t forget to hone your cross- cultural skills at the same time.
54. International blogs? Just added my blog to the VerveEarth map
55. RT @SusanMazza @JuergenB @SueJ1 – Culturosity Excellent site of articles and resources on inter-cultural awareness
56. RT @Jonathan_Kantor – White Paper: “What Is Your Recession Sales Strategy?” {6 good points for sales in this #whitepaper}
57. RT @pocketcultures – Nigeria is the world’s most prolific filmmaker
58. @surfsusan – I really liked Culturosity too – spent quite a bit of time looking around there – lots of interesting info
59. Schedule more active listening time for international sales
60. Funny short video – Russel Peters on international business – #RusselPeters, #business, #comedy (via @kennynorton)
61. Another funny video by Russell Peters – this time about differences in Italian vs Indian hand language
62. No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit – Andrew Carnegie
63. Great list of books with insightful portrayals of cultures – Stranger in a Strange Land Book List from Culturosity
64. The Big Mac Index – in case you missed it this year like I did  (again via @carstenschade)
65. Going international? Tam Sam Som Market Evaluations – mostly misunderstood, but @carstenschade gives simple answers
66. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 19
67. How To Choose Movies To Watch And Improve Your Cross-Cultural Skills
68. International marketing is culture-specific
69. @tdot_daphnee The French love an opportunity to strike, seems to make them feel good, socially responsible etc. It’s part of the culture
70. What are you doing to get international sales?
71. Start your international business by selling one product to one country
72. An interesting read on cross-cultural social media – 7 Questions About Social Networking Sites Targeting Latinos
73. Get a cultural experience, volunteer abroad
74. Want to be a millionaire? Have a look at this in Zimbabwe
75. What kind of international marketing are you doing online?
76. How to use Cross- Cultural Communication to Get International Clients
77. It’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
78. In case anyone missed this – Prof. @beniers great SlideShare Presentation – Intercultural Negotiating Principles
79. 15 Misconceptions About Multicultural Education – this goes over fundamental ccc issues too ( via @billhowe )
80. Great short video on Extreme Sheep LED Art - Fun to watch & see what sheepherders can do
81. How Your Twitter Bio Affects Who Follows You… Or Not – Fascinating, thanks @MariSmith @Mike_Stelzner
82. 14 Twitter directories to find new friends (via @CNETNews & @MariSmith & @Mike_Stelzner)
83. Big companies want to work with small firms! Do you know why? Check out this 2-minute video -  Thanks @jillkonrath
84. Boston.Com has some amazing pics of the undersea volcano eruption near Tonga.  – Thanks @lighthousenews
85. Last year there were 1,125 billionaires in world. Now 793 Collectively lost $1.4 trillion -Forbes Thanks @JeffWalker @chrisgarrett
86. The Oshington Post – Kyrgyzstan’s first English language newspaper (NewEurasia) http://tiny.sm/osh Thanks @pocketcultures
87. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for… failure is not the falling down, but the staying down – M. Pickford
88. Anyone else interested in meeting up with @seandsouza Psychotactics TweetUp in Paris: April 19, 2009. Tweet @seandsouza if you’re interested
89. Great video on communication across generations – extremely POWERFUL!   Thanks @LanceScoular for sharing
90. A must read: Trickle-up innovation – Emerging markets are reversing the process globally -  Thanks @DR4WARD !
91. Trade Barriers Could Threaten Global Economy World Bank Finds Protectionist Trend-Washington Post -  via @DR4WARD
92. Authors should do what publishers do: view books as a business. Questions to ask yourself – via @Rogercparker
93. Are you interested in the stories behind the books? Let @Rogercparker know of authors you’d like to hear.

Copyright Cindy King 2006-2010 - International Business Blog

Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 12 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

This week has been a busy one in my office. Social media marketing continues to be a great stimulus for business.

Unfortunately my scheduled Tweets ended at the same time as my work load took a sharp increase. This means that my Tweets over the last week have not been in the usual format.  But my Tweet Plan is back in action next week.

The Cross Culture Communication Challenge Tips, with the #cccctips hashtag, are going strong. This is the first of 4 different monthly challenges to help improve cross-cultural communication skills. The March challenge is focused on mindset. Short tips daily to help you focus on improving your international skills. You can find the tips here on this website or on Twitter with the #cccctips hashtag.

Following international and cultural events, news and general information helps to improve your international skills, capacity for empathy, and knowledge of different cultures.

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

Links to the previous weekly Tweet posts are below. Here is the selection of my best tweets and links from last week:

1. International Marketing Review #42
2. It’s International Women’s Day
3. Where are you trying to get more international sales from?
4. More TV Ads Project Images of Racial Harmony
5. RT @AnneClement – Looking for a friend. Anyone know of any organizations in Beirut that need a volunteer for more than a year?
6. #cccctips 7 – In multicultural marketing you may need to adapt different aspects of your business: Not just the marketing
7. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 8
8. RT @wchingya – Top 5 Brainiac Puzzle Play
9. Listen to this if you would like to learn about Google analytics
10. RT @jillkonrath IDC – 80% of content being generated by Marketing is never used by sales! Instead, they create their own. #sales20
11. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 9
12. When money talks, there are few interruptions – Herbert V Prochnow
13. To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle – George Orwell
14. Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures – Cesar Chavez
15. The Role Of Creativity In International Skills
16. Culture is a little like dropping an Alka- Seltzer into a glass – you don’t see it, but somehow it does something – Hans M Enzensberger
17. Let’s have fun! Print out Flat Stanley, take a photo with it & email it back to this 2nd grade class in San Jose, CA
18. Two half- truths do not make a truth, and two half- cultures do not make a culture – Arthur Koestler
19. #cccctips 8 – Use cross-cultural communication for a deeper understanding of your international clients
20. #cccctips 9 – International market research develops both your market intelligence… and your own cross-cultural communication skills
21. RT @finikiotis @InvestInAfrica – More Oil Discovered Off Ghana’s Coast
22. RT @finikiotis – Doing more with less: how technology is enabling Kiva (microfinancer)
23. RT @finikiotis – Empathy = Growth. On the virtues of empathy in business. BusinessWeek
24. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 10
25. Are People In Small Countries Better International Business Developers?
26. The Jewish holiday Purim starts today
27. Book Review – How to use cultural studies Handbook of Cross-Cultural Marketing
28. Spike Lee on BlogTalkRadio: Racism Is Still Festering in America, 2 decades after Do The Right Thing
29. #cccctips 10 – Continue to develop good cross-cultural communication skills for more international business
30. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 11
31. ITB – World’s Leading Travel Trade Show starts today in Berlin
32. #cccctips 11 – Cross-cultural marketing together with multichannel marketing can get you more international business
33. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge -12
34. RT @tweetmeme – How Bloggers Can Make the Most of Twitter – Blogging Zest
35. #cccctips 12 – Do not stop at the first hurdles in cross-cultural communication: take a step back and try again
36. Custom Publishing In The UK
37. Great short video – phone uses & branding in Africa – June Arunga on Western Attitudes Towards Business in Africa
38. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge – 13
39. Reporters without borders – for press freedom
40. Wikitravel - a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide
41. Free Rice Vocabulary Game - you play, they donate 10 grains of rice each right answer
42. One World – Nations Online - A portal to the countries of the world
43. iTravelNet Travel Directory – photography, travel blogs and destination guides
44. Mental Floss – The 10 Most Annoying Things Your Co-Workers Do
45. NY Times Immigration Explorer – Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States
46. Transcultural understanding
47. Some very interesting perspectives here – CEOs for Cities
48. A good example of a trilingual blog – different articles in different languages
49. Global Voices – New Citizen Media Projects Foster Rising Voices in Ivory Coast, Liberia, China, Mongolia, and Yemen
50. See your Vocabulary Game winnings RT @pg07 #freerice – You can see the rice being distributed in Bangladesh here
51. Wal-Mart plans to open its first Hispanic-focused supermarkets this summer in Arizona and Texas
52. @DDGriffith – There are quite of few countries that might face internal cultural shifts – Have you read the book MegaTrends Europe?
53. @DDGriffith – Here’s the link for MegaTrends Europe – it raises some very interesting points
54. Can Flat Stanley Spend A Day With You?
55. Crossover Appeal, Popular Ballads About the Perils of Illegal Immigration Have a Surprising Heritage: Made in USA
56. RT @Jonathan_Kantor @mequoda – Free white paper: Blogging for Marketing 101
57. RT @Jonathan_Kantor – White Papers vs. Event Marketing
58. RT @Jonathan_Kantor @handshake20 – A White Paper from Handshake 2.0: A Formula for Business Results Using Twitter
59. RT @WebGuyWebTie – Outstanding event, International Business Summit in Tampa. Met people from around the world
60. RT @SkyRiver – 12 countries, enemies of the Internet
61. Diplomacy 2.0 With Cellphone Games, X-Life for Mid-Easterners to teach English language & American history & culture
62. World’s poor drive growth in global cell phone use – 6 in 10 people around the world have cell phone subscriptions
63. RT @SkyRiver – Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web
64. Scientific American – Remembering the Day the World Wide Web Was Born
65. Int’l swearing by Slate – Global Motherf*ckers, Does every culture use the suggestion of maternal incest as an insult
66. International business to business payments & worries of losing profits in transition
67. Half Empty or Half Full – 45% say they would choose to start a company if entering workforce during the recession
68. Got optimism? Hey, where is the silver lining on my economic storm cloud?
69. Text to Speech – Want to hear how to pronounce words? Type them in, select language & speaker then sit back & listen
70. The 100 Best Business books of All Time - what they say, why they matter and how they can help you
71. RT @Rogercparker – One of my all-time favorite blogs; never fails to cheer me up
72. RT @Rogercparker – Free report, 18 biggest white paper design mistakes, applies to e-books, too
73. RT @Mike_Stelzner – How to find a job using Twitter (good read)  {much also applies to freelancers}
74. RT @Mike_Stelzner – Home intruder confronted live on Twitter and online TV by technology writer Dave Prager
75. RT @Mike_Stelzner @steverubel -  ABC to interview McCain via Twitter. { Interesting! – let’s see how it works }
76. Many Would Shrug if Their Local Newspaper Closed
77. RT @finikiotis @Raquel_Soto It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it. ~Steven Wright
78. RT @finikiotis @pattidigh: “A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging prejudices.” – William James
79. RT @finikiotis Interesting post @kiwanja about the implications of 3 tech/mobile breakthroughs on the developing world
80. Future of Capitalism: 50 people who will frame the debate
81. Remix Culture - What do you think? Protect remixes or crack down on them?
82. RT @finikiotis – Informative: Knowledge@Wharton’s work on the Middle East after the Oil Bust
83. RT @guioconnor – is watching the Meerkat Manor, the most interesting reality show yet produced
84. RT @glcuccureddu Need ethical inspiration? Receive sayings from the Buddha twice a day! follow @thebuddha
85. RT @beverlycornell @sheconomy – When Marketing to Women Take Note, Green is the New Pink
86. RT @BastianVPA @michaelfieldcom – Race around the world to secure ‘world’s best job’
87. RT @jillkonrath – Know Your Message Before Creating Your Slides, If you don’t want people thinking you’re Dilbert
88. Read how @MeToo is doing some Girly Geek Shopping! A Eurostar initiative for French/Belgian clients
89. To follow the Girly Geeks on their shopping spree go here to watch them live now
90. RT @DR4WARD @rachelreuben – examples of schools using Twitter with links
91. RT@DR4WARD - Be patient, 53% plunge in Dow Jones since Oct 07 will take 7-12 yrs to rebound
92. RT @pocketcultures – New Blog of the World: a taste of Catalonia from Barcelona Photoblog

Copyright Cindy King 2006-2010 - International Business Blog

Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 11 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

Following international and cultural events, news and general information helps to improve your international skills, capacity for empathy, and knowledge of different cultures.

In addition to the usual cross-cultural and international tweets and links, I started two new sets of Tweets:

• WhitePaperGals group on how white papers can get you more sales
• Cross Culture Communication Challenge Tips with the #cccctips hashtag.  I will do 4 different monthly challenges to help improve cross-cultural communication skills.  The March challenge is focused on mindset.  The challenge is simple: read the short tips daily and reflect on what this means to you.  You can find the tips here on this website or on Twitter with the #cccctips hashtag.

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

Links to the previous weekly Tweet posts are below.  Here is the selection of my best tweets and links from last week:

1. Do you think you only need one international website for all of your international clients?
2. International Marketing Review #41
3. International web marketing is about building relationships across cultures
4. Get Content Get Customers by Joe Pulizzi & Newt Barrett
5. Brainstorming questions to improve trust with international clients - free for subscribers
6. Success Story: Kogi Korean BBQ, a taco truck brought to you by Twitter – Where will this unique taco truck park next
7. @WhitePaperGals Opportunity knocks… Even in an Economic Crisis
8. @WhitePaperGals Apryl Parcher disagrees with the white paper industry greats – white papers are good for B2C
9. The New Sales Funnel - includes sales conversion + advises to do fewer things excellently
10. Anyone else use PowerTwitter? If so, what do you like and not like about it?
11. Are you using multichannel marketing to get more international sales?
12. Get to know your new international market before positioning your product in a different culture
13. A great list of culture films
14. Here is my list of resources – check out the SME Toolkit
15. Do Biethnic or Biracial People Make Better Employees?
16. What difference do you see in different marketing channels for different international markets?
17. The March Cross Cultural Communication Challenge starts today – improve your cultural mindset this month, one quick tip each day #cccctips
18. #cccctips 1 – Just starting to build your international business? Start honing your cross-cultural communication skills at the same time.
19. March Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge
20. Become a cultural detective
21. SlideShare Presentation : Social Media Congress – “Blogging Business” by @chrisgarrett
22. Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day – Ronnie Milsap
23. @WhitePaperGals We are a group of women #whitepaper writers. We met at the #WPSS09, had so much fun that we decided to launch a group blog
24. #cccctips 2 – First step to improve your cross-cultural communication skills: learn to always ask questions
25. Do you see a difference between the term “international business” and the term “global business”? If so, what is it?
26. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 1
27. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 2
28. 2009 Cross-Cultural Communication Challenges - join the March challenge!
29. RT @finikiotis – Weighing in? Will “Brand America” will regain its shine? (Economist)
30. Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty & flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected – G.Soros
31. Global Or International Business?
32. @WhitePaperGals – Some very interesting discussions going on about B2B white papers in the health market
33. @WhitePaperGals – The Fallacy of the B2C White Paper – @Jonathan_Kantor ‘s response to our blog
34. @WhitePaperGals – White Papers and B2C…A Good Match? @Apryl_Parcher ‘s response to @Jonathan_Kantor
35. Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person
36. Free online language courses
37. Online Business Networking When Cultural Communication Styles Clash
38. Is Social Media Changing International Business Networking?
39. Consider country-specific sub-domains or sub-categories instead of top level domain names for each country
40. The WiseMarketer
41. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 3
42. RT @Jonathan_Kantor – Subscribe to my new newsletter: Short Attention Marketing Tips
43. RT @Mike_Stelzner – How to relax your eyes (simple exercises)
44. @WhitePaperGals – Smart Marketing Video Interview With David Meerman Scott with @Mike_Stelzner @dmscott
45. @WhitePaperGals – Freelancing Pro Interview @Mike_Stelzner – #WhitePaper king
46. Loved the read – Starved for “possibility”, it’s a wonderful thing. RT @finikiotis – Roger Cohen’s NYT opinion-editorial, One France Is Enough
47. In Down Times, Hispanic Market Is Booming
48. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 4
49. Social Media Usage In Europe And Asia Pacific
50. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 5
51. Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge Tip 6
52. Cultural Perceptions, Political Correctness & The New Racism
53. Where is the best city to live worldwide? Mercer’s 2008 Quality of Living survey highlights
54. #cccctips 3 – Increase your international sales: Add cross-cultural marketing tactics into yr international marketing
55. #cccctips 4 – Cross-cultural marketing requires: Good marketing practices to adapt your marketing to different cultures
56. #cccctips 5 – Plan your international marketing for cross-cultural success: Plan for flexibility
57. #cccctips 6 – Do not wait for perfect timing to start your international business: Start with small steps
58. Ethnic Events – a multicultural marketing portal
59. African Americans’ Financial Beliefs Out-of-Sync with Actions

Copyright Cindy King 2006-2010 - International Business Blog

Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 10 of 2009