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Here is my article which was first published on Social Media Examiner:

Posterous is a social media platform where it’s very easy to post just about anything—photos, videos and words. You can set up your account and publish content simply by sending an email. Yes it’s that simple!

Posterous is known as the most “social” networking place of social media. It’s also the ideal solution for sharing content that’s too long for a tweet and too short for a blog post.

There are many different reasons and motivations to create a free Posterous account. Let’s have a look at the 7 most common reasons for businesses to use Posterous.

#1: Can Replace Your Blog

When a regular blog is not for you, Posterous can give you similar advantages to a regular blog without the work of setting up a blog and maintaining it. All you have to do is send in your content by email. It’s that simple. This is why Posterous is great for lifestreaming.

This can be a good starting point for businesses hesitating to create their own blog. Posterous can provide a place to learn more about social media and develop the right content strategies.

#2: Fills a Gap Between Blogging and Microblogging

Posterous is an easy way to publish more content to reach different audiences. Steve Rubel says, “I still see a big space in between blogs and Twitter that allows you to have a hub and spoke strategy and post in multiple formats.”

And as Ted Villa says, “Posterous is clean and nimble, simple to use and a great tool in any organization’s social media toolkit. It’s a great way to extend a client’s footprint online and increase links to their site as well as their social media sites.”

This can fill a gap in your presence on social media.

#3: Can Improve Your Visibility

Posterous can help you improve your visibility in search results in two ways.

First, you have more updates for search engines to find. If you like to share photos and videos online, Posterous makes it very easy to do this (see reason #7 below for more details). And with photo and video publishing made this easy, you end up sharing more content to increase your online search results.

Second, you can publish your Posterous content on your own website. Unlike other social media platforms, you can set up your Posterous account on your own URL. This means you can set up your Posterous account on:

• Your own domain name separate from your company website
• Or even use a sub-domain of your current website or blog

This is something important to keep in mind as the social media landscape changes over time.

#4: Gives You Another Voice on Social Media

Many business professionals also use Posterous to post content that would be off topic on their main website or blog and engage with a different audience online.

Posterous provides an easy venue to share different “social” content. A separate platform makes it easy to create an additional point of connection with your audience, with a different style, to engage different mindsets. As Debbie Weil says, “There are distinct differences in how you talk or write for the different platforms. Simply put, you write in a different ‘voice’ and, generally, talk about different topics.”

This makes it easy to reach out to different audiences.

#5: Makes it Easy for Groups to Publish Content

Posterous allows you to set up group accounts too. This means you can set up:

• Posterous pages for individual team members
• Collaborative Posterous pages for different company employees to post on the same page
• Collaborative Posterous pages to bring people outside your company to collaborate on one Posterous page

Here’s one example of how Posterous brings social networking to a higher level: ClickIdeas

#6: Helps You to Segment Content for Different Audiences

You can use your Posterous account to create different points of contact with your audience. Pat Kitano says, “I originally intended this slideshow (How to create a blog without “writing” one) for local businesspeople who wanted a blog for marketing purposes, but didn’t have the inclination to start a blog due to writing and time commitments. After posting the slideshow, I received feedback that Posterous was a great method to create new ‘blogs’ on a variety of topics and interests that were parallel to the principal blog. One mentioned how fast Posterous blogs were indexed by Google.”

This makes it easy to test different market segments outside of your main blog or website.

#7: Is the Easiest Option to Share Photos

Posterous is simply the easiest social media platform to share photos and videos. All you have to do is email your photo or video to Posterous and it does everything else. This means you can publish your favorite photos and videos from any location where you have access to your email, even from your mobile phone.

This is why many users choose to post all of their photos and videos to Posterous and set it up to feed their Facebook, Twitter and other social media profiles.

Bonus: Makes You Easy To Connect With

Sometimes a personal touch helps you to create a stronger connection with your audience on social media. This is why some business professionals use Posterous as a place to provide a unique glimpse into their personal lives.

Jason Falls does a good job at providing both personal and business insights on his Posterous page: Falls, Off the Rocker. He links to these Posterous posts from his Twitter account and invites his Twitter followers to get to know him better.

A Step Toward Creating Social Connections

Creating a social presence and adapting to different social media platforms are not easy for many businesses. Posterous provides a way for businesses to make a social connection between their own website and other social media platforms as they learn more about incorporating social media into their current marketing tactics.

Ready to Give Posterous a Try? Here’s some good resources to check out:

• Read Mashable’s Posterous Guide.
• Have a look at Guy Kawasaki’s Twelve Tips and Tricks.
• And remember to subscribe to Social Media Examiner. There’s more to come on Posterous and other social media platforms.

Now It’s Your Turn

• What are you interested in getting out of Posterous?
• Do you already have a Posterous page?
• How is Posterous helping your social media marketing?

Share the link to your Posterous page below and tell us what your experience has been so far in the Comments section below.

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7 Ways Posterous Improves Your Social Media Presence

Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews

Are you interested in international business but need some inspiration. Here is a list of online resources collected during my Cross-Cultural Twitter Interviews.

21 Websites for International Inspiration

1. Anne Fox at Absolutely Intercultural and Centre for Intercultural Learning in Canada. International.gc.ca – Good for research at least: Geert Hofstede and then compare with other info on the internet - International Business Etiquette – World Business Culture – Kwintessential - Fons Trompenaars very influential thinker on the subject. But not much free resource on the internet unlike Hofstede. – @deborahswallow
2. CBI.eu offers cross sectors market info. CyborLink has lots of local quirky facts in several countries – @ohh_la_la
3. Don’t have just 1 favorite website. Try the Goethe Institut – @HoeferleConsult
4. I sometimes read foreign local news sites. Local news is very real – real people in normal everyday things- @dkiernan
5. For information and business with Germany we like to use Germany.info we also love to browse news websites of foreign countries to read about their news from their perspective look up international newspapers at Headlinespot – @transdomo
6. My favourite website for international or cross-cultural inspiration is Internations.org – @culturematters
7. Twitter of course It’s an incredible way to find great people from anywhere in the world to discuss with – @tdebaillon
8. My favorite cross-cultural website is GlobalEdge – Great source for global business + culture – @DR4Ward
9. I like Public Affairs Asia Great resource if you are doing comms & public affairs work in Asia @XCulture
10. I should say one of our own, @Lucire (Lucire.com). I look at some back articles and I still get a lot out of them. – @jackyan
11. I’m not really sure I have a favorite website. A lot of my reading is on sites about language learning. For Japan-based, major newspapers get most of my attention. This helps me understand the country/culture. – @CotterHUE
12. For those interested in Canada, nfb.ca I also love TED for big ideas, and its diversity of speakers and opinions – @DoreenatDMS
13. To know what bloggers all over the world are saying – Global Voices Online: Global Voices and BBC Online for international news. Local newspapers are good too – @pocketcultures
14. Yours! ~:-) and also Cultural Moments has insightful posts that blend personal and professional development – @psitutor
15. Future Brand, http://landor/.com, Artlebedev, or any international news website – @culturalrealms
16. I find Wikipedia project acting as a central hub, where people from different cultures meet and interact…It’s like a big home where people live under one roof contributing and sharing their culture and knowledge. – @mintblogger
17. Your Posterous site is my favorite for international or cross-cultural inspiration: Cindy King’s Posterous – @lyceum
18. A few: Culture Matters, Zompist, Global Watchtower, Culture Shocks – @SeanJamesOliver
19. I’m into the research side of international education & exchange & the @NAFSA TLS community is a site I visit – @DavidComp
20. Two blogs I like: Intercultural Eyes and Visualsspeak – @CateBrubaker
21. One continual source of international inspiration for me is The Global Small Business Blog – @CindyKing

What Is Your Favorite Source Of International Inspiration?

• Does one stand out and resonate with you?
• Do you have another one to add?
• Do you have a favorite international news site?

Please share your comments below.

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21 Websites for International Inspiration

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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Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 28 of 2009

Culture Tips & International Links

Here is a quick summary of what I learned from my social media strategies this past week. You will find a list of this week’s tweets below.

International Social Media Marketing

Blogging and Twitter still play the biggest roles in my social media marketing plan. Twitter continues to bring in a large portion of the traffic to this blog.

• The new strategic social bookmarking action plan is easier to implement than I anticipated. I will continue to develop this over the next few weeks to give it some time to see what this brings me. It seems like several of the social media platforms are evolving rapidly and a stronger presence across several platforms could be critical in the future.
• The new Posterous profile is bringing in some traffic to this blog and it is fairly easy to network through Posterous. I am happy with my choice of using it primarily for the YouTube videos I like and will continue to post one or two a day. The tweets are very easy to do from Posterous.
• As usual, Facebook gets the least amount of attention. I did not work on my fan pages, and only increased comments on statuses this week.
• Finally got my copy of Ning for Dummies and read it. A Ning group is my next project.
• There are several new blogrolls in the Useful Resource Pages in yellow on the right sidebar.  There is a blogroll for links under these categories: B2B Marketing, Content Marketing, Creativity, Cross-Cultural, French, Friends, Marketing, Social Media.

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

Cross-Cultural Communication

1. Thanks @beverlycornell – Cross-Cultural Communication Tips from Global Business Perspectives – Great post!
2. Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research & communication skills to succeed in the future – via @thesavvygroup
3. @katahdinme Big thank you for sharing this! – Clotaire Rapaille on marketing – A must read for international business & cultural marketing
4. PBS Interview of Clotaire Rapaille on using culture code to get your business offer right – via @katahdinme - READ THIS!
5. Here’s a great article about the importance of multicultural literature – via @WritersCoach
6. Understanding Cultural Dynamics & Cross-Cultural Communication – via @RNRecruiter

Cross-Cultural Communication Challenge

7. <#ccccTips 28 - In cross-cultural communication look for similarities where glitches happen
8. #ccccTips 29 – During your cross-cultural communications, dig for the reasons behind the questions people ask you
9. #cccctips 30 – Try to see your cross-cultural communication from the other person’s viewpoint

Cross-Cultural Leadership & Management

10. The Ultimate Survival Guide 101 for International Business – RT @ECManagement
11. Hints on managing an aging multicultural workforce – RT @ECWorkLife
12. Multicultural Professional Associations Can Advance Your Job Search and Career Management - RT @GilPizano
13. Cross-cultural branding and leadership #brandleader – via @MartinRoll
14. Twelve Characteristics of Multicultural Career Success – @BiggieJobs

Cross-Cultural Marketing

15. Use A Multicultural Internet Marketing Strategy To Develop Your International Business
16. What is your definition of multicultural? – via @CulturalKids – mine is simply: involving more than 1 culture
17. Multicultural urban youth feel empowered to positively impact change; becoming the new change-makers – RT @tamora_burk
18. Being Polite in Today’s Multicultural World – Regular Average People – via @stephnoah
19. What is the biggest mistake to avoid when writing a case study? Dig up best story, plan, don’t focus on your products
20. @XCulture + @fusionview Can’t wait to read your new book “International Communications Strategy”
21. @yBCeditorial2 I provide cross-cultural strategies & accompaniment for new foreign market penetration to improve international sales
22. Why ‘Cross-Cultural’ Marketing Can Make Your Brand A Latino Leader - @hispanicfilms
23. Listening to Blog Talk Radio on digital marketing in Africa - via @addthis @PamojaMedia
24. International Marketing: A chance to fly to foreign lands, Part 2 – via @joyrasmussen

Best Practices

25. The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving – Oliver W. Holmes RT @Iconic88 @BuzzEdition
26. RT @michaelfishman – Genius marketers Gene Schwartz and Dr. Clotaire Rapaill

Creativity

27. Soul Pancake – What I’m doing when I’m not Twittering #soulpancake
28. 10 Blogs to Stimulate Your Creativity – RT @copyblogger @katahdinme – some great places here
29. Think outside your box: Enhancing creativity through multicultural interactions - RT @ahoojas @davidabrock @gcimmarrusti
30. @jjude I’ve been wondering if there is a “chicken & egg” thing with creativity & cross-cultural communication – which one comes first…?

Cultural Insights

31. Cultures On The Edge - online magazine to support cultural diversity through education
32. It’s Like This, Only – Language in Mumbai can be tricky for newcomers, especially foreigners trying to hail taxis
33. Happy Multiculturalism Day, Canada! #multiculturalism #multicultural #Canada #immigration – via @DoreenatDMS
34. If you are interested in international marketing, drop by the Oregon Internationionalists – via @KiyoshiPDX
35. Too often we promote only pals+business interests at home. I luv it when we can cross cultural borders+do the same – RT @Journeywoman
36. RT @higginsb Social & Cross Cultural Skills = collaborating with others with respect & an open mind to incorporate diverse thinking
37. @MarionChapsal – Great to talk with you Marion! Nice to meet someone here in France with your intercultural training expertise.
38. @DorothyDalton @MarionChapsal Same here Very happy to hook up with international profiles here in Europe!
39. 43% of women, 48% of blacks and 31.5% of Hispanics btw 18&25 who have a young child don’t qualify 4 UNPAID leave #p2 – RT @WomansNation
40. <Humintell – about facial expression of emotion, nonverbal behavior, detecting deception and cultural adaptation
41. @butwait yes @pocketcultures is on my recommended list of international/culture Twitter people to follow
42. @deanmeistr & @MarionChapsal & @t_de_baillon I’d like to introduce you to each other – I’m sure all 3 of you have lots in common

Language Skills

43. The intercultural newspaper – www.thecomunicator.de – via @ComUnic
44. The English Blog – Internet resources, reviews, news, tips and trivia for learners and teachers of English
45. Double-Tongued Dictionary – A lexicon of fringe English, focusing on slang, jargon & new words

Social Media

46. Thomas Nelson Corporate Blogging Guidelines – these guidelines are useful for businesses interested in blogging
47. A short selection of international Twitter users – via @Wulffy
48. Excited about the Authority Blogger Forum “Summer Traffic Project“  – via @chrisgarrett
49. Who else wants more traffic this summer? – via @chrisgarrett …please RT
50. Need 25 fans on my 2 brand new Facebook fan pages – Please help & click on the fan buttons here on my Get International Clients Facebook fan page and on my Cindy King Facebook fan page
51. Validation: Using Twitter to Build Loyalty – Great article on using Twitter to validate customers
52. Social Media Marketing Tops Digital Marketing Tactics for 2009 – via @GranerCreative
53. Metrics for the Busy Community Manager – RT @mvellandi @lindyasimus
54. Audio recording of GuyKawasaki’s social media marketing speech - RT @Janne404
55. Social Media Marketing For Local Businesses – via @imarketsuccess
56. Technology, New Media, and Your Business – a great business focused article on social media via @smallbizbee
57. Social Media: 19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day
58. The analysis of social networking data promises to take behavioral targeting to a new level. But will it deliver?
59. Want to make money on Facebook? The 5 Phases Of The Facebook Sales Funnel - with things you can do
60. Posterous vs. Tumblr: A Head to Head - I just started a Posterous account and love, learned a few things in this article
61. Top 10 Extreme Social Media Promotion Hacks – SlideShare from Wordcamp Dallas 2009, well worth the read
62. Steve Rubel on Getting the Mosterous from Posterous - some good tips for my new Posterous profile
63. Friendfeed are “slowly changing the water in the fishbowl so the fish rarely notice” gulp gulp. (via Jeremiah Owyang)
64. Just changed my FriendFeed background with one of the new free themes
65. Infographic Provides a Twitter History Lesson | FlowingData – colorful picture time line as a tree
66. Love social media releases or hate ‘em, they work - with stats from around the world – via @ConversationAge
67. Social Media Program Lifecycle – the only slide you need to know
68. Blogging Is Still the Foundation In A World of Streams – with an excellent flow chart for content within social media
69. Top 9 Twitter Faux Pas - “can’t say no one makes money from twitter now. The NBA does.”
70. Is your Social Media Director qualified? by @thebrandbuilder – via @t_de_baillon – liked this too
71. Best Practices For Effective Design Of “About me” Pages – via @akostic – some very good inspiration to re-do mine
72. 5 Trends To Analyze Your Blog’s Reach and Growth by @mintblogger
73. Most Popular Social Media Networks For Multicultural Groups | Ad Sheik
74. Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security - CSO Online – Security and Risk
75. Facebook Swahili version launched - via @gkofiannan @PamojaMedia
76. Listening to @marketingprofs Online Seminars – Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time

Society News

77. Jackson’s Musical Genius Rivaled Only By Status As International Cultural Phenomenon
78. Toronto’s new green roof law a first for North America – WOW! great for everyone else, expensive for the owner
79. Top 10 Blogs for Tour de France 2009
80. Top 10 Ironic Ads From History - by Teaching Social Media Marketing At UCLA – via @imarketman
81. Remember the search to fill the ‘Best Job In The World’? Here’s a video of the Brit who got the job
82. In the news: TV executive, who tried to debunk stereotypes of Islam, beheads wife after she files for divorce

Travel

83. When to Use a Travel Agent
84. 50 things to do for free in Europe – Travelling to Europe this summer?
85. 7 Tricks To Take Awesome Travel Pictures [PICS]
86. Ten Great Travel Twitter Tweets for June – World Hum – there are some gems here
87. Just added @worldhum to my list of favorite people to follow for cultural insights

Videos

Communication

88. Jennifer 8. Lee hunts for General Tso – origins of familiar Chinese-American dishes - TED
89. Video: Filipino CPDRC Inmates #tribute – Proof #MichaelJackson cross-cultural – RT @DoreenatDMS @brandoneculture
90. Video: Bundangbear – Escape Your Cultural Bubble - or how travel can help you develop your cultural skills
91. RT @kyrichan – Hakuna matata multicultural!
92. YouTube – A brief digest of British accents in under 3 minutes
93. The American Handshake – Explained for non-Americans – Enlightening!

Selling

94. The Vendor Client Relationship – in real world situations – Cross-cultural selling?
95. Short YouTube video – The Lingo Kid’s Multilingual Selling Skills - Great sales skills are easy to spot anywhere
96. Nigerian Marketing Lesson: Steel Palm Trees - via @PamojaMedia
97. AdAge Lindstrom video – Big returns for small products – single serve products are the rage in the Philippines

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Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 27 of 2009