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:

• This week still has a fair bit on social media.  I am revising my eBook on Twitter for Strategic Small Business Social Media Marketing.
• This was the last week of the White Paper Success Summit 2009, but not the last week tweeting about white papers.  This month long event was so much fun that a group of women white paper writers and I are starting a new blog.  In today’s economy, white papers can help B2B sales.

There are a few less tweets this week.  You can find the links to the previous Tweet posts below.

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

Here is the selection of my best  tweets and links from last week:

1. Allow extra time for feedback in field sales before developing your international sales strategy
2. Your name in hieroglyphs – Write Like an Egyptian
3. Top Languages on the Internet vs. Top 10 Languages by Population by @joekutchera
4. RT @joekutchera – Targeting Hispanics in a Down Economy Makes Financial Sense { international sales too }
5. Targeting Methods to Reach U.S. Hispanics – gives you 7 ways to target different ethnic groups
6. We listened to what our customers wanted and acted on what they said. Good things happen when you pay attention – John F. Smith
7. International marketing can uncover business opportunities
8. Do you use marketing segmentation to improve your international sales?
9. Check out this International English Content business guide on Get International Clients
10. It’s National Day in Saint Lucia
11. 100+ Twitter-Smart Ideas to Maximize Your Twitter Business Strategy by Dan Hollings
12. RT @dhollings – Twitish Quotes: I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to follow everyone. ~Bill Cosby (sorta)
13. RT @dhollings – Wanted Dead Or Alive – Twitter Stories. Be a part of a soon to be released book
14. How are you measuring your international sales leads?
15. International business development requires a good entry strategy
16. Want to read up on culture? Intercultural Press
17. RT @RobinGrant – European social network usage { Leaders = UK, Portugal, Spain – understand this, then Denmark? }
18. Need inspiration for international business ideas? Browse around here
19. RT @DailyVariety – Film Reviews: Like the burg of its title, docu love letter “In Berlin” is urbane, multicultural
20. RT @Jonathan_Kantor @zdnett – Red Hat learns the white paper game
21. RT @chris_lugo @MackCollier – Good reminder from @jackiehuba ‘Social marketing’ &’social media marketing’ = NOT the same
22. Social Marketing vs. “Social Marketing” Smackdown
23. @Shazzer It’s true, oreos always add an American touch when you need it
24. Remember, you only have to succeed the last time – Brian Tracy
25. An international business is more than having a few international clients
26. Brainstorming questions to develop your culture skills – free for subscribers
27. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. – Mark Twain
28. When all other means of communication fail, try words
29. It’s Shrove Tuesday – the day before Lent, a time of fasting and devotions & also a day to eat pancakes & have pancake races.
30. …and it’s also Independence Day in Estonia today
31. And it is also the last day of the carnival in Latin countries or as the French say: Mardi Gras
32. Statistics from the OECD
33. Scientific American Mind – 6 ways to boost brainpower: 2 cups of coffee boost short term memory & reaction time, 100 cups a day can be fatal
34. Reading through a great tutorial to set up the WordPress Thesis theme
35. Check out this Analyze Your International Viability business guide on Get International Clients
36. When was the last time you looked at websites from a different country?
37. Have a look at what others are doing with mobile phones
38. It’s Ash Wednesday – the beginning of Lent – the period of forty days before Easter in the Christian calendar
39. It’s National Day in Kuwait
40. Check out this Cross-Cultural Negotiation business guide on Get International Clients
41. Ash Wednesday – Western Christian Church – 1st day of Lent, 7th Wed. before Easter
42. How big of a barrier are languages to your international business development?
43. Get curious and stay curious – this is the best international market research tool.
44. White Paper Success Summit’s last evening starts off with Leveraging Strategic Partnerships to Grow Your Business by Peter Bowerman
45. 5 Antidotes to Gloom
46. White Paper Summit’s final presentation How to Leverage Free Content for Marketing Success by Bob Bly
47. RT @Mike_Stelzner WOW, my “Darkside of Twitter: What Businesses Need to Know” article on @MarketingProfs went viral!
48. Top 10 Social Sites for Finding a Job
49. How to Present While People are Twittering
50. How to Attract and Influence People on Twitter — The Ultimate Twitter Resource
51. Learned lots & met great people at the White Paper Success Summit 2009 – thank you @Mike_Stelzner for putting this together! #wpss09
52. Cross-cultural communication looks at cultural differences in behaviors, perceptions and customs
53. Marketing Trends in a New Multicultural Society: The Multicultural World of Social Media Marketing
54. When Cultural Identity Doesn’t Matter
55. Come on up: The rise of multicultural marketing
56. Do you know your international clients well?
57. A presentation on culture and business
58. Do you carry out international market research before adjusting your international communication?
59. Use all marketing best practices even when you start your international marketing on a small scale
60. Need to understand your international clients more? Develop your own cross-cultural communication skills first
61. It’s Independence Day in the Dominican Republic
62. International sales can be a secondary source of revenue
63. For more cultural insights #followfriday @DoreenatDMS @JGTornoe @Kissmyblackads @PamojaMedia @pocketcultures @Travelwriticus
64. Strong international profiles #followfriday @beverlycornell @EllenNaylor @finikiotis @SeshuThePhotog @tmycann
65. Fun people in Europe who tweet in English too #followfriday @jansegers @lyceum @MeToo @myriam @NicoleSimon @ruxandraale @_vio_
66. Some fun & interesting people who live way to the east of me #followfriday @jackyan @LanceScoular @psitutor @siyab
67. Best people I know on that big island to my right #followfriday @chrisgarrett @edrivis @iamjf @thibet
68. I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture – Saul Bellow
69. When does international marketing bring you the most international sales?
70. How much time would you spend to develop your cross-cultural communication?
71. @DonEads & @coffee_offline – What’s your favorite tactic to get thru when the other cross-cultural person does not want to make the effort?
72. 101 English tweeting Women to follow from Europe
73. @myriam – Have you added yourself to this list yet? Know any others?  #women2follow or #womentofollow
74. Movies To Understand Cultural Differences
75. Never forget to prepare for a sales meeting with an international client
76. Movies On Adapting To Different Cultures
77. The greatest inspiration is often born of desperation – Comer Cotrell
78. Global Recession Can’t Slow Down Mobile Technology Growth

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Cross-Culture Tweets – Week 9 of 2009