SEO Etiquette – Minding Your Manners Online
Would you get up at a funeral and shout an advertisement for your business? Would you run onto the field of the World Series at the bottom of the ninth with bases loaded to get in a word for your company? Would you stop the movie halfway through, turn on the lights, and make everyone [...]
Social Networking Marketing Etiquette
Social Networking Marketing Etiquette… What is it?
For many people the whole concept of Social Networking is new and definitely misunderstood. If a person were to take a look and study those that have been successful using social media and the approach that they take in building a large following of people, I’m sure they would [...]
Cellphone Etiquette
There are very few people in this world who posses the kind of social graces intrinsic to the characters in an Austen novel. Some would argue the children of the “information revolution” lack social propriety altogether. Despite the rumours that etiquette is dead, many of us do manage to exercise a little common courtesy toward [...]
10 Business E-mail Etiquette New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year! New attitude? New habits? The last year brought many changes, unfortunately, when it comes to proper technology use, many still do not take their business e-mail habits and activities as seriously as they should.
Everyone can improve on their skills — if they are willing. Remember, perception is the only [...]
Flea Market Etiquette
I grew up going to flea markets. My parents were antique dealers in Chicago and my childhood was spent going to auction halls and flea markets. Not just going to flea markets. Getting up in the middle of the night to drive for hours to go to Wisconsin or Indiana to be [...]
Top 10 Business Etiquette Tips
Making a good impression in business is paramount to succeeding in business. When you are about to meet new people or do some business networking, how you present yourself will often equate to how good you are at what you do in the eyes of both colleagues and bosses. Just like you learned as a [...]
International Etiquette: Minding Your Global Manners
To say that today’s business environment is becoming increasingly more global is to state the obvious. Meetings, phone calls and conferences are held all over the world and attendees can come from any point on the globe. On any given business day you can find yourself dealing face-to-face, over the phone, by e-mail and, on [...]
International Etiquette: Cross Cultural Negotiations
Cross cultural negotiation is one of many specialized areas within the wider field of cross cultural communications. By taking cross cultural negotiation training, negotiators and sales personnel give themselves an advantage over competitors.
There is an argument that proposes that culture is inconsequential to cross cultural negotiation. It maintains that as long as a proposal is [...]
International Etiquette: Results of Poor Cross Cultural Awareness
Results of Poor Cross Cultural Awareness. Having a poor understanding of the influence of cross cultural differences in areas such as management, PR, advertising and negotiations can eventually lead to blunders that can have damaging consequences.
It is crucial for today’s business personnel to understand the impact of cross cultural differences on business, trade and internal [...]
