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 [...]
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 [...]
International Etiquette: Doing Business in China – Successful Negotiations
Doing Business in China – Successful Negotiations
1. The Chinese negotiating team tends to concentrate on developing a friendship with the member in your group who is most sympathetic to them. Later, they will pursue all their objectives through that individual, playing on the feelings of friendship, obligation and guilt.
2. Enter negotiations armed with technical information [...]
International Etiquette for Professional Business Cards
With an increasingly global economy, international outsourcing and more and more companies opening foreign offices, the odds are good that you’ll be doing business outside the U.S. in your lifetime.
It’s important to remember that different countries have different customs when it comes to exchanging professional business cards. While everyone appreciates quality business cards, there are [...]
Gift Etiquette: Corporate Gift Etiquette
Corporate Gift Tips To Wow Clients & Associates
1) Know the company and their culture. Are they trendy and artistic or conservative and elegant? Your gift giving should reflect this. Also, global customs vary significantly. Ensure you understand the proper gift etiquette to avoid offending overseas clients.
2) Know the client – their likes, hobbies, and interests. [...]
