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Month: January 2014

Going beyond stock photos to succeed locally

January 28, 2014 by John Yunker

My latest post for client Pitney Bowes includes tips for creating “world ready” visuals. An excerpt: Don’t Send the Wrong (Hand) Signal Gestures are culturally specific and, while some gestures …

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Categories Business globalization, Culture, Pitney Bowes, Web Globalization

How to succeed at exporting: A Q&A with Laurel Delaney

January 20, 2014 by John Yunker

Laurel Delaney has been helping companies expand globally for many years and now she shares what she’s learned in the excellent new book Exporting: The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably. …

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Categories Business globalization

Make your product “translation worthy” and the world will follow

February 10, 2014January 16, 2014 by John Yunker

From my guest post for Gigaom: When a software company asks me if I think its new product will succeed globally, I typically respond by asking: Is your product translation …

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Categories Crowdsourcing, Software Localization, Web Globalization

Tiffany’s global aspirations (and room for improvement)

January 6, 2014 by John Yunker

When I lived in New York, I used to get a kick out of visiting Tiffany. Not that I actually purchased much of anything there, but I was always impressed …

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Categories Business globalization, Global navigation, Web Globalization

How to improve your global ecommerce website

January 2, 2014 by John Yunker

My latest post for client Pitney Bowes includes tips for removing the global ‘friction’ from your ecommerce website. An excerpt: What’s Your “Last” Name? In the United States, we generally use the …

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Categories Business globalization, Global By Design, Retail globalization, Web Globalization

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