International Business and Technology Blog

Your global prospects, clients, and partners are all online!

And in this new online world, the best place to reach your target audiences is through their social media feeds. Whether you are in the B2C, B2B or even B2G space, a cohesive social media strategy can bring high return on investment (ROI) for your international marketing efforts. 

“No event since World War II has caused an economic downturn of quite such scale or scope” McKinsey, referring to COVID19. Sequoia Capital partner, Michael Moritz details “The plague sweeping the world has turbocharged the growth of the internet and catapulted us into the future. In the space of March 2020, many businesses fast-forwarded to 2025. For some this meant a surge in activity, but for a vast number doomsday has come early”, furthermore “The business world can never go back to the way things were”. So where is that “surge” evidenced, it’s the booming digital economy, and “doomsday” we find devastating broad swathes of traditional industries.

Mexico is online, and in this new online world, the best way to find your Mexican prospects, clients and partners is through localized websites and online marketing!

Watch Samantha and Mercedes guide you through creating the right strategy to help your Mexican prospects, customers, and partners do business with you. Discover what it takes to provide a unique Mexican online Local User eXperience (LUX) in their language and market.

Looking to grow your exports, sales, brand, and business in Canada?

Make sure you have the right strategy and help your Canadian prospects, customers and partners do business with you by giving them a Canadian online Local User eXperience (LUX) in their language(s) and market(s).

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South Korea might be small in terms of population, but it should definitely not be underestimated! Their population is one of the most well-connected, with more mobile connections than people in the country. It also has the fastest mobile internet in the world! South Korea also carries its weight in ecommerce, with it being the 7th largest ecommerce market in front of much larger countries like Canada, Russia, and Brazil. When taking a look at Asia, exporters should consider South Korea as a great market to enter for exporters!

Use online tools to your advantage to be found, understood, and transact your business in South Korea. 

This infographic is designed to be a helpful tool for someone who doesn’t know where to start with international social media. 

Social media is huge. There is no denying the power and amplitude of social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn (among many others). Which is why it can be intimidating - especially for an exporter that is more concerned with keeping up with their products and services than how to fit a message in X amount of characters.

Social media is a fantastic way to boost your brand awareness and grow your sales in Mexico. Mexican consumers and businesses are reactive and engaged online: post great relevant content and watch it ricochet around your target prospect base! On top of that, online marketing prices are reasonable compared to many other large markets. So, if you get your social media and online marketing right, the return on investment for brand awareness and the sales that can go with it, are rapid. Below we share some of our insights to the Mexican online world that we use as international marketers to help our clients build their brand, sales and business in Mexico. 

Ecommerce plays a huge part in our every day online lives- and the numbers prove it! In a population of about 7.5 billion people, 4.5 billion are online, and 3.4 billion are shopping online, meaning about 45% of the world population makes purchases via ecommerce! Although ecommerce is prevalent in many countries all over the world, here we are going to focus on the big 3: China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. 

Australia and New Zealand are attractive markets for US exporters for a few reasons- They are English-speakers, both countries are relatively easy to do business with, and they are well-developed.  Both Australia and New Zealand have more mobile connections than people, and over 93% of internet users go online daily for personal reasons. 

Arabic is one of the world’s major trade languages. Combine that with the dominance of the internet in many Arab-speaking countries and it’s clear that companies need Arab language websites to get found, be understood and do business across the Arabic speaking markets. In countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, over 90% of the population access the internet regularly. Social media and ecommerce are well developed. In fact, Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest online spenders worldwide. So getting your Arab website right is vital for your company’s success in these markets.  

But what should that Arab-language website look like? Do you need one Arabic website for all Arabic speaking countries? What are the main differences with your English-language website? How about search engine optimization and keyword research for online Arabic? This blog shares some of our experiences building and managing corporate websites and social media marketing for Arab-speaking countries, but if you want more information, just get in touch!