Multicultural content marketing is the most effective way for brands to engage local audiences in the international market. This is especially true for companies expanding their operations to countries where English isn’t the main language spoken.
This white paper, a joint project between Axonn Media and EnVeritas Group, looks at how brands can drive increased sales in non-English markets in retail’s busiest period and the rest of the year.
Speaking about the power of multicultural content marketing, Head of European Content at NewsReach Frank Hartkopf said: “The time of one-size-fits-all marketing is over. Brands need to take advantage of the power of multicultural content marketing in order to break into new markets and improve their global reputation and credibility.”
Eric Ingrand, EnVeritas Group Vice President of Content Marketing EMEA, added: “Publishing content in multiple languages for a variety of markets requires digital agility. But it is an incredibly powerful way of reaching out to new audiences. Large or small, companies with an international reach need multicultural content marketing to succeed in the digital age.”
Highlights from the white paper include:
* An interview with Expedia brand Hotels.com’s marketing managers Michael Korkia and Malte Bunjes. They explain how adapting their content to provide users an authentic local experience pays off when it comes to conversion.
* An insight piece by Robert Rose from the Content Marketing Institute analysing how Coca-Cola uses content to connect with its global audience not just during the festive season but throughout the year.
* Commentary from Essential Retail editor Ben Sillitoe about how UK retailers such as Marks & Spencer are breaking into European and emerging markets.
* Contributions from people all over the world to show how retailers and locals approach Christmas in countries such as Finland, China, Russia and South Africa.
Karen Webber, Marketing Director at Axonn Media, commented: “We wanted to produce a white paper that conveys our shared passion for multicultural content marketing through superb opinion pieces, strong case studies and really useful, practical tips for retailers.”
“The next few months are of crucial importance to these brands, and we hope our white paper can help them drive increased sales through multicultural content marketing.”
Welcome to the 10th Episode of the Digital Trends!
In this episode, we are looking at marketing predictions for 2021 as well as some of the notable Ads in 2020. Enjoy!
Here is the layout,
* Quotes from Marketing Experts
* Predicted Marketing Trends in 2021
* Notable Digital Campaigns in 2020
Will COVID-19 Help the Grinch Steal Christmas This Year? COVID-19 has completely reshaped the world and those effects will continue to be felt this holiday season. With financial turmoil and fears of social interaction — it’s a holiday stage even the Grinch himself couldn’t have imagined. Both consumers and retailers will rely heavily on technology to pivot effectively and retain some sense of normalcy and holiday magic this year.
Download your free whitepaper and gain marketing tips and insights on how you can stay ahead of the curve heading into the holiday rush.
This is the 9th episode of the Digital Trends. This document records the latest digital trends that both brands and consumers are currently engaging.
Here is the layout,
* Recent Christmas Ads
* Trending Hashtags
* Topical Trends
* Tech Trends
* Marketing Trends
Thanks everyone that attended the Business Ignite meetup at Launch Workplaces in Tysons and Gaithersburg.
Effective Marketing Techniques That Work
Marketing is probably one of the most difficult, yet necessary, aspects of any business. It's often critical to the survival of a company, yet so few business owners or entrepreneurs understand how to plan and implement effective marketing techniques for their companies.
Join Hector Del Castillo as he hosts an information session to discuss the benefits and core skills you will acquire by attending an upcoming workshop to learn effective marketing techniques for small businesses and startups.
This session provides business owners tips to help increase brand awareness, drive more traffic to your website, and gain new customers.
Learn why Marketing is the new Sales for many tech small businesses and startups.
Workshop: Powerful Marketing Techniques To Grow Your Business
Thursday, August 20th, 6 to 9 p.m.
Launch Workplaces - Tysons
Learn More: http://bit.ly/pmktg815
Workshop: Building Your Own Business Plan
Saturday, August 29th, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Launch Workplaces - Tysons
Learn More: http://bit.ly/bizignt829
Business Ignite Series: Creating Your Own Personal Brand
Tuesday, September 1, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Launch Workplaces - Tysons
Learn More: http://bit.ly/bizignt901
fe.ed a social media company for further educationSteven Rick
fe.ed are a new UK company, who have been built from the ground up with Further Education and their integration with social media.
From audits, campaigns, lead generation to development of the further education workforce, fe.ed have all social media and digital transformation needs covered.
This is completed through their simplified service offer of educate, generate, innovate and operate
Welcome to the 10th Episode of the Digital Trends!
In this episode, we are looking at marketing predictions for 2021 as well as some of the notable Ads in 2020. Enjoy!
Here is the layout,
* Quotes from Marketing Experts
* Predicted Marketing Trends in 2021
* Notable Digital Campaigns in 2020
Will COVID-19 Help the Grinch Steal Christmas This Year? COVID-19 has completely reshaped the world and those effects will continue to be felt this holiday season. With financial turmoil and fears of social interaction — it’s a holiday stage even the Grinch himself couldn’t have imagined. Both consumers and retailers will rely heavily on technology to pivot effectively and retain some sense of normalcy and holiday magic this year.
Download your free whitepaper and gain marketing tips and insights on how you can stay ahead of the curve heading into the holiday rush.
This is the 9th episode of the Digital Trends. This document records the latest digital trends that both brands and consumers are currently engaging.
Here is the layout,
* Recent Christmas Ads
* Trending Hashtags
* Topical Trends
* Tech Trends
* Marketing Trends
Thanks everyone that attended the Business Ignite meetup at Launch Workplaces in Tysons and Gaithersburg.
Effective Marketing Techniques That Work
Marketing is probably one of the most difficult, yet necessary, aspects of any business. It's often critical to the survival of a company, yet so few business owners or entrepreneurs understand how to plan and implement effective marketing techniques for their companies.
Join Hector Del Castillo as he hosts an information session to discuss the benefits and core skills you will acquire by attending an upcoming workshop to learn effective marketing techniques for small businesses and startups.
This session provides business owners tips to help increase brand awareness, drive more traffic to your website, and gain new customers.
Learn why Marketing is the new Sales for many tech small businesses and startups.
Workshop: Powerful Marketing Techniques To Grow Your Business
Thursday, August 20th, 6 to 9 p.m.
Launch Workplaces - Tysons
Learn More: http://bit.ly/pmktg815
Workshop: Building Your Own Business Plan
Saturday, August 29th, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Launch Workplaces - Tysons
Learn More: http://bit.ly/bizignt829
Business Ignite Series: Creating Your Own Personal Brand
Tuesday, September 1, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Launch Workplaces - Tysons
Learn More: http://bit.ly/bizignt901
fe.ed a social media company for further educationSteven Rick
fe.ed are a new UK company, who have been built from the ground up with Further Education and their integration with social media.
From audits, campaigns, lead generation to development of the further education workforce, fe.ed have all social media and digital transformation needs covered.
This is completed through their simplified service offer of educate, generate, innovate and operate
Super Charge Social Commerce with SocialRoot + Shop The Feed by Kiere Media Elizabeth Wahler
Kiére Media, Inc., launched two stand alone social engagement solutions, that work great individually, and even better together, to enhance B2B social commerce conversions and marketing efforts.
Shop The Feed: Solves the Instagram Data Gap
SocialRoot: Finds and Calculates Relationships Relevant to Your Brand
Brand+ New Business is a bespoke program built specifically for knowledge-based firms. We develop a brand strategy and recommendations that are focused on delivering new business revenue within 3 to 6 months.
Speaking at the International Trade Expo in Liverpool on June 11th, Axonn Media managing director discussed how content marketing can help British businesses expand into international markets.
He argued content marketing is the most effective way in which businesses thinking about exporting their products and services can tap into new markets.
In this presentation, Alan discusses:
- The case for content marketing
- The problems British companies often experience in beginning to export or in growing their export markets
- Why the opportunities online offers makes it worth overcoming those obstacles
- How content marketing approaches can make it, if not easy, then at least clear what needs to be done
- Examples from Axonn Media’s experience in selling our services abroad and in providing content marketing services for businesses in the UK selling overseas, and for overseas businesses selling in the UK and in third countries.
He also explains why it is important to:
- Partner locally to transcreate, not translate
- Restrict the number of markets you enter at once
- Test the waters, adapt
- Not be afraid to communicate
Additional reading:
How far does your content reach? Interactive infographic: http://www.newsreach.co.uk/how-far-does-your-content-reach/
Whitepaper: A Christmas Story: Content Marketing for eCommerce Success in a Multicultural World http://www.newsreach.co.uk/knowledge-centre/whitepapers/christmas-story-content-marketing/
New guide to developing buyer personas out 15/06/2014 on axonn.co.uk [Subscribe to newsletter for updates]
• P&G net sales remain flat at $16.9bn in Q2 2017
• Tesco most improved supermarket in customer satisfaction survey
• Product Of The Year Winners provide insights on key shopper trends for 2017
• Cadbury agrees sponsorship deal with Premier League
• Travel division drives growth at WH Smith but high street stores struggle
• UK toy market rose by more than 6% in 2016
• Inflation hits 30-month high to squeeze spending power, Asda Income Tracker says
• Unilever’s Q4 figures come in below estimates and warns of further tough times ahead
• Tesco agrees £3.7bn deal to acquire Booker
• Consumer confidence rises at quickest rate since August
• Consumers’ preference for new experiences over new products will drive technology growth in packaging
Students in teams of 3 or 4 select a brand/product/service/organization they believe they are the target of and build an integrated communications plan from the brands’ point-of-view.
7 P Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Service Blueprint, Gap Model, Marketing Research and Marketing Plan for ITC Luxury Hotels. The study was a part of academic project.
The advent of innovative channels and technologies have created a new breed of customers with a fresh set of expectations, causing the need for organizations to revamp and reasses their approaches toward customer management in order to keep up.
51 Types of Marketing Strategies in Use TodayPeter vinosh
An organization's strategy combines all of its marketing goals into one comprehensive plan. A good marketing strategy should be drawn from market research and focus on the product mix in order to achieve the maximum profit and sustain the business. The marketing strategy is the foundation of a marketing plan.
Raymark | Guide: Loyalty and the Luxury ConsumerRaymark
The needs, desires and priorities of affluent customers are shifting. No longer limited to “ladies who lunch”, today’s consumers of luxury goods are a diverse mix including
demanding millennials, busy businesspeople and conservative, mature shoppers. These individuals are highly marketed-to and they have plenty of choices. Their time is of utmost value to them. Today’s consumers, especially the younger generation, value experiences over material goods: 72% of millennials would rather spend their money on experiences than on products. (JWT Worldwide)
For more information, visit www.raymark.com.
Now, more than ever, it is imperative for brands to develop a holistic brand strategy that resonates with consumers; yet the current model does not meet this need. Conversation, a full-service marketing firm, creates that unified brand strategy. We have conducted extensive research to craft a point of view on the past, present, and future of marketing.
Marketing Insight as Revealed Through "A Christmas Story"Derek Pillie
As you prepare for the inevitable viewing of the 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon, here are some actionable tips you can take with you as you follow it along! Original presentation to a local Chamber of Commerce.
Super Charge Social Commerce with SocialRoot + Shop The Feed by Kiere Media Elizabeth Wahler
Kiére Media, Inc., launched two stand alone social engagement solutions, that work great individually, and even better together, to enhance B2B social commerce conversions and marketing efforts.
Shop The Feed: Solves the Instagram Data Gap
SocialRoot: Finds and Calculates Relationships Relevant to Your Brand
Brand+ New Business is a bespoke program built specifically for knowledge-based firms. We develop a brand strategy and recommendations that are focused on delivering new business revenue within 3 to 6 months.
Speaking at the International Trade Expo in Liverpool on June 11th, Axonn Media managing director discussed how content marketing can help British businesses expand into international markets.
He argued content marketing is the most effective way in which businesses thinking about exporting their products and services can tap into new markets.
In this presentation, Alan discusses:
- The case for content marketing
- The problems British companies often experience in beginning to export or in growing their export markets
- Why the opportunities online offers makes it worth overcoming those obstacles
- How content marketing approaches can make it, if not easy, then at least clear what needs to be done
- Examples from Axonn Media’s experience in selling our services abroad and in providing content marketing services for businesses in the UK selling overseas, and for overseas businesses selling in the UK and in third countries.
He also explains why it is important to:
- Partner locally to transcreate, not translate
- Restrict the number of markets you enter at once
- Test the waters, adapt
- Not be afraid to communicate
Additional reading:
How far does your content reach? Interactive infographic: http://www.newsreach.co.uk/how-far-does-your-content-reach/
Whitepaper: A Christmas Story: Content Marketing for eCommerce Success in a Multicultural World http://www.newsreach.co.uk/knowledge-centre/whitepapers/christmas-story-content-marketing/
New guide to developing buyer personas out 15/06/2014 on axonn.co.uk [Subscribe to newsletter for updates]
• P&G net sales remain flat at $16.9bn in Q2 2017
• Tesco most improved supermarket in customer satisfaction survey
• Product Of The Year Winners provide insights on key shopper trends for 2017
• Cadbury agrees sponsorship deal with Premier League
• Travel division drives growth at WH Smith but high street stores struggle
• UK toy market rose by more than 6% in 2016
• Inflation hits 30-month high to squeeze spending power, Asda Income Tracker says
• Unilever’s Q4 figures come in below estimates and warns of further tough times ahead
• Tesco agrees £3.7bn deal to acquire Booker
• Consumer confidence rises at quickest rate since August
• Consumers’ preference for new experiences over new products will drive technology growth in packaging
Students in teams of 3 or 4 select a brand/product/service/organization they believe they are the target of and build an integrated communications plan from the brands’ point-of-view.
7 P Analysis, Competitor Analysis, Service Blueprint, Gap Model, Marketing Research and Marketing Plan for ITC Luxury Hotels. The study was a part of academic project.
The advent of innovative channels and technologies have created a new breed of customers with a fresh set of expectations, causing the need for organizations to revamp and reasses their approaches toward customer management in order to keep up.
51 Types of Marketing Strategies in Use TodayPeter vinosh
An organization's strategy combines all of its marketing goals into one comprehensive plan. A good marketing strategy should be drawn from market research and focus on the product mix in order to achieve the maximum profit and sustain the business. The marketing strategy is the foundation of a marketing plan.
Raymark | Guide: Loyalty and the Luxury ConsumerRaymark
The needs, desires and priorities of affluent customers are shifting. No longer limited to “ladies who lunch”, today’s consumers of luxury goods are a diverse mix including
demanding millennials, busy businesspeople and conservative, mature shoppers. These individuals are highly marketed-to and they have plenty of choices. Their time is of utmost value to them. Today’s consumers, especially the younger generation, value experiences over material goods: 72% of millennials would rather spend their money on experiences than on products. (JWT Worldwide)
For more information, visit www.raymark.com.
Now, more than ever, it is imperative for brands to develop a holistic brand strategy that resonates with consumers; yet the current model does not meet this need. Conversation, a full-service marketing firm, creates that unified brand strategy. We have conducted extensive research to craft a point of view on the past, present, and future of marketing.
Marketing Insight as Revealed Through "A Christmas Story"Derek Pillie
As you prepare for the inevitable viewing of the 24-hour A Christmas Story marathon, here are some actionable tips you can take with you as you follow it along! Original presentation to a local Chamber of Commerce.
Christmas Can’t Get Any Bigger Than This: Vol 1Abhishek Shah
The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung."
~ Phillips Brooks (1835-93), American Episcopal bishop, wrote 'O Little Town of Bethlehem'.
All that you need to know about the festival Christmas
Christmas History-
Christmas is one of the most popular festivals around the world.
The approaching winter season indicates us that Christmas is around and we usually associate the winter with the Christmas celebration and with 25th December as the birth of Lord Christ
However the history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years and it tells us that celebration during the winter season were common, even way before the Christ was born.
It has been celebrated at different places for different reasons and date of the celebration was fixed to be 25th December quite later.
Christmas Eve-
The day is preceded by Christmas Eve, which falls on December 24, and followed by eleven days of the festival, ending on January 6.
On Christmas Eve, houses are cleaned from top to bottom and are decorated beautifully with lights and other lovely festoons
Planning dinners on Christmas Eve is a tradition that follows since a long time. Usually, a typical Christmas Eve is celebrated by organizing a family dinner or an elaborate meal
The main attraction and highlight of Christmas Eve is the arrival of the famous and everyone's favorite - the legendary character Santa Claus
The idea is to have fun and spread good cheer, on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Trivia
Holy represents the crown worn by Lord Jesus Christ, when he was crucified and the red color of the berries represents his blood.
Christmas is the season, when the world witnesses the maximum sale of diamonds.
Every year, during the Christmas season, more than a billion cards are sold in UK.
Rudolph, the legendary reindeer of Santa Claus, was a creation of Montgomery Ward. He created it for the purpose of a holiday promotion, in the late 1930s.
The world's tallest Christmas tree was erected in America, in 1950. The tree was as high as 76 m.
Candy canes, one of the popular sweet treats used for Christmas, originally were straight white sticks of sugar candy. They were used as an embellishment for Christmas tree. The ends of the candy were bent by Cologne Cathedral, to symbolize shepherd's crook
The word 'Christmas is an old English word and is a contracted version of 'Christ's Mass'.
The tradition of ringing church bells on Christmas morning dates back to the medieval times. The ringing bells symbolize the birth of Jesus Christ.
The tradition of gift-giving during Christmas has originated from the legendary characters of the Three Wise Men, who brought presents to Jesus, when he was born.
Many people believe that the legendary character Santa Claus is based on a real person named St. Nicholas. It is also believed that St. Nicholas brings in Christmas gifts, on the Eve of the festival.
Colours of Christmas
Main colors of Christmas are red and green. They are generally used with white, sparkling silver and gold to compliment them.
Rudolph has a bright red nose and is the favorite reindeer of all children.
Creative agency True Story visited 300+ stores across London, Paris & New York to understand the major retail themes this Christmas and how retailers are encouraging customers to shop with them at this crucial time in the retail calendar. Themes include: Emotion & Inspiration, Reward, Convenience and Personalisation. This is an extract from a more in-depth document "Once Upon a Christmas: Blurring the lines between shopping & storytelling", available in January 2015.
Optimale klantbeleving, wat kunt u doen zodat de consument u voor de levering...webwinkelvakdag
Levering van uw product is voor de consument vaak het enige fysieke contact met uw bedrijf. Een cruciaal moment dus voor de klantbeleving.
Bezorgers van uw logistieke partner zijn uw visitekaartje. Wat kunt u samen met uw logistieke partners doen, zodat klanten u voor het onderdeel “levering”, belonen met rapportcijfer “10”?
Consumer M&A activity continued to surge with the highest valuations not seen since the economic downturn of 2008 and over $137 billion in total transaction value. Consumer confidence continued to rise, with U.S. retail sales increasing by 4.2% in 2017, bolstered by one of the strongest holiday seasons in recent years. Despite its challenges, the apparel sector could be seen as experiencing a year of growth. Read the apparel report for an in-depth analysis of the global industry, focusing on themes, issues, and opportunities impacting the sector and its performance. We hope you will find this report, and the other reports to follow, a useful source of information.
Integrated Marketing Communications Campaign:
- Proposed brand positioning, product offerings, and detailed implementation methods for a client's new business venture
- Completed for the course ADV4800 at the University of Florida
- The team for which I was the Group Lead/Account Executive won Best Strategic Plan
E-Marketing (Electronic Marketing) are also known as Internet Marketing, Web Marketing, Digital Marketing, or Online Marketing. E-marketing is the process of marketing a product or service using the Internet. E-marketing not only includes marketing on the Internet, but also includes marketing done via e-mail and wireless media. It uses a range of technologies to help connect businesses to their customers.
Contents :-
Meaning
Features
Concept
Challenges
Opportunities
Portfolio for strategy director Ged Carroll. I am an accomplished strategy director with a history of driving brand growth and brand success, My approach is: logical, insight-led & pragmatic. My strategy journey and expertise has been across sectors, countries and disciplines. This included successful global product launches, brand strategy, comms planning, omnichannel and digital transformation all of which leaves with a ‘T-shaped’ skillset. I’m driven to do work that has intrinsic quality; that has accomplished something despite the challenge. Whether its consumer marketing, retailing, a public service announcement campaign, B2B or marketing in a regulated sector like health – cracking the business and creative challenge at the centre and the team around me that drives me.
https://bit.ly/gedstrategy
Defining the role of packaging as part of the online shopping experience
For more white papers and webinars, go to http://www.sldesignlounge.com
Or visit us at http://www.sld.com
Dentsu Aegis Network - Quarterly on content marketingiProspect Norge
Content Marketing is essentially what it says – marketing with content, rather than with advertising. The new digital age has produced far more sorts of content – pictures, videos, apps - and therefore far more way for brands to use content in their marketing.
We are in a time where some people choose to block ads, and others choose to pay to avoid ads (for example in Spotify and Netflix); content marketing can bypass some of this avoidance.
Best of Branded Content Marketing 2015: Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Ed...Justin Kirby
What exactly is branded content marketing, and how can you use it in German-speaking countries to improve your business and engage better with customers?
Find out all about it in this first ever edition of the international Best of Branded Content Marketing (BOBCM) book series exclusively for, from and about the German, Austrian and Swiss region.
Spearheaded by BOBCM's local editor and partner, renowned branded entertainment consultant, strategist and journalist Sandra Freisinger-Heinl, this book presents the combined experience and wisdom of more than 45 local branded content experts.
Best of Branded Content Marketing 2015: Germany, Austria and Switzerland - Edited by Sandra Freisinger-Heinl
It explains vital aspects of branded content usage specific to the German-speaking market, including legal and research information. However, it's much more than a 'how-to' guide; it also provides insights into experts' daily work with brands, showcasing the best examples, including Deutsche Telekom Familie Heins, Media Markt Rabbit Race and Hasbro NERF Toy Blaster.
Equipped with all the information from this book, you too can use the power of branded content marketing to inspire your work.
Our annual collection of essays. It is a truly global publication, focusing on how digital has transformed the ways in which consumers explore, discover, buy, and engage with products and services as well as with each other, transcending traditional channel boundaries, and transforming marketing.
140 people every content marketer should follow on Twitter, by Axonn MediaAxonn Media
Content marketing agency Axonn Media has used a combination of influencer marketing research tools and desk-based research to identify 140 people whose Twitter accounts must be followed by every content marketer.
How to take a data-driven approach to content marketingAxonn Media
How can you use data to create your best-ever content marketing? We ask our director of data insights, and special guest Stefan Zeckner, global SEO manager at Western Union.
How does gender affect you as a marketer?Axonn Media
We surveyed 300 marketers and asked them, how does your gender affect you at work? The results are compiled in our latest research report, but as part of our webinar series we asked our panel, what has your experience been?
Your content is boring here's what to do about itAxonn Media
How do you create content that your audience don't just like and share, but content that connects with them emotionally? Here's how to create engaging, emotive and sometimes vulnerable content your audience will love.
How to make video content that gets watched and sharedAxonn Media
By 2017, 74% of all internet traffic will be video so there's never been a better time to start creating video content. But how do you get started? We asked our senior video producer.
How to make your thought leadership stand out from the crowdAxonn Media
How do you create content that is truly thought leading in your sector? In this presentation we look at how to create engaging content that doesn't sit on the fence but actually says something new.
A simple way to create content that gets resultsAxonn Media
The biggest challenge to content marketers is creating content that is truly effective, but how?
Our director of content marketing explains the importance of a strong title, clear CTA, but most importantly a good story.
"Content Strategy Simplified" gives you the insight needed to get the most out of your content marketing efforts, regardless of what stage you are at.
Learn how to setup, implement, monitor and adjust your strategies, ensuring you get the best results possible.
Supercharge your strategy! 20 stats for the organised marketerAxonn Media
Ready to supercharge your content marketing strategy? These 20 statistics, covering everything from digital to business to social media, will help you to develop your best-ever strategy.
We're a team dedicated to producing high quality
graphical content at a competitive price, within a
short time-period.
Having started as a two person operation in 2012,
we have grown substantially and now have eight
staff dedicated to making sure our clients get the
best content possible - whether it be an interactive
quiz or a Twitter card.
Infographics 101: Get it right every timeAxonn Media
Infographics are a valuable tool when it comes to content marketing, but many companies who commission an infographic aren’t sure what they can expect from their agency and how to plan it to perfection.
We put together an ebook of 100 of our best tips so that you can execute the most amazing infographics with less hassle.
In this slideshare, we’ve put together 15 of our favourite tips, with some handy stats to back them up.
50 new stats for 2015 that every marketer should knowAxonn Media
Statistics like these can inspire us and shine a spotlight on where we can improve and refine our strategy.
We've compiled 50 brand new statistics for 2015 that can help shine a light on the gaps in your strategy and give you a clear path to success.
So take these numbers and turn them into something amazing!
Please feel free to share and embed, let us know what you think @axonnmedia or send us an email inbound@axonn.co.uk
How to harness the power of visual content marketingAxonn Media
The history & psychology of visual content, why this is relevant to marketers, the different types of visual content and lots and lots of free tools!
Find out how non-designers can harness visual tools to break through the online noise and really connect with audiences!
The Big UK Content Marketing Benchmarks Study 2015Axonn Media
Highlights of the annual report "Content Marketing in the UK: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends" by Content Marketing Institute and DMA UK, sponsored by Axonn Media.
140 Super Awesome Content Marketing Twitter Accounts Every Marketer Should Fo...Axonn Media
It seems as if everyone's talking and tweeting about content marketing, and it's no wonder as pretty much every organisations realises it's the best way forward for achieving marketing results.
Here we've put together a definitive list of the 140 people who we believe have the most important comments to share on the topic on Twitter.
It's a global list, featuring people and organisations ranging from those with hundreds of thousands of followers to those with only a few hundred. But what they all have in common is that anyone involved in content marketing will be able to learn something new and useful from following these Twitter accounts.
Subscribe to the list at @axonnmedia
https://twitter.com/AxonnMedia/lists/content-marketing-top140
How to become a highly effective content marketerAxonn Media
What sets the effective content marketers apart from the rest? What tools do they use? How do they think? Find out in this webinar by Karen Webber from content marketing agency Axonn Media.
Click, enjoy, share and let us know what tools you use!
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How to implement a multilingual content strategyAxonn Media
While the internet has made it simple and cost-effective for businesses to expand into new markets, going global has its pitfalls. Simply translating your website content from English will not be enough to get repeat traffic and social shares in your new market. Your brand’s multilingual content marketing strategy needs to be culturally optimised.
Frank Hartkopf, our head of European content, held this webinar where he discussed the benefits of translation vs. transcreation and how the latest technology can help you to get the most out of your content marketing efforts.
Navigating the content marketing technology landscapeAxonn Media
The marketing technology landscape is a complex one. What do marketers need to do to be effective in this area? How can you be confident in choosing the right software and technology solutions to make you a better marketer?
Peter Yates, director of account management at Axonn Media, discussed this in a webinar entitled Navigating the Marketing Technology Landscape.
Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence.pdfKaiNexus
Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will highlight commonly established business practices and how they limit our ability to engage everyone every day. More importantly, though, participants will likely gain increased awareness of what we can do differently to maximize enterprise excellence through deliberate inclusion.
What is Enterprise Excellence?
Enterprise Excellence is a holistic approach that's aimed at achieving world-class performance across all aspects of the organization.
What might I learn?
A way to engage all in creating Inclusive Excellence. Lessons from the US military and their parallels to the story of Harry Potter. How belt systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices. How leadership language invites people to the party. There are three things leaders can do to engage everyone every day: maximizing psychological safety to create environments where folks learn, contribute, and challenge the status quo.
Who might benefit? Anyone and everyone leading folks from the shop floor to top floor.
Dr. William Harvey is a seasoned Operations Leader with extensive experience in chemical processing, manufacturing, and operations management. At Michelman, he currently oversees multiple sites, leading teams in strategic planning and coaching/practicing continuous improvement. William is set to start his eighth year of teaching at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches marketing, finance, and management. William holds various certifications in change management, quality, leadership, operational excellence, team building, and DiSC, among others.
Cracking the Workplace Discipline Code Main.pptxWorkforce Group
Cultivating and maintaining discipline within teams is a critical differentiator for successful organisations.
Forward-thinking leaders and business managers understand the impact that discipline has on organisational success. A disciplined workforce operates with clarity, focus, and a shared understanding of expectations, ultimately driving better results, optimising productivity, and facilitating seamless collaboration.
Although discipline is not a one-size-fits-all approach, it can help create a work environment that encourages personal growth and accountability rather than solely relying on punitive measures.
In this deck, you will learn the significance of workplace discipline for organisational success. You’ll also learn
• Four (4) workplace discipline methods you should consider
• The best and most practical approach to implementing workplace discipline.
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2. Driving sales for Christmas 2
By Frank Hartkopf
The most wonderful time of the marketing year 3 - 4
By Eric Ingrand and Karen Webber
All I want for Christmas 5 - 6
Holiday marketing lessons from Coca-Cola 7 - 8
By Robert Rose
Think global, speak like a local 9 - 10
By Eric Ingrand
10 tips for a smooth launch into new markets 11 - 12
By Eric Ingrand
Emerging markets: a window of opportunity for retailers 13 - 14
By Ben Sillitoe
Hotels.com marketing strategies for emerging markets 15 - 18
By Eric Ingrand
Joy to the world: cultural variations on Christmas celebrations 19 - 23
A day in the life of an international content manager 24
By Lisa Plumridge
Implementing a mutlicultural content marketing strategy 25
By Frank Hartkopf
Wrapping it up 26 - 27
By Frank Hartkopf
Contents
3. Driving sales for Christmas
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By Frank Hartkopf
Christmas is retail's most important season. While the general public are still tanned from their summer
holiday, it’s high time for businesses to get ready for the sales rush in the lead-up to Christmas Day and beyond.
Having just come out of a long recession and with the home market saturated, many UK retailers are looking to expand into new, emerging markets around
the world. Thanks to the internet, this has never been easier. It is a great opportunity for Western retailers to find growth both on the Continent
and outside Europe.
However, the time of one-size-fits-all marketing is over. Globalisation now means localisation – even
McDonald’s serves rice McMeals in China. In this white paper, two experienced international content
marketing providers are joining forces to give you a comprehensive insight into how best-in-class online
retailers are using the power of multilingual content marketing to exceed their sales targets this festive
season.
Christmas is celebrated and merchandised around the world, but if you want to capitalise on this, you
need to understand the local and cultural differences of each region. With examples from brands such
as Coca-Cola, Marks Spencer and Hotels.com, and reports from contributors across the globe, this
white paper will equip you for the multilingual future of retail.
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Content marketing is the new advertising for brands. As most commentators agree, this is
not just a trend but a paradigm shift in the traditional approach to customer interaction and communication.
Brands are now publishers. Audiences speak through social media. Viral videos and images on social networks replace print and TV ad campaigns.
High-quality content is the primary way in which products and services are discussed and discovered.
Yet many global brands are still not yet global publishers. Around 60 to 70 percent of Fortune 500 companies produce some multilingual content, leaving
a large proportion still shouting only in English and hoping to be heard.
Publishing content in multiple languages for a variety of markets requires digital agility. But it is an incredibly powerful way of reaching out to new
audiences. Large or small, companies with an international reach need multicultural content marketing to succeed in the digital age.
A shared vision
This white paper is the result of a collaboration between two content marketing agencies with a shared vision. Axonn (axonn.co.uk) and
EnVeritas Group (enveritasgroup.com) have collaborated to explain how global brands can harness the power of multicultural content.
Frank Hartkopf, from Germany,
is Head of European Content at NewsReach,
an Axonn Media brand
Karen Webber, from South Africa,
is Head of Marketing Communications
at Axonn Media
Eric Ingrand, French, born in Germany and
raised in Brazil, is EnVeritas Group’s Vice
President of Content Marketing EMEA
Lisa Plumridge, from England, is Chief Content
Officer at EnVeritas Group
By Eric Ingrand Karen Webber
The most wonderful time of the marketing year
5. 4
A window of opportunity
With decades of experience in international publishing and digital marketing between us, we believe that content marketing is the best way for a brand
to form relationships with customers. We are all passionate about helping companies do this, wherever their target markets are based and whichever
languages they speak.
We know that content marketing is the most efficient and long-lasting form
of advertising in the new era of multimedia. We know this because we have gathered
reliable data from a host of B2B and B2C Fortune 500 companies.
There is a window of opportunity for companies willing to discover the power of
multicultural content marketing. You can break into fresh markets, and you can
improve your reputation and credibility around the world.
This white paper sets out best practices for Western companies expanding into new
markets. Multicultural content marketing is the focus, exemplified by Christmas
in emerging markets.
Please get in touch with us if you wish to comment on or discuss any of the points
raised here.
Eric Ingrand
VP Content Marketing EMEA
+33 683 8599 87
eric@enveritasgroup.com
@ericEVGeurope
www.enveritasgroup.com
Karen Webber
Head of Marketing Communications
+44 870 898 2321
karen.webber@axonn.co.uk
@webber_karen
www.axonn.co.uk
6. 5 tips on how ecommerce retailers can spruce up their shop in time for Christmas
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Ecommerce revenues are continually growing. In Germany, 25 million people are buying Christmas presents online; that is almost half of all
German internet users. To cash in on this trend, online retailers should use the coming weeks to prepare for the big sales rush.
Review your online shop content
When things get hectic, product descriptions and images are often the last things you think about renewing. Yet presentation is
essential to stand out from the competition. Now is the time to shoot new product photos and increase the information value of your
product descriptions. Use videos to show how to set up and use your products.
User reviews are a great way to convert buyers, as are how-to guides and feature articles. This will increase engagement on your
shop pages and contribute to a higher conversion rate.
Update your SEO
After recent Google updates, including Panda and Penguin, it has become almost impossible to game search results with dodgy links
and spammy content. A lot of ecommerce businesses have been penalised by Google for following outdated SEO strategies.
To rank higher for the keywords your buyers search for, you need to get up to speed with current best practices in SEO and content
optimisation.
Check your backlink profile and get rid of any links from suspicious sites. Don’t stuff content full of keywords. Create content for
humans, but in a way that is understood by machines.
Check the look and feel of your online shop
Check how you can improve the visual appeal of your online shop. New colours, a clearer design and more intuitive navigation will all
help to improve your site’s performance. Perform usability tests with volunteers from your target market
to get unbiased feedback on the user experience. Test your shop on different browsers and make
it compatible with mobile devices, as more and more Christmas shopping is done from smartphones
and tablet computers.
All I want for Christmas: 5 tips for ecommerce retailers
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Analyse your pricing and product range design
Pricing and product range remain the most important criteria when buying online. Analyse last year’s Christmas sales data to identify
bestsellers and position them more prominently. Check out what your competitors are doing on pricing.
However, a recent survey by Axonn Media among UK consumers and business buyers has shown that two-thirds (67%) are more
likely to buy from brands whose content they enjoy – even if it costs them between five and ten per cent more than from a brand that
doesn’t publish content or engage on social media.
Make your user experience truly international
If you have decided to tap into a new market, it’s not enough simply
to translate your product descriptions and list prices in your foreign
customers’ currency. You need to adapt the user experience to cultural
expectations and interests.
To build trust and avoid abandoned shopping carts, you should clearly
communicate to users that you deliver to their country. Delivery costs and
timescales for each country should be made clear on detail pages and in
the cart. Make your foreign customers aware of early international order
deadlines if they want to have their goods delivered before Christmas.
Not only prices and discounts, but also the sizes of clothes and shoes must be converted to the units your foreign clients are used to.
Adapt your address form fields to local and regional customs: while UK buyers put their house number before the street name and
the postcode behind the city name, it’s the other way round in Germany.
Foreign buyers are more likely to purchase if you offer them the e-payment method they’re used to in their home country. Most online
retailers only offer foreign clients payments by credit card or PayPal. To stand out from the competition, you should for example offer
direct bank transfers for buyers from the Continent, possibly with the help of an external provider.
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8. By Robert Rose
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As the holidays approach,we will no doubt be treated to some amazing content by Coca-Cola. Along with Happiness Factories
and Polar Bears comes, in my opinion, the brand’s most incredible work – which is its approach to content marketing.
If you haven’t seen the Content 2020 Project and watched Coca-Cola’s public take on how they differentiate their brand using what they call ‘Liquid Content’,
it’s worth stopping right now to watch it. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Coca-Cola understands that truly the only way to have your message spread in today’s media oversaturation is to have ideas spread among social
networks. This is why they’ve put such an incredible focus on it.
When I interviewed the architect of this project, Jonathan Mildenhall – vice president of global advertising strategy and creative excellence at Coca-Cola –
he told me: ‘Coca-Cola has a history of firsts.’
What Jonathan means is that Coca-Cola has embraced content creation as the
new way to differentiate a brand in the marketplace. By transforming an iconic
brand into a media asset, the company creates affinity with an audience.
Holiday content marketing lessons from Coca-Cola
Watch now
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Planning the gift that keeps on giving
There’s no doubt that Coca-Cola will do this year what they’ve done for the past couple: integrate paid, owned and earned media in a unique way that
encourages sharing.
For example, last year’s paid commercial was watched on television and also had about 140,000 views online. But its 100th Christmas of Coca-Cola
in the Philippines video was viewed more than 1.6 million times.
The lessons we as marketers can learn from Coca-Cola have to
do with great planning and theming for creative storytelling.
Coca-Cola doesn’t just throw content against the wall and
see what sticks. There are planning sessions and editorial
theming that go into the content creation process at
every step.
Dare to be different
One of the biggest takeaways from my discussion with Jonathan was that every idea must work across different channels. He said: ‘We have horizontal
strategies from creative development, idea development and production. So, everyone’s remit is to be horizontal or integrated in thinking. We’re as siloed
as any large organization. But in the end, you may be heading up social, or PR, or production, but your solutions, your team solutions, must work
horizontally across every function in the marketing world.’
As we start into the holiday season, marketers would do well to take inspiration from Coca-Cola’s creativity and innovation and infuse a small bit of it into
our own strategy. The question we must constantly ask is: ‘What’s more valuable? Is it more valuable for us to try to get out ten more blog posts of the
top 5 reasons why x, y or z? Or, should we really put planning, creativity and thought into how we can differentiate our brand using content?’
Robert Rose is the Chief Strategist for the
Content Marketing Institute, and Senior
Contributing Analyst for Digital Clarity Group.
Watch now
10. Think global, speak like a local
Multicultural content marketing helps online stores gain trust abroad
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An American man walks into a barin Barcelona and orders a Heineken in English. The waiter nods. The man is served,
drinks up, leaves.
An American man walks into a bar in Barcelona and orders an Estrella Damm in Catalan. The waiter nods and smiles. The man begins chatting to locals,
who are delighted by his understanding of Catalan language and culture. He is quickly accepted and welcomed when returning.
As any traveller knows, basic communication is easy. But to gain the trust of locals you need to speak the language and understand cultural values.
Journeying into new markets
Online stores expanding into new markets are like travellers in an unknown land. You’ll
encounter many challenges – legal, political, financial. But your biggest challenge will be to
understand how locals think, feel and talk.
There is a reason only four of the top 100 internet companies currently have Arabic websites,
despite Arabic being one of the fastest growing, most lucrative markets on the web with over
300 million native speakers. Localising into Arabic is not easy. Right to left scripting, differences
in dialect and cultural values mean there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Yet winning Arabic
customers means engaging them in Arabic, not English.
The fastest-growing European countries in 2013 are forecast to be mostly in eastern Europe, where English is not so common: Georgia, Moldova, Kosovo,
Turkey, Ukraine. In Europe as a whole, 23 official languages are spoken. A recent European Union study indicates that only around 18 percent of web users
feel comfortable purchasing in a non-native language, and 42 percent would never buy in a language not their own. (Would you?)
So why are so many brand websites in English only, or English and just one other language?
By Eric Ingrand
...to gain the trust of locals you need to
speak the language
and understand cultural values
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Content marketing helps smoothen the journey
Multicultural content marketing builds trust in your brand and helps online shoppers overcome the fears that stop conversion. To do this, you’ll need to
communicate in the right language. Here’s how.
Research potential new markets using website analytics and global trends.
Engage a local partner for localisation, content creation and advice on cultural norms and events.
Keep a local site and social media presence maintained with regular, high-quality content either
cleverly localised or created from scratch.
Test, monitor and improve your efforts continuously with the aim of increasing traffic, engagement and
conversion rates.
With the magic of multicultural content marketing, online retailers with a bit of courage and the right partner can seize this window of opportunity to get
ahead of the game.
12. 10 tips for a smooth launch into new markets
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By Eric Ingrand
Localise rather than translate. This includes keywords if you use them.
Multicultural content marketing is not multilingual SEO. Go for high-quality content
in the local language.
Develop a style guide for each target language. This will keep your brand image consistent when
working across borders with multiple partners.
Tempted by automated translation? Don’t! It will hurt your brand reputation in the long term.
Best practices for successful multicultural content marketing
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Identify influential local bloggers, invite them to an event or offer them a scoop. Bloggers may be more
active over Christmas as their readership will be higher.
Create a realistic website and social media publishing calendar. This will help you keep content
fresh, relevant and timely, and your multilingual presence will grow at a sustainable rate. Include cultural events such
as Christmas.
Keep campaigns local. If you want to roll out a global campaign, localise the message and validate it with
your local team.
Act on insights from website or social media analytics. However, remember that quantitative data
should be supplemented by on-the-ground advice from real people.
Use local social media. If people like your message, they’ll spread it through their social networks.
Quality content can replace big advertising budgets.
Gather focus groups. Listen to what participants say and test their ideas
on small areas before rolling them out. This is important for cultural events such
as Christmas, since local traditions may differ significantly.
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Emerging markets: a window of opportunity for retailers
Growing economies and emerging business marketsoffer huge potential for Western retailers,
but achieving success abroad is not easy. There are a plethora of cultural behaviours, differences in taste and technological trends that retailers need to
understand if they are to adapt their business models successfully.
For more established ecommerce nations, such as those in northern Europe, it makes sense to act sooner rather than later when it comes to international
expansion. The pace of tech innovation means local players may quickly have the capacity to corner their own markets.
Today, retailers in the UK, Germany and the Nordic region can take advantage of their dominant position in terms of digital capability to gain a foothold
in emerging territories before local firms in southern and eastern Europe catch up.
Internet shopping in Italy, Spain and Russia, for example, is on a strong growth curve as consumers start to trust the systems and processes involved,
so forward-thinking retailers can break down new boundaries if they can identify the finer nuances associated with their new markets and target their
offering accordingly.
By Ben Sillitoe
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Marks Spencer is one company expanding its European reach as it looks to boost top-line sales and raise
its profile on an international scale. Having brought in the experienced Jan Heere as director of international a
couple of years ago, the clothing and food retailer has since launched stores in several new territories, including
France and the Netherlands. Heere had worked for a number of years at Zara-owner Inditex, one of the best-
performing international retailers in modern times, and he understands what is needed to succeed in territories
MS views as key growth markets.
MS has taken the opportunity presented by a new target market in the Netherlands, for example, to trial some
new technological concepts that are in keeping with today’s multichannel retail world. Success achieved with concepts such as virtual fashion rails – where
shoppers can view clothes on screens and order in-store – and retail spaces with lots of digital signage like touch screens will likely be replicated in stores
across its portfolio. It has also paid close attention to local and cultural requirements by launching mobile-specific and local-language/currency websites
to ensure a smooth transition – a critical consideration for UK companies looking to gain traction abroad. It’s early days, but the initial feedback has been
good, and it seems that MS can learn a lot about the wider future of its business by testing out new concepts in foreign climes.
MS has paid close attention to local and cultural requirements by launching mobile-specific and
local-language/currency websites to ensure a smooth transition
Ben Sillitoe is the Editor of Essential Retail,
a leading global retail solutions resource.
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Which markets will be key drivers of new business for Hotels.com over the next three years?
In EMEA, three markets stand out: Russia, Turkey and the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Globally, we would include Asia Pacific and
Latin America, particularly Brazil, India and China. The Russian and Turkish markets are growing really fast right now, not only for Hotels.com but generally.
The UAE and Saudi markets may be small in terms of population but they have immense spending power. However, for internet companies such as
Hotels.com, there can be some country specific-challenges, for instance when building local sites with right to left scripting of Arabic etc.
How important is content marketing – and more specifically multilingual content marketing – in
your communications strategy?
We tread a middle ground between localising English content and creating targeted content for particular markets. We provide more than 85 localised
Hotels.com websites in 35 languages around the world and continuously extend these numbers. When launching a new point of sale, we start with
a localised version of the English site. As soon as we see that the market is growing, we invest more in tailoring content to the local language, culture
and individual consumer’s needs. It's a gradual approach based on internal research. For example, our Russian website used to be a direct localisation
from English. Over the last few years, we have continuously improved the Russian site with localisation and are happy that it now has a really Russian
look and feel, which makes it even more relevant to consumers – and therefore more prominent in organic search. We are currently reworking the Turkish
site in a similar way.
Hotels.com marketing strategies for emerging markets
Michael Korkia and Malte Bunjes, marketing managers at Expedia brand Hotels.com, speak
to Eric Ingrand about their marketing strategies when launching into emerging markets
What marketing and communications strategies do you employ when
entering a new market?
First we get our product up to speed with a properly localised site. Then we focus on organic search with a
variety of SEM tactics. We view search engines as the equivalent of shelves in the supermarket, so we do our
best to get our product displayed prominently before looking at other marketing channels.
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How useful is social media in emerging economies, and how do you harness it at a local level?
The whole question of social media marketing is interesting. Social media is growing fast and many brands are trying to exploit its potential, but it can be
a challenge to evaluate. Our research from more established markets shows that it does help to build trust in our brand and it opens a direct communica-
tion opportunity with our customers. But it’s not a direct response marketing channel and currently it’s not as effective as some more traditional methods.
In Russia, for instance, we spent a significant amount of effort building our profile on the local equivalent of Facebook, Vkontakte. Interestingly, despite
being around three times bigger than Facebook locally, Google doesn’t rank Vkontakte very highly. In some cases, local social media sites are even black-
listed by Google and links from these sites will harm your search engine positioning.
How do you take into account the growth
in mobile and smartphone use in
emerging economies?
Mobile is definitely one of the biggest future marketing channels.
It is growing very rapidly, not only in new and emerging markets
but in established territories. In Russia, Turkey, the Middle East
and South Africa mobile is particularly important because more
people have access to 3G via smartphones and tablets than
to regular broadband internet.
Although the number of bookings via desktop is still higher, the
trend is that this might change over the next few years. There
are already a lot of last-minute bookings through the Hotels.com
mobile site and particularly our smartphone booking apps.
For example, we offer 20,000 last-minute deals exclusively
for mobile customers.
How do you measure the effectiveness of your content marketing efforts in different countries
and markets?
We are a numbers-driven company. We track the performance of every single marketing channel, including offline channels where it’s more challenging
to get firm data. Online, our usual model is last-click attribution through Omniture. We also compare growth and average spend for each channel.
In emerging markets, once our basic marketing channels start performing and we see a positive development, we start optimising other channels.
The aim is to maximise growth, not profit.
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When creating a new campaign, do you think about cultural as well as linguistic differences?
How do you deal with cultural differences?
We always try to take linguistic and cultural diversities into account. This has a huge effect. For instance, for several years we used the same Brazilian
Portuguese website for both Brazil and Portugal, on the grounds that Brazil was a bigger market. A few years ago, we localised Portugal’s site into
European Portuguese and saw the conversion rate grow in triple digits. Russia is another good example. We rolled out an improved localisation of our
Russian site which used the correct grammatical case for city names and immediately registered a very positive effect in the conversion rate.
Christmas customs are being adopted by other cultures who have never traditionally celebrated this
festival. Have you noticed any differences in online purchasing habits around Christmas time, both
in Western countries and other markets?
Even if Christmas is not traditionally celebrated in a country, there may be other major winter holidays which take its place. In Russia, Christmas Day
is January 7th and the main festival is actually New Year. Russians often plan their long holidays for the first three weeks of January, which they start
booking at the end of September. So we see bookings peak in this period.
In Israel, Hanukkah takes the place of Christmas for 75 percent of the population. For the 17 percent of the population who are Muslim, Eid is very
important. So we do notice seasonal differences in online behaviour in different markets, but they are not all related to Christmas per se.
Celebrations in Israel
75%
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Hanukkah
17%
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Your portfolio includes Israel. Can you give us some examples of how Israeli online shopping habits
vary from those of other countries?
Israelis enjoy travelling internationally and long-haul destinations are very popular. We see that due to a high level of purchasing power. Israeli travellers
book longer stays and spend more for their trips. They also tend to visit families and friends abroad, which often includes the US, such as New York,
California and Florida, or major European cities like London or Paris. Summer school holidays span two months in July and August, so leisure and family
travel peaks in this period. We base promotional campaigns on these holidays.
When you plan your marketing messages for Christmas, do you choose a central theme that can
be applied globally and adapted slightly for local markets? Or do you develop local campaigns
separately to make them more relevant to each market?
For most countries, we use a general approach to Christmas marketing with slight adaptations per country - for instance, a later release date for Russia.
But there are some countries that we have to approach differently. For instance, in South Africa, Christmas is celebrated in the middle of their summer,
so we have to adapt the images and destinations promoted.
Michael Korkia and Malte Bunjes are marketing
managers at Expedia brand Hotels.com
Hotels.com is a leading provider of hotel accommodation worldwide, offering
booking services through its own network of localised websites and telephone
call centres. It is an affiliate of Expedia.
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Dubai
By Alice Johnson, Dubai, UAE
China
Young people in cities celebrate Christmas with gifts, dinners and shopping trips. For many under-30s, it’s now as important as traditional
Chinese holidays such as the Spring and Moon festivals.
You can hardly find a restaurant table or hotel room between Christmas Eve and January 1st. Shops and online stores put on promotions to
attract customers. Gifts are small, such as flowers or chocolate, but people are spending more and more each year.
Christmas is not a family occasion as it is in the West. Older generations, especially in rural areas, seldom celebrate.
Although Christmas is less significant than Ramadan and Eid, it has become more prominent in the last few years. Many expats are Christian,
so they may take time off work and go to church. Others take no holiday.
Christmas sales and special restaurant offers begin to be advertised after Eid Al Adha
in October or November.
Dubai Shopping Festival in January could be seen as a post-Christmas sale, but is not advertised as such.
Joy to the World: cultural variations in Christmas celebrations
By Shaojun Zhang, Beijing, China, and Mia Wei, Chinese expat living in London
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Russia
By Natalia Simkina, Ivanovo, Russia, and Alexei Player, Moscow, Russia
Finland
By Tiina Esjola, Jyvaskyla, Finland and Sini Hakala, Finnish expat in Greece
Christmas is January 7th in the Russian Orthodox Church, but for most people New Year is the most important winter festival. Decorations,
fir trees, family dinners and gifts are common from the end of December until mid-January.
The retail period begins in November and lasts until the end of January, with promotions covering New Year (January 1st), Old New Year
(January 14th) and Epiphany (January 19th).
It’s a busy time for festive foods and gifts for children. Young people in cities do buy online, but most Russians shop last-minute in physical stores.
Our main celebration is Christmas Eve, when the table is laid with a handsome feast. After dinner with roasted ham, carrot and swede
casseroles, plum pies and gingerbread cookies, Joulupukki, our very own Santa Claus, arrives. A pine tree is the centrepiece of the
decorations with pretty Christmas lights and other ornaments.
One tradition is enjoying a Christmas sauna with the family and afterwards rolling in the snow. This has to happen before sunset, though, as it’s best not to
be there when, according to the myth, the spirits of the dead return on Christmas Eve to take a sauna.
Christmas shopping and advertisement can start as early as September or even August. Finns have so far been cautious with their online
shopping, so online retailers need to focus on quality and trustworthiness.
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By Matt Chesterton, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nigeria
By Bridget Baldauf, Abuja, Nigeria, and Adebiyi Adesina, Nigerian expat living in the US
Argentina
Christmas and New Year are important for Christians in Nigeria, who make up just under half of the population and are mainly based in the
south and east. For Muslims, Sallah (Eid) is a much more important festival.
Shopping around the Christmas period is mainly about food and drink. Families get together in villages and celebrate with a feast.
Gifts other than food and cloth are not common, except among rich Nigerians who may shop abroad.
All of Argentina’s cultural festivals, including carnival and independence days, are busy times for retailers. At Christmas, people still queue
around the block to buy traditional food and drink such as pan dulce, cider and perhaps a suckling pig for the Christmas Eve barbecue.
Feasting is more important than gift-giving for most families, with most people shopping last-minute at local malls. Fireworks on Christmas
Eve are a national tradition. Although few people work between Christmas and New Year, there are not many festive sales.
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By Karen Webber, South African expat in the UK
South Africa
Brazil
By
,
Africa’s Rainbow Nation has 11 official languages and 51 million highly diverse residents, but one thing everyone has in common is Christmas
being a summer affair. Retailers launch Christmas promotions as early as October, with many shops decorated as ‘winter wonderlands’ and
children lining up to tell sweaty Santas what they’d like for Christmas.
On the big day, most families skip the Christmas turkey dinner in favour of cold food or a barbecue, and many soak up the sun on the beach. About 80%
of South Africans are Christian, so Carols by Candlelight and exchanging presents are popular Christmas Eve activities, with a special church service
attended on Christmas morning.
The day after Christmas is known as the Day of Goodwill. South Africa’s high poverty rate means millions don’t have enough to eat, let alone
think about gifts at Christmas. On this day, South Africans are encouraged to give to those less fortunate.
Christmas is both an important Catholic festival and a busy retail period. Most people take holiday on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and
there are celebrations all over Brazil both before and after this.
Retailers put up decorations and offer promotions. Some people start shopping for Christmas gifts in October, while others wait for
January sales. In the week running up to Christmas, shopping malls are packed and some stores even close their doors for short periods due
to excessive customers.
By Sarah Oliveira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Henrique Guerra, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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By Ranjabati Das, Calcutta, India
India
Christmas is important to the Christian minority in India, but for the rest, it is a season of joy and partying. December 24th is a big night while
Christmas Day, a national holiday in India, is quietly spent, looking forward to a hungover Christmas lunch.
I don’t think Bombay or Delhi have a party culture like this, but we Calcuttans, who have been most affected by the colonial rule, certainly do,
especially at various centres of recreation and relaxation commonly known as ‘clubs’.
Christmas is considered to be British as the Christmas food is generally British, although some non-Christians choose to celebrate it as Bada Din (‘Big
Day’) and cook Indian delicacies to celebrate the festivities.
Christmas gifts aren’t common. In Bengali culture, we buy gifts for friends and relatives during Durga Puja at the end of September/early
October. It’s still a big retail period for clothes, makeup and accessories as people shop for themselves in the run-up to New Year’s parties.
Online shopping is becoming more and more common, with the younger generations being more click-happy.
25. A day in the life of an international content manager
By Lisa Plumridge
From creative brainstorming to hiring an international team and then managing guidelines, calendars, budgets and
deadlines, the day-to-day of an international content manager is varied and interesting. It’s also pressured and plate-spinning in equal measure.
We tend to get involved with our clients at pitch stage, collaborating in the creative process and shaping the content strategy. Once pitches are won, the
focus is on developing the team and finding the right person for each task, often in multiple locations and working in numerous languages.
For a project to be successful, various elements need to be in place from the off:
content creation guidelines for writers, editors and translators; templates and
examples; style guides and glossaries for the languages we’re working in; budgets;
calendars.
Often we’re working with teams covering several time zones and personalities across
the spectrum. It helps to have people on board who are used to working with an
international team and who can keep their heads in case something goes awry – these
people are the safety net that keep a project on track.
Remote teams need careful management: emails can be misconstrued and instructions misunderstood. Communication is key here, from team meetings
on video or conference call to gentle encouragement on a personal level via a quick phone call or one-line instant message. Keeping team members
in different corners of the world connected can mean the difference between a project that exceeds expectations and one that falters.
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26. Implementing a multicultural content marketing strategy
By Frank Hartkopf
Content for your customers abroad needs to be transcreated, not translated. Only when it is written from
scratch by a native writer will it have the desired effect and convert website users. But how do you deliver a consistent brand message across
all markets?
Working with multinational companies across different markets in
Europe, Australasia and the Americas, NewsReach has established
a process to get this balance right. We provide all writers with detailed
topic descriptions for each article planned for a month in advance and
give them access to a pool of sources and research data.
These topic pitches, which have been approved by the client, make the
general article direction clear to local writers. Combined with the general
briefing on this client, writers then conduct their own research using
local sources. Finally, they write the piece, adapting it to the local
situation. This way, stories are told differently across the markets, but
the main plot remains the same.
This simple strategy also gives marketers control over the output without having to understand every language.
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27. Wrapping it up
By Frank Hartkopf
What to consider when choosing a provider for your website content
Content marketing works.
A recent study by NewsReach’s parent company, Axonn Media, has shown that 74% of UK marketers say content marketing increases online traffic.The
catch is that many businesses lack the resources and expertise to do it properly. No problem – there are many agencies claiming to be able to perform
these services for you, so that you can get on with your core business. However, you need to be careful to whom you entrust part of your online presence,
especially when communicating in many different languages. Here are a few questions you need to ask yourself when choosing the right partner.
Cost vs. ROI
“If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur.”
Quality comes at a price, but it will pay off in the long run. The price of your content will vary
depending on language, length and research effort required. Do shop around for the best offer,
but keep in mind that price isn’t everything. Look for the best value and ask for examples of an
agency’s work. Make sure that the agency reports back to you on performance, for example traffic,
social shares, inbound links generated and ultimately conversions.
Strategy
Is the agency simply producing the content and emailing it to you or is there a plan for it to generate
a return? A professional content marketing agency should have a clear, defined strategy.
Branding
How does the agency present its own brand? Do they practise what they preach? Are they experienced in collaborating with in-house marketers,
complementing each other? Your brand is your most valuable asset, so make sure it does not get damaged by poor-quality translations and an off-brand
tone and style.
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28. Simple processes and agility
How much legwork do you have to do? While you will want to contribute some input into your content strategy as you know your audience best, you should
not end up doing most of the work. Ask if they have a simple process in place, with clear production steps and timelines. They should also be flexible
enough to react quickly to changing requirements.
Expertise
Do they have experience in helping companies entering new markets with multicultural content marketing? Don’t assume that because an agency offers
multilingual content as a service, they know what they’re doing. Ask them for examples of their previous work and about their editorial experience.
Industry knowledge
Producing an infographic is one thing, but getting the most out of it is another. Have
agency staff taken the time to research and understand your audience? Have they
spoken with you about your industry and how you want to convey your message?
Don’t let them take a one-size-fits-all approach. The more tailored, the better.
Testimonials
Can the agency deliver what they promise? There is no better way to find out than getting feedback from a business they have worked with before. Ask for
testimonials and case studies to prove their claims.
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