Manage Your Online Reputation in Multiple Languages

foreign languagesE-marketers are now more aware than ever of the difference that a good online reputation can make. To create and manage your web reputation, you need to get involved in digital spaces, communicating with existing and potential customers and, just as importantly, listening to what people say about your products or services.

English is not Enough

For businesses hoping to expand into markets overseas, naturally, you’d also want to manage that precious online reputation in languages other than English to claim your stake in foreign-language online spaces and garner feedback about your brand. After all, only one in almost five of all internet users is a native English speaker, so if you’re only communicating in English, you’re missing out on a large market.

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World Cup 2010 Starts June 11th

Fútbol.

Futebol.

Football.

No matter what you call it: The biggest sports event in the world (besides the Olympics) is finally here.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualification process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most competing nations. This will be the first time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process.

What are the implications of the 2010 FIFA World Cup for online marketers?

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