Blog & “Overseas Chronicles”
dedicated almost entirely to shine a light on the various facets of growing your business beyond language borders
6 Steps to finding the most profitable foreign market for your business
You are already welcoming visitors, guests, and customers regularly on your website, your e-store, your hotel or restaurant, your brick & mortar business – and you see the potentials of getting a firm and foreseeable share of that foreign market business, more...
Bilingual Calendar Shenanigans
Currently, I am planning our trip to Europe this summer. We will be traveling to Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Czech Republic to visit family, doing some research and business. But mostly, we will be in Germany. A close ally with lots of travel planning...
Just call me at this time, my time.
"So I message a millennial blogger I am working with. I ask her what her Skype is so we can chat and which time zone she is in. She says,'Hey I am in Cali, I have never heard of Tel Aviv and no idea where it is, so just call me at this time, my time.' " (Facebook post...
Seasonal Greetings for your International Customers
Imagine, you spend a wonderful vacation in a far away city, ate in a nice restaurant, had an adventurous time with a rented bike, took an RV to cross the country, you bought a special souvenir in a store, or took a guided tour or learned cooking overseas ... and then,...
Tree Lighting with an Attitude
Christmas tree lighting in the US is done in almost every town and city in the US and most Europe around the first Advent. Adding Lights (also known as Fairy lights) to a needle tree goes back to the 18th century Germany where Christmas trees were decorated in...
12 Culture Nuggets for Business Travel in Italy
Being in Italy, exactly in Catona, Calabria, for the first time, gives me a good reason to write about specifics of the south Italian everyday life and hints of thoughts for fellow travelers with formal reasons, such as business. I am in good...