Christian Arno is the founder of professional translation services provider Lingo24, experts in the foreign language internet. Launched in 2001, Lingo24 now has over 150 employees spanning three continents and clients in over 60 countries. In the past 12 months, they have translated over 40 million words for businesses in every industry sector, including the likes of MTV, American Express, and World Bank.
Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa are regarded as the next wave of emerging economies. Marketing opportunities are there for the taking. Here are some reasons you might want to move now and gain an early advantage.
With social networks playing an increasingly important part in many people's lives, more global businesses are taking advantage of the social media benefits – for advertising, promotions, PR, customer services, market research, recruitment and more.
With another language in the mix, making the most of your keywords can feel like climbing Everest. With these simple tips, you can maximize your website’s potential and soon see your rankings improve and the number of visitors increase.
International websites are a serious game and require serious thought and attention. Here are some top tips on how to tackle the localization of your product's website and online presence, and land gracefully on a cushion of dollar bills.
The Internet has provided unprecedented opportunities and opened new markets for businesses, but misinformation and rumors can spread quickly, making reputation management extremely tricky – especially when you throw in a multilingual aspect.
No SEM or SEO campaign should overlook the importance of Google. However, in certain markets, local competitors rule the roost. Names such as Baidu in Chaina, Yahoo Japan, and Yandex in Russia all offer unique marketing opportunities and benefits.
Text-rich anchor links will soon become a vital part of your foreign language marketing strategy, meaning you have more time to reap the rewards of grabbing the top search engine spot. Learn how to use text-rich anchor links to their full advantage.
The question for ecommerce businesses right now isn’t “can I afford to invest in foreign language websites?” Rather, it’s “can I afford not to?!” Here are four companies that have embraced foreign markets with translated and optimized websites
Building links to foreign language websites can help you climb the SERPS far more quickly than link building for English websites. Here are some tips on how to beat the competition with top keyword anchor text links in languages other than English.
Despite the massive growths in foreign languages online, there is still relatively far less content in languages other than English – and that means dramatically less competition, better ROI, and faster results and for search marketing campaigns.
One key benefit of Google+ for international search engine marketers is that it supports 42 different languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese. Here’s an early look at how Circles, Sparks, and the +1 button might be useful if Google+ truly goes global.
With less competition, there’s a huge SEO opportunity within domestic markets to target native speakers of foreign languages. Here are some tricks of the trade and which companies are doing it right.
If your brand is to be truly global and effectively use Twitter, then you need to be tweeting across multiple languages. As yet, it seems many brands haven’t taken that step. Now is a crucial time for corporate tweeters to understand that go…
Word is spreading about the rapid rise of the mobile Internet across the world, and nowhere more so than in the BRIC countries (the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China).
Word is spreading about the rapid rise of the mobile Internet across the world, and nowhere more so than in the BRIC countries (the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China).
How microsites, subdomains, duplication, post-edited machine translation, and competing in foreign markets will increase your ROI and save you more money.
Although the English-language web has reached a saturation point, the foreign language Internet still offers rich-pickings, and presents a rather lucrative opportunity for businesses.