LocWorld32: a Chance to Meet Your Friendly Localization Experts

LocWorld has been a meeting place for localization experts and their clients since 2003. From its humble beginnings, the conference has grown into a major industry event, held three times a year on three different continents. With the 32nd edition coming up in Montreal at the end of October 2016, I recently interviewed LocWorld co-founder and organizer Donna Parrish for episode #030 of The Worldly Marketer Podcast. In this post, I share some highlights from that conversation.

Fresh from the Experts: 4 Tasty Takeaways for Worldly Marketers

The best thing about producing The Worldly Marketer Podcast hasn’t been the number of downloads or the increased traffic to my website – though I’m rather chuffed about my analytics since the launch. And as much as I love the new social media engagement I’m getting, that’s not the best thing either. It’s not even the personal satisfaction I get from practicing my new podcasting skills, though I’ve come to really enjoy that aspect of it. These are all great things, to be sure. But there’s one benefit I appreciate most of all, and it’s the biggest motivator for me to continue with this new content channel.

Spread the News: The Worldly Marketer Podcast Is Here!

A dozen episodes so far, with well over 500 downloads across 27 countries – and counting! As I write this, The Worldly Marketer Podcast has been available for barely two weeks and, already, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Global marketing insiders as well as international-minded entrepreneurs and marketers have been spreading the word on social media. Thank you all so much! I hope you keep joining me for a new episode of #TWMPodcast every week.

10 Recommended Resources for International Marketers

Whether you’re a marketing professional or an entrepreneur looking to grow your business, it’s smart to take an international perspective. Even if you’re not ready to expand into foreign markets quite yet, you can plan for the future by keeping informed of international trends and by learning about other people’s experiences. These days, there’s lots of valuable information available online. Here are some of my favourite free resources, ones that I’ve found particularly helpful. All of them add new content on a regular basis, so you’ll want to keep them bookmarked!