Category Archives: multilingual marketing

Infographics: Multilingual Development Process

Posted by on May 8, 2013 1 comment

I am often asked what is the right process for creating and distributing Infographs in an Multilingual Environment, the following process has in most cases worked liked wonders for us at Nordic eMarketing (NeM).

Infographie Processus de développement multilingue Infographics Multilingual Development Process Infografiken Multilingualer Entwicklung prozess

 

 

 

 

 

Brainstorming
After being briefed by the client, the NeM project team sits down and reviews the assignment. We might start with a set of ideas given to us by the client as the main guideline; however, we evaluate numerous possibilities in order to give the project that unique spark. Read more »

SEMPO Post: Opportunities in Global Search Engine Marketing

Posted by on May 3, 2013 No comments

SEMPO just posted on their blog an article about the opportunities in Global Search Engine Marketing and the common mistakes done by International Marketeers around the world. Though 63% of the searches done on Google are in English 70% of the queries generated on search engines across the world are not in English. Underlining the fact that Google is not the only search engine and the opportunity in Global is in understanding the the fact that “Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture.” (Anthony Burgess) However when we look at most companies search engine marketing practices in global terms, they seem to have missed the obvious.

You can read the full Opportunities in Global Search Engine Marketing here

Global Search Engine Marketing Book

Global SEM: Turn Right at Reykjavik – How to Reach Europe’s Biggest Markets

Posted by on July 27, 2012 No comments

Kristjan Mar Hauksson speaking at the SES in San Francisco on Global Search Engine Marketing with Anne Kennedy as my co-speaker and Michael Bonfils as the moderator.

Session name:
Turn Right at Reykjavik – How to Reach Europe’s Biggest Markets

Session Description:
Aiming for Europe? It’s not as easy as you might think. Though allied under the EU, European countries are each unique, with diverse cultures, languages, and searcher behavior. Google owns nearly all the search market share across Western Europe, which simplifies search marketing platform issues, However, helping Google bot understand just which market you are after is more complex, especially when languages cross borders, as do German and French. Read more »

The Book: Getting Better International Search Engine Results

Posted by on January 13, 2012 1 comment

It is just over a month until the book I am co-authoring with Anne Kennedy “Global Search Engine Marketing: Getting Better International Search Engine Results” is koing to be published. The publisher Que Biz-Tech is has a D-day in this Paperback next month on the 16th of February and it looks as we are going to make it. Read more »

Global Search Engine Marketing

Posted by on December 8, 2011 2 comments

Looks like we are getting there, finally – The book I am co-authoring with Anne Kennedy is on Amazon and the date is set. The book is published by Que Biz-Tech and is called “Global Search Engine Marketing: Getting Better International Search Engine Results“. The description is as follows: Read more »

Gulltaggen 2011: Speaking during ‘Multilingual International Internet Marketing and Comms’ session

Posted by on April 5, 2011 No comments

I will be speaking at the ‘Multilingual International Internet Marketing and Comms’ session as part of the Gulltaggen 2011 Internet Marketing conference, to be held between 12th and 14th April.

Gulltaggen is the Nordic countries’ and Norway’s most important event for digital marketing, communication, innovation, leadership and creativity, and is by far the best arena for sharing competence, knowledge and networking. Read more »

Five Ways to Avoid Norwegian Prayer Syndrome

Posted by on March 28, 2011 No comments

Five Ways to Avoid Norwegian Prayer Syndrome

1. Make sure your content is relevant to your ad (ie. Are you  speaking the same language literally and figuratively on your site as in  your ad?)

2. Use your keywords on the page when possible

3. Keep your keywords in the main content of the page when using them

4. Make sure your page loads quickly

5. Show signs of trust on the landing page

What is it, this Norwegian Prayer Syndrom (or problem as some would call it)

Read about it here

Speaking at the SES NY and Gulltaggen Oslo

Posted by on March 19, 2011 No comments

Speaking at SES NYnext week  on Social Media and Gulltaggen Oslo on the 12th of April on Multilingual Internet Marketing. Both events have some fantastic speakers and I am looking forward taking part. At the SES in New York I am speaking on a session called “Search, PR and the Social Butterfly” with Mel Carson, Microsoft Advertising Community Manager, Microsoft Advertising and Lisa Buyer, President & CEO, The Buyer Group. The session is being moderated by Greg Jarboe, President & Co-Founder, SEO-PR. Read more »

Great resolutions to help you reach a Global Market by Anne Kennedy

Posted by on January 11, 2011 No comments

As often is January is the month we make resolutions, when you look back and make resolutions. Here you can find a great article written by Anne Kennedy called “Great resolutions to help you reach a Global Market by Anne Kennedy“.

“What has been coming for a long time is globalization, in particular, globalization in web marketing. The Internet has made country borders irrelevant. Indeed, you can reach halfway around the world to attract visitors to your website, and engage them to respond, that is, if you make the effort to relate to them in their own culture.”

Google has longer text ads for targeting Eastern Europe and Asia

Posted by on December 28, 2010 No comments

If you’re only targeting certain countries in Eastern Europe and Asia this might come as a great news, you can create a longer text ad in Google now. These longer text ads are supported when targeting countries like Russia, Japan and China.

  • Azerbaijan
  • Belarus
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • South Korea
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • Uzbekistan
Earlier settings New settings
Title 25 letters / 12 characters 30 letters / 15 characters
Ad copy line one 35 letters / 12 characters 35 letters / 12 characters
Ad copy line two 35 letters / 12 characters 35 letters / 12 characters
Display URL 25 letters

Longer text ads can contain up to 30 characters in the title and 76 characters in the rest of the ad text. For the display URL, standard character limits still apply.

You can create a longer text ad from the Ads tab if if you target only locations listed above.

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