Category Archives: Business communications

How to get your online business profile ready for international negotiations?

Business communications, Social media,

Successful international business relationships are based on efficient negotiations. It is important for negotiators to be prepared to deal with unexpected situations. Having a clear understand of what’s necessary to attain thriving outcomes as well as be aware of relevant factors to the whole process will permit you to become successful. Ideally some of your team would have background in Digital and Social Media Marketing, or International business; but, getting your online business profile ready for international negotiations doesn’t have to be such a dreadful endeavor. All you need to do is remain focused on the facts and look for a way to build a professional relation with business partners.

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Should Britain leave the EU? Digital Agenda for Europe perspective

Business communications

Brexit and Digital Aganda for Europe

UK umbrella in London, Piccadilly Circus (CC) by Moyan Brenn

The prospect of Britain leaving the EU following the in-out referendum proposed to take place by the end of 2017 would have a number of repercussions. However, would one of these be that the UK would be shut out from a European Single Digital Market or could the country still operate as part of it?

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10 myths about negotiations that keeps you from growing

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myths about negotiation
Image (CC) by Sebastiaan ter Burg

Those who dread business negotiations are used to believing everything that happens at the bargaining table, even some things that are completely untrue. How do we burst some of the most credible things people know about negotiations?

A lot of business individuals don’t negotiate, and it is because they are influenced by all kinds of unfounded allegations regarding negotiations. You can’t believe everything you hear! Check out these 10 myths about negotiations that might keep you from growing.

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Business negotiation tricks that business school teach but are useless

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Business negotiation is an indispensable skill every individual should posses and master. It is impossible to succeed in business or any other organisation without it. Surprisingly, research suggests that business school graduates are not being taught the basic principles of negotiation. Many graduates have no clue as to how these principles affect human behaviour.

What business schools teach about negotiation?

Training in business schools usually revolves around how to get the ‘yes’ answer and thereby close a deal. Invariably, most of these tactics do not work in real-world situations, often destroying negotiations.

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European Search Awards 2014 – winners #P2T2

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European Search Awards 2014 winners
European Search Awards 2014 winners

The Passport to Trade 2.0 (P2T2) project website businessculture.org wins the European Search Awards 2014!

The European Search Awards is an international competition celebrating the very best in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), PPC (Pay-Per-Click), Digital and Content Marketing from around the world.

Search Engine Optimisation was chosen as the main strategy to attract visitors to the businessculture.org project website. The optimisation was successfully undertaken by a European partnership of five universities and three small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

How did this SEO strategy allow the P2T2 team to win the ‘Best use of Search – Third Sector’ at the European Search Awards? Continue reading European Search Awards 2014 – winners #P2T2 →